Chapter 12

Though it wasn't easy, Roxy was able to achieve victory against Frosty after she was pushed to her extreme limit. While in her difficult battle, Priya and Jordan were also engaged in a fight against a member of the Thunder Squad, SPLIT. At first, it didn't seem like a battle that was gonna be so challenging. But as time went on, it later turned out to be a complete hassle.

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Look we don't wanna fight” Jordan said.

“I was like tots hoping I wouldn't like have to do this buuuuuuut...SPLIT!”. In the blink of an eye, she splitted into several clones of herself, each possessing the exact same features as the original. They soon got completely surrounded by an army of clones as they prepared their selves for what was likely to be the most tiring fight of their lives.

“Shadow Clones, awesome!” Jordan commented.

Priya reached for her jacket and brought out a pair of gloves equipped with retractable knives and wore it. Jordan activated his gauntlet by touching a floating screen which he projected from his palm. His arm suddenly got surrounded by an aura which started to form layers of fabrics and then metal which was finally coated with blue and silver color. He isn't that much of a fighter but he is well known for his inventions which makes him quite formidable.

“Like that's so nice and flashy, but, like against my powers they're like nothing” all clones said in unison.

“We will stop you, for Kyle!” Jordan's hands started to glow due to higher concentration of energy. He raised his arm forward and blasted through a line of clones.

“Yeah” Priya said, a couple of clones surrounded her as one tried to attack but she was fast. She dodged it and cut through the throat. Just like the clones from earlier, there wasn't any blood spill and they each disappeared after taking a few fatal hits.

“Like I thought you were like the kind one, but you like cut through one of my clones without like hesitating” a voice said among the clones. They tried to locate were it originated from but it was impossible. The voice continued “So you like have awful killer instinct”.

“Actually it's the exact opposite” Priya replied. “I would never do such a thing to a person who doesn't have an evil intent, and besides, they are just clones so I don't have to worry about getting my hands dirty”. She stabbed a clone next to her in the eyes and left her hands there as it slowly faded away. “See?”.

The very definition of an angel...Jordan said in his mind.

Time passed, they both took down the clones one by one but there was no end to them. The more clones they destroyed, the more they appeared.

Priya was seen swiftly moving around the clones and taking them all out simultaneously, slicing through them and making cuts like a Chinese chef performing for some audiences.

SPLIT! she said and more clones appeared.

They all rushed towards her, she punched one of them on the face and ejected a knife which went straight through it's skull. Whirled and sliced the throat of another, a few more slashes then her knife suddenly broke as she attempted to stab another in the chest. She realized there wasn't even a tiny dent on it's skin. It was about to land a punch on Priya's face before it got blasted away by Jordan. A few shots of ray guns were also deflected with a force field he activated.

Two more clones attacked Jordan while he tried to defend himself against their fists, he pushed them back with his force field and blasted them away. Priya was faced by five more clones, she tried stabbing one of them with the second knife, but it broke without making a dent on it's skin. One of them punched her in the abs as another came with a right hook which she blocked and simultaneously dodged another attack then overwhelmed them with her speed and martial arts by targeting their pressure points and attacking them all at once. They all fell to the ground at the same time and faded away.

SPLIT! She said and more clones appeared again.

This time Jordan and Priya stood back to back as they were completely surrounded by clones. They were already overwhelmed as the clones seemed different this time.

“I'll take them out all at once!” Jordan said as he gathered up some energy and blasted a large beam of concentrated energy at all the clones.

The dust soon cleared only to reveal Jordan and Priya standing amongst a group of unfazed clones.

“Like I have to admit, this is like starting to get really Interesting” Split giggled. SPLIT! She said and more clones appeared.

“It didn't work”. He said, after seeing that the clones weren't wiped out by that blast.

“Something seems off about these new clones” said Priya.

