Chapter 18

In the area where the bureau was located, loud bangs and crashes were heard as two individuals we're seen by a surveillance drone in the sky, clashing and chasing after each other.

“Die by my hands you traitor” Nollan said while he generated electrical energy on his fist and punched Ryan, he dodged it then grabbed his arm and neck then pinned him to the ground as Nollan roared and created a huge blast of electric burst covering a large radius. The blast pushed away Ryan as he rolled on the floor. “You aren't as powerful as I am Ryan, accept defeat since you have no way of defeating me” he said.

“Remember back in those days when you would always talk about how much you were better than me, I told you that I was gonna prove you wrong one day but never had the chance. Well if you ask me, I see this as a golden chance, a once in a lifetime opportunity as one would call it. This here is an opportunity for me to show you what I can really do”. Ryan said as he clenched his fists and slowly started heading towards Nollan before dashing at incredible speed to land a powerful punch which packed immense force as it created a huge shockwave, followed by a loud noise that could be heard by everyone one else around.

When the after effect of that powerful attack finally settled, Nollan was already knocked away by a steel wall after crashing through a couple of others. He wasn't able to stop that attack even when he tried blocking it. He suddenly released a few sparks as he bursted himself out of the wreckage and blasted Ryan. He stepped aside to dodge it, then his brain snapped when he saw sparks and Nollan appeared right in front of him as he revealed his fist which was filled with compressed electric energy and landed it on Ryan's face.

“That was fast” he said while rubbing the spot on his face which had turned red. “But I'm faster” he cooed.

They both clashed once again and started exchanging devastating blows against each other, each one being more powerful than the previous ones to show it's intensity. Ryan dodged a blow this time instead of blocking it, then went for an uppercut. After landing the uppercut, he leaped upwards and blasted Nollan with a powerful push force which sent him deep underground, creating a large hole.

“Just stay down already” he muttered as he spat more blood.

The ground started to rubble as Nollan came out of the hole and appeared to be even more powerful. He then absorbed all forms of electricity from the entire building they were in and beyond. His body started to grow considerably as he continuously absorbed all the electricity he could reach.

“I will kill you and extinguish you, I will erase you out of existence right here right now. I will reign supreme over everything, I will be the one who will end Ego”

His voice had completely changed into something else. At this point, Ryan could see it clearly that the man who is going berserk wasn't the Nollan he knew. He knew it that something was off.

“What are you doing Nollan, you'll kill yourself!” Ryan yelled at him.

His body can't take in so much power at once, no matter how strong he is, he'll die. It's like filling a balloon with so much air that it just explodes at a certain point, that's exactly what'll happen to him. After all, he's only human. That's the whole truth here, no matter what you think you've become, how powerful you are, you're still only human. All that separates us from the others is our special abilities which is why we're called superhumans.

No matter how he tries to reason the situation he was in, he knew there was only one thing he can do at this point, to stop his old friend from killing himself no matter what, even if it kills him. After all, a hero is one who saves others.

After he finished absorbing all that energy, he turned to Ryan with a direct intent to terminate, to kill, to eliminate, to wipe him out of existence. He pointed his arms towards Ryan and shot him with a thin line, yet powerful blast of electricity the size of a laser which he nimbly evaded, but the shockwave of the blast was powerful enough to send him flying.

“I have to do something about this about this” he thought to himself. The whole situation was dire and he couldn't think straight. Wondering what was it that was bothering him concerning how things turned out, how to save his friend and also, most of all, how to save Kyle from an even worse situation.

Nollan suddenly appeared in front of Ryan and blasted him with a giant ball of concentrated electricity.

And then,

His brain tingled with small sparks of electricity which flowed all the way to his nerves and then his eyes and entire body.

He involuntarily twitched his eye brow and at the last minute, at point blank, he stretched his arms and manipulated the flow of electricity that was headed towards him, and from the looks of it, was probably going to kill. He manipulated the flow by controlling this electric blast and dispersing it, spreading it across every point of conduction in the area and powering up everything that was already rid off electric power after Nollan absorbed them.

It didn't take long before he realized that he was partially connected to the electromagnetic field out of his own will.

“To be honest, I don't know how you did that. Being able to use electricity all of a sudden. You really have gotten stronger, perhaps the strongest opponent I've ever encountered. Which is why I must end you as such power isn't worthy of a traitor like you”. He dashed towards him with about half his energy reduced.

“Nollan stop this now!” Ryan yelled at him.

Nollan suddenly stopped and started to react badly to the effect of the energy he absorbed earlier. His veins gradually started to burst as they had already taken much more heat and energy than they could manage. It finally stopped as he immediately continued dashing towards Ryan.

Ryan held up his fist and filled it with little amount of electric energy, which surrounded it with electric aura. He then looked to see Nollan coming for him with an unhinged intent to kill him, without thinking about how much he's endangering his life. He significantly Increased the amount of electric energy to match that of Nollan then added his own push force energy, shrouding his fist with so much power as it was bursting out with intimidating aura that he had to struggle to maintain it while his hands were shaking and dashed off, leaving a clear trace of electric streak as Nollan yelled Ryan and Ryan yelled Nollan.

Both of their war cry went on non stop before they finally collided and created a powerful shockwave blast from the point of impact as a dome of electromagnetic energy covered the whole area.

“I have to stop you, my old friend” he thought to himself.

Then there was absolutely nothing but silence.

Kyle and the Sage suddenly stopped fighting as they heard the noise from the blast and felt the shockwave created by Nollan and Ryan. After spotting traces of electricity from a far distance as the dome settled, Kyle couldn't help but worry about the professor. Then he noticed sage's expression as he said “What a pitiful waste”.

“What are you talking about?” Kyle asked, as he lacked certainty wether he was referring to the professor or Nollan.