Authors Note: Annnnd here's chapter nine people! Don't really have much to say except that Corvo has finally gone completely insane and will possibly destroy everything he sees that pisses him off, which is basically all of the Nova. The Pandora's finally have a trump card against the Nova, or will it just turn around and unleash its hellish rage on them as well? You should probably just read and find out for yourself. Here it is…
Chapter 9
Inner demon, battle's end, and recovery
Pure, burning rage.
He could feel it coursing through every cell in his body. It flowed through every vein and artery like his own blood. The being that was standing in between the Nova and the Pandora was no longer the Masked Assassin or Lord Protector that everyone knew, but instead was a bloodthirsty demon of the apocalypse itself. Its glowing blue eyes glared in utter anger at the Nova floating above him, who was staring right back with its emotionless, green slitted eyes. The tension between the two powerful beings was thick enough so that just a mere whisper of the wind would have been more than enough to break it into millions of pieces. For minutes on end, all they seemed to do was stand still and stare at each other, neither one of them daring to make the first move. The humanoids' armored heads bared no emotion as they silently stood still and waited for any sign of attack while the Pandora's/Limiters had numerous reactions of confusion, shock, awe, and fear. They nervously fiddled with their volt weapons as they remained in battle stance and paid close attention and watched the humanoids for any sort of movement that might have been seen as threatening. Same being said for the recently transformed assassin.
Two opposing armies and their leaders stood separate on each side of the battlefield, one side glaring at the other with a mix of hate and anger, while the other simply just watched and waited with no hints of emotion etched into any of their faces. Two armies powerful enough cause a small war that would destroy anything that got into its path. Swords and claws were held aside ready to hack and slash each other at word 'go'. Ready to cut limbs and spill blood as soon as each of their respective leaders made the first move. Once again, all hope of humanity seemed to rely on the outcome of this battle. The tension in the atmosphere seemed to increase each minute both armies stood there and waited in agonizing silence.
That all changed when the world around them turned a light blue and all time came to a halting stop. All but two figures remained motionless in their places with their facial expressions completely froze onto their faces.
The Demon's mark burned brightly on its hand as Blinked directly in front of the Nova. Without enough time to react, the Nova suddenly found a hard, metal fist directly into in its face before it shot back and flew directly into the last replica's chest, effectively cracking and breaking the armor into pieces, exposing its core glowing in a deep purple. The Nova woman struggled to lift itself off of the large glass sphere before it suddenly felt its head get grabbed from behind and got its face smashed right into the core, causing a few slight cracks to form on the surface. Before it even had time to move, the Nova's head was once again grabbed, brought back, and its face smashed right into the core, causing even more cracks to form. For moments on end, this was the only thing it was able to feel as its head was repeatedly brought back and smashed into the core with heavy force. Each and every time caused even more cracks to form on the core's surface, along with some of the core's light that leaked out through the cracks.
The rapid beating soon came to a stop as the Nova felt the grasp on the back of its head get tighter, its entire body was lifted a couple inches into the air before it was suddenly thrown back in the opposite direction at an enormous speed toward the ground, where a large crowd of humanoids were remained frozen into place. A second later it crashed into the ground at the force of a meteor, creating a large crater and destroying all frozen Nova with a twenty foot radius. The woman laid limp face-down within the earth with its limbs spread out, bent and broken in different places. Very slowly, it shakily lifted its head with half lidded eyes as it tried to push itself off of the ground.
Until a metal boot suddenly came down and smashed its entire head back deeper into the ground.
Not even given the chance to move, the Nova's head was forcefully yanked out of the ground by its hair as its entire body was once again entirely lifted off of the ground. As the Nova's eyes began to wave themselves off of the business, it suddenly saw that it was directly face to face with a horned, metal mask that was glaring directly at her with glowing, dark blue eyes. The Nova silently watched as the demon brought back its metal arm, while at the same time holding her by her hair with its left arm. Thinking it was once again about to be hit, the Nova focused all of its stigmata energy into its skin in able to absorb most of the impact. It then widened its eyes when the Demon's arm suddenly began to dematerialize and seemingly shift into a different form, becoming longer and larger. What used to be a normal sized human arm was now a large, five foot blade that extended all the way to the ground. It was the shape of a giant cleaver that had a sharp, silver edge along with the center being a dark black. On top of the blade was what appeared to be blue, vein-like roots that connected the blade with the rest of the Demon's body.
