Calabro Conversion Part V

Chapter XXXI: Infinite Justice!

Hundreds, of smaller and perhaps weaker shadow people leapt in front of their master in hopes of regaining the glory of their past. Bastedo cracked his knuckles and swung his Vibro-Axe, as Gilday refilled his shotgun ammo with super shells and Philibuster took out his katanas. Zuk took a fighter’s stance with his Nyoibo Staff, as Calabro stood there waiting for the first move. Stephanie thought it best for her and Chicky to tag team and double their damage.

There they went, the shadow soldiers leapt in groups of tens and twenties to a scholar to attack him. “Oh boy, here they come!” Zuk cried as he braced himself. “BRING IT ON! COME GET ME!” The other Joe replied he was still fired up from his rage. “Incredible…there are so many of them.” Whispered Bastedo as he knocked a shadow down with his elbow. BAM was the sound of a shotgun shell fired by Mike to kill another. Slashes from the sword of Philibuster and array of pokes and slams of the Nyoibo staff. The fight had begun. Each scholar alone took on 10-20 of these shadows in a highly intense combat situation. Back and forth, fists a flying to block and score hits between the combatants. Mike was forced to use his bare metallic knuckles and butt of his shotgun because those shadow troopers just got in too close for him to keep firing and reloading. But his close combat skills were adequate enough for him to hold his own. Stephanie and Chicky held their own back to back as they well coordinated an array of kicks/punches, ducks, etc. as reflexive as the fusion dance.

Meanwhile Calabro stood afar from combat as he kept a strong stare down at Maddas, who also appeared to do the same. It seems that Calabro was mentally initiating combat to the leader of the pack.

But within a few minutes of constant fighting slowed the performance of the scholars as their stamina kept getting lower and lower. But the shadow warriors acted as if they never would get tired. As more kept getting jumping and beating them all up, they could not hold any longer and the warriors got the best of them. First with the Joe’s they caught them and tossed them together on the ground, Mike and Bastedo were knocked down as well Stephanie. Chicky, who was maintaining crowd control had jumped into the battle and was aiding Stephanie in holding the shadow warriors back. But the strength of the shadows was overwhelming and she too, was unsuccessful in her fists of furry. The dark ones thought it best to kill the gold haired ones as a sign of victory. But alas, the stamina of the current Super Scholar wasn’t high enough for them to sustain the power needed for their powerful state. The two Joe’s laid there for a second as thousands of dark masses huddled around them to strike. “Shit…I’m about ready to pass out. I’m wasted.” Whispered Philibuster to the other Joe, “I know, but we must use what we have left and max out our power and strike at our best, even though it may kill us.” Each Joe stood up, and it was Philibuster who first shouted aloud as he went into overdrive and transformed with his muscles growing more than usual. The other Joe followed shortly as the all maxed out their power. As they did so, the amount of “chi” manipulating around them spread out in a circumference so large that it burst into a large dome that wasted and ate up the shadow troops into nothing. When the “chi” dispersed, nothing was left, save for the two Joe’s and the rest of the Calabro team, the audience, and Maddas. The panted heavily as their hair and muscles changed back to normal. They looked at each other, and then fell backward, having passed out.

Calabro watched onward with his arms crossed, planning his next move…Anger flamed on into his eyes…

Bastedo and Gilday got up; Sean tossed his axe aside and took off his jacket and nice shirt, leaving only his t-shirt. Mike followed as well, tossing his shotgun aside and removing his trench coat, leaving only a tee shirt shaped material covering his upper torso. “While he isn’t looking…attack Maddas…GO!” Mike leapt over Sean, and Bastedo jumped a second later up slightly away from him toward their target. Maddas turned to see this “pathetic retaliation” and jumped to meet them. Mike attempted a kick and Sean, a punch. But Maddas blocked the kick and slammed Mike to the ground. He caught Sean’s punch and gave him a heavy punch into his armpit, temporarily dislocating his shoulder. Sean cried in pain as Maddas grabbed him by his broken arm and tossing him onto Mike. “Ah…shit…we’re out.” They fell into a dreamy state of unconsciousness.

