Michael's eyes narrowed, his glare locked onto Aggergor like a predator hunting its prey. His voice dripped with venom as he spoke in a low, guttural growl. "Du hast sie getötet." (You killed them.)

Aggergor smirked, raising his arms, his entire body crackling with raw energy, flickered at his fingertips, while arcs of lightning snapped and hissed around him. His transformation had pushed him beyond his limits, and he relished in the power. "All of their abilities are now mine," he declared, his voice brimming with arrogance.

But before he could act, Michael slammed down on the Ultimatrix, the green glow of transformation engulfing him. His form shifted and expanded, and in an instant, he was Rath.

"LEMME TELL YA SOMETHIN', AGGERGOR!" Michael roared, his deep, gravelly voice shaking the air as his powerful muscles tensed. With a single leap, he closed the distance between them and delivered a devastating punch straight to Aggergor's gut. The sheer force of the impact sent Aggergor hurtling through the air like a ragdoll, slamming through layers of debris, steel, and concrete.

Jen wasted no time. With her suit's boosters igniting in a burst of blue flames, she shot forward at breakneck speed, her fists glowing as she launched a flurry of explosive rockets straight at Aggergor. The missiles found their mark, detonating in rapid succession, creating a chain of concussive blasts that tore through the battlefield, sending waves of heat and pressure in every direction.

Aggergor groaned, trying to push himself up from the rubble, but Michael was already on him. In a blur of motion, Rath lunged forward, slamming his massive clawed hands into Aggergor's chest. The ground beneath them cracked and cratered as Michael drove him down with monstrous strength, his claws digging into Aggergor's reinforced armor-like skin. The entire battlefield trembled from the sheer force of the impact, sending shockwaves rippling outward.

Aggergor's body crackled with unstable energy as he gritted his teeth. With a surge of desperation, he unleashed a violent burst of electricity straight into Michael's body, hoping to shock him off. The air filled with the sound of sizzling energy, but instead of recoiling in pain, Michael grinned. His own body crackled with chaotic, yellow lightning, absorbing Aggergor's attack like a conduit of raw power.

"THAT TICKLED!" Michael bellowed, before swinging his fist upward in a brutal uppercut. The strike connected with Aggergor's jaw with a deafening CRACK, sending him rocketing skyward, his body spiraling uncontrollably.

But Michael wasn't finished. With reflexes honed in battle, he leaped high into the air, catching Aggergor mid-flight. Wrapping his massive arms around him, Michael roared as he swung down with all his might, delivering a bone-crushing axe-handle blow that sent Aggergor plummeting like a meteor. The impact was catastrophic—Aggergor smashed into the ground with such force that a massive crater erupted beneath him, chunks of stone and steel flying in every direction.

The battlefield went silent for a moment, smoke and dust rising into the air like a funeral pyre. Michael landed heavily on the ground, his claws flexing, his stance firm.

From within the crater, a low growl rumbled. Aggergor wasn't finished yet.

Aggergor smirked as he dusted off his shoulders, standing tall and unscathed. "Was that all you have? I barely felt a thing." His voice oozed with arrogance, his glowing eyes daring them to try again.

Michael's eyes burned with fury. "FINE, YOU WANNA PLAY THIS GAME?!" he roared, slamming his palm down onto the Ultimatrix. A surge of red and black energy engulfed him, his form growing larger, muscles bulging, claws extending as he transformed into Ultimate Rath.

Beside him, Jen let out a low growl as Venom's symbiotic form spread over her Ultimate Humungousaur body. The fusion twisted her already-formidable frame, amplifying her size and power. Her spike-ball tail expanded into a monstrous morning star covered in jagged, pulsing spikes, and the armored plating on her back mutated into a series of razor-sharp protrusions.

Her voice dripped with venom and rage. "You'll pay for hurting my darling," she growled, her eyes locked onto Aggergor.

Aggergor glared at them but didn't respond—his focus was on something else.

Above them, the sky burned with mana energy as Gwen hovered on a glowing mana platform, standing beside Kevin, Shockwave, Ferox, Lucky, and Grandpa Max. Gwen's anodite form pulsed with radiant power, her body a beacon of pure magical energy. Her eyes shimmered with determination as she raised both hands above her head, summoning an enormous pillar of glowing mana.