The Nova's eyes widened even further as the blade was suddenly plunged through its entire body. Even with its stigmata heavily enhancing its skin, the blade had still dealt a large amount of damage. The Nova also noticed that it was no longer being held by its hair but was now hanging on the edge of the Demon's blade. It watched with its hollow, slitted eyes as the demon turned its body in the opposite direction and, with a quick lash, lunged its arm forward, throwing the Nova directly off of the blade and straight towards the frozen replica. All time seemed to slow down for the Nova as it shot through the air at great speed. With a few seconds remaining, the female Nova closed her eyes and allowed a mysterious smile to grace her lips as she flew through the air and towards her impending doom, or more specifically, directly towards the replica's badly damaged core.
The Demon gave off a low growl of satisfaction as it watched the woman soar through the air and at the replica's core. After unleashing its anger on the abomination, it had decided it was finally time to finish it off once and for all. Even though it was able to defeat it, it was also slightly disappointed that the woman hadn't at all put up a fight. It was almost as if the woman had let him end her life, or maybe it was because he was just too fast for her to fight at all. Either way, she was going to die right here and now, and that was the only thing that mattered to him.
With another low growl, the demon lifted its left arm and pointed the palm of its marked hand towards the replica. The electricity that was surging through its spiked stigmata quickly began to surge forward in small, electrical waves. Then from out of nowhere, a small, black spike suddenly grew from out of the Demon's palm and began charging with energy in the form of a blue, electrical sphere that grew larger with each passing second. The sphere continued to grow until it reached the size of a beach ball and, with a final grunt, shot the sphere out of his palm and towards the replica the speed of a bullet.
And within a single second, the Apocalypse came.
A large explosion ruptured throughout the entire battlefield and pieces of earth and buildings flew in every direction through the air along with fire raining down from the sky, thankfully not hitting any of the Pandora or Limiters as they were at a safe distance away from the explosion. One by one, each and every one of the humanoids began to dematerialize from existence as their creator burned down into a blaze of blue hellfire. Soon there was nothing left except for the remains of half destroyed buildings along with torn up pieces of earth that were burning from the left over trails of fire.
The Demon however, paid no attention to the surrounding destruction and instead focused on the sky above him. The Nova were finally dead along with the humanoids, and not one person had been hurt over the entire conflict. Even if the damage was great, more innocent lives were saved were saved because of it. And that was more than what anyone could have asked for.
The Demon stared at the sky for a few moments more until its body suddenly froze and began shaking tremendously. Pain shot through the Demon's body as the spikes on its back and hand slowly began receding back into its skin. The spikes on its arm also began to recede back into the stigmata soon before the skin on its arm suddenly began to expand and grow over the stigmata and leaving a normal human arm that was covered with a long sleeve filled with holes. Its bladed arm dematerialized and the metal seemed to fade away before it was left with a normal sized, skin covered human arm that was now sleeveless. Then horns on the mask also began to recede along with the diamond and the teeth, and the glowing eyes soon died down to once again reveal a normal set of glass optics. The mask then dematerialized as well, once again revealing the gruff and pale face of Corvo Attano, who stood motionless with his head still facing towards the sky before collapsing chest-first onto the ground below him.
The last thing that happened before he slipped into unconsciousness was the world returning to its normal color and time continuing to move forward.
Lucy, as well as the other Pandora around her, blinked their eyes in confusion before looking ahead and widening their eyes and dropping their jaws in complete gob smack at the sight of the destruction in front of them. Craters of all shapes and sizes littered the area along with the debris of destroyed buildings and torn earth. Whatever area that wasn't covered by debris was slowly burning in trails and globs of blue fire that was spread out all along the battlefield. But what was even more confusing was that there were no signs of the Nova anywhere in sight. Like they had all suddenly disappeared within a second. Everywhere around the battlefield was filled with complete silence except for the numerous fires that were growling off in the distance. No one dared to speak or move a single muscle as they were filled with too much shock to do anything. The intense silence was soon broken by a random Pandora who finally mustered up the courage to shout the question that everyone else was thinking.
"W-What the hell happened!?" she shrieked as she frantically looked the surrounding Pandora.
