Saga 3 Episode 56: The Spirit of Helios Pt. 4

## Participants

Dez WilsonKevin DonaghyEvangeline Al"Sahar
I

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVJGh51wR7k )

Dan: Good Afternoon Kasaihana this is NBC Live and I am your host Dan Thompson and with me as always is my trusted partner, Kelly Rivers.

Kelly: Thank you, Dan. We have a lot on the chopping block today with huge stories in the news that have taken the attention of viewers everywhere.

Dan: That’s right, Kelly. After a devastating attack in District Two there are many out there who are concerned about a possible terrorist attack. Organizations across the world have not taken credit for this assault but there is yet to be found about this attack.

Kelly: We spoke with lead investigator Tom Calloway who spoke about the potential idea that this could be a terrorist attack. The investigation is ongoing.

The news room of the floor is covered in bright lights and cameras. The crew work like ants to please the actors and reporters of the show, all dialed in to what they are spilling to the public. As the show begins to broadcast their message, a bing sound going unnoticed. The elevator doors open up and reveal Kevin walking out nonchalantly. His hands are balled into fists while he makes his way over to the news crew station. Without anyone else even there to challenge his ID badge or his presence at all, Kevin walks right up to where the news station is being broadcasted. His silence gets him to be able to stand next to one of the cameramen as they record everything in front of him.

Kelly: In a more positive light, news on our new celebrity power couple. Adult Entertainment tycoon Kirei Yuri has moved in with everyone’s favorite billionaire FORMER playboy Donnie Yun. Our reporters have been on them like white on rice to get any of the juicy details. This is as close as a real life “Pretty Woman” movie we are going to get, am I right Dan?

Dan: Yes you are. Our reporters have been hearing that The CEO has been given some heat about his relationship with the adult film star, threatening to vote him off of the board if he kept the relationship going. Donnie has firmly stamped his foot into the ground with this move here, now I wonder what his board will do now that they see Donnie isn’t going to play ball.

Kevin: (That’s what the world cares about. They talk about what could be a TERRORIST attack for all of five minutes and then move on to what feeds the beast of this world. Donnie Yun…I can’t say a bad word about the bastard. I’ve met him a few times but looked up to him all the way through my career. The man has cured hundreds of diseases and even created some of his own. He should be remembered for his brain, his intellect, his innovations…not…not for falling in love with a porn star. This is the kind of thing that disturbs me.)

Feeling the anger well up inside of him, Kevin realizes that it is time. The cameraman to his right begins to feel a little bit hotter to the point that he is beginning to sweat. He reaches up to pull at his collar a bit. The next thing he sees is Kevin walking out in front of the cameras. The news anchors stop their reporting and all eyes quickly turn towards Kevin.

Security Guard: Sir I am going to have to ask you to leave the Pre-MMMGGK!

Just as the guard comes to take Kevin, he thrusts his left hand out and it vices around the guard’s neck. Veins pop out on his face the moment he is grabbed. His eyes look like they are about to pop out of his face and Kevin simply turns to look towards the camera.

Kevin: I’m here to have a little talk.

Instantly after saying this, the security guards head erupts with a fiery explosion! Like an exhaust valve, flames burst out from the guards head; vaporizing the cranium before the cameras can even keep up with the flames! The anchors drop down behind their desks along with the rest of the crew with screams soon to follow. Kevin drops the guard’s body and makes his way towards the anchors booth.

Kevin: Excuse me.

Kevin takes the chair from Dan and sits behind the desk as if he were a real anchor.

Kevin: This world…it’s…It’s broken. Our kids grow up wishing to be the next reality television star or the next big singer who will change music as a whole. Whatever happened to the days kids wanted to become something of worth? Something that could change the world, maybe even fix it when they were done. I had that dream…And my dream has become a reason to make people to laugh. My friends and my fiancé died and people want to turn that into some kind of punchline.

Kevin’s eyes slowly revert back to the golden glow of the sun, clearly showing how the anger inside of Kevin is ready to burst.

Kevin: I am here today to issue a new day. A Second Renaissance if you will. Today will mark the rebirth of this world. But for something to be reborn, it must first be killed.

