is certain, but...being able to outmatch the
Masked Ones was a joy."
He called out to the Rotkennk beast telepathically.
Gold: "Monster, you who are what remains of the
Rotkennk brothers Xen and K! Face me! Finish me! No more of
this farce, you have had your fun. Now end this!"
Unbreakable
Finally the end was at hand. The Rotkennk Builder
turned experiment Gold was finally ready to meet his end. It would be the
end of it all, his torture, his suffering, and his persecution. He smiled
as he thought of the silence. He didn't know why either. Death was
dreadful and if legends were to be believed then he would simply return to the
Rotkennk collective matrix anyway reprogrammed and then remade into some other
Builder ignorant of his past.
Gold: "I won't be lazy. I'll go out fighting,
using these same powers that were given to me by the Rotkennk rulers against
them."
Gold flared his aura again one final time. He charged
as much power as he could in his small window of time and condensed the power
inwards. He was more than conscious now as the golden power had seemingly
produced a feeling of drunkenness that even his nanite healing abilities could
not stop.
Gold: "How shameful. I cannot believe that I like
this so much. Perhaps it is best that I die here. This power is
like to turn me into a monster hehehe."
Down below him he saw the bright blue light. Most
likely Positron energy and it was being charged in high volumes. It
looked like two bright blue stars that were slowly getting closer, but behind
them Gold knew that there was a terrifying beast of Rotkennk origin.
Somehow the sons of K'OS, the Masked Ones Xen and K had become this beast after
their defeat at Gold's hands. Separately their power had nearly been
enough to defeat Gold when they worked in tandem, but now that they were truly
combined their ferocity had been completely unbeatable. The creature
below him didn't even seem like the brothers at all. It was truly a
monster.
Gold: "Now's my chance! Before this monster can
charge up its attack completely, I will charge it!"
Gold rapidly pushed towards the creature with a massive
explosion of golden energy. As he propelled himself at speeds rivaling space
cruisers he charged more energy into his remaining arm. His aura dimmed
as the energy switched route and was refocused. The energy in his right
hand had now become blinding. For the first time the energy had become
hot to Gold's touch. It was so hot that he nearly released his hold on
it. He instead held on and charged it more, sure that it wasn't strong
enough to do the job.
Gold: "Almost..."
He was much closer now and could actually see the Rotkennk
beast's outline behind all the blue energy it was charging. He counted to
himself hoping that the creature needed as much time as he thought it would
need. Once the heat in his hand became too much to bear he knew that now
was the time.
Gold: "Now!"
While still keeping his blinding momentum he released a
massive wave of golden energy in an unfiltered stream which moved exponentially
faster than the speed that he was moving. So much light lit up the area
that it looked as if the sun itself had exploded, beautifully and wildly, and
with incredible warmth. This small pocket of space was actually
warm. The creature took note and tried, in vain, to stop the oncoming
wave of golden light. It fired its two massive blue projectiles, but they
were quickly engulfed and redirected into the beast.
Though nothing could be heard in space, Gold swore he could
briefly hear the beast crying out in agony. In an instant it was all over
and Gold looked on as his golden energy traveled far and fast. After a
while he couldn't see it anymore, but then saw the light briefly flash in its
final explosion.
Now he was alone and tired and for the first time since his
captivity — cold. Despite all of his fears he had survived which he had
also feared. But he was spent. The little energy he had he was
using just to stay afloat and alive,