A/N: Scott and Knives start in stage 1-1 of Time Crisis 3, but then get switched into a mixture of stage 1-3 and stage 2-1. I've only played Time Crisis a little so it's possible that some of my descriptions of the stages might be a little inacurrate.
Winner: Kim Pine!
"Thanks Kim," the still dazed Scott thanked. He had only recovered about ten percent of his stamina. No sooner had the race ended the background changed once again.
"Great; now where are we?" Knives asked.
"Looks like we're on a boat," Scott observed. He then realized they were both holding guns.
"What do you think you're doing here? This is a restricted area." An armed man on a boat said.
"We're in Time Crisis 3," Scott said agitated. If he ever got out of this mess he was going to give the guy behind this whole thing a piece of his mind.
"I'm going to ask you again. What are you doing here?" The soldier questioned the gaming duo. Scott took a deep breath and fired his gun at the man's head. The soldier fell and the others immediately pointed their weapons at Scott and Knives. They ran into the ship just narrowly avoiding the gun fire. The soldiers boarded the ship just in time to see Scott and Knives jumping off it.
*beep, beep, beep*
"Do you hear something?" One of the soldiers asked. They walked back inside the ship and saw something on the table.
"Shit," he cursed. The time-bomb blew up incinerating the soldiers in the blast. Scott and Knives resurfaced out of the water as the ship went up in flames.
"Now what?" Knives asked.
"We swim to shore," Scott answered, but then several more bullets whizzed past Scott and Knives. They saw more soldiers speeding towards them. Knives fired her gun at one of them on a jet ski sending him falling off. "Come on," Scott said to Knives already swimming towards it. He got on first and then help Knives get on. "Hold on," he told Knives. "Knives; too tight. Too tight," he said.
"Sorry Scott," Knives apologized and loosened her hold, but only by a little. Scott shot off towards the island in the far distance, but then several sections of the water blew up next to him. "Canon fire!" He warned and put on more speed to try to get out of range. Knives held out her gun and started firing at the ship that was shooting at them, but it did no good. Another shot was fired at them just missing by a few inches. Knives instead fired at the gunner nailing him in the chest. As he died a box appeared above him saying Grenade Launcher. Knives then noticed her simple gun had transformed into a grenade launcher.
"Cool," she thought. "Hey guys! Chau down on this!" She shouted and fired a grenade at the ship's hull. It blew a hole in it and the ship began to sink. Knives fired again this time causing the entire thing to erupt in a huge ball of flame. More jet ski's pushed through the fire and continued their pursuit. Two Jet Ski's got on either side of Scott and Knives and began unloading their clips. Knives and Scott kept their heads down and fired back. The soldiers dodged Knives grenade launcher and continued to fire back at them. On Scott's left one of the enemies held pulled out what appeared to be a rocket launcher. He fired and a red circle encompassed the rocket. Scott realized that it was going to be a direct hit and jumped off the Jet Ski pulling Knives with him. The rocket soared over them and smashed into the other ski blowing it to smithereens. Scott's head popped out of the water only to come face to gun barrel with his enemy's weapon.
"Any last words?" He asked. All Scott did was smirk.
"Just two."
"Chau down!" Knives said jumping out the water. The enemies tried to shoot her, but Knives quickly fired a grenade at their ski destroying it and them in the process. Two machine gun icons appeared from the wreckage granting Scott and Knives more weaponry.
"That was funny the first time Knives, but if you keep saying it, it's going to eventually lose its appeal," they heard Kim say.
"Worry about that later," the heard Ramona. "Enemies are inbound to your position," she warned. Scott and Knives swam the rest of the way to shore and took cover behind a group of rocks. They peaked their heads over them and pulled back down just narrowly avoiding a damage shot.
"Toss me your gun," Scott said to Knives. Knives did as she was told and Scott closed his eyes in deep concentration. "You are 'the one' Scott," he thought to himself.
*begin the music from the lobby scene during the Matrix*
Scott pulled himself from out of the cover and ran at the soldiers. "Take this!" He shouted and fired his two machine guns.
*bullet time*
The bullets flew past Scott as he continued to charge; taking down every single enemy with each step he took. Shots were fired from above him and he whirled around and started firing at the tower above his enemies. They unloaded their clips as Scott shouted a battle cry and the tower exploded. The entire structure collapsed on top of the enemies crushing them under it.
*end bullet time*
"Alright Scott!" Knives cheered jumping out from behind her cover, but her cheers died out when she saw him fall into the sand. Knives ran to him and saw he had two bullet holes in his stomach and shoulder. Scott's health bar appeared and showed that he had only one hit left and then it'd be game over.
"There they are!" They heard more enemies yell. Scott weakly raised his machine guns, but all he heard were the sounds of empty clips.
*begin dramatic 'we're going to die' scene*
"I'm sorry I got you into this mess Knives," Scott apologized as the army approached. Knives gripped Scott's arm and helped him to his feet. Scott had his best 'do your worst' game face on as the armada got even closer.
