Chapter 7: Christmas With Krampus-Part 2
(Opening A/N: Okay, so we just defeated Rudolph, and it turns out that this is just the beginning of Krampus' gauntlet, so we need as in Akame and I need to step up our A game and since Christmas is coming around we needed to defeat Krampus before my heart freezes, I die, and we become trapped in my head forever, but it turns out we're getting new players to join us on our conquest to vanquish Santa's demon Krampus, my brother Takashi *Minor note, he's HOTD Takashi but making him more Irish as well, and he's older with a five o'clock shadow* and the other flame of mine, Revy. As it turns out, time is not on our side, the effects of Krampus' ice are taking a toll on my body and we need to defeat the minions so we can free me from this nightmare, but I still have to get my teigu, Demon's fang which is in Krampus' hands. There's no telling what might happen with that sword. And before I start the chapter, let me share this following canto of Dante's Inferno: "Through me, lies the great city of woe, through me, lies the path to everlasting pain, abandon all hope, ye who enter here. Enjoy!)
My heart felt like someone was stabbing ice needles into it, the pain was unbearable for me, I dropped to one knee as I tried to fight the pain, but it was no use.
Akame then ran over to me as she helped me up off the ground and she knew I was in pain.
"Roman, are you alright?" Akame asked, it seems it's been five minutes since I was frozen alive.
"We need to defeat Krampus as soon as possible, otherwise, I'll be frozen alive." I said, and Akame knew that time was not on our side, we had 55 more minutes before my expiration date, and we were to be trapped in here, as soon as level two came, which was a big top circus, both Takashi and Revy came pixelated into the game.
"What the hell are we doing here?!" Asked Revy, it turned out she too got zapped inside the game which was inside my mind.
"Is this inside your mind Roman?" Takashi asked, and I just nodded yes, we were all trapped inside my head and forced to play this game in able to escape, also if I die, then we're all trapped in here forever." I stated, and Takashi had a carbine assault rifle and Revy had her twin pistols.
"How did you beat level one?" Takashi asked, and it was kind of a hard issue to talk about when you had to kill the most beloved reindeer of Santa's.
"I had to kill Rudolph, some demon turned him into a demonic beast and he tried to kill us." I answered, and Takashi understood, but the pain in my chest got worse and I could see my breath when I exhale.
"Dude, we need to kill Krampus if we're ever going to get you back to normal." Takashi said, I knew for a fact that my brother was right.
I'm not going to die here and leave Akame, Revy, Balalaika, and all the others to fight off Jiulan and her troupe of elite killers, and this might be the best time to say these two words.
"Game on." I said, and with those two words, Takashi helped me up and the pain began to fade instead of getting worse.
Christmas With Krampus-Level 2: Start!
A demon clown came out of nowhere and began to toss acid filled pies at Takashi as he began to shoot the pies out of the air, the clown had both my pistols Crimson and Splatter.
So I grabbed both of my pistols from the pie throwing clown and blasted it with a pair of bullets to the face taking out it's eyes.
The bullets went through the back of the clown's head and the clown dropped like a sack of potatoes, the clown's blood began to stream towards the center of the circus tent, and out of the blue, there was a giant box with a crank handle.
The crank handle turned as it played "Pop goes the weasel," as soon as it got to the end of the song, a giant demonic Jack in the box clown popped out and jumped out of the tent.
"Catch me if you can!" said the giant Jack in the box as it jumped out of the high top and began to head away from us, then the circus began to collapse and there was a Kawasaki sports bike and a military humvee with a mounted machine gun on it, the bike could be able to fit two people on it and the humvee could have one driving and the other gunning.
"So how do you want to play this, two of us going in the humvee and the other two on the bike?" Takashi asked, and I had no alternative, so I nodded at Takashi's suggestion but the pain in my heart was getting worse.
I then began to cough up blood and they formed into ice b.b.'s, my condition was getting worse.
Akame pulled out a needle and jabbed it into my back as it the heated liquid went into my body and the pain just stopped and the liquid began to warm my heart.
"Alright, Takashi, you and Revy go in the humvee, Akame and I will take the bike." I said, Takashi then walks over to Akame and places his right hand onto her forehead, then a binary code of ones and zeros began to pass through his hand as it contained how to ride a motorbike properly.
Akame had her eyes shut so she could be able to understand how to ride it and how the bike works as well.
I could ride the bike properly, but due to the issues with the ice in my chest, it's going to be a bit of an issue.
So with Akame knowing how to properly handle a bike, Akame got onto it, a helmet pixeled over her head as she started the bike flawlessly, as I got in back of her, Takashi handed me an MP5K submachine gun and a helmet pixeled over my head as well.
