Calamity Chapter 2: Redemption

The Boss stands on a destroyed piece of debris, putting himself higher than Matthew, who stares at him emotionlessly. Abraham teleports beside him as he glances at The Boss.
Abraham: Usually I wouldn’t have taken a job for Scarab, but Lady Heather insisted.
The Boss: Don’t worry, Abraham. We’re not planning on killing this target.
Abraham: Good. Now where are they…?
Meanwhile Eren was trying to heal Rose back up but nothing happened…
Eren: Dang it… is she already…
Spark: Seems like it…
He says kneeling down next to her body…
Spark: …what the hell are we going to tell Violet…?
Eren: We won’t tell her anything. Once Fox gets back, we’ll get her revived, right?
Spark looks up at Eren, he can tell that she was holding back tears, guilt filling her eyes at letting her best friend's daughter die… Everything made sense to him except one thing…
“Why did Rose smile before she died?”
His thoughts are interrupted when he notices The Boss and runs up to him.
Spark: What are you doing here?
The Boss: What does it look like? I’m here to stop Kingsman.
Spark: Oh the news report… you saw it too, huh?
The Boss: It was everywhere, kid. How could I miss it? It seemed like a couple other of Kingsmans friends wanted to help too.
He says pointing behind him. In the middle of the Army was a certain Blue and Pinked haired woman running through and getting to Spark.
Venus: Spark! I’m here!
Spark: Venus? You’re here too?
Venus: Of course! And I learned some magic just for this moment!
Spark stared at her in disbelief. A woman who couldn’t hurt a fly, learning magic in order to save a friend… Matt must really mean a lot to these people…
The Boss: Alright, Ladies and gentlemen, We have no plan. And clearly fighting with them one on one isn’t going to work, so…
He turns to his army and smiles.
The Boss: We will all rush him at once. Power in numbers, they say. However, if one of you dies, I will make sure you will be remembered. Me, or my daughter if I don’t make it out of this alive, will carve your name onto the walls of Scarab headquarters so you will be known for your efforts. Are you ready?
The army of agents raise their fists to the sky as The Boss smirks.
The Boss: Then let's begin. Abraham?
Abraham: Got it.
He turns to Venus, who seemed nervous
Abraham: First time on a battlefield?
Venus: No… just my first time being a fighter in one…
Abraham: Don’t worry. You don’t need to step in immediately. Take your time and come in whenever you want.

And thus he teleported off as The Boss and his agents rushed in. However, the silent monster jumped in the air and proceeded to crush down on the agents, killing a good number of them. Before he could attack another one of them, Abraham teleports in and kicks them into The Boss, who skips to a point in time after a rapid barrage of punches hit Matthew and send him into a building.
The Boss: Ever since the Ares incident I’ve been working on two new techniques in order to stop him… to stop you. I was hoping we would have a friendly rematch one day, but it seems like I have to show it in this situation…
Matthew rushes to The Boss, about to land a blow, but he takes a step back as a gunshot from one of the agents hits Mattew's arm, causing The Boss to jump back in shock. However he smiles as he closes his eyes. Ever since he started hanging out with his daughter more, he learned about her ability to see 10 seconds in the future… color eye, she calls it. The Boss was eventually able to learn something similar and was able to see a still frame of the future. The more vague it was, the more it was able to be interpreted, however he can not change a clear vision. For example, when he saw a glimpse earlier, it only saw him falling back with blood in his eyes as Matthew towered over him… however he interpreted it as Matthew’s blood instead, causing the gunshot to fire, changing the interpretation of fate. It’s a powerful move however it’s extremely hard to do in fast paced situations like this one. The Boss smiled to himself.
The Boss: I guess I’m a fate defier now too.
He holds onto his head as an aching pain takes over… he never got rid of that side effect afterwards… After dodging some attacks, he claps his hands as Matthew’s movements start to slow down drastically. Using his ability to rewind and fast forward, he thought about using it together in order to slow the passage of time around a certain area. He was originally trying to get an ability to stop time, but this works too. Eren watched on in the distance, noticing Matthew’s sluggish movements.
Eren: What are you doing?
The Boss: I’m making it more manageable for me to dodge! What does it look like? I’m growing old, kid!
The Boss continues to dodge and counter the attack his ways until it starts to speed up. A punch hits The Boss, who gets sent flying. He hits a building hard as a pink haired girl runs up to him.
Linda: B-boss!
The Boss: Linda…? What are you doing here?

