CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
ペアの悪魔モンスター！ボイドの入口！
A Diabolical Pair of Monsters! Void's Entrance!
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"Precious was right, you know!" Kila said as they ran up the stairs. "The experiment at the top IS dangerously strong!"
"HA! Mega Spud Man fears NOTHING!" Spud bragged. "We came all this way, we can take another experiment!"
"Yeah, he can't be THAT scary, I mean, we faced down 561 for Pete's sakes!" Jenny laughed.
"And besides, Crystallene, Trainer and THEIR partners are coming up there too. Together, we can take on ANYONE!" Nick exclaimed.
"There it is!" Chops said, pointing up the stairs.
Surrounded by beautiful runes made of strings of pearls that were embedded in the wall, it hung there, glimmering in a thousand different colors that blended together. It was quite beautiful, really…
But then once they ENTERED the room they saw something HORRIBLE…
Trainer's side had been impaled and she was falling to the floor, blood oozing from the wound as a tearful Kim tried to get her back up. Crystallene was barely able to stand up and protect the downed Yuuku behind her, and the culprit for their pain was smirking at them, looking down from above…
It was perhaps the single most DISGUSTING experiment they'd ever seen. Sunken eyes, blackened skin that looked like it had been sent into a sun, three arms with large talons on his hands and feet, and he had long ears that pointed straight back, with a small, twitching nose. It vaguely resembled a rabbit, but was unmistakably demonic. It grinned, showing off rotting teeth, and then let out a howl into the air that made everyone jump and scream.
"Hey…you were right Kila…turns out I don't need pants after all!" Morpholomew whimpered.
"UOOOOOOOOOHHHHH!" It howled.
"Jesus, Mary and JOSEPH!" Dr. Rupert screamed.
"Crystallene, quick, use your healing spell on…" Nick began.
"RAAAAAOOOOOOOOUUUUUHHHH!!!" The experiment towering above them howled. Everyone froze up, looking at this thing in utter fear.
"This guy's…something…else!" Spud whimpered, knees knocking together. "He's like somethin' from a freakin' HORROR movie!"
"I…feel like I know this THING!" Chops gasped. "This thing before us…why does it seem so horribly familiar?"
Then it struck. The thing raised it's claws and rushed forward to slam it into the barely-standing Crystallene…
"HA!"
Kila rushed forward through the air on her wings, holding onto XR with one hand. "Nice try, Kolobos, but when it comes to "tag"…"
THA-WHOMP!
She grabbed Crystallene and Yuuku and darted away as Kolobos's claws sank into the floor, causing a crater…and totally missing.
"I'm WAY faster!" She bragged.
"But you can't use your spells against one of the fanon line!" Nick shouted.
"Who says I gotta aim at HIM?" Kila laughed, holding up a palm and aiming it just in front of his feet.
"IGNIS!" XR shouted.
FA-WHOOOSH! A fire shot out, blazing around the experiment's feet, making him step back in surprise…
THWAMP!
And Kila had grabbed his long, whip-like tail. "Gotcha, uggo!" She growled.
"Correction…"
Carmen appeared next to her and winked. "WE GOTCHA!"
THA-BUDDOW! They tugged with all their might and the dark experiment fell to the ground, his immense body crashing into the wall and bringing rubble down to strike him over and over on the head. He moaned in pain as Kila gave Carmen a high five. "You GO, girl!"
"Woah, you TRASHED him!" Crystallene said. "None of my shielding spells could hold up to him, and Trainer couldn't protect us for long…"
"Trainer's really hurt!" Kim shouted. "Crystallene, use your "Ministro-Socius" spell!"
Crystallene nodded as she and Yuuku ran to help then. Growling, the experiment stood up, clenching his claws. "Grrrrr…"
"HEY!"
He turned his head, looking down at Kila. "Your fight is with ME! Don't tell me you're…AFRAID of me?" She smirked. "How shameful! The Diabolical Maestro of Sadism himself would rather look over at a girl who fell on her butt then actually face down a tasty soul? How the mighty have fallen into Hell!"
