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Hell’s Prison, Remains of a Hidden Laboratory
mad Xx:
‘This scenario looks way too familiar for my liking...’
The man thought to himself as he kneeled over shards of broken glass. He had “hitched” an airship ride with the police. Luckily for him, no one knew he was a stowaway during the flight. Unluckily for him, One of the Police Officers happened to be a source of annoyance for him in the past. He was carefully evading the police to do his own investigating.
‘Whatever was in this bottom chamber definitely wasn’t a happy...thing, whatever it was. The size of these foot prints and the fact that they dented the floor itself points out just how massive and heavy it must be. The scent is unfamiliar to me...but it’s not a Gear. What the hell is it? And where did it go...?’
He had been so entangled in his thoughts he hadn’t noticed someone stealthily sneak up behind him until the last moment. He instantly dove to the left as a sharp blade cut the ground he was once at. He rolled and got up to a standing position.
“I’ve found you, b*****d.”
That deep, but still feminine voice was instantly recognized by the man. He knew the women who was trying to cleave his head in two. She wore a traditional white Japanese kimono, which had been warred down by constant travel, and revealed a fair amount of cleavage to hang out. Her red hair which bordered on pink colored, was tied into a high pony tail. One peach colored eye glared dangerously at him from behind the bangs of hair that fell in her face.
“DIE!”
With a fierce battle cry she rushed in his direction, her katana being drawn from her sheath at amazing speed. The man side stepped the slash barely.
“Hold...”
Before he could say more, she had spun in a full circle to deliver a powerful horizontal slash that he barely jumped out of the way from. Her sword was sheathed again as she rushed him, slashing out with another horizontal attack. Growling in slight annoyance, his left arm left his side, a robustly designed rectangular short sword gripped in his hand. He met her attack with his own blade, sending sparks flying as metal struck metal. The two held their positions as their swords pushed against one another. When she saw the design his sword, her one good eye widened in surprise before narrowing in anger.
“That’s...your Sol Badguy!”
She declared hotly, stepping back and sheathing her blade. Sol, as she had called him, put his own sword to his side, using his right hand to remove the cloak from his figure.
“And your that Japanese b***h, Baiken. Can’t tell who your enemies are or something?”
He retorted in his same lazy drawl, like he didn’t feel like speaking completely. He was quite a bit taller than the woman in front of him. His handsome tanned face was half covered by a thick piece of red colored metal that had many scrapes and chips in it’s surface and shaded his eyes from view. “ROCK YOU” was carved along the front of it as it stayed on his forehead, strapped by leather belts that went around his entire head. His spiky chocolate brown hair framed around his head, and a mass of chocolate hair ran down along his back because he had been to lazy to tie the long hair up that time. The same could be said about the red half jacket he wore, which was also unstrapped. He wore a long sleeved black shirt that had a cross of leather belts going around it over his muscular body and wasn’t tucked in, another sign of laziness. His faded white jeans where kept on his slim waist by a double leather belt that had a ridiculously large metal buckle etched with the word “FREE” on it, though it was mostly kept hidden under his shirt.
“Your clothes are a little different, but you’re the same old Badguy I remember.”
Baiken said, taking a pipe hidden under the folds of her kimono and putting it to her lips. She was crippled, with only one arm and one eye. A tattoo had been put around her good eye, while her other eye had a heavy scar over it. Although she was originally right handed in her youth, Baiken became exceedingly proficient with her left and only arm she now had. Sol growled lowly as he tapped his blade to his left side, and his right fingerless gloved hand went into the pocket of his jeans.
“You’ve got a lot of nerve trying to attack me, b***h.”
He said, his voice carrying an angry tone. Baiken shrugged carelessly.
“I thought you were That Man. Be more careful when choosing your state of dress.”
She said simply. Sol moved his neck from side to side, earning audible popping sounds. His head lifted, showing his mismatched pair of eyes to her, the left one gold while the right one was crimson.
“Bite me.”
He muttered, grabbing a pack of cigarettes from his back pocket. He took one in his mouth, before bringing his sword up to the tip of the cigarette. Using flame magic to heat the blade of his sword, Fire Seal, the cigarette soon lit, and the blade was then held at Sol’s side again as the blade cooled instantly.
“Besides, your not getting your arm on That b*****d. I am.”
Sol stated as he exhaled smoke from his mouth and nostrils.
“Oh?”
Baiken muttered as her hand went from holding her pipe to holding her sheath, where her thumb came forward to lift the katana from its sheath ever so slightly to reveal a bit of the blade.
“And are you willing to stake your life on that statement?”
She said with a serious voice as her lips pursed into a thin line. Sol’s face mirrored her’s.
“Are you?”
He countered back. That was all the incentive she needed to spit out her pipe and lunge for him again. Sol’s eyes narrowed as he brought his sword up to deflect her incoming overhead strike, and attacked with a sweeping slash of his blade, which Baiken was able to block as she swiftly brought the hilt of her sword down on his weapon.
“Sheesh, woman. Quit while your still young.”
