On the other side of the forest, both Stephanie and Kaelan continued to tirelessly haul Gerald and Xavier on their backs. "Sorry we got here so late, we weren't expecting our altitude to be that high!" Kaelan apologized. A weak smile stretched across Gerald's face, his head turning straight up towards the cloudy sky. "I'm just happy to hear that everyone pulled through the fight alive."
About 300 feet away from them, a loud rustling sound could be heard travelling through the forest right in Team Pyron's direction. The middle-aged man with red hair causing all this ruckus held a futuristic-like gun that held an unusual red substance within the cartridges, illuminating the path beyond him. "This commotion is getting on my LAST NERVE!" he complained, jumping straight off a cliff that revealed the meaning behind everything. "Wait," he thought to himself, tightening the grip on his gun. Right as he landed in the lower part of the forest, he noticed Stephanie and Kaelan walking right in his direction.
"Take one more step, and I'll shoot you until you DIE!" he fearfully exclaimed, lifting his gun towards them with shaking hands. "Tell me what you did to the forest, NOW!"
"Are you an idiot!?" Kaelan exclaimed, kicking the gun straight out of his hands. "Our friends are trying to get Pyron out of the forest right now, and you're just getting in our way!" The redhead fell right to his knees as if Kaelan had punched him right in the chest, scrunching his face in his hands. "Please don't hurt me, I'm sorry!"
Without warning, Xavier slid right off of Stephanie's back and picked his body up, walking right towards the redhead and placing his hand on his shoulder. "By any chance, are you from the city of Damage Control?"
Volume 13, Chapter 29 - Leader of Diamond City - Forrest Cooper
The gun the redhead had been holding to threaten Team Pyron was a weapon manufactured in Damage Control, a Nahatan city in the far east known for having the weakest power level among any nation in the country. A mysterious mutation that modified the qualities of the average human body had spread across the country and its citizens, but no progress has been made in finding a cure due to its ability to only infect people from their city alone. This forbade the use of energy among the citizens, encouraging them to use weapons like high-tech plasma guns (like the redhead had been holding) in order to continue hunting entities within the city. Interested in the gun he had been holding, Gerald glanced at the red, jelly-like substance that flowed through the cartridges. "Oh, so NOW YOU CAN WALK!?" Kaelan angrily screamed. "Forrest went after Pyron with the Great Armor, which means we aren't going to be able to leave until the forest is secured," Stephanie told everyone, noticing that her words made Gerald's expression even more passionate than before. "FORREST FLEW THROUGH THE SKY WITH THE GREAT ARMOR? THATS SO BADAS-" Stephanie's fist slammed right onto Gerald's head, causing him to fall against the ground. "Come on, don't act like Samantha!" he muttered, lifting his body up from the ground and focusing back on the redhead. "The power in the direction of the battlefield just spiked!" Kaelan announced to everyone, instantly shifting the vibe to suspenseful. "Just a little more time, and the battle's going to be over…"
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Forrest stretched both of his hands up into the air, his body nearly falling over due to the sudden buff the muscles across his arms and legs had received. "So this is one of the four most dangerous pristine entities the world has to offer," he said to himself. "Hell, it feels good to be back in the epicenter of absolute chaos and high tension!" he celebrated. A vivid memory of him and King Raja of Death Desert going head-to-head against each other had resurfaced, bringing a smile of joy wider than anyone had seen upon his face before. "Not only protecting my friends, but protecting my city, my childhood, AND MY COUNTRY!" he exclaimed, releasing a tremendous amount of energy that began to overflow inside his muscles. "I can't tell if that idiot is busy partying or actually trying to get Pyron out of here!" Itama told Kevin, resisting the force of the wind that tirelessly attempted to blow his body in the same direction. A few seconds had passed, and Forrest was visible once again to Kevin and Itama - they had seen his blonde hair that now slithered down his neck, his muscles now two times larger than they were before, and the uncontrollable smile of excitement and determination plastered across his face. "Under the training of King Raja, I was able to embrace a new form of muscle!"
Excitedly, a chuckle escaped Kevin's mouth. "Let's hope the name is better than last t-"
"SUPER DUPER MUSCLE MAN!"
Pyron's ruthless reaction was too fast for Kevin to react - multiple meteors soared straight at Forrest as if he was witnessing the end of the world. With no fear in his eyes, he leaped straight up into the air and bent his right fist back. "YOU THINK A PIECE OF ROCK WITH FIRE IS GOING TO STOP ME!? NOT A CHANCE!" he screamed, piercing straight through the rock that easily outmatched the Cataclysmic Fireball in height. He focused his sight back on Pyron, using the energy stored in his legs to increase his flying time. "I'm no longer just a random government employee of Diamond City!" he continued.. "I AM NOW FORREST COOPER, ONE OF THE FOUR LEADERS OF NAHATA!"