12 Chapter 11

Donna POV

This Reaper is immensely powerful but was lacking in reasoning. I couldn't match its strength but I could outmaneuver it.

"REAP WHAT YO...SOW!" it spoke.

Instead of trying to pry my arms from his neck, he reached for my head. Trying to get a grasp of anything and crushing it.

I momentarily release it, then kicked it away.

*boom*

The Reaper caught itself after a few meters and darted towards me, I flew forward to meet it.

"DIE!" it screamed in mindless rage.

It jabbed towards me, I caught its arm and proceeded to use its momentum to spin around and throw him upwards.

Rushing towards it before it could react, I sent an uppercut to its lower jaw.

*BOOM*

The impact exposed his back to me, so I took the opportunity.

*BOOM* *BOOM* *BOOM* *BOOM*

Punch after punch sent him higher and higher into the sky.

It turned its body to face me in a blur and as my fist landed, it took the blow. Veins bulged on its face as it bared its teeth.

"CHANGE!!" it screamed, both of its arms suddenly grasped my neck and head.

"OR DIE!!" it smashed its head into mine.

*BOOM*

The blow nearly drove me unconscious, were it not for the fruits of harsh training my grandmother had put me through.

My vision became blurry for a second before I was shaken, the Reaper's hand still clasped on my neck.

*BOOM*

It punched me again, straight in the face. The pain was excruciating. I taste hints of blood in my mouth.

"CHANGE OR DIE!" it threw me forward and darted towards me, both arms raised and aimed at my head.

*groan*

Intent on killing me in one go. I painfully raised my bracers to block.

I might've overestimated my chances...

*BOOM*

MC POV.

I was still communicating my commands to the Bot when I heard something crashing my way.

I turned to see a body that wore the same clothes as...Donna!

I flew in and caught her, and quickly determined that she took quite a beating from the Reaper. Her clothes tore in some places, some of her ribs were broken, and her nose was bleeding.

I carried her in a princess carry, trying to make her as comfortable as I can. She struggled to speak as her throat was hurt. I touched her face and spoke telepathically.

'Donna...you should've called for me'.

'A...new power...Robert? I must admit...this is quite handy' she replied.

'I can take what he throws at me and give back just as hard, we could've worked together. I don't understand why you push yourself too far'.

*groan*

'Are you saying...I'm weak Robert?'

'I'm not, I saw you pummel the Reaper. You're strong. I'm just...trying to keep everyone I...care about safe'.

'...'

*BOOM*

Something heavy landed in front of me, and I didn't need to look to know that it was the Reaper.

"REAP WHAT YOU SOW!" it bellowed.

I felt her hand caress my face, 'Go then. Beat that thing...Do a good job and I'll let you carry me like this more often'.

"Deal! And by the way-"

*BOOM*

I raised my left hand to grab the Reaper's fist, my hand-coated with an outline of red light as I used TTK.

"We have a lot more to talk about" I say as I gently placed her down with telekinesis.

Shock was plastered on her face as she stared at the red light illuminating from me.

The augmented strength made his fists weaker now, but I won't use it in full just yet.

Just showing off for now.

I pulled in the Reaper and punched his face with a right fist augmented with TTK.

*BOOM* *crack*

I heard the bones on its face break from the punch as the Reaper was thrown backward, crashing into the asphalt street.

*CRASH*

Robot POV.

"Dupli-Kate split up and evacuate the civilians, Eve use your powers to surround the area with anything to keep the damage to an acceptable degree"

Both of them went and performed their task, Eve seemed to disagree a little with my use of 'acceptable degree'.

'Impact Imminent. Implementing Preservation Protocols'

My body moved by itself and blasted away from the previous spot.

*CRASH*

Something heavy crashed at my previous spot.

Dust covered the crash site, heavily obscuring it from normal view.

I turned around and my scanners immediately blared.

'CAUTION. EXTREME LEVEL DANGER.'

