Chapter 2
" Then we need to get moving." Floyd said. The others looked to him in surprise, they turned to Diana. She was getting a drink from the stream as the boys argued.
" Diana why does your weapon argue with us like he is one of us?" Detah asked and Diana turned to face him.
" Cause he is one of us and so are your weapons." she said disgusted by Detah's attitude. Detah backed off and raised his hands in the universal 'I give.'
" I don't talk because Reap doesn't really talk back. He's a bit of a mute." Reap's weapon said. Reap's weapon was female and her name was (against all odds) Grim. Her wavy blonde hair went down over her shoulders and down her back. Detah's weapon was a male and his name was Kit, his silver grey hair was shiny like the blade of a sword. Floyd smiled, he knew Diana's attitude was dangerous when unleashed.
" Anyway's we shouldn't go after the two SDC's right now. We need to train more before we go in gun's blazing." Diana said and Floyd nodded. The others sighed and nodded. Grim patted Floyd on his butt, he startled at the action and faced her.
" So pretty boy. Think you can take me on?" she said and Floyd smiled. His smile was dark and dangerous like his ability.
" Oh, I think I can." he responded and walked away. Grim stood for a moment in a daze, she felt a shiver run up her spine.
" I challenge you to a weapon dual." she spoke and everyone stopped and faced the two of them. Reap put his hand on her shoulder, she looked to him as he shook his head.
" I'm sorry Reap but I just challenged him there is no turning back." she said and he sighed. Diana grabbed Floyd's hand, Reap waited as Grim transformed to a scythe, a weapon he handled like an expert. Floyd smiled and spun up into the air as he morphed into a long sword. Diana held the sword as Reap lunged and swung at her. She blocked and swung the sword in a full circle. Reap jumped out of the way, he put the scythe parrallel to his body and waited as energy built up on the blade. He swung out at Diana and the energy arched towards her. Floyd switched to a shield and blocked the attack, he then morphed to a scythe as well. Diana looked to the weapon for a moment,
" Are you sure Floyd? They could get hurt." she said.
" Yes I know. But Grim wanted to dual against me so I'm going to do this attack half strength and I'll finish her off as me." Floyd spoke and Diana put the scythe parrallel to her shoulder. The energy built up and she hesitated as Reap lunged at her. She swung out and the energy made contact with Reap's scythe. Grim screamed out as she morphed back to normal, Reap fell back but rolled to his feet. Grim stood up and Reap looked at her,
" We can't stop now Reap let's go." she said and Reap ran to her as she transformed back to a scythe. Floyd switched to normal form and smiled for a moment then turned himself into Diana's second weapon. A three barreled pistol, Diana jumped up into the air and fired shots at Reap's scythe. He blocked the shots and jumped up to her, he swung his scythe at her and she shot the blade of the weapon. It deflected the blade and she aimed another shot at the handle of the weapon. Reap reached for the scythe but it was shot to the ground before he could grab it. Diana landed on the ground first and she shot the scythe away from Reap's reach.
" So is this enough training Grim?" Reap said to his scythe. Grim morphed back to normal and stood up, she jumped towards Reap and switched back to the scythe.
" So Grim are you only able to transform to a scythe or what?" Diana asked and Reap shook his head.
" No she can change into other things as well but the scythe is my main weapon. But now I'm thinking of having her switch to my master weapon." Reap said, his voice was like something you heard in a haunted house. Reap stood and put the scythe out in front of him, Grim changed back to normal. Their left eyes started glowing a bright blue. Grim jumped into the air and morphed into her master weapon, it turned out to be a giant double bladed axe with a spear tip on the end of the staff. Reap held it out at Diana,
" Now why don't you get Floyd there to change to the master weapon." he said and Floyd charged an energy shot, Diana raised her weapon up and fired. The shot hit Reap's master weapon and sent the two of them flying back.
" Cause he doesn't need to be a master weapon to beat yours." Diana said and Reap got up.