Sol muttered, only infuriating her more. She drew her sword from her sheath, thrusting the tip toward Sol’s chest, who swung his sword upward to knock her and her blade aside with the force behind it before countering with a switch bladed motion, grabbing his blade in his right hand. Baiken guarded it barely.
“Youshijin!”
She countered with one of her special techniques as the right sleeve of her kimono hit the floor, making a chained tri bladed disc ricochet off the ground and up at Sol’s head. He bent back, narrowly avoiding the attack, and Baiken pressed on, swiftly getting up to slash at his right side while he had momentarily been occupied by her other attack. Sol’s blade was still in his right hand, and he brought it up to guard against her. The chained blade retracted into her sleeve.
“Perceptive as always, Badguy.”
She grunted as her blade pushed against his. Sol smirked.
“Have to keep myself alive somehow. Fafnir!”
He pushed her off him, taking a giant step towards her direction as his blade was tossed back to his left hand, his right fist being covered in a gauntlet of flames. He came forward with a vicious punch that she was able to defend, but left her staggering from the impact of his fist hitting against her blade.
“Stop, the both of you!”
Sol and Baiken retracted to a respectable distance. Sol’s expression turned annoyed with the recognition of the voice that halted them.
“Why are you two here at the scene of a crime?”
Asked the blonde haired young man with an almost boyish face. His white shirt was shoulderless, the sleeves held to the shirt by leather straps which ran horizontally against the shirt, while more ran vertically down the center, similar to Sol’s black shirt. Unlike Sol, it was neatly tucked into the white jeans that were held by a similar type of belt like Sol’s, but engraved with the word “HOPE”. A light blue long sword was sheathed at his left hip.
‘Great...why did I waste time fighting with that woman when I knew the boy was going to come down here sooner or later...’
Sol thought to himself as he yawned in a bored fashion.
“I’m leaving.”
Baiken said calmly and walked past the young Police Officer. His right arm came up to block her path.
“You’re a witness who must be brought under custody.”
The Officer confirmed. Baiken stared sullenly into his turquoise colored eyes.
“No, Sir Ky, you get out of my way or I cut you down to size.”
She threatened. Ky sighed.
“Look, I’m only doing my job. Please refrain from any physical violence and come with me.”
He told her as politely as possible. She drew her sword in a mighty arc, forcing Ky to evade, and then she rushed past him.
“Wait!”
Ky grabbed the hilt of his sword, looking about ready to follow her. He unsheathed the blade in a fluid motion, turning to aim it at Sol, however.
“Fine. I can let the other officers detain her, but you Sol will answer to me.”
Ky said firmly. Sol sighed.
“Great...lucky me. Get out of my way, boy.”
Sol threatened, but Ky held his ground.
“No. You’re the one who seems to have all the answers. I want to know why you’re here in one of the Bureau’s uncharted laboratories. And what about the huge imprints in the ground? Is it a Megadeath classed Gear?”
Ky asked, his stance unwavering.
“Close your eyes to all this and go away.”
Sol said in the casual and usual bored slur in his tone. Ky’s eyes narrowed dangerously. His weapon, Thunder Seal, sister blade to the Fire Seal, began to crackle with electricity.
“You always tell me to do that...but it can’t be done. I refuse to pretend I haven’t seen the things that I have. You will give me the answers to my questions Sol, by force if necessary.”
Ky stated in a serious tone that left no room for argument. The fact that he was blocking the only exit helped matters in keeping Sol contained, for the time being. Sol spat out the nearly spent cigarette to the floor, stomping it out under his heel. The Fire Seal tapped against his side lightly, and his right thumb hooked into his pocket, with his fingers tapped against his leg in a slow rhythm, signaling his lack of enthusiasm. Ky brought his sword over his head as his legs widened an equal distance apart, and his left hand was held in front of him. The two waited for a tense few moments before charging at one another.
“Stun Dipper!”
Ky slid across the ground, foot first.
“Flame Dipper!”
Sol retaliated with a unique forward slide of his own, his elbow intercepting Ky’s foot. Ky stopped, leaning forward to deliver a lightning charged sweeping slash at Sol, who went to his left side and kicked out with his right foot in a large arc, his foot sending a trail of fire with the movement. Foot and blade connected, canceling each other out.
“Crescent Slash!”
Ky performed an inverted frontal flip to strike Sol with the Thunder Seal as it came up, but Sol hopped up into the air, revolving in a circle as his right foot went high up.
“Bandit Revolver!”
Sol slammed his flame charged foot against the crackling energy of Ky’s attack, further putting the two in a stand still. Both kicked off from one another, dashing back in the air.
“Stun Edge!”
Ky swung his blade horizontally, making a boomerang shape lightning projectile lance out from the blade propelling him higher into the air as the projectile headed towards Sol.
“Gun Flame!”
Sol sent a fire ball out of his glowing red sword to intercept Ky’s Stun Edge. The two landed on the ground quickly, and Ky quickly dashed towards him, his feet hovering slightly off the ground.
“Ride The Lightning!”
A sphere of electricity surrounded Ky as he came forward at Sol.