Calabro saw the horror and grew angrier…

Chicky thought for a second. “Stephanie, I’m going to blind him for a second, you go in and make an attack and knock him out.” Stephanie agreed as she took a runners mark. Chicky placed his two open hands in front of her face. Maddas looked on curiously, Chicky then shouted, “TAIO-KEN!” A bright flash emitted from her hands that covered the whole area view of Maddas. He turned away for a second. Stephanie dashed with her newly acquired lightsaber ignited and ready to strike. Maddas turned back and saw her making her move and sidestepped and kicked her down, he pushed her down across the field some, while Chicky looked on in horror. “How in the hell…can you see from an attack like that.” She began frightened. “Well you see I am a shadow, brought up in the dark, and living among the things of the night. My species was engineered to see in a spectrum you can’t comprehend, where your ‘light’ has no meaning.” He reached forward in a punch that stretched his arm out that knocked Chicky down. He grabbed her hair and slammed her face into the dirt. She too was knocked out.

Calabro couldn’t take it anymore. He dropped his hands to his sides. “STOP IT! STOP IT NOW!” Maddas turned toward Calabro, “Oh? Now the teacher speaks. Do you enjoy watching the torture of your students? Shall I break more bones? You seem to enjoy and react better to the snapping of necks...” The dark lord replied. “Now…enough of this, I’m going to show you my true power. My potential that I was waiting to use, when all else fails.” He clenched fist and shouted aloud as a brilliant transparent flame of “chi” wrapped itself around him as he generated. His muscles expanded, his rage deepened as his eyes became full of anger and revenge. His arms grew larger and more muscular. More so then anyone has ever seen. It was like a Super Scholar in the making. But everyone knows that only students have the potential to be a super scholar… His eyes did not change color, or his hair. So the physical properties of it did not show. But according to the now awaking Joe’s who looked on with wonder could only imagine what this new power he released could do. With the white flame of “chi” intimidating the dark demon. He stared with as much anger and passion to get revenge for the evil that walked into a place that it didn’t belong. One may never think that one who relied on physical strength could possibly control such power.

As his muscles grew slightly more all around him, from his legs, to his chest expanding and of course his arms, Maddas could only sit back and relax, wondering what was happening. Calabro took a deep breath as he finished the transformation and looked at his enemy. “There…it is finished. I have summoned the power I have created in my short time in the Room of Spirit and Time. I call this…The Mystic Professor Power. It was based off the same principles of the super scholar, but I reconfigured the power to give more strength, so it required enormous energy amounts and in contrast to it, it negates the physical characteristics. But it was designed for the experienced and mature fighter as I. So prepare yourself Maddas. The coming of your defeat is now.”

“Well, well…so you are making the same mistakes as the others did. Just using the failures of those over there for your failure here. We shall see if this power is as worthy as you say.” The Dark figure muttered. With that he raised his hand and fired a simple black ball of supposed energy to our hero. He stood motionless and expressionless as the projectile approached. As it dangerously neared him, he smacked it away from him, effortlessly. Maddas appeared to raise an eyebrow, or strike a mental picture that maybe he was right about this power. “Ah, so you may have something here? Can we test further?” He disappeared for a brief second into darkness and reappeared behind our mighty professor to hit him from behind. Maddas was ready to strike his shoulder when Calabro, without thinking blocked the hit by raising his arm. Then Calabro rammed his elbow into Maddas’ stomach. He fell backward to the ground, but flipped up grasping his stomach. “So, you are what you say you are, a true power even greater than a Super Scholar that someone of your caliber can manifest this easily. At last this fight will get interesting, finally. I was getting bored beating your fighters to nothing with a simple stroke of my hand to them. Finally I can test my full strength on you without the hesitation of blowing you to nothing.”

Calabro stood there, motionless, “We shall see…if your power is enough for you to withstand my intense power exhibited before you. Maddas hunched over for a second to maximize his power, thin layers of darkness sailed over and around his body as he too grew in size and increasing his strength, rapidly. Within moments he was fighting at his 100% strength. “It seems we could be even. Still, I am probably at least twice as strong as you, so this shouldn’t be too long.” The creature admitted arrogantly. Calabro cracked his knuckles and took a fighters stance as he waited for the evil one to make his first move against him.

Tune in next episode of this epic fight as Mr. Calabro; heighten by his new powers opens a new door of opportunity to save the world. The English teacher boasts an enormous power…but is it too much, and will it change him forever? This and more as the battle between him and Maddas reach a new peak, more so then any other experienced before. Tune in next time in chapter XXXII: The Counter Strike!