*Lithia, Adenien; January 18, 2020; 3:45 PM*

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Alex darted directly at Corvus, clashing blades with the All-Maiden and sending massive shock waves throughout the broken city.

"Fucking hell! Alex almost killed us!" Delirious shouted.

"Someone's gotta stop 'em before this shit-storm gets shittier!" Nogla added.

"Well, what's the holdup?" Vegeta scoffed.

"Um... I have a... Karate class.." Vanoss stammered.

"I have to move into another apartment." Mini decided.

"I'm scheduled for a 4:00 meeting for anything but this. Have fun." Ohm nodded.

Yang gently pulled Ruby towards a clear area, trying to shake her awake.

"Ruby... Wake up..." Yang begged, nearly at tears over everything that had transpired.

Ruby coughed weakly, just barely able to even lift her own head.

"Y.. Yang..?" Ruby gasped in surprise, wincing in pain at the slightest movement.

"Listen, Alex and Corvus are keeping each other busy, and Spyden just called for help... We'll get out of this.. I promise.." Yang swore.

"N-Not all of us..." Ruby shook her head, staring up at Alex as he evaded Corvus' energy-enhanced strikes and sped towards her until he was just close enough to attack himself.

"F-Father.." Cade shook his head, still disoriented.

"Are you both really that stupid?! He would've killed us if Corvus didn't knock him out of the way!" Julius shouted.

"Good point.... Um, who are you?" Mini wondered.

"Forget it. Point is either way, we win. The Emphas prick dies, the girl can find someone else. The crazy lady dies, we can put Ol' "Murphy's Law" down once and for all before he does something else insanely stupid." Julius explained.

"Try as you will, but I'm not leaving him here." Auburn stated.

"Okay, he was hit in the head earlier, and she was unconscious," Julius said, pointing to Cade and Ruby in succession, "so what the hell's your excuse?"

"I'm with them! He's still one of us!" Natsu shouted, ready to leap into the fray.

"Not so fast. My apprentice doesn't compare to a Super Saiyan, but with his own ability combined with my power, Alex is the only one who can compete with Corvus until I can recharge." Vegeta explained, holding Natsu back.

"What do you propose we do, then?" Gray demanded.

"Either watch the fight, or hide and wait for a means of escape like cowards." Vegeta coldly replied

Alex charged at Corvus again, slashing at the air as she dodged his strikes.

"You cannot win that easily, Walker!" Corvus shouted as Alex lowered himself to the ground.

"True... at least, not like this. I doubt any of the others are willing to help, but I won't need it anyway." Alex retorted.

"Obviously, you're just delaying the inevitable. Very well, power up to whatever worthless form you think will be the key to defeating me." Corvus confidently shrugged.

Alex shot Corvus a menacing glare before he stomped the ground, tightly curled his metallic hands into fists, letting out a low roar as his shimmering blue Aura flared around him once more.

Ultimus glared at the scene with a specific fascination.

“He thinks he can simply defeat her with sheer brute force... He’s truly lost his mind.” Ultimus shook his head.

"Wait... what's he doing..?" Sun wondered out loud.

"Hmm... so he's using that technique." Vegeta shook his head disapprovingly.

"Is he..?" Wendy's eyes shot wide open, recalling the techniques he used only a few months prior during the Shadow Wars.

“N-No way..! Is he insane?!” Yang gasped in horror.

Alex eventually let out an echoing scream as yellow light flooded around his aura and body. stray bolts of lightning shot out around him as the yellow light illuminated the area moreso than his blue aura.

"OVERCHARGE TIMES THREE!!!" Alex roared as the yellow Aura stacked on top of his Mythic Warrior form.

The crowd that had formed stared in shock as Alex leaped at Corvus at full speed, almost appearing to teleport.

Alex had his sword raised, with Corvus fully expecting to block from above, only to be punched at full-force upwards.

Corvus barely recovered as Alex continued his assault, shooting straight upwards and warping in a lateral motion to elbow Corvus in the back, further disorienting her.

