>>6154338“Dammit.” you exhale, focusing your mind on reaching out. Not to the metal man who sent you through the wall, not to Arctus who you hope escaped to a safer place with that data. But to your wife, and to Towa, connecting your mind with theirs as you <span class="mu-i">think</span> to them. “I may be in a bit of trouble here. Rilldo's back.”
“Ah, I was wondering when he'd resurface. Tried to stop Arctus from cracking Myuu's skull open, I take it?” comes Towa's reply, even before your wife could respond, surprisingly enough. “How long can you hold out?”
“How long do you need?” you reply, wondering to yourself what she's planning.
“Two minutes. Three, tops.” Towa replies. “Think you can do it?”
“Yeah, I can hold out for that long.” you answer, once more activating your Energy Body. Only for Rilldo, from within that one room fires his metal-transforming beam again. “Whatever you're planning, I hope it can stop-”
“BAAAAAAAH!!” he roars, the green lightning-like energy streaking towards you, forcing you do drop the link and focus on the battle at hand. Dodging the shot by dashing to your left, you narrowly avoid the metallizing attack. His beam crackles past you, striking somewhere off a few dozen yards away, but you keep your focus on Rilldo. Who continues his attack by firing beam after beam, trying his best to hit you with that attack. But the attack itself is too slow, and from so far away it is near-effortless to dodge in the air. Something Rilldo himself realizes, blasting towards you with his energy gathered in both fists. “Don't you run from me!”
“Now THAT'S more like it!” you shout, stopping your retreat and dashing in. Meeting Rilldo fist-to-fist, his explosive punch detonating against your Energy Body-clad right, stopping him in his tracks. He then draws back his left, swinging it at you as well. Which you match with a left of your own, the two of you starting to swing over and over, unleashing a barrage of heavy blows. Each one Rilldo throws you match, the two of you going punch for punch for a score of swings, until he suddenly catches your right with his left, swinging his own right. Which you also catch, the two of you suddenly in a contest of raw power. Pushing against one another, only for Rilldo to smirk, his body turning a bit more liquid and running over both your hands, trapping you in place. “Wha-?”
“Now you can't run!” Rilldo exclaims, throwing his mouth wide and firing another beam at you. “BWAAAAAAAA!!”
“SHIT!” you exclaim, throwing your upper body back, narrowly evading the energy. You see it crackle mere inches from you, then with a snarl drive both of your heels up into Rilldo's chest. Kicking him off of you and sending him flying straight to the factory ceiling.
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