Fevered Dreams
This chapter, then one more. Hope you like it.
Ah! Don't kill me for Cye, please!! I'll change it a little, I promise, if you tell me too!
*****
With a yell, Ryo charged the man, constantly aware of the reason he was fighting and that his opponent
still had a smile on his face.
"Why are you still smiling?" Ryo screamed at the scientist. The man suddenly stopped smiling long enough
to mutter something. After he did so, the scientist smiled again and waved a hand across the air in front
of Ryo.
Heedless of this trick, Ryo continued to charge, only to find his swords suddenly swerve five inches away
from the man.
"What the..." Ryo muttered as he backed up until the swords were back under his control. The scientist
just continued to smile. That smile was so irritating...
Ryo charged the man again only to have the swords swerve away, just like before. His anger growing at
what he knew had happened, Ryo threw his swords aside without a second thought. Now that he was
unhindered by uncooperative weapons, he ran at the man, pulled back his fist, and connected with the
man's face.
As his fist pulled back from the man and he readied for another one, something cut through the armor on
his left arm, leaving the feeling of burning on his skin. Startled, Ryo pulled back to inspect the cut,
hoping to find out what sorcery the scientist had used on him this time.
Seeing no sorcery on his arm, he looked around for a cause to see something that shocked him to his core.
His Twin Furber Swords hovered slightly above the scientist's head, and the sword on the man's left had
a streak of red on its sharp edge...his own blood. The scientist just laughed.
"For every time you hit me, your swords put a strike against you." The scientist explained easily, still
smiling.
Ryo thought over his options for a moment, then smiled as he looked the scientist in the face. The man's
smile flickered slightly as he wondered what Ryo had planned that he could smile.
"Looks like I'll just have to kill you in as few hits as possible then." Ryo explained as he walked up
to the man. His eyes held a glazed look and the man was suddenly afraid. This boy was ready to give his
life for revenge!
"No, you don't wan..." The man started to explain, but Ryo's fist in his face prevented him from saying
anything else.
The right sword immediately swung down and sliced Ryo across his left leg. Unbalanced, Ryo fell forward
and knocked the scientist down. Still unbalanced, he then fell down on top of the scientist, his elbow
connecting with the man's gut.
As the air whooshed out of the scientist's lungs, the left sword swung out again and cut Ryo across his
right leg. The cut was so deep and so painful that Ryo cried out in pain. The scientist laughed to see
this.
"Well, Wildfire, I can tell that I can take a few more hits from you and still walk away from this
battle...you, however, will not last another two hits." The scientist explained, his voice coming out in
gasps since Ryo was still on his chest.
"We'll see about that, guy." Ryo told the man as he raised his fist again. He slammed it into the man's
face once again, causing the man's nose to begin to bleed as his swords swung out and cut his right arm,
leaving a gash from his wrist to his elbow.
Biting back the pain that coursed through his arm, he hit the man again with his elbow in the chest. The
man coughed and retched as a sword lanced down from above. The sword sliced across his face, from his
forehead and on down to his right cheekbone. The blood fell down and slowly spilled into his eyes, making
it hard to see. The sweat on his forehead that mingled in the open cut was like having salt put into the
wound. Ryo found himself biting back pain again as he hit the man again.
The pain became so strong that Ryo forgot where he had hit the scientist, but he was aware that a sword
cut him down along his back and off to his left side.
The scientist started to laugh manically as Ryo swayed slightly. He was losing too much blood...he
couldn't continue to fight like this...
Raising his fist for the last time, he slammed it down, then fell to the side as he let the darkness
take him.
*****
Hmm...to kill Ryo or not...should the scientist live...hmm...
*dagger swishes by her face*
OKAY! Let me finish the prologue...then you can kill me for what happens...
*whimper* please be kind...
SERIOUSLY, I NEED YOUR OPINION. SHOULD CYE STAY DEAD? SHOULD RYO DIE?
THE READER decides this one....
So, if I get no reply from any of you concerning this, then you shall be left in suspense.
