Chapter 10
Oblivion Regained
"The quarry legend goes: prisoners were trapped by a cave in, the guards wouldn't lift a finger to save them. Personally, I think the hacks were doing them a favor."
Finding themselves on a dirt path, the group began to move forward. As we walked they spotted the little girl again, only this time she wasn't alone. Another girl was with her, and like the first, she too wore a pink dress.
Were they twins?
As the group got closer, the girls ran away while giggling.
"Alright, now that's really weird." Yang said. "I agree, something isn't right about those girls." Torque replied. Before the group could speak any further, some Slayer's appear, along with some Burrowers.
The creatures immediately began to attack, as the group got ready to defend themselves. A Slayer launched itself at Wiess, however Wiess dodge out of the way, and began to fire her weapon off. Since the beginning of this whole thing, Wiess have been using ice dust on these creatures. But this time she decided to use something different, she decided to set this creature on fire.
Rolling the chamber of her weapon, Wiess settled on a fire dust crystal, and opened fire. When the shot hit the Slayer in the chest, it immediately went up in flames. The Slayer screamed in pain and tried to attack her again, only to fall to the ground as the flames consumed it's body.
As Wiess stared at the Slayer being consumed by fire, another one tried to attack her from behind. Only for Yang to intercept it, punching the creature a few times with her shotgun gauntlets, she blew the Slayer apart until there was nothing left, but it's lower half. Which then fell down to the ground.
Ruby and Torque were back to back as he opened fire on the Slayer's. Torque fire his revolver's on one Slayer, while Ruby had converted her weapon into its sniper rifle mode and fired at another. Torque shot the slayer a few times in the chest, and the creature fell on its back. While Ruby fired at her own Slayer, hitting it in the shoulder and stomach the creature fell to the ground as well.
When neither of the Slayers got back up, the two made their way towards the creatures consciously. When they were near enough, the two Slayer's longed at them showing that they were in fact playing dead. Torque jumped out of the way of the Slayers attack and opened fire again. While Ruby turned her weapon into its sycthe form and block the attack.
The Slayer hissed at Ruby as it struggled with her. It then lifted one of its leg blades and attempted to impale her with it. Only for it to be hacked off by Blake. When Blake severed the creatures leg, it lost its balance and Ruby finished it off.
Just as she finished off her Slayer, Torque was doing the same with his. Once the Slayer's were gone all that was left were the Burrowers. As the dirt rose and fell as the Burrowers made their way towards them, one popped out of the ground near the group and madly began swinging its chains around.
The group jumped out of the way in time and both Ruby and Blake began shooting it multiple times. However the Burrower quickly went back underground and began moving again. That's when the second Burrower popped out, and began to spin its chains at them. The group got out of the way in time, but one of the chains managed to cut Yang on the leg.
Yang yelp out in pain, as she put her hand on the cut on her leg. She then began to use her aura to heal most of the cut, then she set her sights on the creature. Before the Burrower could re-submerge into the ground, Wiess froze the creature in place and Yang charged at it.
With one single and savage blow she shattered the creature to pieces. The first Burrower then popped out again, and lash its chains at them. The group rolled out of the way and opened fire on the creature. After being shot numerous times, the creature fell to the ground dead.
When the creatures were gone, Ruby walked over to her older sister Yang and began to treat her leg, Ruby poured some rubbing alcohol on the cut and clean it as best as she could, Yang hissed a little from the sting from it, after that Ruby wrapped the cut in some bandages and the group move forward and entered a cave. As they entered they heard a walkie-talkie come on.
"Whose fuckin' idea was it to come to the god damn quarry?" Asked someone
"I didn't see you suggestin' any better ideas!" Replied another.
"At least back at the prison I knew where the fuck I was. Here I don't know if I'm comin' or goin'." The first one retorted.
"It doesn't matter, we're all in hell now!" Responded the second one. Then the walkie-talkie went silent.
The group then continue on, when they heard someone talking.
"Let me out, you've got to help me!" Said one.
"Watch out, cave in!" Said another.
