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BLOODY ROAR: EVOLUTION
"Unexpected Problems"
The drive wasn't too short; they had to only go for a few miles to reach to a small entrance to a path that would lead them to the location of the tabula crest. One the vehicles had stopped first it was Alice's; soon as she parked it Corey climbed out first and began to observe the surrounding area. "Wow; this maybe easier than it looks." Corey pointed out; "Yeah I think we might be in agreement here Corey." said Kenji who also looked down a dirt path. "Okay so there's a lot of ground to cover right so we better get going." Gado said to the group as everyone was gathering outside by the entrance; "I think it's best for all of us to separate so we can cover more ground." Gado suggested. The group was in agreement and spitted up into separate groups; Yugo went with Alice, Jenny was with Gado, Long was still standing there. "Long what are you doing?" Yugo asked; "I'm sorry Yugo but I don't want any part of this; it goes against my agreement with Xion. Besides I'm trying to keep myself more at peace I don't want to use this power." Long explained; "Really; then why are you even here with us Long?" asked Yugo who seemed surprised. "I'll be for support nothing more, I know that may be selfish of me but it's my decision I don't want to cause any problems that's all." he answered. Yugo shook his head in disappointment; "How can you this; after all you come all the way here and decided to just stay behind and do nothing?" Corey asked which surprised everybody even Long was shocked. "What are you saying?" Long asked back; "You heard me; why did you come here if you knew you weren't going to do anything then why did you agree?" he asked again trying to find an answer. There was frustration beginning to build inside Corey; "It's something difficult for me to explain; even if I did explain you wouldn't understand anyway." Long answered. Corey went wide eyed; "Excuse me; are you kidding me? You don't think I can handle a little explanation of yours?" Corey asked.
"Come on Corey; we don't have time to deal with all this." said Yugo who was getting frustrated by Corey getting into arguments with everyone. "I know but I just want an answer that's all; how hard can it be seriously?" asked Corey who as well was getting frustrated. "If he wants to know I will explain some time but just right now we do have other matters to address right now. You'll have to accept my choice for right now Corey." Long answered which only made Corey more upset but he thought that maybe was not the perfect to get into someone's life story. "You're right Yugo now's not the right time to ask." said Corey who sounded disappointed; "Thank you Corey; at least you can try to understand why I decided to stay back." said Long. "Yeah, whatever." replied Corey as he went over to Jamie who had a concerned look on her face; "Okay then," said Yugo. "Can we get going were burnin' daylight!" said Uriko which got the attention of everybody; Alice smiled. "Yeah we are Uriko let's get going guys." said Alice who gave her sister a confident smile; after a few seconds the pairs broke off into different directions were the cave is hiding the tabula crest. Corey had a feeling that he was the closest to the location he just knew it; he was moving at a rather quick pace in which Jamie was having difficulty. "Slow down Corey, you need to take your time with this you have no idea where this thing is." she said; "I can't do that Aunt Jamie; there is someone else looking for this object and if he gets his hands on it first then the world that we know will dramatically change." explained Corey. "What the hell are you saying?" asked Jamie who didn't know what was going on she just joined the group with having little information.
Corey stopped and needed to explain what was going down; "Look Aunt Jamie this is what's happened; for the past couple of weeks a zoanthrope has been killing other zoanthropes who have the XGC mark so he can absorb their energy so he can open this gate which would make him a very powerful and unbeatable zoanthrope. What were going to do is find it and destroy so we can get rid of the mark and the object at the same time." Corey explained which left Jamie almost dumfounded. "So that's what the whole thing is about; it madness why would someone do this. Why are you doing this Corey; you're too young you might die." she said sounding worried sick; "Because Aunt Jamie I know the risks but I don't care. I just want this bullshit to end; and besides I have the mark too I want to get rid of this thing so I don't have to worry about dying by this damn mark!" said Corey who was getting upset again. "That doesn't mean anything Corey. I'm not letting you go through with this; I want you to go back to where Long is and don't go anywhere understand me young man?" Jamie asked. That did it; "Damn it Jamie! Don't you understand? I'm going to do this; I'm not going to listen to you I know what I'm doing and you think you're going to stop me. You picked the wrong day to do so." Corey said as frustration began to turn into rage; Corey began to walk again determined to destroy Stan and the crest and possibly Xion for the pain that he put Nagi in. Jamie caught up to Corey and grabbed his shoulder which obviously caught Corey's attention and rapidly turned around going into a fighting stance prepare to fight his aunt right in the middle of the forest.