That was the one question that was racing through everybody's thoughts as they tried to think of an answer. But no matter how hard they tried to think, no one seemed to come up with anything. Even Elizabeth, who was very well known for her strategic planning and quick thinking, couldn't even come up with an answer herself. Everyone was literally just as confused as the random Pandora who had blurted out the question. One moment a whole army of Nova were standing right in front of them, ready to kill and destroy anything that remotely looked human, and then the next moment they were gone, like they had suddenly vanished into thin air without them even realizing it.
"Hey! What happened to that guy who turned into that horned thing earlier?" shouted another Pandora.
Everyone's eyes, especially Lucy's and Windy May's, widened even further as they suddenly remembered the man who had been standing in the middle of the large beam of light and shouting into the sky in raw anger. Their fear had only increased when he somehow activated Pandora and Nova form at the exact same time and suddenly turned into that horned monster. The rest was history because everyone had apparently blacked out for a few moments before coming back to reality and finding over five miles worth of destruction in front of them with the monster now mysteriously gone along with the rest of the Nova.
Using her stigmata improved eyesight, Lucy scanned the forward area for any signs of the Nova before her eyes landed on an out-of-place body that was covered in dark, torn clothing and lying face down in the dirt near some debris, nearly making it blend in along with the night sky.
Corvo Lucy thought before she suddenly sprinted off in his direction, surprising the nearby Pandora. In about three seconds she ran an entire mile before coming to a stop and kneeling down near his body. She gripped both of his shoulder and, very gently, turned him over so that he was now laying on his back. So far she wasn't able to find any wounds except for a few scratches and minor bruises, but she also saw that his skin was very pale. She tried sensing for any sign of his energy until she slightly sighed in relief when she was able to find a small trace of it that was still alight within him. She then placed two fingers on the side of his throat and sighed once again when she was able to feel a small pulse. So he is unconscious she said to herself. That is a relief.
Not that she would ever admit this to anyone, but when she witnessed Corvo activating Pandora and Nova Mode and turning into that horned beat, she had honestly been a little frightened. Sure she was a Legendary Pandora with immense power, but even she had never heard of anyone who had been able to activate both modes at the same time and actually survive. It had frightened her even more when she watched as Corvo transformed into a demon-like creature after activating both modes and roaring into the sky like some sort of wild animal. It had also worried her when he had unleashed those large waves of power that had almost suffocated her due to the intense pressure. The power fluctuations had been so large that any Pandora half way around the world would've probably been able to feel even the slightest pressure.
"Big sister Lucy!" screamed a high pitched voice as Lucy turned her head to see Windy May quickly running towards her along with Kazuya, and two more Pandora's, one with blonde hair and the other with blue hair. As soon as the caught up to her, they looked down and gasped at seeing the masked man in torn clothes and his head in Lucy's lap with his eyes closed. Windy covered her mouth with both her hands and had tears brimming the edge of her eyes. "Is… Is he okay?" she quietly asked in a worried voice.
Lucy looked back down at Corvo for a minute before gazing back up at her younger sister and giving her a small nod and reverting back to her usual emotionless face. "He is fine Windy May. He is only unconscious due to the amount of stress that was put on his body."
Kazuya and his friends all gave small sighs of relief while Windy pumped both her hands up into the air and started jumping in complete happiness. "Yay! Corvo's going to be okay!" she shouted as she continued to jump happily. She soon stopped and widened her eyes when she and Lucy suddenly sensed two familiar energies. They looked behind them and saw that two woman were now standing a few feet away from them. One of them was tall with long, blonde hair that was tied in a single pony tail and reached all the way down to her feet. She was wearing a light purple battle dress that had two different colored sleeves and a large diamond implanted in her chest. The other woman was a couple of inches shorter and had deep violet hair that reached all the way to her back. She was also wearing a purple battle dress that had a long skirt and was also wearing a set of high heels along with a large diamond that was also implanted into her chest. Both were currently staring at the entire crowd with faces that looked even more hollow and emotionless than Lucy's.
Kazuya, Satellizer, and Rana all looked at the women with a bit of surprise while Lucy just glanced at them with a look of indifference before she focused her attention back on Corvo. Windy May on the other hand, looked at the women with a large smile before running over and giving them both a huge hug, which the awkwardly returned.
"Big sister Cassandra! Big sister Teslad! I'm so happy to see you again!" she yelled as she hugged them for a few more moments before releasing them. She then grabbed Cassandra's arm and happily pointed at Kazuya. "Loom big sister look! It's Kazuya!" she exclaimed as continued pointing at him.
