Reborn
Chained by Hearts
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Kamden had fallen from the storm-filled sky and violently landed on a glass bottom of what looked like a construction site. When he got back up he noticed that the glass beneath him was already beginning to crack...
"Aw... Come on!" Kamden exasperated as he fell through the glass...
Eventually, Kamden found himself on a metal platform seemingly beneath the outer gardens of the city... Little did he know, this was where one day, very long ago, a man named Terra and another man named Braig did battle...
"Ow... that guy..." Kamden rubbed his head as he recovered himself. "Necro, was it? ...I really need to take care of him!"
"Oh, don't worry, I'm sure you will keep me entertained... for a while..." Necro snickered as he teleported from darkness in front of him...
"Well lucky for you, I was just getting warmed up!" Kamden shouted as he wielded his gunbai again.
"I never did catch your name did I?" Necro raised an eyebrow. "What was it?"
He responded by rushing him! "The name's Kamden!"
Necro reacted with a dark firaga spell aimed at the green-haired youth! But Kamden swiftly sung his weapon in front of him to effectively block the magic. When he reeled back his hand to strike again, he instead had his face meet Necro's kick which more than likely cracked his jaw.
Kamden was sent flying across the platform in mid-fighting range of Necro and then he courageously got back up on his own two feet.
"I was hoping you were a little quicker than that..." Necro smirked as he fired more chains from under his sleeves. "Don't disappoint me!"
Kamden was ready this time, and he finally noticed there were solid metal spikes on the ends of them! He dodged and weaved the oncoming metal spiked chains magnificently, and then he found himself a few feet from Necro when he swung his gunbai to launch a windstorm!
The razor-like gusts blew through Necro giving him some minor rips and tears on his coat while he got one or two cuts on his face. But before Kamden could land a direct hit, Necro leaped out of the way and landed a few yards away from his opponent.
"What's wrong? I thought you wanted to fight!" Kamden taunted. "It looks you're not the best at close-quarter combat!"
Necro grinned. "... And I've noticed the same thing from you, relying on your gunbai to blow your enemies away. But you know... before we go any further... allow me a question..."
"Fine. What is it?" Kamden spat.
"Why are you the way that you are?" Necro curiously inquired. "These worlds... full of strangers... why risk your life for people you don't even know?"
"-!" Kamden was astonished by the stupidity of the query. "What are you talking about?! I'm risking my life because they need help! Why would I allow them to suffer if I can make a difference?"
"Because the cost of their lives won't affect you, so why even bother?" Necro simply retorted. "Besides... I can already tell you are too weak to make a difference anyway here in Radiant Garden..."
"You cold hearted-!" Kamden snarled. "What could have possibly happened to you, that you've lost your sense of humanity?!"
Necro tilted his head in interest. "Agony happened... When she came to my world and promised me power for my loyalty... I gladly accepted. Because power is the only thing that matters... the only way to control others... command them."
"You're sick... corrupted by darkness! Just like the rest of your organization!" Kamden shouted.
Necro chuckled. "I can see it in your eyes... that you have suffered... but then you found some warmth later in your life..."
Kamden wasn't about to let him mess with his head. "Shut up!" He then swung his gunbai again and this time fired a concentrated wind disc intending on slicing Necro in two!
"But in the end… we're all just puppets for the marionette!"
Necro hopped over the wind disc just barely as the coattails of his outfit were seamlessly torn as the attack went off into the distance.
Then he fired some another dark firaga spell at the green-haired youth, but Kamden was more than ready for this.
Kamden began to spin and summon winds beneath him, and soon he quickly rose up high into the air, riding a tornado! Any of Necro's flames were extinguished as he tried to burn the spinning wind tower!
Now Necro was on the defensive as he was dodging and evading any more of Kamden's wind attacks as he continued to ride the tornado around the platform like a trusty steed.
Kamden then launched two more wind discs at Number VI of the Eclipse Organization, whom was still running away but not abandoning the fight.
As Kamden's wind discs were closing in though, Necro preformed a reflect spell to protect himself and repel the attacks straight upward...
"Not yet!" Kamden gritted as he swung his gunbai again.
The resulting wind knocked Necro flat as he was blown the whole way to the other side of the platform again. But once more he stood back up with cuts and bruises all over himself, and he patted his shoulders to get the dust off.
"Your wind powers are impressive... but I can tell you're still inexperienced at this level..." Necro deduced.
"Quit your preaching already!" Kamden barked.
