Final Stand No. 12 - World Domination!

Shape Shift cackled. "The world shall tremble before me!" He activated the machine that sent a concentrated ray of dark energy towards the sky, it hit a satellite and the satellite reflected it back to Earth, the dark energy started spreading throughout the globe and slowly but surely, the dark energy took control of the planet. Shape Shift smiled with glee and teleported back to the warehouse when he saw the warriors all on the ground, defeated. "It's truly over for all of you now!" Shape Shift cackled. "What... What do you mean?" Rex stuttered, his limbs sprawled out on the ground. "I've released a syrum - dark energy- it will take control of the victim and will greatly improve the strength of the victim, making it close to invincible, the world is now in my control!" Shape Shift boomed. "No, that's impossible!" Destroyer yelled, shaking his head.

"Freeze Frame!" Shape Shift thundered, using Guardian's attack to stop all the warriors in their tracks. "Come on boys, let's go!" Shape Shift said, commanding his gang of villains to follow him to his lair. "Ice Witch, Inventor, stay and stop them from leaving." Shape Shift told them. "The rest of you, come with me." The villains returned to Shape Shift's lair and Shape Shift told them. "All of you, Galaxy 5" He demanded them to enter a portal that transports anything that enters to another galaxy. "They entered the portal and, sure enough they were transported to another one of Shape Shift's secret labs. "Now, tear apart this planet!" Shape Shift shouted, energetically. The gang of villains charged out the door and started destroying office buildings and skyscrapers. He started recreating the doomsday weapon on this planet, once again planning to use it to take control of the planet.

Back at the warehouse, the heroes attempted to escape from the warehouse which was encased in ice. "Burn!" Rex yelled, blasting the ice but to no avail. "It's useless, this layer of ice is as hard as steel!" Ice Witch exclaimed. Inventor - Owen - had programmed Destroyer's defence robots to fulfil to his every command. "Destroy them." Owen commanded, getting the robots to go after the warriors. "Oh no you don't!" Ryan thundered, using a barrage of bullet punches to destroy the defence robots but the robots, made of titanium were too powerful for him. "Grr!" Ryan exclaimed before grabbing a nearby pole and lashed out at the robots. "Stand back!" Destroyer boomed pushing Ryan out of the way and launched a powerful attack - Death Ball - at the titanium plated robots and the attack destroyed them with ease. "Not good enough!" Owen shouted, deploying a few drones at the heroes, the drones shot lasers at Destroyer and fended him off.

"Done." Shape Shift exclaimed, activating the doomsday weapon o the planet, mutating the planet's population. He teleported back to warehouse and saw Owen and Ice Witch successfully fending off the heroes. "My turn!" Shape Shift yelled, transporting the mutated monsters to the warehouse and got them to charged at the warriors. "Get away!" Destroyer screamed, blasting the monsters but they were close to invincible and the attacks reflected off them. "How do you destroy these pests!" Rex yelled, blasting the monsters, the blast could not harm them and even made them stronger. "Just, die!" Guardian yelled in frustration, using a bright flash of light to blind the monsters, the attack blinded them and, surprisingly also disintegrated them. "Wait, what!" Rex exclaimed in awe. Shape Shift saw the incident with his own two eyes and transported the rest of the villain gang to the warehouse and they lashed out at the mighty warriors.

Doom used a attack that easily defeats all the warriors as they fall onto the ground, unconscious' "Let's focus on something else, not these weaklings!" Doom exclaimed. "You're right, we should try something else...." Shape Shift said with a suspicious look on his face. "Die!" Shape Shift thundered, creating an explosion that killed all of the villains in the villain gang. "But.... why would you do that!" Rex stammered. "I never liked them, I just needed them to assist me in taking ‘care‘ of all of you, now that it's no longer necessary, they can go." Shape Shift explains, telling them the reason he destroyed his teammates. "You... you monster!" Rex shouted before blasting Shape Shift, he absorbed the attack with ease. "Absorb!" Destroyer boomed, pulling off an attack that absorbs it's victim's powers. "Grah!" Shape Shift exclaimed, attempting to blast Destroyer but he was drained of his power by the attack. "No!" He shouted.

"You guys run!" Destroyer commanded, trapping Shape Shift in a electrified trap. "Let me out!" Shape Shift yelled, desperately attempting to break out of the trap. Guardian and the four warriors ran out the doors of the warehouse, escaping into the darkness of the night. "Whoa!" Guardian exclaimed upon seeing the city in ruins, it was being torn apart by the once human mutants. "We have to stop them, fast!" Electrix told the gang, energetically. Guardian shined a bright flash of light, it like before, disintegrated the mutants. "If only we could reverse the effect..." Nate murmured. "Guys! I've got an idea!" Guardian said as he got a brainwave. "Let's modify the light beam to, instead of destroying, purifying the mutants!" They started modifying the light beam and soon enough, it could purify anything it hits. "We did it! Just one problem..." Rex pointed out. "It can only purify targets one at a time." "Let'suse Shape Shift's satellite!" Guardian said, coming up with an ingenious idea. They decided on Guardian's idea and started pointing the beam at Shape Shift's satellite. But things were not going so smoothly for Destroyer...

Despite taking Shape Shift's powers, he could not stop Shape Shift from escaping the trap, Shape Shift broke the trap apart and charged towards Destroyer, they broke into a fight. "Boom!" Destroyer yelled, pulling out his laser whip and started lashing out at Shape Shift, but luck was not on his side. "Weak!" Shape Shift scoffed, speeding towards the corner of the warehouse where he picked up a large chunk of unused titanium alloy and tossed it at Destroyer, he got hit by the huge chunk of the strong metal and fell to the ground, he recovered quickly and started blasting Shape Shift with powerful energy blasts. This drained Destroyer's energy and soon he was panting. "Is that all you got!" Shape Shift exclaimed, taunting Destroyer. "Grr!" Destroyer thundered while charging up his attack, Death Beam.  "Take this, punk!" Destroyer shouted, zapping Shape Shift with the dangerous beam. "Ah!" Shape Shift yelled, using what was left of his power to absorb the attack.

