Veronica ducked under a tree with Zero and X at her heels. Her battle suit was ripped and torn, her skin was a metallic silver and she was just down to her guns.
"any ideas how we get out of this in one piece?" She asked her close friends. Both of them shook their head. "Axl?" She asked into her radio.
A barrage the of bullets rained down and the enemies that were shooting at them fell dead. A sigh of relief escaped from the trio.
"Thank you, Axl." Veronica smiled. Axl jumped down from his spot ahead of them. He smiled and the sound of guns going off rang out.
Zero ran his thumb over the engraving on his scythe. Veronica's codename shone brightly back at him. X walked next to him and Zero's eyes snapped up.
"We found Leviathan. She's destroying ruins near bodies of water." X told him and the two of them met Harpuia near the boat.
"We must hurry." Harpuia said stiffly. "She may get bored of ruins and go after people"
Zero and X nodded. After a boat ride in deafening silence Leviathan found them. A huge wave of water slammed into the boat, capsizing it, Ciel yelled over the comms link, asking if they were alright. X had to answer for both Harpuia and Zero, as Zero had a mouth full a seawater every time he tried to open his mouth to answer and Harpuia was swimming them to sure as was their plan for when Leviathan was attacking. It was heavy rain when they got to where she was. No, not heavy rain, it was a monsoon. Zero's hair stuck to his body and rain water flowed down his face. Harpuia and X weren't in much better condition.
Leviathan on the other hand, was loving the rain. She laughed and cackled as she destroyed old buildings and monuments. Her blue eyes bright with crazed excitement. Her weapon was some kind of trident that shot out lighting. Zero briefly thought of Veronica and how she would have snarkily asked if Leviathan could sing too. He smirked at the thought.
"Zero. I know that smirk. That's the I just-thought-of-something-funny smirk. Care to share with the rest of us?" X asked, an eyebrow raised.
"Veronica would have accused Leviathan of ripping off the little mermaid." Zero said in a deadpan tone of voice. X laughed at that and Ciel laughed over the comms link. Harpuia just looked at him blankly. "It's from before your time." Zero said a small smile on his face.
Veronica was hit in the hand by a bullet, that much Zero could tell. She was pale and obviously in a lot of pain, and was cradling her injured hand. Zero attacked the people who were ambushing them. In the corner of his eye, Zero could see Veronica's skin turn metal and he smirked.
She grabbed her guns and shot at them hitting every target true, but her shots alone were not sufficient enough. X and Axl were providing cover. Zero sliced through them easily. The carnage after the battle was devastating. Zero looked over at Veronica who looked at her hand with wide eyes and pale skin.
Leviathan sneered at the three of them when she caught sight of them.
"Traitor!" She screamed at Harpuia. "You helped Zero kill our beloved leader."
"Your beloved leader." Harpuia said. He drew his sword. "He was nothing to me."
"And you are nothing to me, brother." She growled. Leviathan lunged at Harpuia. He dodged easily. What he didn't dodge was her trident. It didn't do any major damage, but it did graze him causing electricity to spark everywhere. Harpuia gritted his teeth in pain, but didn't vocalize any discomfort. Zero readied his scythe and held it in a manner that the blade was next to the ground, it's curve pointing forward. The blunt end extended past his head. He had the metal handle go across his back. He had one hand gripping it the other one out for balance.
"It's over for you, water which." He growled, his canine teeth looking sharper than they should be. His eyes were cold and detached.
"Really? Is that all you can come up with? Water Witch?" Leviathan laughed. It sounded too much like Veronicas laugh.
"I would say worse, but X is standing right here and he's too innocent to hear such nasty words." Zero smirked at X's pointed glare. Zero's smirked morphed into a dark echo of what it was a second ago, a mirth gone from his body. He tensed up and waited for Leviathan to lunge, and she did.
"I think that you are so much better off without her, dear." Leviathan smirked. He head butted her. Red oil leaked out of her nose.
"Actually I lost all fucks for you and while I spared you before, it was because I had a reason to care about people. I don't have that anymore." He laughed bitterly.
"I-Is that supposed to frighten me?" She asked, trying to sound tough, but her voice cracked.
"no. But it did." Zero smirked.
Zero took Veronica's hand he saw that one of her fingers was metal. He blanched, but stayed calm. Axl looked like he wanted to vomit.
"I'm ok, I think." She whispered. "But we need to go before more come here."
The four of them ran back to their base for the night. It was a hut, but it was well hidden, so it did its job. Axl fell asleep as soon as he could, but this left X, Zero, and Veronica awake.
"You have a metal finger now." X said, ever so helpful.
"Yeah. It'll take some getting used to, but yeah." Veronica smiled.
Zero stalked towards Leviathan, who backed away in terror. His smile was demonic, and his scythe was pointed. The point was directed at her throat. He swung it. It carved out her eye. Red oil squinted out of her eye socket. It was going to be a long night for her.