A\N- ha so this chapter i'm sorta picking up where I left off with Sugou then transitioning elsewhere. Also to the guest who asked me to do a Q&A uh you can find out a bit about me from my profile info. One last thing someone asked me why I use limited punctuation. It's just a bad habit of mine I developed in high school while taking notes. (laziness)...
Disclaimer- I don't own SAO
Chapter 9 -The escape
Sugou stood up and took his tray to the disposal area silently counting down from thirty. As he turned to put his tray down on top of a stack of other dirty tray's a group of prisoners casually strolled up to the nearest guard and started provoking him. Soon the whole cafeteria was one big brawl as a sea of orange crashed into the out numbered guards . Sugou gleefully watched as his plan came to life unaware to the presence behind him until a hand grabbed his shoulder Sugou turned around to see a ratty looking man holding a key card out Sugou grinned as he grabbed it and nonchalantly walked to the door leading towards his freedom his group of thugs following closely behind him. Once outside they made their way through the cell blocks, past processing, and into a lobby.
"AN- Never been in a prison so I have no clue how accurate I am"
"So what now do we hijack a vehicle make for the nearest town." Asked one of the prisoners.
Sugou rolled his eyes and spoke with venom in his voice. "No you dumbass first we need to ditch these prison uniforms otherwise we'll stand out."
While they were contemplating their next move deeper in the prison the situation escalated as the riots grew. Prisoners ran around fighting with the guards and amongst themselves whilst the out numbered guards tried to fend off the ensuing chaos. Sugou and his group narrowly escaped into a wooded area where a prison guard whom Sugou had paid off stood next to a black suv. The lone guard flew around his weapon at the ready when he heard a twig break relieved to see it was only Sugou he bolstered his weapon and spoke.
"Every piece of evidence pertaining to your brief stay in our prison has been destroyed and as promised here's a vehicle, a change of clothes, and weapons from the armory.
Sugou smiled as he walked over to the guard and nonchalantly put a shiv into the man's heart
" Couldn't leave any loose ends" Sugou said as the life drained from the guard. "Now how bout we get outta here" Sugou said as he turned to his group of thugs.
After disposing of the guard and prison uniforms they drove off with each passing second the suv drew further and further away from the prison and closer to Sugou's murderous goals.
New aincrad- floor 21 dungeon
Kirito slashed his blades down in a frenzied arc as he fought a skeletal knight out of the corner of his eye he saw Klein, Agil, and Celt struggling in the cramped hallway of the dungeon.
"Whose bright idea was it for us to go on this quest again!"
Klein yelled as he tried to out maneuver the enemy in front of him.
Kirito let out a brief laugh as he cut down the skeletal knight in front of him.
" I think you have your headband on to tight or are you getting old and forgetful samurai"
Celt said as he pulled his sword out of a particularly pesky foes chest seconds before it burst into thousands of polygons only to be replaced by another.
" If i'm not mistaken your exact words were this quest looks simple enough go in get the contents of the chest for the npc and get out. We will have it cleared in a matter of minutes then we can go regroup with the girls at the cabin on floor twenty two."
Agil who had been mostly quiet through the fight stated. Silence filled the halls for a moment as the last of the skeletal knights were cut down.
"I think that's the exit up there" Kirito said as he sheathed his blades and cautiously walked towards the end of the hall the others not far behind him.
They entered a circular chamber covered in the bones of what appeared to be a long dead giant a chest stood in the center of the chamber, and a a set of crude stone steps leading upwards at the far end of the chamber. Klein began to walk towards the chest but only made it a few feet before the ground started to shake and the bones began to reassemble the sound of blades being drawn from their scabbards (sheaths or whatever you wanna call them) filled the room followed by an ear splitting growl. Kirito looked at the new foe with a minor interest and quickly searched for possible weak points assessing its weapon, name, and health gauge it's name read Skeletal Vanguard it's weapon consisted of a spiked club, and three bars of health. They split up into pairs and rushed into the thick of battle once again.
Kirito and Agil managed to distract the Vanguard while Klein and Celt assaulted it from both sides before jumping back and going on the defensive.
"What the bloody hell! I don't remember this monster come to think of it I don't remember this dungeon from our time in SAO."
Celt nonchalantly stated as he dodged the club and went in for another attempt to find a weakness.
" It might be new a new patch like how they implemented the option to play as your ALO avatar, human avatars, or in our case updated versions of our SAO avatars.
Kirito said as he slashed the Vanguards first health bar into oblivion.
(A\N- don't crucify me just trying to implement something new.)
"Another explanation is other than floor clearing and level grinding we didn't have much time to explore what each floor had to offer."
Agil stated as he fell back and popped a healing crystal. The Vanguard slammed it's club down on the ground sending out a massive shockwave through the chamber that stunned anyone caught in it. The Vanguard then charged at the person closest to it which so happened to be Klein it's club poised to deliver a nasty blow. Klein braced himself for the inevitable strike but to his relief it never came. Kirito had seen the monsters charge and swiftly flew into action using one blade to block and the other to viciously attack the creature. Agil, Klein, & Celt swiftly following and in no time the Vanguard exploded into polygons, and the familiar exp tab popped up.
"Well that was interesting let's see what item was so important to that npc and get outta here i've seen enough of this place to last a life time."
Kirito said as they walked to the chest. Once opened and the contents taken did anyone speak again.
"So what is it a crown, a piece of art, a ring?" Celt asked impatiently.
"A book." Klein replied in an almost amused tone.
"Very nice, wait a book we wasted our bloody time and risked our virtual necks for a damn book!" Celt exclaimed in borderline anger.
"Guy's let's just get outta here and get this damn quest over with please!"
Kirito yelled in frustration as he walked to the steps the others following behind him. The steps went on forever but at last the sun hit their faces as they stepped out of the hell hole of a quest area. They walked to the spot where they originally took the quest a small shack that was barely visible through the foliage surrounding it, an old man sat on a stump eagerly awaiting for their return. Klein walked over to the npc with the book in hand upon seeing the book the npc spoke.
"So you were successful in obtaining the item I see." Klein nodded in reply. "Good what lies within the pages of that book could wreak havoc upon the world." There were a few uneasy coughs as the npc finished its dialogue and the experience tab popped up again thus ending the quest.
"Well that was interesting"
Klein said as they each used a teleportation crystal. A sense of calming peace filled Kirito as he strolled through floor twenty-two he paused at the lake and smiled at the memories flooding through his mind before continuing on towards the cabin. His mind now focused upon the challenges of the uncertain future.
A/N- had to cut it short due to writers block not letting me progress and i kinda wanna spend some time with my new niece. love y'all Happy Veterans Day Peace.
