MXES vs Phantom Virus | |
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Season | 2 |
Season Episode | 1 |
Air date | ??? |
Written by | Salty Gibus |
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Technology is marvelous, and yet can be just as frightening in the wrong hands. This Death Battle features M.X.E.S. from Five Nights at Freddy's and Phantom Virus from Scooby-Doo.
Description[]
FNAF vs Scooby-Doo! All technology has purpose, yet none is quite so terrorizing as these two's goals. Will the MXES program block off the Phantom Virus, or will it just be another firewall gone down?
Interlude[]
[(Now Playing: Wiz and Boomstick - Death Battle)]
Wiz: Technology. What a wonderous creation, the evolution to humanity, the next step in efficiency and life itself.
Boomstick: Buuuuut it's way too easily to fu--ahem, frick it up. Like M.X.E.S., the creepy security protocol from FNAF!
Wiz: Or the Phantom Virus, the baseball-obsessed virus from Scooby-Doo.
Boomstick: He’s Wiz and i’m Boomstick!
Wiz: And it's our job to analyze their weapons, armors, and skills to find out who would win a DEATH BATTLE.
Boomstick: Ugh...brought to you by Fazbear Entertainment...
MXES hacks DEATH BATTLE![]
[(Now Playing: Time Trials Arcade AR- FNAF Security Breach Ruin)]
Wiz: Fazbear Entertainment, one of the most widely recognized names in the entertainment game. From games, to comics, to Tv Shows, to especially pizza restaurants, there is no corner of entertainment that they haven't touched.
Boomstick: And where else can you find that better than in Freddy Fazbear's Mega Pizzaplex? The biggest, the bestest, the most expensive venture they've taken in years!
Wiz: But like they always seem to have, there was something stirring underneath there. A monster of mechanical parts that would try to utilize the very building in a bid to follow in the footsteps of the franchise's tragedy...
Boomstick: Otherwise known as THE MIMIIIIIICC!!!
Wiz: Ahem...w-well, luckily, thanks to the combined power of one of its' potential victims and one of the very animatronics that it tried to control, it had been locked deep under the location.
Boomstick: Buuuuut, there was a problem. What if someone let it out? Or worse, it managed to get out itself?
Wiz: As a precaution so that didn't happen, Gregory, or perhaps Vanessa, another one of the Mimic's former victims, it isn't really clear, would develop a security program in order to ward away any threats to this makeshift prison. M.X.E.S.
Information[]
- Name: M.X.E.S.
- Alias: The Entity, That Thing
- Height: ??? (Tall)
- Weight: ???
- Age: ??? (Likely a month or two)
- Directive: Lockdown, Containment
- Targets: Mimic, Cassie, Meddling Kids
- Once designed to be Ruinborn Afton
Boomstick: Weird name...I would've just called it Dave.
Wiz: Actually, that name is more of an acronym, although the actual title is never quite stated. From what I could re--a-ahem, I mean, interpolate, it should stand for something akin to 'Mimic Xeon Entrapment System', with Xeon referring to a system that entraps viruses.
Boomstick: Yeah...i'm just gonna call it Dave.
Wiz: Ugh...w-well, either way, M.X.E.S. is quite the piece of technology, as it's connected to the entire Pizzaplex even after it fell to ruins--
Boomstick: Because of an earthquake! Totally no other reason, y-yeah...
Wiz: Right...well, either way, it could connect to every single bit of security machinery within the building, from the cameras, to the animatronic performers, to even the VANNI System.
Boomstick: The what?
Wiz: Right...the VANNI System, short for Virtual Augmented Neural Network Intergration, is a system developed to allow technicians to move around the building better.
Boomstick: And how does some fancy AR do that?
Wiz: Easily. See, this system is different from others, as it allows workers to move through objects that may be in the actual reality, but not in the VANNI one or vice versa, or become invisible to animatronic sight.
Boomstick: Wait, it makes you a GHOST!?
Wiz: No! ...well, I suppose it DOES seem paranormal, like allowing you to move through gateways between locations</nowiki>, or interface through seemingly inoperational technology.
Boomstick: And you're SURE it's not some spooky shhiii--uhhhh--stuff?
