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~Chapter 6~ Home Sweet Grave |
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Sky, May-Ship
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Leopaldon advanced on Sol, striking at the bounty hunter with a downward slash to Sol’s head. Sol simply brought the Fire Seal up as blade met claw, showering sparks as they connected. Sol retaliated with a swipe of his blade, which had been intercepted by Leopaldon’s claws. The two continued to trade blows with one another, Leopaldon’s attack coming out with precision, but Sol’s coming out lazily, as if it didn’t matter.
“Your not taking this seriously, are you?”
The armored man said to Sol, who just smirked.
“No, not really.”
Sol answered in his typical deadpan voice. This continued to make Leopaldon’s anger escalate.
“Then we will force you to become serious, arrogant one...”
Leopaldon put more speed and power to its attacks, pushing Sol back a fair distance.
“Killer Note Level One!”
The armored figure brought his left arm up as his right arm hovered over the drum, before bringing his arm down against the drum swiftly. He kept drumming out a tune as Leopaldon mimicked, turning the air into a sphere of energy that replicated the sounds of the drum. The massive ball was hurled in Sol’s direction.
“Fine, have it your way. Grand Viper!”
Sol slid under the massive ball, his body surrounded by a blaze of fire. He was right besides Leopaldon in a few short moments, striking the beast hard in the stomach with his knee as he rose up in the air, striking Leopaldon in the chest wit an uppercut as his sword left a trail of fire spewing from it. The beast grunted as Sol kept rising higher in the air, finally landing behind Leopaldon. Leopaldon sent his fist back at Sol, who backed up to evade the blow as Leopaldon turned full circle to strike with his other paw. Sol guarded, getting pushed back from the impact. Sol then stepped in to deliver a powerful hilt jab to Leopaldon’s side. Leopaldon growled in frustration.
“Back Current!”
The massive beast kneeled down, the armored man leaning forward, hitting his elbows against the drum as a rotten fish was shot from the large maw. It exploded in front of Sol’s face, making the bounty hunter cough and gag at the stench left behind. Leopaldon wasted little time in slashing upward, catching Sol in the chest and tearing his long sleeve shirt and half jacket off his upper body, leaving gaping claw marks against Sol’s chest. Leopaldon struck with the other claw as well, claw marks crossing over the other ones along Sol’s body.
“Super Shake!”
Leopaldon performed the same move done on Testament, making rune covered metal sheets pop out from the floor to lift Sol up in the air.
“Killer Note Level Two!”
Leopaldon sent another ball straight at Sol, but before reaching him, it separated into smaller ones that rammed into Sol individually. To finish on the onslaught, Leopaldon performed its favored technique, mimicking the armored figure’s motions on the drums.
“Perfect Rainbow!”
Sol was engulfed in the powerful beam. Once Leopaldon halted its attack, Sol fell to the deck face first, but righted himself up at the last minute to land on his feet. He chest was lined with numerous cuts, but Sol simply smirked, ignoring the pain. He gave a thumbs up to Leopaldon with his free hand.
“Pretty good.”
Sol commented, but his voice was laced with a bit of sarcasm that didn’t go unnoticed by Leopaldon, angering both the man and the beast further.
“Heh...you think you can do any better against us? Go ahead, we dare you to.”
The man challenged. Sol shrugged.
“It’ll hurt.”
He warned. Before the man could say anything more, Sol went on the offensive.
“Bandit Revolver!”
Sol jumped towards Leopaldon, striking hard against the beast’s chest with his left knee, before twisting in the air to send his right foot connecting with the side of the armored figure’s head. Sol kicked off him, rising higher into the air.
“Gun Flame!”
Sol brought his sword up, hurling a fire ball from its surface to strike the man and his drum again. Sol landed quickly, stepping forward as he reeled his right fist back.
“Fafnir!”
Sol’s fist struck against Leopaldon’s chest with sickening impact, making the beast skid back from the force behind the blow. Sol brought his fist back before implanting his sword into the deck.
“Savage Fang!”
Fire erupted, bursting from the floor to ignite the massive beast in a raging inferno.
“Tyrant Rave!”