Will the world be in total darkness forever? Will Guardian and the warriors save it before they become mutants themselves? Is this the end of Destroyer? It will all be revealed in the next episode of Final Stand!

Final Stand No. 11 - Doomsday Weapon

"I've won, you've lost!" Psycho cackled, walking closer and closer to Destroyer. "All of your troops are, occupied, you can never beat me one on one." Destroyer said, full of himself. "You're right, Psycho can't, but Shape Shift can!" Psycho thundered. "You mean the ultimate super villain Shape Shift! What does he have to do with this?" Destroyer asked, surprised. "Well, that's because... I am Shape Shift!" Psycho boomed before revealing his original form, the super villain, Shape Shift.

"But, you can't..." Destroyer stammered, shocked by the happenings. "It's over for you, grah!" Shape Shift yelled, zooming towards the unsuspecting victim, Destroyer and he sent a powerful punch in Destroyer's direction. Just then Guardian, whom had just knocked down his opponent, charged in their direction and stopped Shape Shift's attack, saving Destroyer from intense pain. "Pest!" Shape Shift exclaimed, his face turning red from anger, he used a high kick to knock Guardian out but Guardian skillfully dodged the attack and elbowed Shape Shift, causing him to stumble backwards, clutching his stomach. "Grr!" Shape Shift yelled in frustration.

"All of you are going down!" Shape Shift boomed, creating an energy shield around him while he charging up his attack. "Shield Kaboom!" Shape Shift shouted, making the energy shield around him explode. "No!" Destroyer screamed before being blown away by the explosion. Shape Shift smirked, disappearing behind a cloud of smoke. Destroyer and Guardian looked around but there was no trace of Shape Shift, they decided to help out the others but the gang of villains were too powerful and soon enough, the warriors were all knocked out, unconscious. As the warriors were struggling, Shape Shift was working on a machine that looked like a cannon made to blast missiles. "It's almost done!" Shape Shift mumbled, with a grin on his face.

"This will be fun!" Doom cackled, glaring at Destroyer and Guardian. The two arch-nemesis charged towards Doom and both punched Doom on the face. "Oh it's getting serious now!" Doom shouted, using his Blade of Destruction to slash both supernatural men and they fall to the ground, grabbing the slashed part of their arms. Weakened, the two were no match for the resurrected Doom, they got up still clutching their arms and sent weak energy blasts at Doom, he reflected the blast back at them, sending them to the ground with a hard thud. "The robots!" Destroyer exclaimed, activating his defence robots and commanded them to attack Doom. Doom fought hard against  them but was outnumbered by the titanium plated robots. He was grabbed by dozens of the robots and they sent him flying to the other side of the warehouse, Doom got gravely injured and was unable to recover.

Another battle between Ice Witch and the Guardian soldiers broke out near a huge pile of boxes at the corner of the warehouse. Ice Witch had the upper hand till the soldiers sent a barrage of energy blast at her, holding her back. "You'll pay for messing up my hair!" Ice Witch screamed, encasing the soldiers in a thick layer of solid ice. "Get away!" Destroyer yelled, sending a roundhouse kick to Ice Witch's face. "You..." the Ice Witch  cursed behind her breath, she attempted to freeze Destroyer but he countered the spell with a attack of his own. "Back off woman!" Destroyer commanded, hands stretched out. He lashed out a attack at the Ice Witch that scratched her face and her ballgown. Ice Witch was enraged, she launched millions of hail at Destroyer, he sprinted away but could not escape the Ice Witch's grasps and eventually was defeated by the small bits of ice rain that showered him.

Back at the lair, Shape Shift completed his machine. "Yes! It's done! Now the world shall tremble before me!" Shape Shift cackled in celebration...

What is this weapon? How will Shape Shift plan to use it? Find out on the next exciting episode of, Final Stand!

Final Stand Bonus - The Rivalry

The two powerful people were born and bred on different planets that are light years apart, how did they become eternal rivals? Find out now!

Let's start with Guardian's side of the story, he was out with his friends when he got a alert from the League Of Heroes, he was alerted that a menace was destroying cities far away on the planet Earth. "Strange, why would they destroy this planet, it's filled with weaklings!" Guardian exclaimed, partially annoyed by the sudden alert. He entered his spacecraft and took off. A few minutes later, Guardian's ship landed on the most deserted place on Earth, Antarctica. "Hmm... this place looks uninhabited, threat's not here I reckon." Guardian mumbled before speeding North at 100km per minute, soon after he reached the scene and realized it was too late, he saw buildings destroyed, people panicking and he heard car alarms going off. "Who could have done this?!" Guardian said behind his breath. Suddenly, a man appeared from behind the remains of a building.

"So you're the one they sent, interesting!" The man - Destroyer, snickered. "I'm Destroyer, you are?" "Let's get straight to the point, come at me!" Guardian shouted, taunting Destroyer. Destroyer smirked, zoomed towards Guardian and attempted to knock him down. Guardian dodged and kicked Destroyer on the chin. "Ow!" Destroyer exclaimed, adjusting his chin. "Well, say goodbye!" Destroyer boomed, charging up his attack, Armageddon. "Die!" Destroyer exclaimed, releasing the attack on the city. He blew up the city and everything in it, including the innocent people. "You... you wont get away with this!" Guardian yelled before being blown away by the attack, he then vowed to prevent Destroyer from harming other planets, he has been hot on Destroyer's tail and has prevented destruction, till now...

Final Stand Bonus - Their Origin Story

So it was many, many years ago in barren planet, a soon to be hero was born. The parents were ordinary people who have lived in planet for dozens of years, the kid was rebellious and was never the most obedient kid but the parents took care of the boy as if he was the only thing they live for. When the boy was almost 20, they realized their kid had powers that they never imagined, he used the powers to destroy cities and claim innocent lives. Soon after, the boy's parents died of natural causes, despite them providing the boy with presents and grooming him, he turned his back on them and went down the dark path.

