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AWESOME AUSSIE GURL-Isabelle Smith and Roderick "Rocky" Aarons
Realms of Destiny- Dez Xerxes and Cyrus Afsaneh
Hikari-Angel143- Carmina Sanchez and Bryan Train
Lucas Bane- Lucas Fedrick and Clare "Red Death" Clyde
The UndyingCrystal- Viktor Vadin
Flame Dragon Suda- Joshua "Juuda"
Noxis- Colin Cortez
Pikpixie03- Rally Nightshade and Jasmine Kairos
Zalger248- Shuyan Chao and Tony Lambda
K ENTERTAINMENT- Undying Crystal, Flame Dragon Suda, Noxis and Zalger
Kiako Ornitier- Kiako Ornitier
ACT ONE
Chapter 06: Just a taste...
~Opening Theme: "Mr. Adam" Armored Core 4 OST~
Why in the hell would they come down for supplies like this then attack us a moment later? Then again they are a recon team, they are sent to observe and gather information without being seen. Since we've engaged with them, they probably want to eliminate us to keep us quiet. Apache chopper hovered around the S.S Liki and open fired with a barrage of bullets pelting the ocean's surface and eventually slicing through the deck like hot coal through snow.
"We can't let the ship sink." I said running in the direction of the chopper while swinging my Tsubaki Beam Katana left and right knocking and deflecting bullets from my path. The bullets from a chopper were made to rip through shrapnel and building walls, so it strained my hand a lot more to deflect these rather than regular rounds from a hand gun or rifle.
Once I reached the banister I hopped off of it with one foot like a stepping stone, flying through air towards the chopper. Just as I was getting close to slash the iron machine in half, I suddenly felt my body freeze in mid air. My body was completely stiff not allowing me to make even the slightest movement.
"Errrh...ahhhh! What the..."
I watched as time slowed down to a creep again, everything stopped, the bullets in mid air and even the missiles. At that moment suddenly appearing in front of me walking on mid air like some greek myth, was an all black cybernetic suit that made him look like a machine. He had long silver hair slicked back with a single bang hanging in front of his face and two blades ejecting from his elbows.
"The hell?" I struggled but I was still frozen.
"I just can't wait for the blood, the blood! I must see the blood." The mecca spoke maniacally. "We've been recon-ing this planet for an entire year...I haven't killed anyone in 8766 Hours and 42 seconds." His voice betrayed his looks, he looked like a pretty boy but his voice was scratchy and rasp like Smeagol from Lord of the Rings. "Finally, I can be me again."
With that he slammed his heel into my right shoulder knocking me out of my strange paralysis and flying down into the water where I dove several feet in. I spun around but my shoulder killed me, it felt like a ton of bricks dropping on me. It took afew seconds to recover but I turned, stuck Tsubaki in my mouth so my hands would be free then swam to the surface.
The loud sound of the Apache's rotor couldn't overpower the sounds of screaming from the deck of the S.S Liki. It was Viktor and Colin. I swam over to the ship and hopped from the surface of the water like a dolphin and over the banister, onto the deck.
My wet sneakers smacked on the smooth wood surface of the ship, I spotted Viktor and Colin both down and this mysterious guy in the cyber suit standing over them. "Viktor, Colin...get up!" I held up my Tsubaki in both hands as he turned back to look at me. I got into my samurai stance as he face me raising his arms in a kick boxing stance.
"Can't...move..." Viktor said.
Colin was glued to the floor as well. "Kel...look out..."
The switch blades from his elbows shot out growing longer, blades then came out of his knee caps as well as the bottom of his feet below his toes. Just as I was going to go at him, my body was frozen yet again. I notice this time that outlining my body was a dark purple aura. "FUCK NOT AGAIN!"
"Must you always interfere woman!" The cybernetic assassin roared.
I couldn't turn my head but I could sense someone standing behind me directly. "Razor, we were sent here as recon. We've no time for large scale battles, just kill them and be done with it already."
I focused all of my might pumping every ounce of energy I had into my muscles. "Errggg..." I clenched my teeth.
"It's no use, you'll never be able to break my Psychokinesis." The woman behind me said.
"Then how about we break you instead!"
I couldn't see anything that was happening behind me, I heard this woman who had control of the psychic power suddenly turn. I also heard Clare's voice. She suddenly gasped. "Red Death Rhapsody!" Suddenly there was a massive explosion behind me and my body gained control again and just in time.
The assassin came at me thrusting his bladed elbows at me and I used Tsubaki to clash with his blades. "I am Razor, The Bloody Edge. And you are..."
"Kel, Guy whose gonna kick your ass." I responded with a glare. We pushed back against one another and slid across the deck away from eachother, I looked to my right to see the woman finally who had psychic powers. She had spiky black hair in a single mohawk with the sides of her bald head tattooed with skulls and snakes. She wore a black rain coat with black and red military camo colors underneath.
And currently Clare was no match for her, Clare's obvious physical attacks from throwing bombs and scalpels to using her terrain to try and defeat her was pointless. The psychic woman stopped everything.