"You don't want to do this Corey; I don't want to hurt you." said Jamie who was standing there looking defenseless; Corey gave her a dark look like he wasn't listening to her and was about to beastorize and fight his aunt. "You really think you can beat me? You couldn't even stand up to my pace in your beast form." explained Corey he had made a point; it didn't matter. "Corey please don't make me have to hurt you, I don't care if you're stronger or faster than me. I just don't want to have to deal with the guilt of killing you." Jamie said looking almost sad faced at Corey trying to make him feel bad; it had no effect on Corey. He was still in his stance at the ready; "Come on Corey listen to reason. Snap out of it; you're not going to fight." she said again then Corey remembered what Kenji said a while ago about controlling his anger. He finally snapped back to reality and begun to look around as saw Jamie looking concerned of her niece; "Corey I'm glad that you've decided to finally listen. You've gotten worried for a moment there; I thought that I would have to fight you." she explained. Corey was confused, "Wait what happened; you were going to fight me why. What did I do Aunt Jamie?" asked Corey. "You've gotta to be kidding right?" Jamie asked back; "I don't understand what I did." he said. "Okay let me explain because obviously you can't remember. I told you that you weren't going to the cave and destroy whatever it is and then you flipped out and next thing you do is getting ready for a fight." explained Jamie as Corey realized what happened; he felt stupid. "Wow, I guess I do need to control myself. That was too close to call, I gotta make sure I'll get that taken care of." said Corey embarrassed.
"That's okay Corey, we all need to learn some point in our lives but just make sure to keep that in check. You may hurt someone or even yourself." said Jamie. "Yeah you're right; but that doesn't matter right now I've got other things to take care of like finding that stupid cave." Corey said as started to remember what direction he was going before blacking out. "I don't think so Corey." Jamie said, "Excuse me; I don't care what you think right now. All that matters is taking care of something that's a matter of life and death." he said getting angry once again. "I'm sorry Corey I don't think that you'll survive this. In my opinion I would let you do this but something is telling me that something bad might happen." she explained. "I know that you still worry about me Aunt Jamie but sometimes I need to handle things by myself. It's my choice to do this; if I get hurt then I'm hurt. I have to deal with the consequences that happen from my choices." Corey explained. Jamie had a sigh of relief; "I'm surprised by this Corey; if that's what you wanna do then by all means I won't be in your way then." she said. "Really; you're not gonna help me out?"Corey asked; "I think you'll do better without me, trust me. If you think you're ready to do this then it will make you more mature." Jamie explained. Corey felt relieved; "Thanks Jamie I promise I won't let anyone down; I'll see you when I get back." Corey said as he started walking; "One more thing Corey; good luck." she said. "Thanks, I'll need it." said Corey continued walking towards the cave.
Elsewhere there was a conversation between two people; Gado was beginning to argue with Jenny about what was going to happen. "Jenny it's important to have Corey on board with the WoC; the reason for everything that happens in this world and maybe there's a reason why Corey is here." explained Gado. Jenny still didn't like the idea of having a rookie helping them out with destroying the tabula; "I know that you have some faith in the boy but Gado darling I don't think it was the right choice to bring him out here and a suicide mission." said Jenny. "It wasn't my choice it was his and besides he said he already fought the unborn so I don't he won't be a problem for Corey." said Gado; "He also said that the unborn wasn't trying to kill him as well so the next time they fight Corey may not be so lucky." she pointed again. "I'm sure Corey wouldn't fight Xion again since he said that it wasn't his destiny it was someone else's." Gado argued back; Jenny stayed silent as they were walking. "It doesn't matter right now about Corey or Xion." said Jenny trying to change the subject; "Then what matters right now?" he asked curious to hear her answer. "Our future, what happens if we fail in trying to destroy the tabula and Xion wins what will happen to us? I just wonder the worst case right now." she explained. "When you say that worry about everyone you're referring to us?" Gado asked; "Yes, I want to know what our future is going to be like. I want to know about that question I asked last night." Jenny explained; Gado knew what she was saying. They've been around each other for at least a year and they weren't getting any younger and their future was getting more unclear each day and she asked about if they were going to grow old and live in peace until the day they die. He stood there and thought about it a little longer; Jenny too stood patiently waiting for his answer. "Alright I have thought about your question and here's my answer." said Gado as Jenny was full of anticipation.