He continued his reign of terror up till a fated day, he was in search of great powers from the Caves of Valor, a place thought to be filled with great power and yet great danger. He entered the caves in search of powers that would make him stronger than he already is, he found nothing in the cave but rocks and complete darkness. Just then, the entrance sealed and the boy was trapped in the cave with no way to escape, he tried blasting the rocks but it seemed to be unbreakable. "Let me out!" The boy exclaimed, desperately trying to escape by punching the walls of the cave.

No one came to his aid, he was trapped in the cave for hours trying to escape but eventually he gave up and lay down on the ground. He started thinking about the past, he thought of his parents who raised him and attempting to mold him into a superhero but he would only use his powers for evil. He started tearing up, touched by the loving memories of his parents. "I'm sorry, I should have treated you better, from now on I shall use my powers to help others." He said, still weeping. Suddenly, a voice boomed. "Finally learnt your lesson, I shall grant you the power of immortality, save the world hero!" The boy grew up to be a superhero that goes by the name - Guardian...

During that period, on a planet that is the complete opposite of the aforementioned, a bright kid born with powers was born, even as a kid he would help others, when he made a mess he would clean it up. He was a playful boy but he knew when to do what, his parent though rejected him and he was adopted at the age of 5. His entire life changed from that point on, he was ill-treated and was physically and mentally abused by the people who adopted him. He was torn, the kind and helpful boy hated life and when he was 15, he decided to leave the family.

He left the family and, due to his bad childhood the once gentlemanly and obedient boy was gone, he became a ruthless killer whom, destroyed and controlled planets to keep as his own. With his own gang, this boy - Destroyer became the most feared villain in the universe...

Final Stand No.10 - Psycho Unleashed

"Destroyer!" One of the men shouted across the room. "Guardian, long time no see." Destroyer cackled. Destroyer landed the first hit using a energy blast but the attack was weak and barely harmed Guardian and he returned the favor with a energy blast of his own. They appeared equal till Destroyer's patience ran out and he used, the Dark Force, a attack that temporarily disables the victim. "Grr! You'll pay for this!" Guardian exclaimed, immobilized by the attack. The rest of Guardian's gang attacked Destroyer but none of them could even touch him. "That's it, Crusher, destroy them!" Destroyer boomed, commanding the battle-damaged Crusher to destroy Guardians soldiers. "Kay, boss." He said, reluctantly, launching a energy blast at the soldiers but the attack from the weakened Crusher could only hold them back,  one of the soldiers counter-attacked with a hard kick to Crusher's face. "Ow! It's getting serious now!" Crusher thundered, charging up his finisher, the Kaboom of Doom. "Grah, take this!" He shouted launching the attack at the group of soldiers, it knocked them off their feet but ultimately did nothing in damaging the soldiers.  "That's enough Crusher, my turn." Destroyer said, instructing the damaged giant to stand back.

"Let me show you how it's done." Destroyer said, landing a barrage of punches on one of the soldiers, knocking him out, unconscious. "Stop. Hurting. My. Troops!" Guardian thundered, breaking free from the paralysis. "That's for hurting my troops!" Guardian exclaimed, punching Destroyer in the stomach. "Get out of my way!" Destroyer yelled, giving Psycho the signal to shoot the cannonballs. Psycho did not hesitate to launch dozens of the gigantic steel balls. "Grr! Don't you dare!" Guardian shouted while destroying the cannonballs one by one. "Try me!" Destroyer exclaimed, charging up his finisher, the Wrecking Ball of Destruction. "Have a taste of this!" He screamed, launching the all-powerful attack at Guardian. A humongous energy ball hurled in his direction, Guardian decided to fight back using a attack of his own, the Freeze Frame stopping time temporarily, allowing him to escape the huge blast which stopped in its tracks. Unfortunately the attack could only freeze time for a few seconds thus the large ball of vast destruction caught up to him eventually and almost swallowed him whole if not for one of his soldiers who got in the way of the attack which destroyed the soldier. The four warriors witnessed the fascinating battle with their own two eyes, stunned by the happenings.

One of Guardian's soldiers saw the four in the corner and, taking advantage of the battle to free them from the chains. "Thanks!" Rex said sincerely before heading in the direction of the battle between Destroyer and Guardian. Rex distracted Destroyer with a energy blast but the distraction was not enough for Guardian to charge up his attack. "Pest!" Destroyer said, irritated. He grabbed Rex and threw him on the hard floor of the warehouse. Destroyer then charged towards Guardian, grabbing his soldiers and pushing him onto the ground, the soldiers who witness their master getting beaten up ran towards Destroyer and fended him off and stalled till their master got back on his feet. The four warriors charged up towards Destroyer and pushed him on the ground, hitting him but the hits only fueled his determination to destroy Guardian, he kicked the warriors away and charged towards Guardian. Just then, Psycho entered the battlefield, using his powers to launch the surrounding objects at Guardian causing him to be knocked out, unconscious. "Great job Psycho!" Destroyer said, filled with praise for the short guy but the next move Psycho made was to mind-control Destroyer and possess his body.

"What?!" Rex exclaimed, witnessing the weird incident. Psycho spotted Rex and, using Destroyer's body to throw energy balls at Rex, the energy balls hit the target and Rex stumbled backwards, losing his balance. Destroyer, now in Psycho's body felt strange. "Where, what..." He stammered, looking around. He then saw Psycho in control of his body fighting Rex and ran over stopping Psycho from destroying Rex. "Hey! Back off!" Destroyer yelled, using Psycho's telekinesis to paralyze Psycho and brought Rex to a corner. "You have to help me get my body back!" Destroyer pleaded Rex, falling on his knees. "Why do we have to do that!" Rex exclaimed, pushing Destroyer away. "Because I was the one who saved you from Doom, I was the ninja." Destroyer explained, telling Rex what happened. Suddenly, a explosion was heard behind them. "No!" Destroyer said, shaking his head. Psycho, who was freed from the temporary paralysis ran toward dashed towards Destroyer and Rex, using Destroyer's attack to harm them. Bruised by the attack, Rex attempted to creep away, Psycho did not seem to notice and started walking closer and closer to Destroyer, smirking. "For years, I've been looked down upon, now I shall rule the world with a iron fist!" Psycho cackled. "Body Swap!" Destroyer yelled, swapping bodies with Psycho once again, returning into his own powerful body.

