I apologise for the small delay. I've gotten sick during these few days and now I feel much better. I hope you all can enjoy this chapter as it took some time and thought to make due to my light headedness!
Game Battle Chapter Ten: Heated Game!
Black's POV
It's her go right now. And the map we're playing on is no other than a post-apocalyptic wasteland that exhibited many destroyed and abandoned buildings. The centre, was the massive oil refinery with the pumps STILL in motion and to either sides of it, was a snake-like, crystal clear river that cut up the land into three segments horizontally. We have one half in our possession and so did they. If I know Star, she'll head for the oil refinery first since she's first to go... Her play style is unique for someone like her, but fairly simple. King of the hill. Let's see how well she can play!
"I move one of my Knight Squad all onto my Horsemen and move them three tiles forward. The rest of my units, move two spaces in suit!", Star commanded and at once, her miniature, realistic people did as she said and moved precisely where she wanted them to, highlighting the tiles they stood on in red as our one were the colour green. Their movement was slow and looked rather unrealistic but that wasn't the case. I do NOT want whoever Star has in mind to PAINFULLY touch me for their own pleasure... Dammit! I won't lose! "And due to the rules of the game, I get THREE strikes, and I use them to move them all one more space!", Star added, staring down at the table as I stared right at her white, soft face with my glistening light red and light blue eyes... She's going for the oil refinery right off the bat. At once, her soldiers moved another tile forwards, now glowing a light red as I looked down at the table that was possessed with some sort of magic. "Jace, you're up!".
I looked up again, now staring at Jace's, soft, white face as she held her right hand to her chin, stroking it like she had an imaginary beard. She had a strange look on her face, one that told me that she had one hell of a plan... Let's see what she's going to do.
"All forces move up two tiles towards the oil refinery, and using my three strikes, I move them an extra tile", She commanded, making her many yet little troops move down three squares unrealistically, making me blink blankly as chills crawled up my spine to how weird it looked.
All of Jace's troops are undead. They cannot exhibit any pain nor feelings. They can only die when their head is removed from the body, fire, or if they're completely crushed. This'll be hard...
Now it's Pure's turn... She has both Novas and Crimsons on support duty, which is a big problem is they all meet up at the oil refinery. They're playing it well... And so will I.
"I move them all three spaces forwards! And that concludes my turn!", She exclaimed with confidence as her troops all moved forwards three tiles, making the one they stood idly on glow a distinctive light red. "And that concludes my turn! White, let's see what you can do you failure!". I grunted quietly, clenching my fists as I immediately looked to my right, past Blue, to see White with confident, warm smile plastered across her amazing, white, soft face.
"Black, let's show them REAL strategic gameplay, shall we?", White said with confidence, turning to her left and giving me a heart warming wink with her left eye, causing me to flush a slight red before she looked down at the table.
I looked down at the table once again, a bit to the right in order to see what she was about to do... Knowing her, she'll play it carefully.
"All units move up two spaces INCLUDING the queen!", She exclaimed, making everyone BUT me and her of course gasp in shock to her seemingly reckless play. Tho I didn't really mind it since I had a plan up my sleeves... A very SHOCKING plan that'll go off with a BOOM.
At once, her troops moved forwards two tiles, highlighting it in a light, glowing green. The troops seemed to surround the queen strangely like guards... I think I know what she's doing... She had blacksmiths, so I'm guessing that she'll go to the mineral refiner...
Alright, next up is me... And I'm almost certain that my plan will be a breeze and a real shocker to those three... But I have to be careful. One wrong move and my plan's decimated.
"All troops move forwards three tiles and form a straight line!", Blue commanded, making me grin a little to how well that fitted into my plan... At once, her troops did as she said, immediately concluding her turn...
The map layout is perfect for my strategy and is more that appealing when it actually works... But I'm just worried about how DEEP the river goes. But I have to take my chances!
"Miners! Dig five meters underground and the rest follow! Now, dig two tiles to 'you-know-where'", I said with a clear, confident voice as I stared down at my troops, watching them do EXACTLY as I said before their distinctive light green turned into a light blue... I see...
