Struggle of a fighter

“Finally, I get to do something other than sit in my lab all day, Lord Icarus has sent me to survey the seal, of course, I’ll do it, but it’s been so long since I’ve been with ‘normal’ people, maybe I can actually meet people, make friends for once... Maybe I can- see my family, yeah... Why would I ever want to do that! So I can hear them say ‘you won’t ever do anything, you won’t get anywhere, you think you’re really capable of all these great things, wake up, all of your ambitions, hopes, and dreams are all just a lie’ they weren’t even that wrong, I’m just a loser with a bunch of pipe dreams… No, I am successful, everybody looks up to me, people need me, and these goals aren’t pipe dreams! Everyone back home is just too stupid to see everything great I can do, too busy calling me a failure to see what I really am! No parent should ever put their kid down like they have, and I’ll show them that they’re wrong! They don’t even deserve the new world, they don’t deserve love, happiness, or anything! Well, I’m here, better go pay them a visit, Data log X-2 out”

After finishing the strange message, the heroes worried about what it meant, was it true? It was slightly creepy, it was certainly X, she couldn’t really feel that way right? They continued their snacks and returned to the silver league to prepare for another fight, they talked around to everyone else, gossiping more about how Janice was nowhere to be seen, it was kind of odd to see the missing fighter case in action, they went out for their next fight to avoid the awkwardness of inadvertently causing her disappearance, they were put up against a pair of twins, Donna and Dawg were put up against them, they were extremely swift, and were very adept at karate, Donna blocked every hit and caught every punch, they were a joke to her, Dawg just levitated and watched as they both swarmed Donna with attacks, but it was extremely pointless due to her perfect reflexes, she finally saw the opportunity to deflect both attacks, jumping over them she spun into a cannonball and kicked their heads with a sweep, she then fell onto the floor and caught herself to do a swift flip, she looked up with a smirk as she watched them in their daze, she rose up and swept them off their feet with a swift kick, she won it single handed, Dawg floated around in his victory poses, the fight was simply amazing, nothing would stop the heroes at this rate, 3 hours later they were 1 fight away to the next league, they were pumped to get it over with, they went out immediately to win their easy victory, walking out onto the stage, Alex and Donna were set up to fight, boasting that their team hasn’t lost a single fight yet, they flashed many confident poses for the crowd as they screamed and cheered them on, their opponents came in, a familiar figure leaped into the stage, a 7ft tall woman with her giant hammer... the captain? When did she become a fighter here?! Another person came up, walking the path confidently and slowly, a new figure stuck herself onto the stage, stomping her feet out, she had slick black heels that reflected the lights beautifully, she was only slightly shorter than Abigail, inhumanly tall. Her waist was extremely tight with a metallic look, a fancy L was placed onto her chest, her arms donned beautiful gloves that were a dark purple, looking up to her face, it was a maniacal smirk from... Lucy?! “Lucy what are you doing?” Alex asked, her smirk grew wider, “Lucy? How do you know my name? Just shut up and fight you brat!” the fight began, Abigail swung her hammer, Donna confidently lunged forward and flipped to dodge the swing, she landed many attacks that were nothing to her, the Captain knew with how fast she was, she wouldn’t get a single hit on anyone with her hammer, she spun the handle and casted it into the air, it disappeared instantly and she deflected Donna’s new attacks with ease, she gave one uppercut and launched Donna off the floor, she landed with a flip, still confident as always, Alex took a turn for attack, he swung his knife at the Captain, but his arm was grabbed by Lucy and he was slammed into the ground, he passed out, Donna jumped the captain and ripped her helmet off, her purple hair flew out, she quickly headbutted Donna in retaliation, then raised her body off the ground “the name’s Abigail, you tell that to your pathetic little friends, champ” she was then dropped onto the ground, Abigail and Lucy waved to the crowd in their victory.

Our heroes awoke in the medical area, their first loss was humiliating, they didn’t even stand a chance to them, they probably couldn’t even take Abigail on alone, but... what happened to Lucy?! She’s gotten much stronger, much... Colder, she didn’t even remember them, but she met all of them, it didn’t make sense. With mysteries out of the way, the heroes decided to try and form a plan of attack, before in the desert against Abigail the water was about all they could use on her to buy some time, they did have a new power to take advantage of though, they called up a new fight once fully rested, Dawg and Alex would show them what’s up!

