Nextgen Kids: The New Era

The Horrorverse, Part 14: Darth Ferior

I'm officially marking this as the 3rd Newborn story instead of the 4th. It's more fitting for Araea's Mask to come next, since that one's about winter, and this is autumn. Play "Vs. Marx" from Smash Bros. Brawl!

Chapter 14: Darth Ferior

Final boss: Frightmare Affright

The titan conjured a scythe in Horror's Hand and slashed it down, piercing the street, but missing his adversary. Darth Ferior had teleported skyward, forming a massive Psycho Sphere and forcing it down onto Affright. The giant raised his hand to block it, no matter how much pressure he added, the sphere only seemed to increase with strength before exploding. Affright flew further across the city, all the while shooting Fear Spheres from his palm. Nolan swiftly dodged the spheres as he flew after him.

After landing on his feet, Affright released red smoke from his hand in the form of demonic boars. Nolan expanded a psychic bubble between them to spread them apart, but the boars quickly recovered and pierced him from both sides with their horns. Nolan teleported back, defending himself as the boars insisted on skewering him. His bubble was giving way, but Nolan created a giant sword of psychic above the boars and sliced them in half. He redirected the sword and lunged it toward Affright, who instinctively blocked with his scythe.

Affright used a Scare Stare in attempt to stir Nolan, but he didn't falter. "Impossible! Since when does a man have no fear?!" Affright imbued his scythe with more Fear Chi and managed to cut through the sword, but Nolan seized the chance to fly into his face, blood spewing from Affright's nose as he bounced across town. Nolan followed this with a psychic beam that sent him flying out of Cleveland completely. "I see... you don't want anyone else to get hurt. Then you ARE still afraid-"

Nolan silenced him by smashing him into the ground with a giant fist. "They don't need me, anymore. I have faith they'll prevail!" Affright blew the fist off and twirled his scythe as Cyclones of Fear blew into being. He sent them to Cleveland, so Darth Ferior created even taller cylinders around the cyclones to compress them. Affright slashed down on the psychic from behind, but a psychic body that resembled Brett Gunkan blocked the scythe with his swords. Now finished with the cyclones, Nolan warped behind Affright and bashed the side of his head with a psychic frying pan.

Angered, Affright whipped around and SLICED Nolan in half, but the illusion faded. He looked around at all the dozens of Nolans, and could only chuckle at the simple parlor trick. He unleashed a Fear Scream to dispose of all the fakes, and when the real one lunged at him from the sky, Affright thrusted Horror's Hand up and blasted him across the field. Nolan teleported back and swung his fists at the air repeatedly, telekinetically punching Affright each time. The titan slashed his scythe up from below him, and Nolan poured as much power as possible into his psychic to push it down.

Back in the town, Misaka had to unleash lots of lightning to stun Mocha, and when the bender was worn out, Sebastian gave one final kick to knock the giant out. "I never thought I'd say it, but these children are more terrifying than demons."

The butler was immediately met with a Light Fist to the gut, hacking blood out. Sheila Frantic marched up, her eyes full of fury behind her Conker mask. "Hey, mother buzzer... how would you like an arse-whoopin'?"

Misaka struck lightning, but Sheila used Light Feet to zip behind and kick the back of her head. Misaka felt pain course through her skull, and her electricity was more distorted when she tried to aim at Sheila. "Um, would someone help me?" Wiccan asked, her staff quaking as Maddy approached her. She didn't stand a chance against her Haki Fury, so it seemed like it was the end.