Psycho whom was back to his original body flew away from Destroyer and towards the center of the warehouse. "Too late! I'm all set to go beck in time to free all villains that can help me rule the world!" Psycho cackled, going back in time. "Grah!" Destroyer boomed, stomping his feet in anger. Just then, Psycho appeared in the same position with a group of villains, the group included Doom, Demon and other powerful beast from the four warriors' adventures. "No way!" Nate exclaimed, his mouth wide open in awe. "It's over for all of you!" Psycho thundered, commanding the group of villains to attack Destroyer and the four mighty warriors...

How will the story end? Remember to tune in to Final Stand!

Final Stand No.9 - The Galaxy Destroyers

"It's over now!" The muscular man yelled, using his attack on Serene. "Let me free!" Rex bellowed before breaking out of the trap. "Leave her alone!" Rex exclaimed, shooting a energy blast at the man. He was surrounded by a blue aura and was floating 3 feet into the air. "Bye, weaklings! " The man said in a goofy manner, waving to Rex and Serene. "Are you okay?" Rex asked Serene. "Yeah..." Serene told Rex in a weak tone. "I'll find out who did this!" Rex exclaimed, sending Serene to the hospital.

The next day, Rex told Nate and Ryan what happened. "Them again!" Nate exclaimed slamming his fist on his desk. "I'll find their hideout, you guys stay here, go to the location when text you!" Rex told the others. He headed out and started searching block to block, after a day of searching Rex found the men in a warehouse working on a huge machine. "There they are!" Rex exclaimed, texting Nate and Ryan to tell them where the men are. "Stop right there!" Rex yelled upon entering the building. "You again, we've been expecting you." The muscular man said, just then another man, wearing black armor appeared. "So you're the guy my men told me about, I'm Destroyer, let me test your prowess." The man said, taunting Rex.

Rex charged at Destroyer, landing a hit but it could barely scratch Destroyer. Destroyer then teleported behind Rex and knocked him down with a single flick on the head. "That was easy!" Destroyer exclaimed, flexing. Just then, Nate and Ryan arrived at the scene. "More weaklings, come at me!" Destroyer bellowed. Ryan attempted to sweep Destroyer off his feet but to no avail. Nate then blasted Destroyer, unfortunately the attack was dodged. "None of you deserve to fight me, why don't you fight Crusher instead." Destroyer said, pointing at the muscular man. "Me, why thanks boss!" Crusher exclaimed, looking surprised. Rex got up and charged at Crusher, Rex punched Crusher but the hit was blocked and Crusher returned a blow on the stomach, knocking Rex out, unconscious. "You'll pay for that!" Nate yelled, shooting a energy blast at Crusher, harming him. "Not bad." Crusher said with a smirk. Upon saying that Crusher ran in a zigzag pattern towards Nate, he swept Nate off his feet and jabbed him causing him to roll over in pain. When Ryan witnessed the incident, he darted towards Crusher but was knocked out easily by a barrage of bullet punches. Suddenly, a surge of electricity surrounded Crusher.

"Electrix?!" Nate exclaimed in awe. "I thought you..." Ryan stammered before being cut off. "Leave questions for later." Electrix said. Electrix then electrocuted Crusher. "Ah! Who..." Crusher said before being knocked out, Destroyer watched in amazement. "You! Come get me!" Destroyer boomed. Electrix zapped him but the blast was not powerful enough to damage Destroyer. "Give me all you got, don't hold back!" Destroyer yelled.

 "You asked for it... Ball of certain destruction!" Electrix thundered, shooting a electricity ball at Destroyer. Destroyer ran from it but it chased him at the speed of light. When the ball caught up to him, it split into millions of small part that launched itself at Destroyer, greatly damaging his armor. "Not bad, have a taste of this!" Destroyer shouted while summoning a whip that could extend to lengths of 100 metres, he used the whip to smack Electrix.

"Ow! Stop!" Electrix said, running from the humongous whip. "That's right! Run!" Destroyer said before being stopped by Rex whom got back to his feet and grabbed Destroyer's feet like a child clinging on to his mother. "Get off me!" Destroyer hollered, attempting to kick Rex away. Just then Electrix took advantage by grabbing Destroyer's arms. "One word, desperate!" Destroyer exclaimed whilst escaping Rex's and Electrix's grasps. "Fun's over, you're all going to die!" Destroyer roared, signaling to the short man, Psycho to activate the machine.

 "What do you mean?" Rex questioned. "Let me give an explanation, we are a group of intergalactic invaders, we destroy planets that are weak and take control of the stronger ones, we will be destroying your precious planet with that machine, the Planet Eradicator." Destroyer explained while Psycho activated the machine. "Well, it's time to say goodbye to Earth forever!" Destroyer cackled, taking aim with the machine.

Suddenly, the machine blew up. "What!" Destroyer shouted looking at the remains of the machine. "Yes! It worked!" Electrix exclaimed, in celebration as he blew up the machine. "Don't burst into celebration yet, I got one last surprise for you!" Destroyer said, grinning. He clicked a button that activated a group of robots at the corner of the warehouse. "Attack!" Destroyer howled, commanding the robots to charge at the four warriors. "Take that!" Ryan boomed, destroying one of the many robots. "We're outnumbered!" Nate exclaimed while being pushed on the ground. The robots grabbed the four mighty warriors and tied them up. "Let me go!" Rex cried, attempting to break free from the chains. "Don't even bother trying, it's made of titanium." Destroyer stated. "Let me introduce you to my creation, the Disc of Destruction!" Destroyer cackled, removing a sheet that was covering a giant disc. He flicked a switch on the wall and the disc started spinning, faster and faster he placed cannonballs on the disc and it spun the cannonballs towards the four who had no way of escape. "Ah!" Rex screamed before before being knocked out by one of the cannonballs. Just then, a group of soldiers entered the warehouse. "So we meet again, Destroyer..."

