The break was over and the 3V2R was back on. Optimus was waiting for his ride to Phury\u2019s home by the Vorton Gateway. His holo-form twirled the pair of sai he was going to use. He had a mode-lock attached so he would remain in his alt-mode. \u201cCareful, Prime,\u201d warned Jazz. \u201cShe\u2019s crafty.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cCrafty or not,\u201d growled Optimus as he put his sai away and changed his outfit to a ninja suit, \u201cI\u2019m not going to let her cheating go unpunished! I\u2019ll show her! I won\u2019t become a cheater like her!\u201d Black mist appeared and formed Nemengra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cPhury is waiting within her forest,\u201d she reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThen bring me to her!\u201d declared Optimus. His holo-form and alt-mode were surrounded by black mist and they all appeared at the edge of a dense forest. A camera appeared as Nemengra checked her hair and hair ornament. She then adjusted her skirts and began her broadcast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI am Nemengra,\u201d she greeted, \u201cthe black princess of Chizara and the death leader! Representing G-W-3-N-1-0, we have Phury of Appoplexia with home turf advantage! Representing T-R-4-N-5-F-0-R-M-3-R-5-M-0-8-1-4-N-C-H-R-0-N-1-C-L-3-5, we have Optimus Prime! The competitors\u2019 shadowy skills shall determine the victor of this bout! Both combatants are using the weapon they are weakest with. Whoever lands three hits on their opponent it victorious! No other weapons may be used, no force-fields and no outside interference! Phury, are you ready?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLet\u2019s get this over with,\u201d growled an image of Phury dressed in a ninja\u2019s outfit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOptimus Prime, are you ready?\u201d asked Nemengra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLet\u2019s do it!\u201d declared Optimus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis round is for Third Place prize!\u201d reminded Nemengra. \u201cWhile it\u2019s not as powerful as the Master Wand, it WILL be as magnificent! As such, fight with honor, fight with pride, and, most importantly, fight well! Begin!\u201d The image of Phury disappeared and Optimus pulled his mask over his face as he dashed into the forest. As he jumped through the trees, he looked around for any telltale movements that would give Phury\u2019s position away. Something then hit him on the back of the head during his jump! He landed hard on the ground and looked up to see Phury twirl a pair of tonfa!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOne for me, whelp!\u201d she taunted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGonna have to come down from there sometime, kitty!\u201d taunted Optimus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou have a point!\u201d laughed Phury as she jumped down. Optimus performed a slash, but Phury blocked it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAh, poopy!\u201d swore Optimus. Phury then went of the offensive with a series of strikes that Optimus blocked. Soon, their weapons locked with each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThere\u2019s no shame in surrendering to your better!\u201d chuckled Phury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThere is if they\u2019re not my better!\u201d shouted Optimus. Phury then shoved Optimus away and untangled the weapons in the process. Her tonfa then smacked Optimus in the face!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTwo for me, none for you!\u201d taunted Phury. \u201cWish to reevaluate that opinion, child?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t say you weren\u2019t a better fighter,\u201d corrected Optimus as he bent down, \u201cI just said you weren\u2019t my better!\u201d He then scooped up a pile of leaves from the forest floor with his sai and flung them at Phury. She swatted at them like mosquitoes targeting a sweaty human. When everything had settled, Phury no longer saw Optimus!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c…Where?!\u201d she demanded. \u201cWhere?!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt must really gall you,\u201d chuckled Optimus\u2019 voice from above her. The sound came from all around her, so she couldn\u2019t determine where he was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c…What does?\u201d asked Phury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHow you lost your empire,\u201d replied Optimus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWell, being betrayed by your white-furred sister…!