Once Kevin gets through this portion of his speech, his body bursts into flames. Bright yellow and orange colors burn out of his body; turning him into a torch of flame. From underneath the table the sounds of the two anchors, Dan and Kelly, screaming is a deathly hollow sound to hear for everyone who is currently watching the network channel.

Kevin: Those screams you are hearing are from your anchors here at NBC Live. Their bodies are being cooked behind this desk. Their screams are necessary for what I am to teach all of you. Because that is what the Renaissance did for Europe. It taught them what was actually of worth and what mattered in the culture they lived in. They are teaching you that those who need to be punished will feel the heat of hell coming down upon them. I am not an act of God. I am not a servant of Hell. I am Helios. And before my time is over, everyone on this planet will feel what my friends and fiancé felt…The power of the Sun.

The speech comes to an explosive end with Kevin thrusting his hand outwards towards the camera, using his powers to actually overheat the mechanics within the camera that lead to it exploding into hundreds of smaller pieces. NBC Live gets taken off of the air from this point on which leaves Kevin in a room of crewman who just heard their anchors be cooked alive like a Christmas ham. Kevin stands up and looks out towards all of them with his body still burning as hot as all hell. All of their faces scream of fear as sweat drips down their faces from the heat. Kevin turns his head to look at all of them while slowly raising his arms up ready to take out every one of them.

Kevin: This will be quick…Which is more than any of you deserve.

Just as it looked like all hope was lost for the crew, Kevin picks up a feint sound in the distance. The sound that always seems similar to that of a rocket seems to get louder and louder with each passing moment. Kevin looks out towards the windows of the NBC building and his eyes squint knowing full well who is coming.

Kevin: I knew this would be unavoidable…

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fd2tIudSyR8 )

Not another moment passes before the Hot Rod armor of Dez Wilson comes barreling through the glass of the tower! Both arms are extended out in front of him and Dez completely sideswipes Kevin! Catching him at his hip, Dez keeps his thrusters active and the two of them go flying out of the other side of the building. Once in the air Dez unloads punch after punch on Kevin without mercy. Using his left hand to hold Kevin by the back of his neck, he uses his right hand to just plow his fist into his face. Not to be caught with his pants down, Kevin strikes back by using the bottom of his feet to kick off of Dez’s armor plated chest. The kick has enough force to send Dez flying backwards while propelling Kevin higher in the air. Kevin completes a front flip in the air before he is able to gather and control himself. He begins to fly through the air and while getting some distance between the two of them he begins to unleash balls of flame towards Dez. The Armored Warrior’s eyes widen underneath the mask as the HUD alerts him of the projectiles that are coming straight for him. Reacting in the defensive, Dez extends both hands out and fires of an equal number of plasma balls to meet with the fireballs! Each energy orb comes to crash into the other, creating a massive explosion of red and blue colors that would almost be a beautiful sight if not for the fact that these two are fighting. The explosions that follow from each orb exploding on imact creates a wall of smoke in-between Dez and Kevin.

Dez: You can’t hide from me, Hot Head…

The HUD is able to get Kevin’s heat signature and Dez flies right through the wall of fire. His body bursts through the smoke to catch Kevin off-guard. To make matters worse for Kevin, when he looks up to see Dez he looks up to see the Hot Rod armor finishing one of its transformations to create a new weapon. Dez’s suit has adapted and created extra thrusters for this next attack that sends Dez launching towards Kevin at speeds that allow him to seem like he is teleporting because of the short distance. But the real threat comes from what is now on Dez’s left arm. Over his elbow all the way up to his shoulder, Dez has created a large plasma cannon with the barrel already charged of plasma energy.

With one solid punch Dez smashes his dynamium fist into the jawline of Kevin’s body! The impact of the punch echoes with a loud KRATHOOM! Sound. The punch causes his head to whip back with enough energy to send him flying back. But before he can even do that, Dez hits him with the real strength of his armor the very moment he is punched. Like being pressure activated, once Kevin is punched the plasma cannon activates and releases a powerful beam of bright blue plasma! Kevin takes the full force of the attack in his chest and is sent barreling down towards the ground! The energy beam follows him down all the way until Kevin’s body impacts into the ground like a meteor! Luckily for the taxpayers of Kasaihana Dez aimed the beam to give Kevin the landing zone within Yun Park in district two. The bright blue energy is almost twenty feet in diameter and Kevin can barely even comprehend the power that Dez just hit him with! The body hits the floor, forcing an impact similar to an artillery bomb which forces mounds of dirt and grass to fly up into the air. Many of the park goers run at the sight of the beam before the impact. Once Kevin hits the ground, Dez deactivates the plasma cannon and flies down towards the ground to meet this terrorist who has taken it upon himself to rebirth this world. Dez is greeted by the smoke and crater that was created from the explosive impact. The metallic boots touch the ground and Dez quickly scans the area for any lost life and for Kevin. Sounds of rock moving and dirt falling catch Dez’s attention and the HUD temperature scanner shortly follows. Dez lifts his right hand up towards Kevin, unable to see his face through the smoke yet.\_

