Red Meteor Quest Season 2,Episode 9

You didn't think this could happen. You didn't think he'd be alive. But there he was, a mad grin on his face. The Tyrant had lived and he was raring for a fight. It took all you could for you and your allies to put him down, and to make matters worse for you, you were an ally short.

"Worthless maggots, fighting without me, causing all this destruction without me!" The Tyrant roared "I'll make you pay for this, come all of you! Fight me till the bitter end!"

You could feel the very air shaking in fear at his power. It was almost as if every living thing in the city wanted to be nowhere near him. And truthfully? You didn't want to be here either. And you were a goddamn super hero.

You looked at your allies. Currently, they were all a bit roughed up from the previous fight with Smokes and Top Hat, but there was no backing out now. If they tried to run, Tyrant would surely follow and that could lead to an untold amount of injured, or even worse, casulities.

"Everyone! Get ready, we've got to take him down!"

Various grunts of approval come from the other 4 while Top Hat and Smokes look on with nervous faces.

"Hey, rainbow force!" Smokes calls out to you "Truce!We all need to take on this guy.

"Fuck off!" You hear Saya holler back

"Agreed!" you shout back

"What the hell Blue?!" Saya exclaims, she's clearly still very angry from before

"Beggers can't be choosers and we are in no position to deny any help we can get!"

"She's right Crimson." Jane states plainly "Focus all that anger on the 7 foot tall guy who punched Black sober."

"Stop mentioning that!" Sanja shouted

"I-I'll try to keep you all healed up, but...well, this guy hits hard. Really hard." Helena said "We can't take any chances!"

You ready yourself, preparaed to fight to the bitter end. You are Sadie Stafford aka Blue Comet.

...And this is gonna suck.

>Roll 5d100+10

>107,80,107,81,81

It's a tense staredown for a few moments, and it appears that none of you are going to move, Tyrant decides to take the initiative...right for the 5 of you first.

"LET THE FEAST BEGIN!" he roars, throwing a punch towards you. You dodge it without worry taking note that the building behind you collasped...even though he didn't even touch it.Pulling out your blaster, you begin opening fire. The shots push him back a bit, but the damage at most seems quite minimal.

Saya slams her taiko drums on the ground, bringing up several bits of rock and debris that she then whacks, sending them at the Tyrant as if they were baseballs, again, the attacks connect, though the damage, like before seems minimal.

This entire time, Sanja is doing her best to hold him in place with one of her shadows. And thankfully, she's got him completely immobolized, at least for  the time being.

"Hit him now!" she exclaims to the others

Hearing this, Helena, Jane, Smokes, and Top Hat all launch various attacks at Tyrant, hoping that they'll hurt him to some degree.

And it does! You can see him stagger back and actually bleed a bit!

Whoo!

"GLORIOUS, THIS IS WHAT I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR. COME AT ME HARDER, OR IS THAT ALL YOU HAVE?!"

The others all looked at him in irritation, the bastard just wouldn't stay down, even with all that thrown at him, it was aggrivating, but all they could do was keep attacking and hope to wear him down.

>Roll 5d100+10

>103,56,76,110,97

"Mode 2!" you shout, changing the form of your armor. You open fire again, though this time, instead regular blaster rounds, large chunks of jagged ice fire out, all of them making contact and sticking into Tyrant's body. He doesn't seem too fazed, even as his wounds seep blood.

"GOOD WORK, AND YET THIS IS STILL NOT ENOUGH!"

You see him, shake free of whatever binding Sanja had on him, and just as Helena goes in for another attack, he deliverss a sickening punch to her torso, it's so bad you actually manage to see some of her armor crack which is very alarming.

She goes flying backwards, only for Jane to grab her, slowing her crash into the wall.

"DIE ALREADY!" Saya roared slamming into Tyrant's side with her Taiko sticks,sending Tyrant skidding some ways back,sending him right into a smoke cloud Smokes had created, which exploded when he flicked a cigarette into it.

"D-Did that do anything?" Top hat exclaimed

As the smoke from the explosion cleared up, they saw the Tyrant standing still, a sick grin on his face.

"It'll take much more than that to kill ME!!!" He roared, moving with surprising speed towards Top Hat, who only just managed to get out of the way, with the aid of his wind powers.

