C.I.3: The Battle of the Mega Titan

Chapter 45. Talking to Evil

Cyclone makes it to the room of Zinteren. He finds him standing by the window, watching the battle happening from outside. He heard Cyclone's entrance as he spoke to him without turning around. "Benjamin Cyclone Dynamite." He said pleasingly. "Welcome back." Cyclone pants for air as he witnessed him in person. "You've been expecting me, weren't you?" He asked. Zinteren grumbles as he continued looking out the window. "Obviously." He said. Cyclone puts away the sword and takes out his revolver and points it at Zinteren, since it was his weakness. "Where's Georgey?" He asked. Zinteren turns his head slightly. "Pardon me?" He asked. "Where is my brother?" Cyclone asked more agitated. Finally Zinteren turns around and faces him. "Oh." He said. "Him. He is alive if that is what you are wondering." Cyclone becomes furious with concern for his brother. "What have you done to him?!" He yelled. Zinteren grins and slowly walks closer to Cyclone. "There is no need to get aggressive." He responded. "Your brother has not been harmed." As Zinteren made it to him, Cyclone continued to point the gun while staring into his red eyes. Zinteren goes to his side and gently puts he hand on his shoulder. "Come with me." He said. Cyclone jerks from him, but follows him. "Let me show you something." Zinteren continued. They both walk over to the window. They witness the battle going on. Ships flying everywhere in the sky, bullets blazing, people fighting and dying. Cyclone becomes worrisome for his people and his friends. Zinteren speaks to him again. "Take a good look, young Benjamin. Take a REALLY good look. Your friends are fighting to the death in order to protect the Power and the people that they love, and all you can think about is your little brother." Cyclone's fists clenched tighter. "You're wrong." He said calmly. "I care for them just as much as I do my brother." "Is that so?" Asked Zinteren. "Yeah." Said Cyclone. Zinteren backs away from Cyclone to a what appeared to be a microphone hooked upon the wall near the window. "If you care for them." Zinteren continued as he unhooked the microphone. "Why don't you tell them to stand down? I have the Power now. You and your friends are too late to stop me." Cyclone looks at the floor for a moment. "Go on." Zinteren continued. "Tell them." Cyclone puts the revolver back into his holster. He looks back at Zinteren, who was still holding to the microphone and trying to give it to him. Cyclone puts both hands on the handle of the Gladiator and cuts the wire of the microphone along with Zinteren's arm. Zinteren wasn't phased however. He looks at what was left of his arm and then back at Cyclone. Cyclone was breathing heavily after what he had just done. Suddenly, Zinteren's arm begins to grow back. He laughs at the boy loudly. After letting out all of his amusement, he spoke to him once more. "So." He said. "You wish to see your brother?" The microphone repairs itself as well, growing a whole new wire in a red glow of light. "I'll bring him down." Zinteren continued. He speaks into the microphone. "Glation. I summon the." He hangs up the microphone, and Cyclone patiently waits for Georgey to return. Finally, Georgey walks in wearing a new black suit of armor. Cyclone was surprised and happy to see that Georgey was alive and UNHARMED. He smiles happily at his brother. "GEORGEY!" He cried. He runs over to him. "Thank God you're alright!" Suddenly, Georgey used his Red Glow Power and strikes Cyclone in the face, catching him by surprise. After Cyclone got his vision back from the blast, Georgey walks up an begins to choke Cyclone, causing him to drop the Gladiator on the floor. Zinteren walks up to the two brothers with an evil smirk. "Benjamin you poor little fool." He said. "You asked to see your brother. This is what you get." Cyclone looks at Georgey nervously while having difficulty breathing. "Georgey?!" He said wheezing. Georgey's face remained blank. He continued to have a hard grip on his brother's throat. Cyclone gets down onto his knees in pain. Zinteren notices the Gladiator and picks it up. He looks at the sword, admiring it. Finally, he commands Georgey to let go of Cyclone. "Glation! Release him!" Georgey follows his orders and let's go of Cyclone. Cyclone gasps for breath and coughs to receive air into his lungs. He looks back at Georgey confusingly. "Georgey. Why?" He asked. Georgey never responds. Only Zinteren when he sat back down at his throne. "Glation." He said with the Gladiator next to him. "Bring young Benjamin here before me." Finally, Georgey responds. "Yes Master Zinteren." He grabs Cyclone by his shirt and gets him onto his feet. He shoves Cyclone back onto his knees in front of Zinteren. The evil man glances at him. "It appears that I am right about you young Benjamin." Zinteren continued. "You have no other care in the world but your brother. As you can see, he is now under my control. Meaning that your brother, Georgey is long gone." Cyclone rises his head to face him and refuses to believe such things. "No." He said quietly still having difficulty to talk. "Then I'll tell you what." Said Zinteren. "I will put him to the test." He looks at the Gladiator and taps it twice on the floor. "This sword." He continued. "It is one of my only weaknesses." He looks at Georgey once more. "Glation! Bring him closer." Georgey follows his command and brought Cyclone closer to Zinteren. Cyclone who was standing up, glares at him with anger and confusion. Suddenly, Zinteren offers to give him back the Gladiator by handing it out handle first. "Take your sword." Zinteren demanded. Cyclone didn't know what was going on. The most evil and the most powerful man was allowing him to take back the sword that could easily kill him. Cyclone takes back the Gladiator. Then, Zinteren explains his idea to him. "All you have to do, young Benjamin is to attempt to strike me with your sword. Then, we shall see what side your brother is truly on. He is either going to let you kill me, or he is going to block your attack against me. And then we will see who your brother really is." Cyclone was hesitant for a while. He looks at the Gladiator and looks at Georgey. Suddenly, he hears the ghostly voice of Sting Shannon once more saying, "The more you focus, the more you will learn. Watch the blades of your opponent to see where he is going to strike. The more you focus, the more you...will...learn." Finally, Cyclone begins to swing the Gladiator at Zinteren, but before he had a chance to strike, Georgey attempts to strike HIM with HIS sword. Cyclone notices this and instead of striking Zinteren, he brings the sword around to block Georgey's attack. Zinteren lets out an evil laugh as the two brother's swords cling together.