Dez: Stand down. This is over. Don’t make me have to put you down again.

Kevin slowly walks forward through the smoke. The first to appear through the restrictor is his leg, with his upper body following suit. Finally his face is revealed to Dez.

Kevin: Is that any way to talk to your best friend, Dez?

Kevin: (Out of the shadows and into the light… )

II
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(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrxErfKLzfM )

Dez and Kevin glare at one another in a stand-off that draws attention from multiple news crews. The skies quickly fill with the sight of helicopters recording every detail between the two men on the ground. Behind Kevin is the crater his landing created and it continues to lift black smoke into the air. Underneath the helmet Dez goes through every scan he can to see if there is any truth in this actually being Kevin.

Kevin: The scans will all tell you the same thing. I may be a little buffer and taller now but I can assure you I am the person you created a statue for.

Dez: The friend I had would never take an innocent life…Whatever you are, you aren’t him! My best friend died doing what he loved and with the people that he loved.

Kevin: You couldn’t be more correct. The man you knew did die up there, holding his fiancé in his arms as she vaporized into NOTHING! What remains in front of you now is what made it out of the destruction…

Dez’s scanners on his HUD all point to it being true. The vocal recognition, the facial scans, even the DNA that his armor was able to pick up while punching him all shows that this is truly Kevin Donaghy. His facial expression underneath the helmet completely shatters and he can’t even think straight.

Dez: What happened up there? How…How did you become this…This..

Kevin: Monster? Is that the word you are looking for? That’s what everyone likes to stamp on the people who go against the normality of this god forsaken world. You of ALL PEOPLE should understand what this feels like. This world NEEDS to be destroyed so that a better one can be reborn! Look around you and use that computer mind of yours and you know it to be true! This world is killing ITSELF! If we continue on this path we won’t have a planet to call HOME!

Dez lowers his arm down and steps forward towards Kevin beginning to get into the heated argument while news cameras record all of it.

Dez: It isn’t our right to say what needs to be changed! No one gave you the power to weigh over what this world should and shouldn’t do! There will always be bad things that happen to good people! There will always be crime and people who look out for themselves instead of others! But we don’t have the right to kill or pass judgement on them! WE AREN’T GODS!

Kevin snickers at that last statement and extends his arms out to allow the flames of his body to rise higher in the air.

Kevin: You may not be a God! But I can’t say the same for myself…

Dez: You aren’t a God, Kevin. You are just a man who went through a traumatic experience and doesn’t know how to process what happened to him. I can help you. Just let me help you.

Kevin: Who says I need to be helped? And who are YOU to say that I do!? When you lost Milena you built a suit of armor to become some kind of hero! You should be the last person telling me that I have a problem!

Dez: It’s not that SIMPLE, Kevin. I built this armor to protect the people who can’t protect themselves! I was helpless the same as you were up there. There was nothing I could do to protect her and YOU KNOW THAT! But you don’t see me taking out my anger on the innocent people. I didn’t use my intellect to create weapons to kill entire worlds!

Kevin: You didn’t build that armor to protect others…You built it to protect YOURSELF!

Dez: Excuse me?

Kevin: That armor is your lifeline! You felt helpless…alone…WEAK…So to compensate for that you built an armor that could help make you STRONG. It keeps you safe in this world so you never have to worry about feeling that helplessness again. Now you can go play hero with the superfriends and you think you finally found your stride…But you know as well as I do…Without that armor you aren’t anything but a SAD. PATHETIC. LONELY. NOTHING…You NEED that armor because you are WEAK.

