Before I could begin this chapter of the story, tragic news I would like to share. By the time I wrote this paragraph, Chester Bennington, the lead singer of Multi Platinum band, Linkin Park, died at the age of forty one on July 20th, 2017 and left behind a family of six. The cause of death is an apparent tragic suicide and is linked to when Chris Cornell, the lead singer for both Soundgarden and Audioslave, died the same way and (On my own thoughts) Chester's death happened on what was suppose to be Cornell's birthday. The saddest part of it all is they released their newest album, 'One More Light' two months before his death and when I heard of his death, I bought what is potentially their final album a few days after and by the time of writing this, listened to all of their albums just in his memory.
Now from what you saw on my profile on Fanfiction, Linkin Park is, and always my third favorite band to listen to with Korn being first and Limp Bizkit being second. I always like their music and have a lot of personal favorites in my I-Pod playlist. This does include certain tracks that are related with the Transformers movies, including the New Divine, which should've been in one of the albums from the start. Hearing the news of his death was quite a shock, even considering that some of the lyrics of their tracks do have a message of leaving those close to you. And hearing that he had some personal demons of his past and combining with the death of Cornell, which I didn't know until listening to the whole story, would led to this sudden suicide. I feel sorry for his family, band mates, and friends that lost a great musician too soon.
Now what's the future of Linkin Park now? Well this is a trying time for them, as they have to cancel their tour this year since they can't play without Chester. But there is a good theory of what is going to happen after the next few years. See, artists such of Kurt Cobain, Prince, and Michael Jackson who passed away an early ages, have a huge collection of unreleased tracks that no one have heard of and were released on the few rare occasions. This does include Linkin Park as they have unreleased tracks that they didn't put in their albums and Chester did have some things he sang but no music was added. I say that in a few years, they will have a tribute album in honoring Chester and would release those tracks, maybe set up a tribute tour with bands honoring Linkin Park and Chester. Course these are my personal thoughts and believe it's too soon thinking about it. It just that we lost a great man and imaginative musician and we all need to remember him for what he did for the music community. Rest in Peace Chester, you will be missed.
Chester Bennington
1976 – 2017
Looking back to the last chapter, not much to say. Two simple reviews and 65 hits, so not much to look at. Yet, I know more will come as the story keeps going. However, one review, which is a guest review, requested another story related to one of my previous work. While I appreciate the request, I do not like the idea of people requesting for other stories in the ones I'm working on. Trust me, there are more stories to come, but only under my terms. But until then, you all have to wait until I'm ready. So please, don't give request of other stories in my review. Just saying.
One this chapter of BioTitans, It's LM and Cyborg's turn in finding the second spider splicer at the Fighting McDonagh's. How will they handle a deranged splicer that used to have been an undefeated Boxer? This one is the ultimate match up you cannot miss.
Chapter Notes
In this chapter, both LM and Cyborg will be in the Fighting McDonagh's, which I mistakenly stated McDonough's due to the spell check. (Please ignore that little part of the last two chapters) But this isn't going to be the Fighting McDonagh's in the original game, it will be from the multiplayer part of Bioshock 2, you know, the DLC that no one rarely plays, especially the multiplayer itself. The reason why I choose it is for two reasons. The first, is that the room is big enough to handle with fights and covering. The second, it has that boxing ring that will be the center point for part of the fight scene. And trust me, I got a lot of ideas for this beauty. You just need to read it to see for yourself. Now I also decided in having the second spider splicer be what was once a professional boxer with a serious undefeated streak. Not in the levels of the Undertaker, but was once a respectable athlete at the tavern. So when he gets spliced and mutated, it would make his professional career more of a killing streak. Seems fitting when you think about it.
Disclaimer: I don't own the Teen Titans and Bioshock
Chapter Twelve: Ready to Rumble
'It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.'
Mark Twain
Back to when the team split up to find the three spider splicers, Cyborg and LM took the left side just to get to the Fighting McDonagh's to get to the second spider splicer. Unlike Beast Boy who complained about splitting up again, Cyborg was more neutral.
Cyborg: "Okay, Robin made a really good point that we need to split up to get the job done quicker, but I think he's a little aggressive on it. Remember what happened the last time we tried that?"
LM heard him and remembered that clearly well.
LM: "Yeah… But that was when we didn't realize that everyone in Rapture is a complete loon. But we are more ready then before and can handle everything."
Cyborg rolled his one eyes around and explained that they have to handle a new threat.
Cyborg: "True… But we now have to face a spider splicer then those normal ones. We barely survived when we worked together. But separate? That's too much of a risk."
LM peered back to him and couldn't help but to laugh.
LM: "A risk, you say? I consider it a challenge. And you know that I like to accept challenges."
Cy sighed and understood what he meant.
Cyborg: "I know… And you always like to risk your life for a challenge."
The rebel turned ahead and snickered at his reaction. Soon enough, the two spotted a door ahead with two signs over it. The first one is huge pub like sign with a wooden plaque that showed a picture of a man/rooster hybrid in a boxing pose and yellow neon lights of leaves acting as side borders with a sign that says 'The Fighting McDonagh's Tavern'. Below it is a normal sign that says 'Jet Postal'. Seeing this, LM knew where they are heading.
LM: "Looks like we're in the right place. Let's check the pub and see if the spider splicer is in there."
Cyborg: "And hope that he doesn't ambush us."
LM rolled his eyes around and understands the situation.
LM: "Judging what we faced so far, highly likely."
They approached the metal door as it opened up for them. They soon entered a small hallway where it looks like it was leaking badly and they were walking on shallow water. They tried to ignore it and turned to the right and left to get to the next door. When they entered through it, they were in a tube corridor that goes to a variety of directions, but would go to both the pub and the post office. As they were walking down, they encountered another security camera over a bench. Cyborg stopped and warned LM of this.
Cyborg: "Careful, LM."
The rebel saw the camera and got his pistol out to fire.
LM: "I see it… One of Ryan's many eyes and ears."
He waited for the right moment to fire the pistol at the camera. The moment the camera slowly panned to them, he aimed his weapon and fired a stray bullet at the lens before it notices them. Once the camera blew up and falls to the floor, LM put his pistol away and took a breather.
LM: "That takes care of it. I swear, if I get caught by one of those thing, I would be very embarrassed."
Cy though patted his shoulder and told him to move on.
Cyborg: "Let's just get to McDonagh's and get the whole spider splicer nonsense out of the way. The sooner we get this done, the better."
He soon walked away from him and followed the sign pointed to the pub. LM soon followed behind but stops and notices an audio recorder under the bench with a pack of cigarettes on the side of the same bench. Bending down to see the device, he started to wonder who this belongs to. So picking it up, he hit the play button and heard the same voice he heard back at the Lightfoot Theater.
"Went to the Wharfmaster's Office to speak to Sullivan about Sally. His response, it is beyond his control. Something about that Sally was already gone and blaming me for not keeping close watch on her. A part of me would believe him, but I do not. I could tell that he was lying to me. I should know, my father tends to lie, especially to me. Goes with the job, I suppose. No doubt that Sally is alive and in Rapture. I have to find another way in getting to her. Can't come back to Sullivan and demand where she is. That would lead me to being arrested and sent to prison. Maybe if I get close to one of the members of the committee. They might know of what happened to Sally. I'm certain her disappearance along with many other little girls are connected to them."
The recording stopped as LM was getting curious with the woman on the recording. It looks as though she was searching for this Sally, but doesn't have any more information other then that. He just hopes that this woman got to Sally before the war. If not… Well… He doesn't want to think about it.
Cyborg: "Yo, LM! Get down here!"
The rebel Titan heard the hybrid and sighed, deciding to save it for later. Placing the audio diary on the bench, he hurried to Cyborg and wondered what he wants. Turning left, to get to the pub; he saw Cyborg standing there and was waiting for him. He soon approached him and asked about the situation.
LM: "What's the hold up."
The hybrid turned to him and explained of the situation.
Cyborg: "Check this out. Trying to get into the pub, but it looks like we're pretty much locked out."
The rebel looked to the entrance and realized a security door locked them off. He didn't notice the circuit grid to help him hack either, so his Hack tool is out of the question. Looking around, he noticed that there's another audio diary located next to it. Curious about it, he picked it up and hit play to see what it says.
"God damn it. Lost that damn security key for McDonagh's, again. Every time I head to the post office to deliver the mail, I always drop my key with the mail. Because of that, I had to return to make sure that it wasn't in one of the Pneumo Tubes, otherwise it would be lost forever. I always keep forgetting about that time and time and I still mess it up. That key is the only one that can unlock the door to the pub. If it got lost through those tubes, not only will it cost me my job, but I would be thrown into the ring with The Executioner. That man is mad scary, saying that he beats people up so badly, that they were never heard from again. I don't want to be those poor saps. I better hurry back with the key, or else the Executioner will get me!"
The recorder stopped as LM made the immediate assumption.
LM: "Looks like we can't get in without a security card. Lucky for us, there is one that should be left behind in the post office close to us. Let's head on down there and grab it."
Cy sighed and knew that this is going to take a while then before.
Cyborg: "Great. Just what we need. More backtracking."
The two turned around and approached another building through the tubes with a neon sign that says, 'Jet Postal Substation II'. Approaching the door, it opened up and they could tell that it was a post office of some kind. They could see small mailboxes wrapped around the walls with Circus of Values vending machine in between mail the mailboxes and a banner on the ceiling that says a quote from Ryan. Course the place was a mess with discarded mail all over the floor and a lot of random items like suitcases and cigarettes mixed in. Seeing this, LM got curious and wondered where it was.
LM: "Okay… This is going to take longer then I thought. Cyborg? Think you can use that x-ray to find that keycard?"
Cyborg turned to him and nodded.
Cyborg: "I'll scan the area to find it."
Using his bionic eye, he switched to x-ray to find the card to the pub. Looking behind every box and backroom, all he saw was more mail and other questionable things. But then, she noticed what look like a card of some kind resting on a shelf in the backroom. Taking a closer look with his zoom feature, he identified it as a keycard, the very one they might need.
Cyborg: "Looks like I found the keycard we're looking for. All the way in the back of storage. Could've been for lost and found."
LM looked to the delivery area and knew that it should've been back there.
LM: "That's good to hear. Let's head on back there and grab that key."
They headed into the waiting area and approached the door leading to the delivery and storage room. Course the door was locked and the two were annoyed by it.
Cyborg: "As always, another locked door. This city is making a practical joke out of us."
The rebel Titan though headed down to the reception cage to see if there's something on the other side that can help them get through. Looking through the cage, he noticed a door switchboard at the corner next to the door they need to go through and smiled with relief.
LM: "Looks like we're lucky. There's a circuit board that can operate the door to the back end. Nothing like a little hacking wouldn't fix."
He took his hack tool out and placed a dart onto it. Taking aim, he needs to make sure that he's on his intended target and in an angle before firing. Once he has his target set, he pulled the trigger and fired his dart right at the circuit box. Looking to the gauge, he noticed that there were a variety of reds and a few greens, meaning that it would be difficult.
LM: "Stand by… This door has a lot of security measures to prevent none mailers from coming in. It's going to take a while."
He started to work on bypassing the door while the hybrid waited. Looking around, he noticed a poster on the bulletin board that that was a little tilted. Upon close observation, he noticed that it was a boxing promotion at the Fighting McDonough's and it pictures a famous boxer of some kind with slicked back hair and a medium build. The title on it says, 'Boxing Challenge Every Night! Be the one to defeat the undefeated Johnson Bates, The Executioner! Challengers of all kinds are welcomed. Don't miss out!' There was a time of when the even starts, but it was obscured by a wanted poster on the corner of a murder convict. Looking to the poster, he uttered the name of that boxer.
