Private/Closed Bootleg Bros. Ultimate - The Sumeragi Campaign

[Mokko]

Terrence Boom
“Might just be you and I, Tempura- hold on tight,” Terrence informed his backpack Temmie, though even if she didn’t, the odds of her somehow falling or getting hurt were about zero, given the sheer defensive prowess of this shell. He leaned forward, over the edge, trying not to think about the distance between himself and the ground. Just a few months ago, if he’d tried something like this, it would have killed him. One hundred percent, no chance of survival- it felt a little strange how now, he didn’t have much to worry about with a fall like this. Staying up here was more dangerous, and that was weird.

As the energy drew closer than ever before, he dove downward.

Said dive lasted for a much shorter time than he anticipated, as he soared down the wall, smashing against the side of it with his fists to create a bit more distance- he wasn’t in much danger, but he still didn’t want to skid against it too much. Even with his heightened senses, it was difficult to tell just how far away the ground was… but he wouldn’t have to worry about it, because soon, someone grabbed onto his shell, and seemed to slow his descent. At first, he was worried Blade had given chase, but Tempura was quick to alleviate those worries.

“hOOMaN! hOLd oN tiGhT!!1!” the Temmie exclaimed. So it was Frisk that had dove down after him, and now, she had a grip on his shell, a powerful energy emitting from her back, allowing the two to glide through the air. Some kind of giant wings of SOUL magic- that was pretty badass.
“woOAH!” Tempura exclaimed, smooshing her face against her side of the shell and staring up at Frisk with googly-eyes.

“Yeah, I got out pretty clean, all things considered,” Terrence cleared his throat, having never had to make conversation in a situation like this. He wondered if this was how fish that got grabbed by birds felt- but like, in a good way, of course. “This is new. I guess that driving practice you were doing is kind of obsolete now, huh?” he smiled.

BOOOOOM!

Well, that moment of relief and levity hadn’t lasted very long at all. It was just as he and Frisk had concluded earlier- whatever had been approaching before… well, it had just arrived, laying waste to the rooftop they’d been on just moments ago- had the others all made it out…?

 

[Shen: King of Digimon]

Boboiboy - Thunderstorm


"...!"

Akira's interference marked another milestone in trying Thunderstorm's patience, blasting off the side of the wall alongside his already built up speed, grossly overshooting his target. Spiraling out of bounds, his weapon deconstituted, failing to take out his target, namely due to the interference of his own allies.

Why was I brought out just to be fought by my own teammates?

Moments after this thought, a boom resonated throughout the zone. Managing to maneuver his body to flip in that direction, he saw a grizzly sight. A threatening laser reached so tall it stabbed through the sky like a knife. They stopped him from taking them out...and now his team would bare the consequences.

The descent was too fast. He wasn't planning for this when he made his acceleration before. As much as he tried to halt his speed, he wasn't slowing down fast enough. Sending red electricity through his body, he lifted his trajectory somewhat. Instead of going straight down into the concrete, he went in at an angle. The result of his efforts was sliding against the ground, sparks shredding off his shoes as his back hit the side of a building, knocking the breath out of the elemental. The impact caused the sparks on his body to jolt away entirely, sliding down to the ground from it.

"...Tch..."

With nothing but the spiteful sound escaping his lips, the colors of Thunderstorm faded. What was once orange and black returned to a bright range color with the outfit being replaced by an orange vest and a snug pair of blue pants. The red energy that made up thunderstorm was siphoned back into the watch on the boy's wrist. He sat slumped over, his eyes hazy as he tried to catch his breath from his shocked lungs.

 

[Psymallard]

ARK Police, NEURON Special Division, RAVEN Task Force
It appeared everyone had been accounted for, and that left one thing to do: retreat. Blade had done the same, which meant they didn't have much time left. Akira grimaced, grabbed Kiwi, and flung both herself and the bard over the edge.

BOOOOOM!

