The voice...is inside my head...
"It's been too long my sweet..." The female voice said,
"Who are you?" I asked before I was interrupted by Ooishi,
"Watch out more Reapers coming!"
Another group showed up all with their guns pointing at me. I lifted my arm preparing to electricify them, but nothing happened, I wasn't able to shoot a lightning bolt...but why? Was this tar nullifiying my powers?
"What are you waiting for? Shoot the bastards!" Ooishi barked,
"I cant! my powers aren't working!" I shouted back annoyed,
Ooishi grabbed his gun and hid behind cover I ran over and did the same. As I was hiding in the cover my head felt like it was being split in two. I look up into the sky and saw it was a dark murky red color. My vision blurred as I look around.
"She doesn't understand you..." The voice said again,
"Are you going to stand there doing nothing?" Ooishi interrupted again,
"What can I do? My powers aren't working right now." I said,
"Damn..."
The Reapers had us pinned down, then suddenly rocks were being thrown at them. The clueless gang looked around to see where the rocks were being thrown from. Then my headache was gone, the sky wasn't red, and my vision was cleared. I stood and fried the enemy closest. As the other turned to see what had happened two people ran towards the Reapers. One of them was put in a sleeper hold, while the other was tased. The duo let go of the unconscious bodies and showed their faces.
"Mion? Shion?" I asked,
"We couldn't let you do this alone." Mion stated, "Your welcome by the way..."
"...Yea...Thanks, we might've been dead without you."
"Why didn't you just shock those guys earlier?" Shion asked,
"I couldn't, I think this black tar disables my powers..."
"Well it looks like it wore off." Ooishi said, "Consider yourself lucky, most people get sick by this stuff...and sometimes even die...
"Then all of us should be careful." Mion suggested,
"Mion!" Someone shouted,
Everyone turned and saw Keiichi and Rena running toward us
"There's another group of Reapers down the street." Keiichi said, "And theres some kind of machine attached to the building."
"Alright, _ you have to clear out the area and shut off that machine." Ooishi ordered,
"But...what if it shoots out that crude again?" I questioned,
"Then you to run for cover and we'll back you up."
"Alright let's do it!" I said determined,
I rushed to the spot where the Reapers were and blasted a few bolts at them. The ones I didn't hit started shooting, I dove into cover and waited for the gunfire to subside. When the sound of firing was absent I sprinted out of cover and "head shocked" the enemy furthered away from me. The last man standing pulled out a pipe bomb and threw it at me, I used "shockwave" to send it flying away. I continued to sprint toward the enemy and when I was close enough I used shockwave to lift him into the air, then I jumped into the air and as the Reaper landed on the ground I landed on his gut and then I stomped on his face and walked to the machine. I turned the wheel again and when I did the black tar spewed on my face. I wiped my eyes of the tar only to find a reaper staring at me with his gun pointing at me at point blank range. Then I heard footsteps behind me and saw more Reapers ready to gun me down.
"RUN! _! RUN!" Mion shouted,
I did as she commanded and ran for the nearest cover I could find.
"They HATE you, but not me...I love you...and I understand you." The voice appeared again,
"Ugh...go away..." I groaned,
"Why are you pushing me away? Is it because of her?" The voice sounded more angry,
"Because of...who?"
"Don't play dumb with me...you've been seeing her again haven't you?"
"I dont know what your talking abo-"
"LIAR!" The voice screamed, "WHY DO YOU LOVE HER! SHE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND YOU LIKE I DO?"
"...Just...shut the hell up..." the headache was getting worse the more she shouted,
"I'LL KILL HER! I'LL SKIN HER! I'LL WEAR HER SKIN LIKE A ROBE!" The voice was tearing my mind apart,
"_! Are you alright?" Shion asked behind me,
I turned and saw a few new unconscious Reapers.
"Yea...I'm fine..." I replied,
"Are you sure? You looked like you were in pain eariler..."
"I'm fine now, it wore off."
"Okay..."
"Bad news...The Reapers are putting machines on roofs now." Ooishi said,
"Where is this machine now?" I asked,
"It's not too far from here."
We quickly arrived at the building with The Reapers on the roof.
"This building is huge! it'll take us forever to get up there!" Mion complied,
"What's the fastest way to the roof?" Rena asked,
"The stairs, but it'll still take some time to reach the time." Ooishi said,
As they were talking about their plan, I went ahead and put mine in action.
"_! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?" Keiichi yelled,
"Relax, I can climb up to the roof. It's one of the few things I've learned." I replied,
"How fast can you make it up?" Ooishi asked,
"Well, this building has quite a few windows which I can step on and grab onto so...50 seconds maybe..."
"Okay, we'll be right up."
"See you there..."
And with that I started climbing. I jumped from window to window until I finally reached the top. The Reapers guarding the water tower with a pump on it saw me. They started firing, but a few lightning bolts to the face and they were down. Suddenly, a Reaper with a tan coat appeared and charged up. I zapped him a few time but he was tougher than the rest. He fired his burst of energy, I rolled out of the way and continued to fire. The Reaper teleported closer to me and fired his gun, the bullets hit me three times in my chest but they didn't go through. I looked up to blast the powerful rifleman, but he was no where to be found. Suddenly he reappeared in front of me and grabbed my neck, but that was a fatal mistake. I lifted my hand and blasted him in the face. His grasp on my neck was loosened and his body fell back. I quickly climbed up to the water tower and saw that the machine was different, it had no handle. It was also electrical.
Karama Moment
I could overcharge it and the machine will be disabled without the tar spilling on me. But the people who live in this building will get sick or die. I could also use shockwave and save the people in this building, but then that would mean taking a blast of crude to the face. Who's health is more important? Mine? or Theirs?
