Dang Convergence Vol. 1

CHAPTER FORTY-SIX PROTOTYPE: TITAN

CHAPTER FORTY-SIX

PROTOTYPE: TITAN

"What the hell is that?" Wombat asked.

"I dunno," Tiger answered, "but it looks creepy."

"It is creepy." Flames erupted from Wombat's hands, "We have to finish this quickly and get the-" he stopped abruptly, glancing around the cave, "Wait, where are the twins?"

Tiger copied him, glancing around the arena, scanning for any signs of the twins. They hadn't seen the twins since the Prototypes appeared and they'd been forced into battle. Maybe they'd chosen to run and hide.

"Hold on," Wombat's eyes glowed orange as he searched for heat signatures, but the only other ones he saw were Tiger's and the newly-merged Prototypes. "I'm not picking up any of their heat signatures."

"Weird..." Tiger's eyes went to the Prototypes, "They...they're not in there are they?"

"Doubt it." Wombat answered, "That would be worse than creepy. Maybe you swept them up in your whirlwind earlier."

"Not possible, I would've felt them in there. And I would've simply excluded them from its effects, the same way I did for you."

"That was you? I thought I was just too hot for the air to pick me up."

"Well, there was that too. You were heating up the air around you way too fast. I couldn't pick you up if I wanted to."

The merged Prototypes spoke, "Integration complete. Assimilation of all elements successful. Titan mode is online."

"Titan, huh?" Wombat's blue flames burst to life on his fists and flickered, licking the air hungrily, "Waste of a cool name."

Titan turned its head to him, now adorned with purple eyes in addition to the red, "'Titan' is the name of the integration program. I was not given this name to be cool."

Tiger cringed, "Ugh, dude, you've somehow made it more uncool."

Wombat laughed, "It's crazy. He was literally given the coolest villain name ever, and then chose to be the biggest loser."

Tiger snickered.

Titan cocked its head. "I am...confused. You could barely handle each of us individually, and now, we have combined to achieve the maximum possible destructive power. Yet, you make jokes and you laugh when you should be scared? It is very confusing."

"Uhhh...barely? We wiped the floor with you dunderheads." Tiger retorted.

Wombat was still laughing, "Yeah dude, and it's not a joke. We actually think you're lame."

Tiger keeled over laughing and placed a hand on Wombat's shoulder to steady herself as her knees went weak. They wiped away a tear, "and besides, separately or altogether, it really doesn't matter what form you take..."

They stood upright and wiped the tears out of their eyes. Wombat took a deep breath, grateful for the laugh he just had. The flames on his fists blazed aggressively.

"... we'll beat you every time."

Wombat broke into a sprint, his flames leaving a trail of blue as he cut across the arena.

"WIND SLASH!" Tiger screamed from up high, and with a wave of her hand, sent a sharp arc of wind through the air, and to Titan. The attack hit him and the wind dispersed, leaving him unscathed and unmoved. Wombat surged on.

Titan raised a hand, where six blue dots - formerly eyes - had gathered at the center of its palm. They glowed.

Tch.