" Fair enough." he said as Floyd charged another energy shot. Reap grabbed his master weapon and charged at Diana, he jumped into the air and swung the axe back over his head then started to swing down on Diana. Diana raised her weapon and fired the energy shot again. It hit the handle of the axe and sent it flying, Grim changed to her normal form and landed on the ground unconciouss. Reap landed against a tree and dropped to the ground. He got up slowly and sighed,
" I yield." he said so everyone there could hear. Detah was standing with his mouth wide open, Kit closed both their jaws and walked over to Grim.
" Holy crap. She took a beating, her weapon form will be temporarily gone." Kit said and Reap looked to him,
" How long do you mean by temporarily?" he asked and Kit looked to him.
" She won't be able to use her scythe or master weapon form for twenty four hours, approximately." he replied and Detah's jaw dropped to the ground. Diana tossed Floyd out in front of her and he changed back to normal. He walked up to Grim and kneeled over her, her eyes opened and she swung her fist up into Kit's face.
" Oww. What the fuck. Hit him not me." he said with his hand at his nose to check for blood.
" Oh, sorry Kit. I didn't mean to." she said and turned to Floyd.
" How were you able to beat my master weapon form when you were just in a second choice weapon form?" she asked and Floyd shook his head.
" Good unity with your master can give you more strength than any opponent you face." Floyd said with a smile. He walked back to Diana,
" Hey can we try to beat you now?" Detah asked and Floyd shrugged to Diana.
" Sure why not." she said and this time it was Reap and Grim's turn to watch. They sat by the tree with their water flasks and smiled as Detah stretched out and showed off his muscles, everyone laughed and soon the show was over and Detah was prepared to fight. Diana stood with Floyd beside her. Floyd watched as Detah's weapon morphed to an enormous sledgehammer, Floyd smiled. He transformed into a copy of Grim's master weapon,
" Hey Floyd, how come you're copying everyone elses weapons?" Detah asked and Diana shrugged.
" Tell Detah it's my own unique style." Floyd said and Diana nodded. She repeated Floyd and Detah smiled,
" I see. So you take everyone elses form and call it your own." Detah commented and Floyd sighed.
" Tell the nimrod I can copy his weapon if he preferred." Floyd said and Diana chuckled.
" Floyd says he can copy your weapon if you wanted." Diana said and Detah stood silent for a moment.
" Yo Detah, if you let Floyd copy me we're finished before this even began." Kit said. Detah looked to his weapon, he smiled to it and chuckled for a few moments.
" Don't worry Kit. We'll be fine." Detah said and he looked over to Diana.
" Tell Floyd to go ahead." he called across to her. Kit sighed in defeat, We're finished. And we haven't even started.
Floyd smiled, he switched to normal and gave Detah a thumbs up. Detah's smile faltered for a minute as Floyd turned into a copy of Detah's sledgehammer. Diana looked to Detah, he charged and swung his hammer down where she stood. The moment before the hammer reached her Diana stepped back and swung out hers. The hammers made contact and Detah lost his grip on the handle, Kit morphed back to normal before he hit the ground. He jumped back towards Detah and morphed back to a hammer, Detah grabbed the handle and swung down, Diana shot the hammer forward and hit Detah in the stomach. Detah flew back into a tree he dropped his hammer when he slammed against the trunk. He stood up and grabbed the handle,
" You misjudged, the sledgehammer isn't my main weapon it's my second choice." Detah said and Diana rolled her eyes.