The roof erupted brilliantly behind them, throwing the officer a lot further forward than she would have liked. They were in free fall now, with Akira's right arm wrapped around the singer's torso. The Sword Legion had followed them over the edge, shielding the women from a spray of debris. As they continued to fall, the Legionnaire ordered her Legion to move back towards the wall, even as it cracked and crumbled.

The ensnared Chimera tugged on its astral chain, not to slow their fall, but to bring Akira into contact with said wall. Her right still holding onto the citizen tightly, the left wielded her X-Baton, which, imbued with a suspiciously red Blueshift, was able to pierce the concrete. It tore a line through the outer wall as Akira descended- decelerating. The Type-R fell with them, and guarded the two from any particularly dangerous debris.

The technique had definitely slowed her fall, but with a quick glance at the approaching ground, it was clearly not enough. She had been in freefall for far too long. So, before they would impact, Akira kicked off the wall and wrapped both her arms around Kiwi. The policewoman positioned herself so that her body was between the bard and the pavement- meaning Akira would take the brunt of the impact. Luckily, the Legionnaire had a plan, as the Type-R flew around to do the same for her.

The trio impacted a pile of rubble, sending a spray of rubble and dust further into the ruin they had landed in. They continued to slide and the Type-R's armor left a path of destruction as it ground through the cracked tile floor of the building. Their momentum only stopped when the Legion struck a lone pillar. Although it shuddered and cracks formed across it, it did not fall on top of the heroes.

After a moment to ensure safety, both the RAVEN Legion and the RAVEN captain uncurled. Akira sat up, and attempted to help Kiwi to her feet as she dismissed the Legion.

"Hey...," she caught her breath, "are you alright?"

 

[comic]

FRISK DREEMURR​

And finally, it happened. The surmounting energy of the Sumeragi’s new ‘secret’ weapon had gone off to vaporizing effect, a thick and powerful beam of energy expelled into the sky, parting the clouds and discoloring the sky itself for a number of seconds. Frisk and Terrence had cleared the path of it by a wide margin, but even they weren’t completely out of its wrath.

Frisk caught a glimpse of her newfound escaping allies, flung from the beam’s most vile parts, but not unscathed. In different directions they hurtled through the air to the ground, and Frisk nor Terrence could do anything about it.

“Oh my god...” Frisk watched as the beam dissipated, completing its display of power. Had they remained in that, had they not sensed its energetic approach...

A sudden wave of heat and concussive force suddenly pounded into the pair. This was that aforementioned wrath.

The windows of surrounding skyscrapers shattered under the blastwave emitted in the aftereffects of the beam, and when Frisk was struck with it, she accidentally lost her grip on Terrence’s shell, gritting her teeth as she knocked back through the air, her wings shimmering under broken concentration.

She couldn’t do anything about the others, not right now. In the wake of the beam, Frisk could only afford to focus on the immediate, and that meant Terrence and his Temmie sidekick.

Thinking quickly, the teenager tucked her wings around herself, allowing her to tuck back and sail downward, back toward Terrence. Thankfully, reaching him wasn’t a hassle, and getting his shell back under her hold was even less so. Her ex jolted as he was plucked from the air once again, Frisk’s wings spreading out once more to catch them, allowing them to continue their glide, though their circumstances were more grim than before.

“We need to regroup,” Frisk said. “I’m exhausted, I don’t know how much longer I can keep this up—are you able to use those Daredevil senses and find us one of those people who helped us with Blade? I’m not really seeing anybody down there, yet...”​

 

[Fraseandchico]

The Bard

Blade's clear scowl at Kiwi's own words only cemented the reminder in their head.
Please Don't Be Audrey Please Don't Be Audrey Please Don't Be Audrey...

This left Kiwi stunned and shocked, unable to act. Despondant to the surroundings, Kiwi could only watch in horror at the movements, before being suddenly grabbed by Akira Howard.

"It's a shame I could not extinguish your entire rebellion myself here and now, but it does not matter. Whether by this cannon or otherwise, you will soon be punished for your crimes. That is for certain... For it is the order of Lord Demerzel. Let this be the end of you!" Blade spoke.