\u201d growled Phury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNo, no, no, that\u2019s not what I meant,\u201d laughed Optimus. \u201cI mean, yeah, having a sibling betray you, that stings. I completely understand, I\u2019ve been there. However, that\u2019s not the galling part. All of those people underfoot, suddenly rising up against you? That\u2019s what I\u2019m talking about. I\u2019m willing to bet my Spark that you always ask yourself how it could have happened. After all, you\u2019re their \u2018better\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI AM their better!\u201d snarled Phury. \u201cSuperior strength! Superior soldiers! Superior intelligence! Superior in EVERY aspect!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYet, here you are,\u201d answered Optimus, \u201cfighting someone beneath you in a tournament, CHEATING in said tournament, and making a sad bid for power just to reclaim your throne.\u201d Phury then felt a strike to her knees and grunted in pain. \u201cWhat do you know? One for me, now!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019M the cheater?!\u201d roared Phury. \u201cYou must have switched your holo-form off as I swatted the leaves aside!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHe didn\u2019t,\u201d replied Nemengra\u2019s voice. \u201cHis holo-form is still online; you just need to find him. He DID strike you with one of his sai. He\u2019s correct, it IS one for him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHe distracted me!\u201d countered Phury as she tore her mask off. \u201cOptimus, come out and face me with honor!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOh, yes, I know all about your \u2018honor\u2019, Ms. Tony the Tiger,\u201d taunted Optimus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat\u2019s THAT supposed to mean?!\u201d snarled Phury as she struggled to hold it together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSee, unlike you, I did my homework and read your dossier,\u201d explained Optimus as his tone became one of disgust. \u201cYou personally butchered all of Anur Transyl and its moon, Luna Lobo! All of those men, women, and children of both the Loboans and Transylians you killed before the Ectonurites took command of the Anur System, CHILDREN, Phury! The blood of innocents and innocence saturates your hands, you demon!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cINNOCENTS?!\u201d shouted Phury as she finally let her anger take hold. \u201cINNOCENCE?! LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, OPTIMUS PRIME, YOUNGEST PRIME IN CYBERTRONIAN HISTORY! BY RIGHT OF CONQUEST, THE ENTIRE ANUR SYSTEM WAS MINE TO COMMAND! THOSE MONSTERS REFUSED TO LEAVE THE PLANETS THAT MY SOLDIERS NEED FOR RESOURCES, FOR A TACTICAL POSITION TO END THE CYBERTRONIAN THREAT! THEIR BACKWARDS LIVES WERE NOTHING COMPARED TO THE NEEDS OF MY MEN!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYet, your sister, the current Queen of Appoplexia, Rayj, didn\u2019t agree with you, did she?\u201d growled Optimus. \u201cShe got Verdona and her granddaughter, this universe\u2019s Omnitrix bearer, Gwen Tennyson, to liberate Appoplexia from your rule and join the Plumber Alliance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cRAYJ WAS ALWAYS WEAK!\u201d screamed Phury. \u201cALWAYS TAKING PITY ON THOSE BENEATH US! WHEN WE WERE CUBS, SHE USED TO SNEAK FOOD OFF THE TABLE AND GIVE TO THOSE WRETCHES THAT WERE OUR SERVANTS!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSo, what in the Pit makes YOU any better than her?!\u201d demanded Optimus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI WAS THEIR QUEEN!\u201d roared Phury, her rage reaching animalistic levels! \u201cALL UNDER MY COMMAND MUST LIVE AND DIE BY MY COMMAND! WHILE RAYJ WAS WASTING HER TIME WEEPING AT THE GRAVES OF THOSE INFERIORS, I WAS LEADING THE CHARGE TO KEEP THE UNIVERSE SAFE FROM CYBERTRON! I WAS KEEPING OUR EMPIRE INTACT! WITH THE CYBERTRONIAN CIVIL WAR BURNING HALF THE UNIVERSE, WE WERE ALWAYS UNDER THREAT FROM OTHER POWERS! FROM THE PANTOPHAGE AND THEIR HERESY! FROM VILGAX\u2019S MACHINATIONS! FROM THE RESISTANCE GROUPS THAT REFUSED TO CALL US THEIR MASTERS! I WAS THE ONE ENDING THOSE THREATS! ON PETROPIA! ON ARANHASCHIMMIA! ON ALL OF THEM! I WAS DEFENDING OUR VERY WAY OF LIFE WHILE RAYJ WAS GETTING DRUNK ON THEIR FILTH!\u201d She threw her head back and turned her shouting to the forest\u2019s canopy. \u201cI HOPE YOU\u2019RE WATCHING THIS, SISTER! DO YOU REMEMBER MURRAY?! DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN I FOUGHT VILGAX HIMSELF?!