" Then what's your first?" Diana asked. Detah held his weapon out in front of him, Kit morphed into a stylish bow. Detah tugged back the string and energy built up, he let go and the energy shot out in the form of an arrow tip with a streak of light behind it. Floyd morphed to a shield and blocked the energy arrows. He morphed again and copied the bow, Diana shot three arrows. Detah jumped out of the way but the arrows turned to follow him,
" What the hell your arrows follow their target. That's fucking cheating." Detah said as he ran for a tree, he ducked just as the arrows were a foot away. The tree blew up as the arrows hit the trunk, Diana held the string back and aimed for Detah's weapon. The energy was building up greatly and Diana let loose a massive energy arrow. Detah stood stalk still, petrified by the size of the arrow. Kit morphed into a large shield and blocked Detah. The arrow hit Kit and his screams were heard by the entire group. Diana stopped and watched as Kit landed on his hand's and knee's.
" Come on Kit. Don't give up." Detah said and Kit looked up to Floyd and Diana. He stood up slowly as Detah walked up behind him, their left eyes started glowing green.
" Looks like they're making their master weapon." Diana said and Floyd switched to his normal form. The two of them watched as Detah grabbed the handle of an enormous sword. He lunged at Diana as Floyd switched his arm to a blade and deflected Detah's weapon. Floyd morphed to Diana's second choice weapon once again. Detah smiled,
" That ain't gonna work twice beautiful." he said and Diana smiled back.
" How would you know." she said as she fired three shots out at Detah and Floyd charged up for an energy pulse. Detah deflected two shots but one hit him in the shoulder, it went straight through. He grimaced,
" That's nothing, a mere scratch." he said. Diana rolled her eyes at the comment. Guys were always acting macho.
" Okay then, what's this?" she said as she raised her weapon and fired. The shot formed a thick wall of energy, Detah put his sword in front of him and sliced down. The wall of energy split in two but when it put him between the split energy shot they connected and he was caught between them. Detah screamed and howled from pain as the energy dissolved. He dropped onto his left knee, exhausted.
" Okay. That was a good one." he breathed. Diana watched as Detah stood back up, Floyd morphed into the copy of Grim's master weapon form. Diana slammed the axe down on the ground in front of her, it made a crack in the ground wide enough for a limb to get stuck, and just at that moment Detah had started towards Diana for an attack. His foot stepped into the split ground and his balance went off centre. Diana held her axe up in the air and energy built up as she slammed her axe into the crack. The energy made a wave of dirt and earth, the dirt-wave headed in Detah's direction. Detah pulled his leg out of the ground and jumped over the wave, Diana raised an eyebrow as Detah spun in a ball with his sword swing out in a dangerous circle. Energy was building up and when Detah landed on the ground he swund his sword in a sideways arch towards Diana. Diana jumped out of its path as the energy sliced through a tree. Floyd saw Detah heading their way. He morphed into a copy of Detah's master weapon. Diana got up and smiled, she spun in circles continuosly, creating a cyclone of swords. She headed in Detah's direction and he brought his sword up. The two swords met and since energy was built up on Diana's, Detah's sword was sent flying into a tree. Detah ducked aside from Diana and raced to his sword. Diana watched as he grabbed the handle and backflipped off the tree trunk and above her. Diana parried Detah's attack and sliced her sword down to the handle of his. Detah dodged her attack and smiled.
" Nice try but you're going to have to do better." he said. Floyd switched into a copy of Grim's scythe form. Diana reached out and hooked the blade around Detah's sword. Diana pulled the sword out of his hands and energy built up on her scythe, it grew and blew up, it sent Detah's master weapon flying. Kit morphed back and fell to the ground, Detah stood unarmed.
" I yield." he said. Reap and Grim shouted and clapped.
" Bravo, bravo." Grim shouted and smiled. Floyd morphed back and walked over to Kit.
" Hey dude you okay?" he asked and Kit smiled, taking the hand offered to him. Floyd helped him up and they shook hands, patting eachothers shoulder.
" You fought well Kit." Floyd spoke and Kit nodded.
" Yeah well it wasn't enough to beat you and Diana. You two are like, seriously unstoppable." he said. Floyd shrugged, he walked to the group with Kit.