Walking up to the stage, the crowd was a lot less excited, and thought it was a joke that they wanted a rematch, the maniacal pair strutted up and the crowd roared with excitement, Lucy stood on 1 foot and balanced on the tips of her toes and spun into an elegant pose like a swan, Abigail rolled her eyes and she swung her hammer back onto her shoulder, boasting its incredible weight, she smirked at the puny pair and said “back to get crushed again?” as she took the huge weight off of her hammer, she was learning that she wouldn’t land a hit with such a slow attack, with the weight gone it looked like a halberd, the fight began, Alex started with a shot of water into her face, but she learned this attack from last time “oh that’s cute, I’m not stupid kid!” she said as she swung her agile blade to repel the water, she quickly swung it and tripped Alex, Dawg barked sound waves at her to knock her back, she braced the attack to lessen the effect, but she still fell to the ground, Lucy came up this time and she swung her legs out like a lunatic! She waved her arms out in attempt to smack either of them, but they avoided the hit, Abigail threw her sharp blade at Lucy and she caught it with ease, she stabbed a part of her outfit, and it shot out a big pink blade, she swung it quickly, the heroes just kept dodging as the crowd watched their agility in awe, Alex shot a few more water orbs at Lucy, she laughed and blocked them, “that doesn’t work idiot” she boasted, but to her surprise her blade was caught by vines as she let herself open, her legs became entangled, then she got a powerful blast in the face, with a bark that formed a fist, Abigail jumped up and rained many attacks as fast as she could, Dawg floated up above the stage, and he barked sound waves down onto it, Alex raised his floral shield up to defend, Abigail lost her footing and fell on her face, when she looked up she got smacked by the flower and she grabbed Alex by his neck with a sharp, seriously pissed off look, she jumped up and spun in the air, dunking Alex onto the stage, Dawg soared back down and caught Alex, the gigantic woman landed on her feet with a weak look, that quickly turned into a stare of hatred “I won’t lose to you brats again!” she ran forward and leaped over both of them, took her new sword from the fallen Lucy, and she braced herself for a challenge, her breathing was very heavy, her eyes shifted to a golden color, and she gritted her teeth in frustration, her knees started to shake, she fell over, the heroes were declared winners, Abigail couldn’t accept it, “no! I demand a rematch right here, right now!” she yelled, “uh we like, can’t do that...” the sassy pineapple said, “I DON’T CARE, WHAT ARE YOU?! CHICKEN?!” the angry beast yelled, she rose up and her eyes burned like embers, her mouth shifted to a smile, sweat formed all over her face as she gave her all to keep up the fight, she lunged forward, but Donna intervened, she punched her back “fight’s over, don’t be a sore loser” she said, Abigail scratched the stage she landed on, and she looked up at her with pure anger, her pupils looked like a cat’s, with sharp ovals expressing her anger, and they twitched, security escorted both of the women out, and the heroes celebrated in front of the completely shocked crowd.

“Nice special effects guys” Larry said, the heroes went into their new league, they were very close to becoming champions. Remembering that X mentioned selling weapons, they figured they’d go see if she kept true to her word, they noticed a new shop out by the food stands, the heroes approached awkwardly after their last encounter, last time they received an awkward tape... “heeeyyyy guyyyys” she said overly enthusiastic, she laid out a few items to sell, “so whatcha looking for? New knives, dog outfits, explosives? By the way, I totally loved that fight with you guys and the Captain, that was another thing they wanted to avoid, “what did you do to Lucy?” Alex asked, her face was void of any kind of expression, “I... I erased her memory, and I gave her a fighting suit, now she’ll be put to use, instead of being a little brat like before, I did her a favor actually” she said awkwardly, “yeah... Sure” Alex said, Donna brushed Alex out of the way so she could buy some things, “I’ll take some of those... Uh meow-nades? Is that what they’re called? And this little knife, Alex can lose that trash one... And I think I’ll take a doggy outfit!” Dawg interrupted, “you won’t fit in it, and I ain’t wearing THAT!” she rolled her eyes and removed the purchase, he would’ve looked cute in the rainbow kitty costume, but oh well. “I’ll swap that knife for this one if you want to save a literal dollar” X said, Donna looked aghast, “A WHOLE DOLLAR?!?! WHAT A STEAL! Give the nice nerd the knife sweetie” typical mom behavior to go nuts for any deal, Alex hesitated, “what’s better about this one than mine?” he asked, “ugh can’t you see that the... erm, the blade, can’t you see that it’s completely bent right here, ” she pointed at a spot, but it looked perfect, “no, it’s just fine” Alex said, “well try this knife and compare it!” Dawg levitated and coughed up a tackling dummy that was somehow able to fit in there, probably that magic dimensional storage thing, Alex swung his knife first, cut it in half with no resistance, another one was displayed, he used the new knife, no difference whatsoever, X started sweating “see? This knife is way better! You saved a whole second of time with that new one” that was impossible because it only took a second to slice through it, “did you make both of these?” her eyes widened, “I’m insulted that you believe that crusty little thing is my work! I’ll have you know that I’d never create something so bland, there’s no style, I mean, look at the handle, I’d have included a drawing there, like on the new one” she said as she crossed her arms, Alex denied the trade, and kept his. He knew that she created both, but he was confused as to why she lied about it, and why she wanted it back so badly, he began to think of the possibilities. There weren’t many good reasons he could think of.