Effect: The Next Generation [✔️]

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◃ Battle #1 ▹

Mark vs Marshall

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Mark, Marshall, and the wolf dogs had been teleported to a barren frozen landscape, nothing around to distract them from duking it out.

"...It's all your fault"

"Marshall please. Let's just talk about this-"

"Shut up! If we hadn't agreed to help you and your team, we could've done this the easy way! We wouldn't have lost our second strike, and The Boss wouldn't have beaten us!!"

Marshall covered his hands and arms in his white flames, and charged at Mark out of his rage.

Mark knew that he couldn't let his flames touch him while he was like this, and changed half of his body into smoke. With the sudden change, he flew up into the air to steer clear from Marshall's reach.

"Marshall, tell me what happened. We can still help you. If you'll just come with us-"

"I told you to shut up!! I'm tired of listening to you!!"

Marshall yelled, instead resorting to launching balls of fire at Mark.

Mark acted fast and launched shards of ice at the fire balls, trying to only decrease their temperature while dodging them, knowing that letting them touch him would be fatal.

"Damn it.. I didn't expect this to be easy, but there's just no getting through to you right now.."

Mark knew that using his Stand against him while he was using his flames would likely end with him and his Stand being destroyed.

As they continued to fight, Mark felt something from Marshall that he only felt from himself. He could feel the same pain in Marshall's flames that he felt in his ice before.

He could tell that his flames were consuming him with rage, the same way his ice once consumed him with sadness. And he knew that they were both still grieving. They both lost everything because of their powers, and Mark was determined to save Marshall from himself before it was too late, regardless if he wanted his help or not.

Mark created a huge wave of frost, thick enough to prevent Marshall and his wolf dogs from seeing anything.

In the wave of frost, Mark also created two ice cages to trap Leon and Daegal in, their sudden barking alarming Marshall and causing him to panic.

"Leon! Daegal! Are you two alright?! What happened??!"

The frost had a big effect on him not only because of its chill, but also it's thickness.

The temperature of his flames only continued to drop as time went on. Mark took inspiration from him and encased his hands and arms in his ice to take him on in a fist fight. Now that Mark was right in his line of view, he could see him perfectly. But because his flames were weakened, Mark was starting to overpower him.