So... some people have been saying that Demon is a bit too 'OP' and he should be NERFED!...
There are only three things in this world that deserve to be nerfed... Death's scythe... Thorn... and Gjallerhorn
Don't worry... if you've every played Titanfall you might have noticed that if you're a good player then you can cause MASSIVE havoc...
For example... in the last game I played I got 15 pilot kills, 6 Titan kills and about 35 grunt kills and 0 deaths... (not bragging)
but the second you get shot once in the head then you're out...
I'm going to make sure that Demon is not going to be a god... he'll be taken down pretty quickly when he gets hit...
After all... he doesn't have aura... right? *Smiles behind computer screen*
AND... OVER 1k VIEWS! HOORAY FOR ME!
Naughtbeast
Chapter 8:
The arc mine… a pilot exclusive ordinance that consists of a single-point laser-activated mine that explodes in a singular direction away from the point of attachment, leaving the surface relatively unharmed… it also turned out to be very good as an impromptu launcher.
The second that Ozpin activated the launch pad, Demon simultaneously detonated the arc mines he had strapped to his feet, propelling him hundreds of metres into the air, high above the cloud line. He smiled under his helmet as he watched the ground speed below him, the entirety of the ground being covered in red forest, except for a single spot a couple of kilometres away.
Wait a minute… I've seen that before…
It was the same ruins they had rested at the day they warped here. With a grin, he felt the subtle pull of gravity slowly begin to pull him closer to the ground. Angling his body, he set up in a sky-diving position and the contrails of clouds began forming behind his hands and feet. The ground was coming towards him surprisingly fast and he saw two parachutes slowly descending to the ground. He cleared the tree canopy and twisted in mid-air, landing on the ground and rolling a bit, his exoskeleton taking the brunt of the force.
Never gets old…
He un-holstered his Kraber AP, loaded a round into the chamber, and began walking towards the ruins.
40 minutes later…
Unfortunately for Demon, the ruins were FAR further away than he had expected. Along the way he had activated his cloaking, much to the dismay of those watching, and managed to sneak past all the Grimm packs. He walked out of the tree line of the forest and came into the clearing where the ruins were located, keeping his cloak activated. As he observed he saw a ring of the 'artefacts' were spread around in the ruins… chess pieces. Instead of running in and getting it over with he decided to wait for his partner to arrive, rather than setting off a trap to get himself killed. A couple of minutes later he heard a shout from across from where he was. He looked to see Rosaline slowly backing away from the tree line, Smart Pistol aimed into the bush. A couple of moments later, three beowolves charged out of the forest straight towards her… only to be cut down a moment later by her pistol, with three bullet holes in their heads. Her shoulders slumped, indicating that she had been chased for some time.
As he watched, he saw another beowolf slowly creeping out of the bush towards her, Rosaline having no idea about the threat. He quickly pulled up his Kraber and sighted the Grimm. It jumped with a roar, causing Rosaline to jump away from it, bracing for the hit. Time seemed to slow down as it jumped at her. She saw the individual hairs move on its head as it roared in a battle cry. She couldn't do anything but watch as it inched closer to her. As she continued to watch her own demise, a bullet came out of nowhere and impacted into the chest of the jumping beast. As it impacted, the body of the Grimm was shunted sideways from the sheer force of the bullet impact. It never left the body as the bullet exploded within the Grimm's body, turning it into a piñata. Rosaline moved her arm to cover her from the gore that splattered across the forest, chunky bits of the beowolf splattering across her limb. It began disintegrating and she began looking around for her saviour. She saw Demon walking towards her, chambering another round in the massive rifle he had brought with him.
"Looks like we're partners" she chimed while loading another clip into her pistol.
"Yea… why were you running from those things? Your pistol took care of them pretty quickly…"
"It did… but the trees would reset the targeting every time they passed one."
I'll fix that later…
"Well… you can choose the artefact." Offered Demon, gesturing to the chess pieces sitting on pedestals. Rosaline walked over, holstering her pistol, and looked over the pieces. After a few minutes of looking, she walked over and picked up a white pawn. He cocked his head to the side as if questioning.