As Alex went in for another strike, he was surprised to discover that Corvus had blocked his strike .

"Oh, you've actually started to take this seriously." Corvus smiled, instantly warping right past as she turned to strike his back, only to find Alex had himself blocked her attack.

"I'm almost surprised you haven't yet." Alex retorted.

Both instantly began attacking close quarters, an energy ball of their combined stray powers forming a hellish sphere around them as both continued their attacks, with Corvus carefully trying to target Alex's vitals, resheathe her blade, and strike again. Alex, on the defense at this point, blocking Corvus' strikes while trying to counter with his own.

With both combatants unable to gain the upper hand with swordplay, they instantly teleported off, attacking eachother in midair, causing a barrage of sonic booms littered throughout the sky as most of the group covered their ears.

Alex, running out of options, threw Corvus to the ground and threw Thunderburst attacks to distract her, only to reappear on the ground, trying to trip her with a sweep of his leg.

Corvus' simple reply was to kick him in the face with enough force to wipe out two city blocks with just the residual force.

Exactly where Alex wanted her.

Alex reared both legs back, kicking Corvus to the air as he flew back into the skies trying to land a killing blow.

Corvus smirked, having planned ahead this far already as her new blade split into two. The sword soon unleashed a torrent of dark purple energy that collided with Alex, taking him by surprise.

Alex absorbed as much energy from the attack as he needed before charging upwards, kicking Corvus in the chest the instant the beam collided with the ground, incinerating more of the still-crumbling city.

'Damn, Any more of that energy, and I'd have burned myself out..' Alex thought.

Corvus leaped back, standing on top of one of the remaining skyscraper as the same dark purple energy suddenly swirled around the blade itself before turning bright red and erupting with smoke.

Alex himself quickly realized what was about to happen, and poured as much energy as he could into his own sword, causing the weapon to glow bright blue and brimming with electric power.

Both leaped at each other, not devoting any excess power to speed as both swords glowed so brighly, people in the other two Capital Cities wondered just what was happening.

"Everyone, get down!!" Ultimus ordered, tackling Julius, Spyden, and Illiya to the ground.

Nobody questioned Ultimus' order. That is, except Vegeta, who was watching the battle with interest.

Both warriors collided, their combined energies colliding to form an intensely bright spark.

The ground around the two fell out from under them as residual lightning, fire, snow, wind, and energy burned through anything within a 1/2 mile radius, causing the earth to crack underneath them as the two quickly began attacking again.

Alex, back on the offensive, hacked and slashed with absurd amounts of energy, hoping to overpower Corvus until he could finish her off.

Corvus herself diverted Alex's strikes, causing arcs of electricity to lash burn marks onto the ground as she tried to find an opening to exploit.

Alex, thinking fast, leaped backwards, sheathed his sword, and leaped at Corvus with lightning- charged fists, hoping to overwhelm her with sheer, brute force.

Turning her own blade into a gauntlet, Corvus struck Alex's energy-charged fist, resulting in a tremendous burst of energy that completely blindsided Alex enough for her to attack.

Dodging a strike from Alex himself, Corvus kicked Alex in the chest hard enough to launch him outside the city bounds.

Enraged, Alex's Aura turned from blue to dark red as he charged, punching merely thin air as the more collected Corvus dodged his attacks before turning her gauntlet into a club and blowing him towards the, somewhat untouched, eastern part of the city.

His Overcharge had been stretched to it's limit, leaving behind a weakened, but still determined Alex.

"I'm impressed you've managed this long against me, unlike the Prince." Corvus smirked.

Alex pulled himself up, coughing blood as he turned to face Corvus yet again.

“I won’t be taken down that easily!” Alex shouted, charging at Corvus full-tilt.

Corvus’ club immediately transformed into an arm cannon, and launched yet another beam of energy at Alex.

The move forced him into another building as he tried to absorb up to his energy limit before burning out.

“So bold, yet so arrogant. Did you honestly think you can defeat me by yourself?” Corvus mocked.