Cassandra focused her attention on Kazuya and stared at him with her usual non-expressionless gaze as Kazuya stared back at her with a mix of confusion and slight fear. The fear then began to grow as Cassandra slowly reached out and extended her hand towards Kazuya. He, along with Satellizer and Rana began to panicky as her hand drew closer and closer towards his face. He soon began to sweat as her hand came into contact with his cheek. The gentle and soft touch of her hand did nothing to calm his nerves as he continued to stand there with his heart pounding against his chest. Fearing she was going to attack him, he was about to call Satellizer and Rana for help…
…until his face was suddenly shoved right in between her breasts with her arms wrapped securely around his head, her eyes closed and a content smile on her lips.
Kazuya just stood there momentarily shocked at the sudden display of affection while at the same time feeling something that had felt very familiar to him, like he had felt it before a long time ago. It felt like a sense of warmth, safety, peace, and… motherly?
Before he could ponder these feelings, he suddenly remembered that he was holding his breath and struggled to gain free of the woman's tight grasp. Satellite and Rana, who were also in a state of shock, saw Kazuya's struggle and quickly shook themselves out of their stupor.
"H-Hey! Knock it off! He can't breathe!" yelled Satellizer as she grabbed one of Kazuya's arms.
"Yeah! Let him go you damn shrew!" yelled Rana as she grabbed his other arm. They both tried to get Kazuya out of her grasp, but just ended up yanking on his arms due to the woman's strength. After a few more tries, the duo had finally been able to pull the suffocating Kazuya out of her arms where he was finally able to breathe again. Both of the girls checked to make sure he was okay while at the same time ignoring the intense glare that Cassandra was throwing at them.
Lucy however, was ignoring the whole thing and still had her attention on the unconscious Corvo. She brushed a hand through his long, raven hair as she gently caressed his rough cheek with her other. While she was glad that he had survived his transformation and had killed the remaining Nova, she was still worried about what was going to happen to him after all of this was over. Now that he had made himself known to the public, there was no doubt that West Genetics would be informing Chevalier about the whole situation. And there was also no doubt that this would probably get out into the public. If news got out that a male was somehow able to use stigmata, along with other unknown powers, it would have been catastrophic. He would be seen as a living gold mine and organizations all over the world would literally kill to get their hands on him. And besides human experimentation, there was no telling what else they would do to him. And there was no way in hell she was going to let that happen.
She was cut out of her thoughts when she felt a hand on her shoulder and looked up to see her other sister Teslad staring down at her with her emotionless purple eyes. She silently glanced at Corvo's unconscious figure for a minute before gazing back at Lucy, as if asking for an explanation.
"He's an ally" Lucy said in her quiet voice as she looked back at Corvo and continued to caress his cheek. "And a friend"
Teslad rose an eyebrow at her sister's action and was about to ask another one of her silent questions until looked up into the sky and off into the distance. She tapped Lucy's shoulder to gain her attention and both looked to see an Osprey transport carrier flying towards their direction. This soon got the others' attention as the Osprey flew closer and closer until it landed right next to them. Its back hatch slowly opened and everyone except the Legendary Pandora's widened their eyes as they saw Gengo Aoi himself along with Team 13's leader Su-Na Lee, exit out of the back of the Osprey and made their way towards the group.
Kazuya, shocked at seeing his grandfather, stood rooted in his spot until his grandfather stopped right next to him, but not looking at him. "G-Grandfather? What are you doing here?" he asked with wide eyes.
Gengo, who had his hands in his pockets and stern look on his face, glanced over at his grandson before focusing his attention forward. "Kazuya" he said in a low, aging voice. "I want you to take your friends and get into the transport at once. I know you have questions and I'll do my best to answer them later, but for now I need you to do as I say. Understand?"
Kazuya wanted to argue but look in his grandfather's eyes and the tone in his voice decided against it. Sighing in defeat, he gave him a small, silent nod before retrieving Satellizer and Rana and making their way towards the transport. Gengo then told Cassandra, Windy May, and Teslad to do the same, who all complied, though Windy May a little reluctantly, and walked towards the Osprey, leaving only Gengo, Su-Na, and Lucy. Gengo stepped up to his daughter and looked down at the unconscious man in her lap before looking back at her.
"I take it this is the mysterious masked person who I've been hearing so much about?" he asked her.
"Yes father." Lucy replied as she stared at him with her usual gaze. "He helped us dispose the last of the humanoids. As well as the last of the replicas."