Akame then revved the motor of the bike as we began to head forward on our journey to defeat another one of Krampus' minions was about to begin, just then, some weird looking vehicles began to appear onto the highway as we were going 75 miles an hour on the dry asphalt which was a little odd for me, since most sports bikes can't be trusted with slippery road especially during winter, but this was a dry road and we were going really fast too I gripped Akame tight but not enough to hurt her and she saw the car with demonic Mafia men coming out of a black sedan and they had us in their sights.
So I pulled out the MP5K submachine gun and began to shoot the tires causing the car to flip and explode, more cars began to follow us, there was a broke down vehicle carrier that would look to be used as a sturdy jump, Akame revved the bike and went up the jump as we flew through the air and experienced a few seconds of my little fear AKA basophobia.
Just as we landed onto a sidewalk below us, Akame sped into the city which looked exactly like New York but a hellish version, and there were more cars following us.
The cars then began to follow us, and out of nowhere, we come into an intersection, and a tanker truck comes out as we slide under the tank, the cars then try to stop but they collided with the tank as it exploded, and we kept speeding deep into the heart of the city.
Akame then had the bike heading for the tunnel, as soon as we entered it, the tunnel turned into a giant mouth which chowed down when we entered it, the cars then entered another tunnel as we began to keep a steady pace as we began to go deeper into the tunnels, the cars began to catch up. I got off the bike for a few seconds and had the RPG rocket launcher armed at the incoming cars.
"Fire in the hole!" I shouted as I shot a single rocket at the cars and they caused a chain reaction of cars being destroyed.
I had six more rockets to use, but one of them had the Boss' name on it, and I was hoping to use it for the current level boss, I got back onto the bike putting my hands on Akame's stomach like before, and she revved the bike, burned rubber, then went deeper into the tunnel.
As soon as we exited, it turned out we entered what looked like Time Square of New York, the Jack in the box was sitting there, the serum wore off and the pain was coming back, but I had to fight it, Krampus might have the upper hand here, but I'm not going to let him win.
Revy and Takashi showed up as Takashi was driving and Revy was on the turret, I bet that they must've destroyed a few bad guys along the way.
Just then, a bunch of demons began to encircle us as they cheered for the carnage that was about to unfold in front of us, but I needed to focus on the fight so we can get our hands on Krampus and we can try to eliminate that bitch Jiulan.
This meant no turning back, we needed to kill the Jack in the box to move on, just then, the crank handle began to turn and the dreaded "Pop goes the weasel" starts playing, I had my MP5K SMG aimed at the box, waiting for the clown to pop out so I could waste it.
The Clown popped out and I began to place a flurry of bullets onto the clown's face, it did some decent damage, the clown then grabbed Akame as the bike began to topple, but thanks to my quick reflexes, I grabbed the handlebars quickly in able to keep the bike steady.
The demons begin to surround me as I did a donut with the bike causing the enemies to fly in different directions, it was good to be in control again!
The pain of the ice in my heart still hurt but I was also having a massive spike of adrenaline, which made me ignore the pain.
Akame tried to fight the grip of the clown, she even tried to slash it but to no avail, Revy then aimed the gun at the clown and began to spin the turret in able to shoot it.
The bullets began to hail onto the clown as it began to whittle down its health, Akame then slashed herself free as she ran back over to the bike and slashed the demons who blocked her path.
I slid back so she could be able to take control of the bike again and with that being said, she revved the bike yet again, but she had a secret weapon we could use, a single hand grenade.
The clown roared, which presented an opportunity for Akame to throw the grenade into the clown's mouth she did, and the grenade exploded causing major damage to the clown.
The clown was on the ropes, but he was going back in the box in able to heal itself, but not if I had anything to say about it!
I got off the bike, ran over to the crank and using all of my available strength, I turned the crank playing the song, finally the clown popped out and I switched over to my rocket launcher…
"Smile pretty you son of a bitch." I said as I fired a rocket and killed the clown, pieces of the clown scattered all over the place, and level two was a success!
"Rest in pieces, son of a cocksucker!" Takashi said with a smile on his face, he knew that we just got through another level and now we were introduced to some new weapons, I got a .50 caliber anti tank rifle, Akame got another sword in case she lost her original, Takashi got a PKM light machine gun, and Revy got a fully automated Beretta M9, just then, Krampus' image appeared.
"Congrats! You have passed level 2, but the next one won't be so easy!" Krampus said as he cackled.
"We'll just wait and see won't we…" I said, and the area just changed to white and the bike and Humvee stayed though.
Level 3 here we come…
[To Be Continued…]
(A/N: Here's another fight for you guys, and this fight with Krampus has almost reached the halfway point, and I'm going to
do three on foot levels and three vehicle levels, I'm looking forward to the next fight so you might have to keep your eyes
peeled for the next one, I'm keeping the next three bosses a secret let alone a surprise, so feel free to leave a review, faves and
follows are still optional, and until the next chapter, this is the master of chaos, the commander of the legion of corpses,
BloodyDemon666 signing off!)