"Everyone, take a step back!" Gwen commanded, her voice echoing across the battlefield.

With a mighty gesture, she brought the pillar crashing down on Aggergor. The explosion of mana engulfed the battlefield, blinding light swallowing everything in its path. The ground cracked and split apart beneath the sheer force of the attack, sending waves of energy surging outward.

But then...

From within the blinding radiance, a silhouette emerged. Aggergor was still standing.

Shockwave's optic flickered with alarm. "He's adapting. Every second he's growing stronger. If we don't end this NOW, he'll master his new power."

Max and Shockwave raised their railguns, their fingers tightening on the triggers.

"Then we take him down before that happens," Kevin growled, touching Shockwave as his body shifted into pure metal. Ferox let out a piercing battle cry, his claws glowing with charged energy as he and Lucky lunged down toward the battlefield.

Michael's massive form cracked his knuckles, his sharp teeth gleaming. "THEN LET'S GET STARTED."

Michael exploded forward, his massive Ultimate Rath form blurring with raw speed. He and Aggergor's fists collided with a thunderous boom, the sheer force of their clash sending out a shockwave that rippled across the battlefield, shaking the earth itself. Cracks spider-webbed across the ground, trees snapped like twigs, and debris erupted into the air.

Aggergor's smirk didn't waver. He tried to grab Michael's arm, aiming to siphon his energy, but Michael twisted mid-air, flipping over his grasp. Kevin and Ferox came in from the side, their fists already glowing with absorbed energy.

Their combined punches smashed into Aggergor's ribs, launching him backward. But before he could even hit the ground, Jen was already behind him, her symbiote-enhanced Ultimate Humungousaur form a monstrous wall of spikes and power.

With a snarl, she whipped her tail forward, the massive spiked club slamming into Aggergor's back like a wrecking ball. At the same time, Shockwave and Max locked onto their target, their railguns blazing. Electrically charged rounds and plasma shells ripped through the air, detonating against Aggergor's body in a series of deafening explosions.

And then came Gwen. Above them, the sky itself glowed like a second sun.

Gwen hovered high above, her Anodite form radiating raw, unfiltered mana. She thrust her arms down, and blinding golden pillars of energy erupted from the heavens, engulfing the entire battlefield in a storm of destruction.

For a moment, silence. Then—

Laughter.

As the radiant light faded, Aggergor stood unscathed, his grin wider than before, his body now crackling with stolen power.

"Yes... excellent," he mused, his voice humming with raw energy. His glowing, burning eyes locked onto Max and Shockwave. "Now, let's see what I can do with it!"

Without warning, Aggergor's eyes flashed, and a searing red beam ripped through the sky, blasting toward Max and Shockwave like a lightning bolt from hell.

Shockwave tried to shield Max, but the beam slammed into them point-blank, sending the cybernetic warrior rocketing through the battlefield, his metal plating melting from the sheer force of the impact. Sparks erupted from his body as he crashed into a crater, unmoving. While Max was hit in the side he fell to the ground as his entire side was basically seared.

Kevin and Ferox charged back in, their fists aimed for Aggergor's head, but the Osmosian was faster. He snatched their wrists mid-punch, his grip crushing like a vice.

"You're light-years away from hitting me, hatchlings," Aggergor sneered.

Then—he swung them both like ragdolls, slamming them headfirst into the ground, their bodies bouncing off the earth from the impact. Before Kevin could even groan in pain, Aggergor blurred forward, his foot colliding with Lucky's chest. The mini-robot flew back, crashing into a wall, sparks flying from his broken frame.

Gwen's eyes flared with fury. With a scream, she unleashed a barrage of mana blasts, each shot fired with pinpoint accuracy, homing in on Aggergor.

But he was already moving. He weaved through the attacks mid-air, twisting, flipping, evading like a phantom, his speed unnatural, impossible. Then, he was behind Gwen.

His fist slammed into her back, sending her crashing into the ground, her body bouncing off the earth before she skidded to a stop, head-first, groaning in pain.

