Chapter 10
Tien
I couldn't believe I was standing outside wearing a real ranger uniform. After Giovanni, the twins, and I took our test for the practice stylers, the rangers who were there immediately let all of us take the next test and all four of us PASSED!
Giovanni and I with flying colors.
Then to my surprise, they brought us BOTH in for a mission!
Chairperson Erma called us into her office at the top of the Ranger Union. She was an elderly ninetails that's both respected and feared in our world. "Altru Inc. has had a string of attacks aimed at it. We're really just sending you guys to be the look out. A sort of deterrent. Don't do anything too dangerous alright?"
Giovanni and I both nodded and we were sent off.
It was a cold night and it was around six o'clock at night. The rangers almost called us back because they had found the dead body of claydol after an explosion of a limo a block away but they figured they were two unrelated events so they kept up on the roof of the ALtru building.
Giovanni was flipping his styler in his head. "That faggot Erebus'll be so jealous!" he said. I nodded at him. "I mean seriously, we passed with flying colors! Better than he did!"
"Keep in mind his test was much harder than ours..." I said quietly.
Giovanni narrowed his eyes me. "But we still passed better than he did!"
"But if you did the same test would you have passed?" I asked. Normally I didn't get into with Giovanni. He was too much and it wasn't worth arguing with him or bringing up a counter point but Erebus was a good guy and then there was my brother... Before it was moderately annoying when Giovanni would be hateful but now that I've spent time with E and seeing him support my brother, Giovanni's comments set my teeth on edge.
I was saved from having to deal with this when we heard a sudden crash of glass coming from directly below us.
We moved quick. We saw a figure jump out of President Blake's office. Giovanni and I put as much power into our jump as we could. Giovanni made the jump and rolled no problem but I had a little more trouble. I barely landed on the edge. I managed to throw myself forward and rolled and got on my feet and faced off with our suspect.
He wore a black and silver trimmed oni mask and hood blocking his face and the rest of his head. He wore a black tanker jacket with what looked like military ranks on his shoulders/ High up on his left forearm was a red patch with a white... is that a winged snake? Da faq? He wore black combat pants and boots. In his hand was a silver briefcase with big black letters on the side that read "Altru Inc." This guy looked like a moon demon with the full moon glowing right behind him and his long shadow being casted. That combined with the oni mask and all that black made me a bit scared.
"Who are you?" Giovanni roared.
The oni tilted his head to the side and then froze. He just stared at us. There was something oddly familiar about him.
"Who are you?" Giovanni roared again. The oni didn't respond. He just remained frozen and he seemed to get darker. I felt like there was something not quite right about this. I felt like there was someone or something right behind me. I risked taking my eyes off the enemy. Out of the corner of my eye I saw a giant... hand coming at me. I pulled my styler out and shot a psychic orb out blowing the giant hand away.
Giovanni spun around and noticed a giant hand behind him as well. He easily got rid of his too. I looked and noticed the black hand was coming from the oni's shadow. I turned back to the oni. I really didn't want to face this guy head on. We had no idea what type he was, what abilities he had, or anything else. Giovanni couldn't wait though and didn't care. He charged right at the oni with a fire punch.
The oni ducked and swept at Giovanni's legs causing my friend to crash on the floor. The oni's back was to me so I used that as a perfect opportunity. I inhaled deeply and concentrated. I shot a psybeam out of my mouth.
The oni arched his back in pain as my attack hit. He turned to me and it looked like he was about to attack but Giovanni sprang. Giovanni grabbed the briefcase and ice punched the oni in the back making him let go of the briefcase.
The oni spun around and kicked Giovanni in his side. Giovanni took the hit. "Tien!" he yelled, tossing my the briefcase. The oni started to follow after it. I caught it and shot another psybeam out of my mouth. The oni crossed his arms and took the shot while still barreling at me.
He got close and he grabbed the briefcase. I pulled back and tried to keep the briefcase in my hands, but the oni kneed my in my thigh. Then he elbowed me in the chest. this dude wouldn't let up, but I've been hit harder than that.
The oni yanked the briefcase and then kneed it in the air. While it was airborne, the oni attacked me with an oral shadow ball to my face. I flew backwards a foot or two and landed on my ass. I kicked back up and the Oni jumped up to grab the suitcase.
The oni then just stood there. Midair. Levitating. Wow.
Out of nowhere there was a loud bang and an explosion and the oni was sent sprawling onto the ground... roof... whatever.
Giovanni and I got close in fighting stances, stylers at the ready. We were prepared for whatever this oni had up his sleeve. He slowly got up and faced us. His hands weren't up in any fighting gesture but he held the briefcase behind him.
When Giovanni tried to get a step closer, the oni wiped his hand out and a crack of electricity snapped at Giovanni's feet causing him to shuffle back.
"What kind of Pokémon are you?" Giovanni roared. "How do you do the things you do?"
The oni slowly raised his hands. He bowed his head.
Giovanni started to move.
"No wait!" I said, holding him back. "I think he's up to something. Don't move."
The oni nodded he slowly moved away. With his free hand he reached out and grabbed a metal pole attached to an AC unit. The second he did this, I was thrown off my feet from behind. Giovanni and I were hit from behind and sent head over heels right past the oni. He was hanging on for dear life. Giovanni and I slammed into each other and then into a low wall. As soon and Giovanni and i untangled ourselves from each other and got up, the oni had jumped up. Before he landed on the ground, a large silver figure swooped under the oni and flew away. Giovanni and I just stood there staring. We had lost our target.
That night I went home in a stupor. I had later found out the Blake had been sent into a coma. Altru Inc. never told the rangers never told us what the oni had stolen. They were all very secretive about it and claimed not to have any idea.I weakly told my family about what had happened. They were proud of me and glad that I was ok but I still failed like I had failed.
A/N So finally Erebus' secret life is starting to get closer and closer to Tien and worse, Giovanni. How will this turn out in the future? Stay tuned for the next episode of DRAGON BALL- er... EBONY AND IVORY!