Alex teleported out of the beam’s way, kicking Corvus in the side, blowing her through the outer wall of the city.

“Like you’re one to talk!” Alex shouted, teleporting in front of Corvus.

“And that’s where you’re wrong again..!” Corvus shouted as her Aura quickly changed from it’s usual multi-colored hues to a singular, burning red glow.

Alex barely had time to react as Corvus quickly, methodically, and brutally struck, again and again.

Corvus kicked Alex through three buildings, toppling each one as she attacked again, punching him once into another building and kicked him straight through every floor of the fourth.

Grabbing him by the neck, she threw Alex into the ground and, with incredible speed, kicked him further into the ground with a stomp to the gut.

Coughing blood, Alex struggled to stand as Corvus glared at him.

“My my... How inspiring. What ever happened to that bravado and confidence of yours? Surely, your

friends can still save you... Oh, but they don’t care anymore, do they?” Corvus smirked.

Alex’s eyes shot open as he leaped at Corvus, now completely enraged.

“THAT WAS YOUR FAULT!! I’LL KILL YOU!!”

Alex’s barrage, it seemed, had little effect on Corvus herself, as she simply dodged his attacks and kicked him down again.

As Alex stood back up, Corvus launched a ceaseless flurry of energy bolts into the sky, only to have them fall and stop around Alex.

“Oh, shi-!”

The bolts flew at Alex, exploding in every direction and rendering him battered and nearly immobilized as he powered down.

“Pathetic. Even after everything fate laid before you, even after nearly killing the one you cared about so much, you still can’t defeat me. I warned you what would happen.” Raven shook her head.

“The hell you didn’t..” Alex scowled.

“Oh, poor, stupid Alexander. My warning was somewhat subtle. I had trained Yang for the sole purpose of testing you. If you couldn’t best a warrior of a slightly higher caliber than yours, there would have been no hope fighting against me. But, unfortunately, you survived the encounter and lived on to train under another second-rate warrior.” Corvus explained.

“Heh... Then why go through all the trouble?” Alex scoffed.

“Out of everyone you’ve befriended, your relationship with my daughter was, by far, the strongest. The role of family and friends is important, Alexander, but it got in my way so much. Your Unity Team won’t always be around. Friendship is only a thing of leisure, not a proper way to get stronger. So I needed to separate Unity. Break it until there was nothing left. Good thing you were already at odds with the Youtubers, all I had to do was make it so that the rest of them abandon you. Only then, if you were to somehow be able to defeat Yang and myself, then you would be able to survive what comes next.

You see, I am not the Raven of this timeline. As Cade learned from Yang, I come from a timeline that had been devastated by an extremely powerful entity the likes of which nobody had ever seen. I knew what had to be done. The weak had to be culled to make way for the strong, and strength can only come from adversity. I wasn’t aware you were a wanted man, Alexander, but the ensuing war between Equestria and it’s allies will be a nice touch in my plans.” Corvus explained.

“What the hell are you saying..?” Alex demanded.

“Believe me, even I never could have accounted for the way things have played out. My original plan was mainly to rile up your homeworld. The supporters of the financially flailing North American Federation are increasingly unable to defend against riots from the ‘United States Restoration’ groups. It’s no secret that your countrymen would prefer a bit of isolationism, given how intolerant and backwards the majority already are. I guess a bit of donations on my part significantly helped their ‘noble’ cause.

Even after all of that, your mere existence will result in a full-blown war between Equestria and the Dragon Lands. Not only that, you’ve chosen Lithia, Adenien’s financial backbone as our battleground. I’m sure repairing the city will be not only a monumental effort from the Adenienite People, but a costly one. You understand how angry people are when they don’t get paid, don’t you, mercenary?

My original plan had been to merely start a war in your homeworld, but your actions will cause a war the likes of which have never been seen.” Corvus elaborated.

Alex’s eyes jolted open in shock. He had known Corvus had been a careful planner, but this was beyond anything even Cinder could have manufactured!

Twilight, having heard their conversation, trembled with fear.