Cyborg: "Johnson Bates, The Executioner?"
LM heard that and remembered that name recently while bypassing the door.
LM: "Ah yes… Heard that on the audio log moments ago. Must've been some famous boxer in this city before the Civil War started. Could be dead for all I care."
Cyborg: "Says here that this guy is undefeated. Must've been a big deal."
LM laughed it off after hearing that.
LM: "Undefeated? Please… The only person that was undefeated was the Undertaker, hands down. His streak at WrestleMania was the best thing that ever happened in the WWE. That was until it got broken by some half retired wrestler and not someone that is starting out. Urgh… Just the thought of Brock Lesnar beating the streak pisses me off even to this day…"
Cyborg turned to him and asked about that.
Cyborg: "And what? You think you can beat that boxer by yourself?"
The renegade shrugged his shoulders and answered with a straight face.
LM: "I might. I mean my skills of any type of karate and wrestling moves can bring him down easily."
Cy raised an eyebrow and was confused about that.
Cyborg: "Really…? A guy like you with karate skills and wrestling moves can take down a boxer."
LM: "It's possible. I mean what could go wrong?"
The hybrid smirked and reminded him of a certain match.
Cyborg: "One match: Bart Gunn vs. Butter Bean."
LM glared at him and reminded him of what went wrong.
LM: "Okay… For the record, Bart Gunn didn't have a chance because he had little boxing experience against a professional athlete. Even if it he was 100% prepared, he wouldn't survive at the end of the first round. And don't get me started on the whole Brawl for All fiasco. It was all one big shoot that didn't get any star over and the one wrestler that would've had a career in the WWE was taken out early because of Bart Gunn himself. I swear, whoever came up with that idea should've been beaten up for ruining the careers of those guys."
He looked to the gauge on his hack tool, he hit the last green light and heard a ringing and heard the door unlocking. Seeing the door opening, he knew that he got it taken care of.
LM: "There! The door is unlock. We can go through."
Cyborg looked to see the door opening and was glad that they are in.
Cyborg: "Good. Now let's get this key and return to McDonagh's."
The two soon approached the door and entered the delivery room. Looking around, they see many shelves for mail and packages while on the left side were three bronze boxes that were suppose to be Pneumo stations to help deliver mail with a poster next to it that shows with what looked like the Streak, or the original Flash with a helmet with wings on it and a title that says, 'It'll be there in a FLASH! Pneumo Deliveries'. Looking around, LM wondered where it was and asked Cy about it.
LM: "Kay, Cyborg. You saw the keycard. Where is it?"
He looked to him and told him where.
Cyborg: "At one of the mailing slots behind those boxes over there."
He pointed to where they need to go as LM looked to this and was delighted that they have the key. He soon walked past the Pneumo boxes and headed to the back area where the discarded mail was left behind. By the time he looked around, he saw the keycard resting at the very top, which makes it impossible to bring it down. Seeing this, he turned to the hybrid for a quick favor.
LM: "Lend me your shoulders for a moment, Cyborg?"
Cy looked to him and looked up to the key card to realize what he meant by that. The two headed to the one location where the key was as Cyborg stood there with LM on his shoulders. The rebel held firm while the hybrid was just trying to keep him up.
LM: "Steady there, Cy. Wouldn't want to let me fall."
He was close enough from the height as he looked to the key that was dangling on the edge of the slot. Reaching out, he had his fingertips on the card and gently glides it to him. By the time it fell, he grabbed it and looked at it in success.
LM: "Got it! This has to be the keycard that we need to get into the pub. Didn't think it was going to be that easy."
Just then, he heard the sound of ringing close by and turned to the left to see a security camera that was watching them the whole time. Blinking, he slouched and realized he made a terrible mistake.
LM: "Fate, why do you come and slap me in the face?"
Just then, alarms were blaring as it meant that the two were spotted. Cy heard that and immediately panicked, loosing the grip of LMs feet and caused him to fall. Luckily the renegade did a quick flip before landing on the ground in a kneeling stance. Cyborg immediately saw the camera starring at them and armed his sonic cannon to fire right at it, destroying it on contact. He soon looked to LM and asked if they were in the clear.
Cyborg: "Did I get it?"
LM listens to the alarms blaring and knew that it was too little too late.
LM: "Well, judging by the sound of alarms and red lights blinking, not so much. Looks like we're going to have a standoff Cy. Arm yourself and prepare for battle."
They soon got their weapons up and rushed to the register area and started to barricade open doorway with what's not been bolted down. Once they got to cover, they peeked up and waited to see what's going to come out. When the door opened, they could see a group of sentry bots coming into the post office. So far, they only see security sentry bots and not splicers, so they believe that it would be easy.
LM: "Here they come! Take em' out!"
He loaded his Tommy gun with armor piercing rounds and got up to fire through the cage. Cy joined in and used his sonic cannon to fire charged shots right at the bots. They managed to take down a couple and the opposition is thinning. But when most of the bots were down, another group came through the entrance door and headed straight to the two. These though were different, as they don't have machine gun nozzles on them. Instead they have prodder with electricity dancing around it with a battery connected with wires. Few of them charged their prods and fired bolts of electricity to them. The two Titans saw this and ducked down, avoiding the electric stream. When it bounced off the Pneumo boxes, Cy blinked and was nearly shocked by it.
Cyborg: "Whoa! Now we got security bots shooting electricity?! What gives?!"
LM peeked up to see the new bots and wondered what they were. Looking around, he spotted a poster that shows another sentry bot type. It has a picture of a cartoon sentry bot holding a battery on one hand and a prod on the other zapping a thief that was taking a bag of money. There were titles all across the poster that says, 'Stop Intruders in their Tracks. Beats Fontaine Every Time. 10,000 Volts of Security. New from McClendon Robotics.' Seeing this poster, he managed to piece together what they're up against this time.
LM: "Looks like we're up against a new type of security to handle criminals. Guess here in Rapture, we count as some. Let's knock them off the sky before they zap our sorry asses!"
He came out and fired again and, making sure that they took more of them down. While they were thinning out the horde, more sentries with built in machine guns came out of the entryway to provide backup. Cyborg looked at this and could tell that there were too many of them to hold back, so he needs to pull off all the stops. Disarming his cannon, he used both his hands and used all his strength to pull the gate off the reception window. LM looked to him and was curious what he's up to.
LM: "Cyborg, what the hell are you doing?!"
The hybrid pulls hard while explaining to the rebel Titan his plan.
Cyborg: "Clearing the area. Just hold them back as long as you can! My armor can withstand this assault, yours can't!"
LM listened to him and decided to follow his advice. Taking aim, he fired more rounds on the bots and managed to take out a few of them. At the same time, Cyborg kept pulling the reception cage so he would have enough room to pull off his plan. At the same time, the sentry bots continued pushing forward as they overwhelmed the two Titans. LM kept on firing more shots at them in hopes of holding them back more. He managed to shoot down one of the bots, but another bot was behind and fired a tazer blast right at the him. He felt the shock as the electricity surged through his body and nearly passed him out. The hybrid managed to pull the cage off the open window and was ready to execute. Opening his should blades, he fired multiple rockets and they flew right to the security bots, blowing them all up in the process. When they were gone, Cy looked down to see his friend in a daze and came to his aid to snap him out of it.
Cyborg: "Hey! Wake up! Are you all right?"
LM shook the feeling out of him and was a little jittery over it.
LM: "N- N- N- Now I know what it f- f- f- feels like getting t- t- t- tazed by s- s- s- someone or s- s- s- something."
Cy couldn't help but to laugh it up and patted him on the shoulder.
Cyborg: "Walk it off pal. We still have a long ways to go."
He soon looked up and noticed that no other bots were around.
Cyborg: "That's strange… Normally, they would've sent more of those drones in after us. But it looks like it stopped."
LM noticed it too while fully recovering and came up with a good enough assumption.
LM: "My guess is that the alert is on a timer, meaning that once the timer is up the security should be deactivated and the sentries leave without a second thought. Judging the time those bots attacked to when they stopped, I say it takes a good sixty seconds to kill off any intruders. Plenty of time for us to hold them back until they retreat.
Cy sighed and decided to keep moving forward.
Cyborg: "Well, we'll keep that in mind next time we get caught by those cameras. Now let's get back to pub and open that security door. That spider splicer has to be in there."
So the two left the same way they came in and returned to the security door. When LM approached the slot, he inserted the key and waited to see if this works. Otherwise, that grab was all for nothing. As he waited, he started to hear the gears shifted and the door slowly rose up. Looking on, he was glad that they got in.
LM: "Looks like it works."
As soon as the door opens, the two got in to see the situation. By the time they were through the door, they noticed that they were in an entrance of the pub that had a huge sign of The Fighting McDonaugh's Tavern with lanterns lit up on the horizontal pillars and diamond checker wall in between the entrances. Cyborg approached the entrance and knew that they made it.
Cyborg: "Looks like this is the place. Let's see if the splicer is home."
He went on ahead and checked to see if the bar is opened for business. LM was about to head on after him, but stopped and turned and noticed another Vox diary leaning on the Circus of Values vending machine. He wondered what's in that one and approached the vending machine to pick the device up. Hitting play, he listens to it to see what that contains.
"Boy… What a day. Had to file reports on the remaining thugs of Fontaine we rounded up and placed in that department store and removing papers regarding the little girls Ryan's men took from their families and putting them into the Little Sisters program. Trying to keep the parents in the dark on what happens to their kids is difficult to handle. Just another life of Sullivan… There is however one person that I was curious about. This young woman came to my office today and asked about this girl, Sally. I had to give her a straight face and told her the usual sad story. She was awfully quiet about it too. It's not like any mother and father that were distraught or cry about it. She was just suspiciously quiet as she left on her own accord. She was one of the strangest of gals I've come across, and I saw plenty of them. But this one, she's a whole different breed. Calls herself Elizabeth. I look into the Bathysphere logs and didn't see her name on the daily schedules. She isn't even registered in the genetics logs. It's almost like she doesn't exist in Rapture. Maybe she's a Parasite? Regardless, I need to speak to Ryan of this matter. If this woman's not from Rapture, then it could mean that she could be an issue."
The audio diary stopped playing as LM scratched the back of his head. From what he heard, this recording was somewhat similar from the last one when approaching McDonaugh's the first time. But it was this woman, this Elizabeth, upset that this Sullivan lied to her about this Sally. It seems that Sally must've been taken and was part of the Little Sister program as well and Ryan and his committee is keeping families and friends in the dark. It could explain the many Little Sisters in Rapture. But Sullivan also stated that this woman didn't come from Rapture and her name or genetic coding wasn't in the city's databanks, if they have any. This leaves the rebel Titan asking himself, who is this Elizabeth and how is both she, Sally, and this city is connected?"
Cyborg: "LM! Over here!"
The rebel heard him and looked up to see him gesture to come on up the steps. Sighing, he decided to leave the audio diary where it is and headed to the hybrid. Once he got there, he was bombarded with Cy telling him to stop listening to logs.
Cyborg: "Would you stop listening to these logs? They are wasting our time in getting to the hideout."
LM shrugged it off and told him that he was curious.
LM: "Sorry about that, but I have to find out more about Rapture and those logs could help us clue in on what happened to this city."
