Infamous

"Hehe... finally. That's what I've been waiting for."

"Huh?" Gideon turned around, confused and a little startled. "You... changed clothes?"

And you did have a new attire. The red flannel shirt and black shoes remained the same, but... your hoodie, it was a bright red. Your jeans were a deep black, and so was the leather of the jacket, and the "Y and N" letters in your sunglasses were glowing red.

Your nose and cheeks were notably redder, and the area around your eyes darkened. It was quite the drastic change, really. And it was something that sent Gideon and everyone else present into a state of unease.

"So that glow thing suppresses positive emotions and enhances negative feelings, huh? That's exactly what I needed to break through my inhibitions." You muttered, a smirk forming.

"Inhibitions?" Gideon asked, raising an eyebrow. "What are you talking about?"

"My inhibitions. The one thing holding me back." You answered, getting up. "The thing that keeps me from being who I want to be."

"And who is it that you want to be?" Gideon inquired, now a bit unnerved by the sudden shift.

Your chain unraveled from your wrist, bright red embers covering instead of the usual orange. An evil smirk formed, and you looked up at Gideon, your eyes a crimson red.

"Infamous."

The moment you uttered that word, you raised your hand and a beam of red neon light was shot out, hitting a spot right next to Gideon, blasting a hole into the wall.

"Word of advice..." You stated, both your hands lighting up in red. "Karma always collects its debts."

And without wasting any time, you jumped into the air, and shot various neon beams from your hands, all aimed at Gideon. He was forced to either run or block them with the Power of Love, but even that wouldn't hold out forever.

"Whoa, Y/N, calm down!" Knives exclaimed, running over.

"Back up, Chau." You said, your voice low. "This is my fight."

"But-" Knives started, getting cut off.

"I said back off!" You growled, and growing impatient, you fired a phosphor beam from your hands, aimed at the ground beneath Knives' feet.

"Ah!" Knives yelped, being blasted backward and into the wall. Now, everyone knew for sure something was wrong.

"Something's not right! They're... different!" Matthew exclaimed, his eyes wide.

"Evil. They've become evil." Lucas confirmed, his tone solemn.

"They're under the influence of The Glow." Kyle concluded, nodding.

"Which means they're now at their worst." Ken added, looking back over at you.

"So what do we do?" Todd asked, worried and slightly scared.

"We snap them out of it! Like they did for us!" Roxie answered, preparing to run over.

"And how do you suggest we do that?" Gira asked, looking over at her.

"Don't know, but we have to try." Schell spoke up, readying herself.

"Stop hyping yourselves up and help me!" Gideon yelled, still dodging the rays of red neon light being shot out.

"We're not doing this for you, Gideon!" Knives snapped, getting up.

- The 7 Exes and the Conduits! VS! Infamous Y/N! Fight! -

"Fine, since that's how it's going to be..." You growled, blasting an arcade machine and absorbing the smoke. "Then I'll take you all on!"

- Round 1! Matthew Patel, Lucas Lee, and Todd Ingram! -

"We'll aid you, Y/N! Snap out of it!" Matthew cried, summoning the Demon Hipster Chicks, and having them fly towards you.

"I've got them!" Lucas exclaimed, skating after you, and you smirked.

"I'll help you two!" Todd declared, using his vegan powers to fly at you.

"No, you don't!" You exclaimed, sustaining fire on a few smoke shots.

"Girls!" Matthew called, and they all fired beams of fire at you.

You rolled your eyes, and smoke dashed out of the way. Then, you fired a cinder missile at him, knocking him and his hipster chicks down and out.

"Lucas!" Todd shouted, pointing at you, and Lucas nodded, skating over and trying to hit you in the back.

"Nice try, boys." You grinned, grabbing his leg and tossing him over your shoulder, causing him to land on top of the others. Then, you charged a cinder blast that hit him square in the head and knocked him out.

"Y/N, stop this!" Todd cried, grabbing you telekinetically, and holding you in the air.

"Not gonna happen!" You laughed, launching a sulfur grenade at his feet.

"Oh shit-" Todd's eyes widened, the explosion trapping him in a cloud of smoke. Once he coughed and stumbled out, you grabbed him by the shirt collar, and kicked him in the face, KO'ing him as well.

You went over to another arcade machine, absorbing the video from the screen, looking back to find the next batch of fighters.

- Round 2! Roxie Richter and Kyle & Ken Katayanagi -

"Sorry for what's about to happen, Y/N." Roxie apologized, her blade steady.

"But we have to get you to listen." Kyle and Ken spoke in unison, their weapons ready as well.

"I'm not listening to any of you." You spat, making demon claws out of video and slashing them.

