Chapter 4
Diana was firing shot after shot from her weapon. The others were growing weak from fighting. Reap had wounds all over his body and was being attacked continuosly. Darwin had his master weapon out, a four barreled shotgun. Detah had his master weapon out as well, the huge sword swung out and sliced the soldiers like wheat. Reap had switched to his master weapon as well and struck at enemies with the double bladed axe. Diana was tempted to use her master weapon but decided to stay with the arm cannon. She fired rapidly as the soldiers came running to them. The enemies were slowly begining to lower in numbers. Diana ran out to the back of the soldiers as they fought the others.
" Duck!" She screamed out to her group. She raised the cannon and fired, all the soldiers were caught in the massive ball of red energy. It exploded as it reached a building. The group ran out of the way as the building collapsed to the ground. Diana helped Reap walk to the safety of a non burning building. All of them sat on the staircase or splayed out on the floor. There were no more soldiers after them on this level, they were all gone. A sudden down pour of water from the fire sprinkler system on the ceiling of the cave city slowly put out the fires. Diana watched as the city was doused with the water, it was like the rain at the end of a historical battle. Diana walked out into the water and looked up and felt the cold liquid wash over her face. They won a fight that the army of law enforcement soldiers had lost. She felt a hand on her shoulder,
" Reap is severely injured. I don't think he'll make it. We need you to give him some medical attention. You are the only one with enough skill to keep him alive." Floyd spoke and Diana nodded solemly. She walked into the building and saw Reap laid out on the floor. Grim was sitting down beside him, she held his hand in hers,
" Grim.. I never told you... just h..how much I.. appreciated you.. your services.. And I never told y.. you that.. I love you.." Reap stammered. Grim smiled and looked down to him.
" I love you too Reap." she said, she leaned down and kissed Reap. Diana took a small tin, she opened it and shook a powdery substance over Reap. She knealt down and blew the substance all over Reap. Diana stood up and let Reap and Grim have their moment, why not Diana had her moment with Floyd back up on the surface.
" He should be fine by morning." Diana said to Darwin. He nodded then walked to the doorway. Detah walked up beside Diana,
" So looks like Reap and Grim are a couple now." Detah said and looked to Diana as she stared out to the raining water and burning buildings.
" Darwin looked sad when he saw Grim and Reap kiss." Detah spoke and Diana nodded.
" That's because he lost his wife when a criminal took her hostage. The convict killed Darwin's wife when Darwin paid the ransom." Diana said and Detah nodded slowly. Floyd walked up beside Diana, she grabbed his hand and held it. Detah noticed the act and he smiled,
" I take it you two are a couple as well?" he smirked and Diana shrugged.
" Yeah. Why? Didn't you figure that out back up on the surface?" Diana said and Detah shook his head. Floyd looked out to the buildings as the last bit of flames sputtered out. The sprinkler system stopped soon after,
" Okay gang, get some rest for tomorrow." Darwin said as everyone found a spot on the floor. They laid down relaxed as much as they could, the fact that the cities were under attack didn't help with getting rest. But eventually everyone except Diana and Floyd had fallen asleep. The two of them were leaning against the wall whispering to eachother,
" So what do you think of this Red Soldier person?" Floyd asked, Diana shrugged.
" I don't know. He didn't just wait for an opportunistic chance, he planned it all out so nothing could stop him. So right now I doubt he's going to let even a few of the people in the cities live." Diana replied. Floyd sighed, Diana stood up and walked towards the door.
" Where do you think you're going?" Floyd hissed. Diana turned to him,
" I'm going to Sector Eight. I don't care if you come with me or not." she said and walked out the door. Floyd jumped to his feet and ran after her,
" Hold up I'm coming with you." he said, Diana nodded and ran with him towards Sector 8. Floyd looked towards a motor shop and caught sight of an unburned vehicle. It was in good condition, he ran to the vehicle and checked it over,
" Don't tell me you want to buy a car now." Diana said as he busted the window open.
" Not buy. I think it would be faster if we drove something. And this should get us to your house real fast." Floyd said hopping into the driver seat. He turned his index finger into a blade as he hotwired the vehicle. It started with a roar that echoed in the lot, then settled to a whispered growl. Diana smiled and jumped into the passenger seat. Floyd pressed his foot down on the accelerator, the vehicle flew out of the lot and onto the main highway. Floyd estimated that it would take four hours to reach Sector 8 if they kept at the same speed. He pushed the autopilot button and entered the destination on the GPS screen. Diana had clambered into the back seat and watched through the window as they passed burning cities, buildings still blew up and screams rang out all through the city. Floyd watched as figures jumped from rooftop to rooftop, bursts of energy shot out from the weapons they held. Diana looked away as she heard an earsplitting howl that peirced through the air, Floyd held her close as she cried in his arms.