"My legs!" Said a third.
"They deserve it!" Someone else said. The group was then hit with another vision, and in it they saw three inmates getting trapped in a cave in. While two C.O's still around and did nothing.
"Fuckin' inmates, they're not worth the trouble, let 'em rot." Said the C.O.
Then the vision came to it end and everything went back to normal. After that they began looking around the cave they were in, so they could find a way out. They saw a metal bridge but couldn't find a way up there, that's when Torque spotted a detonator and saw that it was connected to sticks of dynamite that were attached to the wall of the cave.
He mentioned this to the girls and told them to stand back as he got behind the detonator, they listened and got behind him as he pushed down on it. There was then a explosion and pieces of the cave fell to the ground. Once the dust had settled and clear they saw that path we had been made.
They then climbed up the path that was made for them and onto the metal bridge, as they walked across the bridge Torque roast his arm up and stop them. "What's wrong?" Ruby asked. "See for yourself", he responded as he pointed up to the cave ceiling.
They all then looked up and saw a puddle of blood on the ceiling and realize what it meant. "Nooseman." Responded Blake. Torque nodded his head in agreement to her and began to speak. "Let's try to walk around it carefully. Alright?" He said. They all agreed, and slowly one by one they walked around it.
As soon as they were around the ceiling puddle of blood they continue to move forward. Soon they were in a narrow cave filled with crates that had sticks of dynamite in them. Suddenly a large group of Slayers appear, along with some Marksman.
As they appeared, the group realized they wouldn't be able to move very well in such tight quarters. That's when Ruby turned her attention to the crates of dynamite. She opened fired, and the resulting explosion triggered a chain reaction. Crates upon crates of dynamite exploded, clearing out any monsters in the cave out of their way.
When the dust settled and clear, body parts of the creatures were scattered everywhere. Torque looked at Ruby, and said, "Smart move, a little risky but smart." The fearless leader of the team smiled at that and continue to move forward.
The group continued on, and exited the cave. When they did, they saw that they were outside again, and decided to take a small break so they can check on what they had for ammunition.
"How are we doing for ammo?", Wiess asked. "I still got a few extra clips left for Crescent Rose." Ruby responded. "I'm also good on ammo too." Replied Blake. "I got some shells left." Yang added. "I'm good as well, but we need to be careful alright." Wiess said, she then turned her attention towards Torqur and asked him the same thing.
"I still got plenty of ammo left." He replied, Wiess nodded her head in acknowledgment, until a question came to her, one she been meeting asked for a while now. "You know, Torque I've been meaning to ask you something." She said.
"And what's that?" He asked. "Well, with all that ammo and those guns your carrying, I just wanted to ask how do you do that?" She replied. "Well that's easy, it's my Semblance, my Semblance allows me to carry extra weight, without tiring me out or slowing me down." He answered.
"Good to know." Wiess said. With that now settled, the group began to forward. As they move forward, they heard gunfire and went to investigate. As they follow the sound they found a fenced off area with a gate.
They then enter it and walked up some stairs, and found a fence with a hole in it and went through it. They then came to a clearing, and saw three C.O's firing at some Slayer's.
"Fuck! Every time I drop one, another one shows up to take its place." One said.
"Where're are they comin' from?" Asked a second C.O.
"That pit! I think I saw one jump outta there!" Said a third.
As the C.O's kept firing at the slayers, Torque noticed a generator and a crane operating platform. Walking towards the generator, Torque flip the switch which turn on the platform, while also activating a large spotlight that shine over the hole where the Slayer's were jumping out of.
Instantly, the pit was lit on fire, but to make sure no other creatures jumped out of the pit, Torque went to the controls of the crane and told the three C.O's to get out of the way. Using the crane controls, Torque use the crane to knock off a large boulder then closed the pit shut.
With the pit now sealed shut, the C.O's gave their thanks for the group, and the group continued forward.
Making their way through the quarry, they found a tunnel that was blocked off. Fortunately there was a detonator, Ruby walk to the detonator and pushed down on the handle. When she did a explosion blew out the boulders out of the tunnel. The tunnel now clear, the group move forward.