Cyborg raised an eyebrow and knew about what happened.
Cyborg: "We already know what happened to this city. Atlas told us about it. You don't really need to get more information about it. Anyways, we've run into another problem. Another locked door."
LM turned to the entrance to McDonaugh's and saw what looked like a door with a slider hole, similar to Atlas's hideout over a circle ad promoting something called 'Ryan's Club Ale'. Seeing this, he came up with a good plan.
LM: "Must be one of those club doors back at Atlas's headquarters. No problem, we just simply knock and see if someone is there."
Cyborg glared at him and was a little cheesed by that.
Cyborg: "And have splicers attack us when they opened the door? Not likely."
LM looked to him and snickered.
LM: "I was just joking, Cy. Lighten up. Regardless, we need to find another way into the place."
He looked around and spotted what looks like a small vent only for him to fit in. And it's quite possibly the only way through.
LM: "Looks like this vent is the only way through. I'll go through there and reach the door from the other side. You stay here and wait for me."
He jumped over the railing and landed on the leaking water floor. As he was heading to the vent, Cy asked why he needs to stay put.
Cyborg: "Hold up! You're leaving me here?!"
LM looked up to him and explained where he was going.
LM: "Well I would like to invite you, but that spill drain is too small for your body to squeeze through. Don't worry, I'll be back and open the door to let you in. It will only take a moment."
Bending down to the vent like spillway, he took his camera out and activated his installed flashlight to see better. Going through a crawl, he entered the spillway to see where it will take him. As he was doing that, Cy grumbled and couldn't believe that he would leave him completely.
Cyborg: "Well, this is just terrific. It's one thing pairing with this renegade; it's another of him leaving me here while he goes off on his own. Honestly, why we even let him be part of the team is beyond me."
He tapped his foot and had his back turned waiting to see if the rebel was able to reach it. As luck would have it, the door opened up and Cy was surprised that it was quick.
Cyborg: "Wow! That was quick. Take it getting around and back was easy for you?"
He turned around and thought that LM did it. But as he looked ahead, he got greeted by lightning bolts hitting him in the chest. He was caught by surprised and screamed in complete agony, as multiple volts of electricity spread throughout his system. He immediately passed out from the blast and was temporarily shut down. At the opened doorway, two splicers were standing there with one that has electricity surging through his hand. The other one then approached the hybrid and got a good look right at him.
"Huh… Didn't think some foolish fuck would wonder into his den. What's with all that metal on him? Some twisted version of a Frankenstein experiment."
The one with the Electibolt joined him and noticed that he was familiar.
"Well, shit… It's one of those Titan Parasites Ryan put a heavy bounty on. Never really thought that we easily got one of them."
The second splicer was shocked by this and decided to bring him in.
"Should we take him to Ryan and get paid. I'm in desperate need of some Adam."
The first one thought of this and came up with a better plan.
"No! Ryan said that he wants us to bring these Parasites to him, dead or alive. We might have some fun with him before we hand this freak to him. Take him in! The Executioner is in need of some fresh opponents to play with."
The other splicer heard him and knew what it meant. Giving a nod, he and his associate picked him up by the legs and dragged him right into the pub.
While he was taken into the pub, LM was crawling through the storm drain to find a path into the Fighting McDonaugh's. With his flashlight attached to his camera, he skimmed the narrow passage just to light the way. Crawling through the narrow path, he felt a little unease of enclosed spaces.
LM: "Well, this is quite comforting. Crawling in a tight space filled with seawater and who knows what else is in there. Reminds me of the old days."
While maneuvering through the spillway, he soon heard the sound of a raspy voice close by.
"Son of a bitch! Where's the damn whisky?! I'm looking over this cellar and there isn't an ounce of it anywhere!"
The rebel heard this and knew that he was getting close. Reaching the corner and approaching the vent-grating end, he saw the light at the end as someone else was speaking to him.
"Have you tried checking the rack next to the wine barrels?"
"I did! I checked everywhere! It's nowhere to be found! I think we've run out."
"Well, that's just perfect. We got a packed crowd tonight to watch a fight and we're low on liquor. How are we going to keep them happy?"
The rebel slowly trudged through the water, trying not to make a sound while turning the flashlight on the camera off.
"Maybe we should check the city. You know, find more whisky. Pretty sure that there's plenty to go around."
"Oh, okay? Where do you want to go? The distillery at the Farmers Market, or the bars of Fort Frolic?"
"Pft… You kidding me? You know that the Farmers Market is locked down because of some washed up football player that got jacked up on an Adam cocktail and turned into a vicious beast. And Fort Frolic? I don't want to step foot in there without being turned into another one of Cohen's creations. Maybe later on at closing time we hack the vending machines in Olympus Heights. Heard the rich folk got a stock pile of whisky in their Circus of Values."
"Huh… Sounds like a plan. Now come on, the next match is about to start. Who you think will win it."
"Seriously? My money is on Executioner. He's undefeated!"
"Ha! Amen to that."
Their voices started to fade as they walked away from the cellar. Knowing this, LM headed down to the venting grate and carefully knocked it down from the outside, trying not to make a sound. Crawling out of the spillway, he got up and noticed that he's in the wine cellar filled with barrels of wine and a variety of liquor on the shelves. He even notices that it's partially flooded as seawater was around his ankles. Feeling the water on his feet, he sighed and complained about it.
LM: "Honestly, wouldn't it hurt to have someone fix all these leaks in the first place? I know this city has gone to hell, but liquor and sea water does not mix pretty well."
He looked around and saw an opening close by. Most likely leading to where the spider splicer is and the way to open the door on the other end. Slowly trudging through the water, he headed to the end to see if he can get to Cyborg and open the entrance of the pub. But by the time he got there, he spotted one of those security cameras on high alert. Immediately hiding behind the wall near the cellar's exit, he sighed and knew this was too easy.
LM: "Just my luck. It's one of those damn security cameras. Can't shoot it down, otherwise noise will get those splicer's attention. Hacking would work, but that will waste one of my darts and I need to ration until it's the right time in using it."
Peaking to the side, he could see the camera swaying back and forth and has a temporary freeze until it can move. Looking to this, he decided to take this heavy risk.
LM: "Looks like it scans the area for an intruder. If I can time it just right, I might be able to get by without getting caught."
Peeking to the side, he waited until the right moment to make a move. As soon as the camera panned to the left, the rebel darted to the right and made it through the door leading to someplace. The door opened for him automatically as he came in easily and was safe for the moment. Looking around, he could tell that it was a dead end and there's nothing of use in the room.
LM: "Looks like this is just another boring room. How quaint… Better get to the other side if I am to get Cy into the place."
He started to wait and see if he would be able to pass the camera a second go. But then, he realized something and looked back. Almost immediately he could tell that he's in a dressing room of some kind, but it belongs to a boxer. There's posters of main event fights both from the surface and Rapture, a collection of boxing gloves hanging from the racks, two pushing bags for the body and head, a vanity area to look good, and an extra that is opened that contains a huge collection of belts, medals, and trophies. He noticed that a few posters were slash and the punching bags were torn with the cotton fluff spilled out, while the trophy room had some awards slightly damaged and were toppled over for some reason. Looking around the place, he decided to check it out.
LM: "Might not hurt to look around for a bit. Maybe clue me in on this spider splicer we're up against. I'm certain that Cyborg won't mind waiting for a few extra minutes."
He soon walked into the dressing room and wondered what secrets this room contains. He just hopes that Cy won't run into trouble. Unfortunately, trouble found him.
Cyborg was being dragged by the metal legs as while the two splicers were doing their best pulling him on the floor.
"Jesus Christ! This lug weighs a ton! Wouldn't hurt for him to loose weight."
Cy groaned as he heard that voice. Slowly opening his cybernetic eye, he could see just static but his audio receptors were working.
"Quit your belly aching! We're almost there. Giving how heavy this bastard is, he would make a great opponent for the Executioner."
"You're expecting this tin can to win?"
"Seriously…? I expect the Executioner to win, and hoping that this fight is much longer then the previous ones. We're running out of opponents for him and I don't want to face his fury."
"I hear you."
His other eye soon opened and blinked trying to get the blurry images in his sight. When he could see with one eye and the static gone in the other, he was shocked to see where he was. He's inside the pub itself, but not what he expected. All around him, he see multiple splicers on the table and bar counters, drinking, laughing, cheering, and then those that get frisky with the female counterparts. He could tell the place is big as there's a second floor for housing of some kind and a few more splicers were leaning on the guardrails, looking at something and cheering. Looking ahead, he noticed that there's a boxing ring of some kind showing wear and tear. In the ring, he could see there are two fighters battling. One is a regular splicer with his lead pipe out and showing serious battle scares and was bleeding. He charged in and was ready to deliver a crushing blow. But soon enough, there was a sound of anguish and the splicer flew back and out of the ring, crashing right into table two splicers were on. There were cheers from the pub as Cy looked to the smashed table to see the splicer with his neck broke and a deep gash on his chest. He gulped and realized that he's in serious trouble. Just then, a splicer in a raggedy suit walked into the ring with a worn out microphone and announced the winner.
"Ladies and gentlemen, here's your winner and still your undefeated champion; Johnson Bates, The Executioner!"
The splicers cheered and praised the compotator that was in the ring. Stopping near the ring, they lifted him up to make him stand, giving him a good look at the person that won. What he saw wasn't what he was expecting.
Cyborg: "Oh man…"
Returning to LM, he was looking around the area and marveled at the sight of it. Seeing the posters and trophies, he was in awe. He looked to one of the posters that has Johnson, 'The Executioner' Bates name on the posters and could tell that he was a big deal.
LM: "Got to say, this Executioner guy is a real big deal. A champ in both the surface and Rapture. Really seems famous too. Wonder what happened to him?"
He soon noticed anther audio log placed in the drawer at the makeup mirror and could tell that it was recorded. Curious about it, he headed straight makeup desk and there's a vanity mirror that was broken and a jukebox next to it. Curious of this, he took it out and played it.
LM: "Let's see what this recording says. Perhaps gives me a clue on his back story."
The log started to play as he heard someone with an Irish accent sounding very threatening.
"During my boxing days in the surface, I ruled the boxing world. It seems like nothing can touch me. Then some dumb tabloid stated that I was doping on steroids to help me fight harder. I never thought that would figure it out. Sure I took substance, but it is something that I need to do to fight for survival. That's why I came to Rapture, to get away from the sick and twisted media. There, I can hone my skills and be undefeated now only in both the surface and this under water utopia. They even have these Plasmid and this Adam to enhance my body and be an unbeaten force. I was on top of the world, taking on all opposition throughout this city. And then the Kashmir blew up and war broke out in the city. Because of this, business closed down and I'm out of work. I don't care who I blame, be that Ryan or Atlas. All I care about is to fight. So that is why I'm going to continue to fight until someone beats me. I'm lucky enough to take over the Fighting McDonaugh's when the Bill became part of Ryan's committee. Now I can create my own legacy and take on all comers. And with this Adam pumping in my veins, nothing would stop me. As I said before, it's a fight for survival."
The log stopped as LM gave it some thought. This Executioner, by the sound of the voice, seemed sour from hearing the war shut down his career. Now it sounded like he wanted to continue fighting in a war torn town. The question was, if the fight got the better of him and he was killed. He soon heard stomping close by and turned to a window to see a fuel station that was there for some strange reason and fish swimming by. By then, he could see a Rosie Big Daddy that was slowly walking down the outside giving that the sea water was slowing its movements as the fish scattered. He stopped and noticed a small leak in divider and has to repair it. Getting its rivet gun up, he placed it on the divider and shot a couple of hot bolts to seal the leak. Once he saw it repaired, he went off its merry way. LM looked on and was surprised that it was still doing the work after the war tore Rapture apart.