Linda: A-abraham told us to come with him to b-back him up! Unfortunately we h-had to leave Lady H-heather at home…
The Boss: Wait… us?
Meanwhile, Matt was rampaging around, crushing the concrete below some agents until someone yelled out to him.
Quinn: Hey!
It turns around and sees a man… or woman… Who is this?
Quinn: Lady Heather has been real upset with your behavior these past couple days. So you can either calm down now, or face me!
The force of nature rushes at Quinn, but phrases through them and kicks Matt to the side. The Boss and Linda watch the fight in the background, talking to each other and catching up.
Linda: H-hey boss?
The Boss: Hm?
Linda: Why d-didn’t you reversed the punch and c-countered?
The Boss: Well… I got this new ability to slow down a person’s passage of time… but once I do that, I can’t use any of my other techniques while it’s active.
Linda: I-I see…
The Boss: Also… Quinn’s going to lose.
Linda: What?
The Boss noticed Matt’s movements. They were getting faster and faster, but Quinn was still keeping up.
Linda: I-I uh… I think Q-quinn’s doing good now…
The Boss: That's because…
He holds up his hands
The Boss: My ability is still active. If he’s at normal speed now…
Linda realized what that meant and started to panic.
Linda: D-don’t turn it off! DON’T TURN IT OFF!
The Boss: I won’t… but there’s a second major downside from this…
He starts to cough out some blood but wipes it off his mouth.
The Boss: Every minute I use it takes away one month from my lifespan…
Linda is now even more scared… What does she do now? Does she tell her former boss to keep it on, but risk killing him? Or maybe Quinn will die but the Boss would live… she made up her mind.
Linda: B-boss. Turn it off. You have a daughter to take care of… and I’m sure Quinn can handle it.
The Boss stares at Linda confused… but nods and claps his hands again, turning off the slowness effect on Matthew. Now, its movements can be barely registered. Quinn can’t even attack or defend in time to react. They would get hit before they would get to turn into smoke, or make a shield of vines… eventually it looks like it would be over, but a sound of teleporting is heard behind Quinn and they’re suddenly teleported out of the battlefield and next to Linda and the Boss. Abraham stands next to them, patting Quinn on the back.
Abraham: I never thought I’d have to do this but… Quinn… Linda… Take care of each other.

Quinn and Linda look at each other confused. Abraham looks at them and the Boss one last time.
“Tell Lady Heather I won’t be coming home tonight.”
Quinn, Linda, and The Boss both come to the same conclusion as they get up and try to stop him, but Abraham teleports off. Meanwhile, Matthew was standing alone on the streets. He seemed disappointed.
Matthew: I was hoping this would go smoother. But I only killed one person that Matt cared for…
In the middle of his thoughts, it felt a hand grab it’s shoulder. It turns around and sees Abraham, who takes a deep breath.
Abraham: Heart, don’t fail me now…
He then punched Matthew, and then teleported to where he would land, and then bashed him into the ground. He clutched the area where his heart was and started rapidly teleporting around the monster, punching him, kicking him, until he grabbed onto Matthew’s head, teleported to a car and bashed his head in, teleported to a building with a window and slams his head into it again, and then teleporting him in the air and kicking him into the air and kicking him down, and then teleporting mid way just to kick him in another direction… his heart rate doesn’t slow down… this is his last hurrah… on that day, Abraham died of a heart attack. His body falls to the floor as The Boss, Linda, and Quinn run to it.
Linda: ABE!
Quinn: No no no no… why wasn’t I able to defend myself…?
The Boss: Everyone get him out of here! Now!
Linda and Quinn run off with his body in hand. Venus, who was standing with Spark and Eren, looked on in horror…
Venus: How are we going to break the news to Heather…?
Eren: Dad… dad can fix this… where is he-
They suddenly hear the sound of teleporting again, and there stood Fox and Angel, who were back from their little journey.
Eren: Dad!
Fox stared at Rose’s corpse and shook his head.
Fox: I am so sorry… I should have done this myself…
He put his hand onto her chest and a flash of white energy, Rose jumped back to life
Eren: What was that…? That's not your power. You didn’t even use any soul manipulation…
Fox: It’s just something I got from meeting with a certain black armor tyrant.
He says smiling before turning to a confused Rose
Rose: Woah… did I die?
Fox: yes… Unfortunately… I’m sorry you had to go through a traumatic experience like that at such a young age… I can’t do anything about the memory of you dying… and those will forever be your scars.
Rose: Okay.
Everyone looked at her confused. Even Spark was confused on why she was so calm.