The day was moving rather quickly and Xion was finally getting close when he thought that the cave was only a half an hour turned into more of a two hour walk due to the fact that Stan got the both of them lost. "Damn it Stan; I thought you were good at maps?" Xion asked, "Well it's been awhile since I took a hike in the woods and I'm never been through this before; so sorry for the poor map reading." Stan said who as well was getting frustrated. He knew that Xion was getting impatient and he needed to find the cave entrance soon before he would end up in the ground before the day was over; "I know we gotta be close. It's only a few feet away." said Stan as decided to look around his surroundings and not the map. Stan noticed a side pathway over by a few trees and chooses to investigate; he began to have a funny feeling about this. He kept walking for a couple of minutes he finally found it. "Wow." he said in amazement at the cave; it was a decent sized cave from the look of it Stan knew that this was it. "Xion; come over here I think I found what you were looking for." yelled Stan trying to get Xion's attention; Xion wasn't too far from Stan and was able to hear his yell. He went over there as fast as he could. "What is it; it better be important or I'm," he stopped and looked at the cave entrance. Xion began to feel the tabula's presence from where he was standing; "Good work Stan maybe there is some use for you after all." said Xion. "So this must be the cave?" Stan asked; Xion nodded his head meaning 'yes'. Xion went into the cave to look for the tabula. Stan decided to stay out by the front to stand guard and make sure no one would get through. After a few minutes Xion had difficulty at first finally found the a small crest with a foreign language written; "I finally found you after two long hard years it's my turn to use you're power." Xion said out loud. He stood there and observed it and began to sense that there quite a few zoanthropes who bear the XGC mark were not too far away from the cave; one of those zoanthropes was Corey Dawson who was the closest to the cave.
Corey really wasn't that far maybe at least a hundred yards from the entrance. It was just him all alone; Aunt Jamie went back to where Long was awaiting for everyone's arrival back. He was alone with his thoughts; he began to think about Nagi and his promise to her that he would return in one piece. He began to smile; Corey knew that Nagi was special that she was different from the other girls he dated back in the states. Corey had a feeling that there may be something between the two; he didn't want to push their relationship too far it was early still. He needed to focus on that if or when he got back; right now he had one thing to do right now and that was to destroy the tabula crest and get rid of the stupid mark. Things were quite, he began to feel a dark presence nearby like there was when Xion showed up; he knew that he was close. He began to sprint over where picked up a scent that he knew that was very familiar to Corey. It was Stan he was here as well; that meant one thing for Corey. He may have to fight him his father in order to get to Xion. He was close so Corey decided to slow down so he wouldn't get caught; Corey saw his dad outside the cave looking like he was guarding the door so no one couldn't get through. "Damn it, I knew this would have to come down to this." Corey said aloud but not too loud so Stan could hear him; Corey had to move in slowly so he can have the element of surprise.
Corey began to move in, waiting for the right moment to strike. Stan didn't take notice of his son for the longest time; that was perfect for Corey as he was only a few feet in front of him. Corey stopped right behind Stan who still didn't take note of a second body right near him; but then again very few people could get past him in the first place. "Corey what in the hell are you doing?" Stan asked as he turned over to look right at his son; 'shit!' Corey thought to himself. "Did you really think that you could get past me without noticing?" he asked. Corey was lost for words he didn't want to run into the man he despised most in this world; "I thought I had some chance at least." Corey answered. Stan shook his head in disappointment; "Corey I don't want to do this but I have to make sure that no one gets into the cave. I'm sorry but I have no other choice." Stan said; "Why are you apologizing Stan; didn't you know I stopped listening to your apologizes after I was five." Corey replied, shocking Stan. Corey was ready to fight his worry about fighting Stan went away after Stan said sorry; "Well…if that's how you want to do this then I'll have no problem killing you my son." he said getting into his fighting stance which was like a modified horse stance. "Finally you decided to do something right for once…" Corey said getting into a stance as well; "…and remember I'm not your son anymore, I'm going to finish what I started." Corey finished. Their fight had begun; Stan threw the first punch but Corey was able to dodge and returned with a small series of combos with a few hitting its mark.
Stan was able to get a couple of hits as well; but Corey was dodging a lot of attacks it seemed to be more like sparring for a minute or two until the hits got more aggressive. Corey was getting more hits in than Stan who was having difficulty; 'Perhaps he's too strong for my own good.' Stan thought to himself trying to keep up still. He decided to go with plan two; he let Corey hit him hard so he could go into his beast form; Corey's punch sent him flying back a few feet over by some trees. It was enough for him; Stan began to concentrate his energy to transform. His body began to take shape of an eagle, wings grew out from his back ripping his shirt to shreds, hands and feet became sharp killer talons and claws; he was still transforming as Corey caught his attention and he knew what Stan was up to, it didn't matter. "You really think that's going to stop me?" Corey asked; Stan finished the transformation revealing a bald eagle zoanthrope ready to kill Corey. Corey only scoffed as Stan began the attack once more, Corey was beginning to struggle; Stan knocked him hard to the ground almost knocking the wind right out of Corey. It was his turn; he got up and got into a small stance as Corey went into his wolf form; his eyes turned to that familiar yellow, his hands became claws, Corey was becoming more wolf like and his transformation was going a lot faster since he's getting use to his beast form. After a few minutes Corey was now in his beast form as the two zoanthropes continued their fight; Corey was now faster and stronger than Stan now, Corey struck with a series of combos. Stan's blood began to gush everywhere but it seemed mild because he couldn't feel it; Stan tried to grab Corey and throw him in the air but it failed.