Michael snarled, his eyes locked onto Aggergor.

With a thunderous roar, he charged again, his massive fist smashing into Aggergor's chest, sending him hurtling back like a comet. But Aggergor wasn't done.

As he flew backward, he twisted mid-air, his grin still in place.

Jen was waiting for him. She swung her monstrous tail again, aiming to obliterate him on impact— But Aggergor was ready this time.

With inhuman precision, he caught her tail mid-swing, the sheer force causing the air around them to explode outward.

Then—with a smirk, he spun and hurled Jen like a missile straight at Michael.

The two collided mid-air, their bodies crashing into the ground in a heap of dust and rubble.

Aggergor hovered above them, still grinning. "You'll have to do better than that."

Michael groaned as he clutched his head, his vision swimming from the impact. Beside him, Jen's body shimmered before reverting to her normal form. She let out a pained breath, sitting up slowly, one hand pressed against her temple.

Above them, Aggergor let out a mocking laugh. "Is this really the best the so-called strongest in the universe has to offer?" His voice dripped with amusement as he loomed over them, arms crossed.

Michael's grip tightened, his anger surging like a roaring storm. Sparks of yellow chaos lightning crackled around his body, arcs of raw energy snapping through the air. Deep within the Ultimatrix, Shadow's influence pushed his chaos cells into overdrive, amplifying his power beyond its limits.

A low growl rumbled in Michael's throat as his aura flared, the ground beneath him trembling under the sheer force of his energy. "LASSEN SIE MICH IHNEN ETWAS ERZÄHLEN, AGGERGOR!" His voice boomed across the battlefield. "RATH HAT SICH ZURÜCKGEHALTEN, DAMIT ER DEN PLANETEN NICHT IN HÄLFTEN SPLITTET! ABER JETZT? RATH WIRD DICH IN HÄLFTEN SPLITTEN, WENN RATH AUFHÖRT, SICH ZURÜCKZUHALTEN! Meistens." (RATH WAS HOLDING BACK SO HE WOULDN'T SPLIT THE PLANET IN HALF! BUT NOW? RATH IS GONNA SPLIT YOU IN HALF AFTER RATH STOPS HOLDING BACK! Mostly)

Before Aggergor could even register the threat, Michael moved.

A sonic boom shattered the air as he shot forward, a blur of chaos-charged fury. His fist crashed into Aggergor's chest with a force that sent shockwaves tearing through the battlefield. The ground beneath them buckled and cracked, entire mountains shuddering from the sheer impact.

Aggergor's body rocketed downward like a meteor, slamming into the earth with a cataclysmic explosion. A massive crater erupted on impact, sending violent tremors rippling across the planet, shaking it to its very core.

Michael landed with a deafening boom, his towering Ultimate Rath form glowing with golden chaos lightning, arcs of energy snapping and crackling violently around his body. His muscles pulsed, veins radiating raw power, his claws digging into the ground beneath him.

Jen groaned, slowly pushing herself up, her body aching from the last impact. She turned her head, eyes widening as she felt the intensity of Michael's unleashed power.

"Michael..." she whispered, stunned. She knew from the battle with Albedo how far surpassed his power was, but she didn't imagine it was by this much.

Aggergor gritted his teeth, his grin faltering for the first time as he struggled to rise. His body fizzled with stolen energy, trying to stabilize from the sheer force of Michael's attack.

Michael's yellow chaos lightning raged like a storm, his rage manifesting into raw, untamed destruction. "What's wrong, Aggergor?" Michael growled, his burning red eyes locked onto his enemy. "I thought you wanted to test your new power? Let's see if you can handle RATH at his best!"

Before Aggergor could react, Michael was already there. A devastating uppercut sent Aggergor skyrocketing into the clouds, the sheer force of the impact bending the air itself. As he reached the stratosphere, Michael blurred ahead of him, appearing out of nowhere.

Michael's clawed fist hammered into Aggergor's stomach, the shockwave tearing apart the very atmosphere, causing hurricane-force winds to spiral outward.