"K-keep trying!" Smokes called out, readying another cigarette

>Roll 5d100+10

>98,106,101,44,58

What follows next isn't good. Tyrant is like a freight train as he goes on the offensive. You all try your best to slow him down, but it's no good and he manages to deal two serious blows to Helena and Sanja. They aren't out of the fight just yet, but you can see serious damage on their armor just from those alone.

"D-dammit..." Sanja mutters "G-gotta stand. Helena...come on, we can't stop fighting.  Not yet!"

"R-right..." she groans getting to her feet.

Smokes and Top Hat are trying to hold Tyrant off, blasting him with wind or creating small explosions in a vain attempt to defeat him. As for you, you aim another round of ice shots at him, more of the ice shards sticking out of his body, it doesn't really slow him down too much, and before you can take another shot, Jane and Saya are in the way, Saya smacking him in the face with her sticks, the attack distracts him enough for Jane to have her ghost bit clamp down on his arm.

The little thing tries its hardest to devour Tyrant's arm, but in what you can only assume is a shocking display of power he manages to break his arm free, destroying the bit at the same time.

"N-nooooo! Not Smiley~!" Jane wails

"Wait, you named that thing?" you called out

"You don't name your weapons?" she hollered back

"Uh...no?"

You suddenly feel as if you aren't as close to your weapon as you should be. A thought for another time perhaps.

>roll 5d100+10

>103,108,103,97,81

The fight rages on, and you think you can see the Tyrant starting to slow down slightly. He's no longer shouting and boasting like he was earlier, but still, you've a long way to go with this one.

"Mode 3!" you exclaim, changing into the form you rarely used. While it was strong, the strain on your body was great. You couldn't keep this form up for too long, so you were hoping that the battle ended soon. You could already feel the strain coming on.

As the others fight, with Tyrant, you begin building up energy within yourself. Helena slices him several times with her sword, dodging incoming attacks from Tyrant, in some cases, out speeding him even. All the while, Saya took the chance to slam on the ice shards still protruding from him into his body, driving them further.

Jane had mean while managed to summon another ghost bit (Why did she whine about that other one then?), this time clamping on him once again. This time, on his head to obscure his vision

The time was coming...just a bit more...

Smokes once more made a gas cloud around Tyrant, with Top Hat using the wind to hold it in place, before another explosion went off.

Just a bit more...

The others continued attacking, keeping him stuck there. Sanja once more restricting his movements.

That' it!

"EVERYONE MOVE!" you called out, a large ball of spiked ice appearing over Tyrant's head, it was at least the size of a small office building. You let the entire thing fall on Tyrant, a resounding boom goes off, with a blinding light engulfing the area. When you can see again, you slowly fall to your knees, seeing the entire area snowing while the spot that Tyrant was in had him frozen solid.

You're heart is beating rapidly. There's the strain kicking in. You'd only felt this one time before when you used Mode 3. But this time...god it felt like you were dying.

"Blue...you okay?" Saya asks

"Just...just need a moment...need sleep."

"Yeah...I'd say you earned it. I didn't know you could do that!"

"Just learned I could...this form...had to...had to be good for something right?

"I'll say..." Saya muttered looking over at the now snowy battlefield.

>Roll 1d100

>46+50=96

You are Gold Star, and you are staring down Tyrant. This will be easy. His power is monsterous. But he is fueled by a savage urge, nothing better than a beast. As such you will put him down as is befitting of a beast.

You don't even bother drawing your blade. You can take him bare-handed. Tyrant, rushes at you, but you don't even care. All is clear. He's moving fast, but you see him with ease. So much so that you grab his hand once it gets closer to you.

"W-WHAT? HOW?"

No words. You simply deliver a blow to his torso, a loud crack echoing out of him. You're sure you just broke some ribs. You don't care. He is a beast.

He returns to his feet, seemingly unfazed, before grabbing a large piece of debris, and tossing it at you.

Child's play.

You let the debris hit you, it doesn't even slow your advance towards him. You didn't even feel it.

Once more the Tyrant comes at you.

BAM

You hit him square in the jaw, his body sailing through the sky as he's knocked into a building.

How troublesome. You can tell he isn't dead. Not just yet.

