A New Time, A New Place

Fengàri grunted as he landed in a crouch before rolling as Retinax hurled arcs of malevolent electricity at him that only succeeded in kicking up plumes of sparks.

He slid the Guard Vent card in, closing the hilt's cover over it before he quickly drew another card, the Trick Vent. It created mirror copies of himself, three of which charged at Retinax, himself and the fourth going after the Bell Org, assisting Tara as he saw the Oil Fangires crystallize and shatter. The Shadowmen simply exploded in clouds of dark mist. He glanced at Jindrax and Toxica. "I'm pretty certain that not if, but when we run into that motormouth bastard Mandilok, you two are gonna want in on stomping a mudhole deep in his ass," he deadpanned.

The two nodded while continuing to fight the fodder. "Trust us we'll be the ones to destroy him." Jindrax said.

"I owe him for what he made me do!"Toxica growled, speaking for the first time since she exited the portal and it was obvious why she kept mute. Her voice had a demonic rumble to it and like Fluttershy when affected by poison joke she sounded distinctly male in her super form.

"You have free rein my friends!" Tara said before she jumped off her bike, spreading her own wings and then diving the bell Org with Saba blade out. "You on the other hoof are mine!"

Fengàri noticed absently that Tara's wings were sheathed in a light, flexible layer of white light. He drew a Card before glancing at it. His eyebrows rose upon seeing the Advent Riders Deck symbols in a pair of circles within a whirlpool. "Shift Vent… hmmm… this should make things interesting. But first," he muttered as he drew another Card before smirking and scanning it.

"Blust Vent," was the declaration.

A screech followed as a mechanized bat shot out of the crystal of the castle before it angled its wings as powerful blasts of air hurled Retinax backwards and shoved the Bell Org at Tara faster.

"Darkwing," he murmured as the doubles summoned by the Trick Vent were now able to hit more decisive blows on Retinax.

He took a soft breath as he slid the Shuffle Vent Card in before scanning it. To his mild surprise, the symbols glowed as a hologram before shuffling as a wheel in a slot machine.

To his mild surprise, it stopped on a rather familiar bull symbol.

"All right… Engage Shuffle - Zolda," he muttered as his armor shone before shattering into glowing glass as his armor shifted forms.

He pulled free the Magnuvisor before opening fire with green tinted plasma bullets as numerous showers of sparks kicked up from both Retinax and the Bell Org. He knew instinctively this was a slower form that was heavily reliant on what most gamers might refer to as 'zoning'... or in this case… ranged combat. True, Zolda could hit with a minimum strike impact of fifteen tons per blow with both kicks and punches, but compared to some ranged forms, this was a slower form that hit harder, especially with some of his Shoot Vent attacks.

Compared to Kabuto's Dragonfly, Zolda was very slow, yet at the same time had access to not only a heavy shield, but heavier weapons in the Gigashooterand Gigacannon to say nothing of his truly destructive End of the World Final Vent.

Tara took to blocking the strikes of Retinax and the Bell Org while unleashing her own devastating slashes with Saba. Knowing that while his laser blast was powerful, unless she supercharged it with her magic she was outclassed currently in ranged attacks.

"What are you two made out of!?" She asked her attacks only doing a minimal damage even with the obsidian Sharp edge of Saba's blade. "I know you spring up from pollution but neither of you should be this hard to damage!"

"Wouldn't surprise me if Ivan enhanced his little bitches to make them a bigger pain in the ass, but everything has a durability limit…" Zolda said dryly before he started laying into the Bell Org with heavy blows that sounded like numerous gongs ringing off. "And there are other places that tend to be sensitive regardless of how toughened they are," he drawled as he turned, ducking beneath a wild swing from Retinax before he kicked the Baron Org square between the legs, sending him several feet off the ground.

He snickered as he saw Jindrax cringing as Toxica nodded with what almost seemed like a smirk from how her head was tilted. He was mildly amused as Retinax rolled on the ground, his deep snarls decidedly more high pitched. "You know, they never did go into how heavy Orgs were, though clearly some are light on their feet, unlike this fat bastard," he deadpanned.

"I'm going to kill you slowly, human," Retinax snarled as he sat up before he took a heavy punting kick to the 'head'... right in his central eye.

"Trying to be cliche with threats implies that you will be around to carry said threats out," Zolda said in a dangerous tone as he drew a Card before slotting it in and scanning it.

It was then that his armor gained a pair of heavy cannons over his shoulders, the Giga Cannons. They would hit with an impact force of 150 tons per shot and could fire a shot from each cannon roughly every three seconds.

The Bell Orb took the chance to unleash a sonic blast and Tara instinctively folded her wings around her body in response, blocking the attack.

Fengàri fired off a pair of shots at the Bell Org as he felt Fluttershy get tossed into him before he caught her. "Careful, mon amour," he murmured, unintentionally slipping into French, or Phrench as it was known in Equestria.

"Fuck this shit!" Tara shouted as wisps of smoke began to emit from her eyes before She launched a salvo of magic enhanced slashes from Saba badly damaging both Orgs and nearly bisecting the Bell Org.

"Holy hell," she muttered in surprise.

"If you can knock them airborne, I can put them down, especially since I rather doubt that Ivan has access to someone else with those Growth Seeds," he deadpanned. He saw Toxica turn away, though out of shyness or if she knew something she was reluctant to share, he couldn't tell.

"I can do far better." Tara said as the wisps grew and her eyes were now glowing with power.

Suddenly the light shrouding her wings shifted from white to black as she released her shield with a roar of effort. The energy from the deflection threw all the opposing forces into the air before they were clumped together in the same black aura. "Do it now before I do it for you!" Tara roared, her voice seeming to shift as she said it.

"Right," he barked instinctively as he focused, gathering the energy before he fired off two overcharged shots that shoved him back several feet, each totaling 450 tons of force in dual blasts the size of beach balls. The resulting detonation was quite large, tearing the Orgs apart.

"I'm guessing the reason the other Elements are not showing up is that they aren't in town at the moment," he drawled.

He saw Fluttershy's head tilt. "Unfortunately, Rarity Belle and Sweetie Belle are visiting family in Manehattan, whilst Rainbow is having one of her training days with the Wonderbolts. AJ… I think… is still at the farm. Pinkie… is preparing for a party up in Trottingham," she said softly.

"And I suspect that she's likely running her round ass off, 'cause there ain't no way she and probably more'n a few others didn't notice that,"

"Reliable though Rainbow is at times, there are times when we must all face our own trials of flames," Zecora rhymed.

Zolda facepalmed. "You just had to joke about a 'trial by fire', didn't you?" Fengàri drawled as he dismissed the Zolda armor, letting it vanish as it shattered.

As the wisps disappeared Tara stumbled nearly falling over. "Holy hell, it happened again!" She grumbled.

Fengàri cocked an eyebrow before his ears twitched at a snarling roar that he could tell echoed, otherwise they might not have heard it. His eyes narrowed as he turned, glowing a bright golden amber. He snorted before sneezing. "Ugh… what the hell smells like wet ape?" he growled, not noticing his voice was a snarling growl. "And what exactly was that?" he deadpanned, his voice a lower growl.