LM: "Wow… Even in a war that nearly destroyed the city, those Big Daddies can still do work. At least we don't have to worry about them on the outside."
He soon noticed some gleaming on the window. Turning back, he could see what looks like a strange object latched on the small punching bag. He slowly approached it and wondered what it was that was stuck on the bag. By the time he got closer, he could see this strange object is latched on to the bag pretty well. He got a hold of the object, and pulled it out as hard as he could. After one big pull, he pries it out of the bag and inspects it. From what he saw, he noticed that it was a hook, the same type of hook the spider splicer at the entrance of Fontaine Fisheries used. Starring at it for a few seconds, his eyes were wide and realized that he had already found the spider splicer.
LM: "Fuck me…."
That was Cyborg's reaction when he saw what he's up against. Standing in the ring is a splicer that has a body of a professional boxer, but years of Adam abuse took a heavy toll on him. His muscles were disfigured, his mid section is bloated, and his face was twisted and mangled. He was wearing boxers used to fight and was tattered and torn and the boxing gloves have shown some serious wear and tear. But on the sides of the gloves, two hooks were stuck and there has fresh blood on the ends. Looking on, he knew that he had found the Spider Splicer, but not the way he was expecting.
Cyborg: "Yep… Definitely found our spider splicer. Just kind of wishing that I didn't."
The spider splicer, who is the Executioner, took the mike from the announcer's hand and started his speech.
Executioner: "My fellow followers, what you see here what happens when they try to question my leadership. They get taken to the ring and are defeated! This goes out to any of you that dare to oppose me, be that a citizen of Rapture,"
He turned to took an interest in Cyborg the two splicers were holding up. Cyborg realizes that he was in danger while the splicer was eager for another fight.
Executioner: "or Parasites…"
LM looked to the hook and knew who the spider splicer is.
LM: "Looks like our spider splicer is the Executioner himself. This does not bode well. Better get to Cyborg and open up that door get him in. I could use all the help I can get."
He turned and was about to get to the other end and to get to his friend. As he was about to do that, he saw two of the same splicers he heard with their pistols pointing to him. He stopped dead in his tracks and got his hands up, knowing that he got caught.
"Going somewhere, kid?"
Back to the main pub, Cy was getting lifted up the ring and tossed in there like a sack of metal meat. Slowly recovering, he got up and was face to face with the splicer himself. The Executioner looked down to the hybrid and knew whom it was.
Executioner: "What do we got over here? One of those Parasites Ryan has warned of. This is quite a surprise."
Cyborg looked about at the crowd that is booing the Titan. Looking to him, he decided to stall as much as possible, hoping that LM would come soon.
Cyborg: "And you must be the Executioner. You looked different. Have ya gain weight?"
The boxer starred him down and wasn't amused at all.
Executioner: "How hilarious… Coming from the parasite that's been wanted by Ryan. If it were up to me, I would sent you to Ryan himself and collect the bounty myself."
Cyborg: "And what's stopping you?"
The former boxer snickered and explained why he's not sending him to Ryan personally.
Executioner: "I'm a fighter, parasite. I've been undefeated in this city since my arrival and no one has out beaten me. And with all this Adam pumping through my veins, I am faster, stronger, and better."
Cy soon mentions something under his breath.
Cyborg: "And more deranged…"
The spider splicer heard that and decided to let it slide.
Executioner: "Regardless of my paranoia, I can still fight like that of a champion. For years since my arrival, I was undefeated and have 99 full wins on my belt. Unfortunately, opponents these days after the war is nothing but drunkards and nobodies that question my winning skills and those fights last less then a minute, if not over. I'm looking for an opponent that can last longer then that. You seem like one worthy of a fight for me to hit the one hundred mark on my streak."
Cy smirked and knew where he was going with it.
Cyborg: "Lucky for you, I will be the one to put you down."
The Executioner looked to him with a sinister grin and was a little amused by that threat.
Executioner: "I'm sure of it. And since you are eager to fight, I'll make it interesting. Tony!"
The splicer in the announcer get up heard him and approached his side. He soon started to whisper to him something and Cy didn't know about. But soon enough, the announcer approached the middle of the ring and begins the next match.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the next bout is a fight to the finish, where there are no rules, no timeouts, and no disqualification. Introducing first, wearing the worn out boxers and damaged gloves. He's been undefeated with 99 – 0 winning streak and is a multi time champion from the surface to Rapture. He's the raining, defending, undisputed champion of Rapture! The legendary, the dangerous, Johnson Bates, The Executioner!"
The spider splicer raised his deformed arms high in the air while the crowd cheered loudly for their champion.
"And his opponent…"
And announcer backed up to Cy and asked about his name.
"What's your name, kid?"
Cy raised a metal eyebrow and decided to give him two of his name.
Cyborg: "Real name is Victor Stone, but my friends call me Cyborg."
The announcer starred at him for a brief second and was a little concerned about it.
"Cyborg? That's a dumb name for a boxer."
Cyborg: "I'm no boxer, freak show, I'm a Titan."
The announcer shrugged it off and decided to roll with it.
"Ah… whatever. At least the name is short enough to put on a gravestone deep in the cemeteries of Arcadia."
He soon approached the middle of the ring and continued with the announcement.
"From parts unknown, wearing metal armor plating from head to toe. This man is the most ruthless person to ever hit Rapture. And is wanted by Ryan for trespassing, damage to property, and multiple casualty lives. He is the wicked, the vicious, Victor Stone, The Cyborg!"
The reaction for Cyborg, quite the opposite. The group booed him around the ring as the hybrid could tell that this is Rapture field advantage.
Cyborg: "Tough crowd… Better hope LM finds me and gets me out of this."
The Executioner slowly approached him decided to give him fair warning.
Executioner: "Now, normally there would be rules to sanction this fight. But giving the war took away Rapture's way of life, there is only one rule to follow; fight or die… Ring the bell!"
The splicer that's acting as the timekeeper heard that and ringed the bell, starting the match off. Cy soon gulped and could tell that he's now in real trouble.
Cyborg: "And he better do it fast!"
It was then that the boxer splicer winded back and delivered a straight punch with two hooks between his gloves for a crushing kill.
Back with LM, he was in a bit of a pickle himself. He was standing there in the Executioner's dressing room with two splicers pointing their pistols right at him and couldn't find another way out of it. One of the spider splicers took a good look at his face and realized something.
"Hey! Isn't that who I think it is?"
The other splicer looked to him too and remembered what he saw on the TV.
"Yeah… I know… It's one of those Titan Parasites that Ryan warned everyone about."
LM heard this and chuckled a little in nervousness.
LM: "Wow… Guess we're really popular, huh…? Heh, heh… Never really thought that would bound to happen."
The two weren't amused by his enthusiasm and decided to cut to the chase.
"Quiet you! Heard Ryan's got a hefty bounty on your head and I am quite eager to collect."
The other splicer turned to his comrade and was confused with his saying.
"Don't you mean that we would be eager to collect?"
The first splicer sighed and recorrected himself.
"Yes… That's what I meant."
LM just looked on and decided to see where this is going by playing along.
LM: "Okay… I can tell you two are not getting along. So, I will take my leave and…"
They soon immediately turned to him and stopped him from leaving.
"Oh no you don't! You are not going anywhere."
"Yeah! And the only place you would be going is in a body bag, hand delivered into Ryan's place."
LM gulped and realized that there's no escape. At least that was until they were starting to plan on what to do with him.
"So, what should we do with him? Hand him to Ryan?"
"Oh yeah… That bounty on his head will make excellent treat for us. I say we split down the line, 70/30."
That soon caught the other splicer off guard as he turned to him with his pistol down.
"Wait a minute… 70/30? What type of bull shit split is that?"
The his friend turned to him and explained about it.
"Well, that's 30% Adam for you, and 70% for me. I think that's a fair deal."
"A fair deal? That means I get less Adam then you! How is that fair?!"
"Well, you had your share of Adam when we had to take out a Big Daddy and you harvest too much and I didn't get my share. I'm in a starving mood to begin with. Think of this as payback from a few days ago."
"Seriously? Are you still mad about that?! We all know that first come, first serve when we defeat the Big Daddy. And I beat it with my cleverly placed proximity traps. I deserved the little brat."
"That doesn't mean you can harvest all the Adam you want. I was in need of it more then you do. Be glad that I didn't tell the Executioner about that, otherwise, we won't be talking about it in the first place!"
As they were arguing, LM looked to the fight and could see the many mistakes that they're making in keeping people captive. They had their eyes away from him and their guns not pointing at him. Because of it, they are easily distractive and would let any prisoners escape. Maybe it's the Adam in their system that made them very preoccupied. This might give him time to escape and find Cyborg fast before the he gets himself into a lot of trouble. Silently, he sneaked around them while they continue to argue.
"How about this? Why don't we split the Adam 50/50? You know, so it's an even deal."
The splicer thought about it and decided on a counter offer.
"Tempting… But you still need to pay for taking all that Adam from that bitch. 60/40. How's that?"
His friend thought this through and decided to accept the deal.
"All right, you got a deal. Just don't break your side of the bargain."
The first splicer sighed and decided to end it with a shake.
"I won't guarantee any promises."
With that says, the two shook hands and finalized the deal.
"Fine by me. Now where were we? Oh yes! We were bringing you to Ryan in-"
The two turned to where LM was and pointed their weapons to them. But as they did that, they noticed that the rebel wasn't there anymore. The two blinked and was shocked by it.
"What the… Where the fuck did he go?!"
As they were shocked by the disappearance, LM was sneaking further and further away from them just to make a break for it. He was close to the exit and thought that he was in the clear. Unfortunately, the two splicers turned around and realized that he was making an escape, pointing their guns to him and told him to stop.
"Hold it! And where do you think you're going?"
The rebel stopped dead in his tracks that thought that he had the advantage in leaving. Still, he has a change to escape and moved on to plan B. Slowly sliding his hand behind his suit jacket and grabbed something out of it, while one of the splicers told him to turn.
"Now turn around slowly and don't do anything stupid."
LM smirked at the sound of it and decided to do what he said, but not before he asked something.
LM: "Hold up. You're telling me to turn around and not do something stupid? As in, like this!"
He soon turned around, but the tossed something out of his hand. What it was it was is a flash bang he was saving up incase and it was armed. The two had little time to react as it blew up in front of their face and a white light engulfed them. The two backed off and was completely blinded by the light. Seeing this, LM took this opportunity and jump on the wall behind him, jumping off to deliver a spinning kick to the two. They all flew to the other end of the wall as one of the splicer's hit the jukebox next to the desk. Almost instantly, the jukebox jittered and it started to play 'Bei Mir Bist du Schon' by The Andrew Sisters. The two slowly recovered from the attack and looked on with seething eyes. LM just simply did a quick stance and acted like Neo before saying a quick quip.
LM: "All right boys, let's dance."
The two soon looked to each other and could tell that he meant business as they grabbed two trophies that were left discarded on the floor and charged in for an assault.