“Tyrant Rave!”
Sol sped off in Ky’s direction, a shield of fire in front of him. Fire and lightning cancelled one another and to Ky’s surprise, Sol went flying past him, landing towards the bottom of the stairs that led to the exit. Sol only looked back briefly at Ky’s feet where the remains of his red cloak lay scattered in pieces of fabric from when Ky ran it over with his attack.
“Damn, and I actually liked that one. Oh well, see ya boy.”
Sol said rushing back up the stairs.
“SOL!”
Ky was not too far behind. Sol spotted some officers near the entrance who tried stopping him, but Sol merely hopped over all of them before rushing off again. Ky did the same, stopping when he landed, his left arm turning in a full circle, creating a lightning ring with his index and middle finger tips.
“Sacred Edge!”
The ring shrank into a ball before being tossed in Sol’s direction, turning into a massive holy inscribed translucent blade of pure lightning. Sol turned his head to see the blade coming closer and closer. Wasting little time, Sol spun in a complete circle, gathering energy. Upon facing the blade, Sol planted the Fire Seal deep within the earth.
“Savage Fang!”
The ground ripped apart as a mighty spiral of flame erupted from the ground to engulf the lightning blade. To Sol’s slight surprise, Ky had jumped through the giant explosion and had his sword reeled back, before bringing it down with tremendous force against Sol’s head, only the bounty hunter had struck out with his own attack, his blade crossing with Ky’s sword. Ky landed behind him, spinning around to deliver a two handed horizontal slash to Sol’s back, but Sol, twisted his body back, slashing downward with an odd but effectively angled overhead chop that deflected Ky’s attack. Sol now fully faced Ky, as the younger man rushed him. Their blades met in a flurry of slashes and thrusts, both at equal speed and power. Ky was getting frustrated, knowing Sol to be using his typical pattern of holding back by striking with attacks of similar strength to ware Ky down as each blow intercepted the next. Ky struck with a massive low sweep of his blade then, forcing Sol to leap into the air to avoid it. This is what Ky wanted as he finished his large swing, his left hand touching the ground and his form kneeling slightly, Thunder Seal held high above him.
“Aces High!”
Ky lept into the air towards Sol, performing a vertical version of his Ride The Lightning. Sol put up a defensive barrier as he was force to rise higher and higher. Soon The sphere of electricity dispersed as Ky slashed out, spinning full circle before finishing with a mighty overhead chop, Thunder Seal leaving a long trail of florescent light following the attack. To Ky’s surprise, he hadn’t realized Sol put up the barrier as his own attack propelled Sol above him. Sol removed the barrier, smirking down at Ky.
“Nice trick you learned there. Guess I’ll show you one, too.”
Sol said as his fist reeled back. Flames began raging against his palm, engulfing his entire arm almost. Almost carelessly, Sol hurled a giant fire ball down at Ky’s direction as he descended, making Sol ascend a little bit by the force of the attack he used. Ky erected his own barrier as the large ball of flames struck him, making him descend faster. Upon reaching the ground and seeing the fire ball sink under his feet, Ky almost removed the barrier until he saw red heat glow along the ground. A chain reaction of explosions occurred from underground, forcing Ky back, almost tripping on his own feet. When it was finally over, Ky lowered his barrier, tired from the exertion he had to force to keep the barrier erected.
“Damn...he got away.”
Ky muttered as he kneeled to the ground, Thunder Seal impaling it as he used the sword for support.
“Master Ky, are you alright?”
That had been his butler, Bernard speaking to him. A young girl also strayed behind the butler. Ky simply nodded to the two of them.
“Don’t worry about me. But did you see where he went?”
Ky asked hopefully Bernard shook his head, but the girl nodded shyly to him.
“He went in that direction. Please don’t be too harsh on him.”
She pleaded. This was Solaria who, a few years back, was meant to become the next free willed Gear with the ability to command others of her kind. The shady Blackard Company in London tried to manipulate her for their purposes, but it had been Sol who saved her and left her to Ky’s protection within the International Police Force after Ky killed the President of the company. Ky nodded, smiling at her innocent demeanor.
“Don’t worry. Go back with the others so you’ll be safe, Solaria. I just want to ask him a few questions.”
Ky told her. The girl smiled and nodded. Ky turned to Bernard.
“Have the others report back and tell them I’m continuing for further investigating.”
Ky ordered him.
“Please be careful, Master Ky. He is formidable, though you know that better than me, I’m sure.”
Bernard said. Ky smiled.
“Don’t worry too much, you two. I’ll be off now.”
Ky turned and began heading in Sol’s direction.
‘The Bureau may be involved with a Megadeath classed Gear. If that’s the case, I’ve got to stop them at all costs. Yet, if it was a Gear, it wasn’t in their control. Could there really be a Megadeath classed gear with it’s own free will on the loose. Something like that can’t be handled alone, not even by Sol. I must hurry!’
:* We will continue on *:
 Mariah_Silvermane · Thu Apr 26, 2007 @ 07:45pm · 0 Comments |
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