Aggergor gasped, blood spurting from his mouth as his organs twisted from the impact. But Michael wasn't done. He snatched Aggergor by the face, his claws digging deep, and hurtled downward at blinding speeds—

Like a meteor descending from the heavens. The air burned around them, screaming with intensity. Jen, Gwen, Kevin, Ferox, Lucky, and even Shockwave—still recovering—watched.

"HE'S GONNA—" Kevin started, but it was too late. Michael slammed Aggergor into the earth, the impact triggering a planetary-scale earthquake, ripping open the battlefield as a colossal explosion of energy and debris engulfed the horizon.

The entire planet shook. Mountains crumbled. The sky darkened as shockwaves tore through the atmosphere.

A massive crater, hundreds of miles wide, formed where they landed, flames and lightning dancing through the wreckage.

Michael stood over Aggergor, watching as the Osmosian struggled to rise, his body barely holding itself together. The once-mighty warrior was now broken, battered, and gasping for breath.

Then, a red glow enveloped Michael, his Ultimate Rath form dissolving as he reverted back to his human form. The chaotic lightning that had once surged around him vanished, leaving only the heavy weight of finality in the air.

"This is the end," Michael declared, his voice steady, But Aggergor... smirked.

"No."

Before Michael could react, a massive thunderbolt tore through the sky, descending with the fury of a divine wrath.

Michael's eyes widened in alarm, but before the bolt could strike, a tendril of black shot out, wrapping around Michael's waist and yanking him away in an instant.

Jen. Her tendrils lunged as she pulled Michael to safety, just as the thunderbolt exploded upon impact, engulfing the entire battlefield in blinding, electrified devastation.

The air crackled violently, shockwaves tearing apart the ground, while the sheer force of the blast sent torrents of wind howling in every direction.

Then—silence. As the light faded and the dust settled, Kevin, Gwen, Shockwave, Ferox, and Lucky rushed over, skidding to a stop beside Michael and Jen.

Their eyes scanned the battlefield, now scorched and torn asunder, the very land itself scarred from the battle. But there was one thing missing. Aggergor was gone.

"He's gone." Kevin's voice was tense, his fist clenching as the weight of their loss sank in. The air still smelled of smoke and crackling energy, the aftermath of Aggergor's onslaught, but the enemy was nowhere to be found.

"We need to track him," Gwen said, her eyes narrowing as she rubbed her chin in thought. "He's probably heading for a ship or some way off this planet. We can't let him escape." Her mind was already working through the possibilities, formulating their next move.

But before anyone else could respond, Jen's attention was completely fixed on Michael. She stood next to him, her gaze locked on his every movement as if she was trying to make sure he was truly okay. The concern in her eyes grew darker, more intense with every second.

Michael tried to shake it off, putting on a brave face. "Jen, I'm fine—" he began, but his words were cut off as Jen stepped in front of him, her hands on his chest, her expression a perfect mix of worry and determination.

"No. You're not," she said, her voice low, but it carried an undeniable edge of panic. She didn't let him finish as her hands trembled slightly against his body. "I can't lose you. I can't handle it, Michael."

She looked up at him with those wide, pleading eyes, and for a brief moment, the world seemed to stop. Her heart raced, and the raw emotion that bled through her was almost overwhelming.

"Don't do that again," she whispered, her voice cracking as she clung to him a little tighter. "You... you can't. You can't leave me. I won't survive if something happens to you, Michael. I can't—"

Jen buried her face into his chest, her breath coming in uneven bursts as she shuddered. It wasn't just worry now, it was something darker, something that burned at the edges of her thoughts. A possessive need that pulled her closer to him, as if her whole being would unravel if she let go.

"Please... promise me you won't do something that reckless again..." Jen's voice was so soft, it was barely above a whisper, but it carried the weight of a promise she desperately needed. Her arms tightened around him, pressing him to her like he was her only anchor in the storm.

Michael couldn't help but smile softly at her concern, but there was an edge to it. "Jen, I can't—"

"Promise me, Michael," she interrupted, her tone soft but unwavering, the slight desperation growing in her words. "Promise me you won't leave me alone. Not again."

Her arms