Who are these people? Is this the end for the four? Why is Electrix back? Most importantly, who will prevail? Find out on the next episode of Final Stand!

Final Stand No.8 - Threat To The Universe

"Bye!" Electrix said to his friends, waving goodbye before heading on the flight to the United States, he was going there to study for a diploma. The trio then walked back to the hangout chatting about their previous battle with Demon when they were stopped by a tall man who was extremely muscular, the man punched them continuously and knocked all three all them down despite their skills, Rex and Nate shot their lasers at the man but the lasers were reflected off the man, while Ryan's martial arts could barely scratch the him. "What are you!?" Rex stammered after being knocked down to the ground. Officers saw the incident and rushed over but as they were running towards them, the man disappeared behind a cloud of smoke. "What!" Nate exclaimed when checking on the smoke. "Where did he go?" One of the officers asked, his mouth wide open in shock. "Dunno." Ryan said shrugging his shoulders.

The next day, Rex was walking to the company building when a short guy who looked twelve walked up to him. "Stop right there!" The guy said stopping Rex. "Who are you?!" Rex said rolling his eyes. "Don't underestimate me!" The guy shouted, using his power to move the objects around them to launched them at Rex. "Ow!" Rex yelled. "Take this!" The guy boomed, forming a huge bubble around Rex. "A bubble, pathetic!" Rex exclaimed, attempting to free himself from the bubble. "What! Is this even a bubble?!" He exclaimed after realizing he was stuck in the bubble while punching the bubble, panicking. "Who's pathetic now?" The guy said, mocking Rex. "Grah!" He yelled, shooting a laser from his eyes that destroys the bubble. Then there was a bright flash of light that temporarily blinded Rex, when his vision was restored the guy was nowhere to be found. He had a feeling the occurrences were linked with one another. When he got to the office he saw Ryan and Nate and told them what had just happened. "Weird how it happened in such quick succession huh!" Rex said. "We should watch out in case there are more of them."

In the following days, there were a huge increase in natural disasters, earthquakes happened more often and the trio's town was flooded. "The troublemakers must be causing this mess!" Rex exclaimed, jumping to conclusions. "Let's investigate." They had a look around the neighborhood but there was not trace of the men. "Must be somewhere wrecking havoc!" Rex said, feeling annoyed for not being able to find the men. After half a day of searching they found the men fighting a huge mob of police officers. "Stop right there!" Nate shouted. "You again!" One of the men exclaimed. "You wrecked our city!" Rex yelled, shooting a laser at the man but much to Rex's dismay, the man dodged it with ease. "That all you got?" The man said, charging at Rex, ramming into him. "Not so tough now are you?" The man scoffed. "My turn!" The shorter man said clapping his hands together, creating a huge gust of wind to blow Nate and Ryan back. "Ah! You..." Nate stammered. "Come back when you're stronger weaklings!" The shorter man mocked the trio before both men vanished into thin air.
"Not again!" Rex exclaimed still sprawled on the ground.

A few days later, Rex and Serene were going for dinner at the most romantic restaurant in the city, Lovers Diner. They were on the way there, talking and laughing as they walked but they had a feeling someone was following them. "It feels strange, why do I get the feeling someone's following us." Rex said. Suddenly, the muscular man appeared out of nowhere. "Say goodbye!" The man shouted and charged at Serene, grabbing her and pinning her on the ground. "Bwah, hah hah!" The man cackled before continuously punching Serene. "Help!" Serene screamed. "Too late!" The man said, tying up Rex in a split second before Serene could even escape. "Die!" The man bellowed, charging up his finishing move. Cosmic Destroyer...

How will this end? Will Serene get destroyed? Find out in the next episode of Final Stand!

Final Stand No.7 - The Demon King

"Finally! I've achieved powers exceeding even my own expectations! Bwah, hah hah hah hah!" Demon King bellowed. How did this happen? Why did this happen? Well you are about to find out. It all started after the previous saga, Rex, Ryan, Nate and Electrix decided to divide the money evenly between them. Rex decided to use his portion of the money to renovate the office building, Nate used his portion to purchase a three storey bungalow for them to hang out, Ryan used part of his to donate to charity and the other part to hire world class game producers while Electrix used his portion to purchase guns and weapons. Of course each still had a few thousands left in their savings (Manage your money!). Their lives were greatly improved but much stayed the same. Their good deed brought them attention, both good and bad.

They were guests on many television shows but what they did also attracted lots of bad attention, Doom was not the highest in rank in what he does, he had plenty of superiors, one of which was a billionaire, this man was feared by many because of his personal military. He was furious seeing that the four men had stole his thunder, he decided to get revenge, he plotted for weeks and thought of a fool proof idea. Rex was dragging his feet to the company building on a gloomy Monday morning when he was stopped by two bulky men wearing a hood, they pushed Rex down and punched him till his face was covered in bruises, he decided to fight back by shooting a laser at them, just then policemen came around the corner. The men removed their hoods and fall to the floor, pretending to roll on the ground in pain. The policemen saw the men on the floor in pain and brought them all back to the police station where they were at for hours, being interrogated. "Where's Rex?" Nate asked the Ryan. "Dunno, probably on the way." Ryan replied. While working on a new game, they waited for a few hours for Rex to arrive, after three hours they got tired of waiting and went to search for him.

Rex was jail for a total of three months and had his ring taken away by the two strong men and they gave it to the billionaire named Demon (weird name huh!). "Great! Now gather the rest." Demon told the men. When Ryan and Rex found out that Rex was in prison, they headed over immediately. "What happened?" Nate asked Rex. "I think I was set up, two men framed me of assault," Rex told them. "They even took my ring!" After a few minutes of discussion, Ryan and Nate were chased out of the prison. Whilst walking back to the office, they talked and talked about what had happened to Rex. Suddenly a group of reporters started crowding around them asking them what happened to Rex, in the confusion, the men slipped a packet of drugs into Nate's pocket. When they reached the hangout, the men made a phone call reporting Nate possessing drugs, he and Ryan were arrested and, because his gauntlet was considered a threat, it was removed from his arm and was kept in the office, one of the men slipped into the office and took the gauntlet and gave it to Demon. "Just one more missing piece and it's complete!" Demon exclaimed with a smirk on his face.

