Hey everyone Airestite here with Chapter 2 of A Chroma finish. Now I know last time I kind of forgot to put an author note, but basically what's going on is that my friend Patri-san and I are working together to write two fanfics telling the same story, but from two separate perspectives. So remember to review and tell us what you think. :)
Chapter 2:
The scene in front of us was quite chaotic. I watched as a massive King Taijitu swung a guy around in its mouth. Or at least, one of its mouths. That was when I noticed what the major problem was. The Grimm had nine heads. I looked at the girl who screamed, and did a quick double take. She had on a plain shirt and worn jeans, but I couldn't be bothered to care about clothes. Her face was tanned and pretty, with long marks across like stripes. On her hands were two gauntlets shaped like claws. She pointed the boy out to Mara, and Mara readied her weird sickle thing. As the boy passed again, she threw it out, the chain wrapping cleanly around his leg. Wrenching the boy out of its mouth only seemed to piss the hydra like creature off more. As the boy stood, we rushed to the right as Mara and the girl ran to the left. I pulled out a special Chroma-Pack as we ran, and a second later I was holding a two handed sword. I swept at a head as we passed, but it swung at my legs at the same time, knocking me off balance. As I tripped, another head lunged. Right as it was about to consume me, what looked like a saw blade went flying over me straight into the creatures head, knocking it away. I rose to one knee, nodding a quick thank you to the boy. As the blade flew back to his hand, he rushed forward and engaged a few heads, gracefully dodging and flipping through the mouths. Still kneeling, I switched the sword into a high powered rifle, and took aim. Looking through the scope, I fired shot after shot into the beast, but it didn't seem to do anything other than irritate the monster. Something must have happened on the girls' side, as all of the sudden, all of the heads focused on them. The boy and I watched as Mara seemed to get an idea. She pointed her hammer end of her staff at the beast, and charged. Before we could shout or do anything, she jumped into one of the mouths. Firing a shell at the creature, she impaled the creature' head with her staff and rolled out. While she did that, the other girl shredded up another head. So we had two heads down. That would normally be good, except for the fact that one of us was borderline suicidal, one was being a meat shield, one was actually doing something right, and I was being as useful as a fish in lingerie. It was time that all changed. I reached in my pocket for yet another Chroma-Pack, this one taking the form of a large spear
"I've got a plan" I say to my partner." Hey Meat Shield, how far can you throw Claw Lady?"
"My name is Robin, and she's Hazel."
" Okay Robin how far can you throw her?" The boy just shrugged.
"High?"
"Good enough for me. Now when he throws her, I need you to hit this spear up to her Mara. Hazel, when you get up there, throw this spear straight at the Grimm. If my calculations were correct, the spear should do the rest." Mara just looks at me with a weird glint in her eyes.
"What are the odds of this working?"
I thought for a moment. " Id say roughly ten percent."
" IF THOSE ARE THE ODDS WHY ARE WE BETTING OUR LIVES ON THIS?" Hazel shouted at me.
"You know, you're kind of cute when you're angry." I said with a wink. Mara just laughed.
"At least it's a plan Claw Lady." As Robin and Hazel moved into position, I said a small prayer for my brilliant plan and handed Mara the spear. Robin cupped his hands, and Hazel stepped on them, getting launched high into the air. Well the boy looked strong, with his large fit body and white skin, his blue eyes clear and focused, his short and spiky hair wiggling a bit with the movement. As Hazel flew, Mara slammed the hammer end of her staff into my spear, launching it at Hazel at max velocity. When it reached her, she redirected it while spinning, sending it flying at the Grimm. Before impact, my spear revealed its secret, splitting into multiple spears. Each slammed into the Grimm, making it resemble a large pin cushion, effectively killing it. I saw the shocked faces of my makeshift team. They actually didn't believe my plan would work, although to be fair, that weapon has never worked before. All that was left to do was to go back to the shrine with Robin and Hazel, where they picked out the other white queen piece.