Cracks formed across the rooftop as the Officer pulled Kiwi away, flinging both of them over the edge.

BOOOOOM!

The eruption was massive, covering the rooftop that the Raven Captain had just moved from in terrifying energy. The strange thing the Officer had used before protected them both whilst Akira kept a hold on Kiwi.
By the time the pair landed, the Legion protecting Akira from the brunt of the impact while Akira did the same for Kiwi, Kiwi was shaken and finally snapped out of the stupor well and truly. With Kiwi lifted up, they were quick to answer the question.

"I'm...well, aside from the ringing, I'm feeling fine. Thanks for the save!" Kiwi expressed gratitude with a small smile, before pausing. "But...um, are you alright too? You really put yourself at risk to save me there, so I'm a little worried that you got hurt because of me..."

There wouldn't be fairness in telling Officer Howard of the fears right now, the reason why Kiwi froze up, how Blade's face, movements, everything reminded them of someone they'd come here to search for.

 

[PaprusTeuton]

V2

"It's a shame I could not extinguish your entire rebellion myself here and now, but it does not matter. Whether by this cannon or otherwise, you will soon be punished for your crimes. That is for certain... For it is the order of Lord Demerzel. Let this be the end of you!" Blade spoke. Cracks began to form in the rooftop, glowing with a magenta light, and Blade herself exploded into a blaze of electricity, which V2 avoided, assuming it was some kind of super-move.

Blade was gone, but the rumbling was worsening. The building was collapsing. V2 had to get out of there, now. They slid away as the light grew brighter, and then...

BOOOOOM!

An enormous pillar of dark magenta energy burst from below, piercing through nearly the entire width of the structure to stretch into the skies above, parting the clouds in its way. V2 was almost entirely out of the way, but was just barely hit, with their right foot being caught in the blast and heated to an incredibly high temperature.

V2 was falling. Last time this happened, they splattered into blood. Not this time. Having consulted with the terminals, the war machine remembered how their predecessor had negated fall damage. A gyro adjust there, a wing folding there, a downward acceleration there, and- it wouldn't work.

The V model was rapidly approaching the ground, and it wouldn't work. But there was a backup plan. Piercing their left arm- the Excalibur arm, as they had named it on construction- into the side of the building, V2 reduced their velocity as they went down, cutting a large gash into it as they slowed to a stop. They then removed their arm from the building and fell from a much more reasonable height onto the ground.

No need to copy a worse model, the machine thought as it looked around. Now, to find the others... and hope they had survived.

 

[DevVoid]

Mr. Miracle
Swooooshh!
With a stylish twirl of his figure and his cape singing in the wind, the miraculous magician had done just like the rest and teleported away - but where did he end up? Wait, why was he still on the wall and why was this not a safe distance away? And what was that awfully loud rumbling down below- oh wait, that was the sound of imminent death, wasn't it? Certainly wouldn't be the first time the magician was about to be wiped off the face of the earth from a giant eruption about to blow.. unfortunately this time, it seems there wasn't a Superman-Wannabe about to scoop the source of the blast up into the ozone layer.

Think, Miracle, Think! What would the great Houdini do to escape a situation like this? That guy was always good at getting out of dangerous stunts.. well then again, he'd likely have a much harder time making flight out of being blasted to death within seconds. Okay, maybe not the best source to draw inspiration from.. oh, that's it! That's the technique he'd have to utilize to get out of this situation safe and sound! Relatively speaking, at least! He may not have been part of that family's Heritage, but his Eyes were certainly NOT eager to see himself within a Future in Heaven! No time like the present, as they say!

"NIGERUNDAYOOO!!!"

Aaand off he went, as the man behind the miracles had ran straight off the wall itself, boosted in speed and flight through his magical powers. It wasn't everyday one would catch the sight of a man running with one hand on his hat and the other trailing behind him on air like a cartoon, but today sure was the one. And just in the nick of time, too, as Terry had the misfortune to find out through the horrid sensation of ringing in his ears.

