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Chapter 12: The Blues Practice |
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Sky, The Megaton, Ultimate Heavy Class Mecha Transporting Zeppian Airship
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Dizzy really didn’t want to fight, but Testament always did bring up the most valid points. A.B.A was no exception to the rule either, because with something as dangerous as Leopaldon involved, little to no risks could be tolerated. Dizzy donned her battle black leather suit upon transformation and now stood in front of A.B.A calmly. A.B.A was simply clutching onto Paracelus, but a few spots of blood began to wet parts of A.B.A’s clothing.
‘Okay. Undine I don’t mind so much, but you Necro, need to restrain yourself. I won’t have you injuring her unnecessarily, understand?’
Dizzy ordered telepathically of her black wing.
‘This girl doesn’t deserve to feel my complete, undiluted wrath. I will be laughing when she trips and falls over the ridiculous axe.’
Necro said in an arrogant fashion. Undine sighed.
‘Here we go again. Why do you always have to be so sexist towards females? She might be more powerful then you think. And me and Dizzy will be here to laugh at you when you get floored...well, I’m not sure about Dizzy, but I know I will.’
Undine responded. Necro became angry. Dizzy interrupted, not wanting them to engage in a pointless inner fight.
‘Please! Start getting along or I won’t be able to concentrate. Just don’t go all out, because we don’t know what she’s capable of.’
Dizzy ordered. Luckily, her systems were being more compliant with her for the most part since the previous few days. Now that some order was restored Dizzy spoke to A.B.A.
“Whenever your ready, we’ll begin.”
She said. A.B.A nodded.
“Okay...”
She said. A.B.A dashed forward, not being able to move very quickly due to Paracelus’s weight. Dizzy was not too far away, however, and A.B.A used Paracelus’s long reach, swinging in a wide arc as she hauled the giant axe through the air. Dizzy was quite surprised by the speed of the slash, and jumped back nimbly to avoid being cut down as A.B.A’s motion completed in a full circle before Paracelus fell heavily to the deck. Dizzy decided to go into offense, and sped towards A.B.A, planning to use only a light amount of attacks which hopefully A.B.A could defend herself against. Before she was even within arm’s reach, however, A.B.A hefted Paracelus on her shoulders, before throwing him in front of her as he came down in a cleaving motion. Necro intervened, showing up to intercept Paracelus’s edge with a miniature axe of his own. Both A.B.A and Dizzy jumped back from one another. A.B.A touched ground first, and dashed in low as she dragged Paracelus.
“Erase!”
A.B.A kicked off of Paracelus’s shaft, her foot coming out in a scissor like kick as she spun in the air. Dizzy caught A.B.A’s foot in mid air, but before she could do anything else, A.B.A pulled Paracelus up with her, tossing it down at Dizzy, who then had to let go of A.B.A’s foot to catch Paracelus by the shaft. Dizzy was surprised by the how heavy Paracelus really was in her grip, her Gear strength barely allowing her to keep him lifted. A.B.A used her momentum to flip over Dizzy’s head, before pulling forcefully on the chain, and Paracelus went up in the air with Dizzy, going over A.B.A. Dizzy released Paracelus and jumped out from under him before he could crush her against the deck. Paracelus fell with a bang, but A.B.A quickly brought him up back towards her.
“Evade!”
A.B.A cut her wrist along Paracelus’s blade, however, the small streak of blood was inlaid with runic symbols, and became a mobile projectile, being shot towards Dizzy as she was descending.
“Skull Crusher!”
Dizzy had been shocked at first, but her reflexes took over and with Undine’s help, created a lightning blade from her palm that shot towards the sphere of blood, destroying it before it could hit her when she landed.
“Wow! You’re amazing, A.B.A.”
Dizzy commented. A small blush appeared on A.B.A.’s cheeks. May and April, along with some other on lookers on board simply kept staring in shock. Testament nodded, though in only slight approval.
“Be a little more serious now, Dizzy. We clearly can see that she has the capacity to wield her axe efficiently, but now we must see if she has the endurance to last in a long battle.”
Testament said. Dizzy agreed with this. A.B.A did an amazing job of balancing speed and power all while hefting the heavy Paracelus around. Now it had to be determined if she could keep it up for a set period of time.
“If that’s okay A.B.A, I won’t hold back quite as much then.”
Dizzy said, wanting to give A.B.A a chance to refuse if she wanted to.
“Alright.”
A.B.A confirmed, getting back into her battle stance. Dizzy decided to start off and came forward, leaning forward as Undine appeared and brought a small blade coming from her blue palm. A.B.A shifted her weight and turned so her back, and Paracelus, was there to absorb impact. A.B.A swiftly countered as Undine retracted, swaying forward and making Paracelus come at Dizzy head first. The half gear brought up her fore arm to prevent from getting head butted by the giant axe. A.B.A swayed back, and Dizzy retaliated as her nails extended out into a claws. A.B.A kicked out with her left foot, halting Dizzy’s progress.