I saw a pair of glowing lights from the crash site and recognized who it was. Sentry's opponent stared at me, eyes glowing aimed straight at my head.

'ENERGY SPIKE DETECTED. EVASIVE MANEUVERS IN PROGRE-'

*whoosh* *CRASH*

A humanoid with a red outline stamped on its back grabbed its head with both hands and pulled it. Its face pointed upward.

*BZZZT*

A yellow beam of energy shot out from its eyes, increasing intensity for a short second before fading out.

*SCREAM*

I look to the source of the scream and found it covering its eyes with both hands. Blood trickled from it as it kept shouting.

It tried to fly away, no doubt distancing itself in panic.

"EVE! Keep it still!" I heard Sentry shout.

Eve reluctantly flew over and raised both hands. Pink energy powered from them as the debris and energy hastily shot towards the fleeing enemy.

It coiled around it, transforming into a liquid form the solidifying once it covered its body.

"DIE! DIE!" it frantically moved, pieces of the bindings came off easily in their current state.

Then I saw Sentry appear behind him, leaving an ephemeral trail of red behind him.

Both his arms opened wide, with a smile on his face.

"Reap this, bitch!"

He brought both arms close and clapped on its head.

*CLAP* *BOOM*

"AHHHHH!!!" a horrible shriek of pain emerged from its mouth.

'ANALYZING...EARDRUMS RUPTURED. POSSIBILITY OF COMPLETE HEARING LOSS INCREASING'

MC POV.

The one thing I learned from comics and biology is, Superhuman Senses are a gift and a curse. Especially hearing and seeing.

I could see its eardrums blow wide open as I finished my move.

Not wasting any time, I held his head and made it face me.

*BZZZT*

I shot my heat vision into his eyeballs, putting more energy into it to burn the whole thing shut.

*SCREAMING*

It went wild, trying its best to grab at me. It only took a few discreet and timely telekinetic blows to redirect his arms away.

I stop and check my work. I could see his eyes sockets were hollow, black markings on the insides indicating that the eyeballs themselves were gone now.

Flying upwards with both hands still holding the Reaper's crippled body, I took him just high enough to avoid any immediate damage should he try and fight me again.

I then entered his mind, trying and succeeding in prying out bits of information.

For a clone, the Reaper had quite a detailed memory. Being cloned from one of Wildstorm's Supermen has its perks.

I went through flashes of its early days until I reached one particular memory.

I saw multiple of its fellow clones being teleported in the Bleed. The sub-reality between universes, comprising of an endless space of red fluctuating matter.

I felt its mind-control device momentarily break, causing it to lash out because of the strain of flying in the Bleed. It attempted to enter a wormhole the seemed to lead to their Earth but was intercepted by a Spartan.

A sentient A.I. in a cybernetic body, built to handle superhumans. It had a blade on its back, which it used expertly.

But its strength could not match the Reaper, as it ripped the sword from its hand and impaled it in the Spartan's chest.

The Spartan grabbed it tight and flew into a part of the Bleed, where it ended up in the Flaxan dimension. Leaving a tear in its Sky.

And the rest was history.

I opened my eyes and saw the Reaper still struggling. So I pushed it forward.

It immediately grabbed for its eyes and ears, patting them down as if to check.

"Die...Reap!" it mumbled and screamed, very angry and confused.

"Yeah, buddy. You reap what you sow on this one" I said in reply, not that he could hear it.

I then heard something slowly approach from behind the Reaper. The familiar sound of mechanical clicking and the unusual mix of rocket propulsion.

I looked behind it and saw a silhouette being...cloaked. Cloaking?

*bzz*

My wristband vibrated, and in seeing what it was I was surprised.

It was one of my Maintenance Bots, but this one had used my cloaking tech without my instructions. It seemed to be a lesser version though, just enough to mask its physical appearance.

I almost distracted myself with how the Bot acted without my orders, but I reminded myself of the matter at hand.

