*Cairo, Egypt; May 31, 2019; 8:00 PM*

Alex charged at Jäger, punching him as hard as he could before hacking away at the metal behemoth with his Thunderbolt.

Yang immediately went after him, only for Ultimus to kick her in the side.

"Ultimus, what the hell are you doing?!" Yang demanded.

"Interfere and I kill you in front of him, do you understand?" Ultimus retorted, an evil glint in his eye.

While Alex was busy fighting Jäger, Ultimus immediately sped in and slashed Alex in the side.

Alex quickly dodged Ultimus' next strike, blade-locking the Ex-Inquisitor until Jäger kicked Alex in the chest, directly into a building.

"I don't care what Ultimus says.. We outnumber those bastards!" Cade shouted, sprinting towards the Adenienite and shooting him repeatedly.

Ultimus scowled, kneeing Cade in the chest and kicking him into another building.

Auburn steadily walked towards Ultimus, guitar in hand as she played a chord, causing Ultimus to skid backwards, wincing at the sheer volume.

Given a perfect opportunity, Cade and Oreonna fell in either side, the three doing everything within their power to stop Ultimus, or at least slow him down.

Cade round-house kicked Ultimus while Oreonna leapt from side to side, hacking whenever she could as Auburn raised her weapon, ready to deliver a devastating blow.

Before Auburn could strike, Yang charged at the warrior, punching him as hard as she could, causing him to crash through several buildings.

Ultimus staggered upwards, growling in anger before transforming to his Cursed Warrior form.

"WOULD YOU STOP INTERFERING?!" Ultimus roared, using his own raw energy to blow the four hunters away, leaving him to deal with Alex.

Alex himself was entangled in Jäger's metallic lock, leaving him unable to move as Ultimus struck Alex in the gut.

Alex coughed, the wind completely knocked out of him, as Jäger's metallic extensions continued to constrict him.

Ultimus scowled, using a charged fist to punch Jäger off of his rival.

"Heh.. Thanks.." Alex coughed loudly.

"I'm the only one allowed to kill him, Jäger. Got it, you living scrap heap?" Ultimus scoffed as he grabbed Alex by the throat, throwing him towards a building.

Jäger angrily charged at Ultimus, using extensions of his liquid metal body to pummel the life out of the warrior.

"ALEX WALKER WILL DIE BY MY HAND ALONE!!" He screamed, continuing to beat the living daylights out of Ultimus until he powered down.

Alex slowly staggered up, Yang quickly running to his side.

"D-Dammit... Jäger's definitely beefed up while I was gone, and Ultimus seemed even more powerful than before.." Alex wheezed.

"Nothin' we can't handle, right?" Yang grinned.

"Let's hope so.." Alex grabbed his sword again, pulling the weapon apart as they converted to their submachine gun modes.

Jäger quickly noticed Alex and Yang, charging straight at them and kicking Alex as hard as he could.

Alex, still trapped, made every effort to gun down the metallic blob Jäger had become while Yang punched him as fast and as hard as she could.

Ultimus staggered up, coughing blood and transforming straight to his Corrupted Warrior out of anger.

"I WILL NOT STAND FOR THIS!!!" Ultimus shouted, swinging at Jäger's head as hard as he could as Yang continued to pummel the metallic strongman.

Cade coughed as he stood up, grabbing his Conductor and shooting Jäger.

"Get off him!" Cade shouted as Oreonna and Auburn hacked Alex out of Jäger's grasp.

Alex turned to look at Ultimus, who was by now gaining strength.

"Oh, right.. Enlightened forms.." Alex realized.

Yang also took notice, crossing her arms and shouting as she transformed to her Enlightened form.

"Come get some, you big chrome f**ktard!!" Yang shouted.

Cade was also quick to transform, wasting no time attacking Ultimus.

"You've made a grave mistake, Son of Saigo!" Ultimus shouted.

"Why don't you just shut up about your stupid, one-sided rivalry!!" Cade shouted, kicking Ultimus aside.