"Interesting" said Gengo as he continued to observe Corvo. He then gave out a small sigh before closing his eyes and turning around. "Very well, let's get him on the transport."
Before he could move, Gengo suddenly felt a hand grip one of his arms. He looked back down and was surprised to see Lucy gripping his arm while giving him a sudden hard stare.
"I will need to converse this with you at a later time, and privately father." She said in an almost serious voice as she let go of his arm.
Gengo stared down at his daughter for a few more moments before sighing once again and looking away. "Fine. We'll talk about your new friend there later. But first he needs medical attention as well as lots of rest. And I have a lot of explaining to do for Kazuya in the meantime so I'm afraid you'll have to wait."
"That is fine. As long as I get to discuss this matter with you, I will wait patiently."
"Very well." Gengo said before he turned his attention towards Su-Na. "Get him inside the transport." He ordered her.
She gave him a firm nod before reaching up to her wireless communicator on her ear and pressing a button. "We need Med-Evac ASAP." She said into the earpiece. Suddenly two Chevalier Pandora who were holding a stretcher came running out of the Osprey and toward Lucy. They knelt down beside Corvo, grabbed each of his arms and legs and lifted him onto the stretcher. Once he was on, the two Pandora carefully picked up the stretcher and started walking back towards the Osprey, with Lucy and Su-Na following close behind. Gengo glanced back and briefly looked at the destruction behind him before turning his head and making his own way back towards the Osprey.
The morning sun shined brightly throughout the blue sky as the birds happily chirped and soared through the wind. The trees stood proud and tall within the soil and the morning silence was broken by the loud crash and roar of the ocean waves.
Located on an island over fifty miles wide near the coast of Tokyo Bay, West Genetics Military Academy was bustling with activity as dozens upon dozens of construction crews and repairmen were busy repairing all of the buildings and re-fertilizing all of the land that had been destroyed during the Nova Clash. Within the academy, Pandora and Limiters of all ages were also busy going on about their day and enjoying their free time off while all Pandora and Limiters who were injured in the attack were busy recovering in the Medical Bay. Due to the extensive damage that had been caused during the attack, the academy had officially decided to cancel all classes and training sessions until further notice. It was also so that they could give any students who had been injured plenty of time to recover, while the students who were uninjured got to enjoy a few weeks early vacation.
Currently located within one of the recovery rooms located in a private sector of the academy, Kazuya was busy enjoying a nice, long, and peaceful sleep in the most comfortable bed he had probably ever slept in his entire life dressed in a white tank top and black shorts. When they had gotten back to the academy after being flown in, he had been ordered by his grandfather to spend the night in the recovery wing of the school so that they could heal his injuries that he had gotten during the attack. But no matter how many times he told his grandfather he was fine, he had no choice but to comply as the strict look in his grandfather's voice as well as his commanding tone left no room for any arguments. So without having much of a choice, he bid his friends a goodnight before making his way to the room his grandfather had assigned him too. Satellizer had tried to follow him, arguing that Kazuya was her Limiter and that she had every right to stay with him, but after being told by Gengo that the block he was staying in was off-limits to Pandora and that only certain people were allowed to enter, she had no choice but to reluctantly agree and leave, heavily disappointed and a little teary-eyed, with Rana at her side trying to cheer her up the whole way to her room.
Kazuya groaned as the morning sun shined through the window and glared right in his face and through his eye lids. Tightening his closed eyes, he switched to lay on his right side so that the sun would be at his back and was about to continue his peaceful sleep until he felt his left hand grab onto something that was soft and squishy. He would have just assumed it was another pillow he was holding on to except it felt more pronounced and a little more flexible than a pillow's surface. It almost felt like skin.
Groaning softly, Kazuya slowly opened his eyes and blinked a couple times to remove the momentary blur that was blinding him before he was able to clearly focus on what he was grabbing. And the second he saw what it was that he was grabbing, his eyes shot wide in complete fear, his entire body froze, and his blood went colder than ice.
Because right in front of him, laying in his bed was a completely half-naked Cassandra wearing nothing but a grey bra and underwear, staring at him with half-lidded emotionless eyes along with a small blush on her cheeks. The other reason he was completely frozen with fear was because he saw that his left hand was currently grabbing onto her right breast.