Dez’s hands slowly ball up into fists as he hears these words from someone who once called him a brother. This coming from the very person who asked him to be his best man in his wedding. Dez’s mind tries to understand where all of this is coming from but he can’t help but feel sorry for Kevin because he can’t handle the grief of losing the ones that he did lose. Dez tries to restrain himself from losing control of his anger, but he can feel it wanting to be unleashed on Kevin for what he is saying.

Dez: Maybe that is true. This armor is a part of me now. Maybe it is my shell that protects more than just my body from danger, but everything else as well. That’s my problem. And I deal with it. I could have been like you…I lost the love of my life the same as you, but I don’t blame the world for my own issues. You got these powers and take it as some kind of gift from God telling you that YOU need to change the world. You’re too blind from your own arrogance to see that you are just a CHILD who can’t handle his temper tantrums.

Dez comes to stand toe to toe with Kevin, glowing blue eyes staring down at the burning eyes of the sun that Kevin has. The tension around the two of them is so heavy that it could be cut with a knife.

Dez: I can look at Milena’s memory and see that I can make her proud with the choices I have made since her death. What do you think Renee sees if she could see you now? I’ll tell you, she’d be devist-GYAH!

Before Dez can finish it would seem Kevin is the first to crack under the anger of bringing up the lowest points of their lives. With a simple thrust of his right hand Kevin actually crashes his fist into Dez’s face plate! The power of the punch sends Dez sliding back almost fifteen feet. His boots slide into the dirt and flames appear on the left side of the face plate.

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VaLV4E7v-w )

The dynamium heats up from the high temperature of the punch and it forces Dez to raise his left hand to douse the fire of oxygen so his face can be cleared of any flame.

Dez: Looks like we won’t be doing things the easy way then…

Dez extends both arms out towards Kevin and fires a powerful beam of Plasma Energy. The beam bursts out of the palm blasters at about ten feet in diameter, heading straight towards Kevin’s body! Knowing how Dez’s plasma energy works, Kevin quickly leaps high into the air and watches as the beam comes crashing through the park area behind him. The energy beam rips apart the ground below it, creating a vortex of grass and rubble. Gusting winds appear around Dez’s body and Kevin quickly goes onto the offensive. With his left hand extended outwards he begins to circle around Dez like a hawk hunting its prey. While circling around him Kevin begins to release a line of flames that shoot outwards towards Dez like a flamethrower. The yellow flames completely engulf Dez and the armor is covered in the flames that Kevin releases.

Dez lifts his left arm up towards the flames as they engulf his body. Like a virus spreading through a server his armor begins to heat up exponentially. To try and free himself from being covered in this flame he leaps into the air, activating his jet thrusters to keep him up in the air. Some of the flames fall off of his body but many of them keep him covered and restrict his vision. Once he is in the air, Kevin comes flying straight towards him and whacks him back down to the ground with a powerful punch with his free hand!

Kevin: GET BACK DOWN THERE!

Dez’s body crashes into the ground below, burying him in a crater of dirt and grass! Once he gathers himself, Dez gets up onto his right knee. His eyes look up to see Kevin coming back around to try and cover him in flames once more. Roaring like a flamethrower Dez hears and sees the flames headed right for him once again.

Dez: Activate Bubble Shield!

At that moment the plasma shield bursts outwards from the plasma nodes in his suit, completely clearing him of any flame that is in his direction. The shield extends about five feet out from his position. Even with the shield out Kevin does not let up from his assault. Levitating over Dez’s body now he continues to unload the heat of his fire onto the top of the shield! Dez is practically cooking under the energy shield defense and he must think of a way out of this predicament. The HUD shows the scans of the temperature beginning to surpass that 3000 degree mark once again and he realizes that if Kevin continues to get hotter then he will be a much stronger threat while Dez remains in a meltable suit of armor.

Kevin: How does it feel, Dez!? Remember when you PROMISED Renee that your plasma shields would hold up! Too bad they DIDN’T and now you are going to feel the same thing she felt! I hope you feel every little burn because it will be the last thing you get to feel before I send you to hell!

Dez looks up at where the plasma shield is being hit with the energy that kevin releases and he can see the colors of his shield begin to change from the heat weakening the structure of the shield as a whole.