"Fine. No more games." He declared as he fired two chains from underneath his coat again up towards Kamden who was still riding his tornado.
Kamden slid back as the chains barely missed hitting his face and they continued upward to the ceiling. Necro made an excessive grunt as he pulled down with all of his might and then suddenly there was a violent rumble...
Above... the chains attached themselves to a massively cut-up piece of piping which carried the water all over Radiant Garden, weakened by the wind discs that Necro had reflected up into it. And as it was broken free from the rest of the gigantic metal system, it plummeted back down to platform they were fighting on...
Avalanche...
Kamden was ignorant of what Necro was really planning until it was too late, and he turned to see a significant amount of giant heavy metal piping right on top of him...
"No..." His eyes widened...
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"Oh jeez... It's so cold..." Little Kamden shivered.
The young green-haired youth was blanketed by only a piece of cardboard and his regular attire. Only the third night he had to sleep in an alley in the slums of Machine City. But still, a warmer place would be appreciated.
Then Kamden nervously eyed a guy who looked a few years older than himself walking towards him. His face seemed sort of serious, and he had his hands in his pockets. When he finally came right next to the freezing boy he stopped.
"Hey, is it cold enough for ya?"
"That's not very funny..." Kamden responded with a shiver.
"Maybe that was a poor first impression. Let me start over... The name's Michael. What's yours?"
Kamden sighed which let out a warm fog of air which was very apparent in the cold alley. "Kamden..."
"Nice to meet a guy who wouldn't mug me on sight." Michael joked.
"Tch... what do you want?" Kamden inquired.
Machine City was a place where you never trusted anyone, at least anyone outside of your family, if you were lucky. Of course, Kamden would be skeptical of this guy who has taken an interest in him.
Michael crossed his arms. "I was just wondering what a kid like you is freezing to death here. How old are you? 13? 14?"
"...13."
"Well Kamden... it looks like you need some help." Michael smiled.
"Huh? Wait... what?" Kamden questioned.
"Follow me if you want to or not. I found a new place we can stay warm. People like us need to stick together, right?"
Michael was about to walk away when Kamden stood up to address the young man. "Hold on... why are you offering to help? Don't you know that in this world people are selfish and untrustworthy?"
Michael boldly replied. "Yeah... I do. But I want to make a difference... one life at a time if I have to..."
"-!" Kamden was astounded. "How are you going to do that?"
"...by starting with you." Michael smiled then motioned Kamden to follow him.
The cold wind blew through the alley as they both hastily jogged to the nearby shelter which would later be named the Hole. The two guys started a fire and Michael already had some sleeping bags they could warm themselves up in.
"Kamden... I know that you and I are going to help a lot lives together. We'll find others to aid in our cause... so we can't let any good people suffer if we can help it…"
"What I don't even know how to fight? I don't think I'm strong enough Michael..."
"I'll teach you, and you're strong enough, I know you are Kamden. So promise me... that no matter what, be a hero..."
"Okay... I promise I will..."
Kamden finally came back to reality after his entire life flashed before his eyes, before the debris had indefinitely crushed him, and his tornado was dispelled...
Necro retracted his chains back into his sleeves as he approached his defeated opponent who was trapped and broken underneath... His whole body was smashed beneath the heavy metal and only his head and right arm were sparred...
He was barely alive... his eyes flickered open only to have his brain be shocked by such unbearable pain... but he was still alive...
"My gunbai..." He noticed it was only mere inches away from his fingers. "I can still... fight... if I can just... reach it..."
"Bravo... you survived, and with such willpower too." Necro smirked as he stomped on Kamden free hand.
"AAHRGGH! ...you..." Kamden growled as he looked up at him with blood dripping from his mouth now...
"Dear Kamden you have yet to truly entertain me..." Necro cackled. "It seems you're not long for this world though..."
Kamden finally put his head back down on the cold metal floor in defeat and he peacefully closed his eyes... "Darn it... no... guys... I'm so sorry... I guess you're going to have to go on without me... I... I tried my best... I really did... but... I've failed..."
"Dying a failure you say?" Nerco raised an eyebrow as he pointed his hand at Kamden's exposed neck... "Well, let's see what happens next..."
And then he fired, and Kamden's vision went dead-black...
A/N- And so Radiant Garden will fall into darkness once more... can that world still be saved? And Kamden... has he really failed? Is this really the end for him? But what did Necro mean by his words? What of the others, how do they fair as of now? Leave a comment in a review for who you want to see in the next chapter. Until next time on Reborn!
