"So you're a member of that powerful group, STRIFE, and the husband to that freak of nature, Hera'May? No wonder you were able to pull off such a feat so casually. One of the top members who goes by, Adolph 'The Ripper', eh? Mister... Maniacleeese, eh? How absolutely abhorrent!" The visitor sent out flesh that looked like string and nerves. It attached itself to the severed forearm being held up by Lord Ripper.
The visitor reattached his severed and clenched his fists tightly. Oozing killing intent and bloodlust that suffocated the very Colossaverse. Everyone within our group could feel it, but just as we were going to act, a voice told us to sit still... Or die. It was Lord Ripper himself, but we hadn't figured that out just yet. All we knew was, another mass of bloody actually overtook the visitor's own.
"Incredible... You're quite powerful indeed. Just like your freakish wife, Hera'May!" The visitor shouted as he was about to ready his fist for a massive Punch technique.
"Ah, that arm of yours isn't what you think it is." Lord Ripper stated as he held his cane sword in front of his body like a royal knight.
"Tuh, what ever could you be tal-kinnng... about?" He looked down and locked on to a crescent shaped knife insignia. It turned his arm completely and covered the forearm with numerous different sizes of the same insignia.
"Th-This is his Thingchi!!!" The visitor shoutef within his mind as he turned and glared at Lord Ripper.
"Kill!!Hehe!" Lord Ripper smiled at the visitor as his own arm shot out. His right hand slammed into his neck and began to try and crush it in an attempt to kill the visitor.
"Now then, I'll be taking this young lass with me. I'll be healing her of your rubbish once we make it back. Then... Our true battle will start, you despicable Devil." Lord Ripper took Ri-ohhanna and vanished into the cosmos. Just before the visitor ripped his own head off and crushed it. It was only then that his bloody hand and arm could finally be called his once more. Bits and pieces of brains fell on to his body, punctured and skewered by massive chunks and pieces of skull fragments. All this and the bastards body didn't even fall.
"Heh, that old head was bothering me anyways. Begone, you old eyesore of a dome." He completely obliterated every last bit of his old head. Regenerating a new one at alarming speeds. It felt almost instant, and at this time... He was actually wearing his true face out for once. His crown morphed into something similar to a Fallen from the first Colossaverse. Your people would call the ornament at the very forefront of the crown, demonic. He smiled and showed his gnarly teeth that looked like that of a well groomed beast's own. His third eye opened largely as his smiled turned into maniacal laughter. Two more eyes open as skits underneath his normal eyes.
"Hahahahahahahaaaaaaaa!!!! I'll wait for you, Adolph Maniacleeese!!! For after I destroy you, I'll be gunning for those twirps... Erasula and Erasallizz!!" He continued to laugh as he and his aura vanished. Awaiting the moment when Lord Ripper makes his move!
"Hey, babe... Didja sense that wicked essence?" My mama went on to ask my pops as they stopped their movements.
"Yeah, it's best we make our way back towards the Annihilo-Sect Base. That's where he's headed." My pops replied as he sped off towards our base. My mama was trailing right behind him as they quickly switch there gears to full speed.
"Hm? Mama and pops are headed our way right this instant." I stated as I walked towards one of our gigantic windows. Staring out into the direction in which they were shooting towards us from.
"What reason would they have for coming here?" ZeeNastasia rubbed her chin as she placed her hand on my shoulder.
"I believe I'm the reason for that." A voice claimed from directly behind our entire group.
We all turned around to see the figure of a sharply dressed, tall God carrying the damaged body of Ri-ohhanna who was now unconscious. He laid her down in a table nearest to our group. We didn't hesitate to swarm her and surround her to protect her from him. We had no idea what was going on, and he was still wearing his silhouette suit. It made us suspect only one person and that made us certain of why so many monarchs were on their way here. We prepared our weapons, but would soon be stopped by Odin as he walked towards the twelve foot deity.
"Why do you insist on wearing that ridiculous thing, father?" Odin went on to say as he shook the Deity's hand.
"Huh??"
"Wait...
"What... The...
"HUUUUUUUUUUUUUH!?" Everyone shouted loudly whilst Ri-oh'dioh frantically assisted his sister with her injuries.
"Your father, you say? Did you save my sister? And who from if you don't mind me asking!!" Ri-oh'dioh had every weapon, needle, scalpel, and status inflicting chemical at the ready and aimed at Odin's father.
"Hehehe... Eh, I'm gonna needja ta calm down there, Impairment boy." Odin's father states as he ripped away his silhouette armor. Smiling at everyone as he reveals his surprisingly young appearance.
