Chapter 2: Showdown at the KaiserHospital
As the group cramped in the elevator something more could be felt. The air was dense. Dan felt like something was wrong; he reached for his gun to reassure himself. Dan always felt that as long as he had it, he'd be safe. Somewhat of a assassins lucky charm, not to mention rare as hell. Double barrel, fourteen shot revolver. As Dan reached for it, he hand froze. He'd just realized; that was what was wrong the whole time! The damn thing wasn't there! Dan's mouth froze, it had been the first time he'd been scared in a long time. He didn't know what to do, that gun was like a child to him. He straitened his posture, there was nothing he could do about it now. Maybe I should be thinking more about how "good" it is to see my old friends. Dan thought. Wait…did I say friends? Feh, yeah right.
The elevator slowed to a stop, the group steady moved out into the piercingly cold hospital. Being cold will get you sick but germs can't live in the cold. What kind of shit is that? Kaede thought to herself as they walked thought the open emergency room, The place isn't as extreme as it is on TV, nor as crammed. Sure people were running up and down the halls, et cetera, but nothing as too, too, bad. Guest it's just me… Coyote pondered, thinking of the TV shows he'd watch as he hung with Con. The group trotted through hall until they saw a open room with Mask in it. No one knew his real name. His head was propped up, a suitcase similar to Garcian's laid next to his bed. He appeared unconscious. As the group walked in and looked to Mask in his subdued state.
"Wow, I never thought I'd see Mask like this." Con said as he stared on.
"See?" Coyote asked
"Uh…sense?" Con answered, for lack of a better word.
"….we'll go with that." Coyote continued as he saw Mask move a little.
"Hahh, I take it, you're his friends, right?" A doctor said as he walked in. He wore a long white trench coat, he had rectangular lens in his glasses. His skin was pale and he looked as if he just woke up after leave. "We were going to start operation sooner but he wouldn't stop making so we had to subdue him. We thought maybe you could talk some sense into you sense that all he would talk about. Even now, every time we touch him he goes hog wild." The doctor spoke in a 'professional' term.
"Guys…" Mask mumbled, the group clambering closer. "He's a sm…smile!" Mask yelled with all his strength.
Kevin lashed back to see the doctor. "You just couldn't shut up, could you!?" The doctor yelled as he mutated. His skin hardening like melted rock, his skin churning into a deep purple. Kevin smashed foot into the 'doctors' face. The smile flew back as Kevin ran forward and smashed his fist into the smiles face.
"What the hell was that!?" Con yelled as he ran out to hear various laughter around him, he reached into his pockets for his beloved automatics. What'd he find? Dust. "What the hell is my-"Con yelled as he heard a smile crash though the curtain toward him. Kevin lunged back into the room, he grabbed needle that lay on the tray next to Mask, and he threw it, the needle pierced the smile right its throat as its teeth reached Con. Con lunged for the suitcase, he reached to open it but it wouldn't budge, he required a key. Sometime he had no time to find. Con turned back as the rest of the group realized they'd have to fight by hand and foot. Mask still lay in bed, nearly crying from his helplessness. Kaede ran out of the room first, she heard smile behind her, she lashed her leg around and smashed the side of her heel into the smile jaw, launching it up, almost hitting the ceiling, the smile landed on his neck, dissipating to dust. Kaede realized she had ripped her dress, right up the side. Meh, I don't know how I got this long thing anyway. She thought as she turned a smashed her fist into an incoming smile. Con somersaulted out the room, he turned and backhanded a smile that lunged forward in confusion, it flared to dust, another smile lunged from behind it, Con wildly, countered with a roundhouse stepped down and kicked and continued. Coyote walked out, kicking a smile the stomach as he moved forward. Dan edged out, watching for smiles. He was never much of a fighter; his gun and him were one. He grabbed a smile that stomped up to him a threw it toward on of the open rooms, it hit curtain and was crushed under it, the smile pushed it way out and stomped back after Dan. A needle flashed right Dan's eyes, it stabbed through the smile right into the Smiles leg and hit the walls, and the smile disappeared to nothingness. Dan stared back. Kevin had a huge smirk on his face.
"Oh shut up." Dan thought out loud. Another smile ran for him and he smashed his fist into its face. It faded to dust. "Heh, these things aren't so strong after-"
"Dan!" Kaede interrupted. As she saw a smile edge up from behind him. It flared up and faded to ash. "What?" Everyone turned to see where the shot came from. There stood a man; his golden gun shined the light. "Garcian!?"
He stood there, his black suite stood out in the white hall. As he walked, the smiles ran. The mere sight of the gun frightened the heaven smile. "Oh come on! I was just getting warmed up!" Con complained but Garcian ignored him. Garcian looked around, he walked left into a random room, and he dragged a man back out of it, he sniveled. Garcian held his golden gun to his head.
"Please!...please..spare me! I'll do anything, just please! I have a family!" The man cried.
"Shut up! I'm not trying to kill you; I'm trying to-"Garcian cut off as he turned around after hearing a loud laughter. A strange smile walked onto the scene. It wore a cap, a red tall tee, black jeans, and had ICEE in his hand.
His mouth's actually closed? That's new…real new. Dan thought, he felt helpless enough without his trusty demon gun. Exploding enemies didn't appeal to well with Dan. Dan never had to work physically for anything, nor did he have the influence to. Just a business man, sure he could fight but….nah.
"Things never change!" Con yelled as he ran toward the awkward smile.
"No! Stop! It's a smart-"Garcian yelled as he tried to convince Con to stop, but it was too late. Con jumped and launched his reverse round house toward the smile. The Smile simply moved his arm in the way of Con leg, blocked the attack with no recoil, the Smile latched his arm around his leg and flung Con back toward Coyote, Coyote caught him, but was flung into a wall. Con stumbled as he tried to help Coyote up.
