different sides of the same coin
Chapter 18: chapter 18 round eight
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The last of the first round of fighting was over and it was time for the next and so they all drew numbers and the first two to fight where Fragment and Atom after everyone picked their numbers a set of scrolls appeared in front of them in a blaze of fire one was addressed to Frag and the other to Atom. Fragment opened his first it contained no writing but two flames burned on the page one clear with a violet outline and the other was half black and half white Frag lifted his hoof and pressed it to the clear flame and was immediately covered in a clear fire with a violet outline everyone of course freaked out except Fragment the one actually on fire he just nodded his head as if he was listening to something then just as suddenly as it came the fire went out.
"Um hey dudes are you ok?" Oswald asked "You where kind of on fire there you know."
"Oh yeah I'm fine just getting a message from a certain someone," Fragment looked at Atom for a second a smile on his face. "Doesn’t worry about it just know I can't wait for out fight bro I will hold nothing back.” Oh and you should open your letter it's kind of important." he said before trotting into the arena.
Atom looked at his letter for a second opening it. Instead of fire it had five simple words. It sucks to be you. Atom looked at his letter at his letter before throwing it over his shoulder dismissively before following suit behind Frag.
"Hello every pony how are yawl today I am here to announce the fighters less see here its going to be Fragment vs Atom won't that be exciting." Applejack announced in a loud voice.
The two trotted out and stopped a few feet away from each other then Vinyl trotted out to ref. "Alright you two let's get this shit started on three. Three," Fragment summoned a pair of gauntlets for his front and back legs and pulled out the letter from earlier. "Two," Atom drew his sword and went into Cyclonic Proton form (if I fucked that up tell me) and got into a ready stance. "One." Frag pressed his hoof into the flame and it engulfed him for a second nothing happened until suddenly the flames started to fuse pressing into each other and spinning faster and faster until it created a yin yang tornado that touched the clouds and then suddenly it was gone like somepony had flipped a switch and in its place standing easily on his back legs was a pony he looked like Frag but his mane and tail were different the turquoise had replaced the black and where the turquoise had been was red like Ragnarok’s the same had happened with his tail and his normally grey eyes where a dark blood red color again mimicking Ragnarok’s in color and his cutie mark had changed and changed and changed every time Atom blinked it was different the only thing similar about them was that they were opposites and resembled a yin yang symbol in shape he also had six weights on his body one on each hoof and wing.
Ha it’s just Frag with a different mane and eye color nothing to worry about I still have my blade and so I have the reach advantage. Atom thought to himself and attacked using his wings to propel him and a blast of wind to make himself fly even faster when Atom was within striking distance he stabbed outward with his blade expecting Frag to try and block the strike with his gauntlet or dodge out of the way but what actually happened surprised him even more and also hurt a lot more. Instead of blocking or dodging he summoned a blade of his own making Atoms eyes widen with surprise and parried the strike knocking him of balance then used Atoms speed against him brought his gauntleted hoof smashing down onto Atoms head and the momentum sent Atom whose face was still smashed into the ground skidding several feet “how rude you didn’t even let me introduce myself,” with a quick beat of his wings he did a back flip and punted Atom several feet away. “You probably thought I was still Fragment with just a new mane and eye color well that’s wrong and if you make that mistake again you will be dead wrong I am not Ragnarok either my name is Reflex I am what happens when Ragnarok and Fragment work together they fuse to create well recreate me. You would know that if you listened to Frag more Atom he brought it up like four times in conversation but you just kind of brushed it off so know I guess I will just have to beat it into you but enough about that lets fight actually before that Atom do you want me to go easy?”
Atom had only been half listening until then and so he just said the first thing to pop into his head “Um yeah?” he said unsure when Reflex just nodded he gave a quiet sigh of relief at having played that off.
Reflex and Atom both got into ready stances.
Reflex VS Atomic Vortex
Reflexes stance was odd he stood on his two back legs his left hoof held his blade and his forward right hoof was just his gauntleted hoof. They just stood looking at each other for a sec before Reflex and Atom both charged each other at the same time they both slashed at each other at the same time and clashed Reflex dislodged himself and slashed upward at Atom he dodged and retaliated with a slash from his sword that sent a blade of hardened wind in Reflexes direction Reflex slammed his hoof into the ground making a wave of orange fire erupt from the ground and engulfed the attack leaving a statue in its place Reflex then grabbed it and tossed it at Atom he crushed it to powder with a stomp like gesture he then used the powder to try and Blind Reflex but was stopped when he made a small black hole using his black flames to suck the powder up and then making it explode sending the powder everywhere and making a fine grey mist Atom used his wind to blow away the mist just in time to block Reflexes next attack as he came flying downward trying to crush Atom under his hoofs but Atom brought up his sword just in time to block his attack Reflex slammed into his sword with a shower of sparks Reflex brought his face closer to Atoms and said “hey you're not half bad at this fighting thing an-,” Reflex was cut off when Atom dislodged him from atop his blade and took a swipe at him. Atom was about to follow up on his Attack when suddenly something in his brain clicked he just realized what Reflex had asked him earlier “hey hold on a second are you going all out?”
