Wanted to add a few things, anyways, mostly the same. Just some Rykk and Atlas dialogue and a few other things.
Chapter 6, Heating Up
Upon drawing near the city of New Elko; Ratchet realized that he had never been there. When they got close, he realized that this city was not only immense in size, but had two levels. The second level almost seemed to cut the city's towers in half. The towers themselves were at least two thousand feet in height and the second level was about a thousand feet above the ground. Like Velocity, there were hundreds of monorail lines linking the buildings. The whole city looked old yet advanced. Like the technology it used was more advanced than it should have been.
"Wow… I mean, it's nowhere near as big as Metropolis, but it is unlike any city I've seen!" Ratchet stated.
"She es a beaut ain't she?" Atlas admired. "Oi grew up here, et es bot a 'ard city an' a great one."
Rykk chuckled, "Yeah, sorry about nearly destroying most of it."
Atlas smirked. "Eh, ya were foighten Calamity, Oi didn't mind ya beatin' his tail."
Mike Racine, the pilot of the Atmo, flew the craft to one of the city's tallest buildings and landed on the appropriate platform.
The group walked into the building and approached a security desk. Behind it was a Law Man. He looked up at the group, "Well hello Rykk, why are you here?"
"I need to see Governor Lance, it is very important."
The man nodded, "He is in his office. I think you have caught him at a good time."
Rykk nodded back, "Thanks."
The group was then escorted by the Law Man to the office.
The Governor's office had a warm feel due to the wood paneled floors and walls. The Governor sat behind a big, wooden desk and was working on some paperwork. He looked up; he was a human that looked to be in his mid-forties. He had long, silver hair but it didn't look like it came from age and a tall, commanding figure. "Well hello Rykk, it's been a while. I am glad to hear that you defeated that demon known as Calamity."
"Yeah, I couldn't have done it without my friends… Governor, that's why I'm here. You see, shortly after our return, we were attacked and one of my friends was taken. I believe the culprit to be Reap."
The Governor sighed, "Well, Reap is a big problem. He's the top enforcer/hit man for the Attero and personally serves Mill Yates."
"I also believe he's a Bonded, when we fought, he was faster and stronger than a Law Man and displayed supernatural abilities."
Lance sighed, "What do you need from me?"
Ratchet stepped forward. "We got in touch with a lombax known as Giver. He told us that, in exchange for taking down the serial killer known as Six, he would give us info on Reap. He also said that an Occisor of yours, Micah Rance, was going after Six. We need to see him."
Lance thought for a second. "I can try and contact him. I doubt it will be quick though. There is a lounge you all can stay in until I get in touch with him."
Carmelita growled. "Sir, my fiancé was kidnapped by a demon. I can't just sit around!"
Lance stood up. "I don't blame you for feeling this way. But Occisors, once on a job, are very difficult to contact. Mostly due to them being undercover or hiding. Unless you have another lead, you will have to wait. I am sorry I can't do more." His tone was both a bit stern and caring.
Carmelita hung her head. "I guess you're right…" she went and sat in a chair.
Sly jumped as he saw The Hunter re-emerge from the dark. The lombax had a wry grin. "So, my friend what is your choice?"
Sly took a deep breath. "I can't help you… I'm sorry… I just can't."
Troy sighed, "I thought you'd have been smarter…" He waved his hand and the masked figure entered the light. "He said no," was all Troy said before vanishing again.
The figure known as Reap approached Sly. "I was hoping you would refuse." He held his hand up and caught a small sack of Icons. "Thank you Troy, now…" He grabbed one of Sly's fingers and twisted it. A sickening crack and pop rang out and Sly yelled. "Help us get Rykk and the pain stops and you and your friends are free. It is really that simple."
Sly grunted and glared at Reap. "No, I won't."
Reap sighed. "Okay then…" Reap summoned a pistol and put its barrel against his palm. A shot rang out and grey blood splattered on the ground as Sly's hand was nearly torn apart. Sly screamed again, this time louder. "Oh, looks like there's a bit of a mess. Here, let me help, that wound will get infected." Reap said as he dumped rubbing alcohol on Sly's new wound.
Sly shrieked loudly as it felt like his hand was put in a furnace. He tried, but found he could not move his fingers. The muscles and tendons must have been severed and he felt a tear fall.
"It's alright to cry. I mean, there's nothing else you can really do right?" Reap taunted.
Sly grunted as the dripping of blood could be heard. His hand, now a mangled mess of tissue, fur, and bone, hung from the back of the chair.
Reap then kicked Sly, making him fall on his back. The position was odd and quite uncomfortable as he was stuck to the chair. Sly yelped as he felt Reap kick his groin… hard.
"Gotta love the simple things," Reap commented as he punched Sly's shin, breaking it badly. "Well this is off to a good start."
"What is that thing doing to Sly?" Carmelita thought and said aloud. "Why did he take him now? Today? I mean… he just proposed…" She looked down at the ring on her finger and felt a tear fall.
It had been about two hours since they arrived in the office of the Governor.