"They fight back now!?" Con yelled
The smile flung down his drink and slowly trodded toward Garcian. Garcian tossed a golden key at Dan. Dan tried to catch it but failed. He kneeled down and grabbed the key, he thought for a second, then he realized…probably. Dan ran back to the room with Mask in it, he shoved the key into the hole on the top of the suitcase. The case open, Dan's eyes widened as he grabbed his trusty demon gun, he ran back outside.
"Hey! Go get your shit!" Dan yelled. The rest of the group scrambled back toward the room, Coyote nearly falling through. Dan calmed back down. His voice slowed. "I don't know who you think you are, but it ends today, you should've invited your friends so they can all enjoy the carnage." Dan boasted as he felt the power of his gun coursing through his hands.
"Don't get cocky!" The smile itself yelled as it became transparent.
"What!? They talk now?" Dan yelled the smile appeared in front of him, seemingly coming out of the ground. The smile uppercut Dan. Dan fell and landed on his back, blood spurting from his mouth, he shoot at the smile as it ran toward him to finish him. Garcian shot but the smile spun around caught the bullet and shot back at him, piercing Garcian's shin. Garcian fell to the floor, still shooting at the smile; failing miserably to hit it. A bullet pierced the simile in the head, the smile stood, it lifted one of its hands and reached into the wound and pulled the bullet out, it looked over and noticed Kaede looking into her scope, he turned his attention to her and began to run, Con rolled out from behind her and began to blast at smile with his automatics. The guns fired rapidly, but it seemed as if Con was doing nothing. The smile stopped, but not even a little blood ran the from the smile. It looked as if it were mocking them. But that's when enough was enough. Dan emptied his nearly empty gun and stuffed it with three soul shells, they darkened into demon shells. Dan lifted his weak arms and pointed to the smiles head. "Take this!" Dan yelled as he released the shot pulsing in the gun, releasing the three bullets at the speed of light. Smile held his arms out and it seemed to absorb the shots. Sparks of light consumed the smile's torso, and the smile started to cringe. Dan got back on his feet; the smile wasn't done yet.
The smile oscillated a bit then he lifted its arms out and Dan's shot fired back at him, seeming even stronger than before. "No!" Dan yelled as he held his arms up. A flash covered the room and everyone lost vision. As it cleared, Dan and the blast were gone; the side of the building was decimated. The smile looked frustrated as it looked around to see where his target went. "Aahh" Could be heard; it seemed to come from Dan. Suddenly, Kevin appeared seemingly from his stealth mode, Dan was held over his should by the back of his collar. Kevin flung him toward Mask's room. "Tch!" Dan grasped for air. "No respect!" Dan commented. Kevin turned and gave him a thumb up. No KINDA respect! Dan thought.
"It's what you deserve…" Kaede added, not even turned to Dan.
Con tapped a few steps on the floor. "Where's Coyote?" Con asked, noticing he wasn't helping. Coyote dropped down from out of the cheap Styrofoam ceiling, and landed on the smiles head. Coyote planned to use the momentum to drag the smile down so it'd be open, but that didn't work. The smile lifted a fist into the air and it landed square on coyote's ribs. Coyote yelped in pain as the smile bounced him off his hand, and grabbed Coyote's leg.
"What was that?" The smile mocked as it threw Coyote at Kaede. Kaede jumped out the way but Con wasn't so lucky. Coyote crashed into Con, he flew back and hit the wall. Con worked his way back up, if only to a knee. "Some legends you guys are. I'd always heard that the second killer7 was the best of the best. Maybe I'm just too powerful. Hahaha! You you're now even worth killing, make it out alive if you can….or the authorities will get you." The smile said, disappearing on that note. Three protector ZZ smiles appeared; they seemed tried, as they didn't move. Garcian stood on his feet; he clutched the man's collar.
"They underestimate me." Garcian couldn't see them, but he could sense them, he shot three perfect shots and they broke out into white blots. "Come on!" He commanded.
The reformed Killer7 worked their way out of the hospital. The man walked slowly, knowing he couldn't get away. Dan and Coyote help Mask walk out and Kaede held Con in her arms. Garcian clutched his briefcase. "Lets go, I hear sirens" Garcian said as a rocket could be heard in the distance. The car he'd inherited from his friend Christopher drove up on its own, still as bloodstained as it could be. "Get in..."
"Ohh." Kaede groaned, knowing they'd barely have any room inside.
"Without the attitude." Garcian added.
"OHHH!" Kaede continued. This sucks….being the second smallest means I'm gonna end up smashed in the middle. Kaede thought, noticing Con would probably be in her lap. They slid in, Garcian and the man got into the front seats, and drove off. No where near pleasant ride. The car sped off at incomprehensible speeds.
The authorities got there only a little later. The chief detective, Jonathan Horton stepped out of the car he shared with an officer who happened to be his best friend, Wilker van Heights; they just called him Will. Jon was a tall man with short black hair, his skin was light tan, he wore a light leather jacket and baggy blue jeans. Will was a bit short and his hair was brownish, he wore a standard officer's outfit. "First the school now this?" Jon started "This is terrible, innocent lives have been lost here tonight."
"Chief! What should we do?" One of three rookie officers said a they approached him.
"Search the vicinity, check for anything unusual about the scene." Jon ordered and the officers scurried off. "Why do bad things always happen in such places? A school, a hospital…"
"It's where monsters find they're strongest." Will answered, walking up to Jon. "The inspectors and officers will in there a while, we'd better go get some coffee so we can be up if they find something."
"You're right." Jon pulled himself back together. "Let's go." Jon said as he and Will left the scene.
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