>Roll 1d100+50

>43+50=93

And once more the beast gets to his feet. And once more he rushes at you, and once more you knock him away.

It's sad. You can see him heaving, his breathing is ragged, and the blood seeping from his mouth is an indication that he definitely felt that last hit from you.

"YOU'LL FALL!" He shouts, leaping into the air (he gets some serious height too) before he comes crashing down feet first.

Well that won't work.

You block his attack with your hands, the impact creating a crater in the ground, before you grab his leg and slam him into the ground. To add insult to injury, you bring your entire armored foot down onto his leg.

A loud crack echoes throughout the battle area. It's definitely broken.

"This...this is perfect!" Tyrantt roars "An enemy who pushed me to my absolute limit, even in this form! Now then, claim your prize, and kill me! Let it be known throughout the world, that you ended The Tyrant!"

Hmmm...what to do?

>Kill him
>Knock him out

>Kill him

"If that's what you want." You say calmly, grabbing him by the neck.

"Finally...I'm...I'm finally happy." he muttered as his body was tossed into the air. You took aim, making sure to hit where you knew it'd kill him.

Right in the heart.

Your fist connects with him at the desired point, and you hit him with such force, his body flies into the sky...you can swear you hear a small ding as he becomes naught but a twinkle in the sky.

With that dealt with you, return to the side of your allies...and Smokes and Top hat.

"So uh...do we take him to the employer too?" Top Hat asked
Smokes just gave his ally a sidelong glance "You're joking right. I don't know about you, but you saw what happened just now right? I don't know about you, but this job just eventually became not worth the trouble."

"You make a good point. Should we leave?"

"Yeah, I know of a gig in Cairo. Pay should be good and it's nowhere near this problematic."

"I see."

With that, Top Hat turned to the your group, a smile on his face. "Well, nice working with you, but we're off to Cairo, ta-ta now!"

With that, the two assassins ran off, clearly wanting to get the hell out of here. Which left you with the others.

"So uh...hey there." Sadie said meekly "Thanks for the save."

"Anytime." You reply

"So, who are you?"Saya asks "You beat the shit out of that guy. He uh...won't be coming back right?"

"I aimed for his heart. Unless he has a second one, then he's dead for sure."

"Oh yeah, he's done after something like that." Jane said with a small chuckle "At least we didn't have to see it or anything like that."

"Enough of that...who are you? Helena asks

"Yes, we're quite curious." Sanja said "Where were you, while we were being thrown around like ragdolls?"

"Sorry everyone." You say "But let's get out of here first, I don't think we want to be around when the police get here."

Everyone begrudgingly agreed with you, and you were soon all on rooftops, leaping from each one back to Sadie's home. They had a bit of a hard time keeping up with you, but besides that, there was no issue.

Once everyone landed in her backyard, the others changed back.

"Now spill it. Who are ya?" Saya asked

You responded by powering down, the golden armor leaving your body.

"Wait...what the?!

"RED?!" Everyone exclaimed

>Hi
>What? Not cool enough?
>Is this bad?
>Good to see you all too

>What? Not cool enough?
>I thought it was a Gold Star effort

You snort at the girls response. "What? Not cool enough? I thought it was a Gold Star effort." you joke

You can hear the collective groans of all the girls.

"But, how, what, you...you couldn't transform!" Sadie exclaimed

"You're right, I couldn't now I can."

"But you aren't Red Meteor anymore?" Sanja asked

"No I still am...I'm just Gold Star as well."

"So you're two super heroes?"

"Kinda? I mean, Gold Star is just a super powerful state. I can use it for a limited time, after that it needs a recharge."

"How you'd learn to do to that?!"

"I...had help from some friends."

"Friends?"

"Well...an old girlfriend or...well wife rather." You say sheepishly

Instantly, Sadie has you by the collar with the other girls (except Jane) giving him quite the evil eye "And just who is this wife?"

"She...died." You say solemnly, which prompts Sadie to let you go

"O-oh I...um...well...sorry."

"Don't be, it's thanks to her and a few others I'm here now."

"So what exactly happened?" Jane asked "Don't tell me you saw a ghost. I'm the only ghost around here!"

"Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeell..."

>To Be Continued