07-26-2017, 11:23 PM
The entire forest seemed to reel in shock and fear from Plant Man's screams. The Darkloid burned in agony, his latent wounds scorched shut before he even got a ghost of a chance to mend them. As mutant animals and living trees all descended upon the intruders, their master set about rapidly pulling himself free of the flames.
X had no power to stop the evil Navi from what he was doing, considering how the blue bomber was practically nailed to the ground by buckshot thorns. With another heave of exhausted servos, a good chunk of the spikes snapped loose from X's redoubled shell of armor. The android didn't need any sort of diagnostic systems to tell how damaged and drained he felt- the only fact that pushed him on was the assurance that Plant Man was much the same, and yet even worse.
The Mega Man pushed himself from the earth, leaving the descending shadow of a gigantic root to pursue his quarry. Kelly understood the tension of the situation just as well, and looked to carve an opening for them both.
As the hordes of beasts came upon them, the psychic took hold of the bonfire's smoldering pieces and flung them into the crowd, hoping some fear of fire could be instilled. It succeeded in searing upon the more fluffed and furred of his target, and even set alight the particularly greasy coat of one of the twisted gorillas. X attempted to blast away the rest with his one functional Buster, the other arm having shifted back to a hand for steadier aiming.
"Listen," Kelly ordered, nudging away the android with a mote of his mental power, "Forget about this rabble. We need to finish off Plant Man."
Yes, the traveler was right. The agent of Nebula was by far the source of this battleground- the twisted animals and living plants would surely buckle without their glorious leader. And now that Kelly created a golden opportunity to end this fight, the liberators had to do it now. A fine idiom said to strike while the iron is hot, and this situation was entirely too on-the-nose to pass up.
X tuned on his heel, kicking up loose earth and grass shavings as he rushed after the Darkloid. Predictably, the criminal Navi scrambled off to the far side of the clearing, his once-pristine body now a burnt mess. The Maverick Hunter rattled off several shots, but his weak aim couldn't even hit the evasive plantoid.
With the broad side of his great tree between himself and the intruders, Plant Man rooted himself in the untouched half of the meadow and set about mending himself. But while Plant Man proved to have some life in him yet, his body remained short one arm and his vines bore drooping black ends. Even across the field, Kelly and X could tell how strained the process was, how inefficiently he sucked the life out of the grass and the flowers. By the time he was finished, the liberators stood at the edge of a tiny wasteland 20 meters in diameter. The newly regenerated arm practically fell limp at his side, and the burn wounds were not healed whatsoever.
The damage was still clearly dealt, and the Darkloid couldn't possibly muster another attempt at regeneration after that gross display. X brandished his Buster and held it at the ready, pouring what was left of his battery into preparing another charge shot.
ALERT: Low Power
Core Power Status... 20% charge
Power to MBuster-XVII: 34% use
"It's over, Maverick!" The Maverick Hunter announced, as his profession oft did, "Give up, while you're still able!"
Plant Man, as such terrorists also oft did, started laughing. A deranged, sinister laugh, as he plunged his thorny tendrils into the ground with devious intent. "You think I have no choice but to surrender?" he asked, obviously rhetorical, as the earth began to tremble with movement, "I am the will of this forest and everything within it! I cannot be destroyed!"
Kelly saw the attack coming before it rent the earth below them. He leapt into the air as a dozen lashing vines exploded from the mulch, sending X recoiling in shock. But before the traveler could start falling again, a gigantic falcon tore through the air and slammed into the psychic, throwing off his flight path. The two of them wrestled over each other as X struggled against the mass of vines, shoving his Buster free to unleash one last attack.
ALERT: Low Power
Core Power Status... 15% charge
Power to MBuster-XVII: 47% use
Power-saving mode on.
It was all the android could manage to release that final charge shot, blazing through three of the tendrils and towards Plant Man.
X had no power to stop the evil Navi from what he was doing, considering how the blue bomber was practically nailed to the ground by buckshot thorns. With another heave of exhausted servos, a good chunk of the spikes snapped loose from X's redoubled shell of armor. The android didn't need any sort of diagnostic systems to tell how damaged and drained he felt- the only fact that pushed him on was the assurance that Plant Man was much the same, and yet even worse.
The Mega Man pushed himself from the earth, leaving the descending shadow of a gigantic root to pursue his quarry. Kelly understood the tension of the situation just as well, and looked to carve an opening for them both.
As the hordes of beasts came upon them, the psychic took hold of the bonfire's smoldering pieces and flung them into the crowd, hoping some fear of fire could be instilled. It succeeded in searing upon the more fluffed and furred of his target, and even set alight the particularly greasy coat of one of the twisted gorillas. X attempted to blast away the rest with his one functional Buster, the other arm having shifted back to a hand for steadier aiming.
"Listen," Kelly ordered, nudging away the android with a mote of his mental power, "Forget about this rabble. We need to finish off Plant Man."
Yes, the traveler was right. The agent of Nebula was by far the source of this battleground- the twisted animals and living plants would surely buckle without their glorious leader. And now that Kelly created a golden opportunity to end this fight, the liberators had to do it now. A fine idiom said to strike while the iron is hot, and this situation was entirely too on-the-nose to pass up.
X tuned on his heel, kicking up loose earth and grass shavings as he rushed after the Darkloid. Predictably, the criminal Navi scrambled off to the far side of the clearing, his once-pristine body now a burnt mess. The Maverick Hunter rattled off several shots, but his weak aim couldn't even hit the evasive plantoid.
With the broad side of his great tree between himself and the intruders, Plant Man rooted himself in the untouched half of the meadow and set about mending himself. But while Plant Man proved to have some life in him yet, his body remained short one arm and his vines bore drooping black ends. Even across the field, Kelly and X could tell how strained the process was, how inefficiently he sucked the life out of the grass and the flowers. By the time he was finished, the liberators stood at the edge of a tiny wasteland 20 meters in diameter. The newly regenerated arm practically fell limp at his side, and the burn wounds were not healed whatsoever.
The damage was still clearly dealt, and the Darkloid couldn't possibly muster another attempt at regeneration after that gross display. X brandished his Buster and held it at the ready, pouring what was left of his battery into preparing another charge shot.
ALERT: Low Power
Core Power Status... 20% charge
Power to MBuster-XVII: 34% use
"It's over, Maverick!" The Maverick Hunter announced, as his profession oft did, "Give up, while you're still able!"
Plant Man, as such terrorists also oft did, started laughing. A deranged, sinister laugh, as he plunged his thorny tendrils into the ground with devious intent. "You think I have no choice but to surrender?" he asked, obviously rhetorical, as the earth began to tremble with movement, "I am the will of this forest and everything within it! I cannot be destroyed!"
Kelly saw the attack coming before it rent the earth below them. He leapt into the air as a dozen lashing vines exploded from the mulch, sending X recoiling in shock. But before the traveler could start falling again, a gigantic falcon tore through the air and slammed into the psychic, throwing off his flight path. The two of them wrestled over each other as X struggled against the mass of vines, shoving his Buster free to unleash one last attack.
ALERT: Low Power
Core Power Status... 15% charge
Power to MBuster-XVII: 47% use
Power-saving mode on.
It was all the android could manage to release that final charge shot, blazing through three of the tendrils and towards Plant Man.
Quote:789 words, according to Wordcounter.net. I'm running on creative fumes right now, so my regret is that I couldn't put more effort into this ending.