I sent my intent to the Bot and readied myself.

A portal opened behind the Reaper and I flew towards it, slamming into the Reaper. Taking him along.

The last bit of sound I heard before I completely went through was the intense flapping of fabric and a voice calling out.

"ROBER-"

Donna POV.

Robert's display of abilities intimidated and intrigued me, I'm not gonna lie.

I nearly laughed as I remembered the nice guy who fumbled when he talked and compared him to the Sentry I see before me.

His strength, speed, skill, and powers made him worthy for the Reaper.

But I wouldn't be bested without trying.

I tried to stand up but still felt the intense pain of the punch earlier. I nearly stumbled when another pair of arms caught me.

"Woah there Donna. Take it easy, you're still hurt" a familiar voice spoke out behind me.

I turned around and saw the unmistakable yellow and black outfit of Robert's brother.

"I can handle myself Mar-"

"Invincible!! My name...My name is Invincible" he interrupted in a hurry.

"Right...Anyway, I need to go and fight the Reaper, your brother said he can handle it. And I don't believe him"

"Rob-I mean Sentry!"

I resisted the urge to facepalm.

"Sentry can take care of it, rest assured. He's stronger than you think, stronger than me for sure" he explained.

There was a look of helplessness in his eyes as he said it.

"Are you jealous of his strength? Why? Aren't you twin brothers? Doesn't that mean-"

"No. He's stronger alright" then a strange determination came over him.

So he's a class above his sibling. I wonder who their father is, to sire such children.

*distant screaming*

"And that's my cue. Might be Sentry or civilian in danger, either way, stay put. You need to rest" he flew off into the direction of the scream.

I relented and took heed of his advice, resting on a bench just a few meters away.

I began to float towards it when I saw a faint hint of a red glow and a pained scream, the source of it came from the direction where Robert had punched the Reaper into.

My curiosity got the better of me and I floated towards it, just in time to smell burning flesh.

I found its source after looking around, Robert held the Reaper in his arms.

Its considerably large frame struggled under his grasp, a portion of skin on its eyes was charred black. Blood trickled from the charred eyes and ears.

Robert was pretty rough with the Reaper. Was it because of me? Or simply his bloody nature?

He flew up, the Reaper in hand. I saw brief flashes of red energy go every time it reach for him.

Then he lets it go.

I found it strange and dangerous but as soon as he did a portal appeared just behind the Reaper.

I stared at him and saw him smiling. He's not seriously thinking of...

I flew hurriedly towards him, trying to stop the fool from doing it. Stopping him from leaving me.

But he did. He flew into the portal, pushing and taking the Reaper with him to the other side.

I met 2 people as I nearly reached the portal.

I saw Mark/Invincible fly hastily towards him but he was too slower than me and further away.

*boom* *WHOOSH*

"ROBERT!!!" the other one was fast.

I saw him, the one called Omni-Man. He screamed his name in anger as the portal closed before he could follow Robert.

He looked around and his angry eyes settled on me.

I felt a shiver go down my spine, something about his gaze unnerved me.

He flew to my front, faster than I could blink, and grabbed my shoulders tightly.

"Why didn't you stop him?" he asked in a low tone.

"I...I couldn't-"

"You mean to tell me that you just watched as he battled that thing alone? Why are you even here?" his grip tightened.

"I...I..." I couldn't find the words, Omni-man was being weird.

Who was he to Robert?

"Dad stop! You're hurting her!" Mark flew near us and pried me off of hands.

"I'll deal with you later Mark. Your brother is trapped in a dimension he may never escape from, and you just let him do it" he fiercely replied to Mark.

Wait...Omni-Man is Robert's father!?

3rd POV.

Meanwhile, far away from the heroes battle.

Bot #001 was tasked with a very specific purpose. And was on his way.y towards the base to fulfill that purpose.

'Prepare for my arrival. Command Received'