"You have to." Roxie spoke, deflecting the attacks and rushing at you, slashing at you.

"Why?" You asked, taking the hit and smirking, dashing away with demon wings.

"Because you're not acting like yourself." Kyle answered, locking arms with Ken.

"And we need you to come back to us." Ken finished, and they both did a hurricane kick at you.

"Not gonna happen." You grinned, summoning a digital demon wingman to fight them off.

"It will." Roxie nodded, rolling behind you and slashing at you, but was blocked by one of your video demon claws.

"You have no idea how strong I am, do you?" You chuckled, firing off a video torrent at her.

"Y/N is strong! Not whatever you are!" Roxie yelled, blocking as many shots as she could.

"We have an idea." Kyle and Ken stated, and the two did their simul-punch.

"Really? Because it doesn't seem that way." You laughed, making a sword storm rain down on the three.

"I'm not giving up on them." Roxie promised, dodging and weaving the attacks, before getting hit by one.

"We have faith in Y/N." Kyle and Ken spoke, but were tackled by a video demon, getting pinned down.

"Well, then you're going to be sorely disappointed." You snickered, clashing their heads together and knocking them both out cold.

"I don't think so." Roxie replied, and slashed at you.

But when she did, she suddenly found you nowhere to be found. Swiftly, she began to look around for where you were, and that's when you made your move.

"Behind you." You whispered, coming out your shroud of invisibility, and slamming your fist into the back of her head.

"Dammit..." Roxie cursed, her consciousness fading.

"Now, what should I do to the rest of you?" You mused, turning back to the group.

"Start facing those of your same kind." Gira answered, a wooden spear in hand.

"Someone is hurting your friends, Y/N." Schell added, paint swirling around her.

"Fight back, Y/N! You can do, compadre!" Pierce encouraged, barbwire extending from his fingertips.

"I'll bring them back... They won't stay in your shadow!" Knives swore, her glass blades shining.

- Round 3! Gira, Schell, Pierce, and Knives Chau! VS! Infamous Y/N! Fight! -

"Oh, how cute. A quartet of wannabes." You scoffed, absorbing the neon of a nearby sign. "No matter, I'll take care of you, too."

"We'll see about that!" Gira cried, shooting an arrow made of wood.

"I've got them!" Schell yelled, shooting paintballs at you.

"Let's do this!" Pierce declared, barbwire flying towards you.

"I'll save you, Y/N!" Knives proclaimed, glass shards heading in your direction.

"That's what you think!" You sneered, and lightspeed ran through them, using laser insight to slow down time and aim your shots, hitting Gira's legs and restraining him.

"Tying me up won't work!" Gira grunted, making wood spikes shoot from the ground, aimed at you.

"Cute." You deadpanned, jumping to the air and performing the neon version of the comet drop, and crashing on top of him, KO'ing him.

"Gira!" Schell gasped, turning into paint and sliding over, before reforming, and kicking you in the face.

"Nice try." You snickered, dropping a stasis bubble to make her slow down in midair, and you whipped her with your neon chain, delivering the coup de grâce.

"Just because we aren't as strong as you doesn't mean we won't try." Pierce stated, barbwire extending to wrap around your legs.

"I'd like to see you try." You smirked, charging an extremely powerful phosphor beam.

"You can't be serious-" Pierce's eyes widened, and before he could do anything, he was seeing hearts and flowers. Which, in case you didn't know, is a metaphor for being knocked out.

"Y/N..." Knives swung her Chaos Knives in circles, waiting for the right moment to strike.

"Knives... be a good friend and stand down." You commanded, your red glow growing brighter.

"No! I won't let you go until you're back to normal!" Knives protested, rushing at you.

"Fine." You sighed, and you fired a continuous stream of red neon at her, but then...

"Light refraction, baby!" Knives cried, making a mirror of glass appear, reflecting the beam back at you, the recoil knocking you back toward a wall.

"What the fuck?" You coughed, trying to regain your breath.

"I'm not letting you win. I'll bring back the Y/N we know and love." Knives stated, and then she rushed at you, slashing you a bunch of times with her blades.

"No... you won't!" You exclaimed, and you kicked her in the stomach, making her stagger backwards.

"Yes... I will!" Knives insisted, wrapping you around in her chains and jumping high enough to swing you into the air, before slamming you onto the ground.

"Agh! Fuck!" You yelped, landing harshly, and struggling to get up.

"I'm not giving up! Not while you're still like this!" Knives yelled, reeling you back toward her, pulling her head, and smashing your heads together, effectively sending you crashing to a wall, making a massive dent.

Knives landed on the ground, and rushed over to check on you. But instead of being knocked out, you had a maniacal grin, your body now having absorbed the concrete from the wall.