" Do you think my family are safe?" she asked and Floyd hesitated before answering. Diana had just asked a question that would hurt her if he was wrong.
" I don't know Diana. I really don't." Floyd answered and she looked him in the eyes.
" I hope they are, but if they aren't I still have you right?" she spoke softly. Floyd smiled to give her courage, he nodded slightly.
" Yeah. You have me, no matter what happens I'll be with you." he replied and Diana kissed him. They layed in the back of the car as it drove itself to Sector 8. Diana fell asleep on Floyd as he watched out the windows of the vehicle. The cities burned as they passed them, Floyd smiled down at Diana as her head rested on his lap. He brushed the back of his hand along her cheek, her skin was smooth as he touched it. A smile formed slowly on her face as Floyd did so. Floyd looked back out the window and saw water pouring down on the fires. Floyd watched as they passed vehicles on the highway, they were burning just like the buildings, ships flew over the city in the same direction Floyd and Diana were headed. The size of the air ships were just as big maybe bigger than the ships that the airport used. Floyd pushed a button on the dashboard of the vehicle, it sped faster as they went further. Wings popped out of the side as rockets were connected to the back of the vehicle. Floyd felt the car lift up off the ground, it sped through the air, it was a sight that would not be seen on the surface. Floyd pushed the nitrous button and the car/plane sped faster than any of the other ships. It lasted for a maximum of five minutes. Sector 8 was just thirty minutes away. Diana was awake by now and she rubbed her eyes as she got up, she looked out the window on her side then clutched onto Floyd's arm.
" Don't worry we're safe, I just needed to get us safely ahead of the other ships and soldiers." he said calmly. Diana raised an eyebrow and Floyd noticed he pointed his thumb behind them,
" See for yourself." he spoke and Diana did. She saw at least twelve ships in the far off distance. and considering they were still seen from this distance meant that the ships were enormous.
" This vehicle had NOS, that's why we were able to get ahead of them. I think we still have a tad more if you want to use it." Floyd said and Diana nodded.
" Okay let's see how fast this baby can go." Diana said and she pushed the nitrous button before Floyd could react. They were sent into a small but dangerous burst of speed, the NOS ran out after two minutes.
" Don't do that again." Floyd said and Diana agreed. They had just gone over Mach 5 in the short time they sped up. Sector 8 was right below them and Floyd waited as the car started in for a landing. Everything was going fine so far but then it suddenly went all wrong in the split second before they landed.
Red Soldier stood outside the Sector 8 Police Department. She grabbed her weapon and it morphed to create an arm cannon. She aimed at the door and fired, the blast of energy was focused so directly that it went clean through the glass of the door. Seconds later it blew the doors open, she walked in and fired shots rapidly at officers that were getting their weapons out. The others lay dead or dying from the explosive shot. Moments later more than two dozen officers lay on the ground dead or wounded enough to die slowly where they lay. Red Soldier walked towards a door and opened the door, a man stood on the otherside with his gun drawn at her.
" Don't try anything miss. I'll shoot you before you can raise your weapon." the officer said. Red Soldier sighed.
" Now drop your weapon and scoot it to the side." the officer continued. Red Soldier dropped the weapon and scooted it behind the officer.
" Good enough now put you hands on your head and face the wall." the officer continued. Red Soldier brought her hands up and put them behind her head. Her weapon had morphed as she faced the wall, the next thing she heard was the sound of bones snapping and a body hitting the floor. She turned back around to see her weapon smiling down on the dead officer. She walked up to the keyboard and turned on the street cameras. She saw a ship that was definetly not one of hers. It was small by the looks of it. She zoomed the camera in on the two figures in the ship.
" They just won't die will they." she said and took out a walkie talkie from her jacket pocket. She shouted orders in the mike and put it back in her jacket. She turned to her weapon and he morphed into a three barreled pistol. She grabbed the handle and walked out the doors.