Corey countered with a grab of his own and throwing Stan like a baseball and sending flying to the cave's outside wall; making Stan go back to his human form. The fight was too easy even for Corey; he walked over to his father still in his beast form observing the now fearful human that seemed to be powerful. "Please Corey you wouldn't hurt me. I'm your father." Stan said sounding desperate; Corey shook his head, "You really are pathetic, before I kill you explain me what project evolution was." Corey asked in his wolf voice. "You want me to explain, and do you know about it?" he asked confused; "Uriko told me; and yes explain. You'll be dead a lot faster if you don't." Corey explained. "Fine since you're making sense," Stan said beginning to explain; "When I was working for Tylon, they wanted all of their four major labs to have one test subject to become a new form of assassin." said Stan. "One from Japan, America, China and Europe; only one lab was successful and that was Japan since china failed since their assassin left and Europe's assassin didn't want to do it and America failed because you escaped." he continued to explain leaving Corey shocked. "We were trying to make a super assassin for Tylon so we could rely on more than one assassin. That's what evolution was, are you happy? Did you get your answer?" Stan asked who seemed to struggling; he was dying Corey's throw did a lot of damage to Stan. Several broken bones a fractured spine and other damage is causing Stan to bleed out.
Corey went back to his human form; he stood there silently watching his father bleed to death. "Are you just going to watch me die; you're not going to help me?" he asked taking notice of Corey. He was still silent; "You're finally suffering; you feeling pain that you deserve after all these years. Isn't fate a bitch?" Corey asked laughing, finding humor in all of this. Stan didn't take kind to that; "You piece of rotten shit! You'll learn from your arrogance soon." he replied in anger. "We'll see." Corey said trying hard not to laugh so much; "You…" Stan trying to say but he fainted and went into shock as he was finally finished. Corey stood there in silence with a smile on his face; he was finally at peace, closure had come. Corey noticed that there was something trying fly away with the wind; he picked it up and tossed it into the wind. "You're welcome mom; I did it." he said as he headed over to find Jamie and hope that everyone will return soon.
In the cave Xion was trying to figure out the language written on the crest, he had a feeling that Stan was killed but that was one loose end taken care of. Xion was getting frustrated; "I can't believe I forgot the translation for this! It's impossible," he paused and remembered that Stan had it in his pocket. He went back outside to discover the dead body, he knew it was Stan but he didn't care; he looked for the note but Xion couldn't find it. "No…it's not here. It just can't disappear like that." said Xion as he kept looking. "No; damn you Stan!" he exclaimed, he went back to the cave gave the crest a mean, cold look; "Damn you tabula." he said as Xion unleashed one of his blades and destroyed the crest making sure so no one would activate it. After brewing there after a several minutes Xion left still in frustration, walking out and disappearing with the wind.
Back at the trail entrance Long and Jamie were both enjoying the nice weather as the morning became the afternoon; waiting for someone return hopefully alive and not dead. Then after a couple of minutes a lone figure was appearing from not to far; it was Corey who felt better than before. He noticed that the XGC mark had disappeared from his shoulder; he knew that someone had destroyed the crest. "Corey; you're back!" Jamie said as she ran over to see that her nephew made it back alive; "Corey, you did it! I should have never doubted you." she said again. Corey also looked over at Long; he too also noticed an improvement in Corey since he met him, "Where's everyone else; are they back yet?" Corey asked. "No one has come back yet but what happened?" Jamie asked back, "I killed Stan we fought; he won't be a problem anymore." Corey answered. Jamie seemed surprised by the answer even though it was true; "Well I'm glad that you made it back alive, that's the important thing." she said. The two of them kept talking until Yugo and Alice came back first, noticing that was alive and he told them the same thing; Uriko and Kenji returned giving him congrats. Gado and Jenny was last to return holding each other's hands; "So the crest was destroyed?" Gado asked, who didn't notice the mark's disappearance; "Look at where the XGC mark was on you." Corey pointed out; everyone looked and saw no marks. "This is crazy! Corey how did you do it?" Uriko asked; "I didn't do anything, I think Xion did it cause he got frustrated, I don't know." Corey answered with a laugh. Everyone was still in conversation for most of the rest of the day until it was getting late and everyone went back to Yugo's apartment to celebrate a giant victory; with Corey as a hero amongst everyone in the group.
Yeah it's finished! I know it was short but it was a lot; I hope you enjoyed reading Evolution. Stay posted for the epilogue.