"Haha! Trying to dig straight under the oil refinery I see, well too bad that we're gonna harden the ground when we get there!", Jace exclaimed l, giving away a part of their plan which caused me to smile warmly... She's a whole mile off my true intentions...
Back to her again. Let's see what she can pull off... What? I blinked in confusion as it struck me like a dagger to the heart upon observing the map more closely. It was coloured darker, looking like it was now set in the middle of the night and most of all, it's one hell of an advantage to Jace... Argh!
"Oh my! Night time already? Haha! This should be fun!", Star laughed evilly in an intimidating manner, causing me to grit my teeth slightly before she carried out her obvious commands. "Troops! Move three spaces again!".
And just like that, they obligated to her commands and highlighted their tile in a light, glowing red.
"What are you going to do to Black when this is over?", White demanded from out of the blue, making me look up at Star's face with curious, innocent eyes that too, demanded an answer.
Star chuckled then ceased dramatically, still keeping her evil smile plastered across her smug face... What is she up to?
"Let's just say that we're going to put back Frost and her back to one being", she said, instantly making my heart skip a beat as my blood chilled as cold as ice. "And if you win, then it'll be painless AND she'll be back to her male self with the memories of being a female completely gone", she explained, making my eyes widen to how GLORIOUS that sounded... Me, back to my NORMAL self... I will win!
"And her loss?", White asked with some edge, really worrying about me... Haha, she reminds me dearly of Mindy.
Star's smile grew wider, looking more of an Overlord than someone 'just' evil. "Then she'll stay as a girl and feel the pain of having to become one with herself for a solid hour. But either way, she'll be stronger by a tenfold. But, in her male form she'd be on a new level. Want to know why?", Star asked, making me twice as eager to take the win by storm.
"Why?", White asked.
"Because she'll be just like the Frost from back before Charcoal's defeat. The way he fought and thought in battle was completely outstanding and he was able to take on Charcoal head on without any hesitance for the sake of others! And I want Black to win but I will fight her with all my might to test her!", She exclaimed in somewhat desperation as I felt my chest tingle slightly... What was that now?... The feeling of realisation?... Over the past weeks, I've slowly grown out of my old habit of bloodshed and the feeling of love... I have to win to relive those glory days!
Great... Now it's HER turn. From what I know and read, the undead gain twice as much strength and endurance, meaning that Jace is potentially able to move six tiles forwards without any problems. I blinked blankly, watching her troops stand as still as clay soldiers before Jace tossed out the orders.
"Six spaces north and as for my queen, I want her to travel to the right six tiles", She said... Just what is she up to?... Maybe, she's trying to group up with Star's queen for maximum survival... Jackpot!
As said, his troops and his queen obligated his command and moved a tremendous amount of tiles, making them glow a distinctive light red that glistened in my multicoloured eyes... I need to win this for the sake of myself!
I stared down at her side of the field, trying to look for something different. Like a weakness of some sort... I narrowed my eyes slightly, finally noticing it. Their armour was completely made of metal. Not a single strand of leather was to be found... BINGO! And it's even made out of gold! Perfect!
"Again! Move three spaces forwards! Queen, move to the right three spaces!", She exclaimed, making me grin to how perfect this truly was... But I can't get too confident or else I'll end up failing miserably. At once, her troops moved in an unrealistic manner, causing me to blink slowly before her turn was concluded.
"Gold armour, huh?", White said in a strange, uncanny way that sounded like she had a plan up her sleeves. Haha! I knew she'd notice! She's not the ordinary! Let's see what she can do- "Star! Put that blade down!", She exclaimed all of a sudden, making both me and blue look straight up at Star with widened eyes as she held a pink rapier in her hands vertically, observing it like it was her most treasured gem... Wait... I think I know what she's playing. In a game of war, once the king dies, it's all over... NOT THE QUEEN!
"Stand back!", I yelled in both fright and confidence, pushing back the chair that I sat on with enough force to break down an iron door in an instant. It screeched painfully, causing everyone but Blue and Pure to cringe to the disgusting, ear-splitting screech as I slammed both my hands down onto the table and stood up immediately. The surrounding, everlasting darkness chilled me to the bone and gave me an adrenaline boost as I grit my teeth painfully before EVERYONE got up, creating one hell of an ear-splitting melody that literally gave me a migraine... ARGH!