\u201d While she ranted, she felt a sai strike her backside. She was swinging her tonfa wildly as she continued, like they were swords. \u201cMY BATTLE WITH HIM LASTED HOURS! HOURS! I DIDN\u2019T CALL FOR HELP! I DIDN\u2019T CRY OUT IN PAIN WHEN HE STRUCK ME! I ONLY STRUCK BACK! WHEN IT ALL ENDED, I RAN MY CLAWS INTO HIS CHEST AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN UNTIL HE STOPPED MOVING! HE BEGGED ME FOR DEATH! I REFUSED TO LET HIM DIE! BUT YOU RENDERED MY ACCOMPLISHMENTS MOOT! I DON\u2019T EVEN HAVE SCRAPS TO COMMAND WHEN I ONCE COMMANDED AN EMPIRE! AND YOU DID IT! YOU TOOK IT ALL AWAY FROM ME! YOU BROUGHT AN ANODITE AND HER GRANDDAUGHTER TO TAKE MY THRONE! YOU RUINED EVERYTHING!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYeah, how sad,\u201d scoffed Optimus in an unsympathetic tone. He appeared suddenly in front of Phury, slammed the end of his sai\u2019s handle into her chin, and sent her cartwheeling out of the forest near Nemengra\u2019s position. As Phury readjusted her jaw, Nemengra made her announcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis contest is over!\u201d she cheered. \u201cThird Place prize goes to Optimus Prime!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNO!\u201d roared Phury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOptimus, I shall return you home,\u201d declared Nemengra. \u201cPhury, though you have suffered a…\u201d she didn\u2019t get far as Phury wrapped her fingers around Nemengra\u2019s neck and started squeezing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cREVOKE THAT DECISION, CHIZARAN!\u201d demanded Phury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe victor…was chosen…by YOUR fight terms!\u201d choked Nemengra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cREVOKE IT OR I WILL TAKE YOUR HEAD!\u201d roared Phury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNot…not much of…a threat…for an immortal!\u201d gasped Nemengra. \u201cThe…the victor has…already been…been decided! Get your…fat fingers…off my neck!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI AM QUEEN PHURY OF APPOPLEXIA!\u201d shouted Phury. \u201cNONE DESERVE THE PRIZE MORE THAN…!\u201d Nemengra touched her hair flower and it turned into black armor for her. As Optimus\u2019 holo-form escaped the forest, Nemengra clasped her hands under Phury\u2019s elbow and drove them upwards, bending Phury\u2019s elbow in an unnatural way and breaking it. Phury roared in pain before she was punched square in the face, making her fly backwards into the forest and knocking the trees over with the impact. Nemengra then leapt upwards and landed on Phury, feet first. She got off and looked over Phury before snapping her fingers and restoring Phury\u2019s bones to their unbroken state, but still leaving the pain. For once, an enraged Appoplexian was stopped by a few punches. Nemengra dismissed the armor, then glared at Phury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019ll let you in on a little secret,\u201d she said softly, \u201cBecause we can\u2019t die, I\u2019m the weakest Chizaran. Not the weakest of all the princesses, not the weakest of the minor princesses, the weakest of every single Chizaran. Even so, I still have more power in the loosest thread of my dress than you\u2019ve ever commanded in your entire life! Article 1, section 1, subsection 1, paragraph 1 of the General Rules of Combat: violent actions towards the judges or competitors outside of a bout will NOT be accepted! The prescribed penalty is immediate banning from the tournament at a judge\u2019s discretion! As of now, I intend to follow through on that! Let me tell you something, Phury, disgraced Queen of Appoplexia! You will no longer be welcomed to the Verse Vs. Verse Rumble Royale!\u201d She snapped her fingers and Optimus and Nemengra returned to Vorton. \u201cCongratulations, Optimus Prime, on your victory,\u201d she bid before the mode-lock vanished in black mist and she left in the usual Chizaran manner. Megumi and Arsha had seen the whole thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cShe\u2019s the weakest Chizaran?!\u201d gulped Megumi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cRemind me not to make her mad!\u201d muttered Arsha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019m glad she\u2019s on our side,\u201d mumbled Optimus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Blancalmarem and Nemengra began their post-round broadcast. \u201cI am Blancalmarem, the white princess of Chizara and the life leader,\u201d began Blancalmarem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI am Nemengra, the black princess of Chizara and the death leader,\u201d finished Nemengra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe\u2019d like to offer a small warning to those who wish to participate in other 3V2R\u2019s,\u201d continued Blancalmarem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe Chizarans like to consider ourselves gracious hosts,\u201d supplied Nemengra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHowever, unlike our lives and power,\u201d warned Blancalmarem, \u201cour hospitality is NOT without limits.