Weaver was twirling out of the way of Royal and Herald O’s attacks. “Stop prancing around!” snarled Herald O.
“As your wish,” replied Weaver. He turned a dial on his belt’s spinnerets.
“ONINI SABER!” announced the belt. A sword modeled after a snake then appeared in his hand and he struck back. His swings cracked the eye of Herald O’s helmet and one could see her normal eye inside.
“At the risk of sounding like the Riddler,” remarked Weaver, “question: what kind of materials make up that suit? Answer: flimsy ones.”
“Not that much of a hinderance!” remarked Herald O. Her eye then glowed green before firing a green energy beam. It knocked Weaver onto his rear. Royal looked at Herald O in surprise. “…What?” asked Herald O.
“I thought you weren’t all that keen on using Tameranean abilities,” recalled Royal. “You called them, and I quote, ‘a cheap way to win a fight’.”
“Desperate times and all that. Besides, it doesn’t mean I fully hate Dad’s side of the family.”
“MMOBORO BLASTER!” called Weaver’s belt. His sword was replaced with a gun that looked like a gourd with a long neck.
“We’ll talk about it later!” said Royal as she and Herald O went on the defensive. Royal summoned her gunsword and converted it to rifle mode while Herald O flung green energy blasts at Weaver. Weaver shot at the energy blasts and twirled out of the way of Royal’s shots. Royal was about to take up a new position when a voice halted her.
“FINISH SWOOP!” it said. Rogue then came at her with his Rider Kick.
“RIDER ROGUE KICK!” he announced. The kick struck Royal and sent her flying. She landed hard and groaned as she picked herself up. “Here we are again!” chuckled Rogue. “Face to face once more! I’ve learned a few tricks since our last encounter. Wonder if you’re any different! DAI SUPER CHARGE!” Rogue’s armor adopted a purple and black color scheme and bulked up, temporarily becoming Kamen Rider Proto-Rift, then it exploded off of him to reveal his new form as Kamen Rider Rift.
“That’s not new!” snapped Royal. “I can do it better! DAI SUPER CHARGE!” Royal’s armor changed to a white and gold color scheme and bulked up as Rift’s did, briefly making her Kamen Rider Proto-Vortex, then her armor exploded off of her to reveal her final form of Kamen Rider Vortex. During the transition from Proto-Vortex to Vortex, Rift summoned his weapon and swung it down at her in sword mode. Vortex quickly summoned her weapon and blocked Rift’s swing.
“I’ve been dreaming up new ways to break you, musume-san, since I can’t kill you!” snarled Rift.
“I thought we already established,” replied Vortex, “that I’m not an Adachi girl anymore! I’m a Hishikawa! Don’t you and Igura already have one?!”
“Hana’s quite the improvement over you, yes. That doesn’t mean there’s no place for you at her side! Perhaps a new doll for her to model her new dresses?”
“I’m DEFINITELY not seeing her, then!” Rift then shoved Vortex off the edge of the Rumble-Disc. She caught herself in time, then saw Rift raise his sword.
“Watch your pinkies!” he laughed.
“You see?!” laughed Nemesis as he pointed out Rift and Vortex while they dueled. “We’re like that, Optimus! I’m the Hiro to your Megumi! The Dr. Borg to your Arsha! The Lord Vyce to your Linkara! The Ares to your Wonder Woman! The Frieza to your Goku! The Joker to your Batman! I am your greatest enemy! I am…I am…I am, Greenie, why the Hell are you laughing?!” Glyph finally stopped laughing.
“You?!” she said. “What a joke!”
“…I wasn’t being funny,” grunted Nemesis.
“No, you were! You’re Optimus’ greatest enemy? I know of greater from the history books alone! Starscream, Abraham Tower, Eggman, the Metarex, Zarak, Unicron, Primus, their combined form as Primacron, Vortech, Shockwave, they were greater enemies than you!” At this point, Nemesis was getting angry.
“Starscream?! Greater than me?! Liar!”
“It’s the truth! And even then, the people I just listed pale in comparison to his REAL greatest enemy! He may have made peace with him now, but Megatron was the greatest threat to the Autobots AND our universe!”
“WRONG! I AM!”
“No, Megatron was! Let’s compare Optimus to Superman for a minute!”
“I’m flattered, but I’m hardly him,” remarked Optimus. Glyph continued.
“You know who Superman’s greatest enemy is? It’s not Darkseid! It’s not Bizarro! It’s not Brainiac! It’s not Zod or Mxyzptlk or Metallo or Lobo! It’s Lex Luthor! What powers does Lex Luthor have? His genius intellect and ability to acquire resources to get ahead in the world! Those are his weapons against someone as god-like as Superman! Superman could easily crush Luthor into powder, but he doesn’t for a reason! Luthor knows that if Superman ever broke, a frail man compared to the average Kryptonian, it would send Superman down a dark path and he’d never come back from it! Luthor would have won! If Superman flattened Darkseid, then it would mean that Superman reached a new limit and Luthor is always eager to see Superman’s limits, unlike Darkseid who always made ridiculous assumptions on Superman’s power as you did with Optimus’!”
“That was Unicron who underestimated his power, not me!”