Sol came forward again, slamming his right fist into Leopaldon’s side as a crimson sphere shined from his right hand. Sol quickly struck the sphere with his other hand, making it explode loudly, raising into a wall of fire that made Leopaldon fall on its back. Leopaldon recovered, getting back in a standing position and glaring down at the bounty hunter.
“You...your just like HIM...the one who defeated me before...”
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Sky, Unregistered Airship
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Large wings emerged from behind I-No, though they were not actually connected to her back, instead they just hovered close by. I-No began belting out a heavy metal tune of her guitar, and the wings began to glow, almost in resonance to her playing. The spherical ends of her wings began to crackle with magical energy, before unleashing tiny pink hearts encased in translucent golden spheres. The strange magical projectiles began homing in on the Robo-Ky II army, slowly but surely decimating the machines and making them fall to pieces. I-No stopped after a little while, inspecting her handy work.
“Ah, feels good to have taken out all that trash, doesn’t it Raven?”
She said to her pale skinned accomplice. Raven nodded.
“This should do. Hopefully this airship will turn around now.”
Raven agreed. A sound caught their attention and the two ran to the side of the railing.
“Escape pods.”
Raven commented.
“Yep, escape pods.”
I-No repeated as they saw the large scale mobile transport pods fly off.
“Then...who’s controlling the ship?”
Raven asked turning to face I-No. In one of the escape pods, the captain grinned viciously as his finger hovered over a red button on a small device in his hand.
“Farewell.”
He said, pushing the button. The Remains of the Robo-Ky II army on deck began to self-destruct, almost engulfing Raven and I-No in flames. Raven acted quickly, grabbing I-No around the waist and teleporting them both off the deck to hover a safe distance over the airship. What happened next was not expected. Besides the self-destruction of the Robo Kys, the entire ship burst into flames, beginning to fall on the May-ship below, piece by piece.
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“What the hell?”
Johnny said loudly as all heads turned up to the sky. Through the clouds above, pieces of burning metal and debris began to fall. A burning airship began to peek through.
“Oh s**t! We have to get out of here!”
Johnny exclaimed as he rushed towards the inside of the May-Ship.
“This isn’t looking good.”
Ky muttered to himself. Deciding he wanted to live, Ky ran towards the inside of the May-Ship as well.
“Dizzy, we need to escape, come on.”
Testament stated, grasping Dizzy’s wrist. She turned to face him.
“But what about Mr. Badguy?”
She asked in a worried tone. Testament simply shook his head.
“Don’t worry about him. He will manage somehow.”
He reassured her.
‘It won’t be the first time either.’
He thought to himself as Dizzy resisted less and less, deciding to leave Sol behind. Sol himself might have gotten to the escape pods of the May had two familiar figure floated above in the sky not caught his attention. Raven and I-No.
“I KNEW YOU WERE IN ON THIS! GET HIM OUT HERE!”
Sol roared out, but his voice had been drowned out by the explosions. The two airships slowly collided, and the May-Ship tipped over nearly on it’s side. Testament, who had a hold on Dizzy, soon lost his grip as Dizzy was pulled from him roughly, he turned back in shock to see her being dragged by the tail from Leopaldon. While one clawed hand dug into the deck floor, the other grasped firmly around Dizzy’s tail as the giant tried futilely. Dizzy grasped the side of the door frame, her teeth gritted in determination to try and hold on. Sol had left the deck, flying straight for Raven and I-No, but a piece of metal that flew from the Bureau’s airship landed on him, making him fall back to the deck. Before Sol could slip off the tilted May-Ship, his sword plunged into floor to keep himself from falling. He glared at the two servants of That Man’s, though they did not seem to have noticed him at all over the roaring of the engine’s flames. Testament grabbed a hold of Dizzy’s arms, trying to hoist her into the ship without much luck.
“Dizzy...”
He said lowly through clenched teeth as he continued to try pulling her in.
“Testament...”
Dizzy’s eyes were wide with fright. It was almost in slow motion that Testament saw the piece of the door frame Dizzy held break off, and Dizzy was soon falling.
“NO!”
Testament yelled out as he tried to grab hold of her hand. Johnny was there, however, restraining him.
“Come on Testament, we have to go, now!”
He said to the Gear. Testament continued to fight against his hold, but Johnny refused.
