Chapter 185: The Bloody Lunatic of Villains Wrath (2/2)
Marco crashed from the VIP floor slamming onto the battle ring wielding a metal baseball bat and a long-sharpened knife. Sparks flew around as the crowd began chanting his name repeatedly. Giving the audience a little dance, he spun around taunting Zinnia. ”I just can't hold it back any longer! I yearn for a fight and you Zinnia are the most demanding one yet.” Zinnia stepped into the ring as the cage fell, cutting them both off from the outside. Marco tapped the cage with his bat bobbing his head left and right. ”Let's see what Alton's new partner has compared to the phoenix of Hero's Might.”
Zinnia held her sword down low walking around the cage, meeting Marco. ”Sam Belling correct?”
”I'm surprised you know of her. Alton must have mentioned her. Yes, she was our leader before Alton betrayed us all. We never did find out what happened to her. Would you like to find out?”
Zinnia shot a bolt of lightning, grazing Marco's cheek. ”Enough games, I don't care what happened in the past. You killed my best friend. I'm all out of second chances for scum like you.”
Marco spun around, juggling his two weapons getting ready. ”Well, then shall we begin?” Zinnia was the first to strike stabbing her katana forward, Marco stepped back, creating a barrier to mitigate the attack. He brought it down the moment the attack landed. Twirling his body around, he swung his baseball bat down on Zinnia which she dodged jumping to the side. Marco was already moving in with his next attack as he turned his arm up, prepared to stab Zinnia. Using her built up momentum, she grabbed Marco's arm, twisting it and pulling him in. Letting go at the last moment, she spun around kicking him into the cage, sparking him with electricity. The moment he fell to the ground Zinnia raced in tackling him to the ground throwing serval punches. Marco began laughing headbutting Zinnia kicking her off him. ”That's it! The built-up fury! Show me more!”
Stepping back holding her head, she shot another bolt of lightning at him only for Marco to begin breakdancing, avoiding the attack throwing her off. ”Another trick I learned from Sam.” Zinnia stepped forward before vanishing with serval after images appearing all around. Appearing above Marco, she slashed down barley missing Marco. ”Got you.”
A cube was created sucking Zinnia in cutting her powers off. Dropping the cube, he moved in swinging his bat around smashing Zinnia in the face. Stumbling forward she crashed against the cage getting fried by her own powers. Wrapping his bat around her, Marco pulled Zinnia, flipping her over, slamming her to the ground. He dropped on top kneeing her in the stomach, letting out a maniac laugh. Zinnia coughed spinning around, forcing Marco back. Zinnia spat a clot of blood from her mouth, moving her shoulder around, staring her foe down. ”Answer me this. Why'd you done it? Alton was your friend. An ally. Why did you have to kill him for?!”
Marco crouched down swaying left and right licking his knife. ”If I told you it might just break your heart.” Zinnia ran with spite throwing serval bicycle kicks at Marco who blocked each one. As she landed, she turned with a back kick pushing Marco back. She moved forward not giving him any moment to strike. Ducking under a baseball bat swing Zinnia uppercut Marco knocking him to the floor. But this was met with something else for Zinnia. A sharp pain coming from her waist. Ultimately in the zone, she didn't even realise she had been stabbed. The feeling came to her as she stumbled back pulling it out blood dripping. Feeling weak Zinnia collapsed to her knees, holding her side in pain. Marco stood up, staring down at Zinnia. Gale's cries were heard as he turned to the crowd who were roaring for more. ”You ain't shit without your powers.” Kicking her over, Marco held his bat up high smirking. ”We were doing you a favour. We saved you from that monster, this is how you repay us? Countless dead. Countless dying because of him. My family, Destiny's. All dead because of him. You still believe he's your hero Zinnia?”
Marco kept beating Zinnia over and over, making the pain so much worse. His face of glee turned into fury as he stepped on Zinnia, forcing her to look. ”Where's your precious hero now, kid? I would kill that bitch again and again if given a chance. You know what I think? We didn't make him suffer enough. Not even close. I guess you'll have to do.”
Zinnia curled up, feeling her blood boil as she took the beating over and over. Flashes of Alton flooded her mind. The good times, the bad times. The times she never wants to forget. All of this pushing her. Breaking her beyond her limits. ”Enough… Stop… I said, stop!” Smoke flooded the cage as Marco was thrown back hitting the floor. Coughing uncontrollably, he was left dumbfounded. Pulling herself off the ground limping over smoke poured from Zinnia slivering over the ring engulfing the area. Zinnia's eyes were bloodshot red, and that was matched with a look of total rage.
Unable to create any barriers choking on the smoke, Marco tried crawling away, holding his hand out. ”Impossible. How. I cancelled out your powers! How are you getting this?!”
Zinnia picked the baseball bat up idly watching Marco suffering. The smoke was burning his throat, making it nearly impossible for him to breathe. ”Why did you kill him?”
Marco slouched against the cage, getting shocked by electricity. ”Why not? The fucker had it coming to him. He lay waste to an entire town—thousands of dead in an instant. I lost everything that day, I had to leave my parents to freeze and never bury them. Does that answer your question?! I think after all that I deserve it, don't I? I deserved to kill that son of a bitch!”
The cubes were dropped as Gale broke out, shaking the cage. ”Zinnia stop! Stop it! You've won! Don't!”
Marco chuckled to himself, staring smugly at Zinnia. ”So, now what? You gonna kill me? Not very heroic now. You're not different to Alton. You're both monsters.” Zinnia lost complete control swinging the bat against Marco's face lobbing him to the floor. She kept swinging after that over and over. Not letting anyone stop her. All her built uproar emotion collapsed onto Marco as she threw the bat away, pinning him to the ground choking him. Smoke riddled through her fingers, burning his neck as his life was leaving his very eyes. Zinnia pressed harder, screaming in pain overall she lost not letting him live. Marco stared Zinnia in the eyes, smiling choking out a final taunt. ”Welcome to the club.”
The cage was lifted as Gale ran on, pulling Zinnia away as the smoke started to subside. Covering his mouth, he held Zinnia in his arms seeing a now dead Marco. Zinnia snapped, trying to break free from Gale's grasp. ”I'm not done with him! Let go of me!”
Gale tugged Zinnia back further holding her down. ”Listen to me! It's over, he's dead. It's over.”
Crypto watched from the comfort of his VIP seat, sipping his drink pleased with the results. Ready to leave, he was stopped by a gun to the back of his head. ”Going somewhere? Drop the gun buddy.”
Crypto dropped the gun in his hand as he stood up, staring at Jinx with a sinister smile which even startled her. He raised his hands speaking with a soothing tone. ”I surrender.”