"Aii, so you've chosen your younger look, meaning you held back in the visitor earlier, yeah?" Odin asked as he shoved his father a little aggressively.
"Oooh, quit your belly aching, boy. I'm not done with him, and he's not done with me. I just needed these children to see just how fearsome he is. He was able to do that before even I could make it there in time!" Odin's father rubbed and played with his trapezoid shaped mustache. He then snapped his fingers and canceled every technique Ri-oh'dioh had at the ready. We were all shocked, seeing as it was identical to the technique that the visitor uses.
"How did you??" Heemy asked as he walked towards Lord Ripper.
He was wearing a fancy, deep sea blue trenchcoat with a snippy vest of the same color right underneath. His blouse was completely white, dazzling whenever light touches its threads. His gloves were fingerless and black, his pants were of the same color variant along with his glossy, golden buckle toting loafers. His hair was long and black with arched eyebrows and a nice little patch of hair underneath his bottom lip. His eyes were low and full of malice, glistening with the blood red pupils that glare into our very souls. He wore a nice pair of round, golden framed glasses with a nice black, British tweed bond cap to top it all off. He walked towards us all with his cane, only to vanish behind us as he placed his hand on the chest of Ri-ohhanna.
"Heh..." She reached out and placed her hand in his chest.
"I appreciate the save, you legendary old fart." She smiled brightly as she regained her full consciousness.
"SISTER!"
"Ri-ohhanna!!" We all surrounded her person, watching as she could easily talk and move about even with this ridiculous amount of damage she was hit with.
"How interesting. You seem to be a variety of Deity that was blessed with a grasp for the realms beyond and their techniques. We of STRIFE recognize this as being an individual who's soul was never that of a Deity's own." He infused his essence into her body and healed her completely. Repairing her clothes and armor all the while.
"What do you mean by that, Dolphy?" Clarissa asked whilst having a very peculiar look in her eye. The same one that Shiitania had within her own gaze.
"Ah, all of the young founder are here, it seems. That's good, and that's also a very good question, Rissy dear. For you see, we Deities were made with the DNA and genetic structure matching one who can actually be matched to all three of the original species and their realms surrounding our fair Omniverse. Our creators did this on purpose when they laid their beautiful pearlies on the lingering soul essence and residue from the three original realms. Their residents and their immense essence always needed a depository back way that can allow the overbearing amount of essence to leak out. Make room for more, much... Much more!" Lord Ripper explained as he began to walk around us. Scowering the ship in his leisurely stroll, speaking and projecting his voice outwards for us all to hear.
"That lingering essence began to collide and go through a process similar to accretion. New souls were born that were made of all three types of essence. Balanced beings with no bodies to call their own. There was billions of them, all of which became the first Colossaverses and their many siblings within this Omniverse upon its creation. Most of the membahs of STRIFE, like ZeeNihilo, Betsalynn, Scarge, Santa Claus, The Easter Bunny, All Hollow's Jack, and many more. They are all beings with bodies that house souls that predate the Omniverse. Both of my parents were the Murder and Kill Colossaverses' siblings. Amongst those many souls were those that ended up being comprised of much more of one original species' essence than the other two. Ri-ohhanna here is home to one of those souls that seemed to take FAR longer finding a suitable body. How peculiar... Hehe!!" He smiled at Ri-ohhanna as she examined her body. The tattoos she wears when in her Hype form were now stuck in her base body.
"What's happy to hear?" I asked with concern behind my tone.
"She's becoming more Versetian than Deity now." A voice stated as it came through our front entrance.
"Hm? Who is tha- ah, POPS!!" I ran to my dad and hugged him tightly. Heemy came behind me for a handshake, but my dad pulled him in for a hug. Moms would come behind us to join in on the live along with my baby sister, ZeeNasia. Many other's arrived to speak with Lord Ripper.
"What's going on here, Adolph, why have you come to my home verse without announcement?" My pops asked as he walked towards his colleague.
"I've come for obvious reasons, ZeeNihilo." Lord Ripper replied.
"Hmph, what reasons would those be?" My pops asked as his essence began to rise.
"Tuh... I honestly loathe your incapability of getting ovah our old relationship before I joined the team. But my first reason is to make that visitor pay for his insolence! My second... To teach these brats of yours to use their concepts with simple gestures. Like glaring... Or snapping." He smiled at my pops as he snapped his fingers. We could all feel everyone's hostile essence disappear the moment after. It was such an incredible sight to behold, a true master of essence and concepts.
"Hm!? You're actually going to teach them those level of techniques at their current stage!?" My pops and moms both crowded around Lord Ripper. His face made it obvious that he was uncomfortable with certain people invading his space.