BOOOOOOOOOMMMM!

As if his hearing wasn't bad enough already from all the stage music that blared throughout his life's performances, that explosion that was way too close for his liking definitely hit a new high - both literally and figuratively! If Hagen hadn't known any better, his suit might've just been singed into a half-piece and his cloak charred into a tattered strip of fabric. But there was no time to turn around and wonder for the man knew he just had to keep running and running, until he'd completely ran out of breath from both uplifting himself magically and quite literally waddling his legs like he'd been the incarnation of Road Runner himself.

Only, it was then when he took a break that he realised just how high up he truly was. True, he could just fly down - but that was way too boring. No, the miraculous magician had a far grander idea - by pulling out a wooden sign from behind his cape that simply read in large capital letters, crudely painted on in black paint: 'UH OH!'. That is, before Terry had let himself fall first, with the sign being magikinetically suspended mid-air for comedic effect before following along his flight path down. And as if to make even more mockery of the near-death experience, Miracle's whole plan would have ended by his intent of pulling out an umbrella the moment he was close to hitting the ground and purposefully slowing his fall so it'd appear as if the parasol was genuinely slowing his velocity to that of a feather's.

 

[Gamingfan]

Amaterasu
It was incredibly fortunate that Tracy held on, as the laser fired the second Amaterasu paws left the wall. However, the force of the beam sent the goddess and her two charges spinning across the air, struggling to find control. Even as her surroundings were blurred from her spinning, Amaterasu could tell the ground was coming up fast. Thinking quickly, Ammy painted her Galestorm technique. Winds picked up again, pushing the dog into the wall, where he miraculously stuck the landing. Her bearings regained, Amaterasu would run down the remaining distance of the wall, Tracy and the solider in tow.

 

[Psymallard]

Officer Akira Howard
With a groan, Akira got to her own two feet. She wasn't feeling great. She hadn't fully recovered from that empowered lightning blast, and that landing was rough. As the adrenaline would start to fade, it would only get worse. She was trembling, yet tried her best to save face.

"Yeah... I'm fine. Do you see the others?"

The NEURON officer activated her IRIS to help her pick out her allies' heat signatures from the rubble. She saw Miracle slowly descending, the two SOUL users cruising through the air, and... another heat signature in the street. Even though she was in a bad state, she couldn't rely on backup. She may have found allies here, but none of them held any sort of government authority as far as she could tell.

Akira shambled over to Boboiboy. Her IRIS told her he was alive, but she still wanted to check to make sure he wasn't injured- no matter how frustrated she was with him.

 

[Shen: King of Digimon]

Boboiboy

As the boy clad in orange awoke, memories of the three consumed elementals rushed into him. Feelings of joy, pain, shame, frustration, and second hand embarrassment filled him all at once.

That was fun!
I gotta be better next time...!
I should have finished the job.

Blaze tends to be unruly, but like any wildfire he burns out eventually. Thorn means well but has a hard time taking any issue seriously. Quake was meant to keep them in line...but he was taken out first in a mishap right before this. Leaving those two at the helm. Blaze and Thorn sharing the wheel...Now that's a scary concept.

To top it all off, Thunderstorm who was supposed to end this quickly, made him come off as an absolute psychopath in trying to do so. Anxiety welled up in BoBoiboy, the earth born hero's heart rate skyrocketing. Closing his eyes and balling his fists, he sought to regulate his breathing to try and bring himself a sense of calm.

In...out...

In...out...

In...out...

Holding himself together, he looked about his surroundings, noticed some of his allies had come to ground level as well. Akira, in particular seemed to have noticed him before he noticed him in kind. Getting flashes of Blaze and Thunderstorm's actions in his head, he motioned his hands in front of himself.

"Hey! I'm really, really sorry about earlier. I didn't mean for any of this to happen, definitely didn't want Blaze on his own either. So I really don't blame you for hitting Thunder- I mean, me earlier."