Floyd turned to look through the back window. The vehicle had just warned them of incoming missiles, he saw four rockets and two small ships coming in their direction. He looked to the ground and grabbed Diana as he opened the door. He jumped down the last few feet as the missiles hit their transportation. It blew to smithereens as Floyd covered Diana with his full body. The ships flew right above them and circled around to come back. Floyd got up and hurried Diana to the safety of a building. The ships came back and fired shots down on them, Floyd morphed into and arm cannon for Diana. She shot at the ship and hit the wing, it spiraled into the second ship. Both exploded with colourful flames that reached out like heated blades. Floyd morphed to a shield and protected Diana from shrapnel that flew her way. They both stood in the midst of the wreckage as a massive ship flew over them, it casted a shadow over six blocks, Floyd whistled and Diana stood silently. The cargo bay doors at the bottom of the ship opened, smaller ships and soldiers dropped out and landed on the buildings and streets. The small jets sped across the city letting loose a small bit of chaos. But it didn't take long for the entire city to start to panic. All hell broke loose as buildings were destroyed and people killed. Diana inhaled sharply and grabbed Floyds hand, Floyd morphed to a three barreled pistol. The moment he did Diana shot the weapon rapidly, the soldiers fell to the ground and soon Floyd changed to a longsword so Diana could go for face to face combat. Diana sliced through the soldiers as they chased after citizens. Diana cleared the street of the soldiers and looked around. She spotted a wounded elf crawling to the safety of a building, Diana ran to the elf's aid. The elf looked to Diana as though she were going to kill him. Diana was about to help him up when something smashed down behind her, she turned to see a large metal leg that reached up over the building. She saw the top of the mechanical being, it was like the head of a dragon with three eyes. Diana felt Floyd change into and arm cannon, she raised it but before she could fire she saw a familiar looking jet. It was one of Darwin's soldiers that was flying the W.M. jet. She watched as the jet fired two missiles at the head of the robot, the robot shot one missile in mid air and the second one was taken out by an enemy jet. The enemy jet fired at the W.M. jet. The bullets hit the cockpit of the ship and Diana's hope dropped like the jet. The robot took two more steps and crashed through a few buildings as it did. Diana fired at the leg of the robot, it hit the robots leg dead on. How could she have missed something so big, seriously impossible. The leg crumbled and set the robot off balance, the robot groaned as it fell earthward, the problem was it was falling in the same spot Diana was standing. Floyd morphed into human form but kept his arms as cannons. He raised his cannon arms and fired two massive shots at the head of the robot. The head exploded and Floyd grabbed Diana and dragged her into an alley.
" Wait what about the elf?" Diana spoke and Floyd put her back on the ground. The robot was falling slowly but still fast enough to seem to Floyd that he would be cutting it close. Floyd ran to the elf, he picked him up and ran to the alley. The robot was right on top of him, he looked to Diana.
" Diana! Catch!" he said and tossed the elf to Diana. Diana caught the elf in her arms. Floyd switched his arms into cannons once again and fired them at the ground. He flew forward but the robot was too close and Diana watched in horror as he was engulfed in a massive ball of flame.
" Floyd!" she shrieked as the robot crashed on the ground. She felt tears well up in her eyes, she tried to keep them from showing but it was too much. She cried with heaving sobs, she felt a hand on her shoulder but it wasn't the elf, it was a familiar hand. She turned to see Darwin and the others standing behind her.
" Diana, where's Floyd?" he asked and this brought Diana to realize that Floyd was really gone. She sobbed so heavily she was sure they could be heard from over a mile. But she didn't care, she didn't care about anything anymore. Floyd was gone, her weapon, her shield and... her love. The fire sprinklers turned on and washed the city of its firey warzone. The robot before her started to look like burned scrap metal. Some of the peices shifted slightly and Diana stood, she wiped the tears from her eyes but inside she was still crying. Something glimmered to the side and Diana looked to see a jet flying their way. She reached for Floyd's hand but realized it wasn't there. She almost started crying once more, the jet fired at the group, for Diana everything started moving in slow motion. Something jumped out of the rubble and sped to her side, it jumped in front of her then raised it's arm and fired a shot at the jet. One shot from the jet hit the figure and it fell to the ground, the shot that the figure had taken hit the ship in the cockpit. It exploded and crashed to the earth, Diana stood petrified.
" Diana. It's Floyd, he's okay." said Detah from beside her. Diana looked to see Floyd laying on the ground with a cut under his arm on the right side. Diana smiled as tears filled her eyes. She ran to Floyd and hugged him, she looked him in the eyes and gave him a kiss.
