There, Alice stood, surrounded by hundreds of Dayon. Her friends were held hostage and standing before her was their leader, Spicule. The others cheered him on, anxious for his next action.

Spicule: So, what do you think of our little home down here girl . . . Rusted, ruined and otherwise a garbage bin . . . But hey, it has a nice little uncontrolled charm on Earth.

Alice: Don't you dare-

Spicule: If your next line was "don't you dare hurt my friends or I'll bend your head up your ass and roll you through rush hour" . . . Then I would have to say you're a creativly angry girl there . . . If I wanted to kill them then they would be dead already . . . I'm more interested in YOU right now.

He began to slowly circle around her.

Alice: . . . I'm not apologising for the loss of your subbordinates.

Spicule: I'm not the one you should be apologising to . . . But we'll get to that later. So lets see here you took three of my commrads lives and ohh . . . what a coincidence . . . You have three friends down here.

Alice could see where he was going with this. Nova was extremly cautious about attacking him. But she was under the impression that Spicule was trying to aggitate her.

Spicule: Now taking them all out would even the score and you could be on your way . . . But Hive wanted Mr. Riggs there alive and I need Zoey breathing as well . . . So should we consider extremly late term abortion on that other guy-

Alice couldn't restrain herself any further. She didn't go full Novus, but didn't want to risk taking him on in her normal form either. Her jabs were swift but Spicule was prepared for them. His reflexes were amazing. By the end, he caught her hand and flipped her into the air. Alice was successful in landing but by the time she regained her surroundings, Spicule was already in her face.

Spicule: Common girl! . . . I wanna see it.

Alice tried to strike back again but as he bent back. He kicked some of the bent metal along the ground causing it to flick back toward her. At first she was able to break it but right after the bent metal was broken. Spicule was already in a good position and kicked her in the temple.

Alice: . . . Damnit . . .

Spicule: You know, that might have killed you if you were still human.

Alice: Isn't there anything you can get off of him Nova?

Nova: His moement patterns are irregular. And despite his open personality, I cannot get a proper understanding of his character. Damages are still minor. Even in a partially Novus state I can still make safe restoration without causing any problems for you.

As she was talking to Nova, Spicule pulled out a high quality bowie knife. She just barely dodged having her neck sliced open.

Spicule: Not bad . . . Even when you're talking to yourself you got a good awareness for what's happening around you . . . Or is there someone in that pretty head of yours.

While he was chuckling, Alice made another attack towards him. But in the process he guided her jab into a steel pipe sticking out of the rubble and getting her stuck in the process. He hand-standed himself along her trapped arm. He was still smiling and he then began unleashing kick after kick. Alice kept blocking each kick but she was stuck in a stalemate. In a few small breathers she could get she tried to strike his hands. But any time she tried that, Spicule would either toss himself up for a bit or he would perform a spin.

Spicule: Don't bore the audience girl. Otherwise they'll go home.

He pulled out his knife again. It was proof that he was one of Soki's former team mates. It had the same diamond edging to it. Although it didn't have the same pressurized launching mechanism that Soki's katana had. Instead the tip could be launched off with replaceable shots to it. As he was about to swing, Alice tried something different. In an attempt to free herself and counter Spicule. She lunged her legs towards him. On reflex Spicule matched his feet to hers kicking off into the air. The force allowed her to break off of the pipe. Still he chucled and began to spin his knife around.

Spicule: Nice to see you not going all the way on me. And here I thought that everyone who could turn into a monster would never waste an opportunity.

Alice: You know why were here in the first place.

Spicule: Yes I do. Only problem is that you don't get that kind of stuff for free. And right now . . . well lets face it. I got three hostages and a whole lot of people that don't really like you right now.

She could hear the other Dayon around her pull out various fire arms. The clicking noises were proof that they could start an invasion. She could hear Zoey warn her from the distance.

Nova: Alice, unless you use the complete Novus form, you won't be able to protect yourself from those kind of ballistics.

Spicule: Ladies and Gentlemen . . . It's Duck Season!

The others began to open fire at Alice. The bullets wern't piercing through her body but they were leaving small wounds. Trying to cover herself, the Novon armor began to spread across her body instinctivly. Little by little she was forced to change into her full Novus form. At this point she stood at 17' 6" feet tall. Spicule gave a hand signal to cease fire. His eyes widened along with his smile. He then pulled out another weapon. He fired at her with an FN-P90 laughing along with it. They still bounced off her armor but she was convinced that this was a taunt more than anything. He then aimed his weapon towards his hostages but made it hard to tell who he was aiming for.

Spicule: C'mon, Come at me!

Alice retaliated with an energy shot. Again he ducked to avoid it. Taking a page from his book, she rushed towards him and tried to sweep a kick in. He back flipped to avoid it but noticed that she was begining to unleash her teal colored shockwave. Spicule reacted fast and grabbed the widest hardedest piece of scrap he could reach in that time. It resisted most of the damage but Spicule was thrown back. Before he could regain his footing Alice pinned him to the ground with one hand. Her hand was almost the size of his whole torso.

She could hear the other Dayon stop cheering Spicule on. If she won would they become enraged, would they run in fear? There was even a small thought that led her to believe that Devil Scar leadership was like Roman Emperors. Kill the ruler and take his place. But she didn't think to hard on it after a brief moment when she noticed that he was not intimmidated in the slightest. His smile had not vanished, in fact he was just all the more excited.

