DISCLAIMER: Outlaw Star ain't mine.
Okay people, I've only seen up to yesterday's episode, and I'm sure I'm going against fact and all that crap that everyone hates (including myself). Odds are McDougal and Gene square off in the series in a very, VERY different fashion. But I didn't want to study up on the series because I like not knowing what's going to happen (I, uh, kinda know everything already in all the other anime, so Outlaw Star's my last chance to be surprised).
Anycrap, I felt like torturing my beloved Gene.
And I like writing battles, and I felt like writing down what I think the McDougal vs. Gene fight should be like.
And I was bored.
And I'm posting it because I need to post stuff.
Enjoy the next few minutes of constant random Angst and Torture!
Oh yeah, and you all have permission to deal with my spelling, got it? Gooood. Glad to hear it. ^_^=
THE SCREAMS OF THE HEART
"Perhaps I haven't made myself clear," McDougal said in a bored, fatigued tone as he walked towards his prey. With a movement too fast to be followed by anyone in Gene Starwind's condition, he slammed his boot at full force against his forehead. Gene yelled in pain as his body flung backwards through the air from the powerful kick. He landed hard on his back, knocking the breath out of his lungs and slamming his head violently against the ground. Once the dust settled, he was completely still.
"No! Gene!!!" Jim screamed.
Gene had experienced a polite run-in with the McDougal brothers earlier in the docking zone where the Outlaw Star currently resided: an assumed-dead, new and improved Harry had grabbed Melfina by the stomach and pressed a gun to her temple (mumbling apologies), while the elder pointed his gun at Gene's forehead. He said he had been hired to kill him, and he wanted a good fight, which is why he didn't shoot him at that instant. Jim, Aisha, and Suzuka all leapt to help, but Gene had glared at them with a look completely foreign even to Jim, saying that this was his fight, and if anyone interfered, he would kill them himself. Startled they submitted, and Gene accepted the terms. He had left with McDougal to fight in the designated area: an uneven field of wild grasses, rocks, dirt, and a few scattered trees. The others followed, the android McDougal clutching Melfina by the arm.
The fight had not gone well. Gene had been able to hold his own for the first minute or so of the fight, but McDougal had gained the upper hand as twilight began to melt away in the darkness.
Now shot, bruised, bleeding, and worn, Gene lay on the ground, completely still.
"Gene! Snap out of it, he's coming!!" Jim hollered, ignoring the threats from Harry.
Eventually, Gene's body heaved, and he concentrated on breathing and keeping his heart going as McDougal neared him. In. Out. In. Out. McDougal now towered over his body, but his eyes were unable to reach him; his head weighed too much to move it. At the tone of his voice, he twisted his face into a pained snarl of contempt. McDougal sneered.
"You misunderstand me. You still seem to believe I'm here for only personal reasons. I'll remind you again Gene, this is a job as much as it's personal. I'm not one to ask questions when that much money is virtually forced into my hands."
Gene almost had his bearings. **Keep talking, you bastard...keep thinking I'm finished...**
He did. "I must admit, I am a bit curious why you're so dangerous in so many powerful eyes. You're not powerful by yourself at all. Apparently the only reason you survived the attack six years ago was dumb luck. And, of course, your father was there to save you."
Gene's eyes widened. McDougal smiled.
"Oh, yes, I remember completely. All the details. A man doesn't forget getting the most money he's ever received in his lifetime to kill a fourteen-year-old. I still don't know how you managed to slip by me."
Gene couldn't believe what he was hearing. His mind raced. **What... It's not possible! He was hired to kill me? But... why... I hadn't even done anything yet, and...
It was for me... Dad...
Because of me...**
He was continuing... "It seems it was a good thing in the long run; two payments for one job"... But Gene couldn't quite hear. **Why? Why did it happen?! I thought this was all for the Outlaw Star! And the Galactic Layline! Why six years ago!? My father is dead now, and for WHAT?! Some fucking destiny shit?
I don't buy it!
I won't!**
McDougal sighed, annoyed. "Still, what a waste of my time. Your luck has run out, and your father can't save you this time. Then again, he wasn't a challenge six years ago... I doubt he'd be much of an obstacle now."
Suddenly, Gene was unable to see. He couldn't think, either. But this wasn't unconsciousness. It was... lightning. Surging through his body...
His arm found his gun at his waist and fired it at McDougal's stomach within a tenth of a second. The bullets were blocked, McDougal's face expressing mild surprise from Gene's sudden movement... but the spin kick was completely unexpected. It hit him in the chest with perfect contact, and he flew backwards without control for yards. But he caught himself quickly and performed a backflip to land on the ground in a catlike stance, clutching his chest.
"Brother!" Harry yelled in surprise, clutching Melfina tighter, angered by her yelp of relief.
Gene rose, his dark eyes irradiating an uncontrollable need for revenge. He flung his face to the sky and blindly let loose a feral, echoing scream of hatred.
"H... he's acting like... like a transformed Ctarl-Ctarl or something," Aisha said, stunned. "What happened?"
"He's running on rage alone," Suzuka said softly. "That kind of hatred... I never suspected Gene could ever hold something like that in his heart. Jim, did..."
She glanced at Jim, and trailed off; the boy was staring at Gene, shocked and confused. Aisha noticed.
"Jim, you all right?" she asked.