Wiz: No, this is strictly technological. Through it, M.X.E.S. seems to have some form of omnipresence, allowing itself to manifest anywhere. It can even activate machinery like the AR Inhibitors with the wave of its' hand, which can automatically jam electronic signals around itself.
Boomstick: Dang, that's a pretty effective power right there!
Wiz: That's right. of course, all of this was just to keep the Mimic contained. But it needed to do more if it needed to stop others from freeing the Mimic...and soon enough, someone did.
Boomstick: Yeah, all cause some snot-nosed kid decided that she had to find her good ol' pal Gregory.
Wiz: It was a valid concern, Boomstick. Either way, Cassie would find herself squaring up against the Mimic, having to find and shut off all 10 Parent Nodes scattered across the Pizzaplex. One of which being Roxanne Wolf, ironically enough
Boomstick: Jeez...well luckily that gave Dave the time he needed to find and go against this kid, right?
Wiz: That's right, although she wasn't alone. Cassie was given assistance by the Mimic-controlled assistant of the VANNI system, Helpi, who could create signals intended to jam M.X.E.S.'s signal to the point there was nothing left.
Boomstick: Buuuut then it just overrode that signal and came back, more vengeful than ever! Shoot, it even got strong enough to grow into a titan! ....thaaaat just stared at you the entire time.
Wiz: That doesn't mean MXES is immovable though. They're just...passive. In fact, they're actually quite swift.
Boomstick: Well duh! If it's anything like animatronics like Bonnie, who could move between the door to an office and the middle of the dining room in a flicker of light, it's gotta be somewhere around 46 MPH.
Wiz: Wow, that's...actually quite accurate.
Boomstick: What can I say? You ain't the only smartie here, Wiz.
Wiz: ...well anyways, even with this speed, the system has its' share of flaws...
Weaknesses[]
- Nonagressive
- Vulnerable Parent Nodes
- Shut-Off Program
Boomstick: Yeah, like that damn laziness! C'mon, don't just linger around like an idiot, you know where Cassie is! Just, like, grab her!
Wiz: I wouldn't say laziness...see, it seems like M.X.E.S. prefers to alert other animatronics to your location than do the deed itself, playing a more passive, supporting role.
Boomstick: Yeah, in other words LAY-ZEE. That only compounds onto the fact if you turn off the machine it comes from, it disappears! Which is exactly what happened when Cassie did such a thing...and whoops! That released the Mimic, big shocker.
Wiz: Right...aaaand I suppose if one has the right tools, they could hack each Parent Node without much effort. After all, this was made by either a child or a recovering victim of brainwashing. Neither of which are perfect at coding.
Boomstick: I guess...but then again, Dave wasn't ever really killed, just shut off. So who knows? Maybe when the day comes, he'll be reactivated to help catch that copycat basta--
Wiz: BOOMSTICK-!
Phantom Virus strikes out in DEATH BATTLE![]
[(Now Playing: Major Leagues - Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase)]
Wiz: Welcome to State University, one of the most ingenious universities this side of Coolsville. With wide open space and plenty of intelligent minds, it's no wonder it's the hotspot for most, if not all world-defining tech.
Boomstick: Wow Wiz, that's...actually some really high praise. You feeling alright?
Wiz: Well of course I am! Even an impressive genius like myself has to commend them for their brilliant works. Especially for the university's greatest invention, a laser with the ability to transfer physical matter into the digital realm!
Boomstick: Daaaang! Talk about a steal! What I love about it though is the fact they also develop video games on the side. Like that one baseball game, or even an entire 3D platformer based on the Mystery Gang themselves!
Wiz: Although, there WAS one issue with all of this...jealousy. See, one of the many others within the university saw that the latter game project was being praised by the Professor, and grew jealous.
Boomstick: So what'd they do? Send a Cease and Desist?
Wiz: Worse...they created a virus. A living program with only one goal--to destroy the game, and keep everyone from finding out the truth. This virus would come to be known...as the Phantom Virus.
Information[]
- Name: Phantom Virus
- Alias: Spindly Johnny, Virus
- Height: ??? (Tall)
- Weight: ??? (Incredibly Light)
- Age: ??? (Likely a week at best)
- Directive: Wreck Havoc, Play Baseball
- Targets: Professor Kaufman, Eric, Mystery Inc,
- Made of pure electricity
Boomstick: Aw yeah, good ol' Spindly Johnny! This electronic freak of nature is one he-er, heck, of a monster, I can tell you that much.