"Would you like me to introduce you to her...LOOK OVER HERE YOU FOOL!" Razor screamed as he slid across the deck at me. Viktor dashed in my path attempting to sweep kick him but he was swift enough to back flip away. Colin followed up behind Viktor's attack and hurling his Trident at Razor attempting to harpoon him but the assassin simply dodged the stick.
"J'you must aid Clare. We handle blade man." Viktor said drawing two russian pistols from the holsters on his sides.
Colin landed down beside Viktor and pulled on a silver chain which was attached to his trident and yanked it back to his hand. "Hurry up, that psychokinesis bitch is gonna kill her."
The ship was a mess of destruction and ripped wood. I dashed towards the mass of the ship which is where they were fighting just above the Captain's Quarters. I leaped up there with one hop and the psychic was just finishing off Clare with a psycho-push thrusting her back and having her fall on the stern.
I held up my Tsubaki with both hands. "Who are you?"
"It wouldn't make a difference if I told you or not, you will die here." She held up her palm and suddenly I felt her take possession of my body again. I floated up against my will then flew down hard ramming through two floors and landing down in the lower deck. POW!
"Erg...fuck...there is no defense against it." I said trying to pick myself up.
"Kel! Are you alright?" I heard Jasmine above me, she tried to help me but her body was possessed by the purple aura of psychokinesis as well and she was thrown back away from me. With that she came slowly hovering down near my head and I felt her possess my body again, I hovered to her face and looked into her glowing purple eyes.
"Let em go!" Cyrus shouted suddenly.
Behind her Rocky, Lambo, Cyrus, Jasmine and Juuda all attacked at the same time. But they were all possessed, somehow I felt the power holding me weaken. I broke out of the possession and swung downward with my beam katana slashing her vertically across the chest spilling forth blood. "AHHHHHH!" She screamed then let the others behind her go and flew up out through the hole she knocked me through, gripping her right tit in pain.
"What was that?" Jasmine asked.
(O.o)-Juuda "She was kinda hot."
"Enough sitting back, Kel. We're joining this fight." Lambo said slamming his sword against his shield.
I didn't respond to them, I needed to go after her. I leaped through the hole and landed on the deck of the ship to see Razor once again towering over Viktor and Colin. "Damn what is this guy made of?" Colin asked trying to scoot away from him with a bleeding side.
"Weak, it won't take long to conquer this plain." Razor held flipped backwards into mid air then swung down his right heel suddenly releasing a slicing shockwave that sliced the entire S.S Liki in half. "Infernal Slice" The two huge ship pieces capsized in ward forcing all of us to go sliding into the quaking center. "AHHHHHHHHH!" I heard a series of screams as the ship slowly began to sink in.
With that Razor and the Psycho-Bitch returned to the Apache chopper using her psychokinetic powers to hover them both back.
"Fuck!" I cursed as I slid into the water.
As I fell deeper into the dark abyss I saw Viktor, Lambo, Rocky, Colin, Jasmine pulling Juuda and Cyrus swimming to the surface with the rest of the S.S Liki crew. I noticed Clare was missing among the bunch, the reason I remained at the bottom of the water was for this very reason, to see if anyone was drowning.
Clare was sinking, she was knocked out and blood was exhausting from her mouth. I grabbed her around her waist and pulled her to the surface. Where a carnival of crates and debris from the ship still remained floating on the ocean's surface. "Is...Is everyone alright?" Jasmine asked holding Juuda who simply spat up water, coughing and gasping for dear life.
"Err...fuck..." Colin cursed but Viktor held him, keeping him from sinking.
"Well...that went well." Juuda said sarcastically.
I swam over to a large crate and pulled Clare onto the surface. She wasn't breathing and fuck CPR, I punched her one good time in her chest and she spat up a glop of blood and water. Her eyes burst open and she turned and threw up before catching her breath. "Thanks for the help back there." I said.
"Fuck you, I had that bitch right where I wanted her. You hit me too hard you fucking jerk! Arghhh...ahhh..." She cried, her left arm was broken. I could hear and feel it snap through her skin.
Before even thinking of a way to get out of this mess, I was more focused on Razor and the Psychic. They were from Volcano Corp, but how is it that she was able to use psychokinesis and Razor being strong enough to slice a ship in half? Supernatural things like that didn't happen on earth. I mean it would make since, us being in the Final Fantasy world and everything. But they've only been here a year...Why are they so powerful?
If VOLCANO Corp's officers are this strong, we're going to have an even tougher time than I thought.
Suddenly the sound of a sea horn filled the air, I turned to my left seeing another smaller cruise ship come our way. It looked like the S. S Liki only smaller. As it got close I noticed a familiar face standing at the nose of the ship, a man in a First Class SOLDIER uniform with long snow white hair held back into a ponytail.
As he approached he had a serious look on his face until he saw me drifting in the water. "Heh...is that you Kel?"
"Shuyan! Mind giving us a lift?" I grinned.
Author's Note: Kel has finally reconnected with his comrade, Shuyan Chao. But how is he appearing so conveniently after the battle? Find out next update!