Returning to the ring, the match between the Executioner and Cyborg started as the spider splicer delivered quick jabs at the hybrid. Cy quickly lifted his arms up to block the attack and was holding his ground. He soon backed up and was at the corner, still trying to protect himself. The Executioner could see it and decided to use a swift uppercut to strike him while the hooks on his boxing glove are up. Cyborg could see that and decided to back off from the strike. Quickly getting on the middle rope, he jumped off it and pushed the boxer off of him with his two metal feet. The spider splicer was in a daze and immediately recovered form the assault. But he could see the metal teen rushing in with strikes of his own. Getting his arms up, he went to the defensive as Cyborg did some quick and swift strikes. He soon spotted an opening when Cy pulled back to deliver an immediate sucker punch. In a flash, he grabbed him by the arm and twisted his body to swing him to the other corner, catching him by surprise. The hybrid got impacted by the corner as he was in a daze. Thankfully, he recovered to see the spider splicer rushing towards him with one of his gloves pushed back to deliver some serious damage. Seeing this, he had to get out of that corner by grabbing the top ropes and lifting his lower body up, giving him the boots to push him away. The boxer recovered from that, but still was going for the kill by rushing to him again. Yet it gave Cy the opening he needed to avoid it as he ducked to the side and rolled out of the way. The Executioner got nothing as he swung and miss, confused of what just happened. Turning to the direction Cy went to, he could see him getting into a stance and was a little hesitant. The boxer soon walked around him and was very intrigued of him.
Executioner: "Impressive… This is the first time I faced a challenger such as you. Most of my matches only last a couple of seconds with the mooks that don't put up a fight. But you, you lasted longer then those low lives. You might be my toughest opponent yet since my feud with Bastion many years ago."
Cy peered his eyes to him, not getting his guard down and felt amused of it.
Cyborg: "Gee… I'm flattered."
The Executioner though decided to move on to the real fight.
Executioner: "However, the time of fighting fair is over. I'm going to show you how we fight in Rapture!"
Almost immediately, he jumped up off the mat and latched on to the high ceiling. Cyborg was caught by surprise and wasn't expecting something like that to happen.
Cyborg: "Yep… That's how we're going to fight, huh?"
He soon armed his sonic cannon and fired a stream of energy blast at him. The spider splicer saw this and quickly twisted his body to avoid the first shot. He soon twisted his body again to avoid the second one and scurried to above the hybrid. He soon dropped to the ground and straight towards him. Cy saw this and continued to fire right at the splicer as much as possible. But he twisted his body around to avoid each shot with ease. He soon raised his gloved hand up with the hooks attached to it and was ready to strike. Cyborg managed to avoid it with a quick roll away, leaving the splicer getting nothing but air. With the splicer landing on the ground, he turned around and went to a bunch of slashes. Cy turned and was still kneeling and lifted his arm up to block each attack with his metal arm. It left nothing but scratches and kept him from getting his face getting messed up. He quickly moved his arm to the side, forcing the boxer to loose balance. This of course gives Cyborg an opening as he wind back and delivered a whollop of a punch. He got taken back and slammed hard on the corner, getting completely dazed. The hybrid then got up to cross his arms and was impressed by his work.
Cyborg: "Bet that had to hurt."
The Executioner shook from the attack as one of the audience members gave him a bottle of bourbon. Grabbing it, he washed it all down and was now fully awake.
Executioner: "So that's how it's going down, huh? All right then, let's get dirty…"
He soon got out of corner and rushed to him, ready to end it all. Cy though of the same and decided to do the same. Lifting his hand and tightening to the fist, the both collided by the gloves and were ready for one Hell of a fight.
Meanwhile, there was another fight that was taking place. LM was battling two splicers in a two on one handicap match in an actual street fight. The two splicers swung their melee weapons at him, but he avoided them with ease and was trying to be coy about it. They swung simultaneously to his head and he ducked down to roll to safety. He soon got up and ran to the desk he was at. The two soon gave chase and had their melee weapons up in the air to deliver a bunch of crushing blows. Fast approaching the desk, he jumped and landed on the top only to have jumped off it, leading to the two missing him and hitting nothing but wood. The two looked back and saw the Rebel Titan flying high in a quick flip and landed gracefully on the floor. He soon got to a stance while the two charged in for a fight. The first one came in and swung to the side. LM quickly blocked it off and delivered a jab to the stomach with his knee before swiping his leg to take him down. The second one soon rushed to him to deliver a swing of his own. The rebel responded by bending back and delivering a swift kick in the process, knocking the weapon off of him as it was implanted to the ceiling. Getting back up, he could see the splicer not giving up without a fight and used his fists to attack him. LM quickly avoided these punches as a way to find an opening. He soon got to blocking and blocked in a variety of ways, still looking for a way to get out of this. Looking back, he noticed the worn out sand bag and decided to get an opportunity. Kicking him back, he made a run for it while the second splicer got pissed off over him.
"Coward! Come back and fight me!"
He chased him as the two were heading to the sand bag. When the arrived, the rebel played a little cat and mouse with him as the splicer tried to hit him. But he moved from side to side just for him to just miss and hit the bag instead. This pissed him off more and told him to hold still.
"Quite hiding! Fight me!"
LM smirked and decided to give him a fight.
LM: "You want a fight? All right… "I'll give you a fight!"
With that said, he jumped and performed a spinning roundhouse kick in the air and hit the sand bag. The impact was so hard that it was pushed and removed from its chain, only to have it hit the splicer's body completely. The two flew to the end of the wall and impacted hard causing him to be buried on the wall with the sandbag on top of him. LM landed on the ground and looked to his accomplishment with a sick grin.
LM: "Oh… That had to hurt, a lot."
Course, he was too easily distracted and was caught by surprise by the first splicer from behind. Turns out, he recovered enough to see his friend get crushed and decided to strike back with sheer vengeance. Getting him from behind, he gave him a chock hold with his melee weapon to pass him out. The rebel struggled to escape as he thrashed about and moved around. The splicer kept on holding, as he was eager to finish this fight.
"Give it up! There is no way escaping!"
LM backed up to the middle of the room and was trying to make an escape. During that time, the sandbag fell off and the other splicer was a bit of a mess after that attacked. Recovering, he looked up and saw the rebel Titan getting chocked by second splicer. Seeing this as an opportunity, he picked up the already beaten up trophy on the floor and got up. LM looked at this and realized that he was in big trouble.
Returning to Cyborg, he was holding his own against the boxer spider splicer. The two punched each other by the fists and neither of them weren't letting up. From high to low, they never stop at outsmarting the other. They soon got into a grip of strength and were trying to out strong each other. The boxer looked to him and was getting impatient in killing the hybrid.
Executioner: "You're quite the tough one… Much tougher then I expected. But I do not like having someone as tougher then me."
Cy heard this and decided to let him in on a little something.
Cyborg: "Me? Tougher then you? Dude, I reached over 100% of my limit fighting someone much bigger then you. I can take you on quite simple!"
By saying that, he immediately pushed himself over the limit. With a swift punch in the face, he pushed the boxer to the corner and he was slammed extremely hard. The Executioner shook off the affect and was starting to spit out blood. Wiping the blood on his hand, he looked at it and was extremely pissed off about it.
Executioner: "And now you drew first blood… I never bleed from a fight."
As he was questioning this fight, one of the audience members yelled out his name.
"Executioner!"
He turned to see that audience member holding a stool in his hand.
"Fuck him up!"
He soon tossed the stool to the ring as the spider splicer grabbed with this his boxing glove. Looking to the stool, he decided to use this as an advantage and looked to Cy with an intent to kill.
Executioner: "If fighting dirty is what you want, then that's what you are going to get."
Tightening the stool handle, he raised it up and charge to the hybrid. The hybrid looked to this and realized that he was in trouble.
Cyborg: "Oh boy… This won't end well."
The moment he approached him, he swung the stool to dealt a heavy blow. He quickly ducked down to avoid the stool shot and made a quick roll to stand up to turn to the other side. The spider splicer turned back and the two were going in a circle. The two starred at each other and waited for the other to make a move.
Executioner: "You have fought well, bud. But I think your time is up. When you loose, make it look good."
Cy heard this and thought that it was a cowardly way of putting it.
Cyborg: "Sorry, but I don't give up that easily."
The boxer splicer growled, as he charged in and begins his next strike. Cy saw this and decided to take care of the situation and armed his sonic canon to fire at the stool. The blast connected with the stool and blew up into pieces. The splicer saw this and realized that this was going to be a tough fight, but he won't be giving up. He soon rushed in and went into a wrestling clothesline. Cy ducked down from the clothesline and got up behind the Executioner and delivered a suplex to him. The spider splicer was a little dazed from the impact and was steadily getting up. That's when the hybrid took that opportunity and clocked him in the head by the metal elbow, before lifting him up in the air and tossed him out of the ring. The boxer managed to recover quickly and grasp onto the wall with his hooks on his boxing gloves and boots, giving that he is a spider splicer. Seeing this, the metal Titan has to quickly take him out and armed his cannon to fire at him. The splicer could see this and immediately jumped off the wall, reaching the pillar that was in a horizontal angle and hanging on it. The blaster shot missed him and hit the wall, blowing a hole and causing two audience member and get pushed away from the hit. Cy saw this and fired at him again. The splicer quickly jumped off it and reached to the ceiling, crawling away from the attack. The energy stream hit the pillar and broke it in half, causing it to fall off and having the other splicers scatter as the debris started to fall. The splicer grasped onto the ceiling and observed the aftermath of Cyborg's attack. Looking down to the ring, he told the Titan to stop it.
Executioner: "Stop destroying my establishment!"
Cy though smirked and decided to make more fun by opening up his shoulder blades and fired his mini rockets at him. The splicer saw this with wide eyes and was shocked by it all.
Executioner: "Fuck…"
He soon jumped off the ceiling and tried to avoid all the rocket fire as he was getting on wooden pillars and walls around him. Cy maneuvered his body around to continue to fire more rockets, at him. He was trying to get away as much as he could as explosions were around him. The guests at the bar were in a panic, as they ran and duck to avoid the firepower all around them. Few of them were killed from the attack as the boxer was escaping as much as possible. He soon got on the wall and decided to stop the fight as soon as possible. With enough momentum, he lunched himself to the ring as Cy fired his sonic blasters and rockets simultaneously. The splicer twisted his body around and avoided all the projectiles as much as possible. By the time he got near him, he delivered a swift knee to the hybrid's chin and he was knocked off his feet and soared to the ropes. That led to him getting completely tangled and preventing him in escaping. Landing on the mat, the Execution looked to him with a killing intent and knew he has it in the bag.
Executioner: "Looks like I won this match."
Back in the Executioner's dressing room, LM was struggling to make an escape as the splicer was on top of him with a damaged trophy around his neck, choking on him. The other splicer that recovered from the last attack had the trophy in his hand as he told his friend to keep him steady.
"Hold him still!"
The splicer that was holding LM was trying to keep him intact.
"I'm trying! This bastard likes to squirm a lot!"
LM was trying to make an escape. Seeing the predicament he's in, he needs to find another way to get out of this mess. By the time the splicer started to keep a holding on to the parasite, he told him to begin the attack.
"Now! Strike now before he manage to escape!"
The other splicer nodded and charged in for the kill. LM saw this and decided to make a quick move. Looking up to the ceiling, he decided to take a huge enough risk.
LM: "Too late!"