" I'm so happy you're okay." she said happily. Floyd smiled to her,
" I told you. No matter what happens I'll be there for you." he said and Diana pulled him into a tight hug. Floyd smiled as she released him, they turned to the rest of their companions.
" We need to find Red Soldier before he destroys more cities." Floyd said and the group nodded. Floyd looked around at the mass destruction, he saw ships fly above them.
" We need to hijack a ship." Diana said and Floyd looked to her and nodded. He saw the W.M. jet and thought for a moment.
" Darwin can you fly that jet?" he asked and Darwin scoffed.
" I could fly circles around you, no problem." he said and Floyd nodded.
" Good cause you are going to have to fly circles around the jets up there. Detah I need you up on that roof." he said pointing to the building across the street.
" Reap you stay here and be ready for a fight." he said. They all nodded, Darwin put his fist in the middle of the group circle, Detah and Reap put their fists out as well. Diana joined her fist in the circle. Floyd linked hands with his fellow weapon morphers.
" Fight well." Darwin said,
" Die strong." Diana and Detah replied. Floyd looked to his companions, they returned his gaze. He nodded and they turned to run to position with their weapon holders. Floyd ran with Diana into the middle of the street as Darwin took the dead soldier out of the jet. After a moment the jet lifted up off the ground and flew towards the enemy ships. Floyd morphed to a three barreled pistol and Diana grabbed the handle. She watched as jets came chasing after Darwin's ship. She watched as Detah put up a rocket launcher,
" Detah don't use that switch to something that will kill the pilot not the ship." she spoke up to him. He had his weapon switch to a sniper, he laid himself out and aimed. The ships were getting closeras Darwin flew right over the group. The air filled with the sound of shots being fired from multiple weapons. The enemy jets spiraled to the ground and crashed on the streets. Diana jumped to the side as a jet came down towards her. She looked back to see the cockpit open, Reap jumped over her and towards the jet. He weilded his scythe and sliced the pilot in half. The other two jets were still, Detah jumped don to the front of a jet and fired the sniper at the cockpit. He turned to Diana,
" Better safe than sorry." he said and Diana nodded. She fired at the cockpit of the third jet. Reap sat down in the jets seat, he closed the cockpit and it rose up off the ground. Detah took the dead pilot out and sat down in the seat. He lifted off and joined Reap. Diana popped open the cockpit to see the pilot coughing up blood.
" Please.. kill me. I... Don't want.. to feel this.. agony." the pilot said as she dragged him out. She sat down in the seat,
" You're no bet.. better than Red Soldier." the pilot said and Diana froze. This pilot knew Red Soldier, she got out of the jet and walked to the pilot.
" Tell me. Who is Red Soldier and tell me how you know him." Diana said and the pilot coughed and spat blood as he laughed.
" You think.. Red Soldier... is a man?" the pilots words were strained. Diana was surprised by the statement, Red Soldier wasn't a him but instead a her.
" Red Soldier? Tell me who she is or I'll break your leg." Diana said as she reached for the pilots knee. The pilot spat blood at her, Diana grabbed the knee and bent it hard in the position a knee shouldn't be bent. The pilot screamed and Diana looked him in the eyes.
" Tell me who Red Soldier is." she ordered as the pilot breathed heavily.
" Okay... I don't know.. Red Soldier... personally but it's said.. she is a weapon... master like you." the pilot said as Diana reached for his other leg.
" Please.. kill me... I don't want t.. to die... slowly." the pilot pleaded. Diana took her three barreled pistol out and aimed for the pilots head.
" Hey.. that looks famili.." the pilot began but was cut off by the shot made by the pistol. Diana jumped into the jets seat and lifted off. She headed to the main ship with Reap and Detah. They flew to the cargo bay opening. Diana watched as Detah and Reap flew into the bay doors, she followed behind and landed the jet on a hook port. She opened the cockpit and saw machines repairing partially destroyed jets. Figures were walking along a plank examining the jets. Diana crawled out of the cockpit and met up with Detah and Reap behind a group of metal barrels.
" What do we do now?" Detah asked and Diana looked over the barrels.