**Why?** He thought. **Why, Gene? Every time McDougal comes up, you act like another person. Now this.
**What are you keeping from me?**
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Cliffhanger ) Mwahahaa, Gene's gonna open up a can o' whoop-ass. Can you blame him? Oish... r/r
Okay people, I've only seen up to yesterday's episode, and I'm sure I'm going against fact and all that crap that everyone hates (including myself). Odds are McDougal and Gene square off in the series in a very, VERY different fashion. But I didn't want to study up on the series because I like not knowing what's going to happen (I, uh, kinda know everything already in all the other anime, so Outlaw Star's my last chance to be surprised).
Anycrap, I felt like torturing my beloved Gene.
And I like writing battles, and I felt like writing down what I think the McDougal vs. Gene fight should be like.
And I was bored.
And I'm posting it because I need to post stuff.
Enjoy the next few minutes of constant random Angst and Torture!
Oh yeah, and you all have permission to deal with my spelling, got it? Gooood. Glad to hear it. ^_^=
THE SCREAMS OF THE HEART
"Perhaps I haven't made myself clear," McDougal said in a bored, fatigued tone as he walked towards his prey. With a movement too fast to be followed by anyone in Gene Starwind's condition, he slammed his boot at full force against his forehead. Gene yelled in pain as his body flung backwards through the air from the powerful kick. He landed hard on his back, knocking the breath out of his lungs and slamming his head violently against the ground. Once the dust settled, he was completely still.
"No! Gene!!!" Jim screamed.
Gene had experienced a polite run-in with the McDougal brothers earlier in the docking zone where the Outlaw Star currently resided: an assumed-dead, new and improved Harry had grabbed Melfina by the stomach and pressed a gun to her temple (mumbling apologies), while the elder pointed his gun at Gene's forehead. He said he had been hired to kill him, and he wanted a good fight, which is why he didn't shoot him at that instant. Jim, Aisha, and Suzuka all leapt to help, but Gene had glared at them with a look completely foreign even to Jim, saying that this was his fight, and if anyone interfered, he would kill them himself. Startled they submitted, and Gene accepted the terms. He had left with McDougal to fight in the designated area: an uneven field of wild grasses, rocks, dirt, and a few scattered trees. The others followed, the android McDougal clutching Melfina by the arm.
The fight had not gone well. Gene had been able to hold his own for the first minute or so of the fight, but McDougal had gained the upper hand as twilight began to melt away in the darkness.
Now shot, bruised, bleeding, and worn, Gene lay on the ground, completely still.
"Gene! Snap out of it, he's coming!!" Jim hollered, ignoring the threats from Harry.
Eventually, Gene's body heaved, and he concentrated on breathing and keeping his heart going as McDougal neared him. In. Out. In. Out. McDougal now towered over his body, but his eyes were unable to reach him; his head weighed too much to move it. At the tone of his voice, he twisted his face into a pained snarl of contempt. McDougal sneered.
"You misunderstand me. You still seem to believe I'm here for only personal reasons. I'll remind you again Gene, this is a job as much as it's personal. I'm not one to ask questions when that much money is virtually forced into my hands."
Gene almost had his bearings. **Keep talking, you bastard...keep thinking I'm finished...**
He did. "I must admit, I am a bit curious why you're so dangerous in so many powerful eyes. You're not powerful by yourself at all. Apparently the only reason you survived the attack six years ago was dumb luck. And, of course, your father was there to save you."
Gene's eyes widened. McDougal smiled.
"Oh, yes, I remember completely. All the details. A man doesn't forget getting the most money he's ever received in his lifetime to kill a fourteen-year-old. I still don't know how you managed to slip by me."
Gene couldn't believe what he was hearing. His mind raced. **What... It's not possible! He was hired to kill me? But... why... I hadn't even done anything yet, and...
It was for me... Dad...
Because of me...**
He was continuing... "It seems it was a good thing in the long run; two payments for one job"... But Gene couldn't quite hear. **Why? Why did it happen?! I thought this was all for the Outlaw Star! And the Galactic Layline! Why six years ago!? My father is dead now, and for WHAT?! Some fucking destiny shit?
I don't buy it!
I won't!**
McDougal sighed, annoyed. "Still, what a waste of my time. Your luck has run out, and your father can't save you this time. Then again, he wasn't a challenge six years ago... I doubt he'd be much of an obstacle now."
Suddenly, Gene was unable to see. He couldn't think, either. But this wasn't unconsciousness. It was... lightning. Surging through his body...
His arm found his gun at his waist and fired it at McDougal's stomach within a tenth of a second. The bullets were blocked, McDougal's face expressing mild surprise from Gene's sudden movement... but the spin kick was completely unexpected. It hit him in the chest with perfect contact, and he flew backwards without control for yards. But he caught himself quickly and performed a backflip to land on the ground in a catlike stance, clutching his chest.
"Brother!" Harry yelled in surprise, clutching Melfina tighter, angered by her yelp of relief.
Gene rose, his dark eyes irradiating an uncontrollable need for revenge. He flung his face to the sky and blindly let loose a feral, echoing scream of hatred.
"H... he's acting like... like a transformed Ctarl-Ctarl or something," Aisha said, stunned. "What happened?"
"He's running on rage alone," Suzuka said softly. "That kind of hatred... I never suspected Gene could ever hold something like that in his heart. Jim, did..."
She glanced at Jim, and trailed off; the boy was staring at Gene, shocked and confused. Aisha noticed.
"Jim, you all right?" she asked.
**Why?** He thought. **Why, Gene? Every time McDougal comes up, you act like another person. Now this.
**What are you keeping from me?**
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Cliffhanger ) Mwahahaa, Gene's gonna open up a can o' whoop-ass. Can you blame him? Oish... r/r