Chapter 24 The Berserker’s Rage

Chapter 24: The Berserker's Rage

Scott lets out a growl as he stares down Jake with murder in his eyes.

"I know your type!" He goes to punch Jake but he dodges it.

"You believe in the fact that monsters! Have a chance to not be a blood thirsty beast?!" He goes to kick Jake but he grabs his foot, twirling him in the air, causing him to land on his back.

"Agh...That can't happen wonder boy..they are abominations, freaks…" he gets up wiping the snow off his shoulders.

Jake stands there watching Scotts every moment. "Then why do you attack the monsters so viciously, laughing like a maniac…you seem more mo-"

"Monstrous?!" Scott laughs "That's the only way to beat these freaks...you have to become a monster to beat a monster Jake, you can't give them chances..they'll use that to strike you when you aren't on your guard." Scott charges Jake with every step shaking the ground.

Jake looks around "Scott you're causing an avalanche!" Snow starts to rush down the side of the mountain as some of the Rakasha struggle to stay up.

Jake files up but is grabbed by Scott, he slams him on the ground pinning him there. "You aren't going to save anymore of those monsters!" Scott has a wild smile on his face.

Jake looks up at him "They aren't monsters!" his arm starts to glow even brighter as he slugs Scott into the air sending him flying.

He files up and catches the falling Rakasha, placing them on the other side of the mountain. "Are you guys okay?"

They nod and one of the small Rakasha speaks up. "Why? Why go through so much for us?"

Jake looks down at the child Rakasha and smiles "You've done nothing wrong."

Iro weakly looks up thinking to himself. "He is protecting my people.." he looks at Jake "He reminds me of him...the human that protected everyone.."

Snow starts to fall all over the mountain then so after hail starts to as well. Everyone looks up in confusion as the hail hits some in the face. They winch in pain as Jake starts to see people start to freeze over until they become solid ice.

He slams his hand down on the ground as a barrier appears over the village, he looks up as the ice starts to freeze over the barrier.

They shatter as soon as they come as a huge BOOM! Is heard throughout the entire mountain. Jake opens the barrier as he files out dodging the hail.

He winches in pain as he grabs his left arm only feeling ice. "Wha-?! How!"

Jake gets kicked in the side as he gets sent flying to the bottom of the mountain. He stops himself with his right arm. "Scott…" Jake looks at his left arm and sees that it's completely shattered.

Jake's breath begins to become labored as starts to panic. "No...no no no no…"

Scott is standing on top of the mountain standing on top of the barrier that Jake made.He is covered in a celtic ice armor as starts to grow all around him. He hops from the barrier as the air itself begins to freeze over as he slides downward towards Jake landing in front of him. "I usually use this unless I'm fighting something that exceeds what my body can currently do.."

Jake backs away slowly with desperation in his eyes. "If he touches me I'll be frozen in an instant..I need to control my temperature.."

Scott laughs "Backing away are we? What happened to that bravado from earlier..you wanted to protect the monsters, but you can't even protect yourself."

Jake drops to his knees "My legs...I can't feel them.." he closes his eyes as he calms his mind.

Jake thinks to himself "Control your breathing..raise your temperature to abnormal heights...that's why we've been meditating everyday to control the limits of our body.."

Scott holds his hand out as ice starts to form from it, he shoots Jake directly in his chest as ice starts to rapidly spread across his body. "You're finished…"

He turns around as Jake is frozen solid. "Now let me finish this contest so I can go home.

Crack! Scott turns around "What?" Crack!

The ice around Jake starts to crack as mist emits from the ice. Jake bursts out of the ice as the ice around him begins to melt.

"How?! That's not possible! You should be dead!" Scott says charging a huge ice ball with both hands.

"It's simple Scott, I overcharged my brain to make it increase my temperature to the absolute point. None of your ice can ever come close to freezing me now." The grass around him begins to catch fire instantly as he walks through the snow.

Scott laughs "YES JAKE!!! You continue to surprise me! I declare you as my rival!"

Ice starts to form around Scott and Jake, they twist and contort into Ice beings looking like Scott. "I'll be pulling out all of the stocks now Jake!" They all start to run around Jake circling him in an area of ice and snow.

One of the clones launches at Jake as he dodges and knees him in the chest, melting him completely. Another jumps up and unleashes a powerful ice blast at Jake, but he swirls around it, and blasts the other clone in the face obliterating it.