He avoided looking Akira in the eye on the last half, rubbing the back of his head. Foot out the door in the negative side already, and he couldn't really blame Akira for thinking that.

"We really got introduced on the wrong foot...actually, I don't think we really got introduced at all. Ahem. It's uh good to meet you! I'm BoBoiboy. Those guys were me too, but were more like a part of me. Sorry again for that."

He stretched out a hand for a shake, a sheepish smile on his face, hoping to rebuild relations.

 

[Captain Cardboard]

Tracy Rinehart

They were spinning, falling. Tracy clung to Amaterasu as tight as she could, her face buried in the large dog's fur. The blast had nearly made her lose her grip and destroyed all her monsters, but somehow Tracy had held on. Even after Ammy regained control and made it back to the ground, Tracy remained as she was. All of the fighting, the close calls, the entire battle... The free fall down the wall was too much for the girl. She stayed tight to Amaterasu, unable to do anything but tremble in fear

 

[Mokko]

Terrence Boom
Terrence was dreading the list of possibilities after that sound erupted throughout the area- how likely was it that everyone had actually managed to make it out with their lives? It felt like the odds weren’t high. His jaw was clenched tightly without him realizing it, his mind flooded with the different scenarios, especially the one where he’d taken a few more seconds before diving off of the wall.
…And double-especially the one where Frisk hadn’t jumped right behind him.

The ensuing shockwaves were not pleasant at all, the pair of teens being physically shoved through the air. Terrence held up his arms defensively, as he felt the hands holding him slip, dropping him, causing him to once again start falling. It was only for a moment or two, before she caught back up with him, utilizing those new wings to great effect- the fact that she was still able to use such complex magical constructs, despite being probably the most strained from that fight, was extremely impressive- but, while she was strong, maybe the strongest person of all back home, Terrence knew that Frisk’s powers were still finite, and they desperately needed to regroup.

He thought back to that boy from earlier, Kyota- he’d been able to reunite with his friend after that battle they’d all been in down on ground level, before leaving to their hideout. That seemed like a pretty safe place for the group to return to, assuming they could do it without being followed.
“There might be somewhere out there where we can recover…” he shook his head back and forth, still feeling some lingering effects of those shockwaves. “If I really focus, I might be able to find somebody, but… there’s a lot of interference right now,” he admitted, placing a hand on his temple. By slowing down his thoughts and pouring all his mental efforts into trying to pick up on signs of life nearby, he expanded his field of ‘vision,’ hoping to lock onto someone- anyone.

“There… I think… there’s some people in that direction- alive!” he held out an arm, particularly enthused about the 'alive' part, pointing toward where he could sense the chatter of two... maybe three people. They were made a bit easier to spot in spite of his not-amazing condition due to the trio being near each other- that trio being Boboiboy, Akira, and the Bard.

 

[comic]

FRISK DREEMURR​

She glanced down, following where Terrence was pointing, and saw what he meant. How had she not noticed them sooner? They stuck out like a sore thumb... they’d need to find any others and get into cover quickly, more Sumeragi would be out in force soon, if they weren’t already, and she lacked any interest in more battles at the moment.

A little R&R would go a long way right about now.

“Ten-four, good buddy,” Frisk replied to her Bravery-powered friend as her wings tucked in to swoop them low, the pair (and Tem) rushing down upon the position of BoBoiboy, Akira, and the Bard. Frisk’s massive wingspan spread out a final time to bring her to a gradual though quick stop, and she let Terrence drop the few inches left to the ground before her wings faded, and she touched down behind him with a slight grunt.

“Hell, hi, I’m Frisk,” the teenager said to get an introduction out of the way as quickly as she could. She couldn’t help but notice that this kid in the hat looked a bit different than thunder boy, and also the Blaze and Thorn kids from before - were they changing clothes or was something else at play?

It would be ridiculous if they were just changing clothes. Funny, but ridiculous.