Auburn slid underneath Jäger, swinging her axe up and cutting Jäger into two pieces.

Oreonna was also quick to gain an advantage, using her dust-powered viola to propel herself, cutting through both Jäger and Ultimus as she skidded to Cade's side.

"Yo, Green guy! You look like Shrek with permanent marker all over your face!" Oreonna grinned.

Ultimus only scowled.

"Do you want to die horribly?"

"Wow! No need to get so hung up! Besides, 'it doesn't make sense not to live for fun', right?" Oreonna asked with a smug grin.

Ultimus screamed in rage, kicking Oreonna directly in the face.

"Alright..! Fine! You can be Fiona!" Oreonna continued mockingly.

"Ha!" Alex, now back in his original form, laughed as Jäger kicked him into the skies before leaping up and kicking him back to the ground.

"I've got you, Fathe-" Cade signaled as Jäger grabbed him by the neck and threw him into a coloumn of buildings.

Alex struggled to stand.

"I don't have any choice here..! I'll have to do it..!" Alex stood up, charging straight to the Evolved Warrior form and screaming loudly to the skies.

"OVERCHARGE!" Alex roared as a bright yellow aura surrounded his once whitish-purple one.

"Over-what?" Jäger asked as Alex kicked him

Alex was in the skies within an instant, kicking Jäger to the ground before flying and kicking him back up. He repeated the attack several times before Ultimus leaped up at Alex.

"DIE!!!" Ultimus roared as Alex kicked him down.

Jäger immediately held Alex in a lock, allowing Ultimus to repeatedly kick, punch, and slash Alex until Jäger threw him to the ground.

Ultimus kicked Alex into the sky again, raising his foot and kicking Alex in the spine.

"FUUUUUU-!" Alex screamed, slamming into the ground at full force, powering down back to normal.

Yang charged at Ultimus, punching him in the face as she went Inflamed.

"I'LL MAKE YOU PAY!!" Yang roared, avoiding Jäger's attacks and punching him as hard as she could.

Ultimus swept his leg underneath Yang, tripping her and causing her to crash into a building.

"O-Okay... Not c-cool.." Alex coughed, charging at Ultimus and Jäger with his sword in hand.

Ultimus kicked forwards, only for Alex to leap over the appendage, hacking his neck and ducking to avoid Jäger's attacks.

"Father!!" Cade yelled, brandishing Conductor and shooting Ultimus while Auburn fought Jäger.

Alex crawled over to Yang, picking her up.

"G-Go.. Hurry..!" Alex ordered.

"We've been over this, I'm not going anywhere..!" Yang yelled back.

"Are you dense?! You're fighting two of the most dangerous people I've ever dealt with, and you're-!" Alex shouted.

"You're insane if you think I'm just going to leave you here! Pregnant or not, I'm still following you!" Yang screamed.

Ultimus kicked Alex in the face, sending him careening into a series of buildings. Ultimus powered down and simply walked towards him.

Alex coughed blood, wiping some off on his armor and scowling at Ultimus.

Yang screamed in rage, charging towards Ultimus and punching him in the face.

Ultimus clutched his eye in agony, skin searing underneath.

"H-How dare you!!" Ultimus roared in anger.

Yang braced herself as Ultimus powered up and ran, brandishing his sword.

... Only for Jäger to stand in front of her, extending his arm out and stabbing Ultimus in the chest, grinning evilly as he did.

"How many times do I have to tell you, Crux? Walker is mine!" Jäger shouted, pelting the badly wounded Ultimus at a series of buildings.

"What..? Decided to take out the middle man after all this time..?" Alex scoffed.

"Nothing that Adenienite brute will ever do will make me walk away from this.. For 3 years, I watched as my own life fell apart! You think you had it rough?! I was cheated out of an entire planet all because of you and Kat! After I'm through with you, she's next!!" Jäger screamed as Auburn hacked at Jäger's back.

"Insolent little pest!" Jäger wrapped a metallic appendage around the offending huntress and her weapon, flinging her away with ease.

