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I'm posting this one early because yours truely is heading to Comicon for the rest of the day. 
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Chapter 34; Illuminate
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Stan Lee and Will jump out of the helicopter above the factory and the pilot leads Mike down with the rope. Will grabs one side of the rack and Stan the other. They walk over to where a man is standing.
Jimmy: Stan, good to see you, I'm Jimmy, Ron's personal pilot, tech control, and chief in everything under the radar.
Stan: Good to meet you, where is Ron with the orb?
Jimmy: He should be here soon.
Oxi: 1 hour...
CRASH! Wraith's spear retracts and he flips it onto his back, then darting through the military personal littering the hallways, he searches left and right for the room containing the orb. Troops turn the corner and charge Wraith, who, as soon as he sees them, jumps up and vanishes into the roof. 'Where'd he go?' one of the soldiers yells. The sound of a semi-automatic explodes behind the troops as they all fall to the ground covered in tranquilizer darts. Wraith blows on the tip of the gun, 'Gotta' love custom jobs.' He sheaths the gun and continues down the side till he reaches the end, trying the door he finds it locked.
A second later it flies off its hinges and Wraith runs in seeing the orb floating in the center of the round room on a stand. 'That... is bright.' he says shielding his eyes. Wraith leaps down to the center and grabs the orb putting it in the bag and slings it over his shoulder. Leaping back up he tosses a few stars at the ceiling, they stick and beep a couple times before exploding the ceiling letting in the dark sky--almost morning. He jumps through to see a Government Helicopter hovering above him.
Wraith: Crap.
Helicopter's Intercom: Put down the orb--
Before they can finish, Drake leaps out from below the building and flies straight through the copter, blowing it up on impact, he lands in front of Wraith as Eddie.
Eddie: Well well, you're Wraith huh? Breaking into a government base and stealing energy devices? I like your style, tell you what, you give me that Orb, and I'll let you live.
Wraith: (Secretly pressing a button on his belt) Finders keepers.
Eddie changes into Drake as he charges Wraith who pulls two huge canisters off his back and, snapping them together, he sets it over his shoulder and fires the bazooka dead at Drakes chest seconds before he is tackled. ‘Bulls eye’. Drake is taken back by surprise of the speed of the assembly. Flipping over, his arms change into two black tentacles which whip him back towards Wraith. He takes the sword off his back holding it in battle ready position. 'Bring it on,' he says under his breath, then recalling his Japanese training he focuses his energy into the blade.
The sword's characters on the side start to glow, as well as the blade itself. Drake closes in and Wraith spins striking a sever cut into Drake's side; the dark matter retracts leaving Eddie by himself. He steps back in pain of the light and in shock of how prepared Wraith was for this battle. As soon as Wraith sheaths the sword his bike zooms up the side of the building and speeds across the side right in front of the two. At the last minute, Wraith jumps on the bike, grabs the bag, and kicks it into high gear flying off across the rooftops. 'Bad idea' Eddie says as he transforms back into Drake who speeds of after him. Stan, Jimmy, and Will all look across the city watching the chase.
Stan: Wraith!
Jimmy: Boss!
Oxi: You can do it!
--------------------Bright Flash--------------------
Dream
Drake launches himself at him and Mike retaliates, just like their first encounter, the meet head on in a deafening explosion and they exchange multiple punches and kicks all at super speed. Each one is enraged, Drake, because he is so close to success, and Mike motivated by a promise.
Drake: What are you fighting for?! There's nothing left, I've won!
Mike: When I put on this suit, I swore to every living thing to protect them and to keep the planet safe! All of my friends did, and they gave everything they had!
Drake: (Falling to one knee) Shut up!
Mike: (Realizing that his words are more powerful than his fists, he now knows what has happened.) This really is a dream. That's what Ron said by "not real", I understand now. To get myself out I need to take back control of my mind, and ever since I was a kid the best way to clear my head was to talk to anyone, anything willing to listen.
Drake: No!
Mike: They died. Ron, Summer, Alexa, Will, Stan. They all died fighting to protect this planet from your twisted idea of reason. And I let it happen because I was gullible enough to believe I had lost my powers when they were never really gone. (Mike explodes in a display of electricity and ear shattering thunder booms all around as his power sky rockets) You made me believe that this twisted place in my head was real, a place where I had no control. (Mike steps towards Drake who is bent over in agony).
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Reality
Looking over his shoulder, Wraith sees Drake is closing in fast; he drops a few mines which explode in an array of light slowing him down but not stopping him. Pulling out his real gun, he fires shot after shot at Drake who simply dodges the bullets. After a second of this, Drake soars into the, now almost dawn sky, and fires a blast of dark matter in front of Wraith's bike just as he lands on the roof of the factory where everyone is waiting for him.
Oxi grabs Stan and his lower half of his body turns acidic as the liquid propels them away from the debris. Jimmy jumps into the helicopter which takes off to a safer place. Will and Stan land safely in the parking lot, Will immediately turns around to see Wraith chuck the orb at Mike as his bike explodes in front of him knocking of the side. The building caves in and Ohm with it.
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Dream
Mike: You were wrong Drake. This isn't hell where you can walk around like you own the place. This is my head, my life. This is MY world. The real world is the one I swore to protect with my life, but to do that I must master this one, the one in my head. I promised that when I first started, not out loud, but to myself and everything pure. (Mike takes step by step closer to him)
Drake: AAAAHHHHHHHH!
Mike: You shun the light, why? Does it hurt? Does it burn your darkened skin lined with the hate? ... Pathetic.
Drake screams in agony as he explodes in an eruption that engulfs the city, the state, the world's dark blanket steams off as everything dark is gone being replaced with light. The brightness is overwhelming; it penetrates through every crack and crevice of exsistence shining hope as far as it can reach. Ohm walks out of the light and opens his eyes.
Ohm: I'm back.
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