Wiz: It's the Phantom Virus, but, yes. It's both a marvel of coding and a threat to all, having the ability to infect and interact with most technology like it was nothing.
Boomstick: Down to simple zaps causing phones to come alive and wrap around your freakin' arms! What!? ....hey, would that be like someone using their own intensities to strangle you? Cause that might actually be hardcore....
Wiz: Of course you would see it that way...well, the Virus would soon infect the laser, and manifested itself in physical reality! With it, it gained the ability to manipulate data, physically attracting it from machines into itself.
Boomstick: "Oh no, it's pulling 1s and 0s from these computers! What EVER shall we do!?", that's what those dummies sounded like. Like, just go up and punch it! Or at least do something!
Wiz: Well, it would take until the titular Mystery Gang, and especially Scooby Doo, arrived for them to try and corner this electrical beast...aaaand then it just. Managed to trap the entire gang in Cyberspace.
Boomstick: Aw yeah! This is where things get good, the Cyber Chase is just beginning!
Wiz: Now with the home field advantage flipped, the Virus was capable of firing deadly lighting bolts, creating electric baseballs, bat expert home runs, and controlling basically anything within the game.
Boomstick: Robotic drones, roman skeletons, dinosaurs, samurai, mummies--he's got all sorts of minions. Even a mother-fippin' dragon!
Wiz: Even more, the virus' ability to mess with machinery doesn't go away, meaning even in-game machines are a great threat in the wrong hands. And its' own speed is nothing to scoff at, as it could chase around Shaggy and Scooby fairly effortlessly.
Boomstick: You mean the one that can run back time itself?
Wiz: Not quite. We're only using the Scooby-Doo movies around this era as reference here, which still does give us a solid speed feat in the both of them outrunning the Headless Horseman's horse. Assuming this creature runs like an actual horse, that comes out to about 58 miles per hour. Impressive compared to a human being...but not so when considering the more wacky speed feats outside of this era.
Boomstick: Buuut there's a whole caveat to that. ...actually, multiple.
Weaknesses[]
- Electromagnetic Disruption
- Paradoxically Shockable
- Physically Wimp
- Incompetent
- Rule Follower
Wiz: For one, the actual physical weakness, the Virus is weak to electromagnetic interference, or basically anything that can interrupt signals, as they interfere with its' own electromagnetic form. It's also quite the pushover physically, constantly being overpowered by weaker beings than itself.
Boomstick: Spindly Johnny's also got no actual resistance against shocks himself despite...you know, being a big electric freak. Heck, on that front, he's an absolutely cocky idiot! He constantly laughs at people and misses his shots, and for some reason doesn't use the data absorbing powers he's got to absorb data, even if it's do nothing but HELP him!
Wiz: And finally...the Virus HAS to follow all the rules of the medium it inhabits. So when Scooby and the gang managed to grab the last Scooby Snack collectible to escape the game, that had a side effect...of also killing the virus off for good.
Boomstick: I'll never forget ya man...you were a real one.
Wiz: Now outside of the game though, the Mystery Gang could put together all the clues they needed to figure out the true culprit behind that virus' existence...
Boomstick: Was it the security guard, or maybe the head honcho scientist himself? He's got that kind of hair that fits stealing stuff like that.
Wiz: Well, no. It was actually Bill McLemore. A fellow programmer who felt underappreciated compared to the Scooby-Doo video game. Safe to say, he was arrested.
Boomstick: But that original copy of the virus was never quite destroyed...so who knows? Maybe if they wanna bring back a classic, if completely stupid bad guy, then the Phantom Virus may just strike twice. ...or, bat twice? No idea how that works.
Pre-Death Battle/Poll/Advert[]
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Boomstick: IT'S TIME FOR A DEATH BATTLE!!!
- Poll Results - Total (27)
- MXES: 33%
- Phantom Virus: 59%
- Tie: 7%
Death Battle[]
Location: State University, Night[]
[(Now Playing: Arrival - Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase)]
The moon's light shone on the parking lot of a quite famous university, the only other light illuminating the night coming from various freshly installed streetlights. With this light, the world could see as a large van pulled in up front, a brown bear's iconic face and a pizza wheel plastered on the side of it.