“Eliminate!”
A.B.A came forward boldly, swinging her arm downward as her hand became engulfed in a strange red aura. Dizzy defended by bringing Undine to shield her right before A.B.A could make contact. A.B.A’s hand scraped against the wing, but she continued moving forward as her hand came back up from it’s descent.
“Obliterate!”
Her arm swung out horizontally, still swept in it’s red aura, but Dizzy still guarded. A.B.A’s hand fluidly came back to touch the chain the was connected to Paracelus. With both arms, A.B.A sent Paracelus crashing forward from behind as he became engulfed in the spiraling red aura that had been on her hand previously.
“Convict!”
Paracelus came forward head first, and Dizzy quickly took to the air as he descended. Once his head made contact with the deck, the entire ship rumbled slightly as the aura left him, startling everyone who was on or in the ship. A.B.A quickly dislodged him from where he splintered the floor, and jumped up towards Dizzy.
“Destroy Evidence!”
Paracelus spawned miniature duplicates of himself that spun around A.B.A to form both a protective and destructive shield as she sped towards Dizzy. The half Gear dashed away from A.B.A as she came closer. Dizzy landed first and retaliated with quick reflexes.
“Imperial Ray!”
Dizzy sent out pillars of fire rising up from the ground to strike A.B.A as she descended and sent backwards, finally depositing after the seventh explosion back onto the deck. A.B.A got up again, coughing slightly. Parts of her clothing were charred black, and other parts had been torn off. Yet, after dusting herself off, A.B.A assumed a battle stance once more. Dizzy noticed A.B.A’s breathing seemed more labored, and more blood than usual was pooling around her body. Worried, she decided to stop the match.
“It was short, but I think you did very good A.B.A. I’ll help bandage you up, okay?”
Dizzy offered. However, A.B.A shook her head.
“I can still fight.”
A.B.A said softly. Dizzy was still not very convinced.
“But...”
Before Dizzy could say anything more, Faust entered on the scene.
“Don’t worry too much, Dizzy. A.B.A knows her limitations pretty well. She’ll let you know when she’s truly ready to stop.”
Faust answered.
“But...well, if you say so.”
Dizzy said reluctantly, but complied with A.B.A’s wish to continue to spar. The two fought and traded blows for about another hour more before A.B.A showed serious sighs of fatigue and declined to fight any further for the day. Dizzy led A.B.A off the deck to get bandaged up, and May and April followed them since they had a lack of anything better to do. This left Testament alone with Faust.
“Your patient is very good at balancing the load of that giant weapon of her’s. I admit that I am surprised she lasted quite so long even with Dizzy holding back as much as she did.”
Testament stated, turning to watch the sky.
“Yes, A.B.A is quite skilled, isn’t she? Of course, she’s holding back as well. I wonder at how amazing it would be if both of them fought at full strength without reserve.”
Faust said, putting a hand to his chin in thought.
“So, that was not the depth of her true power? Explain yourself, doctor.”
Testament said, his tone becoming intrigued. Faust chuckled.
“When her unique blood combines with the blood of other humanoid organisms, her strength increases vastly. Her creator was quite ingenious with the design of using her blood in a transfusion to give her more strength. Of course, with her incomplete state, she isn’t without her flaws. She’ll bleed more than normal in that state, meaning she won’t be able to maintain herself for very long. But her power usually means she doesn’t need long to decimate any opposing forces anyway and she can even transform excess human blood she’s obtained into her own to heal herself, so in the end, the ability still has more beneficial uses then negative drawbacks.”
Faust explained.
‘So...that girl can transfuse her blood with others to gain more power...a strange method, but who ever designed her obviously had a distinctly different way of thinking...”
Testament rested his hand against the railing, but his thoughts were interrupted when he touched something soft. He looked down to see Janice peering up at him, or more precisely, the raven on his shoulder.
“Silly cat. Don’t even think of taking this bird.”
Testament ordered softly. He didn’t even know why he was talking to an animal. Janice complied, however, and curled up again and went to resting back on the railing as Testament stroked her fur.
‘I think I’m rubbing off a little too much from Dizzy...’
Testament thought to himself, shaking his head. He continued to bask in the near complete silence of the deck. Inside the infirmary, Dizzy, May, and April were bandaging A.B.A up. Dizzy because she was entrusted with the task by Faust, May and April were doing it, again, because there was a lack of anything else for them to do on the ship.
“I’ve been thinking...maybe we should get A.B.A some clothing. I mean, every time we see her, she looks like a mummy from those ancient crappy black and white horror films Johnny likes to watch so much.”
