Spectacular World

Loud screaming filled the air as the Brancher workers all yelled. The metal ship twisted and shattered, half of it caving in and the other half pulling away. The Emperor's army having a monster that could control metal was something no one had heard of before, and not knowing such a thing was possible was about to cost them.

Glass and bolts exploded, sending shards in all directions. Lady Time quickly drew her sword, the one that looked like a short clock hand, and she swung it out at the collapsing ship they were all still in, in hopes of making it break more slowly. Mister Man, meanwhile, just phased through the ship and dropped out, saving himself.

The metal closed in, and in a roar, the flying ship folded and crumbled, turning into a ball. Up in the air, Polaron closed his hand into a tight fist, causing the metal to keep shrinking and balling up until all that was left was a golf-ball-sized hunk of iron. It was also thanks to his powers that he knew that no one had actually died in that attack.

In a flash of red, Ruby appeared down in the little hamlet, her arms holding up a bundle of twelve different people, which she casually dropped. A moment later, Mister Man came crashing down next to her, along with Lady Time. Ruby had simply grabbed everyone and jumped out of the crushed ship too fast for anyone to notice. As soon as she was on the ground, a blue shimmering portal appeared beneath her, and it attempted to swallow the red-haired hero up, but Ruby simply smashed her foot down and shattered it, causing the portal to break apart and fracture.

Polaron's eyes narrowed, and he folded his arms. He remained over Daffodil City, standing upon his dragon, but his focus was no longer on the city. "Do you know who that is?" The dragon asked, the creature's voice coming out in a loud, high-pitched rumble.

"Yeah." Polaron nodded. "I don't know her name, but I know that she's been a pain in our sides. She keeps showing up and ruining our missions. She's very bad, and she must die."

The dragon let out a growl, and its chest puffed up and expanded. Its mighty jaws began to open, and a wave of fire started to pour out. "In that case, I will kill her." Hell itself poured out of the dragon's mouth, twisting into a thin beam of pure heat that sliced through dozens of buildings and launched out toward Ruby and the others who were in the hamlet.

More of the Branch members let out loud yelps, but Ruby calmly stepped forward and smashed her fist out. She hit the air so hard it created a booming shockwave that twisted through the beam and split it in two. The air carried forward at godlike speeds and rammed into the dragon's head so hard the creature was sent twisting back through the sky, and it began to fall. Its heavy body crashed down into a series of buildings, shattering them, and it collapsed, letting out a loud groan.

Ruby folded her arms and casually turned back to look at the others. "Alrighty, so here's how we're going to do this. I don't like that they're attacking that city, so I'm going to go kick their ass. Lady Time, Mister Man, you two go find whoever it is we're supposed to get, got it?"

"That's not your mission—" Laps began, but it was too late. In a loud crack, Ruby vanished as she blasted herself through the air and jumped in the direction of Daffodil. Laps let out a sigh and pinched the bridge of her nose. "Never mind." She turned to look at the other heroes who stood there awkwardly. "You heard her. Let's go!"

Back in Daffodil, the many destroyed buildings began to rise and move, lifting into the air, as the metal bent to Polaron's will. He lifted the debris off of himself and the dragon he stood on. The four-legged beast stood back up and shook its head, groaning in pain.