When they entered the tunnel, they heard someone shout.
"They just let'em die!" One man shouted.
"String 'em up!" Shouted a second man.
"Down with the overseers." Shouted a third.
"They suffocated in their." Shouted a fourth.
When they exited the tunnel they were hit with another vision, in it they saw five inmates, horse standing looking up at five hung C.O's.
"It's too good for those fuckers , let's skin 'em alive!" Declared a fifth man. Soon the vision ended, and everything went back to normal. But when that happened, a group of Marksman with a pair of Burrower's appear.
Instantly the creatures began their attack and the group prepared for another fight.
A Marksman quickly to aim and fire at Blake, however the bullets only struck a shadow clone, and the real Blake fired the weapon and wrapped the ribbon section around creatures arms and torso, she then launched herself at the creature and using the sheath part of her weapon, she severed the creatures head off.
Of course this did nothing, and the headless Marksman threw Blake off of it. Blake landed on the ground with a thud, and the Marksman quickly took aim. Even without its head the Marksman knew where Blake was.
Before it could fire however, it was interrupted when Torque opened fire on it with his Tommy gun. The Marksman quickly change targets, and this gave Blake the chance to strike back. The marksman to open fire on Torque, but he quickly rolled out of the way. The Marksman, tried to take aim again only to be shot multiple times by Blake. Soon the Marksman fell to the ground dead.
The second Marksman took aim at Wiess, who was busy dealing with one of the Burrowers. Only for it to be sliced in half below the waist by Ruby. But then a third Marksman took aim and fire at her, Ruby quickly spun her weapon in front of her and deflected all the shots. The Marksman took aim again, only for it to be punched in the face by Yang.
As Yang fired off a shell into the creatures face, the resulting blast tore apart some of the creatures flesh away, while also causing it stumble a few steps back. The Marksman then took aim at Yang, only to have its leg blown off by Ruby.
The Marksman fell to the ground and Yang finished it off with a single savage punch to the head. The Marksman now gone all that remained were the Burrower's, which Wiess was the only one dealing with them.
Wiess was trying to fight off Burrower's as best as she could, but it was difficult. Each time she struck one, it would simply re-submerge back into the ground, while the other one would spring forth to attack. At the rate this was going, Wiess wasn't sure if her aura will last much longer. Thankfully she was saved by the rest of the group.
One of Burrower's, spring forth from the ground to attack Wiess, only to be stopped by a single shot from Ruby's weapon. The single round struck the creature in the head, taking it off and killing it. The second Burrower appeared, to attack Ruby, was frozen in place by Wiess. The creature now frozen in place, Yang deliver a single punch blow that shattered the creature into pieces.
With the creatures now gone, the group began to move forward again, as they walk each of them began checking to see how much ammo they had left. They all realized that we were all running low, fortunately they spotted a shack and enter it. Inside the shack there was enough ammo for them to divide it among themselves, with their ammo refill the group move forward.
The group came across another operating platform, along with another survivor, Torque got on the controls and help the survivor out. As the survivor shouted out his thanks, you also said that he hoped the group would escape as well.
Using the controls, Torque operated the crane into their direction and form a small bridge, they then walk across it and onto the other side. Once on the other side, they spotted the two same girls again walking towards them.
One was holding a handmade doll as they walked, and then they stopped, and one of them began to speak.
"Has the devil trapped you? You're not a bad man, you have to believe." She said, then the two turned around and began to walk away, and as they did, the one holding the handmade doll dropped it onto the ground.
Then by some supernatural force, the wind picked it up and there was a giggle. Then the doll fell back to the ground, and instantly the fire erupted from it and blocking the exit. Taking aback from this, the group was stunned from what they just saw, which Yang spoke out, "Uhhh Okay, creepy little girl's. That ain't scary at all."
Torque however got on another set of crane controls, and use the crane to knock down a water tower. Instantly the water spilled out of the tower and put out the flames. With the flames put out, the group press on and left the quarry.