Now, any man that was caught in this situation would have either jumped for absolute joy after waking up with a half-naked, busty, curvaceous blonde woman in their bed, or would have flown out of the window from a volcanic nose bleed after touching her breast. But being the nice gentleman that Kazuya is, he did what any teenage guy did when they still retained their innocence. He fell out of his bed and screamed.
Within the same block, right next door to Kazuya's room, the sun was also shining brightly through the open windows as a handsome man with long, raven hair reaching his shoulders and a thin goatee adorning his face also slept within his soft bed, fully embracing his eight hours and counting of a continuous peaceful sleep. The rays of then sun soon took their toll as they slowly moved over the bed and right over then man's face.
Corvo squinted his eyes and groaned as the light from outside shined brightly through his tight eye lids. He opened his eyes and slowly lifted himself off of the bed, lifted the covers revealing him also wearing a pair of shorts and a tank top that was showing of his muscled arms, and swung his feet over the side. As he wiped some of the sweat from his forehead, he noticed that the top of his right arm was wrapped in bandages as well as his left leg. He took time to observe his surroundings and furrowed his brows in confusion after seeing that he was in a completely different room that wasn't his own. It was large with brown walls and an all-white floor, and since there were some sort of machines next to his bed, he deduced that this was probably some sort of hospital room. Only he didn't know where, which wasn't good.
He sat up out of his bed and did a few minute stretches before walking over to the door. He was about to open it until he suddenly heard a loud scream coming from the room that was right next to his. Years of battle instincts quickly kicked in as his mark glowed to life and materialized his retractable sword in his right hand. Wasting no time, Corvo threw open the Dorr before quickly running barefoot over to the next room.
"W-What the hell do you think you're doing in my bed!?" Kazuya screamed as he quickly stood up and glared at Cassandra while tightly holding his left hand and blushing furiously.
To say he was shocked that he had just grabbed the breast of a woman he didn't even know would have been an understatement. Sure there had been some incidents between him and Satellizer where he had accidently touched her chest multiple times. He had even seen her completely naked on a few occasions but those were completely by accident! Even Rana had tried to seduce him multiple times where she was either naked or wearing skimpy outfits.
But out of all those incidents, this one was probably the worst. Yes he was a little angry that she had snuck into his room and gad laid down in his bed with him with barely any clothes on, but he was more scared because he had just groped her right out of the blue and didn't even know it! And the way she looked even more emotionless than Lucy just made it even more terrifying. Plus she looked like she could easily rip him in two if she wanted to.
"Kazuya…" whispered a hollow feminine voice that brought Kazuya out of his thoughts and looked to see Cassandra suddenly right in front of him kneeling on the edge of the bed and staring straight into his eyes with her own empty ones. Before he even had time to utter a single word, she suddenly grabbed his entire head and shoved it right in between her breasts with her arms once again wrapped tightly around his neck. "Go on… drink." She quietly said in a chilling voice.
Kazuya just stood there frozen with his head between her breasts with wide eyes and a blush on his cheeks, trying to contemplate the situation. Drink? What does she mean by that? He asked himself in his head.
Suddenly the door to his room slammed open and both occupants looked over, and were surprised to see Corvo fully awaken with his symbol glowing in his left hand and small sword in right. He was frantically looking around the room until his eyes settled on the two other occupants who were awkwardly positioned on the bed staring back at him. Corvo blushed and quickly looked away after seeing the blonde woman was barely wearing any clothes and holding the young boy into her chest. He deactivated his mark as well as dematerialized his sword and rubbed the back of his neck, still looking away.
"Um… am I interrupting?" he awkwardly asked, finally gaining the courage to look back at the two.
Kazuya stared wide eyed at the raven haired man for a few moments longer before using all of his strength to wiggle his way out of Cassandra's arms and escaping her suffocating hold. He took a couple deep breaths to regain his oxygen before he focused his attention back on Corvo.
"H-Hey! You're that guy I saw back at the mall! The one that was sitting right by our table! You mean you were that masked man that saved me and Satellizer from that Nova a few weeks ago AND the one that turned into that monster during the Nova Clash!?"
Corvo was surprised to hear that he had been spotted during his time at the mall but was even more surprised after hearing that he turned into some sort of monster during the attack last night. He knew he had gotten angry after that Nova woman tried to alter his memories but he never remembered turning into anything. His memory was still a little fuzzy from the whole memory alteration so he figured he must have blacked out.
"While I do admit that I was indeed the one who you saw at the shopping center as well as being the masked assassin, I'm afraid I don't remember turning into any monstrosity that you speak of."