Tonight, it seemed a brand new interloper would be paying the building a visit...
Inside, a short figure could be seen creeping through, closing in on the door to a lit-up room with sounds coming from it. Nudging the door open, they would catch wind of a conversation taking place within a lit-up lab.
"I'm very sorry, but we can not just sell our most prized invention here!" a man who looked a lot like Albert Einstein but with a buttload of more hair would claim, talking with a business man who looked 3 steps away from becoming the next monster Mystery Inc puts away. "There are just too many issues--most of which being the danger. Imagine if it becomes infected again!"
The shadowed figure snuck through the lab past them, before finding what they were looking for. A computer powerful enough for them to finally test a program they had been developing. With the noise of the surprisingly calm argument taking place, they easily creeped up towards it, unveiling a flashdrive.
Getting behind it, they would plug the drive in, causing the massive display screen attached to one side of the room to blare with a familiar theme song, a game from within suddenly booting up.
Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase
They then hid behind the console, as the scientist and businessman quickly rushed onto the scene. "Egads! Not this one again...!" he cried, only for the businessman to look back in confusion. "What's so bad about this one? It's just a game." he gruffly asked.
"It's not the game itself that's worrying me!" he then claimed, only to look back up at the screen, settling in on a certain city. "It's what's within that does..."
Location: Level 10, Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase[]
[(Now Playing: Arrival - Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase)]
Within a newly generated world that looked just like Coolsville, an empty space that would normally be a town square would suddenly spark with energy. More and more, it only grew more violate until finally, with one massive pulse of energy...BANG!
A burst of electronic energy suddenly ripped an ash starburst onto the cement of the street, revealing what seemed to be a living thunderbolt in the pulse's wake! This skinny figure was composed entirely of blue lightning, with extremely sharp features and yellowed teeth in their now wide open jaw as they cackled with an electronic crackle.
"Oh ho HOOO, it's so GREAT being off the benches!" the Phantom Virus finally claimed, a somewhat deep voice coming from him. Stretching his electromagnetic limbs, he'd flex his newfound freedom by taking a stroll down the sidewalk.
"Let's see...if I were some meddlesome kids, where would I be?" he wondered, not at all trying to hide his intentions. He had a score to settle, cyber or real!
However, he'd soon pause in the middle of his walk, catching a glimmer of purple and white in the reflection of the window. Looking in the opposite direction, he'd spy a new threat. One with the appearance of a bunny, made up of purple, black, and with white lines torn into their body, down to their eternally glowing mouth. Even bigger, they seemed to be some kind of ghost, their lower half a simple tail that phased into the ground!
A low crackle of a cackle escaped the Virus, before he narrowed his gaze at M.X.E.S.'s form. "Oh I see how it is.." he remarked, a crooked grin on his face.
FIGHT![]
[(Now Playing: Going Harewire - Death Battle Fanon Track)]
Immediately, the electronic freak would turn towards the security protocol, his hands bathed in a cyan electricity! With yet another cackle, he'd unleash a blast of pure lightning from the tips of his fingers that raced towards M.X.E.S.
Moments before it could strike however, the rabbit suddenly vanished, appearing mere steps away from the spot it had been inhabiting. "What!?" the Phantom Virus jolted, taken off guard. How did that thing dodge!? "Foul ball!" he cried, his confusion turning to anger.
Unfortunately, this frustration left him unable to catch the purple rabbit with a follow up bolt, too slow on the draw. After this miss, a sudden wave of static crackled all around them, a pulse that washed over the skinny baseball virus and caused him to stumble back. That...that actually hurt!
"Hey! What game are you playing here!?" the Phantom Virus mouthed off, stomping a sharp foot into the ground before starting to wildly throw electric bolts! But with his anger came a worsened aim, each bolt soaring past their target even in the brief moments that the cybernetic rabbit waited between teleports.
Speaking of which, M.X.E.S. was closing in each teleport, the signal only getting stronger. With each wave, the Phantom Virus trembled more and more, cringing from pain. One more, and he finally decided that enough was enough, cowering away with a hiss before turning and running down the sidewalk. He had to recoup himself!
Glancing back as he ran, the electric griefer would raise a brow to see that the purple rabbit had....vanished from sight? That confusion turned to malicious glee, however. "Hah! Too slow to catch up to a runner--" he began, only to suddenly crash into something.
