A Carnival in Darkness: Part 72

Sailor Pluto was completely speechless. She could not control the sad tears coming out of her eyes as she kneel down and picked up Howdy, holding the dead hamster to her cheek and crying. "You poor brave hamster."

Oxnard cries too but he could not give up fighting. All the hamsters were there to support Axl to victory, that was their promise.

James tried to lure a distraction with the Raven clones so that That Man could make his way quickly to M. Bison. James started firing up his grill and hopes to have the Raven clones distracted with the smell of his cooking.

Ken uses his flaming shoryuken to fight every Raven clone he sees, Ken taunts the Raven clone in to coming over so they would all be distracted from That Man who they all count on to stop Bison.

Hamtaro saw a Raven clone getting near and jumped up to bite the evil monster. Hamtaro began biting and biting, riping the skin and flesh off until the evil creature was dead. He had to fight extra hard to honor the sacrifice of his fallen hamster friend. After Hamtaro defeated another evil Raven soldier, he climbs on top of Axl's soldier and stands there bravely and proud. Hamtaro wanted to be able to fight side by side with his hero.

Sephiroth stopped fighting as he ran over to the hamster that has just died. He remembered how the hamsters stood up for him before in the past and couldn't help but feel sadden. Sephiroth kneels over to Sailor Pluto and begins petting the dead hamster very upset but his pride prevented him from saying anything.

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Bison laughs as he released a new wave of evil Shadowlaw Raven clone soldiers more stronger than the first batch. The Raven clones were modified with the evil technology of Shadowlaw and attacked mercilessly in what seemed like infinite numbers. Bison had his strongest army inside the base that were ready to greet That Man. He sees That Man searching inside the floors and taunts loudly on the speakers for him to hear wherever he was. "Greetings, That Man. I have a surprise waiting for you and I am eager to meet you. Meet you and make you my next scientific experiment. I will drain away your powers and have you copied to create a new army of evil Shadowlaw That Man clones to secure my absolute rule over the Universe."

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Sol was going to be the first to fully manage to break through into the Shadowlaw base, deciding he wanted to kill all the Raven clones instead, so he would leave Bison to That Man as the flaming gear started to make his way through the base, burning up evil Shadowlaw Clones and slicing them in half, burning their bodies to crisps with his unleashed Fireseal.

"GUNFLAME!" He yelled loudly, with a booming voice as he drove his sword along the floor of the base, causing the roof to melt a hole in itself from the resulting eruption of lava from the power of the Fireseal as Frederick took out a whole bunch of Raven Clones with that attack.

That Man heard Bison loudly and clearly as he listens to his voice over the speakers. "Bison! Give up this war! Nothing good shall come of it!" That Man would say in his youthful voice as he held up one hand, blasting a few of the super powered Raven Clones through the walls as he knew this was going to be the fight of his life.

"Fifth Magic...Alchemy!" That Man yelled out as he clapped his hands together and various alchemic symbols began to float around him as he was using the Fifth style of magic in his time. Causing the evil Raven clones getting too close to him to be melted down into the elements that they were created from in the first place.

Using his power in meager amounts as he knew that he had to save up as much of it as he could for his fight with Bison. Hearing the sounds of Frederick only assuring That Man that these Ravens were going to be taken care of quickly.

So with a quick flash of light, That Man was going to begin to move at superior speeds that the Ravens wouldn't be able to pick up as he ran right past them, beginning to search for Bison's 'throne room' of sorts. And with a burst through the doors and Raven clones being sent flying from the resulting sonic boom of the speeds from which That Man was moving at, the robed one...The creator of Gears...Now stood right across the room of Bison.

"You do not know what you are doing, Bison...These events...These crimes against humanity...They are not what science was meant for. They are for the greater good...Just as Gears were supposed to be..." That Man said as he pulled the hood of his robe back and stared at Bison with clear white eyes, his whole body still encircled in that glowing blue light.

