Grand Finale (Pt 1)

~Of the hundred and five thousand Advanced Ability Users recorded in the database, most worked at International Ability Agencies, as well as National security officers, mostly guarding public figures and diplomatic gatherings, leaving the lesser skilled Ability Users to work in the lower-tiered occupations~

TIME PASSED: Approximately 717 hrs 23 mins

LOCATION: Valeria (Ruined World)

"What? Less than 3 hours left? How?!" Tenny asked unbelievably.

"Two hours and thirty-six minutes to be exact," Michael said smiling.

"And as for how... Well, blame it on the both of you getting careless and passing out."

"I didn't think that was ever a problem. You've never had an issue healing us before." Tenny said, visibly upset.

"Well, yes... That was because you were still conscious. A condition for the use of my Ability is that my patients need to be conscious." Michael answered calmly.

"What?! You never told us that before!" Tenny protested.

"Well, will you look at that, you have 2 hours and 35 minutes left." Michael reminded Tenny, which forced him to keep shut and go with the process.

"Well, let's make this quick," Tenny said as he looked at Kyron, who was quietly observing the situation.

"Yeah!" Kyron replied, ready for his tag game with Tenny. "Here goes!"

TIME PASSED: 718 hrs 15 mins

TIME LEFT: 1 hr 45 mins

Tenny and Kyron gasped as they caught their breath while sitting on the floor. The final brawl between the both of them was tougher than the previous ones, and the fact that they had to end it quickly made them push themselves to their limits.

"You ready?" Tenny asked Kyron, while still gasping for air.

"You bet," Kyron answered back.

They both immediately jumped up, declaring they were ready to face Michael.

"Are you guys sure?" He asked, with a tinge of disbelief.

"You should rest a bit more. I know you're pressed for time, but it won't do you any good to come at me exhausted."

"We're good... Let's start." Tenny said, standing upright.

"Fine, but be warned..." Michael said as he stared at the two of them.

"I won't be holding back!"

"We wouldn't like to have it any other way," Tenny answered.

As the three boys faced one another, with Kyron and Tenny on one end, and Michael on the other, the battle started.

Michael braced himself, expecting one or both of them to launch an attack against him, but they both remained still. Suddenly Tenny raised three of his fingers as he smiled confidently.

"This will be over... In 30 minutes." Tenny stated.

"Well, we'll see about that." He smiled, raising his level of alertness, prepared for what to come.

Before Michael could move Kyron was already in front of him. As Kyron's fists approached his face, he quickly repelled the attack with his pulse, which pushed Kyron into the air. Before Michael knew it, he was floating in the air, as Kyron was staring at him, on the ground. He was confused, but before he could think, Kyron's eyes glowed crimson and fired a quick shot of his energy blast, which Michael managed to block with his shield.

While still recoiling from the surprises that were occurring, a portal opened beside him, and a punch came through it, landing a solid hit on Michael's cheek, causing a momentary instance of confusion for him, who was too shocked for words.

Michael immediately snapped out of his momentary shock and leaped a few meters away from his opponents. He had been hit once, leaving two more tries for the opposition to win, but what bothered him most was that he had no idea how they managed to do so.

"It has to do with Tenny's ability... But how?" Michael asked himself.

"It seems you're a bit confused at the moment." He heard Tenny's voice.

"What did you just do?" Michael asked, regaining his composure and smiling calmly. Even if Tenny refused to tell him the truth, he would just use his COMPLETE INVESTIGATION to figure out the truth.

Tenny smiled, and then he just shook his head. Michael gasped, taken aback by Tenny's sudden display, and then he realized.

"He's being wary of my COMPLETE INVESTIGATION, isn't he?" He said to himself.

"Smart kid."

Tenny's heart was racing, he landed a hit... At long last. They had landed the first hit. In just two more tries, victory would be theirs. As long as Michael didn't figure out the trick before they were done, it was a certain victory. This was... Plan Y!

Michael did not want to waste any more time than he already had, so he decided to end things quickly. He lifted his hands as he said "AURORA NEBULIUM."

Suddenly, a small blue ball of light appeared and then tiny particles started getting attracted to it, and it started growing larger. Michael ascended to the sky as he looked down on Tenny and Kyron.

"By flying higher than Tenny's range, I can escape his troublesome ability, and then by hitting them with this, even if they evade, they'll be too exhausted, and it'll be my win." Michael reasoned.

"Fall"

Michael let go of the ball, which was already almost as large as the previous one he had used before.

As the ball descended, it picked up speed, and in a matter of seconds, it would make an impact. As Michael saw the ball fall, he decided to analyze what had occurred at the start of the match, and how he was hit the first time. But he did not have the luxury to do so.

Before Michael could raise any question, he was on the ground, watching the Aurora Nebulum draw close to him, about to make contact.

"What the...?"

Before Michael could complete his puzzling statement, the ball of light crashed and caused a massive explosion. The light expanded and the pressure shook the surrounding vicinity before it eventually dissipated.

Smoke and dust sizzled from the crater caused by the massive power surge, and within it... Was Michael.

Michael's outfit was already damaged, and he had lacerations on some parts of his body. His face, however, was unscathed, except for his busted lip, which was a result of a self-inflicted injury induced by him to snap out of his shock. Blood dripped from his hand as he glanced at it. He used his other hand to hold it, and the bleeding stopped, however, the lacerations remained.

"Tch... I didn't expect that one." Michael muttered, looking at his destroyed surrounding.

Suddenly, a hand appeared through a portal beneath him and gave him an uppercut. He stumbled a bit, before regaining balance. The hand disappeared as suddenly as it had appeared.

Initially, Michael had been speculating on how they had landed one, now two, hits on him... however now he had a theory. He just had to test if he was right.

"Well, I guess I'll have to get a little bit serious," Michael said to himself, licking his lips.

He raised his head as he closed his eyes. "Northeast... 88 degrees, 145 feet... here we go!" Michael said, readying himself as though ready to sprint as he spoke;

"GODSPEED OF LIGHT"

TO BE CONTINUED...