Preparation

"Oh my God, the spa in Bali was amazing," Norah told Nur, all about the trips, she, Amaara, Carina, and Ranesa used to take on their free time. She was trying her best to calm her down before they descended over the skies of Gobaela's castle.

They had just changed into their away outfits in the dorms of the Prometheus and were making their way to the shuttle bay. Strangely there wasn't as much resistance along the way to the isolated planet.

It was a majority green planet, rich with resources and versillium. However, the pollution and nonstop drilling for resources had started to show up evidently, around the planet. The rest of the teams had gotten into their shuttles, as they broke through Dargan's atmosphere.

"Ready?" Norah asked Nur.

"I'm ready." Nur nodded, as confident as she could be.

"Ok let's do this." She said as the android manning the dashboard, descended the shuttle down to Gobaela's castle.

They landed on the outskirts, dropping out of invisibility. The air was warm, and there was a massive flower field around her castle. Then suddenly, loud explosions and alarms sounded off all over the planet.

'The invasion has already begun', Norah thought. "We'll enter from the back gate and try to sneak in."

Nur nodded back in agreement. Still unable to shake her anxiety.

"But I always give my guests a warm welcome..." The pair looked up, wondering who had gotten the jump on them. A child of Atlas, floated in the sky, with heat waves blurring her appearance.

The main problem was, the chills Norah and Nur felt, were like none they had ever felt before in their entire lives. The feeling of walking into a lion or an apex predator's domain knowing they were watching you.

"Something... Something is wrong." Nur stuttered.

Norah was so shocked by the energy, seemingly bursting out of their enemy, that she had only caught on to what Nur had said at the last second. "What do you mean?" Norah asked back, not taking her eyes off of the floating woman.

"The joulzer says that she's at 190k, almost 200." Nur trembled as she spoke. Sarah had installed the power scanners on their suit and it showed up on a screen only seen by the user.

Norah looked at Nur. "Stay calm, alright." She gritted her teeth pondering a way out for both of them, then switched into first gear immediately. "Who are you?" She asked the floating lady.

The woman smiled. "I was waiting for you to ask. My name is Catoria, the 108th child of Atlas... You must be surprised, I'm guessing coordinated attacks like this, are how you guys took out my siblings correct?"

"The 108th..." Nur whispered.

Catoria continued since she didn't receive a response. "I was sent here as a reinforcement for Dargan and a good thing too. If I didn't change things up a bit, you guys might have actually taken this gross planet as well."

She shook her head. "Hmm, I can sense someone really strong far away though, because honestly..." With a blur, she appeared right in front of Norah, less than a meter away. 'How is she so fast?' Norah thought as she braced herself, yet the princess continued to ponder. "I don't think you guys are strong enough to take on Bolgan, that monster."

Norah immediately threw a right hook, aiming for Catoria's cheek. She ducked, seeing the Nova's swing in slow motion, then followed up by punching her in the gut and knocking the wind out of her, while sending her flying through the castle walls.

She then walked up to Nur, who was unable to move. Then twirled her hair. "I like your hair... No, I want it. I want you, you fragile little thing. I'll make you my new favourite toy-"

Norah came back with a kick straight to Catoria's face, sending her flying back five meters away, however, Catoria still remained on her feet. "Stay away from her," Norah growled.

The Nova was already bleeding from head to toe, just from the crash. She didn't look back but spoke up knowing, Nur could hear her. "Nur! Right now, right here, we need to work together, we have a mission. The biggest regret you'll have is not doing anything when we still can."

Nur was scared, but seeing Norah with confidence in the face of danger gave her a bit of newfound courage. Immediately she manifested Norah and herself, with a warm ice bodysuit and gloves, then treated Norah's surface injuries. The more ice users practiced, the more control they had over the temperature of the ice they wielded, which helped increase their healing capabilities.

Catoria laughed. "You're more durable than I thought."

"I'm not going down that easy," Norah replied, as large clouds, began to gather overhead, ringing dozens of lightning strikes.

A slight buzz went off in their ear, as Sarah spoke up. "Girls, you have got to retreat, that opponent is way out of your league."

Norah spoke back, quietly. "There's no way we can escape, she's too fast. We need reinforcements asap."

"I will try and get Tobi over there, hold out, as long you can," Sarah replied, then clicked out.

Inside Haylon's castle...

"Why are there two of you here," Tobi asked both of the children of Atlas standing in front of him.