“No, you fell into the same trap as any god-like being when put in front of mortals,” replied Optimus. “You didn’t underestimate my physical power, but you DID underestimate my intellectual prowess. You thought I would just try to power through your Anarchy Beryl super form and didn’t think that I would still outsmart you. That’s what prompted me to throw you onto a heap of Korlonium crystals and it looks like your time in Hell never taught you that. If Megatron were in your position, he’d actually adapt his fighting style as Luthor does whenever Superman beats him.”
“You see?!” exclaimed Glyph. “You’re nothing more than Steppenwolf and Megatron was the Lex Luthor to Uncle Optimus’ Superman! You! Are! Not! Prime’s! Arch! Enemy!”
“MALFUNCTIONING GLITCH!” roared Nemesis. He grabbed Optimus by the head and slammed him onto the Rumble-Disc’s hull, then he clotheslined Arcee and Sky Runner as he bum-rushed at Glyph, then he knocked her onto her back and wrapped his fingers around her neck. “You guys need fresh air to keep your Spark burning, if I recall!” he taunted. Glyph’s onboard computer was flashing all kinds of warnings as her Spark trembled from lack of air. “Go on! Mock me and laugh! You miserable little glitch! LAUGH!” Glyph was gasping for air now. “I can’t HEAR you!”
“…Ha, ha, HA!” Glyph summoned what strength she had and punched her fist into Nemesis’ chest canopy. She grabbed the organic pilot inside and tossed him out, sending the cybernetic evil version of Tails right into Weaver as he opened the Tome and was about to narrate Herald O’s demise. The Tome fell from the Rumble-Disc, then vanished in a blue light.
“…A setback,” grunted Weaver. He then returned his gaze to Herald O. “But not enough to save you. In fact, not enough to save Bellwood!” He then made a call. “Crew, status. …Wait…what was that name you mentioned? …No, the one before Batman. …WONDER WOMAN?! …WHERE?!”
“What are you doing?” asked Rift.
“WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!” replied Weaver. “WHO’S PROTECTING THE ENGINE ROOM FROM WONDER WOMAN’S LASSO?!” Rift’s eyes then widened.
“Wonder Woman?! Here?!”
“In the Engine Room!”
“Shouldn’t she be in her home universe, waiting for Batman?!”
“She, Batman, and their daughter are in the Engine Room right now!” Rift then glared at Vortex.
“You!” he said. Vortex then swung her legs up and into Rift’s face before regaining her footing on the hull.
“To be fair, I was trying to get just the Batsuit,” she said, “but the Locate Keystone gave me the Batmobile with Alfred, Robin, and Wonder Woman inside as well as a spare Batsuit.”
“Can’t Dr. Borg handle Wonder Woman?” called Nemesis. “I mean, she just has a rope.”
“That rope is the Lasso of Truth, you idiot!” replied Weaver. “Inside! Now! Both of you! Engine Room! Double time!” The three villains then dashed into the ship.
“After them!” called Vortex. The Autobots ripped open the hatch and made it bigger so everyone could get in. Vortex then called Batman.
“Batman, be advised!” said Vortex over the comms. “Author’s headed your way and is ready to destroy your wife’s lasso!”
“Understood,” replied Batman. He knocked a Lord out. “Arsha, look out! Wonder Woman, Robin, restrain Dr. Borg!” Arsha cartwheeled out of the way.
“What are you-?” Dr. Borg’s question was interrupted as Wonder Woman threw her Lasso around Dr. Borg and Robin slammed her against a console.
“Arsha, Life, you might wanna ask her your questions now!” advised Wonder Woman. Arsha then got up in Dr. Borg’s face as Life stood by.
“How do we stop this thing from spreading the Dark Energon gas?” she asked. The rope glowed and Dr. Borg spoke.
“The only way to stop the gas is to introduce a counteragent gas to make it a useless liquid. Only a Gasturian can emit the counteragent.”
“Gasturian?” Life then snapped her fingers. “Gutrot!”
“Who?” asked Robin.
“It’s one of Ben’s aliens,” explained Life. “Though he’d probably be more successful if the chemical formula of the Dark Energon gas were up. Doctor, how much security surrounds the formula.
“Only a vocal numeric password we stole from Batman, he uses it to detain prisoners.”
“Batman, we need your password,” said Wonder Woman. The Lords were already dispatched, so Batman got to a computer console, found the file, and activated a microphone.
“Nine-one-nine-three-nine,” he said. The file then opened and displayed the chemical formula.
“As for you…” hissed Arsha. She then slammed her fist into Dr. Borg’s face, knocking her out. Life then called Ben’s Phury.
“Agent Phury, we need Gutrot here!” she said. “Can Ben pull out of the fight?”
“That might be a challenge, but not impossible,” replied Phury. “We’ll meet you in the Engine Room.”
“Roger that,” answered Life. The call ended and Phury punched a Lord away. “Ben! We gotta get to the Engine Room!”
“LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, PHURY, FIRST APPOPLEXIAN PLUMBER AND RATH’S GIRLFRIEND! RATH IS A LITTLE BUSY TEACHING YOUR EVIL TWIN HOW TO EAT HER MANNERS OF SHORTS!”
“BEN! ENGINE ROOM! NOW!” Rath backed off a bit.
“…Yes, Dear,” he mumbled. The two Appoplexians then took off, leaving Sora and Rosadera to hold Spectrum and Ex off.
“That’s right!” laughed Ex. “Run along! We don’t need to finish you!”
“Now, as for you two!” snarled Spectrum.