The next day, Serene was on his way to the prison to visit Rex when a man dressed like a surgeon asked her to donate blood, being the good Samaritan that she was, she donated her blood but what she did not know was that her blood would be given to Demon and that the man dressed as a doctor is one of Demon's men. "Yes! The final piece in the puzzle!" Demon cackled. He had spent the last few months plotting revenge and invented a machine that could fuse different minerals into one upgraded item, this invention has never been tested on man but Demon used the invention without any hesitation and merged with the three different items, he became an all powerful monster that could rip apart solid steel. "I am the Demon King!" Demon yelled. "Time to show the world what I'm capable of!" Upon saying that, Demon flew to Las Vegas. "Say goodbye!" He shouted shooting a barrage of energy blast at the buildings, destroying them one by one.

The trio were unaware of the chaos happening outside, they were having it better in there, although the trio did not know about it, Electrix did, his home was blown up. "Who did this! I was in the middle of a nap!" He was agitated and was determined to find out who woke him from his nap. When he saw Demon destroying buildings he charged up at him, zapped him and yelled. "You woke me from my nap, die!" Demon grabbed him and threw him on the ground. "You're pathetic!" Demon scoffed, jabbing Electrix. "No-one calls me pathetic, you're going down!" Electrix yelled throwing an energy ball at Demon. "Two can play that game." Demon exclaimed throwing an energy ball of his own at Electrix. Electrix dodged and kicked Demon on his chin and Demon stumbled backwards. "Your DNA is what I needed! Gahh!" Demon yelled while grabbing a syringe and got a blood sample from Electrix after pushing him to the floor. "Too late!" Demon exclaimed, fusing with the blood sample from Electrix. He then knocked him out and dragged him into an electrical cage in a back alley. "Time to take a nap, destroying cities make me so tired." Demon said walking back to his luxurious home.

After their prison sentences, they exited the doors of the prison and saw the destruction caused by Demon, when walking to the hangout they saw Electrix in the electrical cage. "How did you..." Nate stammered. "Just get me out of here!" Electrix cried. They got Electrix out and Electrix told them everything the happened. "Demon! What a weird name." Rex exclaimed. "We have to stop him from destroying the world!" Nate exclaimed. "We should tell Serene and get her to help!" Ryan suggested. So they got Serene to help and went in search of Demon, they found him at the far end of Nevada. "Get back here, punk!" Rex shouted to get Demon's attention. Demon shot a spark of electricity at Rex, he dodged the attack charging at Demon and swept him off his feet. "Not good enough." Demon said getting up and ran towards them faster than the speed of light, he jabbed Rex, kicked Nate, threw an energy ball at Ryan and punched Electrix in the stomach, leaving them on the ground struggling. Demon then turned to Serene and said. "I don't hit girls."

Serene ran towards Demon and they started fighting, hand to hand combat. Demon attempted to sweep Serene of her feet but she avoided it and kicked Demon in the face. "Grr, I don't hit girls, but you're an exception!" Demon bellowed, punching Serene in her stomach. "How dare you!" Serene screamed while trapping Demon in a ball of lightning, she electrocuted Demon continuously till he was howling in pain. Serene felt breathless after that move but seconds later Demon got up looking as if he did not take any damage. "Who's next!" Demon cackled.

 Rex was angered by Demon's arrogance and charged towards him, engaging in hand to hand combat. Rex was no match for Demon, he was slower and less agile. "Don't mess with me!" Rex yelled in a deep voice, shooting a laser from his eyes. "What?!" Demon exclaimed, shocked. "Well, you're still no match for me!" He said after recovering from the shock and threw a barrage of energy balls at Rex to take him out. Rex dodged the blast and continued their battle. With Demon distracted, Ryan, Nate and Serene decided to fuse, creating a improved body (Male because I am biased towards males!).

Rex fell in a pathetic heap after being overpowered by Demon, just as he was about to be finished off, the fusion attacked Demon. "Grr, you meddling fools, die already!" Demon yelled, infuriated. He kicked the fusion with a high kick but his efforts were to no avail, the fusion then uppercuts Demon causing him to fall to the floor. "Had enough?" The fusion said, stepping on Demon. "It's all over for you, we are better in every way..." Just then the effect ran out allowing Demon to recover and gain the upper hand yet again. "The fusion was to powerful therefore only lasts for a short amount of time." Demon explained. "Shut it!" Rex shouted in a rude manner. "Well I was being nice but you went too far!" Demon exclaimed landing consecutive punches on Rex. "Ow! Stop!" Rex cried in pain.

Suddenly a ninja-like man burst into the scene, knocking Demon to the floor without breaking a sweat. "Who are you?" Demon groaned. "That not important!" The man said landing a barrage of bullet punches that greatly damages Demon. "No one does that to me!" Demon exclaimed charging up his attack. "Die!" Just then the fusion effect ran out and the fused items were back in the fusion machine, the trio took the items and poured away the blood samples. "It's over now!" Rex yelled taking aim with his laser. "Oh is it?" Demon said using his hidden jet pack to escape but the plan backfired and he fell right back down on his butt. "Yes it is." Rex said grabbing Demon's limbs and brought him to the nearest police station and he was jailed for dozens of years. "We did it again!" Nate exclaimed giving his buddies a high five.

Final Stand No.6 - Doom And The Seven Gems Of The World

So it was a average Sunday morning, the trio was sparring with Electrix. "Kaboom!" Electrix exclaimed throwing a punch at Ryan. "Not good enough!" Ryan said calmly throwing Electrix over his shoulder. "Well, I'm beat! Let's go back, Electrix you should come over." Ryan said, taking their belongings and started walking back to Rex's. After taking showers, the trio sat on the couch to watch television. "Where Serene?" Nate asked. "At a job interview, she wanted something to do during her spare time." Rex told Nate. "Breaking news, the artifact museum has been broken into, a ring worth billions of dollars was stolen, the ring, is made with titanium topped of with a huge ruby. Investigators are looking through the camera footage, so far there was no trace of the thief." The newscaster said in a serious tone. "It was broken into! Who would have done that!" Electrix exclaimed. "We should help solve this case!" Rex said. Upon saying that, they started investigating.