Spicule: Congrads girl . . . you won. Don't you just feel great?

Alice: What . . . just like that?

But none of the other Dayon seemed surprised in the least at all. They wern't worried or scared. Zoey and Brian became more concerned.

Zoey: Shouldn't they all be more worried for their leader?

Brian: For all I know they don't even care.

Bruiser: Kids . . . you might wanna keep some distance.

Spicule: Attention everybody. It's Peral Harbor time Muahahahahahaha!

The other Dayon paniced hearing those words and moved farther away. Brian, Zoey and Daniel were scooped up in a hurry being moved to a safer place.

Zoey: Hey get off of me.

Figment: Kid shut up, he hasn't done this in years.

Brian: . . . Done what?

Figment: Take a guess.

Spicule: Alright girl, ready for round two!

In seconds Nova could detect the comming of a Dayon. In an emergancy Nova barrowed control over Alice and distanced them from Spicule.

Alice: What gives Nova?

Nova: Dangerous specs are emerging from that Dayon.

As they saw the dust clear they beheld Spicules Dayon form. The skin parts were pitch black and covered in a white plate like carapace. He stood as a bipedal beast. His head was smoothed out with a long round carapaced plate. He seemed almost reptillian but he was reasonably close to a human shape. Plates continued down his spine leading up to a spear tipped tail. His jaws could still maintain his sinister grin. But the oddest part was that he was exactly the same height as she was.

Nova: What . . . this doesn't make any sense . . . His Dayon form is too . . . small.

This time Spicule made the first move. She couyld hardly keep up with him as he rushed her. Each attack was followed by another. Spicule alternated from standing on his feet to his hands, attacking with all four limbs.

Alice: Can you hurry with the scan Nova? He's not exactly the easiest guy to hold off here.

Nova: I-I can't get a p-proper sc-sc-scann-scan-annn.

Now there was something wrong. Nova was litterally beginning to struggle to even speak. And she began to notice something wrong her vision. It was a little bit static-like. Spicule then punched the ground creating an orange & lime-green colored fire.

Alice: So you can use fire I take it?

Spicule: Good guess, but no.

Alice dodged the next attack and tried to come from behind. As she was bringing out the energy blades, she was caught by his tail. And then he leaped and repeatedly rolled her into the ground before casting her a hundred feet away.

Spicule: Don't forget girl . . . I got five limbs, not four.

As she got back to her feet, Alice noticed a cut on her arm. It must have been from the tail tip.

Alice: Nova, did he even attack me with his tail tip?

Nova: It-it-it's d-d-densssity does-does not match kn-kn-own mater-er-eriallll. Des-destruction, cat-cat-catastro-rophic.

Alice: Are you ok?

Nova: Un-unable-able tttttto g-get thr-throught the the inter-interference.

She noticed Spicule was high in the air comming down at her with his fist ready to strike.

Spicule: Hey girl, ever wonder how the Japaneese felt during WW2?

Alice distanced herself from where Spicule was about to strike. But when he hit the ground there was a massive explosion. It was about a five hundread foot radius of destruction. She could feel the heat and the shock from his attack, desperatly trying to survive it. As it subsided she saw some area's were ignited and there looked like there were lit ashes dancing in the air.

Alice: Nova . . . this heat is getting worse. And I can hardly see much with this static.

Nova: Specs do-do-do not mmmmatch his size-size. This-this is a Class S Dayon. Un-un-unable to ggegeget through the El-electro magnetic pppppu-pulse. High radioactivity de-de-deteccccted. Can-cannot function.

Alice: He can create an EMP . . . Wait no . . . it's the after effects of his attacks. This isn fire . . . It's Fallout!

Her eye sight was getting worse as the static blurred her vision. And Spicule was hardly getting started yet.

Spicule: Got it figured out did ya.

Alice: Everyone backed off because-

He held both his hands wide open standing pround of what he was.

Spicule: Yeah, Nuclear Dragon Baby!

He then struck her with another attack. Each attack he performed unleashed more fallout, interfearing with her vision and Nova's calculations. Alice was losing her ability to fight back. She made one last desperation attack by taking one of his blows. Just as she was about to strike the energy through his skull. He shrunk back to his human form.

Alice: What?!

Spicule: Surprise!

Just his arms turned back into his Dragon claws striking her in the head. Alice was almost unable to stand at this point. As she began to fall to her knees, Spicule kicked her against a building wall.

Spicule: You did good girl. And I don't want to see you bowing down. That would ruin the fun of it. Well have plenty more to do.

He ended the fight by knocking her out. She returned to her normal form. Carrying her with his tail and returned to his fellow Dayon.

Spicule: So yeah, no one step over there for awhile. I'd say give it five hours and it will be ok.

Bruiser: I can't believe you actually went Nuclear on her boss.

Figment: Now why you didn't do that against Belial, I will never know.

Spicule: For the love of . . . I told you already, you use tools when you need them. Seriously logic is for smug people. Now lets get these kids all patched up.

Hive: There, are, some, that, call, for, her, blood.

Spicule: Oh is that right. Well if they think they can take me on then they are free t do so.

As they marched to their base of operations, Spicule glanced at Alice. He chuckled.

Spicule: You know girl . . . I got a feeling that you're going to bring the biggest changes to this world.