"Scott; before we die I just want you to know, I… I…" Scott saw stars in Knives' eyes. Realizing what was going to happen next Scott grabbed Knives head and directed it towards the charging enemies just as she shouted out "love you!" The word 'love' fired out of Knives mouth mowing down the enemies in the process.
Knives looked from the soldiers then back to Scott. "How did you…"
"That happened the last time you said you were in love. We we're standing close together and the next thing I knew I was blown away by at least a few good feet."
See volume two of Scott Pilgrim
"Oh…right," Knives said lowering her head a little. Her face blushing furiously. She felt so embarrassed not only saying I love you in front of Scott, but essentially his whole band and even Ramona.
"Knives," Scott began.
"Save it Pilgrim," she said feeling a burning rage building up. A powerful red aura encircled her as the soldiers started to get up. "You guys are about to learn the true meaning of hell hath no fury like a woman scorned!" She screamed in the utmost of fury. She pulled out her knives and charged them all full speed.
Due to the rating of this story we are unable to describe what Knives does for the remainder of the level. It was very cool though to say the least.
Knives took in a plethora of angered breaths as the last remnants of the level's enemies lay in a mutilated path from the start of the beach all the way to the building on the other end. She saw Scott hobbling towards her and jumped the rest of the way over to him. He sank to the ground a little and looked her in the eyes.
"Knives… that. Was. AWESOME!" He shouted. "The way you…"
Once again we must omit Scott's thorough and excruciatingly detailed description of Knives' level one massacre.
"That was just so cool!" Scott finished. Knives felt her rage soften a bit and the red aura around her died out. "Did you guys see it?" He asked the guys back in reality.
"Oh we saw it alright," Kim said.
"More than we would've liked," Ramona added mainly referring to Knives declaration of love for Scott.
"Neil's throwing up now and it's not because of the flu he has," Kim told them. The sounds of Neil throwing up could be heard back on Scott and Knives' end. Knives looked back at the soldiers and then to Scott.
"I guess I did overdo it a little," she said and gave a small laugh.
"That's putting it mildly," Julie said.
"Seriously, Julie. What the hell is up with the red eyes?" Stephen asked.
"Enough about my eyes. It's a complicated story ok."
As the conversation continued the scenery changed around them and they now found themselves in a small town. Scott felt his injuries heal up and saw that his life bar was fully healed. Scott's period of relief was instantly cut short when another soldier sped into the scene on a motorcycle. He revealed his machine gun and opened fire. Scott grabbed Knives and pulled her behind a tree just missing the bullets. Soldiers dressed in yellow appeared on the building above them and revealed what appeared to be clawed gloves. Knives dashed up the wall of the building with her own two knives in hand. The dodged her attack with quick speed and lunged at her from both sides. Knives shot out her hands blocking their lunge attack. She clamped down her teeth as she struggled to hold them back. Then out of nowhere (literally) another soldier showed up just in front of Knives.
"Where the hell did you come…" He cut her slicing across her chest and followed by kicking her in the same spot. Knives let out a grunt and fell of the building. She regained her composure and made a safe landing only to be surrounded by the same enemies. Scott meanwhile was having a difficult time dodging the guy on the motorcycle. Almost every time he peaked out from his hiding spot a 'crisis flash' would appear forcing him to take cover before he got hit. He then received a warning message indicating that he had to move otherwise it'd be game over. Sighing Scott dove out from behind the tree rolling on the ground to make himself a harder target to hit. He fired his weapon at the guy on the motorcycle, but he was moving too fast for him to hit. Scott's weapon ran out of bullets and he made a break for the nearest cover. An explosion from a grenade blasted him back into the open. The motorcycle dude revved up his engine and sped at Scott full throttle. Just when he was about to end Scott something shot him making him fall off his vehicle. Spotting a shot gun icon Scott made a jump for it and was armed again.
"Thanks for the save, Knives," he thanked.
"What save?" Knives asked slitting two of the soldiers' throats, kicking the third's weapon away, and then impaling him throw the skull.
"Wait; if you didn't save me then…"
"You can thank us later Scott," he heard the voice of Kim Pine. An image window came into view showing Ramona and Kim holding the two light guns for Time Crisis 3.
"Get moving. We'll clear a path for you two," Ramona said already taking aim again. Scott gave them a smiled and raced off down the streets while Knives leapt up to the tall buildings. Scott slid behind a fruit stand avoiding a hail of bullet fire and saw a gun turret on the other end of the street. He slid out from behind the stand as the turret tore it up with a multitude of bullets and hid under a flight of stairs. He came out from his cover and fired his shot gun at the turret doing only minimal damage. Knives spotted Scott in trouble and was about to jump down to his aid when a giant gust of wind picked up.
"Knives! Look out!" Ramona warned her as a chopper flew into view. Knives ran and jumped to the adjacent building as Ramona and Kim started to shoot at it. The chopper ignored Knives and focused its attention on the two girls in reality. They traded fire, but without stronger weapons they barely made a dent in the chopper's armor. They received a 'crisis flash' in the form of a missile, but managed to blast it out of the sky. Unfortunately they weren't prepared for the second flash, which took their health down to nothing.