" Diana we need to get to the cockpit of this ship. We put down anyone in our way." Floyd said to her. Diana looked to her weapon, she nodded and repeated the orders to her crew. Reap's weapon morphed to a scythe, Detah grabbed his bow and fired at a figure coming their way. Diana ran to a door that lead into a hall, Reap ran behind her while Detah shot arrows at the figures coming after them. Diana closed the door and shot the control panel, they continued to the cockpit and took down the soldiers that stood before them. Diana burst through the cockpit door, three soldiers stood gaurd by the two pilots.
" Halt or we'll shoot." one gaurd said. Diana ducked as Detah fired his bow at a soldier. The other two ran at them as Reap jumped over Detah and Diana, he swung his scythe like a baseball bat, taking out the last two gaurds. The pilots stood with their hands up, Diana walked to them,
" Get out." she said and they obliged without a word. Detah and Reap ushered them out the door, Diana heard the fizzle of electricity coming from the doorway. She pushed a couple buttons then took the ships steering controls. Detah and Reap sat down in seats behind her, Diana saw the W.M. jet flying around trying to avoid the enemy jets. Floyd morphed to his normal form and looked to the controls in front of the seat beside Diana, he sat down and took the control stick. The window in front of him turned into an aiming screen,
" Ooh. I'm gonna have fun with this." he spoke and aimed at the enemy jets. He clicked the red button on the control stick, fast energized projectiles hit the jets as Darwins ship flew away. Diana turned the ship to follow Darwin, Floyd aimed at other massive ships and fired the ship cannons. Darwins jet flew to them,
" He's landing in the port." Detah spoke. Diana looked to Floyd, he nodded and went crazy with the ships cannons. Other large ships were hit multiple times and started dropping to the ground, Floyd watched as the last one hit the ground with a massive explosion.
" Wow. That is one big fireball." Reap said as Diana turned the ship around and headed in the direction of the main city. A computer beeped as they flew to the city,
" What's going on?" Diana asked as she focused on flying the massive ship. Floyd checked the screen,
" We got an incoming message." he said half surprised. Diana nodded,
" Put it onscreen." she said as Reap pushed a button. A holographic screen unfolded behind the pilot seats, a figure in the shadows stood on the screen.
" Well, you managed to beat this miniscule part of the plan, but I don't think you'll make it through the next small bit." the figure spoke. Diana had gotten out of the seat and looked to the shadowy figure,
" You won't be able to go through with any more of your so called plan. We will stop you before you can realize we beat you." Diana said and the figure laughed.
" You haven't won anything Diana, in fact I know what you people are going to do before you even do it. By the way I need to tell you people something before Diana throws something at the screen and goes through hitting Detah." the figure spoke. Everyone stood shocked that this person on screen knew their names.
" Diana, you must realize that I know what's going to happen in the future." the figure said. Diana glared at the screen,
" Oh yeah, how is that possible?" she hissed.
" Because I'm from the future." Red Soldier commented. Everyone stood shocked by what the figure had just said. If this person was from the future, which was very unlikely considering the only time machine was locked up in the most secure of facilities.
" Then I'll take it you know what is going to happen when we beat you." Darwin said.
" You won't beat me if a certain one of you finds out the truth." Red Soldier spoke.
" You Diana are better than them. You're stronger than these weaklings. I am giving you a chance to learn the truth ahead of time instead of delaying the inevitable. All you have to do is listen." the figure continued. Diana glared at the screen, she grabbed a remote and threw it at the screen. Instead of the screen breaking the object went through and hit Detah in the forehead. Detah shouted and shook his head,
" I take that as a delay." the figure said as the screen turned off. Detah walked up to Diana, his frown seemed awkward on his face. Diana looked him in the eyes,
" Sorry Detah. I forgot it was a hologram." Diana said as Detah rubbed his forehead. Something beeped again, Reap checked the radars.
" We got incoming fighters." he said and Diana cracked her knuckles.
" Finally an opponent to beat the crap out of." she said. Reap joined her at the back of the cockpit, their weapons were at the ready. Diana opened the door and ran out into the docking port with Reap, she climbed up a ladder and opened a hatch that brought them out to the top of the ship. Diana looked around to spot the fighters. Twleve were coming from behind and two from both the left side and right. Reap looked to Diana as figures jumped off the fighters and onto the ships hull. Diana swung her scythe through one of the figures and Reap brought his scythe down on the second. Floyd morphed from the scythe to his three barreled pistol form. Diana shot at the fighters and they spiraled down to the ground. Reap took out the soldiers that were on the hull, his scythe cut through them like a lawnmower through grass.