{Third POV}

‘Agh, how in the hell did he find me?’ Symbol was trying to piece together exactly how Epidemic found him. ‘It makes no sense. I mean, unless he got Ashley’s token, which I made sure he wouldn’t, then there’s no way he could find me. Unless… that’s it! Abi must have fallen into danger, that’s how he found me!’ He nodded, concluding that this must have been the answer.

“Well, at least he’s gone now.”

“Oh I wouldn’t count on that heh heh heh.” Symbol turned to see a person that looked very much like Epidemic. Only difference was, wherever it was red on Epidemic, was blue on this guy. His eyes were also different. The whites of his eyes were black, and his pupils were small blue circles. “It’s nice to see you Symbol.” It was at this point that both Psychotic and Epidemic took the time to look at Symbols new look. His hair was long and grey, he was significantly taller, looking around nineteen. He wore a purple trench coat, grey shirt, purple jeans and grey boots. His eyes were also purple and he had a small buzz of a beard growing at the bottom of his face.

“Who are you?”

“Oh yes, we were never properly introduced. Well, I’m the newest fusion of the Twins. Epidemic is the representation of anger and rage. I on the other hand, am the representation of the madden lust for power. It’s a pleasure to make your acquaintance, heh heh heh.”

“A new fusion for the Twins?”

“Indeed heh heh heh. Now, why don’t we sit down and have a nice chat?” Symbol just shot a ball of purple fire at Psychotic, who barely dodged it.

“I told Epidemic to leave this place, I’ll do the same for you.”

“So you want to do this the fun way huh? Heh heh heh, fine by me!” Psychotic flew at Symbol, his scythe outstretched. He slashed at Symbol whom promptly dodged it and returned the attack by kneeing Psychotic in the stomach, sending him flying. Then, he bombarded Psychotic with purple fireballs, causing a huge explosion. He glared at the smoke cloud, then watched in shock as it proceeded to recede into itself. After a few seconds, he saw that it was Psychotic, absorbing the leftover energy.

“Ah, that was a nice little power boost. My thanks to you Symbol, heh heh heh.”

“What? How did you?”

“Ah ah ha, that would be telling you how I’m going to win this fight, and that wouldn’t work in my favor.”

Symbol flew at Psychotic, charging up his fist with magic. He slammed his fist into Psychotic’s chest. Psychotic just smiled and Symbol began to wonder why. Then, he felt his magic draining. He moved away quickly, holding his fist which was now drained of the magic he supplied it with. Psychotic just smirked. then, he charged and slammed Symbol with a magic infused fist straight into his gut. Symbol was sent flying straight into the ground.

“Oh come on Symbol. I expected someone as strong as you to actually put up a good fight.”

'Ok, looks like energy based attacks are useless, gotta switch it up. Time to see if this works.' Symbol got to his feet and put his hands together and closed his eyes. "Mode three, level one unlock!" His body glowed with energy and his hair turned black as did his clothing. "Ok, so it works."

"Ha! Trying to hide your energy? Though it does work, to an extent, there’s still a little tiny bit my specialized instincts can sense. This will still make you difficult to track, but now I just want your power even more."

"Let me tell you something about 'Mode Three'..." Symbol disappeared. Psychotic tried to track him but to no avail. Just then he was knocked around by several hits that came out of nowhere. Symbol then appeared on a nearby cloud. "...it focuses the energy in my body on speed..."

He disappeared again and rapidly kicked his foe in the chest before sending him flying into a mountain.

"...in small doses it can have a huge effect, use all the magic energy in my body however..." He came face to face with Psychotic with an ice cold death glare. "...then whoever I'm facing is slower than a slug in slow motion compared to me." Psychotic tried to grab Symbol but he backed away. "I already analysed your fighting style and abilities, don't think I'll make such a simple mistake."

“Heh heh heh. Heh heh ha ha. Ah ha ha ha ha. AH HA HA HA HA HA! EXCELLENT! PERFECT! THIS IS WHAT I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR! SOMEONE THAT HAS SO MUCH POWER, AND KNOWS HOW TO USE IT ALL! AH HA HA HA HA HA!"

“What are you talking about?”

“Heh heh heh, once I meet someone like that, my lust of power gets out of control. So much power that I could have, and I WILL MAKE IT MINE!” Suddenly, Psychotic began to change. His body became all black, with a blue outline, and Symbiote eyes. His body also appeared to make his teeth, which were sharp and long. His horns, wings, and tail were also in the same state. There was a definite increase of power in him. “I have waited for someone like you Symbol, because it warrants my full takeover of our body! AH HA HA HA HA HA!”