He had made his way to the castle without much resistance, unlike Sonara. Now with two children of Atlas in front of him, half of his questions were answered.

"Brother it seems we have a visitor." One of them said to the other.

"Yes, it would seem Atlas was right in sending Catoria. I feel many strong powers, trespassing on my planet. Very well..." The other replied looking at Tobi. "My name is Haylon the 113th in line to the throne. This my brother Tamorn the 115th."

'Tamorn?' Wasn't Kalista and Runa supposed to take care of him?' Tobi thought to himself.

Haylon continued. "Now intruder, who are you and where do you hail from."

Tobi unsheathed his sword. "My name is Tobi, of Earth. I'm here on behalf of the Beyond Space Force, to end your reign."

Haylon chuckled. "Unfortunately I no longer rule this planet. Atlas has sent someone much stronger than me to take over. Honestly, it's gotten me a little frustrated. I may need to blow off some steam..." Fire started racing around him, crushing the floor in rings of fire as he gathered energy and unsheathed his sword.

His brother, Tamorn raised hundreds of golems and armed them with weapons, from their castle. The room shook with tremors, as the clashes of energy of both parties, tensed the situation even further.

Slight buzzes sounded off in Tobi's ear, as Sarah spoke up. "Tobi, we have a problem..."

By Tamorn's Castle...

Kalista and Runa had made their way through the castle city, taking out any soldiers that challenged them, as they got closer to the main castle. They noticed a figure looking down at them, from a castle balcony. They both braced themselves and raised their guards.

"Trespassers, state your business!" It was a woman's voice, leaving Kalista and Runa confused.

Kalista stepped forward, speaking up, loud and clear. "I go by Kalista, a Rennayan allied with the Beyond Space force, we have come to subjugate Tamorn, son of Atlas. Now, who are you?"

The figure dropped down from the balcony, revealing a woman with long purple hair, and slits running under her eye to her neck. She was dressed in a purple and black armour body suit and wore a nasty grin on her face.

When she spoke, it gave Runa the feeling, of complete arrogance. "It seems you're out of luck... Thanks to Catoria's plan, things have changed up around here recently. You're gonna have to deal with me instead, Gobaela the 120th in line."

Kalista looked back at Runa. "You ready? It seems the plan has changed."

Runa was already in a battle stance, two short swords, crackling with energy in her hands. "It doesn't matter who it is, we'll take them out."

Gobaela laughed, then launched several electric volleys at Runa and charged Kalista, simultaneously. Runa cladded herself in electricity, and dodged them by jumping back, then raced back to join Kalista,

Gobaela and Kalista's fists met with incredible force, sending ripples of light tremors around them, the princess followed up with a roundhouse kick charged with electricity at Kalista's face.

However, to her surprise, she caught it, shifting into first gear. Her hands burned Gobaela's shin, while lava marks raced all over her skin. "120th, huh? That means you're even weaker than Tamorn aren't you?" Kalista smirked, then punched Gobaela flying through her castle.

She looked at Runa, who nodded back, already gathering energy. "Let's finish this quick and help the others."

At Hadron's castle...

Simon and Koji stood in front of the large castle gates, wondering if they should bust it open or fly up and sneak in. They didn't have to make a choice, because seconds later a massive golem burst through the gates destroying it and grabbing at the air.

They jumped back giving it distance and formed defensive stances. A small figure walked out from behind the golem. The man was laughing. "Sorry guys, I was hoping I could just finish this quickly. I'm rather lazy you see and if it means getting some slaves to fix my door..." He sighed, realizing he was rambling. "I'm Hadoron, the 121st Prince, but you probably know that, since I'm one of your targets."

Both Simon and Koji looked at each other confused. They never pictured a child of Atlas to be like this.

He looked them over, from head to toe. "I like your suits. I can see energy is being drawn to it and into your body. Hmm, so that's how you can wield electricity and fire... fascinating." He crossed his arms and rubbed his chin pondering them. "Who is your engineer?"

The two looked at each other, while Sarah buzzed in and filled them in on the situation, then Simon stepped forward. "My name is Simon and this is Koji..." He said, pointing at Koji. "We're with Beyond Space Force, surrender and come with us, and you might get to meet them."