Planting his feet to the ground, he focused hard and caused a ripple effect on the floor. In a matter of moments, he jumped up high with the splicer on his back while the splicer swinging missed him completely. By the time the two hit the ceiling, the impact caused the two to crash through it and up into one of the rooms from above. The other splicer ducked down as debris fell around him. The two soon hit the other ceiling in the room with an impact that caused the splicer to release himself from the Titan. The two soon landed on the ground with LM landing on his feet on the floor while the splicer landed face first. LM turned to see the down splicer that was slowly getting up. Spitting up blood, he was starting to get aggravated by it all.
"Clever… Quite clever… However, you won't be able to survive my wrath!"
He screamed and bang on the floor with his pipe, ready to beat the rebel senseless. LM quickly got to the defensive and got into a stance to fight back.
LM: "Bring it, freak!"
He quickly ran and jumped over the newly created hole to attack the Titan.
Meanwhile, on the floor below, the other splicer looked up to the hole in the ceiling and didn't see that coming at all.
"Whoa! That parasite knows how to jump."
He soon looked around to find a way in getting up there. Seeing a lone ladder left at the corner, he decided to take it and head on up.
Back up the second floor, LM was fighting the splicer that was on top of him and used all of his defending ability to avoid the swings from him. The splicer though kept on swinging but the rebel bended and twisted around with his focusing ability to avoid each attempted strike. But the more he keeps missing, the angrier he gets.
"God damn it! Hold still so I could hit you!"
The rebel could hear that and didn't listen to him.
LM: "Sorry, but I prefer to have my head intact, if that's okay."
LM stepped back more and more while the splicer charged forward with his swings. But by stepping back, he was getting closer to the wall and there was no way in getting out of it. The splicer saw this and decided to use this as an advantage. He quickly swing is pipe one last time as LM bended back to avoid it. But that gave him an opening as he gave the Titan the kick to the stomach. That caused LM to cringe and stumble away, hitting his back on a TV that was mysteriously on and had a Please Stand By screen on it. He looked back to see that he has ran out of ground completely. But looking at the screen, he found a way to stop this fight. Turning back, he saw the splicer getting in position and had his weapon as a baseball bat.
"I got you now!"
LM smirked and decided to strike back.
LM: "Think again…"
By the time the splicer swung, the rebel immediately got down and rolled to the side. The splicer completely missed him, but ultimately hit the TV screen with the metal trophy and was shattered on impact. And being that it was on, electricity surged out of the TV and through the weapon, sending him in a jolt of pain and anguish. The rebel got to his knee and saw the splicer getting electrocuted and could tell that he got him where he wants him. But the last thing he wants is to attack him while electricity surged through his body. Turning to the wall, he could see a poster promoting what looked like a showgirl by the name of 'Jasmine Jolene; Andrew Ryan's Favorite Gal. Limited Time Offer'. Seeing this, he decided to use it and removed the framed poster from the wall. As he was ready to take one splicer out, the other one got the ladder up and climbed to the second floor. He peeked through the floor as he checked to see where they were. What he saw is the end of the first fight. Once he removed the poster, he gave it a good enough swing and smashed him in the back, leaving him in more pain as it is. The hit let the splicer to let go of the trophy and stumbled, still feeling the shock from the electrocution. But before he could even recover and strike back, LM pulled a fast one and pulled out his pistol, firing a stray bullet directly in the head, killing him instantly. The rebel looked down as the deceased body when it slide down the wall with a stream of blood following suit and gave a deep sigh.
LM: "It's true what they said… Television is bad for your health."
By the time he got that joke out of the way, he got clobbered in the back of the head and fell near the edge of the bed. He quickly shook off the affect when his own blood tickle down the side of his head. Looking up, he was immediately choked by the other splicer, who witnessed his friend getting killed in front of his eyes. With his eyes red with anger, he was incest in killing the renegade Titan.
"You no good son of a bitch! You will pay for killing my friend!"
The rebel was struggling to escape as he could feel the air getting cut off from his throat He reached his arm out, trying to get a hold of something and felt what looked like multiple little pellets. Knowing that he had no choice in the matter, he shoved his hand filled with the multiple objects into the splicer's mouth and shoved those objects down his throat. The splicer was choking from what the rebel shoved into his mouth and freed him from the choke. He coughed it up and was completely irate about it.
"What the fuck! Are you trying to choke on me? You are so-"
But before he could finish, he was starting to cough up a storm and grabbed hold of his throat. Foam was immediately coming out of his mouth and his eyes were rolling back into his head. LM was slowly getting up from the choke and saw the splicer convulsing from the choke. Knowing this is his opportunity, he delivered a swift spinning back kick to his stomach and pushed him back and letting him fall into the hole in the floor and back down to the dressing room. The rebel approached the edge of the hole and looked down to see the dead splicer laid back and has foam coming out of his mouth. Seeing this, he was glad that it was over with.
LM: "Phew… That was a really close one. Wonder what caused him to choke up in foam?"
He soon turned back and noticed where he got the little objects from. Turns out, there was a bed next to the already shattered television that had a couple laying on it. But they were completely dead as they looked almost mummified giving how long they were there. He soon saw a bottle of pills that he got and noticed the poison symbol on it and a picture of a girl next to it. Obvious it's more cyanide from before. He soon noticed what looked like an audio diary lying on the side of the bed and decided to look into to see what happened. Hitting the play button, he could hear a disgruntle voice of a Russian woman that sounded horrified.
'We saw our Masha today. We barely recognized her. 'That's her!', Sam said. 'You're crazy!', I told him. 'That thing? That, that is our Masha?' But he was right. She was draining blood out of a corpse by Fontaine Fisheries, and then when she was done, she walked off hand in hand with one of those awful golems. Masha!"
Almost immediately, the diary was cut off by static before immediately stopping. LM soon looked down to the two corpses and figured out what happened. Turned out this couple had a daughter that was missing and turned into one of those Little Sisters. When they discovered what happened, they lost their will to live and poisoned themselves to death. Knowing this, he placed the diary where it once was and decided to leave it as an unmarked grave for them.
LM: "Poor couple… Seeing their daughter turned into those things must've drove them to suicide. At least their deaths save my life, though dark as it is. I just hope they found some peace."
He soon got back to the task at hand and hurried to get to Cyborg as quick as possible. Turning the corner on the left side, he approached a door was locked completely, preferably by the couple that wanted to die alone. Undoing the lock, he opened the door and entered what looked like a hotel hallway, but could hear cheers from the other end. Curious, he cautiously walked to the end and saw a small group of splicers that are near the end of the balcony cheering for something. Knowing that they are distracted, he decided to take them out and see what they were looking at. Getting his two pistols out, he took aim at their heads and waited for the right moment to fire.
At the same time, Cyborg was tied to the ropes and was struggling to get out. At the same time, The Executioner was slowly approaching him, pounding his boxing gloves with the hooks tied to them.
Executioner: "I got to admit, parasite, you put up quite a fight. But in the end, I always win. So, any last words before I tear your metal body apart piece by piece?"
Cy just looked up to him with a sly grin and decided to threaten him, even though he is in a bit of a pickle himself.
Cyborg: "Just one… Enjoy your little victory, freak show. Cause soon it will all come tumbling down…"
The boxer looked to him with a coy grin and decided to end it there.
Executioner: "Fair enough… Let's get started."
He raised his glove hand up and was ready to tear him apart. But before he could finish him off, everyone heard gunshots coming from the second floor. Stopping what he was going to do, he looked up to see the splicers watching the show tripping on the guardrail and falling to the first floor, smashing through tables and on top of other splicers. He looked down to see that they were killed with bullet holes in the back of their heads and knew that they were attacked from behind. Looking up, he wondered what attacked them. That's when he saw someone stepping up to the edge of the second floor balcony and looking down to the first floor. Cyborg looked up too and was shocked to see who was up there.
Cyborg: "LM?"
Indeed, it was LM with his pistol out and smoking out of the nozzle as he was looking down to see the hybrid tied up in his own predicament.
LM: "Cyborg? What are you doing here? I thought I told you to wait for me outside the pub."
Cy gave a sheepish look and explained a bit of detail.
Cyborg: "Yeah… Well, things got complicated the moment you left."
The Executioner looked up to the rebel and realized who he is.
Executioner: "So, you're another one of those Parasites Ryan talked about, huh? Doesn't look like much of competition to me. But since you are eager to fight, I'll give a little runner up prize."
He then turned to his audience and gave them the orders.
Executioner: "Boys?! Kill that parasite!"
Almost immediately, every splicer got their weapons, whether they be pistols, Tommy guns, and carbines right at the rebel. LM saw this and was in a bit of shock.
LM: "Oh shit!"
They immediately fired as bullets flew towards him. Quickly, he got backed up into cover and hid there while bullets whizzed by around him. Getting his Tommy gun out, he sighed and knew that this was bad.
LM: "Well now, the shit has hit the fan. Better get Cy out of there and fast."
Loading up his drum filled with Anti Personal bullets, he got out of cover and fired away. He managed to take out a few of them, but got back to cover as there were too many to handle. As that was happening, Cyborg witnessed it and realized that it was time to get out while the boxer is distracted. Flexing his arms, he used all his strength to get out of the predicament that he was in. After pulling forward, he managed to free himself while removing the two ropes in the process. Meanwhile, the spider splicer looked on and decided to pick off where he left off.
Executioner: "That will keep him busy for a while. Now where were we?"
He turned around and was prepared to finish the fight. But not before he was punched right in the face and hit the ropes, springing back to deliver a clothes line from out of nowhere. Shaking from the after effects of that, he looked up to see Cyborg free from the ropes and was cracking his metal knuckles.
Cyborg: "You were up to the point where you are going to get beaten."
The Executioner was in a state of shock after that he had retaliated and fast. He turned to see the broken ropes Cy got out of and came up with a really good idea. Grabbing the ropes, he used it as a whip and flung the other end to Cy's side. That other end grabbed him by the arm and pulled him down to the mat completely. He soon shook off the last attack and this time, he was looking up at the boxer that had that sick smile of his.
Executioner: "You mean the part where I beat you…?"
Back to LM, he was trying not to get himself killed as bullets kept on flying about. Hiding behind cover, he has to find a way to clearing most of the pub if he is going to rescue his friend. Just then, the door to the right side opened up and turned to see two splicers, one male and one female, coming out of what was meant to be a one-night stand. They soon saw the renegade and immediately reacted.
"What the fuck is this?! Someone that's interrupting our night? Oh, you are going to die for that!"
The two soon took out their pipes and charged in for the kill. LM saw this and took his shotgun out to fire two solid slug kills on them. One they were all dead through the chests, the rebel sighed for a bit.
LM: "Well, that's two less splicers to worry about. Now I have to deal with a whole lot of them in the lower level. There's got to be a way to clear them out to get to Cy."
He turned back to the dead bodies and soon came up with a plan.
LM: "Actually… this gives me an idea…"
Down on the mat, The Executioner was having his way on Cyborg. Using the broken ring rope as a whip, he thrashed the hybrid around from one corner to the next without a second thought. Then, almost immediately, he pulled the hybrid back and to him and gave him an uppercut to the metal stomach. Cy was cringing in pain as he couldn't take it anymore. The boxer soon wrapped the rope around the hybrid's neck like a noose and put him in an illegal submission move, completely choking him from the tightness. Cy was gagging very violently as he was trying to get out of it.
Executioner: "No way out now, parasite! Now you have two choices. Either tap out or choke out? But if it were up to me, I prefer you choke yourself to death."
The hybrid struggled and had little way of getting out. At first, he thought that it was going to be all over for him. But as he was thinking about it, two bodies came off the balcony and the splicers reacted by shooting at them. That was until one of them told the others to stop.