Symbol just sighed. "Mode Three, level two."

"More power? Excellent." Symbols hair became longer and his skin became grey.

Symbol just stared at him breathing heavily.

"Ah… your body isn't used to this kind of power usage yet is it? What a foolish decision to choose that form if it takes so much out of you!"

"My golden rule is… never use a form like this… unless you know it's gonna finish the job." Symbol disappeared again.

"Alright then. Go ahead and try to hit me, I’m sure you’ll be surprised." Symbol appeared behind him. He punched Psychotic, or at least attempted to. When he did, the part of Psychotic’s body that he tried to punch separated, preventing any damage.

"Well... That'll be a problem now won't it?" Symbol asked sarcastically.

"Well? Are you not surprised?"

"Nope." Psychotic just looked at him dumbfounded.

"Why?!"

"I literally live with someone with this same ability, and I'm not talking about Abi. And that means..." Symbol held out his arms and they became solid black and metal like. "...I have a counter." Symbol threw a punch, which Psychotic didn't expect anything from. But as the fist neared its destination and Psychotic tried to separate he was unable to. As the attack landed Psychotic was thrown towards the same mountain again. Symbol started to become tired, he cancelled out the technique and grabbed his chest.

'Damnit... I can't keep this up much longer... This body is still developing.' Symbol switched back to his normal self to regain his natural energy. 'Mode Three just takes too much energy, and using armament Haki only accelerates the energy consumption... I am so screwed.'

“What’s this? Wasted all of our energy have we? Heh heh heh, perfect. Now you’re vulnerable, weak, and hurt. This shouldn’t be too hard.” Psychotic dove at Symbol and tackled him into the ground. Symbol tried to kick him off, but Psychotic’s body just separated around him. Psychotic carried him into the air, threw him, and blasted him with a large beam of magic. Symbol took the shot, slightly surprised at its power, and then summoned two purple fire blades. He charged and swung his swords, but Psychotic’s body simply separated before the blades could touch him.

“What’s wrong Symbol? Can’t beat what you can’t touch?” Symbol slashed again, and Psychotic separated into four balls of symbiote material. They surrounded Symbol before smalls bits of them rapidly launched from one ball to the other, striking Symbol as they did so. Cuts were appearing everywhere on him, and Symbol couldn’t do a thing to move out of the way. Then they stopped, converged on him, and then launched him into the ground. They reformed Psychotic, who was smirking at the spot Symbol had just been launched into. The smoke cleared and Symbol was standing there.

“Okay that was definitely different. How are you doing this?”

“Well, even though I have control of the fusion, this effect is only temporary. It will not last forever, so I am inclined to do as I was told. I’m not allowed to kill you, nor drain your power, although that order I may ignore, so I might as well tell you. You’ll find out eventually. Basically when I’m like this, I have more control over my body then what is natural. The saying, “Mind over matter” literally applies to me! Heh heh heh ha ha ha!”

With that he dived towards Symbol. he separated into four balls of symbiote material, and landed on the ground, surrounding Symbol. Then, spikes grew out of each one, impaling Symbol from four different angles. They then converged on him, surrounding him in an orb of Symbiote material. From inside Symbol was constantly impaled again and again until a lot of his bones were broken. The material got off of him, and Symbol collapsed. Psychotic reformed and walked to him.

“It’s nothing personal Symbol, I was doing as I was asked. But now, heh heh heh, I’m afraid there’s one part of the request I must ignore, heh heh heh ha, there’s too much power FOR ME TO IGNORE! HEH HEH HEH HA HA HA HA HA!” He slowly walked up to Symbol and placed a hand on his back. Symbol could feel his energy draining, he assumed it was being absorbed by Psychotic. Suddenly there was a ball of fire and it nailed Psychotic, knocking him away.

“What the hell?” He looked around and saw Ashley standing there, fire in her hands.

“I don’t know who or what you are, but I won’t let you hurt Symbol anymore!” She charged up a ball of fire in her hand and shot it at Psychotic. Being ready for it this time, Psychotic’s body separated, letting the fire ball pass. Once he reformed, he gave Ashley an insane look.

“Oh? And who might you be? Heh heh heh, oh wait, I know who you are. Your Symbol’s displaced, aren’t you? Heh heh heh, I don’t have anything to do with you. But that just makes you an open target, heh heh heh, and around me that’s never a good thing! Heh heh heh HA HA HA HA HA!”