"Hell?" The beast spoke, his voice sounding decayed and empty. "Hell is a PARODY compared to what I'm going to put you through KILAAAAA!" He howled, lunging at her with his claws. Quickly Kila jumped away, holding onto XR with one hand while Yuuku put all her heart power into the crystal javelin that was about to be shoved into the oh-so-still Trainer's chest…
"NOW!" Crystallene shouted.
THA-WHOOMP! In it went! Trainer slowly blinked her eyes, letting out tiny gasps as her chest moved up and down. She was alive! She was alive!
THA-WHAM!
A strike hit the ground just where Kila had been. XR was knocked aside, clutching the book, and a smirking Kolobos raised his claws, intending to bring them down again and slice Kila into ribbons.
"Oh no, oh no!" She thought. "I can't take a direct punch without any spells!" She cringed and closed her eyes as the claws came down…
"IADEO-IEDO!"
BA-BAM!
Kolobos snarled, holding onto his sore arm and growling at Chopsuey, who's fists smoked as Nick stood up, glaring at him.
"We're gonna take you down…you FREAAAAAK!" Nick shouted.
KA-BAM!
An uppercut punch by Heartwing in his "Insons-Draco" garb sent Kolobos flying back through the air as Dude nodded. "WE'RE gonna take you down!" He shouted, shaking his fist.
Kolobos glared down at them, and then grinned evilly, laughing madly.
"Uh oh. I know that kind of laugh. That's a BAD laugh!" Nick spoke up.
"He's getting serious, I can feel it!" Chops whispered.
"Morpholomew, Spud, Dr. Rupert, make sure the others are out of the way and safe!" Nick said. "Kila, you focus on destroying that overgrown nightlight while Heartwing and Chops use power and speed to distract this overgrown corpse!" He yelled.
"Rock and Roll!" Dude shouted, punching the air. "Insons-Draco!"
"IMPERIUM!"
Chopsuey and Heartwing took off through the air, bodies all aglow! Kobolos swung at them, but they used this to their advantage, landing right on top of his arm! They rushed up his arm and then SLAMMED into his chin, uppercutting him!
"Ha-HA! Gotcha, bitch!" Nick said. "Ooh, sorry, pardon my…"
"Heh-heh-heh…"
"French!?" Nick finished, eyes going wide.
Kolobos was grinning like a kid on Christmas, giggles racking his body as some blood dripped down from his mouth.
"Good lord, fighting must be his CRACK!" Nick gasped.
"Such a sadistic nature…" Dr. Rupert said, shivering.
THA-WHAM!
He slammed them hard with his fist and propelled towards the wall, intending to drive them completely outside the ruins! Luckily Kila was faster…whizzing through the air, she yanked them off of Kolobos's fist and to the side…though his punch DEVASTATED the wall that he punched, turning it into rubble and sending huge chunks flying out into the sky!
"Holy cow! Without a spell, he did all THAT?!" Dr. Rupert gasped.
"I'll have some of whatever HE'S smoking!" Spud stated.
His book keeper, a slightly long-haired, dark-haired teenager smirked and flipped open his book. "Bokusatsu!" He announced as he held his book, which was the colored of skin that had been burnt and mutilated.
Kolobos raised up his arms, and then a FOURTH popped out from where once had been nothingness! It and the other arm across from it slid out from the skin like a baby being pulled out of the womb, and Kolobos raised it and the other arm up, then slammed them together. Smirking, he pulled them apart, and revealed a disgusting shaft of blood and ooze were now connecting the two clawed arms…
"Dear GOD, he turned them into frickin' NUNCHAKU!" Nick screamed, eyes going wide with horror.
"This guy's off the hook!" Spud admitted. "Freakin' crazy, but still off the hook!"
THWOOSHA-WOOSHA-WOOSHA!