Falling flat on his zappy bum, the Virus groaned and rubbed his head before looking up at what he ran into. It must've been some sort of street light going off the shape--
Or it could just be the antivirus itself, which stared back down at the now shocked viral program. And then it immediately reached forward.
Clearly having SOME sense, the Phantom Virus practically spun his sharp legs into a wheel as he scrambled right back, avoiding being scrambled itself as the very air around the rabbit seemed to warble with an interfering signal. "Stay back, you freak!" the shocking creeper shouted, unnerved by the fact it hadn't spoken back once.
Managing to push himself up, he'd cautiously step back two steps whilst keeping his gaze on M.X.E.S...only to back up one more step and bump into what thankfully only felt like a brick wall. But looking back at said wall, it would be revealed it was none other than an absolutely convenient blender store! It even had a lit display window.
A spark of inspiration suddenly rippled through the ugly electronic's mug, a nasty smirk crossing his face before he stood more steady, glaring back at the slowly approaching rabbit. "Let's see if you make the cut this season!" he'd challenge, slamming a hand on the wall behind him.
Cyan lightning erupted across the building, the lights inside suddenly flickering with a surge before a whirr came from within...and the blenders suddenly all blared on, tearing themselves apart and becoming bows and arrows of scrap! They all took aim at the surprised M.X.E.S., before firing with a completely unsynchronized flurry that shattered the glass!
Startled, M.X.E.S. would choppily swing their noodley body around, trying to dodge the new deadly projectiles! While it managed to curve around a few, there were some that struck true, flying through with ease and cutting brand new glowing white holes in the program.
As the mass of purple code dodged around and through metal blades, the Phantom Virus cackled to himself whilst curling in. Cyan lightning crackled around his closed hands, forming a sphere of the energy within.
"You think their pitching's good?" he questioned the unlistening antivirus program, only to bounce up into an exaggerated pitcher's stance, one leg curled up and his body snapping back. "Wait 'til you see mine!" the Virus then roared, only to swing an arm forwards--releasing the electric baseball and shooting it like a lightning bolt!
Out of the corner of their gaze, M.X.E.S. managed to notice the electrical bolt coming their way--the sphere too fast to completely dodge out of the way. Not entirely however, as the program managed to just barely swing out of the way with their upper body being clipped by the attack. With the blender attacks dying down, they'd settle their eternally malicious gaze back on the Phantom Virus...
Only, from behind, a monstrous roar crying out suddenly gave them pause. Distracted, they would turn their head...and lay their eyes upon the now shaking electrical wire poles.
Cyan lighting exploded off of them as the wires and cement making up the poles began to snap into jagged poses, only for the wires to suddenly snap off of eachother, waving upwards like electrical tentacles. The Virus had given life to them!
The massive, newly created monster went to swing one set of now extending electrical wires down at M.X.E.S., only for it to simply teleport to the side, their gaze lingering on the set as they slammed on the ground hard enough to crack the digital cement. Whatever they did, they couldn't let themselves get caught up in them!
...which is exactly what happened when they looked back up, having been too distracted to notice the second set already swinging down until they wrapped around its' body in a shockingly crushing grip. They'd struggle to escape, but a sudden squeeze put those thoughts to rest.
The titan of a tower would suddenly pull back, stretching out the bottom of the program's tail as it strained to stay connected to the ground. Rearing back, it seemed like even the sentient tower had a sense of sportsmanship, curling up into a pitcher's stance before throwing M.X.E.S. right back down at the Phantom Virus!
As the rabbit barreled towards him like a cannonball, the tricky virus would simply toss a hand up, a baseball bat with a lightning bolt insignia suddenly popping out from behind him before he caught it. "And he's going, going...!" he began, already rearing up for a swing.
As M.X.E.S. grew closer, he'd wind up further and further...right before swinging with all his might, going straight for the rabbit's chest!
"GONE!!!"[]
In a single strike, M.X.E.S. didn't even have a chance to defend itself--the program suddenly fracturing before flying backwards in static pieces! Without so much as a word, they uselessly clattered to the ground, the power lines returning to normal as the Phantom Virus laid eyes on his work.