"Now, tell me.. Was it worth it? Killing the man who tortured you for so long..? Defeating the empire that plagued you with battle after battle? Losing friend after friend? Has this charade redeemed you in some way, Walker? Or did it just feel good killing everything in your way like some kind of psychopath?" Jäger grinned evilly.

Yang ran up to Jäger, hitting him as much as she could before she suffered the same fate as Auburn.

"Oh, right. Everything won't work out in the end. It never does for people like you. Morning Star will live. Cinder Fall will live. And everyone you ever loved or valued will die right in front of you. Now, tell me. Does it drive you mad knowing every glimmer of hope you had was all a cruel joke?" Jäger grinned.

Cade and Oreonna charged at either side of Jäger, hacking off bits of his metallic body, only for whatever was hacked off to slither and merge back with him.

Jäger raised both of his arms, grabbing both hunters by their heads and throwing them aside, leaving Alex completely alone against his enemy.

Alex only stood up, clutching his wound and staring Jäger in the eye.

"Let me tell you the truth, Jäger. The only reason I'm not like you, an incoherent, mentally unstable psychopath, is because of those people you just threw aside. And the people there, fighting what I can only assume is Arabus reincarnate." Alex shrugged, turning to face the ensuing battle behind him.

"Unlike you, I have friends instead of coworkers. Everything that's letting you nearly beat me into submission is all some concoction Cinder and her scientist friends whipped up in the lab. Everything I have, I learned from someone else in the group." Alex continued, walking up and glaring at Jäger.

"One good thing about having this many people actually give a damn is that I'm less effed in the head the more I'm with them. They drive off my own personal issues like the plague." Alex smirked.

"What are you saying?" Jäger scoffed, glaring back at him.

Alex charged up to Evolved Warrior, over-charging mere moments after and clutching Jäger by the neck.

"Lay a finger on any of them, and you will truly understand what I'm capable of, Jäger." Alex grinned wickedly, squeezing the metallic behemoth's neck as Electricity sparked around his fingertips.

Jäger gagged and coughed, glaring Alex right in the eye as Ultimus ran back, sword in hand.

Alex turned back, staring daggers at Ultimus with a smile that just screamed 'Joker'.

"Run.." Alex grinned, a large ball of lightning taking the place of where Jäger once stood.

The lightning ball suddenly exploded, with Jäger wordlessly exploding into a cloud of metal ash, Alex never taking eyes off of Ultimus.

"I don't care how far off the deep end you've gone..! I am the one who will-!" Ultimus shouted, before Alex sped right in front of him.

Alex grabbed Ultimus by the temples, a smaller ball of lightning forming around Alex's free hand.

"You really.. should've ran away.." Alex grinned, slamming the ball of lightning into Ultimus' chest, causing the warrior to be blown out towards the pyramid, merely battered and broken, but not killed.

Alex then appeared in front of Ultimus again, kicking him into the skies and back to the dilapidated city.

"There are only two reasons I let you live... One, I saw your men help mine fight the Nexus and proved more useful alive. Secondly, when we do fight, I want it to be something worth the time." Alex explained, kicking Ultimus in the head and knocking him unconscious.

Alex powered down, moving towards his family and Oreonna.

"Everyone okay..?" Alex asked meekly, the thoughts of what he did seconds earlier running fresh through his mind.

"W-We're okay.. What happened with Jäger and Ultimus..?" Yang asked, helping Auburn stand up.

"I killed Jäger, but I'm letting Ultimus go back and kiss his boo-boos." Alex scoffed.

"You let him go?!" Cade gaped.

"Are you nuts?! Shrek almost freakin' killed me!" Oreonna added.

Auburn nodded slightly, as though thinking something through in her head.

"Come on, Twilight might need our help-.." Alex sighed, grabbing Thunderbolt before turning back and looking at a bright light in the sky that rapidly grew brighter.

"Wait... Is that.. Kat?!" Yang gaped.

Author's Notes:

And on the next episode, everyone fights Morning Star.. And something happens to Kat.

And that's all you'll know, at least until next chapter..

-The Destoyer