“We should get out of the middle of the street. The hornet’s nest has been properly stirred and I’ll bet money patrols will be out looking for us in no time. Do you guys know where anyone else is?”

Hopefully they could get Tracy... the robot... Miracle... god dog... uh... how many other people were there? Was that it? Oh, and hat kid’s twin or whatever.

“They’re the same person,” Chara’s voice whispered in Frisk’s ear, sounding exasperated, no doubt tired of hearing Frisk’s thoughts regarding the hat boy - or thunder boy, if the shaytan was to be believed.

Frisk didn’t yet reveal she had vital information captured on her cell phone during her little spy escapade, she’d wait until they 1) had everyone gathered and 2) were in a safe space she could reveal such information in.​

 

[Psymallard]

Humanity's second-to-Last Hope
The boy awoke. Akira was relieved, but that relief soon morphed into confusion as he... apologized? The policewoman listened as Boboiboy explained the situation, trying to keep an open mind. Not that it was hard to believe, seeing how the boy had actual superpowers on the scale that nothing but some of the more powerful chimeras could replicate. She just went along with it. Hopefully the "parts" of this kid would be more cooperative in the future.

"Hey, Boboiboy, I'm Officer Akira Howard... unless you already knew that?"

Akira took the elemental master's hand, shook it, and then helped him to his feet- just in time for Terrence and the energy construct girl to join them. She introduced herself as Frisk, and Akira gave a nod of acknowledgement before the captain repeated an introduction.

"Officer Howard. You did very well up there, Frisk."

Frisk then suggested they get to a safe area, which was smart. Akira nodded.

"Right... The others and I heard of a spot... but we should regroup first."

The legionnaire scanned the area again with the IRIS, picking out another heat signature from the dust and debris. Likely Tracy and the dog. Akira started to move towards them, but winced and stop. A jolt of pain had flared up, a sour reminder of her condition. Once again, she opened a pouch and popped a pill to aid her healing process. Then, she continued forward- gingerly.

 

[Shen: King of Digimon]

Boboiboy


That was a less cold reception than anticipated. That was fortunate, a sigh of relief came from him as he was helped to his feet, Frisk joining soon after. They were...a new ingredient to this concoction of a team, their latest arrival. If this really was a team that is. He couldn't really read her, but he could feel that she had a steady head on her shoulders, seeming trustworthy.

"Ah! Nice to meet you! I'm BoBoiboy, but Bo is fine...and sorry for before. This goes to you too Terence, a lot has been happening so quickly and I-"

He jumped for a second as Akira struggled in obvious pain. He made an inch to go help, but they seemed to be handling themselves...that and a part of Boboiboy thought it may be best if Akira had a break of him for a bit. That had left Bard, Terrence, Frisk, and himself in the street while Akira checked on the mysterious dog and Tracy.

"Okay okay...so. This is going to sound like an odd question out of the blue, but I don't think any of those three bothered to ask..." he cleared his throat. "Have any of you guys seen a large ship around here? Hard to miss. Was pretty massive, had a red sheen to it, battle damaged, and was chasing a smaller fin adorned ship? Anything like that?"

If lucky, someone here knew something about the ship that arrived, maybe some info on this unknown threat was feasible, as they seemed far different than the Sumeragi he had been fighting previously. Those ape like creatures...the exiled? The banished? The abandoned? One of those. Seemed more like a rogue gang of exceptionally organized pirates than an army really.

 

[Gamingfan]

Amaterasu
Amaterasu stood at attention, completely silent save for her light panting. She looked back at both humans on her back, but the solider was unresponsive, and Tracy was shaking like a leaf. They weren't able to dismount yet.
Well, that was fine. They needed to stay close until they had regrouped. Amaterasu lowered her head to sniff the floor, sorting through the different smells until she caught a familiar one, being Akira. The wolf followed the trail, turning and trotting dutifully towards the scent. She would speed up slightly as the scent grew stronger, and then break into a sprint once she caught sight of the policewoman.