"Hold your fire!"
They all stopped as the two bodies dropped in both sides of the ring and lay there. The splicer that ordered the cease-fire approached one of them and checked on the bodies.
"Shit! That parasite took both of them out so easily. Why did he tossed the bodies down here?"
As he was checking, he noticed something on the back and looked to it. That is when he discovered a can with a sparking fuse and some heavy duct tape wrapped on the back. Seeing this, he got the answer he didn't want.
"Damn…"
The grenade exploded and blew him up into pieces, the same with the other body that had the second grenade. Those two explosions rocked the entire pub and the splicers flew about from the impact, hitting on walls and over the bar counter. The Executioner saw this as well and saw fiery blasts between him with confusion while holding on to Cy.
Executioner: "The fuck?! Where did all of that came from?"
Before he could figure out what just happened, another shadow jumped off the balcony and flew down to the ring, right over the boxer. That shadow was LM as flew down a deliver a vintage RKO from out of nowhere. The spider splicer was caught by that and was knocked out completely, freeing Cyborg from the choke through the rope noose. He was free from it and was breathing completely heavily by the whole thing while LM got up and approached him.
LM: "Cy? Are you all right?"
After a bit of coughing, he turned to him with a thumbs up.
Cyborg: "I'm good… *cough…* Just need to- *cough…* clear my throat. What took you so long?"
He continued to cough a little more while LM explained what happened.
LM: "Got myself easily distracted. But managed to get through and reach you in time."
He looked back and saw the spider splicer struggling to get up. Seeing the hooks on the gloves and boots, he figured out who he was.
LM: "So… I take it he's The Executioner."
Cy recovered quickly and turned to see him as well, answering back.
Cyborg: "Yep."
LM: "And he's the spider splicer we're looking for?"
Cyborg: "Pretty much…"
LM: "Well now… I say this fight is going to get interesting."
Cy soon looked around and noticed that the surviving splicers were recovering and could tell that it was getting rough.
Cyborg: "Looks like we're in a bottleneck. Splicers around us and a spider splicer in the ring. This might get messy."
LM though looked at the boxer and thought that he could take him on on his own. He soon reached his hand out and asked for a quick favor.
LM: "Tag me…"
The metal Titan turned to him and was confused by this.
Cyborg: "Say what?"
LM turned to him and repeated himself.
LM: "I said tag me. I'll handle this bastard by myself, since you had your share."
Cy blinked and was shocked by this change of news.
Cyborg: "You're crazy! You can't fight him by yourself. I almost got killed by him. You think you can handle him on your own?"
LM gave a bit of a smirk and reminded him of what he does for a living.
LM: "Please… Have you already forgotten what I can do? I always take the challenge and I never backed down from it. Plus part of my fighting skills are my wrestling abilities, so I feel right at home."
Cyborg just starred him and didn't like this plan of his. LM though sighed and told him what he'll do.
LM: "Look, you handle the splicers, I'll handle Executioner. You got me?"
Cy groaned completely and didn't like where this was going. But he decided to listen to him and tagged him into the ring.
Cyborg: "Good luck with this guy. You're going to need it."
He soon jumped out of the ring through the ripped ropes he got out of and went to attack the remaining splicers across the pub. LM then turned to see the boxer getting up and shaking the effects of that RKO. Looking up, he could see the rebel standing there and was completely confused.
Executioner: "What is this? Where's my opponent?!"
The Renegade Titan smiled to him and told him that there has been a change of plans.
LM: "Taking an early leave. I'm his replacement for your match."
He soon removed his jacket and weapons belt, tossing them to the side for a fair fight. The Executioner looked to him and laughed it up at the sight of him.
Executioner: "You? My opponent?! Ha! That's a hoot! Listen you rascal; you are nowhere near my league. Get out of that ring right now, if you know what's good for you."
LM just cracked his knuckles and wasn't going to leave.
LM: "Sorry, but I don't run away from a fight. Because in here, this is my yard."
The spider splicer heard this and was a little angry at what he said.
Executioner: "So you still wish to fight me. Very well… But you will rule the day you faced someone like me."
He soon pounded his gloves together and decided to give him what he wants. A horrendous fight! So he charged in and begins the real fight.
Meanwhile, the remaining splicers were slowly recovering from the grenade blast were a little dazed by it all. One of them shook his head and didn't know what transpired.
"Ow… My aching head… Everyone okay…?"
Another splicer was getting up to rub the back of his head with confusion.
"Uh… I think so… Those blasted grenades really got us. At least we're still alive."
By the time he said that, a blue stream of energy came out of nowhere and pushed that splicer on impact. He was taken out completely through the wall and was killed soon after. The rest of the splicers saw this and was baffled by it. They soon turned to the direction of the shot and saw Cyborg standing there with his cannon smoking. He smirked and decided to add a quip of his own.
Cyborg: "Sorry to break it up, but the party is over."
The splicers starred him down and decided to put an end to him.
"Get him!"
They all immediately got their weapons out and fired at him. Realizing the situation, he ran to the other side and knocked a round table over, rolling it to provide cover. During that time, a bunch of splicers rushed towards him with bats and clubs in their hands. Seeing this, Cy quickly winded back and punched them all in the face, knocking them out completely. And while the melee weapons hit him, they didn't do much damage with his armor. Just then, he realized he was running out of running space and the table he was rolling was riddled with bullet holes. Fast approaching the bar area, he decided to get into cover and jumped over the counter. By the time he was over it, all the splicers surround the bar and have their weapons pointed at it.
"Keep on firing! He won't stay in cover forever!"
They all quickly fired away and made a mess on the whole bar. Cy ducked his head down as bullets whizzed over him and glass shards of bottles and cups rained down on him. He soon took a sigh and wondered what LM is doing.
Cyborg: "I just hope LM is fairing better then me."
In the ring, LM was battling the Executioner with all that he has. He was dodging the left and right jabs from the boxer and he was getting an opening. Seeing the one opening, he blocked off the last punch and delivered three discus punches to the face, knocking him down on the mat. With him down, he decided to give the spider splicer for some rapid elbow drops to weaken him. Quickly getting up to the top rope, he stood up high and was to do a Savage like elbow drop to deliver the crushing blow. However, his recent attacks wasn't enough, as the Executioner rolled out of the way, making him miss him completely. LM hit the mat hard and felt the impact very badly. Getting up and shaking the arm to get some feeling back, both he and the boxer paced around and each were waiting for an opportunity for the next attack.
Executioner: "All right… You got some moves… I'll give you that… But it takes more then a bunch of fists and elbows to take me down."
The rebel starred him down and knew he needs to do more then what he got.
LM: "Then it looks like I would have to try a little harder."
Executioner smirked at the sight of it and decided to push to the limit.
Executioner: "You can try…"
By pounding his fist together, he charged in and deliver thrusting blow with the hooks in position to slice his face off. LM saw that and telegraphs it by bending back was over the attempted punch. The boxer stopped and turned to see what happened. That was until he got caught with a pele kick to the face. He stumbled around until he leaned back to the rope and launched himself off it. That's when LM used his opportunity and pop-up power bomb, right down to the middle of the mat. Rolling back up, he backed up and bended down, gesturing him to get up. The Executioner was slowly getting up, not realizing what LM has planned for him. Seeing this, he rushed right towards him and jumped up to delivered doubled kick strike, pushing him back to one of the corner of the ropes. LM immediately backed up again and was ready to go another round. Running up to him, he was setting up for another double kick. But the spider splicer lifted one leg up and stopped him with his face hitting the boot end. The rebel Titan was dazed and was staggering back to regain some form of bearings. This gave the Executioner a chance to retaliate as he came out of the corner and gave him an uppercut to the stomach. LM cringed and gritted his teeth while the Executioner was pleased with his actions.
Executioner: "Not so tough now, are ya? And to think you wanted a challenge. Too bad that it is too much for you to handle!"
He then punched him to the side and the rebel could feel the pain completely. Now the fight is on the Executioner's side as he delivered blows to different parts of his body, weakening him bit by bit.
Back to the bar, Cyborg was keeping his head down while the bullets kept on flying. He was getting annoyed and couldn't take it anymore.
Cyborg: "God damn it! How much ammo do they have in their arsenal? There's got to be a way to getting a clearing and dispose of these freaks."
Looking around, he noticed a bunch of bottles underneath the counter that haven't been used and a stick of matches that was discarded on the floor. Picking one up, he noticed that they were full of liquor and is enough to spread around. Seeing that, he smiled and knew what needs to be done.
Cyborg: "Perfect."
Meanwhile, the splicers continued to shoot away as the entire bar was in tatters. Realizing that the parasite was still alive behind the counter, one of the splicers lifted his hand up and gestured them to stop. By the time they stopped firing, the splicer approached the counter top and gave him a fair warning.
"All right, parasite, there's no way out. We have you completely surrounded! Surrender peacefully, and I promise you that you'll live. At least until we take you to Ryan personally. What do you have to say about that?"
There was some silence as the group waited for a response. But they only got it by use of bottles getting tossed out and over the counter, liquor bottles by the looks of it. Some of the bottles crashed to the floor and spilled out the contents. The rest of it hit the splicers, some of it hitting their faces and having glass piercing their skin. When all the throwing has stopped, the group stood there in disbelief as one the splicer's picked up one of the broken bottles and groaned at the sight of it.
"Damn… What a waste of liquor… That parasite doesn't have any respect at all."
The one leading them glared to him and turned back with a mock.
"Seriously? Is that all you got? Throwing bottles at our faces? You got to do more then that you metal freak!"
Just as he said that, something else was thrown over the counter and it was on fire. That was of course a stack of matches that Cyborg lit up as it flew to them. The splicer leading them blinked as he soon realized what they are.
"Oh my…"
The burning matches hit the liquor on the floor and spread really quickly. That soon caught the splicers drenched in the stuff on fire as they were screaming in agony. By the time they were burning, Cyborg emerged from the countertop and had a delightful smirk on his face.
Cyborg: "What's the matter? Too hot for you?!"
He then proceeds in arming his cannon and firing shot at those that were burning, killing them in the state that they're in. With that area cleared, he thought that he had everything under control. But that was until there were more shots dinging his armor at a distance. Looking ahead, he could see the remaining splicers that were safe from the fire and were using their Tommy guns and carbines to chip the hybrid down. He knew that they were there and was planning on firing. But that was until he looked up at the variety of sea supplies and barrels hanging by the nets with the rope. Seeing this, he decided to take an alternate course of action and aimed at the ropes to the ceiling. Firing one shot after another, the ropes snapped and fall to the floor. The splicers didn't know what was going to happen until one of them saw the shadows over their heads growing. Looking up, he saw the stuff falling towards them and gave everyone a warning.
"Hit the deck!"
Course, it was too late for them as they were crushed by the multiple objects falling and had little time in avoiding them. Once the area is clear, Cy took a breather and was glad that it was over.
Cyborg: "That's the last of them… Got to admit, this was far easier then expected."
Of course that was all short lived as he missed two more that were in hiding. When the battle was over, the two came up from behind and pointed their pistols to the back of his metal head. The hybrid could hear the cocking from behind followed by the voice of the ring announcer.
"Nice fight… But I'm afraid your victory is short lived…"
Cyborg peeked to the side and saw the ring announcer and the time keeper that had their pistols aimed to his dome. Gulping, he realized that he's in serious trouble.