"Well… we're all just pawns in the grand scheme of things…" she replied, putting the artefact in her backpack. As she was smiling at Demon, he quickly pointed behind her before reaching for his rifle. She barely had enough time to look behind her and see another beowolf taking a leap for her. She expected Demon to be able to kill it in time but the unthinkable happened… he missed. When she said missed… it was a relative term… sure he hit it… but it did not stop the attack. The bullet that Demon fired went straight through the beast's shoulder, causing it to spin while in the air, instead of dying immediately. The beowolf's claw was not knocked out of the way and proceeded to slice into Rosaline's back. The beast died a second later but the deed was done. Rosaline's back was opened as the claws had sliced through her fragile body armour. She stood for a second longer before her eyes rolled into the back of her head and she collapsed on the floor.
CRAP!...
Demon dropped his rifle, the expended shell falling to the forest floor, and sprinted to her side. He saw that her eyes had glazed over and she was shallowly breathing. He checked over the cut and poured some water over the wound, causing it to bubble.
Shit… a pierced lung…
He applied the med-foam that he had in the small med-kit he had on his thigh and sealed the wound. He applied bandages over it and tried to contact Sid. As he tapped his comms on his wrist-screen he found that for some reason his comms were being blocked. Unless he managed to contact Sid who had the actual med-kit in his backpack. He un-attached his cloak module from his back and attached it to Rosaline. He carried her to the centre of the ruins and laid her down, activating the cloak as he did.
This is either the stupidest or best idea I ever had… or the one thing that could save her life...
He walked into the centre of the clearing, picking up his Kraber as he did, and pulled a flare gun from his left thigh. He raised it into the air and fired, the blinding light of the flare flying up into the air. As he did he heard many roars and animalistic sounds coming from the forest.
Just got to survive…
He looked down at his watch.
Two minutes left…
He waited… and waited… and waited…
Finally, after thirty seconds of silence, a massive scorpion-like beast busted out of the tree line, sending the trees flying like twigs. Demon smiled, remembering these beasts from Port's class.
Deathstalkers…
He raised the Kraber, sighted at its weak spot and fired. The loud BOOM of the round discharging filled the clearing and Demon's shoulder nearly shattered from the recoil. The round soared through the air and burrowed into the Deathstalkers eye, followed by another explosion as the round detonated. The result was not as he had expected…
Instead of collapsing to the ground, as the round had obviously turned its brain to mush, the Deathstalker clambered back a bit before roaring again and scuttling forward.
You have got to be kidding me…
He had managed to blow the leg off a Stryder titan once… and yet it had barely damaged this thing. He hastily chambered another round and fired, only for the thing's colossal golden claw to get in the way of his shot. Granted, it did manage to dent the claw, it did little to stop its advance. Before he had a chance to fire again, it brought its stinger down, trying to pierce the thing that was damaging it. He jumped out of the way and brought the Kraber up in the way, trying to deflect the attack. He managed to just avoid it, although his rifle was shredded. Instead of trying to get back at the giant Demon ran under its legs and ran for a couple more seconds before turning to face it again.
Josh is going to kill me for this…
Demon knew he wouldn't be able to win this battle with just his pistol or his knife… he would have to cheat… again. He reached into his pack and pulled out four needles. He grumbled as he stabbed them into his two legs and arms. After a moment he was shaking violently, limbs flailing everywhere, and it was a miracle he was able to stand. Each of the needles was filled with smuggled stimulants he had bought on the black market, each enough to almost double the speed and reaction rate of a normal human. His muscles burned and his heart rate went through the roof. A few seconds later he resumed back to his normal state. He reached up and pulled out his knife, a large, 6-inch, serrated combat knife made of titanium. He stared into the eyes of the Deathstalker before activating his stim. The effects of all the stims finally overtook him and his other side took over. His killer side…
He saw the single enemy and he saw in tunnel vision. It was the only thing he could see… and the only thing he could think about was to kill. He sprinted forward, possibly even challenging Ruby in speed. The Deathstalker was momentarily surprised at his speed, but quickly righted this by launching another attack. It brought its tail down again, aiming to crush the speeding human, only to find it avoided the attack with ease. Demon didn't even bother to dodge by much, using his heightened reflexes, time essentially slowed down to a fraction of what he would normally experience. He angled his shoulders in such a way that they would graze the stinger, but he would not have to slow down. After he cleared the appendage, the Deathstalker didn't even have time to recover as he jumped and landed an exoskeleton enhanced kick right on its head. Without stopping, Demon kicked off from the assault, seeing a large crack appear in its head armour, and flew back onto its stinger. Before it knew what was happening he was slicing into the weak links in the tail and began cutting off the stinger with his knife.