" So how can you beat everyone else when you're not even in master weapon form?" Kit asked and Floyd looked to Diana,
" I guess we just have a bit more power than we knew." he quipped. Everyone laughed and they set camp by the stream. Detah set up a fire for everyone to sit by, Reap chopped up some wood to keep the fire going. Diana sat by the fire with Floyd, they all warmed their hands up in front of the fire as the wolves howled in the distance.
" So did anyone happen to bring any food?" Detah asked and everyone shook their heads.
" Looks like someone is going to have to go get some from town." Detah continued.
" You guys still have your bikes?" Diana asked and the boys nodded.
" We had Kit bring yours too." Reap said and Diana thanked them.
" Well I'm exhausted." Diana said as she stood up. Floyd stood as well and the two of them leaned up against a tree. Floyd stayed awake for a few minutes after Diana. The others layed down beside the fire and talked for a few minutes. Floyd started dozing off as the fire lit the area.
Floyd woke to the sound of voices, he opened his eyes to a slit and saw Detah and Reap. They had a camera and he wondered why they were taking a picture. Floyd felt movement on his chest, he figured Diana had moved over to him and slept against him for the night. He opened his eyes slowly and saw Grim leaning against him holding her hand up and making a peace sign with her fingers. Floyd closed his eyes quickly as Grim moved her head up to the same level as his. She put her lips up against his cheek and the boys laughed as they took a picture of it.
" Are you three quite done yet?" Diana said behind the boys. They startled and turned to face her,
" I thought you went to town to get food." Detah said surprised.
" No I just had to get my flask from my bike and went to get water from the stream." Diana replied, she walked over to Floyd as Grim scurried away from him.
" As for you Grim, I would have expected you to act more mature." she said and Grim sulked. Floyd opened his eyes and saw the boys looking away, he quickly got up and went behind the tree and circled around behind them. He watched as Grim walked to the burnt out campfire. Floyd quietly came up behind the guys and smiled as he stood behind them.
" So did you guys have fun bugging me in my sleep." Floyd said. The guys startled for the second time in as many minutes.
" You looked so peaceful in your sleep, we couldn't help but bug you." Reap said and Detah nodded in agreement. Floyd put his right hand out for them to put the camera in, he took it and deleted the photos.
" Now who's up for some training?" Diana said and the guys nodded. Grim put her best strong face on in front of Floyd.
" I know all your tricks. You can't beat me now." she said and Floyd smiled. Diana and Floyd watched as Reap and Detah fought to decide who would fight Diana first. Diana leaned over to Floyd smiling.
" Jeez, these boys, they really should learn how to share me." she giggled and Floyd chuckled. Floyd watched as Reap and Detah used their master weapons. Detah's sword sliced down on Reap's axe. Both had built up energy and the explosion sent both flying back, Reap was the first up and he threw his axe at Detah. The energy had built up again on the axe and when it reached Detah it blew up in his face and sent him flying against a tree. Detah stood up and slammed his sword into the ground. The blade cut into the ground like a needle through skin. Detah built up energy on the blade of his sword, the energy exploded into the ground and lines formed around the blade like a crossword puzzle. The ground around him shook and started rising. The form of a bird was shaped out of the flying earth, the earth bird opened its mouth to caw and as it did a beam of energy shot out. Reap got his axe ready and charged to the beam, he threw his axe at the head of the earth bird. It hit its mark and the head blew to pieces, Detah took his sword out and jumped down on Reap, his sword pointed to the neck of Reap.
" Do you yield yet?" he asked and Reap lay on the ground for a moment. Grim had morphed back to normal and slammed her full body weight into Detah. Detah fell to the side and rolled to his feet, Grim transformed into her scythe form and Reap held her out as a warning to Detah. Detah charged with his sword and Reap jumped over him, he swung his scythe down on Detah. Detah dodged the blade by inches and turned to face Reap.
" Wow they're really closely matched." Diana said and Floyd nodded.
" Who do you think will win?" Floyd asked her.