The Strongest, by AnonymousEon

Chapter 18

In under 6 minutes, the three heroes had arrived at State 13, arriving at City 50 by traveling by another 3 minutes. Electrolite, Greyson, and Andras all stood together on the top of a tall building, looking down at the destruction below. Something was different about this. When the young hero arrived to fight the other Jordeman, they were in the middle of destroying. However, this time, it seemed as if this Jordeman had done enough destruction for people from afar to notice. This monster wanted people to see what it was capable of.

Looking close at the destroyed scenery, Electrolite spotted a humanoid creature with very shiny silver skin. "That's gotta be it, the last Jordeman." He said, pointing to the entity.

"We must take caution. What this Jordeman had caused proves that he should not be taken lightly, do not do so at all." Andras said.

Greyson replied, "We won't. I've a bad feeling about this, but it doesn't matter with what we're facing with."

Electrolite sighed and said, "Let's go!"

All three leaped off the building and ran towards Jordeman at normal speed, since it wasn't too far from them. In under a minute, the few had arrived, stopping to see the monster standing on top of a pile of rubble. This was a Jordeman male with an athletic physique, the same as Electrolite's, his whole body being shiny silver skin. At his face, the lower half was of medium toned human-like skin, the same was for his pointed ears. The upper half of his face was the same color as his other skin, the creature having pitch black eyes with a large white pupil, its head being that of a large and wide antenna that reached down to his lower back like long hair, the monster also had a long tail. This was the last of the Jordeman, the strongest one, his name was Graphite, but was also known as Graphene Skin.

Electrolite was a little surprised to see the creature was built like him and was also the same height as he was. Graphite looked at the three heroes and slowly walked towards them. He stopped a good distance away, staring at Electrolite, knowing that he was the one who killed his allies before him.

"It was you. You're the one." He said.

Electrolite replied with, "Yes, it was me. I was the one who killed your Jordeman kin. They were killing innocent people, trying to destroy the world. It was my duty to stop them."

"Understandable, human, you did what you had to do. However, that doesn't change the fact that those Jordeman were the last of us to exist and killing them all means our extinction. If none of us are left, then the world will be overrun by mankind, to which it already had so it does not matter if we go extinct or not."

"I offered them peace, to live amongst us so we could all coexist and live a life full of peace, so they could flourish again. They denied my offers."

"They're stubborn, most of us Jordeman are, and so am I. Our people go by a cruel and harsh nature, not giving in to anything that anyone offers, even if it's for good. We could change it if we could, but it's in us, there's no changing it."

"Yeah, there is. Just because it's in your nature doesn't mean you can't deny it. It's all on your choice, not by what you all just naturally go by. You have the ability to change things by putting your mind to it, don't listen to stupid instincts that you are told that you have when your instincts are purely your own."

"Well, that does make sense, being it entirely of my choice. I don't know why I've thought of that. Still, you killed my allies, my people, and I cannot live with that. If I have to fulfill the purpose of what my Jordeman kind have strived for, then so be it."

"In that case, I'll have to keep protecting the people of this world from getting killed by monsters like you. Are you guys ready?"

Greyson unsheathed his katana. "I'm ready." He said.