17 Scuffle! (9)

The Enforcer held eye contact with the Knight for a second or two, before facing the direction he was initially walking in and held out his right hand. A few seconds later, his ruined pistol flew into Relovan's hand, and after struggling to get it into the holster, he continued down the road. Juxtae's Personal Knight remained silent as he watched the Human walk off and eventually disappear down a different road. He looked down at Vox's Knight for around a minute, before suddenly raising his foot and kicking the headdress off of his bald head.

"I know you're awake, Vo." The Knight barked.

"So I am." The Knight referred to as Vo stated as he rolled over onto his back and looked up towards the sky with a grin on his face. "How could you tell, Rhee?"

"You moved just now when that Enforcer spoke."

"Ah, a mistake on my part." Vo said as he chuckled before coughing a bit. "That Custodian of the Law bit was just too rich a line for me. He tortured me."

"You tortured him first, you freak." Rhee retorted as he actually sat down next to Vo.

"This is true." Vo said as he laughed, which caused him to cough again.

The pair sat in silence, with neither man attempting to make any sort of meaningful conversation. A few minutes later however, Rhee looked down at Vo and spoke.

"So, did you notice?"

"Of course I did, you weakling." Vo replied before closing his eyes. "I saw those fists up close."

"It's almost as if he wasn't aware of it though."

"He absolutely wasn't." Vo confirmed. "That's why he became so interesting."

"Interesting or not, he was right about one thing – if you hadn't toyed around with him and just took him out, you wouldn't be on the floor like this. Well, at least not because of him."

"He piqued my curiosity. I wished to see if he could back up his big talk, and considering how I'm currently on the floor in immense pain, I would say he did all he could to back it up." Vo said with a chuckle.

"It's crazy how he doesn't know that he can use Lightning Essence though." Rhee said as he looked towards where he last saw Relovan.

"Lightning Essence? Is that what you…?"

"Huh?"

"Nothing." Vo said as a creepy grin made its way on to his face. "More importantly, it sounded as though you intimated that even if the Custodian of the Law hadn't have come here, I would still be in this position."

"Are you saying you wouldn't be?" Rhee asked as he glared at Vo.

"You weakling… I would have taken care of you within a matter of seconds if I had taken you seriously." Vo snarled.

"Is that so?!" Rhee asked. "Then why don't we settle things right now?"

"Works for me. Even as I am, I can beat you with ease."

Before things could escalate further, the two men suddenly felt the ground shake and heard what sounded like a massive explosion close to them. This killed their bickering and caused them both to look to the side where a massive dust cloud shielded whatever it was that crashed down there from sight.

"Excuse me there, gentlemen." A familiar voice boomed. "Forgive me for having listened in on your conversation, however I am fairly certain I heard you two mention a Custodian of the Law or something like that."

The two Personal Knights continued to stare at the cloud as the silhouette of somebody who was so vast in size, he even dwarfed Rhee. The silhouette stood up straight and a large cape fluttered about before the one within the cloud began to walk; each step causing the ground to shake ever so slightly. Soon, the Chief of Police emerged from the cloud with his arms down by his side and his fists clenched. The copious amounts of blood both on his fists as well as the sleeves of his uniform hinted at him having just been involved in more than a few scuffles. He looked at the two Personal Knights, and when his eyes fell on Vo, a pride-filled smile made its way onto his face.

"Aha, Professor… you appear to be in a spot of bother. Might you point me in the direction of the one who did this to you?"

Vo looked at the Chief who continued to approach and then looked at Rhee.

"I forgot about this one." He said with a hint of amusement.

"Yeah, you and I both." Rhee replied with a sigh.

Meanwhile further in the city, Relovan was moving closer to the Hotel which had now come into view. He was capitalising on the Numbing Serum being in his system and was moving as briskly as he could as he was able to ignore most of the pain. As he got closer to the Hotel however, he noticed some changes happening around him. The sky had changed and become a deep red, and the temperature experienced fluctuations in either direction. One minute there was the kind of sweltering heat that felt like it could melt steal, and the next it was so cold, Relovan though he would freeze solid. Lightning bolts would appear out of the blue and strike the ground with such force it would actually split. Manhole covers would suddenly blast off as flames shot out of the manholes themselves. It was such a volatile place to be in, and Relovan was being forced to shield himself with his cape every so often while he walked. Many times, he had to duck behind a wall or a large vehicle to take cover, and his trip to the hotel was slow going as the more progress he made, the more extreme conditions became. Soon enough, Relovan reached a point where he could actually see the cause of the volatile conditions – Void Lords Juxtae and Vox. Everything that Relovan had been experiencing was amplified ten-fold down where they were fighting. Lightning bolts crackled and struck the ground all around the two, as did almost sentient looking beams of flames that snaked around the ground and the sky. Storm clouds gathered and produced near gale force winds, intense heatwaves that melted the ground and the surrounding buildings as well as set the plants on fire suddenly hit, and right in the middle of all this, Juxtae and Vox were engaged in combat that was of a far higher level than any of the skirmishes Relovan had witnessed previously. Almost unfathomably destructive Essence Powers were being thrown about as if they were nothing, and Relovan had to shield his eyes with his right forearm multiple times as he watched.

Void Lord Vox, true to his style, was a relentless force of brute strength and destructive power, and most of his Powers were focused on pure damage. He charged Juxtae, leaving footprints in the ground below as he did.

"Dragon Fist." He virtually whispered as flames swirled around his fists.

The flames took the shake of dragon heads, and as soon as he reached Juxtae, he unleashed a barrage of strikes that looked as though they could split the planet in two. Juxtae simply raised her right hand, and thick lightning bolts came down from the sky, with each one landing in front of her and blocking a strike. Flames clashed with lightning and the ground shook with each blocked fist. Flame twisters suddenly spawned out of nowhere and began tearing through the battleground. Soon after the appearance of the twisters, massive lightning bolts that were as thick as the twisters struck the ground and began to move around as if they were being pulled along by some imaginary string. The bolts and the twisters also clashed and coupled with all the other extreme things that were happening, it made for quite the sight and the scene. Yet much to Relovan's surprise, the Void Lords fought as though they didn't even notice anything that was going on around them. Instead, the more they fought, the more extreme effects would be added to an already crazy situation.

"T-This is Relovan." He said as he activated the radio again. "I am standing in front of a building close to the Hotel, and I have a clear view of not only the Hotel, but the Void Lords as well. They are currently engaged in combat, and to be honest with you all, I don't think the planet can take much more of this. We need to go down there and at stop this, or we are all fucked. The building I am standing in front of houses a restaurant called The Table. I am requesting that anybody who managed to make it this far come as quickly as possible."