Dez: I can’t hold back on this fight. I don’t want to kill him, I have to save him. There has to be some way I can defeat him without having to take him out all-together. I can’t lose him twice. Okay, Dez…It’s time to think outside the X-box here. Conventional tactics won’t be any good here, I’ll have to adapt and improvise…It’s what I do best. Okay, Kevin. If it’s a fight you want it is a fight you are going to get.

The lights of the suit slowly turn from a peaceful blue color to a dark crimson red, signaling the change in the brain patterns that Dez is working with. The anger comes to fuel him the same way it fuels Kevin and Dez is ready to go all out to save his friend, whether he likes it or not. The real fight is about to begin.

## III

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iy4iQvJo24U )

The flames of Kevin’s body continue to barrel down on Dez’s energy shield and the situation continues to look bleak for the armored hero. Under the heat of the flames the energy shield quickly meets a threshold that comes to surpass what it can handle. Like a piece of round glass the top of the shield where the epicenter of the flames are impacting begins to get small cracks. Dez’s eyes widen and he must quickly react otherwise he will be burned underneath the flames that are able to piece his shield which can take the entire energy from a nuclear blast with ease!

Dez: (Think of something fast here!)

At that moment everything clicks for the technopath. His smirk grows across his face and everything comes into full circle. Using his thoughts to control the design of the suit, Dez forces his jet boots to create large clamps that are able to dig into the ground underneath him. At the same time the back piece of his armor and his thighs begin to reform. With his mental strength controlling everything the entire backside of his armor is turned into multiple jet thrusters. The thrusters are activated and bright red flames of plasma energy flow outwards towards the ground below like a rocket exploding from its hangar. The clamps keep Dez on the ground even though the thrusters have more than enough energy to launch him into the sky above mach speeds. The plasma energy being released onto the floor release enough energy that the ground beneath Dez’s feet begins to crack and quake. While all of this is happening, the shield continues to crack until the entire shield itself is covered in multiple fractures. Dez extends his right hand out to his side and as he does this a bright red glow appears in his palm. It only takes a moment for the energy of the suit to charge enough power into his right palm and reveal a bright blinding orb of red light around the gauntlet that keeps Dez’s hand safe under all that power. Everything about timing had to be correct here and in the final moments before the shield shatters, Dez takes a deep breath in and out.

Dez: (Forgive me, Kevin…But this is for your own good.)

The glass like shield shatters under the heat and it bursts into thousands of pieces. Just as it breaks, Dez’s vision alters to a slowed vision to allow him the ability to see everything around him. The red plasma shield explodes from the flames and before they can even hit the ground the fir fire already is closing in on the armored warrior. The clamps that are holding Dez on the ground release him and his body fires up towards Kevin like a lightning bolt out of a cloud! Like a blur in the sky, Dez’s body rips through the flames with a layer of kinetic energy keeping him safe from the flames. The speed that the clamps release him move him with enough force that a sonic boom is released behind him , launching grass, dirt, and rubble hundreds of feet backwards. As the armor moves through the flames, Dez keeps his right hand out with a plan in mind. Kevin doesn’t see Dez’s body coming straight towards him and by the time he does it is already far too late. Dez’s armor bursts out of the flames just a few inches before his hands. The fiery eyes of the sun widen as he is forced to watch as Dez takes a full grip on the front of Kevin’s face. The palm presses up against his face and the only sound that escapes within that brief moment is a very muffled scream coming from Kevin. The stream of flames come to end and before anything else can happen, the bright light of orange is replaced with an even brighter and larger burst of bright red energy. Kevin’s head is completely engulfed in the charged red energy and Dez releases one powerfully emotion filled plasma blast from his palm blaster. The explosion creates a large round ball of red energy around the two of them before exploding outwards like a nuclear bomb! The red orb instantly flies outwards across all directions into the city and at the same time creating large clouds of smoke to cover the skies above them. The shockwave that is created by the explosion travels through the city streets for miles. Cars across Kasaihana stop in the middle of the streets, feeling the quake and the waves of energy that hit their cars. Radios and other electronics short out for a few seconds once they are hit with the shockwave. Glass for miles shatter from the simplest of car windows to the tallest building structures that have reinforced outer glass! Helicopters that are recording the fight lose power for a moment, causing them to fly sporadically before the electricity comes back online for the vehicles. Both Dez and Kevin disappear within the explosion and an ominous silence appears around the battlegrounds. The sound of two different objects hitting the ground echo throughout the few blocks that the fight has been happening in. Once the smoke begins to clear and vision returns to those who are observing the fight they can see both Dez and Kevin layed out on the ground. The power armor shows no glowing lights to signal that the armor is online. Dirt and soot from the skies lightly come to land on the cold metallic outer shell. Almost twenty feet from him Kevin looks to be unconscious in the crater that formed earlier in the fight. The flame body that he has been covered in is gone and he remains completely in the nude. Burn marks appear on his face, revealing the muscles and bone that is beneath the human skull. His eyes are completely burnt out of his face and for all intents and purposes it looks like Kevin is actually dead! But as the two of them lay there, Kevin’s body actually starts to heal! From the simplest cells within his body he actually comes be repaired. His muscles reconnect, growing new ones out of the ones that remain. The lightly tanned skin of his reappears over those muscles and his eyes even start to grow back! For the next minute Kevin actually regrows everything he lost in that blast!