"Hm... Where did he-
"Oh no bruvs, absolute separation... Please and thank you, my brothah and sistah." He dusted himself off as he scoffs at them.
He turned to face our group, smiling as he telepathically tells us to prepare ourselves for his grueling training. He took over our private training room and eveloped it with his essence. Leaving many windows into the new realm he created so our parents who haven't been killed or semi-permanently impaired can observe. He needed this to be almost instant in real time, so the realm was cut off from the normal flow time. We had one hour in real time... That was equal to one.yeat in his time zone. Thus began our training to learn how to use concepts and techniques with simple gestures. Lord Ripper spent the entire time showing us the principles of compressing the essence used to fuel concept usage. That was the starting point for us.
Upon mastering that part of the training. We learned to replicate that process using the concepts themselves. Compressing which ever one's we wished to use in one 'chamber'. That chamber being the action that would become our Gesture. We were told numerous times that knowing and mastering whatever concept or concepts we wish to use. This was because we needed to focus on imagination and our gestures. The concepts and essence used in the techniques should be as easy to use as when one uses their brains. In the end, it was truly just a process of learning to use multiple mastered concepts at once. Like when we use glaring to empower and use our original concepts we were born with. It was always the strain he needed our essence and systems within our bodies to be capable of handling.
"Hmm... These Deities are so young, yet they've already come to master what took us ages." My mom's stated.
"Yes, but we were forced to discover and create these methods. Then master them well after, whilst always having to fight invaders. Even then... These young ones have been forced to take on beings that require such lengths of mastery and finesse. We can all rest easy knowing these methods will keep our children safe when we can't!" My auntie and mother to Dila states. Rubbing my mom's shoulders as they continue to observe our training.
An hour would go by within our reality, perfectly timed and well met by our training's end. We all walked out a complete mess, yet so much more capable as Deities and protectors of the Annihilation Verse. We welcomed our families and people to our base before racing to clean our selves up. Proceeding forward with any plans we have to finally take down the visitor terrorizing our verse in pursuit of ZeeNastasia and YeeRashuri. We still haven't even figured out why that is, but it no longer mattered after witnessing the atrocities he has caused. It was time to finally take him down as a team!
"You little pissants still aren't ready for this fight. He'll need to be weakend so that your group may prevail." Lord Ripper walked out from the room with black gauntlets and greaves. Looking at all of us with contempt, for he was thrilled by our progress, but wanted to keep us out of his way. For none of us could actually hold a candle to him still, and that was quite the red flag for him.
He looked towards our parents as they all spoke with their eyes. Using waves of essence and psyche frequencies that none of us could understand. Not even ZeeNastasia and YeeRashuri could decipher the coding behind it. Not as if we had time to anyways, they broke eye contact after a mere milisecond. Successfully conveying the message they needed to.
"We can't thank you enough for the help Dolpho!"
"ZeeNih, could not be any chipper in my endeavors to help you here. Now then."
The entire room could feel Lord Ripper's essence skyrocket. We could feel it traveling rapidly towards a specific location within the verse. The most northern point of the verse itself, the Northern Annihilus. It was there that the visitor could be found, as well as Lord Ripper within that very moment. Both warriors now sit face to face for a full on confrontation. One that would nearly reshape the very fabric of our home verse's very existence and reality. The entirety of the team rushed towards the location of the battle. Rapidly producing streams of essence in our desperate attempt to make it there in time. But by the time we had gotten even halfway, a wave of essence that replicated the sensation of true death came down atop of us all. It was a feeling I had never experienced before now.
"Wh-what is this intensity!?" I asked out loud as we were pelted by essence of the overwhelming variant.
"It's mah dah's Thingchi essence. He has been rumored to be able to kill most who even come to feel it, let alone get touched and attacked by such a force!" Odin states whilst trying his best to press forward. But he could not, for this was his first time coming into contact with such a disgusting full power force. Lord Ripper was truly a being equal to the Lord of Death himself!
"It's no wonder he's the rival to our parents, Rissa, Xenoshaa!!" Shiitania shouted as she and the other founders wrapped themselves in essence and vanished. We could feel their essence rampaging towards Lord Ripper and the visitor. We followed behind them by copying their strategy. Closing in on a battle the entire verse could see now.
"You're truly a powerful deity, Adolph, buddyyy!!! A stupendous amount of pressure!!" The visitor's shouted maniacally whilst being pushed back by Lord Ripper.
"Ah, shut it, you absolute yank. You and I are going to have some fun. Then when I'm done with you... The youngins will have a stupendous time breaking you down, falsely posh bahstard." Lord Ripper punched the visitor to the far reaches of the Colossaverse's southern region. A location it only took them a mere five seconds to reach whilst focusing so much on fighting. Trading blow for blow as the visitor now wears his real face proudly and loudly!