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSo, please,\u201d advised Nemengra, \u201cbe gracious in defeat and magnanimous in victory.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIf not,\u201d continued Blancalmarem, \u201cas Nemengra and Phury can attest, the results WON\u2019T be pleasant.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou\u2019ll find out what it means to get on a Chizaran\u2019s bad side,\u201d finished Nemengra. \u201cPlease do everything legal in your power to stay in the tournament and we\u2019ll all get along just fine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Phury was still lying in the crater that was created from the beatdown she had received. She was practically numb to everything. All she could do was think about how her last bid for power had slipped from her hands. She had nothing, no troops, no loyal subjects, no home, no title, nothing. She then started crying. She was nothing now. She sat up and looked at her claws, a thought crossing her mind. Desperation took hold as she wanted it all to end. She extended a claw, brought it to her neck, hesitated only for 10 seconds, then her arm was grabbed by a metal hand. \u201cI see no logic in suicide right now,\u201d remarked the hand\u2019s owner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLET GO!\u201d shrieked Phury as she got out of the stranger\u2019s grasp. The stranger was the former Cyber-Leader, Gi. \u201cThere\u2019s no logic in living now!\u201d sobbed Phury. \u201cI just had my power stripped of me and all of my future chances of regaining it are gone! Only death remains! I don\u2019t care if it\u2019s dishonorable! My life needs to end on MY terms!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat would you say if your chances of getting power AREN\u2019T gone just yet?\u201d asked Gi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat would YOU know of that?\u201d dismissed Phury as she turned away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMy organization has quietly conquered three universes,\u201d explained Gi. \u201cYou\u2019ve led an empire longer than I did, so there IS a place in my organization\u2019s ruling council for you.\u201d Phury stayed still for a while, then turned as her tears stopped flowing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c…Go on,\u201d she invited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI represent a new iteration of Shocker,\u201d continued Gi. \u201cShocker Umbra. I\u2019m sure you\u2019ve heard of Shocker Rift?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou mean Vortech\u2019s version of Shocker?\u201d asked Phury as she wiped her eyes. \u201cWhat about it?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMy friend and I,\u201d Gi went on, \u201care making a better, more stable version of that organization. We\u2019ve got some rather tough universes, so we need someone who knows how to put down the most difficult of resistance groups. Your name was high on the list.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c…How many is your ruling council at the moment?\u201d purred Phury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cRight now, it\u2019s just me and my partner,\u201d explained Gi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat\u2019s no council,\u201d scoffed Phury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNo, it isn\u2019t,\u201d agreed Gi. \u201cWe need seven to make up our council. Your advice would be invaluable. Think about it, we have troops to do as you say with just enough initiative to make sure your goals are accomplished in an effective manner.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c…What\u2019s your name?\u201d asked Phury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI am Cyber-Priestess Gi,\u201d introduced Gi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLet me tell you something, Cyber-Priestess Gi,\u201d declared Phury, \u201cwe need to discuss my place in this \u2018Shocker Umbra\u2019 you and your partner are making. I accept!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSplendid!\u201d cheered Gi. She then took out a communicator. \u201cMetaltron, we have our third! Requesting a rift home!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cComing up!\u201d replied Metaltron on the other end. A rift opened and Phury and Gi entered it. It shut behind them, leaving that universe barren of any version of Phury of Appoplexia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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