Up in one of the news choppers

Reporter: Ladies and Gentlemen if you are watching this you are witnessing one hell of a battle between old friends! It has been confirmed that this man is actually Kevin Donaghy! For those who keep up with current events he is the former Yun Corp. scientist who was presumed dead after a space station accident a few weeks ago! It looks like he is far from the end of his life and he is fighting his best friend! If this doesn’t become a movie soon then this is really a missed opportunity! Let’s just hope their mothers don’t share the same name!

Back down at the battleground

Dez is the first to return to his consciousness. His eyes snap wide open as he takes a breath of air. At the same moment he comes back, the suit also comes online. Bright blue lights come back to the suit and the excitement and relief of those rooting for him appear in the distance. Dez slowly wills his body to get onto his right knee with both of his hands on his left knee. The suit he wears continues to hold up strong and he flexes out some of his fingers just to test that there is nothing wrong with his movement. The HUD gives him readouts of the armor and even though he is getting low on power, he is happy to know that he is still in proper functionality. Before he can get back up to his feet, the HUD alerts him of a high temperature reading twenty feet in front of him.

Dez: No…Don’t tell me he’s still up…

Dez looks down into the crater to see Kevin getting back up to his feet. The golden eyes that burn with the fire of those he lost stare up towards Dez. Words aren’t spoken yet between the two of them. Without waiting or giving Dez a chance to strike, Kevin once again activates the flame body that he has come to depend on. He releases a loud roar and the fire inside of his body bursts outwards like a volcano! Bright orange and yellow flames lift into the skies, ripping hundreds of feet into the air like a flame vortex! Dez lifts up his left hand to block out the bright light that is created by this release of energy. Rising through the flames Kevin lifts himself to get into a slow levitation through the body of flames he has released. After a few seconds more he comes to float at the level that Dez is currently kneeling at on his knee. While Dez struggles but forces himself to a standing position the two are once again faced off with one another.

Kevin: You can’t defeat me, Dez…Stop trying to save me, there isn’t anything left to save.

Seeing Kevin like this has come to really hurt Dez emotionally because he still doesn’t want to believe that this is what his best friend has become. Finally, Dez gets back into his fighting stance even with his lower energy levels.

Dez: If I can’t beat you then you are going to have to kill me…Because I will never stop trying…You are my family, Kevin. And no matter how far you fall…As long as I have a heartbeat, I will try to bring you home…

Kevin comes to tilt his head lightly and with a smirk on his face he lifts his arms up to his sides, increasing the amount of flames that flood into the skies above the two of them.

Kevin: That mentality only leaves one option, Old Friend…I must take away your heartbeat.

With the two ready to finish this it comes down to who can fight the longest. Which of the two believes in their mission more than the other? Dez has to choose between his best friend being saved by life or death. Kevin has made his decision and now comes the final stretch for the two men who once called each other brother.

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buifCKc9RNU )

Dez: (The next few minutes seem to slow down and feel like an eternity. I never dreamed that one day I’d be fighting the man who asked me to be the best man at his wedding. Depression is something that has really been the face of what I’ve been going through lately and seeing my brother in this state of mind doesn’t help anything. Where are we now? Well…He is trying to claw my face out of my helmet, using whatever new powers he has to actually rip through my armor!)