“Oh no...”

“What’s the matter? Has Dad been killed..?” Auburn wondered with the slightest hint of fear.

“How...? I... I don’t..” Twilight stammered, shaken by the revelation.

Vegeta, also having heard Corvus’ plans, was appalled.

“Well..?” Ultimus demanded.

“It seems Alex’s interference has only aided Corvus’ plans!” Vegeta replied, flying out to deal with Corvus.

Alex’s fists clenched tightly as he growled and spat with rage, only to regain his compusure.

And then he started laughing.

Corvus grinned victoriously. Her plans had come together far more than she could have hoped, she had broken Team Unity, and furthermore, she had broken Alex himself.

“So..! So you’re telling me that you framed me for taking out Fairy Tail to get my friends, and pretty much every institution that has ever had my back to basically disown me, use the woman I care about most break me and nearly kill me, and then reduce 5 universes to a smoldering fuckfest of chaos just to get everyone prepped for some kind of monster we otherwise could’ve dealt with..! HAHAHAHAHA!!!”

“So, now that you’ve wrapped your head around how hopelessly broken you are, how about I put you out of your misery!” Corvus raised her weapon.

“All while knowing I can recover, too!” Alex laughed, pulling out a small, green bean.

“WHAT?!”

Alex shoved the bean in his mouth, chewing it a few times before quickly gulping it down. Immediately, his wounds healed, and his blue Aura surrounded him again.

“What is this?!” Corvus demanded.

“Senzu Beans! Heals any wounds, gets you back to full power, and keeps you full for 10 days! Nice to have one of these on me in case you got cocky! Now that you’ve let me in on your whole plan, let me offer a rebuttal!” Alex laughed maniacally as he turned into his Mythic Warrior form once again and raised his hands to his side.

“HYAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!” Alex roared as his aura quickly intensified.

Vegeta, who had just flown over to help deal with Corvus, became shocked when he sensed his student’s energy.

‘He’s just used his Senzu Bean..! And at the perfect moment.. He’s very nearly as strong as I am at full power!’ Vegeta smirked.

“OVERCHARGE TIMES TEN!!!!!!” Alex roared.

Twilight, in the midst of her panic attack, suddenly sensed a Massive surge of power from Alex. Very, VERY close to Vegeta’s own power.

“What in Remnant?! Is that ALEX?!” Yang wondered in terror.

“How?! He was just at Corvus’ mercy! How did he recover that fast?!” Cade added.

“That.. wasn’t just a recovery... that was a power boost..” Ruby clarified.

“The fuck is he using, steroids?!” Vanoss wondered.

“This is bad... He was about to kill us all a few minutes back.. with this kind of power, he’ll actually do it this time..” Erza shook.

Illiya ran back with a scared look on her face.

“The one Public Dimensional Gate in town’s busted.. the only way help can get here is if we wait for them to generate a wormhole..” Illiya stated.

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“OVERCHARGE TIMES TEN!!!!”

The entire group felt a truly massive burst of power from Alex’s direction, as everyone went from scared to absolutely horrified.

“T-This power..! It’s.. Too much..!” Cade gasped as he held on to a loose piece of rebar on the wall.

Alex’s screams of rage only grew more and more deafening as two glowing blue and yellow orbs materialized in his hands.

It was then that Corvus had teleported, and grabbed Ruby by the neck.

“Ack..! Help..!” Ruby gasped.

“Ruby!!” Yang screamed in horror.

“GO AHEAD AND ATTACK, ALEX! BUT IT WON’T GET YOU YOUR WORLD BACK!!!!”

“IT DOESN’T MATTER! NONE OF IT MATTERS!!! SO YOU MIGHT AS WELL DIE WITH ME AND THE REST OF THIS SOON-TO-BE DEAD PLANET!!!!” Alex shouted, by now beyond any hope of reason.

“Hold on! I’m able to divert the attack, then we can deal with Corvus..!” Vegeta stated.

“NO! CORVUS IS TOO STRONG FOR US TO HANDLE!” Twilight shouted.