One of Reflexes eyebrows Raised into the air a pleasant smile on his face as he spoke “oh nonononono why do you want me to go all out?”
“Yeah I don’t even know why I asked you to go easy on me in the first place.” Atom said rubbing his chin thoughtfully.
“It’s because you weren’t listening again but anyway are you sure?” Atom just gave him a deadpan look that made Reflex chuckle “Alright then wish granted.” Reflex stood still for a second his eyes closed suddenly Reflexes eyes flew open and armor started to cover his body until nothing was uncovered on him he then stabbed his blade into the ground and started taking off the weights he grabbed the first one popped and it off and dropped it as soon as it touched the ground the earth seemed to say holy shit that’s heavy by exploding leaving a crater in its place and causing a miniature earthquake Reflex then did the same to the rest grabbed his blade as soon as he grabbed it the blade seemed to erupt with an ominous red aura he then held it in a reverse grip and got into a ready stance.
While this was happening Atom heard somepony call his name he looked around until he saw four frantically waving ponies telling him to run the four where Luna, Celestia, Vinyl and Dark eyes all wide with fear telling him to run which of course being Atom he ignored with a dismissive wave of his hoof he then turned back to Reflex who by this time was ready.
Atom charged at Reflex full speed but before Atom could even finish his fourth step Reflex was on him blade cutting into his chest with ease even with it being magically blunted Atom tried to slash with his own blade but by the time he had finished his own swing Reflex was already to his left slamming his hoof into Atoms face he didn’t even give Atom the time to fly off he grabbed him mid flight and raked his sword straight up Atoms back leaving a long gash up his back he then sent a barrage of punches at Atom he moved so fast that Atom seemed to be trapped in a solid black twister Reflex then stabbed the blade straight through Atom’s back he screamed in pain but it was cut short when Atom started coughed up blood Reflex then ripped his blade free and sheathed it Atom fell over clutching his wound and then asked Reflex a question “how the hell did you cut me with a blunt blade?” Atom asked.
“Cut you?” No I ate you or my blade did that energy stuff around my blade are actually billions of small void beast that can eat at an insane pace as he spoke the aura took form several people cried out in horror at the sight. “The only time they didn’t eat at you was when I forced my blade through you that was pure strength,”
“Oh one more thing why couldn’t I even touch you with my blade?”
“Because this is the form when i am whole one entity instead of two and my power is more than 10X higher than normal in this form i me again,”
Atom got back up with a determined look on his face and started to charged hit final attack
“Damn you are persistent aren’t you? Well I guess you earned this and I think you can handle it…I hope my special consider it a gift for being so tough to use it my opponent needs to be marked by my blade or something has to get blood on it,” Reflex looked at his blade “oh hey blood lucky me,” as Reflex spoke Atoms eyes got wider by the second “Alright then lets do this it's time for the Zero beat,” Reflex lifted one of his hoofs straight into the air and the air above his hoof started to distort and pulsate in a spherical shape with a definite rhythm as it built you could hear a faint music coming from it then the sound suddenly jumped in volume revealing the song and suddenly without warning Reflex threw it at Atom he saw it flying at him and he tried to negate it he threw the attack he had been charging at it Reflex looked at it smiled and motioned with his hoof and made the sphere go straight around the twister and into a surprised Atom.
At first he felt fine until he heard the music then it seemed like the every liquid in his leg was trying to escape then it started to spread and intensify spreading throughout his body getting worse as it went on he could feel some of his bones even start to crack under the pressure .
Reflex watched on with a small pleasant smile on his face at Atom thrashed on the ground in pain “oh come on it can't be that bad you still have to wait for the drop.” As soon as he said it Atoms screams grew more a lot louder Reflex looked back to Atom you could see where the liquids were trying to escape from as his skin bulged in places and receded back again you could hear bones snapping as they gave under they very bone marrow inside them tried to find a way out suddenly Atom passed out from the pain and they attack with him. “And that was the drop,” after Reflex said that he walked over to Celestia and said “Alright I forfeit I’m done fighting for now bye.”
Winner by brutal as fuck knockout Reflex but forfeit so no winner on to the next one.
A/N for those of you who don't know who don't know who Reflex is here is a pic.
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