At the time of these thoughts from Dez, Kevin has his right fingertips digging into the top portion of Dez’s power helmet. The nails that he has burn with a heat so high in temperature that it actually forces the dynamium passed its almost astronomical melting point. Dez looks up from inside of the helmet to see the bright red imprint coming through and it causes sparks to erupt inside of the HUD! To get Kevin off of him, Dez places his right palm just underneath Kevin’s left pectoral. With a quick charge he unloads a blast of plasma energy upon him lifts him up a couple of feet into the air. Hoping to get things onto his fighting style, Dez swiftly unleashes a flurry of energy blasts that come out of his palms. Similar to an old western gunslinger he thrusts his left hand forward to shoot out a small orbs of plasma energy! After the blast hits Kevin, the armored warrior comes to use his right hand to fire yet another energy blast. Each blast impact creates a small blue explosion around Kevin’s body while also lifting him higher and higher into the air. After being hit with eight different blasts, Dez pushes his left leg outward with the appearance of a lunging stretch while also thrusting both arms outwards towards Kevin with his palms touching. Blue sparks appear in the center of his palms just moments before Dez fires a powerful wave of plasma energy! This beam creates a large gust of wind behind Dez’s current position, hitting Kevin with enough force to rock him backwards thousands of feet. Kevin takes the blast for everything that it is and he quickly finds himself blasted through one of the towering buildings in Kasaihana. His body simply rips through the concrete and steel beams in said tower and it looks like Dez might have come to really injure the new villain. The energy beam dies down and Dez gets back into a normal standing position. His left hand lifts up to his helmet to now feel the rivets that are placed on it from where Kevin’s hands were ripping into it.

Dev: I’m going to have to work hours to fix this!

Trying to locate Kevin, Dez activates his jet thrusters to lift him into the atmosphere at a rocket’s speed. After having his helmet messed with, the HUD glitches and starts to static in-n-out of working. Because of his lack of sensory array at the moment he doesn’t get an alert of the incoming heat seeking missile of a human being is flying straight for him!

Dez: GYYAHHH!!!

Dez grunts out in pain as he feels Kevin practically tackle him out of the suit! Kevin launches the two of them across the city with Kevin hitting Dez with punch after punch. With no remorse or any care at all to the people living in the city, Kevin flies the two of them through multiple buildings! The two bodies plow through entire towers where thousands of people work and live. Concrete, glass, and other building items shatter to the ground creating a nasty image for the city to have to see at the moment. Every attempt Dez makes to try and stop their path gets met by a hard defense by Kevin. Dez’s punches go with a miss and he is instantly met with another punch or headbutt from Kevin! Fire engulfs the two of them and this forces Dez to feel like he is cooking inside of his own armor. His body begins to sweat profusely and Dez needs to figure out a way to get himself out of this situation. Even as a technopath Dez is very similar to technology and his mind comes to be effected by the heat. He shakes his head a bit as his vision begins to get a little blurry while his armor tries to tank the hits of being blasted through entire buildings.

Kevin: You feel that, Dez! You are going to cook inside of the very armor you built to protect you! What an ironic way to go!

Grunts and groans can be heard coming from the suit as Dez struggles to even to defend himself.

Dez: Oh screw it!

As a last resort to see what comes of the attempt, Dez opens up his shoulder pad on the right side of his shoulder and reveals the hundreds of pencil sized S.M.A.R.T. missiles that have been inside of the armor this whole time. With such close range, Dez fires every single one of them to impact all around Kevin with a 360 target ratio system. Before Kevin reacts he feels each missile explode on his skin, once again engulfing the two of them in a cloud of black smoke with red flames protruding through the smoke. Those who are watching look up with eyes that are completely terrified at how explosive and destructive this fight has become. The smoke is so to clear but when it does it reveals Kevin’s floating body of flames with his right hand extended forward. That hand has a strong grip around Dez’s head, burning a hand print into the mechanical shell as it shows the attack did absolutely nothing to him. Dez’s arms are grabbing onto Kevin’s but the heat of his forearm actually makes his palms burn, breaking the palm blasters!