“EVERYONE GET TO COVER NOW!” Ultimus ordered at the top of his lungs as everyone immedately ran to hide behind the wall.

Alex slammed his hands nearly together as his energy began to fluctuate.

“His entire being is trying to power the attack and maintain his form..! He’s risking too much!!” Auburn quickly realized.

“Good. He might die before launching the attack. Once he’s dead, Vegeta can focus on Corvus, and we can take a ship outta here and somehow ride whatever chaos ensues.” Julius stated.

“What’s wrong with you?! That’s my father!” Cade scolded, smacking Julius in the face.

“News flash! Your father’s lost his fucking mind! Now deal with it and get down!” Julius retorted.

Alex’s rage-fuelled screams filled the air as even his form began to fluctuate. Fading from Mythic to Evolved Warrior and back again, all the while maintaining his Overcharge x10.

“It’s too much for him to handle, but he’ll launch it at the last second!” Vegeta figured as he went Super Saiyan.

Yang, all the while, was beyond words. Terrified at what her closest friend had become, that Ruby was being held hostage, and that their only hope was that he would eventually burn out.

Alex continued trying to grow his power to an acceptable size as he started to bleed out of both of his nostrils.

“That Overcharge is wearing him down and he’s still going with it?!” Lucy realized in between horrified sobs.

“GET DOWN, NOW!!!” Twilight shouted.

“FINAL GOD SHOCKER!!!!!”

In the instant Alex unleashed his full power, his chest exploded in several areas as he fell to the ground with a last scream of agony.

“GALICK GU-!”

Yang suddenly shoved Vegeta out of the blast’s way as she blocked the attack with both hands.

“YANG!!!” Ruby shouted in terror as she tried to squirm free.

“AHAHAHA! STILL HAVE A SOFT SPOT FOR DEAR OLD MOTHER?!” Corvus laughed as Yang tried with every ounce of her being to hold back Alex’s attack.

“MOM, NO!!” Cade screamed.

“JUST WHAT ARE YOU DOING, EARTHLING?!” Vegeta demanded incredulously.

Yang struggled merely to lift the ball of energy to the skies once she collected it, allowing the loose energy to seep into her body.

“WHAT?! SHE CAN ABSORB ENERGY?!” Natsu gasped in shock.

“IMPOSSIBLE!” Vegeta stared in shock.

N-No..!” Corvus trembled as she suddenly let Ruby go.

It didn’t take Yang too long to absorb the rest of Alex’s energy. Allowing it to flow and combine with her latest form, she glared at Corvus with a look that could only be described as tranquil fury.

“You.. You used me as a weapon. You made me hurt the people I care about. You say you’re doing this for the benefit of the world, but we both really know why you’re doing this...” Yang scowled, cracking her knuckles as she slowly walked towards Corvus.

“I can’t let you just get away with this. I’m going to make things right, and I’ll start by getting my hands dirty one last time.”

Author's Notes:

First of all, Music Credits go to The Enigma TNG and Norihito Sumitomo.

Second of all, I’ve been FUCKING TERRIBLE with getting this chapter written. I’ve been busy all of May studying for final exams and... yeah, I’ve got no excuses for slacking off this month. At least this means I’ll be a bit more consistent getting these chapters out and completing the Arc after 2 months.

Seriously, this means this story’ll pass the 1-year anniversary mark and it’s still being written. Honestly, I’ve been gone so long the User Interface changed!

Ahem. More on that later.

I haven’t been slacking off completely, I’ve been trying to think of ways Corvus has such a drastic effect of the story that it doesn’t recycle the plot structure I’ve used the first few story arcs. Namely, I’m thinking of dedicating a mini-arc illustrating how much Corvus fucked everything up.

I’ll very likely be out with ‘Products of Wrath Part 4’ next Sunday. Until then, happy reading!

-The Destoyer

P.S. The (Technically) Final Arc is being planned out right now. Just a heads up. 😁

P.P.S. 👌😂 End my life