"Tuh!! An individual such as yourself should know not to be too overconfident in their abilities!!" He actually sent a true blast attack towards Lord Ripper. It folded the foundations of reality, deleting space and everything else that it touches with ease. Lord Ripper noticed that the attack carried several effects from various concepts. He slicked his jet black hair backwards as he flipped his hat around, turning it into a large top hat. Then he proceeded to absorb the blast into his hat as if he were some sort of magician.
"Listen here you demonic looking dick guzzlah. Form all the fancy horns, grow the necessary gnarly teeth, even allow your less than satisfactory body to finally take it's true shape as your silhouette armor starts to form into a proper long coat. Toting a flaming collar that has wrapped itself around your neck and collar bone structure. I prefer to see and hear who you really are in the grand scheme of things, visitor. And trust me..." He flicked his top hat and made a cut on the left cheek of the visitor.
"Hrrrngh..." The visitor rubbed his check whilst staring at Lord Ripper with a hint of frustration written on his face.
"Trust me when I say there will be no plot armor here." Lord Ripper flew towards the visitor to clash fists a few thousand more times within a mere five seconds. Adolph dodged a left hook that literally blew an entire multiverse made up of ten thousand universes with very little ease. As we bore witness to such destruction, my pops and mama asked everyone to cooperate in the efforts to cleanse our verse of foreign destruction. Damage placed on it by a force other than its own, and now we all had a duty to fulfill in protecting it. Flying off into many different directions as countless duties risk their lives to protect each other. Everyone hoping Lord Ripper can actually pull this shit off.
"What's the status on their fight, big sis??" ZeeNasia asked as she managed to catch up to ZeeNastasia and I.
"So far so good, sis. So far so fucking good, but I must admit. That visiting menace always has tricks to offer. Very powerful tricks so everyone needs to watch their backs as we head to the civilizations that are under threat. Got me lil Nasia?" She nodded her head as she heard my words. I could sense her worry amd fear of both Lord Ripper and the visitor.
I don't blame her for having such a reaction honestly, the legend of The Ripper is one that was used in the same sense as those who know of the infamous Boogeyman and sir Jak'O Lantern. All are members of a lore within this verse, though th Boogeyman is said to be in everyone of the four Omniverse's as one of the most prominent signs of fear and horror. Being this close to The Ripper and a damn being able to take him on and the some. Yeah, even ZeeNastasia and I have fear in our hides. Odin of all people did too, for he has never seen his father in real action outside of sparring. It was truly a sight when seeing such powerful beings go at it.
By this time, those two had already destroyed half of our verse trying to kill each other. Though the damage wasn't visible thanks to all of our efforts to repair it all. But... The accumulated damage already added up to half of our very large Colossaverse. That well over a billion universes now, considering the fact that our Colossaverse grew enough to become capable of carrying well over two billion universes total. Some of which even have their own time-based multiversal constructs within. Yet none of that meant a damn thing in the face of their crazy amounts of power. Their bodies suffering miniscule damage as they both smiled sinisterly, tanking multiversal destroying strikes. It continued on until they both released heinous levels of essence. Calling forth major techniques well beyond the norm of what they've used until now.
"Ah, tally-ho... gov'nor! Activate the Concepts; Rip, Punch, Kill: The Ripper's True Thingchi Murder."
"Hahaaa, I may be an agent of Xaxel, but I like ya style. Tally-fucking-ho indeed!!! Activate the Concepts; Punch, Demon, Shatter: $@3+@#π'$ True Thingchi Repulsion!!" The Visitor smiled sinisterly, which only poised Lord Ripper to join him.
They dashed at one another at half speed, still more than enough to traverse several thousand universes in almost an instant. Turning into phantasmal beacons of light that breach the very fabric of our reality. Shifting and turning as they ran into each other. Shattering the very wall that separated our Omniverse from the Versetian Beast Omniverse. The home of the celestial body pillars that hold up all celestial bodies within the three other Omniverses. It was the first time in the history of our verse that ANYONE has ever broken the wall that separates the verses. This was an issue we CANNOT hope to fix, yet those two didn't care. They continued fighting without skipping a singular beat on the way up into the upper cosmos of this strange Omniverse. Scattered and filled with cosmic beasts and Colossaverses alike. Each one being shaped like a beast that was stuck in stasis. Truly strange and magnificent all at once.
"Hmmm... Who in the verse is- ah. Never expected to see one of the leaders from that Omniverse here. A true agent of Xaxel, eh...
Allow me to go and inform the VULTURE."