In a panic it began flailing around wildly, trying to fling Demon off… but to no avail. He hung on tight and sawed the stinger completely off, watching as it was dropped to the ground. The Deathstalker barely had time to scream before Demon detached and began attacking its eyes. He jumped off and hung just under its mouth, stabbing his knife into its multiple eyes. The Deathstalker was flailing madly, using its pincers to try and dislodge the human, again failing in its endeavour. After he had gouged out every single one of its eyes he primed a grenade from his belt and chucked it down the scorpion's open maw when it went to scream. He jumped off and used his parkour kit to get out of the range of its flailing pincers. A second later a dull THUMP was heard as the grenade detonated and the Deathstalker went limp, the skin of the mighty beast beginning to flake off.
As he killed it, he wasn't satisfied with the bloodshed… he needed more. He looked around hungrily, looking for more prey… and it came. Out of the tree line came four more Deathstalkers, looking to avenge their fallen brother. Instead of engaging them again, practically guaranteeing his death, he looked down at his watch… and smiled. With a single tap on the screen, he watched as a single blue circle appeared on the ground, just in front of one of the Deathstalkers. He heard a massive BOOM overhead, signalling the arrival of the Grimm's doom. Like a falling meteor, his colossal Titan smashed into the lead Deathstalker, completely obliterating whatever semblance it had to the real world, forming a small crater underneath. The other three began trying to attack the aforementioned mech, only to be stopped by the reinforced dome shield. Demon casually walked forward, the Deathstalkers not noticing the smaller figure, and opened the hatch to jump in. He activated the robot and watched as the screen in front of him activate, showing the Militia logo as it did. He felt his helmet link up and suddenly, the colossal giant was an extension of himself. What he did… it did… when he moved… it moved… this was what it was like to be a pilot. He stood up, and so did the Titan.
"All systems nominal" chimed the installed AI, something that took over when Sid was away.
When Demon responded his voice was twice as deep as normal, being highly affected by the stims he had injected.
"Give me everything…"
"Sir, I highly advise against…"
"I SAID EVERYTHING!"
"All systems active… bringing core abilities online…"
A large whirring sound filled the cabin as the three nuclear reactors powered up. His damage, shielding and dash core activated with a colossal BOOM that sounded much like a jet breaking the sound barrier. As the dome shield collapsed around him, a green shield surrounded the mech, the servo's on its arms and legs began glowing a deep red and the two cone-rockets on its back began spewing fire. As a Deathstalker tried to bring its stinger down on the Titan, he just reached up and grabbed the stinger with his off hand. As he did he sent a rocket barrage was sent into the scorpion, turning it into a charred corpse. Demon turned and dashed out of the way of another Deathstalker tail, before shredding it with a burst of fire from his chaingun. Its screeching was cut short by a massive fist crushing its head in.
The final Deathstalker saw what had happened to the other two and scuttled back a few paces, trying to assess the threat. Demon turned from eviscerating the Deathstalker and began lumbering towards the last one. As a last-ditch effort, it managed to strike out and grab onto the arms of the mech, immobilising it, and attacked. It brought its stinger down with full-force on the mech, the speed of the strike being enough to punch a 3-foot-deep hole in the ground. The stinger was aimed right for the sensory node, just in front of where Demon was sitting… only it never came. The stinger was stopped right in front of where he was by the bright-green field. Demon activated the speakers on his Titan, causing his gravelly voice to be broadcast outside.
"ALL… MUST… DIE!"
And with that, he grabbed the stinger of the Deathstalker and plunged it into its own head. But he still wasn't finished. He pulled up his chaingun arm and unloaded the entire clip into the beast, causing it to be more related to a sponge than a scorpion. As he stepped back from his latest kill he heard a screeching overhead. He turned to see a giant Nevermore, as they were called, flying in for a bombing run. As it fired its feathers at Demon, he activated his vortex shield and caught four of them, sending them flying back at the bird, piercing its head and causing it to crash to the ground, before being finished off by a rocket barrage from the Titan.
As Demon surveyed the battlefield he felt the kill-urge dying down within him and he deactivated his stims… something he would very much regret. As he did, his body couldn't cope with the sudden drop in metabolism and efficiency… and his heart promptly stopped. Demon collapsed within the Titan, causing the great beast to fall to the ground as well, blood flowing from his mouth and nose. In his last seconds of consciousness, he had time for one thought…
One life for another….