Cyborg: "Scrap…"
Returning to the ring, the Executioner was having a field day with the rebel as he delivered jabs and punches to him. The rebel managed to block some of them, but the attacks were too quick for him to manage. The boxer was getting cocky and decided to mock around.
Executioner: "What's the matter? Not fighting back? And I thought you want a challenge. Now you're just all talk, no action!"
He continued to beat him while the rebel blocked off the punches, backing up bit by bit. Course, what he was doing was getting into position near one of the ring ropes to pull his next move. By the time he was close enough, he was ready to strike while the Executioner was ready to knock him out.
Executioner: "Now it's time to finish this…"
Winding back, he was going to deliver a crushing blow. By the time he delivered a punch to his face, LM lifted his arms up to block the hit, causing him to get pushed off. Stumbling, he tripped and falls to the ropes. But as he was falling, he got the chance to fight back. When he got to the middle ropes, he grabbed the top and middle and quickly performs a rebound to bounce back. He soon rushed to the spider splicer and delivered a clothesline, knocking him off his feet. The Executioner was caught by surprise as he was getting up to strike back. But LM rushed to the other end of the ropes and launched himself, to deliver a shoulder bump to knock him down again. Then by the time he got back up again, the rebel grabbed him by the arm and pushed him to the other ropes to launch him back to him. By the time the splicer reached him, he did a sitout hip toss to plant him on the mat. When he got him on the mat, he stood over him and decided to make a quick remark.
LM: "You think you got me? Sorry bud, but…"
That's when he did the mother of insults alla John Cena and waved his hand in front of the splicer's face and said…
LM: "You can't see me!"
He soon rushed to the rope to jump off it and preformed a Five Knuckle Shuffle to the boxer's face, getting him in a daze. He struggled to get up and tried to strike back. But LM was quick and lifted him up by the shoulders and gave him an Attitude Adjustment to the boxer. Once he was on the mat, LM paced around him and had it all in the bag.
LM: "Face the music, Executioner, you are nothing compared to me. You are just the flash in the pan."
The spider splicer struggled and looked to him with a mad look on his face. But then, he noticed something out of the ring and gave a sinister smirk. Looking to him, he decided to tell something else.
Executioner: "I'm the flash in the pan, huh? I'm afraid you have it wrong. Cause I got the numbers on my side."
He soon gestured to him to look out of the ring. The renegade was curious and turned to see what he wants him to see. That's when he saw something that shocked him. He could see Cyborg with is hands up and the time keeper and ring announcer had their pistols pointed to the back of his head.
LM: "Cyborg!"
He quickly hurried to save his friend. But the Executioner came up and tackled him down, putting him in hold impossible to escape. As he was keeping him down, Cy looked to LM a little sheepishly and apologized.
Cyborg: "Sorry LM… Guess I was a little overzealous and missed a few."
The rebel sighed and was struggling to get out.
LM: "Guess there was no avoiding this, huh…"
The Executioner had it and tightens his grip on him and decided to end this new feud immediately.
Executioner: "Enough of this! I'm getting tired of the both of you ruining my match. Once I'm through with you, I will be finish with your friend. Then I will take your lifeless bodies to Ryan himself to get my reward. I promise you, you have already lost the match the moment you interfered."
LM was getting chocked out and needs to end this fight, and fast. He looked to one side and saw his weapons belt filled with pistols and grenades that he discarded to fight fair. But giving the situation he and Cyborg were in, he decided to fight dirty. Getting his free hand out, he started to focus on the last flash bang that he had and let it float up to him. Course, none of them didn't see it as the Executioner was going to end it.
Executioner: "Now it's time for you to go to Hell!"
LM got the bang close to him mentally and flipped the trigger.
LM: "You first…"
By then, he closed his eyes tight to prevent himself from going blind and Cyborg noticed what he's planning and did the same. By the time they closed their eyes, the flash bang exploded and covered the room in a bright white light. The three splicers were caught by it and were completely blinded, causing them to let go of the Titans and rubbing their eyes from the pain.
Executioner: "AH! My eyes! I can't fucking see!"
This gave both the rebel and metal hybrid time in taking them out before they could recover. LM head butted the Executioner in the back and freed himself from the hold. Cyborg then turned to the other two splicers and punched them both in the face before they could see things clearly. The two staggered as they got their pistols out and were shooting blindly. Cy could see them missing a lot and decided to have his fun with them. He soon approached the ring announcer and punched him in the gut with a forceful blow. This caused him to fly to the end of the hall and hit a neon sign that said, 'The Seahorse: XXX' and was violently electrocuted. With him burnt to a crisp, he turned to the timekeeper as he was slowly starting to see. Rubbing the spots from his eyes, he looked on and saw a blurry image of Cyborg with a tightened fist.
Cyborg: "Looks like your time is up."
He soon thrust his punch forward to knock his light out. At the ring though, Executioner was in a blind panic as he was trying to rub his eyes while trying to find the rebel.
Executioner: "Where are you? I know you're there. Come close so I could punch you!"
He soon used his other hand to punch the air, but not finding the renegade any time soon. LM just watched him flailing his boxing glove and found it to be a bit hilarious. But joking aside, he still needs to finish him off pretty soon. Looking on, he tripped and fell to the middle ropes in a hanging position. Seeing this, he knew he got an opening and backed up to the ropes opposite of the splicer and launched himself from it. When he ran up to him, he reached the other end and jumped in the middle, grabbing the two ropes and did a quick spin to perform a 619. The boxer was pushed off the ropes and in the middle of the ring, struggling to get up. The rebel was at the edge of the ropes and waited from the right moment to perform his next move. Seeing him fully getting up, he jumped up to the top rope and jumped off it, twisting his body to deliver a vicious Phenomenal Forearm to his opponent. That nearly knocked his lights out, but the rebel needed to do more. Doing a quick roll, he got up and turned to see what he must do next. Soon enough, he saw the Executioner looking to him with spots still in his eyes and a nasty look on his face.
Executioner: "You… You have made a complete fool out of me… Now you are going to pay with your own blood!"
Tightening his gloves, he charged on in, ready to deliver some serious slices with his hooks attached to the gloves. LM could see that and head on back to the defensive as he stepped back and did some serious bends to avoid getting hit. The splicer just wouldn't give up as he continued to attack with whatever he has in his arsenal. But after one quick slash to the side, LM ducked down and rolled under the strike. This led him to perform a fast Sweet Chin Music on his chin to daze him, followed by a Stone Cold Stunner to get him off his feet. The spider splicer staggered a bit before regaining his footing and was getting more and more upset as time went on. He soon grabbed him by the collar after recovering from that last attack and shoved him to the ropes. Getting himself launched back up, the splicer tightened his fist and was going to stretch his arm to the side to deliver a dangerous clothesline to him. The renegade saw it coming and ducked down the clothesline, only to be hitting the ropes from the other side. Launching himself back to him, the Executioner tried another clothesline, only for LM to be ducking that one as well. The process repeated again and again, only to have the boxer getting angry over it.
Executioner: "Quit ducking and let me hit you! I have had it up to here with your shenanigans!"
What he didn't know is that LM was gaining momentum every time he ducks the clothesline and launching back to the ropes. The more momentum he has, the greater the finish it was going to be. After avoiding one more clothesline, he got the momentum he needed and bounced off the rope getting ready to end this fight. Getting close to the Executioner, he jumped up high in the air and delivered a heavy Superman Punch. That caused the boxer to stagger and didn't know what hit him. He made a stop and turned to see him staggering, launching for the next move. With a quick charge, he delivered a vicious spear and planted him on the mat. With a quick roll, he got to the corner to see the Spider Splicer on one knee, having his head in perfect position. Timing it just right, he ran to him and pulled a Kinshasa to the dome. Getting to the other corner, he saw the boxer down but not out. So he charged in again and did a punt to the head. Reaching the other corner, he saw the splicer in a daze and was lying on the mat. This gave him the chance to put an exclamation point on his opponent. Stamping his feet for a little bit, he ran up to him and jumped over his head, giving him a vicious and deadly Curb Stomp to finish the job. That said stomp crushed him completely and blood spilled out of his head, killing him in an instant. LM looked down at the dead boxer and smirked at his accomplishment.
LM: "My friend, you already lost the moment you start the fight. You just didn't know it until it was too late."
At the same time, Cyborg just punched the bell keeper in the face and was in more of a daze. Then he went on with a jab to the side of his face to make him feel all wobbly. That was until he finished it with an uppercut to send him flying towards the ring bell. By the time he landed on the bell, his back cracked and the ring was heard throughout the entire pub. He soon slumped on to the floor and was officially dead in the process. Cy looked down at the freshly made corpse and was glad that it was finally over.
Cyborg: "Well now, that was easy. I can't believe that I had to go through all that just to get a spider splicer's heart. Hope it better is worth it."
By the time he said that, he could hear the voice of LM in the ring.
LM: "Perfect timing, Cy. I never thought this match would ever end. Speaking of which…"
The hybrid turned to the LM as he raised his arms while doing a Captain Morgan pose on top of the already deceased boxer. He soon boomed his voice out loud, declaring himself as the winner.
LM: "Ladies and Gentlemen! Your winner and new champion of Rapture! He is the black sheep of the Titan family and all out bad ass that likes to take challenges… LM! And the crowd goes wild!"
He soon pretended that the crowd was cheering for him and made crowd noises to do so. The hybrid sighed as he decided to break it off.
Cyborg: "All right, champ. That's enough. We still need to get the heart out of him if we are to get clear access to the Fisheries. Step aside…"
LM turned to him and nodded, heading back to his jacket and weapons to put everything back on. Cy approached the Executioners body and was quite disgusted by the end result.
Cyborg: "Jesus Christ… Did you really have to go that far with him? He looks like a mess."
LM groaned as he put his weapons and ammo belt on to explain himself.
LM: "It was a life and death situation. There was no avoiding it. Besides, I did beat him at his own environment in glorious fashion. Certainly no Butterbean or Tyson, that's for sure."
Cy rolled his eyes around and retorted back.
Cyborg: "Yeah, well you're no Bobby Roode either, or John Cena, or Roman Reigns, or AJ Styles, or-"
LM heard enough and got his jacket on and turned to the ring to stop him there.
LM: "All right! That's enough! I get the message. But I was victorious, right? So step aside. It is my win, and I'll be taking the title from him."
He soon grabbed a butcher's knife that was left discarded and proceeded to get to the ring. Cy though decided to let him have it and backed away.
Cyborg: "Be my guest. I do not like to get all messy."
LM smirked and knew he's not into dissection. So getting into the ring he got down next to the dead boxer in the ring and rolled him over on his back. He soon said to the dead Boxer what he's going to do.
LM: "Well, Executioner, looks like you lost. So much for your undefeated streak. I mean, you got quite a run, but you are nothing like Undertaker. Speaking of which, I'm going to take your title from inside your body. Hope you don't mind."
There was a brief silence as LM thought he answered in his head.
LM: "Though so…"
He soon proceeded in opening the Boxer up and to take his heart. Cy only looked away and didn't want to see it.
Cyborg: "LM feels like he's at home, that's for sure."
That ends chapter twelve of BioTitans. Now before you say it, no, I will not to the dissection part of the story. That is disturbing and I do not like to do something too gory for my taste. But you'll know that the team now has two hearts. Now they need one more get into the Fisheries. That last heart will be on the next chapter, where Robin and Starfire reach Sinclair Scrap to get the last spider splicer. Will they be able to succeed and collect the final heart? You just need to read and find out yourself. Please Review. #WherearetheGoodCartoons?