"One-way ticket to Dreamland Express! Chau!" You laughed, and punched Knives square in the chest, which was covered in concrete.

"Ough!" Knives gasped, and she fell to her knees, before falling over, passed out.

"Who else wants some? Anyone?" You mocked, and everyone else stood in shock and horror at what they just saw.

"You're better than I thought you'd be, Rowe. How about you join the league and you can manage this empire together?" Gideon offered, trying to make one last-ditch effort to get you to not fight him.

"Hm... nah." You replied, snapping your fingers and having concrete shards pierce his leg.

"Ah!" Gideon winced, falling to his knees.

"Hehe..." You smirked, and walked over to him, looking down and grabbing his hair, forcing him to look at you. "Yeah, I'm told that hurts."

"Dammit..." Gideon muttered, before yelling, "What do you want, Rowe?!"

"Well, since Scott is dead, Ramona's gone, and no one is left to get in my way..." You began, and the smile on your face grew even wider. "Then I won't give you the satisfaction of getting Ramona when she does come back."

You walked over to a torn up, left over robot and absorbed the energy, with red electricity trailing up your arm. Then, you turned to Gideon, who was slowly getting up, and grabbed his collar.

"But I'll be merciful, and make this quick." You chuckled, and charged the electricity in your hand. Only for a single streak of blue electricity to begin tasing you.

"Guh!" You grunted, feeling the pain and turning to see who was responsible, only to find no one.

"Give... my... body... BACK!" The actual you cried, electrocuting you repeatedly from the inside, and trying to get back control.

"I thought I got rid of you!" Infamous you yelled, trying to push you back to the confines of your mind.

"The Glow wore off. This is my chance... I'll get rid of you once and for all!" You shouted, and burst into a shower of blue and red lightning.

"Get out!" Infamous you snarled, the lightning starting to become unstable.

"No, you come here and face me!" You yelled, the lightning growing brighter and brighter.

- Final Round! True Hero Y/N! VS! Infamous Y/N! -

- Struggle! -

"Get... out of my mind!" Infamous you cried, pushing with everything you had, red electricity in their eyes.

"This isn't your mind!" True you countered, doing the same, your eyes blue.

The sparks grew more and more unstable, and soon, both sides were pushing against each other. An eagle of blue lightning and a hawk of red were locked in battle, neither willing to lose.

"Just give up and accept the inevitable!" Infamous you insisted, the hawk pushing forward.

"Never! This is my mind!" True you protested, the eagle fighting back.

"Why can't you just see?! Karma doesn't always come in time in a world of pointless suffering!" Infamous you snapped, the hawk getting closer and closer. "We have to take what we want, when we want it!"

"Happiness, freedom, and peace are only attained by giving them to someone else!" True you argued, the eagle flying forward. "We have to do what's right, even if it's not the easy choice! Because no matter what, Karma is always worth the wait!"

The sparks flew everywhere, the battle raging on and on, the egos clashing. One side fighting for chaos, the other for order. Both sides refusing to give in, because of what's at stake.

And what would YOU do?

- Fight back!

You didn't get this far by letting people push you around! If you were going to get pushed back, then it would be when you were dead! You are a great person, someone who will put themselves in harm's way for others! You are a True Hero!

- Give in...

You are tired of people telling you what to do. You've been doing what people have been asking, and what has that gotten you? Nothing but problems, that's what. Now is the time for action, and it is time to take what you want. You are Infamous...

"I..."

"...am..."

"...a TRUE HERO!"

The blue lightning of the eagle began to overpower the red hawk, and soon, the true you was winning the struggle, and pushed the Infamous far back, until it was forced back into a corner of the mind.

"Get... out of my HEAD!" You yelled, and your body began to completely glow blue, the electricity flowing all around your body. The red energy was fading, and so was the infamous you, breaking apart like shattered glass.

"No... no! NO!" Infamous you screamed, being broken down piece by piece, as the real you walked toward them.

"I'll never be like you. Not in this life." You stated, electricity accumulating in your fist. "Now... get the fuck out of my mind."

You then threw your fist straight into the other you's face, and the infamous one screamed in defeat as they were completely shattered to nothing, the red lightning going away, and the real you standing there, in their place.

- Good Karma Wins! -

Now, your body was truly yours. There was not a single trace of evil left, that was for sure. Your clothes were back to normal, and the only red thing was your flannel shirt and beanie.

But there was one more thing...

+ One Extra Life!

And you knew exactly what to use it for. You walked over to Scott, held the extra life in your hand, and placed it on his heart. Before you knew it, you found yourself within Scott's subspace within his mind.