Hadron thought about it for a second, then smiled, and raised both of his hands. "How about I take you back and study you? Maybe they'll just come again. Atlas knew you were coming this time. We've prepared for it." He smiled sinisterly, before a light yawn. "All you will find is despair on this planet... Anyways let's finish this so that I can go back to sleep."

Five stone golems rose behind Koji and Simon. Without hesitation, Koji zipped through them, clad in electricity, and sliced them all down. Simon ignored them, leaving it up to Koji, and fired compressed balls of fire appearing in front of his palm, at Hadron, however, the gigantic golem protecting him, blocked it. Then charged at him, at full speed.

Simon kept firing relentlessly, but it continued to regenerate stones and clay over its body. He stopped firing and decided to, instead create a small sphere of fire in his hand burning it red hot and going into first gear.

He leaped towards its chest at sonic speed, with flames jetting him forward. "Ignite: Globus!" He yelled as the golem burst into flaming pieces. However, The next one, growing out of the ground at an incredible speed, wasted no time in smacking him across the sky.

Koji called out after Simon, then shifted into first gear, while summoning multiple lightning strikes targeting Hadron. However, the prince stood there, as multiple massive dirt golems shielded him from each strike. 'This was going to be tough,' Koji thought to himself. He hesitated, then struck himself multiple times with lightning and charged up as much energy as he could.

"Oi, oi, what do you think you're doing who said you could go all out?" Hadron asked warily, as he jumped up on a rock platform, not knowing what the kid was about to do.

Koji crouched down slightly, compressing himself, and sheathed his sword, as he focused all of his energy, into it. Sarah had made the sheath's interior with versillium plating, to allow maximum buildup. Every Nova was given weapons, specialized for them.

"Static: Dan Maku." He whispered, as five large golems rushed him, rising in front of him.

Regardless, it was too late, as he blitzed through them, like lightning. Aiming for Hadron who screamed in panic, then chuckled. "Just kidding."

Suddenly, crashing out of the castle, a massive blob of Versillium raced in front of Hadron, morphing into a shield and blocking Koji. Then it tried to enclose him into a steel prison.

He jumped back at the last second, nearly caught, and descended back down to the ground, while golems rushed him from all sides. Out of nowhere, they started blowing up as Simon flew overhead with supporting fire. Then fired multiple volleys at Hadron.

"I think that's versillium!" Koji yelled out to Simon.

On cue, the versillium broke up into hundreds of parts and swarmed Simon. He quickly maneuvered to the right, as some of them almost caught him.

Hadron smiled with both of his hands up, turning them around, to home in on him, then pointed the other palm at Koji. Koji raced through the castle city, as large chunks of versilium blew up each of his previous locations, crumbling down buildings along the way.

Simon flew up into the air as high as he could trying to get out of Hadron's attack range, however the droplets kept persisting. Merging into bigger spiked spheres.

He looked back making sure they were all lined up, then turned around and thrust both of his hands in front of him, while continuing to fly higher. "Ignite: Flamen!" He yelled burning away as much as he could.

However, a little over, half of the orbs remained and began making their way through. He gathered some more energy and for just a moment, shifted into second gear. With his eyes flickering blue and flames heating up, he suddenly stopped and blasted forth blue fire, incinerating the rest to ashes, as they fell back down to the planet.

Back on the floor near Hadron's castle...

Koji managed to trap the last orb within a house, then zipped up on top of the roof of another. Looking for Hadron or Simon without success, then he glanced behind him, sensing a sinister mass of energy. To his shock, a colossal wave of rubble and stone Hadron had collected, covered the sky and drifted calmly above him.

The prince yelled out over a megaphone-like voice, hundreds of meters away. "I don't mind if one of you dies and since you're annoying... Goodbye!" He dropped his hand, signalling the rubble to crash down toward the city.

It covered over a half-kilometre radius within a second, falling at a frightening speed, and with a loud deafening explosion. He laughed, feeling Koji's vitals decrease beneath the rubble, then looked up as he felt Simon up above him, preparing another sphere of fire in his hands.

"Ignite: Flamen!" Simon yelled out, however in less than a second, chunks of versilium surrounded the prince, morphing into a protective dome. Taking on the incoming blast, and remained standing, while scorched.

Simon panted as he began to overheat. A boom roared in the sky as a small object sailed through him. He looked down at where his appendix should be. However, instead, there was a bloody hole.

He'd been hit with a tiny versillium bullet. The Nova looked back up at Hadron, then dropped out of the sky.