April suggested. Luckily, the fight had gotten A.B.A’s mind off of her motion sickness, so for the time being she seemed as if she would be okay. Dizzy had nodded, seeing as the only thing A.B.A really did have on was a small metal belt with a large black key on it around her thin waist and the small black glove with a red metal piece attached to it on her left hand. She wasn’t sure weather or not the key in A.B.A’s head could be considered as a clothing design or not. A.B.A didn’t have any under clothing either, and relied only on the bandages to cover up her dignity. Dizzy had wanted to ask A.B.A for a while now if she was comfortable walking around like that for a long time now, but unsure if it would be appropriate.
“A.B.A, is there a particular reason you only wear bandages?”
Dizzy finally asked after much debate in her head. A.B.A looked at her oddly.
“It’s to help stop the bleeding of course.”
Paracelus spoke for her. Dizzy shook her head.
“Uh...that wasn’t quite what I meant. I mean, does A.B.A only wear bandages or can she put on regular clothing as well?”
Dizzy said, making her question more clear.
“Oh...well, I actually don’t know why she doesn’t wear normal clothes over her bandages...She was only in a few bandages actually when she found me in the wilderness. After she collapsed and was found by Dr. Faust, she was brought back to Frasco and we never left since. We’ve been in there for quite a while now and I paid little mind to the fact that A.B.A was practically naked, so it was natural that the doctor pay us a visit to simply reapply bandages, run some tests, and analyze her conditions. I’m sorry.”
Paracelus said, lowering his head shamefully for not being much help. A.B.A seemed lost to the conversation, maybe from some of the blood loss from the fight earlier, but simply patted the giant axe on the back of the head comfortably.
“Don’t worry about it, Paracelus. Let me find Dr. Faust then. May, April, please watch over her a bit. She seems a bit disoriented.”
Dizzy informed before leaving to look for Faust. He was found near the back of the deck. He was flying close to the ship, an umbrella in his hand, screaming out a bunch of weird things that Dizzy couldn’t make out what to be. Faust caught sight of Dizzy and landed beside her.
“Hello. Is something the matter?”
Faust asked, concerned it might have something to do with A.B.A. Which it did.
“Um... Dr. Faust I was wondering if A.B.A can wear normal clothes.”
Dizzy asked. Faust looked thoughtful, his head turning in an inhuman angle. He was now looking at her with his head turned upside down.
“Well, she can, but she’d just get them dirty again. The only pieces of clothes I found at Frasco was this strange shirt.”
He said, his head spinning like a top before it went back to normal, and he procured the strange shirt from his coat. It was only two pieces of faded white colored denim kept together loosely by long red strings. He handed it to Dizzy.
“This is it all you found there?”
Dizzy asked. Faust kept rummaging in his coat, before pulling out a skirt of the same material with a black trim.
“Oh yeah...there was this skirt, and I think one more thing...”
Faust said as he kept up his search.
“Here we go. Some shoes. Usually it’s easier to bandage her up without too much clothing on, though. But if you feel she must have at least something, then try those.”
Faust said. Dizzy looked puzzled.
“She never objected to you...you know, seeing her like that when she was getting new bandages?”
Dizzy hadn’t realized it before, but since Faust had been A.B.A’s doctor, that meant for a while now, he would have to physically undress her and then put new bandages on. Which meant he could sexually assault A.B.A if he really wanted to. But then again, A.B.A was very tough, so maybe she fended him off? Faust clasped each of Dizzy’s shoulders, making her have to look up at him.
“I know what your implying and what you think, Dizzy. But please know that I never did anything to intentionally hurt A.B.A. Ever. Please know that. She and you are quite the same. Both wielding the body of an adult, yet still retaining the innocence of a child, and sought after because of the tremendous powers you both contain. There are many out there who would do you both harm, but please believe me when I say that I’m not one them.”
Faust eye was always unreadable, and it was only this day did Dizzy ever hear such a serious sounding voice coming from Faust. She could detect waves of sadness radiating off of him. Before she could speak further, Faust turned away from her, taking his umbrella and flying off to hover near the airship again, but was a bit further off now. Dizzy sighed sadly.
‘I’m sorry doctor...’
She wanted to say, but he was too far away for her to call him. She felt bad now, because she hurt his feelings by doubting his trust. Faust was one of those rare doctors who still cared for the well beings of their patients over themselves and the large sum of money usually given to them for their services. Heck, Faust was a traveling doctor who did almost every kind of treatment for free. Dizzy walked off mournfully, hoping Faust would allow her to apologize later on. Faust watched her go.
‘It’s not your fault, Dizzy. My own guilt simply manifested itself physically there for a brief flickering moment. You and A.B.A are like her...that poor child who I could not save...I know it was all a set up, but it still does not change the fact that I failed a patient...that I failed the world by losing my faith and becoming a merciless killer...that I was not so different from those Gears I had at one time loathed. That I had been a weakling and a coward...’
Faust kept floating amongst the clouds, thinking back to the cruel past that thrust him into an even crueler nightmare, and spat him out again with only one more thing to do with his life. Atone.
:ToBeContinued:
 Mariah_Silvermane · Wed Apr 16, 2008 @ 09:14pm · 0 Comments |
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