"Reh heh heh, rah heh hah hah hah!" he'd practically cackle, letting the bat fizzle out as he stood back up. "You're OUT!" he'd shout at the pieces as they vanished, laughing to himself all the while.
Yet as he cackled...a figure slowly reappeared with a pure white glow, standing right over his shoulder. The Phantom paid it no mind though, especially as he turned his head to actually address them. "Oh you should've seen it! That guy was nothin' but a--" he began, only to stop as he got a good look at who he was staring at.
...the same purple rabbit from before, now glaring right at him with annoyance in its' gaze. Sobering up, the Virus would gulp before giving a shaky smile.
"...respectable member of society who doesn't hold grudges?" he offered. Judging by the way they reared a hand back, the security program wasn't buying it.
Having some actual common sense this time, the Phantom Virus would then drop all pretense, letting out a frightened yell before turning and bolting away from M.X.E.S.'s attempted swipe. With only a narrowed glare, the program would teleport to follow. The chase was back on!
Running across the seemingly endless road, the Virus was running for his life, looking back to see M.X.E.S. almost casually teleporting every few steps to match his rampant pace. Trying to keep distance, he would fire off a lightning bolt behind him, one that would surprisingly strike the mess of purple and cause it to freak out in pain! With this chance, he'd practically throw himself into an alleyway on the side.
Running in, he'd be met with a surprisingly tall alleyway wall. Likely to keep players from taking it as a shortcut, he likely thought. But this Virus had what most players didn't. Besides a lack of a need to shower, he had CLAWS!
Not stopping, he'd instead leap up and dig his claws into the brick that made the barricade up, practically scrambling up the side like a wild animal before throwing himself over the top! This would have been a good thing...if it wasn't for the glitchy purple rabbit waiting atop one of the nearby rooftops, reaching a hand out to grab him.
"Yikes!" the living virus managed to visibly stall mid-jump, instead kicking the air and just barely managing to flip over the security program's grasp...right before falling towards the ground face-first. M.X.E.S. would merely stare downwards, before vanishing in a flicker of white squares.
SLAM!!! That was the sound of the Virus' collision with the ground, laying on his front in a daze. Pixelated Scooby-Doos ran around his head even as he waveringly get up, holding his head. But he didn't have long to recover, as two ghastly hands would slowly creep over him.
Noticing them from the corners of his eyes, the Phantom Virus would slowly turn back around and look up at the sight before him, that being M.X.E.S. nearly face to face above him, poking out of the wall. Even the Scoobies stopped spinning for a moment to see the intimidating sight.
A tense silence followed, both freaks looking at eachother without a sound. Well, except for the constant low electronic hum that came from them both.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!" the Virus and the Scoobies immediately screamed, their mouths practically stretching as their bodies just about spiked out in pure panic! Working unanimously, they would turn around and bolt from the cybernetic rabbit! Without a word, M.X.E.S. followed them again with a simple warp, dead set on their mission.
Scrambling across the cityscape, the Virus was absolutely booking it as fast as his shockingly nimble legs could allow! Looking behind him once more, he saw M.X.E.S. narrowly teleporting to him every time, only to be just a little short, something even he knew wouldn't last forever.
That said, he soon found the perfect way to get out of the way--as his own blurs of legs carried him up the side of a power pole they were running towards. Nearly flying off the top of it, he managed to grab the top with a lanky arm, giving a "I'm runnin' HOME!" before suddenly deforming into a cyan set of lightning bolts.
With this transformation, the snappy virus would be immediately attracted to the power line, becoming a blob of spikey energy as he zipped across! M.X.E.S. themself watched the escape with a silent, but intent glare. Following the direction the line was going, they would quickly vanish in a glob of white squares.
As a mere set of strands of code, they'd follow the phantom's lightning, taking sharp and sudden turns as they followed the street of this twisting city, even looping around a full block, before they found themselves in an odd area...the batting cages!
Arriving seemingly first, the purple rabbit finally reformed into their haunting form as they took a slow look around. Strange...despite following the Phantom Virus here, they found exactly no sign of the electronic monster. It didn't even make sense! They were a bright blue, literally glowing, how did they lose them!?
Right before they would give up on their fruitless search, M.X.E.S. would suddenly stall as they heard the sound of a motor revving. Looking behind themself, they finally found the source of the noise...the Virus, standing atop an automatic baseball pitching machine! He stared them down with a nasty glare, wearing a full on baseball uniform, helmet and all!