When they looked up details of the stolen ring on the internet, they found out that the ring can shine concentrated light that, after a few seconds of exposure can burn the skin. "Why would someone steal that?" Rex thought to himself. They also found out that the ring is one of the seven ancient gems around the world. The next day, a temple in Egypt was broken into, stealing the Pharaohs Helmet. A piece of armor made of unbreakable metals and another one of the seven gems. So in the following days, the Berserker Boots, Demonic Cape and other artifacts, all except for the Destroyer's Blade, while the artifacts were stolen one by one, the trio was monitoring the situation. "We know the guy's next move, let go to the Pyramid Of The Destruction." Ryan said filled with excitement.

When they entered the pyramid, they saw a huge maze. "Stick together guys! Who knows what could be here." Nate said. They entered the maze but they were stuck inside for hours. "What do we do?!" Ryan asked, his heart beating a thousand times a minute. Suddenly, they saw a flash of lightning appear in front of them. "Electrix!" Rex exclaimed. "Couldn't miss out on the fun!" Electrix said. "Follow me, I know the way out." Electrix told the trio. They exited the maze and saw the final artifact, The Destroyer's Blade. "Let's go get it!" Ryan exclaimed. When they were going to lay their hands on the blade, a huge rock golem grabbed to four of them and threw them on the cement floor. "Ouch!" Rex shouted in pain. "Take that!" Electrix said, zapping the rock golem but the small spark had no effect on the enormous golem. The golem grabbed a gigantic boulder and tossed it at them, fortunately they got back on their feet and dodged. "Go away!" The golem thundered, stomping its feet causing the ground to shake, the golem then ran up to Nate and stepped on him, breaking his ribs and causing him to roll over in pain. "No one does that to my friend!" Ryan yelled, using all his might to disable the golem using a secret martial arts move. The golem fell to the floor. After defeating the golem, they ran up to Nate. "Are you okay?" Ryan asked. "Probably not, I think I broke my ribs!" Nate told Ryan, still struggling. Just then, a man covered in armor walked into the room.

"The man ran towards the blade, took the blade and raised it above his head shouting. "Finally! I have the final artifact, it's all mine now!" Upon raising the sword over his head, there was a bright flash of light and when the light faded away, the man started glowing a golden aura. "I am the strongest in the world, from now on, I am Doom!" The man exclaimed. "Ha!" Doom shouted rushing towards Ryan and stabbed the blade at him but Ryan caught it and kicked Doom down to the floor. Doom quickly got up and used his ring to shine a bright light at him, the concentrated light burned his skin and he was going to make Ryan barbeque meat when Electrix zapped him, this time Doom used the gems in the Emperor's Crown to project lasers at Electrix, it was, strangely not absorbed by Electrix and it even damaged him. He fell to the floor and yelled in pain. Rex then shot a laser at Doom damaging his armor. "How dare you damage my armor!" Doom yelled, agitated. He then knocked Rex down and the four was knocked out unconscious.

When they got back to their senses they were trapped in a huge crystal ball,  they tried to break out but it was unbreakable. "Finally awake, well it's time to die!" Doom said entering the ball and was going to stab Rex with The Destroyer's Blade when Electrix jumped to take the blow for Rex. "What! Well, good enough." Doom said smirking, while attempting to kill Rex again. "You can't get me!" Rex said running away from Doom. "You're going down anyway!" Doom said using his ring to shine a concentrated light at Rex. Rex dodged the attack and shot a laser at Doom, the laser hit Doom and he stumbles backward. "Eat my fist!" Ryan shouted while landing consecutive punches on Doom. "Grr, you pest, die!" Doom yelled, kicking Ryan away. "How do we beat this freak?!" Ryan asked after being brutally knocked down to the floor. "All at once!" Nate shouted, charging up his energy ball while the rest started attacking Doom, Ryan paralyzed Doom, Rex shot him with a laser and Electrix, upon recovering from the stab sent a gigantic ball of lightning towards Doom. "Ahh!" Doom hollered in pain. "Fire in the hole" Nate shouted finishing Doom of with a energy ball attack. Doom was lying on the floor dead, his armor covered in scratch marks. They returned the armor to the different locations, although scratched, the artifacts were still precious and the museum staff polished them and placed them back to their original position and the trio was awarded with a fortune for saving the ancient artifacts. "What do we do with so much money?" Nate asked the others. Rex replied immediately saying"Well, we could..."

Final Stand No.5 - Monster Virus

"Help!" Serene screamed. "No! Leave her alone!" Rex exclaimed while shooting a laser at a group of humans. What happened? Well it started when a group of scientists wanted to become world famous. "What can we make?" One of them asked. "How about we create a cure for all diseases, people will adore us for that!" Another one suggested. "Let's get started!" Upon saying that, the group of scientists started on their cure. Months later, they completed the cure and had to find a test subject,they used it on a guy diagnosed with cancer. Sure enough, it killed the cancerous cells. "Yes! We did it, let start selling these and we'll make a fortune!" A scientist told the others in the group. When they started selling them, everybody knew about them and they had indeed made a fortune, they were selling like popsicles on a hot summer day.. But nothing, I repeat nothing is perfect...

A few weeks after they started being sold in pharmacies, the people using the products started having slight coughs and inflammation. They thought they just needed more and soon the products were selling better than before. The amount of users started growing and soon the entire world started using it. The side effects started worsening, the users started having internal bleeding. A few of the users died from it, about a handful. When the product was released, Serene, who was down with the flu saw the product being advertised on television. "Cure for all diseases, Cool!" she thought and headed down to the nearest pharmacy to get a bottle of the medication. "Side effects include, rash, blah blah blah..." Serene mumbled to herself. "Time to test this out!" she exclaimed with excitement. Her flu was cured the next day. "This does work, gonna show this to Rex!" she thought. When she showed the product to Rex, he replied with, "Cure for all diseases my foot, probably just some steroids." "I tried it, it's really effective!" Serene told him. "Whatever, I'm not sick anyway." Rex said before walking away. Weeks later, like the other users, Serene started developing a slight cough. "That's what happens when you take steroids, stop using it." Rex said, no one at that time knew that Rex's sentence would have saved her life.

