Snyder stared out of shock, as the fading smoke revealed the mysterious figure that'd just arrived. He was shocked to have seen his energy blast deflected so easily.
"This must be my lucky day." The old man smirked, sliding the cigarette back into his mouth "The powerful beings usually don't show up."
"Who the hell are you?" Ariella quickly asked him.
"I'm referred to as Master Merge." He muttered, raising his head with a deep sigh "Pleased to meet you, but that Lyrax is coming with me." The Lyrax behind him started groaning, and it forced its way up "So you're not dead." Master Merge turned to face the Lyrax "Everything's going to be okay. Why? Because I'm here."
"I've got a bad feeling about this guy." Sebastian whispered over to Ariella.
"Yeah me too. His name reminds me of Reborn. He might be one of them." Trevor thought out loud.
"What d'you mean by, 'that Lyrax is coming with me.'?" Ariella asked him, confidently.
"It simply means I'll be taking the Lyrax along with me." He smirked, and breathed out a lot of smoke.
"I'm sorry but if you're not a Terminator or an Agent, we can't do that." Trevor told him, boldly.
"Well, thing's I'm not asking." The old man suddenly activated a deep, purple aura to surround his body.
Ariella, Snyder, and Trevor all frowned with gritted teeth, and clenched their fists.
"What?" Sebastian asked, confused "Isn't that Terminating energy?"
"No. That's Lyrax energy." Snyder muttered "He must be an S rated Lyrax. I could sense it the moment he arrived."
"Seriously?!" Sebastian gasped "I'm calling for back up."
"In the mean time, Trevor, Snyder." Ariella called and Trevor and Snyder both nodded "We'll restrain him."
"Restrain me? Don't make me laugh." Merge spat the cigarette out from his mouth to the ground "And you." He turned to the Lyrax who'd for some reason, retained his calm state ever since Merge's arrival "Don't worry. You don't have to help. Just watch."
"We'll be taking that Lyrax with us by hook or crook." Ariella said, surrounding her fist with Terminating energy.
"No you won't." Merge smirked, clenching his fist.
"Water manipulation technique, frozen jail!" Snyder screamed, pressing his palms against the ground.
Numerous, point projections of ice suddenly elevated from the ground and surrounded Merge, trapping him in the process.
Merge just sighed, and stretched both his arms. The ice that surrounded him immediately burst away, and there was a minor surge. Merge gasped when Trevor appeared above him, with his leg swinging towards his head.
Trevor managed to land his leg, and there was a huge blast of red energy from his leg that hit Merge and caused an explosion.
"That should do it." Trevor smirked, landing right beside Ariella.
After some seconds, Trevor realised he'd spoke too soon. The smoke had cleared, but Master Merge just stood still, unharmed.
"Hmm. It seems I underestimated you. Your energy is almost on the level of an A rated Terminator." He scratched his grey, hippy beard "No matter. Your power is still inconsequential compared to mine."
Sebastian stood a distance away from their fight and just observed. At this point, sweat rolled down his cheeks and he couldn't even understand why. His arms trembled, and he could barely stand.