Kevin: Explosives? That’s the best you can do?
Kevin spins his body around, using Dez’s body as a propeller to build up some kinetic force before launching Dez downward towards a small skyscraper. Dez’s back smashes through the reflective glass of the building and he tears through multiple floors before being launched through the otherside. Even with a building slowing his body down he still flies through the sky like a bullet. A loud crashing clap echoes for a few miles and it is revealed that Dez hits the concrete pavement of a road to stop moving. The gravel and stone bury part of his body and the suit sparks with overheating systems and electrical malfunctions. Kevin flies down to the ground with his feet touching the pavement almost twenty feet away.

Kevin: All your hard work and it amounts to nothing.

Kevin makes his way over to where Dez’s body is laying in the sliding crater that his impact created. His right palm is extended towards him as Kevin prepares the killing blow to put Dez away forever.\_

Kevin: Turns out the heat was more than you could bear…Tell Milena I said hi…

IV
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(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thfHVPqql\_c )

Before Kevin can put Dez away, the sound of something ripping through the skies catches his attention. It sounds eerily familiar to an object that is breaking the sound barrier, like a rocket but moving much faster than anything he had ever heard. When he looks up he turns around to see a small black object getting closer and closer until finally BOOOOOM! The female space fighter Evangeline Al’Sahar returns! Her thigh high black boots smash into the ground, creating a thunderous explosion of energy all around them. Gravel and rock lift high into the air around her and she is not happy! Her black gloves tighten as her hands ball into fists with her long blonde locks fraying all around her head.

Evangeline: YOU KILLED MY MEN AND DESTROYED MY SHIP!

Kevin turns when he feels the gust of wind hit his body. The image of Evangeline doesn’t sway him and when he turns to face her, he simply shakes his head.

Kevin: You had a chance to live and instead of running…You came back to try and fight me. Didn’t you learn the first time?

Without wasting any of her breath, Evangeline charges forward and with her right hand she lands a powerful punch to Kevin’s gut! The flaming body bends forward and his feet come off of the ground as he practically warps around her arm from the power of her punch! Spit and blood fly out from his mouth and with his body practically stabbed onto her arm, she lifts him up over her head and just unloads a multitude of earth shaking punches onto his gut! Each punch she throws hits Kevin with enough force to create thunderclaps that shatter the glass of the stores and buildings around them! Kevin’s body flails and reacts from each hit and he can’t believe what is happening to him! On the last punch, Evangeline hits Kevin with a powerful left hook that sends him flying to the right! He is tossed about fifty feet and his body skids across the concrete, his face just tearing into the pavement! The impact of the punch ends with him rolling on his body for another fifteen feet before finally stopping. In this time, Dez is able to force his body back to his feet and the tables have finally turned! Evangeline stands proud with Dez and his damaged armor behind her, both ready to fight!

Evangeline: You won’t forget THAT attack now will you!? Come on then! Let’s finish this!

Kevin: (Damnit! I wasted too much energy on fighting Dez to take the two of them on right now…I have to regroup!)

Without saying anything in return, Kevin quickly launches his body up and into the heavens with his flames erupting outwards once he breaks the sonic barrier. Evangeline lowers her body to prepare to follow him but she quickly feels the cold metal of Dez’s right hand reach out and grab her by her wrist. She turns to look at Dez with a somewhat foul scowl on her face because he is letting Kevin get away. But as Dez grabs her, he pulls the mask back allowing the liquid metal to reveal his face. His lip is bleeding and there is a gash over his right eye from the sparks that burnt into his skin.

Dez: We have to talk.

Evangeline: We have him on the ropes! He almost killed you! I can end him!

Dez: You want to END him. That’s why I can’t let you go after him. I need some time to figure out how to FIX him.

Evangeline: The longer you wait the more time he has to kill people!

Dez: Please…He’s my family…

Evangeline’s eyes soften a bit when Dez says this. She doesn’t have empathy for Dez but rather can understand what someone would do for their family. Evangeline has sisters who she would do anything for and because of that she can understand where Dez is coming from. His blonde locks have fallen down now with a few strands framing her face.

Evangeline: You have my attention, Metal Man. What do you have in mind?

He looks up towards the sky to see the bright flame body of Kevin’s disappear from sight.

Dez: A lot of cold….Let’s get to work.