Continue?
"Crud!" Kim groaned as the countdown began.
The chopper changed its course and resumed its chase after Knives. Knives saw it over her shoulder and hopped off the building to the safety of the streets… or so she thought. Knives realized she had jumped into an open area with no cover and the chopper was bearing down on her! Knives muttered something in Chinese and sprinted off into the distance; chopper in hot pursuit.
Back on Scott's side of the city he finally heard the sound of the turret running out of bullets.
"Ha ha!" Scott laughed jumping out from behind his cover gun aimed only to see that the soldier was now carrying a rocket launcher.
"Who's laughing now Pilgrim! ?" He said aiming the weapon. Scott raised an eyebrow and fired at the rocket before it was even fired blowing the soldier to smithereens.
"I believe I am," Scott said with confidence. "Now what happened to Knives?"
"She's being chased through the streets on the other side of town by a chopper," Ramona answered him.
"Can't you guys do something?" He asked.
"We died. We had to start over," Kim mumbled.
"How am I supposed to reach her in time?" Scott thought.
Shifting our focus back to Knives for the sake of dramatic effect
Knives dove to the right dodging a missile launched at her. The chopper soared over her and changed its directions to continue its mission to destroy. Knives chucked a knife at the glass covering the pilot's seat, but her knife failed to penetrate the structure. She was back on the run again and this time she could feel the bullets from the chopper get closer with each second.
"Knives!" Scott shouted to her. Scott was in the back of a jeep with his hand stretched out to her. Knives grabbed his hand and Scott pulled her in just in time to avoid the chopper's path of fire.
"Thanks for the save," Knives thanked. "Who are you?" She asked the driver.
"Names Alicia," she replied. "I heard gunfire and came down here to help when I found Scott."
"Why aren't you trying to kill us?" Knives asked since Alicia was part of the game.
"She's a protagonist. She has to help us," Scott said when the chopper flew over head and in front of the jeep. It opened fired taking out the windows of the jeep and almost ripped through Scott and Knives. They shot at the chopper like Kim and Ramona did previously and had the same amount of success. It launched two missiles at them, but they blew up before it could reach them.
"We're back in the game!" Kim announced.
"Now let's take this guy down!" Ramona shouted. They all concentrated their fire on the chopper, but their weapons weren't doing any damage to it. Two jeeps pulled up on either side of them and shot out the tires to Scott's jeep. Alicia swerved to maintain control as the chopper fired through the windshield. She threw herself down avoiding the bullets, but one of them managed to clip her shoulder. Scott and the gang jumped out of their cover and shot at the jeep the enemies were in, but couldn't get a clear shot at them. Changing tactics they instead aimed for and attacked the front end of their jeep. The vehicles were blown to bits and they each gained a grenade launcher in the process. Noticing their weapon upgrade the chopper fired its remaining arsenal of missiles just as Scott and the team all fired simultaneously at the cockpit. The screen lit up on Ramona and Kim's side and the continue screen that appeared obstructed their view of what happened.
"Scott! What happened?" But she didn't receive an answer at first. "Scott?"
"That's what I call teamwork!" Kim and Ramona heard him yell in victory. The continue screen vanished showing Scott, Knives, and Alicia all getting up from the streets. They had a few cuts on their faces, but they seemed alright nevertheless. The chopper lay on the streets completly destroyed.
"How are you guys alive?" Ramona asked relieved that they hadn't died.
"Jumped out of the jeep at the last second," Scott informed them giving Knives a high five earning him a smile from the 17 year old.
"Are you still mad about before?" He asked.
"Oh Scott; I could never stay mad at you," Knives said with that star struck look in her eyes. Scott heard the sound of someone gagging and saw it was coming from Kim.
"Guys," Alicia said to get their attention. They looked in the direction she was pointing and found themselves staring at another subspace door. A sign hung above it saying:
FINAL LEVEL
Chaos Theatre ruins
"You may have beaten every other stage Pilgrim, but now it's time for your winning streak to end," The Big Boss said standing up from his chair. "I think I'll pay your friends a visit," he said exiting the theatre.
"Are you ready, Knives?"
"I was born ready for this Scott."
"Just don't die. You hear me Scott?" Ramona asked him.
"Don't worry. I'm not dying anytime soon."
"What about the time at the Chaos Theatre?" Kim asked.
"That doesn't count! I had another life."
"Just stay alive," she said. Scott nodded and stepped to the door. He gripped the door knob and opened the door. A bright light emitted from the other side and had Scott and Knives in awe at the sight.
"Good luck to you both," Alicia wished giving them a salute. They returned it and ventured forward into the final stage.
To Be Continued…
A/N: Next chapter is the pen-ultimate chapter of the story. What will be the final level? Can Scott and Knives prevail? Where the heck is Wallace? Who is The Big Boss? The answers, thrills, and most of all, laughs will come in the next chapter of 'Scott Pilgrim and Knives Chau vs. the Arcade'. See you all then!