It was not long before the virus got into the wrong hands, the hands of the super villain, Electrix, a orphan who was shocked by lightning and was granted the power of shooting electricity. He used his powers to make the world tremble before him, he transformed  the medicine into something that turned everybody who used it into a monster. Others who continue using it were all turned into monsters, and this monster disease is contagious which means everybody who gets touched by mutated humans turns into one of them. The next day, almost everybody in the world was turned into a monster. When Serene and Rex were going out, Serene was attacked by the monsters. "Help!" Serene said. "Serene, No!" Rex exclaimed while shooting a laser at the mutated human. Serene unfortunately was still turned into a mindless monster. "Gahh!" Rex exclaimed while literally exploding in anger temporarily blinding the monsters. When he got a grip on what was happening, he went to the office to find Nate and Ryan, but when he arrived at the office, the other two were out of sight. So he walked back home with his eyes glued on the ground. When he reached home, he saw Nate and Ryan on his couch. "What are you doing here?" Rex questioned the two of them. "Well the invasion of the mutants destroyed homes and your estate is one of the only estates that haven't been invaded yet." Nate told Rex. "Let's take them down!" Rex exclaimed. "Save the world!" Ryan shouted. They headed of to find the nearest group of mutants.

"There they there! Hide!" Rex told the others. "Attack them!" Nate shouted while charging at the group of mutants while Rex and Nate shot their multiple colored lasers and Ryan swept the mutants of their feet and they fell to the floor but eventually the trio were overwhelmed by the mutants and were pinned down on the floor. "Grr!" Rex said while gritting his teeth and kicked the mutant pinning him down. The trio got back to their feet and were fighting their way through the mutants. "We'll find the cause of this!" Nate exclaimed while burning off the mutants skin. "I didn't know it could burn human skin, amazing!" Nate thought to himself. When the trio got of the wave of mutants, they saw a familiar face. "Serene!" Rex yelled. But the Serene of old was gone, this was no longer the woman whom Rex immediately fell in love with, this was a mind controlled mutant who's only goal is to destroy the world. She pulled out a whip from her handbag and lashed out at the trio, they were scarred for life with deep marks from the whip. "She's so strong!" Nate exclaimed. Serene then shot an energy blast at them causing them to fall on the floor. She walked over to Rex and pulled out a energy bazooka. "Don't do this Serene!" Rex said hoping Serene would recognize his voice but all she did was pause and took aim again. Fortunately, Rex escaped fast enough and the trio went back into hiding.

When they were in hiding, Serene started walking over to their position. "Uh oh!" Nate said while thinking of a way to escape before she reaches their hiding spot. Suddenly, Nate instinctively ran away from Serene whom saw him and gave chase giving away their hiding spot. "Darn you Nate!" Rex mumbled to himself while running away from Serene. They were cornered and decided to fight it out. "Take this!" Ryan shouted while throwing a punch at Serene but she caught his flying fist and threw Ryan over her shoulder. Rex and Nate then shot a combined blast which was easily stopped by a shot from Serene's energy bazooka. Next the trio decided to attack her all at once, Ryan hit her with a roundhouse kick while Rex and Nate punched her but none of the attacks connected as Serene dodged all of them. Ryan then took the moment to sweep Serene of her feet and that allowed Nate to shoot a laser a her. The laser almost hit Serene when a spark of lightning stopped the attack.

 "Who did that?" Nate yelled irritated that the spark of lightning stopped him from being the star of the show. Suddenly a boy that had the physique of a bodybuilder with the skin color of an avatar appeared out of nowhere. "Who are you?" Ryan questioned. "I'm Electrix, I'm 15 and my hobbies include..." Electrix said before being cut off. "Too much information," Nate said. "Show us what you've got!" "Gladly!" Electrix said, snapping his fingers and suddenly Serene vanished into thin air. Electrix zapped Nate and he stumbled backwards. "Not bad!" Nate said while shooting an energy blast at him. Surprisingly, Electrix absorbed the blast. "How did you..." Nate said surprised. "Simple science, electrical energy makes electrical energy stronger, stupid!" Electrix said before launching another surge of electricity at Nate causing him to roll over in pain. "Who's next?" Electrix said taunting Rex and Ryan.

Ryan charged at Electrix jabbing him in the abdominal. "That hurts, not as much as this will!" Electrix exclaimed in a fit of anger while tossing an energy ball at Ryan. He used his break dancing skills to dodge the attack. "You little pest!" Electrix yelled shooting a barrage of energy blast and one hit the target knocking Ryan down. "Not so tough now are you?" Electrix said obnoxiously. "Die!" Rex shouted grabbing a piece of steel wire and used it to tie Electrix up. "Let me go!" Electrix exclaimed trying to break free using his lightning surge but the surge was directed back at him because of the metal wire. "Metal conducts electricity doofus!" Rex mocked Electrix. "I'm not dumb, and no-one calls me that!" Electrix shouted zapping to the nearest electrical socket and pushed Rex to the floor. "Take this! Ha!" Electrix shouted while giving Rex a taste of his fist. The trio was on the ground unconscious and when they came back to their senses, they were tied up and put in an electric cage. "Finally back to your senses, well I've had enough fun so I'll be exposing the antidote to the world. "What? Why would you..." Nate asked curiously when he was cut off. "Truth is I'm a little lonely and bored, you dudes entertained me so I had enough fun and I'm releasing the antidote on the world." Electrix explained. "By the way, can I play with you three more, it's so fun!" He asked with a tone that makes him sound extremely excited. "Sure, why not," Rex said. "But release my wife from your spell." So they met up every Sunday to spar and hone their skills, eventually they got stronger than they ever imagined.