Tossing a baseball bat into the air, just like the last one he made, he'd catch it by the handle before chucking it at the purple hare! M.X.E.S. managed to catch it in time, though they looked at the actual bat curiously. Why would he throw his own weapon at them...?
Another crackly cackle snapped them out of their thought, as the Virus then stomped a spiked foot into the machine, sparks racing around it as it revved up. A cry of "Play Ball!" would proceed the machine suddenly firing a ball at the digital rabbit, revealing the true meaning of this trap.
Bouncing a bit in place, the digital security would snap their hands before them, using the bat to block the high-speed ball. Unfortunately, they weren't prepared for when the machine began to unleash more and more fastballs, as they would begin pelting the hare like a sideways hail!
The program would try their best to knock any they could back, swinging their bat with the all grace of a springlock victim on ice as they somehow managed to fail hitting a single ball. Not even ones that then pelted their body...
Seeing this utterly humiliating failure of a bat, the Phantom Virus would cackle yet again before raising his now sparking hands. "GAME OVER!" he'd cry, only to fire twin electric blasts that would simultaneously strike the security protocol with a sizzling ZAP!
The entity would lock up as they were bathed in cyan bolts, feeling the overwhelming power try to fry them. But as they reeled all the way back...they would then suddenly throw themself forward, their sealed mouth widening as they released a haunting screech!
SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!![]
Glitching soundwaves would erupt from their being, practically pulsing out and knocking both the rouge baseballs and thunder streams away from them! They'd fly out even further, as they washed over both the Phantom Virus and the pitching machine, causing both to suddenly glitch out and freak out.
The Virus' form distorted briefly as a jittery groan escaped him, his balance quickly ruined as fell off the now malfunctioning machine. Raising his still somewhat fuzzy head above it though, he'd jolt with fear before turning and RUNNING off, just in time to avoid M.X.E.S.'s fist coming down and destroying the machine in a single slam!
Realizing he had very quickly lost the advantage, the Phantom Virus didn't even hesitate to turn tail and run right out the gates. What in the world was going on here--wasn't HE supposed to be the monster here!?
Wait...OF COURSE! A plan rapidly stitched itself together in the baseball freak's mind, looking back to see the overwhelming, and now ticked off, digital rabbit rapidly teleporting towards him. A smirk crossed his face, the annoying virus shouting back "YOU CAN'T GET ME OUT!" before redoubling his efforts!
They'd run across the cityscape once again, the Virus and Security running multiple directions across the streets before, finally, they would reach a crossroads...literally, as M.X.E.S. had stopped at a fork in the road. A simple left and right path, with no Phantom Virus in sight...
They looked both ways, brows furrowing as they looked for them. They knew he got a lead on them, but there was no way he had gotten that far! Looking around, they soon spotted what seemed to be a hefty person in a winter coat, with black gloves and boots, turned away from them.
Perfect...the program choppily moved towards them, about to raise a finger--only for the figure to point down the left road. "He went that way dearie." an effeminate voice would answer them before they could ask.
The Virus looked down that way--and yep, they could see a building that actually had lights on within. An affirmative crackle escaped the mostly silent rabbit, as they set down to follow their prey. An easy catch...
However, as they left...they figure would toss off their hood, revealing themself to be none other than the Phantom Virus yet again! A mocking cackle escaped him at his successful dupe, only for him to turn around and run down the right street. They had a plan to set up!
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Trivia[]
- The connection between these combatants is that they’re viral beings with a lightning them that were created by young yet ingenious inventors who try to ward off anyone who tries to interface with their systems, with the key to ending them being 10 items with major code in the system (10 Parent Nodes, 10 Scooby Snacks goals). But while the Phantom Virus was made to hack and ruin the system, MXES was made to stop a viral threat.
- The name of the battle soundtrack would be 'Going Harewire!', a pun based both on the Phantom Virus’ habit of making tech go wild and MXES’ rabbit theme. The track art would be of the MXES’ head with lightning bolts replacing the ears, lines of code trying to gnaw at it from the sides as lightning bolts based on MXES’ arm connectors shatter them.
- The battle would be 2D Sprite animated with Hand Drawn Elements.