True Power (Pt 1)
~In order to curb the menace of the Monsters, the Subjugators were formed. The Subjugators consisted of elite ability users who were dedicated to mankind. Their job... to eliminate any and all monsters as well as whatever danger they posed~
YEAR: UNKNOWN
LOCATION: UNKNOWN
Tension rose in the air as man and monster looked themselves in the eyes. The Grandmaster, 100 feet tall stared at the young man whose height barely reached its ankle.
"SO WHAT IS YOUR ANSWER?" The Grandmaster questioned for the last time.
Michael looked up at the giant monstrosity, closed his eyes, smiled, and said, "Go to hell!"
>BOOOOOMMMM!<
A huge explosion erupted as the Grandmaster hit Michael with one of its four arms. The shock caused the entire ground to quake, as even the large chipped floor caused by Michael's earlier explosion began to crack apart.
"Michael!" Tenny screamed.
He had moved to the start of the entrance point and was peeking from his location to see what was occurring.
"INFERIOR CREATURES AND THEIR ARROGANCE. JUST A LITTLE RECOGNITION FROM A HIGHER POWER AND THEY ARE DELUDED TO IMAGINE REBELLION!" The Grandmaster said turning away.
"Whew... that was one hell of a punch" Michael's voice came from the cloud of dust which eventually faded, revealing him to be unscathed by the enemy's initial attack.
Tenny was relieved to see Michael was fine.
"GOOD. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN DISAPPOINTING IF YOU HAD FALLEN FROM JUST A SINGLE PUNCH. AMUSING BRAT, I'LL PLAY WITH YOU A BIT BEFORE LEAVING FOR MY CONQUEST" The monster taunted, looking back toward the direction of its prey.
"Then let us begin" Michael smiled.
The huge creature launched all four arms and punched the single spot Michael stood consecutively as the ground cracked and broke apart.
"HOW'S THIS? HOPE YOU DON'T DIE FROM THAT... AFTER ALL, I'M JUST STRETCHING MY STIFF JOINTS" The Grandmaster shouted as it continued its punch volley.
The entire ground platform broke and shattered apart causing Michael to take to the air.
"WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING?" The Grandmaster said as he directed all four hands toward his prey who was in mid-air to launch a massive punch, causing Michael to forcefully hit a wall, shattering it to pieces.
The sonic boom generated caused the walls to break apart as Tenny watched in wonder from a safe distance.
"Interesting... So this is the full force of your fists attacking at once." The undaunted boy spoke as he flew from the wall and back to face the Giant, still unscathed.
"SURPRISING... NOT A SINGLE SCRATCH ON YOU EVEN AFTER MY ATTACKS. IS THIS YOUR ABILITY?" The Grandmaster said, clearly shocked.
"You could say that... Michael said, revealing a shield that covered his body.
The green force field surrounded his entire body, revealing the cause for his non-injured state. The green light hummed and faded away.
"I'm amazed though... You managed to reduce the shield's integrity and disabled its function until after the cooldown... Impressive" Michael analyzed calmly.
"STOP PATRONIZING ME. THAT WAS JUST A WARMUP! NOW THAT WE'VE GOT THAT PESKY FIELD OUT OF THE WAY, I'LL START FOR REAL NOW!" It spoke, visibly a bit upset.
As it attempted to raise its fist at Michael, the latter suddenly vanished, appearing directly before the Grandmaster's face.
"Too slow." He smiled.
Before it could react, Michael punched it on the cheek and it flew several miles, crashing into the wall, creating a hole within it.
"Now that's a punch," Michael said, rubbing his fist with his other hand.
"INTERESTING..." the voice came from within the gaping hole as the eyes of the Grandmaster shone in the dark hole. "IT SEEMS I WAS UNDERESTIMATING YOU. IT'S TIME I SHOWED YOU... WHAT IT MEANS TO BE ON TOP!"
Suddenly a red ray of light appeared, directed toward Michael. The destructive capacity was higher than the ones of the elite guards combined. The ray flowed in a straight line as the blast destroyed the wall behind Michael and anything in its path for miles.
Luckily, Michael had managed to evade the beam, just before it reached him.
"That was close..." He heaved looking toward the destruction the surge of energy caused.
Suddenly the monster appeared behind him "YOU SHOULD NEVER TAKE YOUR EYES OFF THE ENEMY, BRAT!
"Michael watch out" Tenny shouted.
The Light beam surged again, at close range, and hit its target. The beam disintegrated Michael's silhouette and flowed down the ground as the hole drilled as a result of the intense radiation was over 100 feet deep. Molten magma filled the floor as the charred surface burned.
"TOO BAD... I WANTED TO PLAY WITH YOU MORE" The Grandmaster lamented.
This time, there was no witty statement from Michael.
"I GUESS YOUR COMRADE WILL DO. I WONDER HOW LONG HE WILL LAST" It said as it looked toward Tenny's direction and started moving toward him.
"NO NEED TO HIDE, I CAN CLEARLY SEE THROUGH ALL OBSTACLES AND ANY RUSE. THAT'S HOW I KNOW YOU'RE BEHIND THAT WALL LEADING TO THE ENTRANCE" The menacing beast spoke as it kept moving toward Tenny's direction.
Tenny was frightened. In a few moments, the monster would reach him. He stood no chance, the monster had done away with Michael, and now it was his turn...
"Am I going to die?" He said to himself.
"Do you trust me?" He remembered Michael's words clearly.
"... Then watch... Look closely at this fight Tenny..." His brother had told him.
"...I'll show you true power..."
Tenny remembered Michael's confident smile and then he made the same expression. He suddenly felt silly and laughed. He appeared from where he was hiding and looked at the fearsome beast.
"OHO, SO YOU'VE DECIDED TO BE BRAVE AS WELL. NOT THAT IT MATTERS ANYWAY. I CAN SEE THROUGH MY EYE. THE ENERGY YOU POSSESS IS INDEED GREAT, BUT IT WILL NOT BE SUFFICIENT TO BEAT ME. YOU DO NOT EVEN POSSESS THE EXPERIENCE TO WIELD IT. YOU ARE WEAK!" The Grandmaster taunted.
"That might be true. I am weak... especially when compared to him. But you're leaving something out" Tenny said as he struggled to stand but smiled wildly.
"AND WHAT IS THAT?" The Grandmaster spoke, half in jest.
"Compared to Michael... You're weak too..." Tenny said smiling
Suddenly the Grandmaster looked back only to be met with a punch on his chin which sent him flying. He crashed on the ceiling, and while his body recoiled from the impact and was still in midair.
'W-WHA-?!' The monster's mind rang.
What had just happened?
TO BE CONTINUED...