I lifted up my right arm, still enduring my headache, and pulled it back behind my back, quickly grasping onto my blade that came off my metal case in an instant, making one hell of an epic metallic scraping sound that echoed twice in the sheer emptiness of the darkness. I held my right hand straight in front of me, pointing the tip of my long, razor sharp blade towards Star as a whole series of metallic scrapes emitted to my right, causing me to shoot a quick glance to see both White and Blue with their blades held forward... Woah... White's blade, was one hell of a surprise... It looked just like mine, only was it the colour of the most purest clouds and had black and light blue stripes running down at the centre of the blade, making it look twice as intimidating and three times as valuable. Moon's Rhythm...
"So it's going to be a battle after all!", White exclaimed with edge in her sweet voice that soothed my heart gracefully, causing me to grin warmly. "I knew you guys would do something like this to us!".
"And you thought right!", Star exclaimed, pulling her rapier close to her right side before she suddenly launched herself towards me, making me grunt slightly and quickly step to the left, perfectly dodging her sharp, lethal blade as I watched it pass in front of my face like a bullet in slow motion. One wrong move and I'm gone! Wait... SHE WENT THROUGH THE TABLE LIKE IT WAS NOTHING!? I gasped, taking a quick step back in pure fright as she chuckled, sending another stab to me. With haste, I immediately retaliated by slashing it with my blade to the left, making her recoil back slightly and her arms reel far to her right side, allowing me to quickly send a slice to her stomach that ripped through her silver, buttoned shirt like paper. She was speechless and so was I. That reaction...
"Surrender", I said with some edge in my voice before lunging my blade straight towards her face, holding it still and steady like it was a child as she stared at my blade that had the atom-sharp tip an mere micrometre away from her right, silver, contracted eye... "One move, and you'll become pirate".
"Y...You win...", She whispered in pure, utter shock and fear, allowing me to immediately pull back my blade and slash the pitch black floor to my right, emitting an ear-splitting screech as I stared over Star's shoulders as Jace and Pure who stared at me like they had just seen a ghost... Eh? Star walked backwards, blinking a couple of times whilst she shuddered like she was on the verge of insanity... What's going on!?
I blinked, shaking my head left and right before approaching her slowly in worry to what was going on inside of her head... "Star?", I almost whispered as my heart began to beat as fast as steam pistons to how much guilt stuck me like lightning.
"Black... Ha...Haha! I knew it! You'll be twice as powerful as your old self when we're done with you! That reaction time was just like your old self!", She exclaimed, making me stop in my tracks before suddenly, she pounced on me, both her arms wide opened and wrapped me in a powerful embrace that squeezed the air out of my lungs like a powerful vent. I tried to tried to free myself from her blazing embrace of what seemed to be happiness but to no avail... I'm no good when trying to get out of holds like these... "I'm so happy! I've always wanted to see the old Frost back in action!", She said and began to rub her warm, white cheek against my right one playfully, causing me to turn a bright red in embarrassment. Argh... "And I'm also so sorry...", She said in a low tone of voice before suddenly, I felt an immense, sharp pain strike my back as I felt warm liquid run down my lower body... My eyes widened and my vision started to turn slightly distorted...
"Hey! What are you doing to Black!", I heard White call out... But it sounded very distant... Argh...
"Are you sane Star! Look how much blood's coming out!", Jace exclaimed, sounding very distant as well...
I get it... She took this opportunity to stab me and knock me out unconscious to make the procedure painless... Typical Star... Brutal, yet the most enlightened person I know... I hope Jace will accept her. Haha! Their kids will be great!...
All went Black, then White, then Blue... Then finally... Red...
Colour Plane
This new body of mine... This new mind I have... It feels great but I feel like I'm forgetting someone or something. A colour opposite to mine. What is it?
I stood on a bridge made of seared, black stones that had bubbling lava running underneath it, causing my dark red blood to run warm as I stared off at the massive structure before me... Suddenly, a warm hand touched my right shoulder before the girl with the blue hair stood beside me, making me turn to her with a small smile plastered across my face... Red. The colour of fire and furry.