Angel With Broken Wings

93 - Wahlberg Baigan and the Magic of Darkness (2)

[THIRD PERSON POV]

'I shouldn't fall for his taunts, but...he did make me bleed.' The thought flickers through Cell War's mind as his eyes flash with irritation, the blonde lifting his head up with gaze focused into a glare as he begins to speak, a third mark forming down his cheek as he does, "Then, I'll open strong..." He rises fully as he prepares his stance, Mash bluntly responding, "Bring it."

"Summon: Hephaestus, God of Iron!" The spell spills past his lips, face stretched into a smile as his wand transformed. His wand now had it's handle slightly lengthened, two branches coming from it as they appear metallic and thorny, four metallic disks attached to the branches and sparkling ominously in the sunlight. "What of what, now?" Mash questions softly, staring at the transformed weapon with a blank expression.

"This is the wand's full power unleashed...it's true form!" Cell War spoke gleefully as he showed off his weapon, Mash uttering in disinterest, "Uh-huh..." The blonde, ignoring the response, continues his explanation, "Magic can evolve in countless ways...depending on who wields it and how. Diamond Cutter!"

His explanation ended with him sending out two of the four discs, the weapons flying towards Mash at a rapid speed, the boy managing to flatten himself to just barely avoid getting hit by the pair, "That was close!" He looks behind him to see the two weapons cut apart a section of his school, his eyes widening slightly as he speaks up hurriedly, "Hey, my school!"

"Those bladed discs are diamond tipped, there's nothing they can't cut." Cell War's expression was filling with glee as he watched the black haired teen, excitement filling him as he continues his explanation on the weapons, "Oh yes, they'll hunt you down till you're cut to ribbons." As if on cue, the diamond discs prove the criminal's point, the two discs flying at Mash and continuing to attack haphazardly, the boy managing to dodge all of them except for a small cut to his cheek.

"Better ignore them and go straight for..." His words trail off as he heads towards Cell War, the blonde smirking as the other two discs still attached fly toward the teen, Mash managing to dodge extreme damage by sucking in his stomach, leaving only his shirt to get torn. As the two discs fly parallel to one another, Mash tightens his form and plants his arms to his sides, managing to dodge more slashes as the protective discs go back to their spots on Cell War's wand.

"I see you're holding back two of the four so I can't get near you. This is bad, four is two many too much!" Mash allows his eyes to shake briefly as he stares at the blonde, dodging more of the attacks headed for him as the villain scoffs and responds, "Oh, now you're scared? But I wouldn't try to run, unless you're willing to sacrifice everyone here, especially that pretty one. Black Diamond!"

Mash forces back the urge to scowl at the subtle mention of Kat, the teen commenting as calmly as possible as the carbon spike ball stiffens and grows larger, "You're just full of tricks." His hands were tightened into fists as he commented, Cell War letting out a huffing laugh as he answers with an explanation, "A wand unleashed via a summon spell doesn't just have its own power enhanced. The level of magic power you can unleash is incomparable.

"These thousand diamond shards will impale all these wastes of space. You thought you'd found a nice home for yourself? You liked these worthless hangers-on? You wanted to wed that little birdie freak? Too bad, they're all gonna die!" His smile grew with every word, Cell War maintaining the sadistic glint in his eyes as Mash dodges another attack, "Just give up already, Mash Burnedead!!"

As the two discs fly at him once more, Mash watches with widened eyes, anger slowly coursing through him before he turns and dashes off at a fast speed, Cell War watching with surprised at the sight of the teen running away. 'What?! Why...is he running in the opposite direction?! What's he doing?! Is he abandoning the students?!' His mind was chaotic as he tried to connect the dots, hesitation slowly filling him as he utters, "I guess I had him beat...so he gave up?"

He stiffens when a pair of hands land on his shoulders, the grip continuing to tighten as he manages to shift his gaze back, eyes landing on the black haired teen. "I circled the school to shake them off." Cell War couldn't believe his ears as the sentence reached them, the blonde villain connecting the words in his mind, 'He...outran the discs? Just how fast would he need to run to be able to do that? And he's clinging so tight, trying to pull me down with him...'

At that moment he let out a scoff, the sound reaching Mash's ears as his opponent comments, "It's a shame though, you forgot I could do this." As the words leave the villain's lips, his skin gets covered in diamonds, his body stiffening as he mocks, "No strike can break through my diamond skin! But I can cut you! I'm completely protected, meanwhile, you're about to take a fatal blow! Now die!"

He watches as his discs cut deeply into the black haired teen, blood spraying out as the boy falls to the floor with a heavy thud. "Not so tough after all!! Another waste! Hahahahahaha!" His laughter was loud as it left his throat, the blonde beginning to kick at Mash's fallen body, "Aren't you a miserable sight?! Now to slice all your friends in two!" He continues to kick until he feels the blows land on something soft, his eyes shooting downward in surprise upon realizing the boy's head turned into a creampuff.

"A cream puff?! What's going..." He watches in shock as he staggers back, the corpse standing and the boy taking the creampuff off from where his head should be, Cell War trembling slightly as Mash begins to chant, "Cream puff party. Cream puff party." He continues to stagger as he eyes the boy, muttering in confusion, "But how?! I killed you!"

He is given no response as Mash begins to stuff creampuffs down the man's throat, Cell War beginning to struggle for air as his mind reels, 'How can this be happening? How's he still ali...guh! Stop stuffing me with cream puffs! Cut it out! The cream... I'm choking...' He continues to struggle as the scene changes, Mash standing behind Cell War, holding the blonde in a tight choke hold despite the diamond skin, crushing the male's windpipe.

Hypoxia.

When the brain is deprived of sufficient oxygen, hallucinations can result.

Just before the diamond cutter hit, Mash realized it'd be too difficult to punch through diamond in the time left and gave up on the attack. Instead, he attempted a chokehold over Cell's diamond skin. Using the explosive strength of his biceps, Mash cut off oxygen from his carotid artery...KO'ing his foe in less than a second.

Mash watches carefully as Cell War drops to the ground, his wand returning to normal as the carbon spike ball shatters up above, the spikes shooting off into the water instead of the arena that held his friends and classmates. Mash spoke at that moment, hands raised slightly as he glares at his enemy, "I care a lot about this school. If you want to destroy it, then get ready to be choked out."

As those words are being said, Kat watches as the large spell destroys itself, her eyes watering slightly as she lets out a huff, the girl having managed to stand on her own and help defend the students around the arena, much to the upset of Lance, Dot and Margarette. The trio wanted to refuse her help at first, the girl quickly shaking her head and moving to assist despite the wounds and soreness on her body.

"Mash did it, so now, all we have to focus on are these things." She was confident as she spoke, aware of how easy it was to take them down but also aware that magic exhaustion was a thing for the three other teens with her and the two Visionaries gifting their assistance. She was fighting off her own exhaustion as she outstretched her arms, using her telekinetic powers to toss another wave of monsters away from the stands, Margarette quickly casting one of their spells, "Sounds!"

Kat glances back slightly as she hears a loud grunt, her right eye landing on the pair of Erasers, one of them huffing heavily as he opens his eyes and glares forward, struggling to move as his head spins. "Shit." Her mutter went unnoticed as she darted toward the struggling Eraser, the girl moving at a rapid speed and landing a harsh kick directly to the side of the experiment's head, uttering coldly as the male goes limp once more, the act and words catching the eye and hearing of Orter, who turns away from the sight with a small smirk,

"Stay down."