"Y-You don't remember?" Kazuya asked still wide eyed. "You were screaming into the sky while completely covered in some beam of light. Then all of a sudden you started growing large spikes out of your back. Then your right arm was completely turned into metal while the other was surrounded in electricity. And your mask also started growing horns while your eyes were glowing blue. I've never seen anything like it. It was like you became some sort of demon or something."
Corvo took a few seconds to process the information before furrowing his brows in confusion. Him turning into a demon? Granted, he did get immensely angry, but he didn't think he'd get so angry that he would somehow turn into some sort of monster. It sounded like some sort of nightmare that children would get when they slept. Did that Nova woman do something to him that he wasn't at all aware of? Did the stigmata have something to do with it? His Mark? He would have to remind himself to ask the Outsider the next time he saw him.
He was brought out of his musings when he saw Kazuya round the corner of his bed and approached him. When he was about a foot away, he tensed up a bit before looking up at Corvo with a small frown on his face. "While I am still confused and a little worried about the whole transformation thing, I don't judge people based on what I see. The most important thing was that nobody got hurt, you included, and that you once again saved us all from a possible death. So…" Kazuya's frown changed into a grateful and kind smile before he brought up his left hand and held it towards Corvo. "I wanted to thank you for your help. Even though you have no idea who any of us are, you still risked your life to protect us. And that's something I'm more than grateful for. And the name's Kazuya Aoi by the way."
Corvo, momentarily surprised at the sudden gesture of kindness, merely looked at Kazuya's hand for a few seconds before mustering up a smile of his own and firmly grasped Kazuya's hand with his right and gave him a handshake in return.
"As I have said before, I'm merely protecting innocent lives from those other worldly creatures, so any thanks you have aren't necessary. And my name is Corvo Attano. It is good to meet your acquaintance, Kazuya Aoi."
Authors Note: Hey guys! Sorry about the wait but I was a little sick over the weekend and wasn't able to get much writing done, but I'm better now so don't worry. Anyway, here's the chapter that you guys have been waiting for so I hope you'll all enjoy reading it as much as I have writing it!
And just to clarify a few things, I'm calling Corvo's new transformation his 'Demon Form'. This form acts sort of like his 'Inner Beast', so he'll only be able to activate it only under intense amounts of anger. His Demon Form also gives him access to a few new powers, which I will give details on right now.
Metamorphic Titanium Limb: Corvo's right arm is completely covered in a stigmata enhanced metal that makes it virtually indestructible. Due to being enhanced by the stigmata and his already enhanced strength, he is able to punch through any solid form without receiving a single scratch, regardless of what the solid form is made of, including the world's strongest metal. Due to it being completely made up of stigmata cells, Corvo is able to rearrange them to form any type of mêlée weapon of his choosing of at least six feet in length, one of which being his blade arm.
(If you guys want to know what his blade arm looks like, it's basically James Heller's fully upgraded blade arm from Prototype 2 only the large veins that sprout from his shoulder are blue instead of red.)
Amplified Volt Conductor: The large spikes that emanate from Corvo's back act as conductors that are able to produce stigmata enhanced electricity. Once produced, the electricity is directed through his body and towards his left arm where it flows out of the spiked stigmata that grow out of his left arm. Also acting as conductors, the stigmata carries the electricity all the way down his arm like small electrical waves and towards the single spike that amplifies it from Corvo's palm, allowing him to shoot it out as either large spheres or lightning bolts that will completely disintegrate any organic targets it hits or blow up any nonorganic targets.
Further enhanced abilities/senses: Due to his Demon Form unleashing massive amounts of power, Corvo abilities have once again gained enormous boosts. He is able to run up to speeds over 2000mi/hr with a near unlimited amount of stamina, as well as being able to lift weights equivalent to that of a four-story building. He main senses have also been enhanced where he is able to see, smell, and hear anything over fifty miles away.
Well, that's basically it for all of his Demon powers. Hope I didn't make it too overpowering but like I said before, he can only use these abilities when he's in his Demon Form, and that's not unless he's under extreme amounts of anger and rage.
One last thing. I was planning on starting on a second story (not gonna tell you yet), so if I take a while to update a chapter then it's because I'm busy working on the other story. But don't worry, I said I was going to stick to this story till the end and I mean it. It'll just take longer for me to update. So, until next time I hope you guys keep reading the story so see you later!
