IV : The Sliders
Their were seven of them, that was the first thing Brian noticed. All dressed in long black jackets, that were now vaguely brown due to sand, black sweat pants, black boots, and white shirts. Brian was able to identify the leader of the group, as he stood ahead of them, wearing sunglasses.
The leader was at least six and a half feet tall. He had fire red hair, which was flung every which way. On his face were three long diagonal scars, all turned to the right, like some one had tried to run a lawn mower over this guy.
The seven people in black walked over to Kip, who still had his gun pressed between Brian's eyes.
"Let him go" The leader said. Kip turned to the others, and laughed.
"Why should I? What can you do to me" He asked. He pulled out a pokeball. "Gravler go"
"Okay, but I warned you" The leader looked at Brian, "This will just take me a second" The red haired man threw his coat to the ground, and then stood, as if made of wood. He closed his eyes behind the glassess, as if in a deep trance.
"Gravler, rollout" The Gravler began rolling.
"Watch out" Rose screamed, before being smacked by her captor, either Steve or Dave. The Gravler had closed the space between him and the scared man to five feet, moving 120 miles an hour. Suddenly, the scarred man opened his eyes.
If you blinked, you would have missed it. The man flashed white, until only his outline could be seen. He looked like a pokemon, when its evolving. Like one, his outline grew taller, as a tail could been seen growing out, along with wings. The light cleared, and a Dragonite was standing where the scarred man had been.
Rose, convinced she was hallucinating, didn't think of this is strange. They always look peaceful she thought. Indeed, the Dragonite looked very peaceful, as it held out its clawed hand. The Gravler ran into it, still spinning, but not moving forward, spinning a small hole in the ground. Finally, the Gravler stopped rolling. It unfolded its arm, and looked up.
"Gravler?" it said uncertainly. The Dragonite bent over, and whispered something in its ears. The Gravler nodded, and the Dragonite picked it up with one hand, and tossed it like a baseball.
The three bandits were dumb struck, no one speaking.
Brian also addressed the situation like Rose. Its finally happened Brian thought, I've finally gone insane. Oh well, it was only a matter of time.
"FUCK" Kip screamed. He pivoted to face the Dragonite, his arms at full length. "My boss gave me that, how the fuck am I supposed to tell him?" Kip fired the gun three times.
"Twister" The Dragonite said in perfect English. Suddenly, his wings began flapping rapidly, and in fact, a small twister appeared in front of him.
The bullets entered, but didn't come out the other side. As the twister dissipated, the three bullets fell to the ground harmlessly. Kip through the gun at the Dragonite. It hit him in the face, but he didn't waver.
"Oh Shit" Kip exclaimed, "Let the girl and the Ninetales go" The other two nodded. Kip then turned to Brian. "You go too, get the fuck away from me"
Brian took off running, while Rose waited for them to release Ninetails. They ripped open the net, and Ninetails eyes shot open.
"Um, hi?" Steve said. Ninetails opened her mouth, and a fireball consumed the man. She and Rose then followed Brian.
The other two looked at their fallen comrade, and then decided to run. They got six, maybe seven feet, before the Dragonite swooped down in front of them.
"Where do you morons think your going?"
"Um, away" Dave said. Dragonite nodded. He grabbed them by their jackets, noticing an envelope sticking out of Kip's pocket.
"Hey, that's mine!" Kip whined. Dragonite shrugged, took the envelope, and slung them into the air, the same direction as the Gravler.
"Fuck you" Kip screamed, as they faded from eye sight. Dragonite walked over to the extinguished man. He bent down, and checked his pulse.
"You'll be fine" he said, before picking him up and tossing him.
Brian, Rose, and Ninetails crouched together, as the Dragonite landed. He turned white, as he returned to human form.
"Hello" He said, smiling, "I'm Axle"
The three morons landed almost a mile away, in a sand dune. Now, for Gravler, this landing was fine. For the other three…
"Fuck" Kip screamed, "That son of a bitch hurt" Dave nodded. Steve checked his burns. Kip took out his cell phone, and pressed 1.
"Yes" The boss said on the other side.
"Well, we ran into those sliders you mentioned" Kip said, "And they kicked our asses. I thought they were supposed to be weak"
"Oh, don't worry Kip, you've done your job. I've been tracking you through a remote tracker in the phone, and one of my associates should be showing up any second now, to help you"
Exactly as the boss had said, a man appeared on the horizon. He didn't match the dessert scene, as he was wearing long, fancy pants, and a sweater over a long sleeved shirt.
"Hello, Mr. Kinnagen" The man said, as he walked towards him. Kip waved hello, as he put Gravler back in his ball.
"So" Dave said, "Are you here to take us to the boss?"
"Yes, the boss say's he's very happy, and he wish's to reward you" The man leaned into Kip's ear, and began to whisper.
Suddenly, a torrent of blood escaped from Kip's neck, as he fell down, dead. Dave looked at the man, who held a long, sharp, hunting knife in his head. Dave couldn't move, as the man leapt on him, and cut his throat from ear to ear.
Steve didn't have this problem. He stood up, and took off running. The man stared down at his knife.
"Oh darn, I was hopping to have some fun. Oh well" He put the knife back in the holster he had on his thigh, and pulled out a small gun from a shoulder holster.
Steve had made it to the top of the dune, when a gun shot rang out. At first, Steve thought it had missed him, until he noticed he now had a small hole in his chest, as blood poured out. He tried to run, tripped, and rolled to the bottom of the dune.
The man walked over to Kip's body, and picked up the cell phone. He hit re-dial.
"Is the problem taken care of?"
"Yes, Mr. Kinnagen and his friends are dealt with. They didn't capture one of those, slider things"
"I didn't expect them to. I just expected them to stall them long enough to get stuck in the sand storm. My men will take care of the rest. Could you bring that Gravler back, its valuable property"
"Alright, but I'm leaving after that"
"If I require you for another job?"
"You know where to find me"
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