“LET GO OF ME!”
Testament screamed out. Johnny growled, bringing his mouth close to Testament’s ear.
“We have to survive. She’ll be down there waiting for us. It happened once, and it will happen again. Are you really going to die here and leave her all alone?”
He whispered angrily. Those words made Testament give in. Wordlessly, he got out of Johnny’s hold and made his way to an escape pod.
‘Don’t you dare die on us, Dizzy.’
Johnny prayed. Outside, Leopaldon fell from the deck, Dizzy still in his hold by the tail. Sol had been too preoccupied until the two servants vanished. Sol turned only to be struck hard against the face as Leopaldon’s body collided into his. Soon, the three were in a free fall with the earth.
‘No...it’s just like before.’
Dizzy thought to herself, as fear welled in her. She still lacked the ability to use her wings to fly. She began to wonder if she’d go berserk because of the extensive damage she had taken from falling off the May-Ship like she did previously in the I-No Incident. Leopaldon had let go of her, its howl echoing across the sky. Two strong arms wrapped around Dizzy unexpectedly, bringing her head to a warm chest. She looked up to see Sol looking back at her as he held her close.
“Don’t worry.”
He said, in an almost comforting tone between a parent and child. Dizzy felt oddly more relieved and comfortable now.
“It’s okay to be scared...just don’t give up.”
He said again. He looked towards the ground as it spun against his vision, Dizzy’s body cradled against his own.
‘s**t...this is going to hurt.’
Sol thought wryly to himself.
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Frasco, mysterious villa isolated in the mountains
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Leopaldon landed near a strange mansion, leaving a massive crater in the ground from his fall. The massive creature climbed out of the hole, hunching over before finally standing.
“Must...find...cold...”
Leopaldon said deeply. The armored man nodded his head sagely as his arms crossed over the each other.
“Indeed... if he is anything like that other man we faced previously so long ago, we all must become complete. Don’t you agree?”
The armored figure asked as both he and the hulking behemoth turned to regard the large dog with brown fur and black mask that had been on the May-Ship prior to the crisis that occurred soon after. It sat by the crater, regarding both of them with it’s red bug eyed lens. The man and his drum were swallowed soon after, and the dog and the titanic monstrosity soon walked away from the clearing. Not too far from where Leopaldon landed, a miniature crater was situated. Sol was on his back, Dizzy sprawled over him. The half-Gear lifted herself up, her eyes spinning from the blending colors speeding across her vision. Although a bit disoriented, Dizzy quickly snapped out of it as she saw the unconscious Sol under her.
“Mr. Badguy...you saved me...”
Dizzy murmured softly. Sol’s injuries seemed to have opened up wider and some of his bones seemed broken, but Dizzy could not fully be sure. She looked around, only seeing the desolate mansion a short distance away. Much of it’s outer walls were dirty and grimy, most likely from abandonment and not being used in a long time. Dizzy, feeling she had little choice, began to drag Sol towards the large house, hoping for some kind of first aid kit or anything she could use to keep Sol from bleeding his life away as he kept taking shallow breaths. As she brought Sol to the front door, the door opened for her, and standing before Dizzy was a very tall, lanky man dressed in a white doctor’s coat and had a brown paper grocery bag adorning his head, whit a hole poked near the top for a single eye to shine through. Dizzy recognized the man instantly.
“Dr. Faust! Please! I really need your help!”
Dizzy exclaimed to him. Faust tipped his head at an almost unnatural angle as he kneeled down to stare at her straight in the face.
“Oh yes...I remember now, you’re the Gear from some time back. You don’t have anymore berserk tendencies within now, do you?”
He asked, making almost idle chat. Dizzy shook her head.
“No, no! It’s him who needs help. He was hurt very badly while saving me.”
She explained, showing him Sol. The doctor inspected him carefully.
“Hmm yes, yes, very good...you’ve dropped by just in time. I’ve just completed treatment for another patient of mine.”
He stated, rushing back inside as he ran on all fours. Dizzy looked puzzled. She knew he made house visits, so...
“You mean someone actually lives here?”
:* We will continue on*:
 Mariah_Silvermane · Sat Apr 28, 2007 @ 04:09pm · 1 Comments |
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