The heat from Jake, and the cold from Scott cause a huge mist to surround them. "You really are unaffected by it aren't you Jake? I guess I'll have to fight you personally!"

Scott comes rushing out of the mist and gets struck in the face by Jake. He catches Jake's arm as more steam and mist starts to build up.

"You know not to attack me head on…" Jake says as he feels more arms wrap around him melting and freezing at the same time. Jake looks up and past the mist he sees some more clones of Scotts charging a huge ice ball.

"I knew not to attack you head on directly so I made a divergen to try and freeze you instantly!!" Scott laughs excitingly

The clones in the sky throw down the giant ice ball as Jake grunts as the area around him starts to hit up even more, he bursts with energy that instantly defrosts the entire area knocking the clones back and clashing with the ice ball.

He rears his hands back and the ice ball to bits and pieces the explosion causing the mist to disperse.

Scotts gets sent flying back as his armor evaporates as his skin begins to burn. "Arrgh!" he laughs even more as he looks at Jake "COME ON!!! FIGHT ME MORE!" he yells as his armor comes back.

Jake looks at him with disgust. "This guy is insane.." He files towards Scott

Scott steps on the air, freezing it as he runs towards Jake, they begin to clash, slugging and kicking each other across the island ending up in the forest region.

Jake dodges Scotts punch and twirls "Double Tornado!" He double roundhouse kicks him across the forest as everything Scott crashes into begins to freeze over and melt as Jake charges towards him.

Jake drops to slam his knees on Scott but quickly moves out of the way grabbing Jake's leg slamming him trees and sending him twirling and crashing as the other half of the forest begins to catch on fire from Jake.

Scott looks at his wristband showing that it has filled up all the way "heh..Hahaha...HAhHAHA I won Jake!! I bested you!"

Jake comes walking out of the fire with his clothes completely torched. His body was shadowed by the light of the flames showing only his eyes. Scott sees his wristband as well showing it completely filled up.

"Who won...who got it filled up first..we didn't notice because we were fighting and tossing each other everywhere." Scott says, looking at Jake. "Now all I have to do is kill you!"

Scott sees blood shoot out of the area where Jake's arm used to be, seeing an entirely new arm take its place. "You said all you have to do is kill me?" Jake rotates and clenches his new arm. It is now scaly and spikey.

Scott looks in confusion "What the hell…that arm...it's the same thing my father's crew told me about when i was younger..is he rela-"

Scott gets interrupted by the ground shaking as Jake stops moving as well. Burst! The ground erupts open as a giant elemental worm comes through aiming at Jake.

It goes into the ground as Scott watches it take Jake. "That'll work.." he starts laughing again "No matter what he is!!! He's been beaten by a worm! A WO-"

The ground shakes again as a huge shadow watches over him as he sees the giant worm in the being held by one by Jake looking down at him. "RM…?"

Jake grabs and turns the worm as it charges a huge elemental blast aiming it at Scott.

"OH SH-" He puts up a huge barrier of ice trying to block it, but it bursts right through sending him and a trail of destruction across the entire island, he lands in the desert crashing in the sand.

Scott stands up weakly with his armor breaking and shattering. He looks up. SLAM! The worm gets tossed on him as it instantly freezes over.

It shatters open as Scott crawls out of it "You bastard!!" He says as Jake punts him as he goes bouncing across the sand crashing into a mound of rocks, causing a huge puff of smoke.

Jake floats over to him staring intensely, holding his hand out with a ball of energy that is pulling and pushing at the same time. It gets bigger and bigger.

Scott looks up "Damn..yo-" He coughs up blood as his armor shatters completely "You bested me Jake...finish it."

Jake looks at him "Gla-"

They both hear movement coming from outside the smoke. "Jake!" "Scott!"

Jake's arm becomes normal again as he drops to the ground walking out of the smoke "You've been saved...use this as your second chance to better yourself..or i'll fix it for you." The smoke clears as they see Evie and Pravarasena running towards them.

Pravarasena helps Scott "What happened? We were going to head back but the destruction became too much so Evie and I went to investigate it."

Scott stayed silent looking down to the ground. He thinks to himself "What is he...I..I must find out, he isn't human he's something else.."

Evie runs up to Jake "Are you okay?! Why are your clothes like that?!"

Jake smiles and laughs "Heh well Scott and I had a bit of a disagreement.."

Leslie is laying in the infirmary squirming and struggling to breath as the veins in his body begin to turn a dark purple.

End of Chapter 24