Chapter 277: The Fall of Victoria Part 4 (1/2)
Scarlett was bashed to the ground bleeding from the nose. Rolling over, she held her face curled up, whimpering. ”No more, please.”
”Get up!” Her father insisted on taunting her. ”A Syndicate never gives up no matter what. We face our foe until the very end. Never allow your enemy to look down on you like this.”
Scarlett stumbled to her feet, her legs shaking as she coughed, holding her bloody nose. ”Can we take a break? I'm tired.”
Psychosis pushed her back, knocking her to the floor as Scarlett whimpered. ”Your enemy won't allow you to take a break. In a real fight scenario, they will show you no mercy. Fight as if your life depends on it. Treat every fight like that, and you will not lose.”
Slouched against the wall, Scarlett gritted her teeth, stopping her bloody nose from snapping back. ”But there's always going to be stronger foes out there. One's I can't defeat. What good does fighting to the end mean if I don't stand a chance?!”
Lifting Scarlett up with his mind, Psychosis tutted. ”You've learned nothing I see, daughter of mine.” Placing his hand on Scarlett's shoulder, he gave her his final lesson. ”Who decides what opponent is too strong for somebody? Who decides if you can or cannot defeat your enemy? There's no spoken rule stating such lies. It's only you who decided that. The moment you doubt your own ability and believe the enemy to be stronger, you've lost from the very beginning.”
Scarlett stared blankly ahead, keeping eye contact with him as she whispered. ”How do I do that? How beyond all the odds truly believe I can win an unwinnable fight?”
Psychosis walked away, opening the door. ”That's for you to decide, Scarlett. Now hurry up and get cleaned up. You have a big day, don't you not? You're the number one streamer now.”
Scarlett reached down to her phone, receiving a text from Alton to meet up before the ceremony; putting her phone away, she wiped her face giving it some thought. ”Only I can decide if I can defeat my foe or not… I've come this far I cannot look back. No one can defeat me. That's my spoken truth.”
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Denial was forced on the defensive, crushed under the power of Scarlett as she released unrelenting attacks, not once letting her foe fight back. She didn't have time to evaluate her situation given her foe. One of the Five Stages of Grief wasn't something to laugh about; thus, Scarlett had to give everything she had for her most dangerous foe.
Crushing her hand, serval explosions locked onto Denial, flinging her into the air. Slamming her hands to the ground, a large chunk ripped out, carrying Scarlett up higher. Twisting her hand, she ripped and tore off serval parts of the buildings all around her to use as a weapon. Holding Denial in place, the rubble hovered all around her before Scarlett slammed it all to the ground. Denial was the first to crash to the floor before all of Scarlett's projectiles followed. The moment they made contact with the girl dozen of clicking sounds were heard as each piece of rubble caused a chained explosion destroying everything in its path. The explosions kept going before the street below caved in, crashing into the sewers below. Another colossal blast was set off as the gas pipe was torn apart. Gliding to the floor, Scarlett watched the aftermath, still not certain if that was enough. Her men gave an early cheer in awe at Scarlett's raw and chaotic power. She still wasn't buying it, however.
The cheers fell silent as a voice whispered in Scarlett's ear. ”Behind you.” Scarlett jolted around, seeing Denial right in right of her. Reacting fast, Scarlett pushed her hands together before unleashing a sudden explosive beam going on for miles destroying half the block. Stumbling back, exhausted by both her fight against Emil and Alton, Scarlett held her head, squinting as more blood came from her eyes. She was hoping to have ended the fight as quickly as possible, but she's going to run out of juice if it keeps lingering. ”Are you quite done yet?” Denial teased, leaning forward.
Scarlett pushed her back, turning to her men. ”Get to cover!” Flying up, her family knew what this was. Denial looked up, simply watching curiously as Scarlett held her hand out. A green glow emerged before crackles of fire appeared in her hand. All the glass in the area shattered as Scarlett charged up her final attack. The green explosive essence burnt her hand to a crisp as she even struggled to harness its full power. Flinging her hand down, Scarlett screamed with the might of her family. ”Nuclear Hail!” Clumps of green explosions bombarded the city, destroying everything in complete sight. Not a single building was left, leaving only an empty wasteland where downtown Rhinefield once stood. Falling to the ground, Scarlett was dragged to safety by her men as she leaned against the wall gasping for air, half her face burnt. ”I can't ever lose…” Scarlett waited a short while before looking around the corner. She flinched, lost for words. ”That's not possible.”
Denial was standing in the middle of the wasteland, more or less unharmed apart from a cut on her forehead, bleeding slightly. Feeling a sharp pain in her head, Scarlett pulled herself back around, realising what she had done. Denial smirked, wiping her head. ”Got you.”
”Shit… I doubted myself… Why the hell did I do that?!”
”Scarlett. Let us buy you time to escape.” Not responding, her men ran into the fray, firing at Denial with everything they had. Denial opened her cloak as a pair of eyes appeared when the men laid contact with the eyes; they were blown away with nothing left.
Only two of her guards remained, trying to help Scarlett up. ”We need to get you out of here!”
Rubble was flung their way, blocking their escape as Scarlett stared at the ground, conflicted at what to do. She could try and make an escape, but she knew that was futile. She'd be blown to bits before making it away. Her other option was to hold tight and hope someone like Alice or Alton turned up, but that was near impossible. She couldn't rely on anyone else.
”Come out. Come out wherever you are, Scarlett! You can't escape me.”