This chapter, then one more. Hope you like it.
Ah! Don't kill me for Cye, please!! I'll change it a little, I promise, if you tell me too!
*****
With a yell, Ryo charged the man, constantly aware of the reason he was fighting and that his opponent
still had a smile on his face.
"Why are you still smiling?" Ryo screamed at the scientist. The man suddenly stopped smiling long enough
to mutter something. After he did so, the scientist smiled again and waved a hand across the air in front
of Ryo.
Heedless of this trick, Ryo continued to charge, only to find his swords suddenly swerve five inches away
from the man.
"What the..." Ryo muttered as he backed up until the swords were back under his control. The scientist
just continued to smile. That smile was so irritating...
Ryo charged the man again only to have the swords swerve away, just like before. His anger growing at
what he knew had happened, Ryo threw his swords aside without a second thought. Now that he was
unhindered by uncooperative weapons, he ran at the man, pulled back his fist, and connected with the
man's face.
As his fist pulled back from the man and he readied for another one, something cut through the armor on
his left arm, leaving the feeling of burning on his skin. Startled, Ryo pulled back to inspect the cut,
hoping to find out what sorcery the scientist had used on him this time.
Seeing no sorcery on his arm, he looked around for a cause to see something that shocked him to his core.
His Twin Furber Swords hovered slightly above the scientist's head, and the sword on the man's left had
a streak of red on its sharp edge...his own blood. The scientist just laughed.
"For every time you hit me, your swords put a strike against you." The scientist explained easily, still
smiling.
Ryo thought over his options for a moment, then smiled as he looked the scientist in the face. The man's
smile flickered slightly as he wondered what Ryo had planned that he could smile.
"Looks like I'll just have to kill you in as few hits as possible then." Ryo explained as he walked up
to the man. His eyes held a glazed look and the man was suddenly afraid. This boy was ready to give his
life for revenge!
"No, you don't wan..." The man started to explain, but Ryo's fist in his face prevented him from saying
anything else.
The right sword immediately swung down and sliced Ryo across his left leg. Unbalanced, Ryo fell forward
and knocked the scientist down. Still unbalanced, he then fell down on top of the scientist, his elbow
connecting with the man's gut.
As the air whooshed out of the scientist's lungs, the left sword swung out again and cut Ryo across his
right leg. The cut was so deep and so painful that Ryo cried out in pain. The scientist laughed to see
this.
"Well, Wildfire, I can tell that I can take a few more hits from you and still walk away from this
battle...you, however, will not last another two hits." The scientist explained, his voice coming out in
gasps since Ryo was still on his chest.
"We'll see about that, guy." Ryo told the man as he raised his fist again. He slammed it into the man's
face once again, causing the man's nose to begin to bleed as his swords swung out and cut his right arm,
leaving a gash from his wrist to his elbow.
Biting back the pain that coursed through his arm, he hit the man again with his elbow in the chest. The
man coughed and retched as a sword lanced down from above. The sword sliced across his face, from his
forehead and on down to his right cheekbone. The blood fell down and slowly spilled into his eyes, making
it hard to see. The sweat on his forehead that mingled in the open cut was like having salt put into the
wound. Ryo found himself biting back pain again as he hit the man again.
The pain became so strong that Ryo forgot where he had hit the scientist, but he was aware that a sword
cut him down along his back and off to his left side.
The scientist started to laugh manically as Ryo swayed slightly. He was losing too much blood...he
couldn't continue to fight like this...
Raising his fist for the last time, he slammed it down, then fell to the side as he let the darkness
take him.
*****
Hmm...to kill Ryo or not...should the scientist live...hmm...
*dagger swishes by her face*
OKAY! Let me finish the prologue...then you can kill me for what happens...
*whimper* please be kind...
SERIOUSLY, I NEED YOUR OPINION. SHOULD CYE STAY DEAD? SHOULD RYO DIE?
THE READER decides this one....
So, if I get no reply from any of you concerning this, then you shall be left in suspense.