“Yeah I noticed it too” Jordan said as he proceeded to scanning one of them and seeing their power levels and how it appeared to be much higher than the previous ones “Its just as I thought, these ones are more powerful than the last wave or even the one before that, it's almost like they've all adapted to our attacks”.

Split clapped her hands together in amazement, alongside a satisfying laugh and said “So the cute boy is like the smart one, you're like really lucky. You see, my clones aren't like any other clones since these ones have a special ability of adapting to attacks which at first turned out to be fatal to them, simply put, they can't be killed by the same attacks more than twice”.

Priya turned to Jordan and said “The likes there was surprisingly lesser, any ideas?'.

“Yeah, I happen to know a lot about clones” he blocked various attacks with his force field and blasted the clones away but it was futile as the blast just acted like a strong wind, then continued “The only way to win this is to find the real one and destroy her which will automatically cause the other clones to disappear”.

“Pardon me if I'm being bothersome but it's impossible to find the real one since they all look exactly the same” Priya said.

“No!” he looked at her and smiled “I know a way”.

She blushed.

“I'll need some time, do you think you can keep them busy for a while?” he asked.

“We all came here for a reason, and that is to save Kyle. Even if we seem outnumbered, remember that they're ordinary clones and not real people. Whether she likes it or not it's still two against one. So do what you need to do, I'll take care of them” She clenched her fists and cracked her knuckles. Surrounded by a rabble of clones, she stood still with her eyes closed and focused. Gathering natural energy and spreading it evenly across her entire body. She finally opened her eyes and lifted her left foot then ran straight towards the clones with unbelievable speed.

The clones started to fade away one by one the moment she touches them. Her mastery in hand to hand combat was spot on. They rushed towards her without hesitation as she simultaneously dodged their attacks and blitzed them with rounds of fatal blows and kicks. Sounds of bones breaking filled the air. She landed a powerful punch on ones face then bent down and swept another off it's feet and firmly placed her knees on the ground as it fell and crushed it's skull. She got back up and slammed the heads of two clones together, whirled, then hit the neck which forced the throat to come out from the other side.

It seemed unbelievable but Priya was overwhelming the clones one by one!

SPLIT! she said and more clones appeared.

A few headed towards her, she punched it's face, sending it a few feet away but unlike before, it didn't die and she felt more pain on her hands this time.

“They've adapted!” she muttered with frustration. “Yaaaaaaa!!” she cried and rushed them with destructive blows; each breaking skulls, spines, jaws. She held a fist and turned then hit it's jaw with her elbow which severed all its teeth, then pushed it with her palm while maintaining a unique stance, sending it crashing with some others with great force.

Stressed, so she dropped down on her knees and gasped heavily. “How much longer?” she asked.

“Just a little more!” Jordan replied with uncertainty. Seeing Priya in that state forced him to suspend what he was doing and rushed to help but was stopped by Priya. She yelled at him to stop and continue with what he was doing.

SPLIT! She said and more clones appeared.

Priya was standing in front of an army of clones that were almost just as powerful as her, “Yaaaaaa!!” she gave a war cry and dauntlessly charged. With Jordan screaming “No!” and activated his arm lasers then rushed to go help her. In the blink of an eye, a baton was thrown from an unknown location and exploded the moment it made contact with a clone, destroying everything within range, leaving only one of them alive, while Jordan protected Priya from the explosion.

The baton returned to a corner as Roxy came through a broken wall and caught it. She approached Jordan and Priya then offered to pull her up. While Jordan left a relieved sigh.

“Thanks!” said Priya.

“Sorry I'm late, you guys need help?” she asked.

“Yeah, we could really use some help here ” said Jordan. He then turned to Split and said “The table has finally turned and it's now three against only one of you”.

After seeing the tired state Priya was and how she could barely keep standing, Roxy almost lost it. One could say Split was lucky she didn't spot any drop of blood.

“So you kidnap my teammate, beat up my teammate and there you are smiling brightly like a daisy. Oh someone's gonna get some serious beating this faithful evening ” Roxy said.