Axl was smiling as he felt Hamtaro climb on top of his shoulder as he pulled his chains back in, having cut up and strangled a whole bunch more of Raven clones. Looking to his little hamster friend with a look of confidence, "Let's give our all...For Howdy!".

Axl yelled loudly as he swung his sickled chains once more into the fray of Ravens, kicking those who got too close back as he looked to his left, watching his alternate self impaling his clones with those massive green energy spikes and freezing others up with Slow Fields.

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Sailor Pluto could not fight any more as she cried, she continued stroking the hamster. She noticed Sephiroth beside her and gently handed Howdy over to him. She was sure that he wanted to say a few words to the poor heroic hamster.

Vega slices and dices the evil Raven clones. He yodels loudly in vengeance to avenge his slayed fans. No matter how many Ravens there are Vega will take tham all down, he just had to make sure he doesn't hurt the real Raven by accident since they all looked the same to him.

Sephiroth took the hamster from Sailor Pluto. His sadness now turned to anger. He wanted to turn back to his old evil self and destroy the planet to avenge the hamster's death but then quickly changed his mind, that would not be what Howdy would want. Howdy would want them all to help Axl with defeating all the Shadowlaw Raven clones and also to protect That Man the hero.

"It is about time you showed up. Welcome to your end, hero of the world. I will drain you of your powers, then kill what is left of your body and finally be able to rule the entire Universe." Bison laughs at That Man as he calls all the Shadowlaw Evil Ravens in the Universe to come over to him. All the Evil Ravens immediately transported themselves over but not to fight That Man, they all came together to merge with Bison giving their powers over to Bison making him stronger by the minute. As Bison's body started transforming the entire base began to fall apart and the real battle was about to begin.

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That Man was amazed at the power growing before him as Bison was merging himself with all of the evil Shadowlaw Ravens that he created. Beginning to back away to not be crushed under the debris of the falling building around them, That Man could only hold out his hands and begin to focus his mind for the battle at hand.

"Such power...I don't think that even Justice...Had this much power in her prime..." That Man softly said to himself as he and Bison were now a good twenty feet from one another as That Man's glowing body kept getting brighter and brighter until the light began to dim as he pulled his magical power back into himself after...So-to-say, 'Stretching it out and limbering' those powers for the battle at hand.

That Man wouldn't wait foolishly for Bison to make the first move as That Man pushed his hands forward in a violent motion with palms placed against the air before him, and from this magical spell with no words spoken, the earth beneath him would begin to rise up like jagged fangs working their way towards Bison.

About fifty feet from That Man and Bison, the debris that crashed down on 'Frederick' was melting into lava as he stood himself back up and stared at the two behemoths of power beginning to fight with one another. Only chuckling to himself as he'd start to dash towards Axl, I-no, Raven, Sephiroth, Sailor Pluto and the others, wanting to see the damage.

"Damn...Looks like I get to see That Man at full power...Haven't seen that in a looong time." Sol would say in that booming voice of his as his flaming wings began to cool down and his body slowly began to flash red, before his scales, tail and overall dragonic exterior blew away into dust and ash as he exited his Dragon Install.

Wanting to conserve himself just incase That Man was going to fail at this and die, and if so, Sol knew that he'd have to be the next to jump in to take on Bison if such an event would occur...That and if That Man won and survived, then that just meant Sol would be rested up while That Man would be weak and easy pickings to get bloody vengeance.

Truly a win-win situation was infront of Sol as he took out a cigarette and started smoking in a non-chalant way. Watching his one-time friend begin this cataclysmic battle of the ages...If not the cataclysmic battle of all time.

Raven was surely the first to be amazed when all of his clones teleported away and only the dead remained, but that all changed for him as he took notice of Bison and That Man, feeling that over-whelming aura of their powers clashing. Knowing that this fight might get a little too dangerous to be too close to, Raven was going to try and start to have everyone back up and give That Man and Bison room, as to make sure that no one else was lost in this battle.