Spark: R-rose… you just died!
Rose: I know. And that's a new experience for me! Now I know what happens afterward and… and I want to live my new life to the fullest! With my dad, my mom, and Petals!
Eren: …Petals?
Rose: That's my nickname for my sister when she’s born!
Spark then remembered what he wanted to ask Rose but didn’t get a chance to as Matthew rushed at them enraged. In his mind, he asks someone.
Matthew: What was that? That actually hurts! You said I was the strongest out of all of these!
A mysterious man made of static appears behind him
???: I never said you were invincible… But don’t worry, friend. If things get too tough for you, I have a little gimmick I’d like to try. The ability to nullify everyone's abilities and strengths…
Matthew: That sounds… powerful… but wouldn’t that affect me too?
A glitchy mysterious laugh echos the mind as it responds
???: No… I can pull some strings and add a special condition just for you…
Matthew: Good… You may go now.
The being disappears as it watches over a crystal ball.
Back in the real world, Matthew was about to attack Rose once again, but suddenly… chains wrap around its hands like handcuffs and suddenly become extremely heavy and make it fall to the ground with a thud. Everyone turned around to see Venus, using her newfound magic in order to hold them off.
Venus: Get out of here! Fox! Go heal Abraham!
Fox nods as he and Angel run to him as Eren and Spark run another direction to get Rose somewhere safe. Eventually, Matthew breaks from the chains and rushes to Venus who just creates more chains, but these cause severe drain on her body as she suddenly gets hit in the head and falls to the floor. Elsewhere, Fox tries to revive Abraham but nothing happens…
Linda: Why isn't he coming back?!
Fox: …I see the problem.
He gets up and turns to Angel and nods. Angel relays the message to the three.
Angel: He doesn’t want to come back. It seems he has accepted this as his perfect death and wishes not to return.
Fox: Just like Medea…
Linda takes in this information and sits down. She curls up into a ball and starts to cry. Quinn sits next to her and hugs her in order to comfort her. The Boss salutes his fallen comrade as he sits next to them… back in the fight, Venus gets back up as she whispers to herself.
Venus: Sorry Cata… I guess I have to use this after all…

She raises her hands and starts to dance… eerie music starts to play as she continues doing so as a barrier around her and Matthew as it suddenly feels… unmotivated… was this really the right thing to do? The barrier grows bigger and bigger as Venus continues to dance, using all of her power… inside Matt’s mind, The being appears again
???: Why have you stopped?
Matthew: I… don’t want to do this anymore… is it even worth it?
???: Oh… a negative zone… didn’t think the girl was capable of making one… just let me take control for a couple seconds…
Matthew, in the real world, suddenly gets up and charges a huge explosion… the sound of static being heard around the area as Venus, who was still doing her dance, was suddenly blasted away into The Boss’s arms.
The Boss: Hey are you okay?
As her eyes open… her hair is a darker shade of Pink and Blue as black eyeliner appears on her
Venus: I’m so depressed… Why did you catch me? I was better off dead…
The Boss turns to Quinn, who was still comforting Linda.
The Boss: Is she always like this?
Quinn: not that I know of
She says patting Linda on the back… but then the floor breaks. Everyone turns to the source and sees Matthew with a huge aura… but it wasn’t the same as before… it looked like tv static was flickering in and out of it… Eren and Spark look concerned… it seemed to be charging some sort of huge explosion. But something catches Sparks' eyes behind it…
Spark: Mercury!
There in the debris, lies Mercury, unconscious, and unable to move… Almost without thinking, Spark sprints past Matthew to try and grab Mercury… But it looks like the blast is about to go off…
Fox: Eren! We gotta get out of here!
Eren: Hold on! I have a plan!
She takes out her energy gun and aims… this was her last shot… her final chance… all of her energy being used in this one blast… and then she fired…
…
She missed. It goes straight past Matthew as the blast goes off, causing everything in west city to be destroyed. Quinn shields The Boss, Linda, Venus, and Angel with some plants, as Fox and Eren hide behind a broken building… when the dust settles… Matthews' aura is back to normal… In his mind, Matthew was back to fully committing to killing everyone here… or so he thought… He turned around and saw Spark… standing there and out of breath…
Fox: Spark! Get out of there! He’s too powerful for you!

Matthew talks to himself in his mind.
Matthew: Thanks for the reset… friend. And look at this guy… he’s just standing there like an idiot… this is too easy.
And thus… he threw a punch and- imgflip.com/i/9d7pbo

Bro is cooking

oh no... there goes abraham... he was nice

Welp I’m sad now.

your cooking streak remains unbroken

NOT THE OLD MAN

Rip Abraham

WHYD YOU HAVE TO SPOIL IT DUDE

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