Bentley rolled over to her. "Sly is tough, he can take whatever they do to him. Soon, the both of you will be together again. I know it; we'll get this Reap and bring him down, right Murray?"
Murray nodded and smashed his fist into his palm. "I will crush him! The Murray will pay him back for taking our friend!"
Carmelita smiled, "Thanks guys, we will get them!"
There was a light knocking on the door and Governor Lance entered. "Rance is here," He nodded to someone behind him and Rance entered.
Rance was wearing the typical Occisor dress; a long-sleeved, black jacket with a hood. On the jacket's edge was a highlight of crimson. The jacket covered a grey, short-sleeved shirt. On the his face was a black mask. The mask's face was smooth; the only details were its eyes and a faint grill pattern covering the mouth. The eyes did glow a faint green color and the grill pattern on the mouth protected him from toxins. The Occisor's pants were also black with a crimson highlight. On his feet were, black, leather boots. On his jacket is a symbol, a circle with two, parallel, curved lines and between the two lines is a hexagon. The symbol itself is crimson. Rance is a human male in his late twenties or early thirties. He had blonde, almost white, hair with a streak of bright red through it. It looks like someone had painted it on, but it was natural. He had light blue eyes and a vertical scar under is right eye. "So this is the crew that wants my help to catch this killer?" He sees Rykk, "Well this just got fun."
Lance nodded, "They need Six so they can get some information on Reap. Reap has one of their friends, he took him after a failed attempt to kill them."
Rance smiled, "Well, this just got more fun. Here I thought I was just going to go after some psychobax. Now, I get to go after him, save someone, and then go after Reap?! This is just too good!" He sounded like a kid on Christmas.
Ratchet raised a brow. "So… Rance, what do you know about this Six person?"
Rance leaned against the wall and smirked. "Well, he's staying at a series of hotels in the Red Road and the Shine…"
Leo sighed, "Of course, the roughest parts of New Elko are his hunting grounds. Since he kills rapists and murderers those would be the prime areas for him to hunt."
Rance gave a slightly irritated look at Leo. "Yeah… that's what I thought too. Anyways, he'll be staying at a hotel called The Plain Blossom for the next few days. He usually commits his kills in an alleyway. However, since it's the Shine or Red Road, the only way to tell his kills apart from others is the fact that he carves the number 6 into the chests of his victims. He also has one blue eye and one green and his canine teeth come out of his mouth and are sharpened to a point. The rest of his teeth are sharp too. I think it's an intimidation technique, as best I can tell, Six is a bit of a sadist. He torments his victims before killing them using different techniques based on his victim's crimes."
Atlas whistled, "Ya 'ave learned a lot about 'em haven't ya? Oi wonder, why 'aven't ya captured or killed 'em yet?"
Rance sighed, "I haven't gotten the word yet. The bax is also quite slippery, he's almost lost me once or twice, and that is a feat."
Ratchet remarked, "Prideful much?"
Lance chuckled. "Occisors are the best scouts and assassins around. Losing one, or even almost losing one, is a feat. We haven't wanted him dead yet because we are not sure if he is a citizen of Velocity. That, and we haven't seen a killer like him before and he's caused a decent amount of debate among the Councilors here and the Chiefs in Velocity. Simply put, get him alive guys. If I recall, Giver didn't say to kill him, just stop him."
Rance nodded. "You got it sir; I'll make sure to get 'em alive."
"We will get him alive," Carmelita stated firmly. "Reap has my fiancé, I am going to make sure we get him back." The look on her face was pure determination.
Rance nodded, "All right then, let's go get this bax."
The lombax known as Six sat in his hotel room. He sighed and his blue eye flashed in the light. I've gotta deal with this stalker I have. He or she is getting on my nerves. He growled, every time I try to evade them, they still find me! Even if I change up the pattern of hotels I stay at! I was able to drop any tails I had back in Solana, but I can't get rid of this one! Ugh… I've only been here for a few weeks too… He sighed. Well, at least there's plenty of marks around here. The Shine and Red Road are ripe for sickos. He held up a letter and read it.
"I admired your work in Solana and here. I hope to be free soon, but I wanted to thank you for helping to get rid of the filth. When I am free, I will meet you, and then we will clean up.
Take care, M"
Hmmm… don't know the lombax girl that dropped this off and I can't find her anywhere. Still, this is interesting. Though, I really don't want a partner. I work alone. He growled and tossed the letter across the room. Could she be the prowler that's following me? No, from what I've seen, the prowler doesn't have lombax ears and they don't have hologuises here. I don't like this; two different parties are watching me… if only there was a way back to Solana… Six grabbed up a paper, it was a wanted poster for a human male. There we go; you will do fine you sicko.
Six grabbed his knife and headed out the door.
Kenovo felt a shudder and saw a flash as he leapt through the portal. He stood on crimson dirt and looked up into the yellow sky. He had kept his human appearance as he knew that his true form would easily stand out.
He looked around. Time to reclaim my Beings…
Heating up indeed...
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