He sent the nunchaku spinning rapidly around his body, laughing all the while as Chopsuey dived in and out, around and about, trying to get a good punch on his head. But the moment they got too close…
BA-BAM! His arm-chaku raised up and they slammed into it, headfirst. Smirking, he then drove their bodies into the ground, and HARD, laughing as he did so…
Kila, however, noticed he was bent over. From the back she lifted her hands.
"IGNIS!" XR shouted as Kila shot forth fire at the crystal…
A horrid smirk appeared on Kolobos, who quickly thrust one arm-chaku behind him and blocked the fire, dissipating it.
"WHAT?!" Kila gasped.
"He blocked it? Even though it was behind him?" Yuuku gasped as she, Crystallene, Trainer and Kim hid behind a wall.
"HUUUUOOOOOOOOH!" Kolobos howled, holding up his arm-chaku triumphantly.
"This guy's…smarter than I thought he was…" Nick muttered, clutching onto his book. "He's got no openings thanks to those frickin' arms he popped outta his body!"
"This fighting style…it's not the work of a crazed berserker that this thing appears to be…" Dr. Rupert deduced. "Either he is far more intelligent than we believe him to be, or somebody has to be giving him clever orders…"
Kila spoke up suddenly, XR standing by her side. "Hey, you! The book owner of Kolobos…you're not being controlled, are you?"
They all took a good look at this teen who's head hung slightly down, looking at the book in his hand. He had a black t-shirt on that read "every day, death is near" and looked surprisingly calm. Then…that façade vanished as he began to laugh and laugh and laugh, head thrown back, spit flying out slightly, his eyes glinting with a sense of madness.
"Ku-ku-ku-ku…kuuuaaaah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HAAAAAA!"
He closed the book and smirked. "Of course I'm not!" He said, speaking up. He had a rather slimy voice that made Nick cringe in a mixture of disgust and fear. "There's nothing better than being one of 086's disciples!"
"DISCIPLE?!" Nick shouted, disgusted.
"Furthermore, he likes my spunk…he even gave me a reward!..." He jabbed his thumb upwards. "See the Destiny Crystal above? All I have to do is cooperate with Shadow and he gives me that lovely rock. Did you know..." He smirked broadly. "If you plugged it into a computer, you could use mass hypnosis just like 086's does with HIS special skills? It's all a matter of manipulating the wavelengths of light…"
"Why would you WANT to work for Shadow? He's a sadistic monster!" Chops yelled.
The teen grinned wildly, a feral face that didn't suit his surprisingly handsome face. "I happen to be a writer…I aim to become even greater than Stephen King with my horror stories! With the crystal, I'll be able to make people I don't even know worship my dark skills! I'll write stories filled with gore, decapitations, murder, rape! I'll put in horrific details on how a person is dismembered, devoured, dissected! I'll create a symphony of words to all that is morbid and depraved, and people will cheer and call me a literary genius! And I'll be able to enjoy every single moment of it! HA-HA-HA-HA!"
One by one the humans felt pure and utter fury rise in them which began to spread to their partners.
"It gives me such joy to write stories…messy car accidents! Child molestation! Cities crushed beneath the feet of monsters! People dissolved by monstrous sprays of a man-eater's manhood! Forced unbirthing to win the women over! And perhaps a few dozen nonconsensual moments just to please the critics so they can praise the "gripping drama" that is my story!" The teen went on, eyes alight with eager anticipation on how he would rise to fame and fortune. "So come on and fight me, you pieces of S—T! And before you die, remember the name of the one who obliterated you from existence…VOID!"
It too bad that Void was too full of himself to care, because every single person in the room, save for the still unconscious Trainer and the not-fully-sentient XR was giving him a glare that would have not only killed him, but damned his immortal soul to the deepest depths of the murkiest pits of Hell.
"You…are gonna…fucking…die." Nick whispered.
Chopsuey leapt up into the air, screaming with utter fury in his eyes, fists glowing.
"IADEO-IEDO!" Nick shouted.
Chops swung his fists and the attacks slammed into Kolobos's arm…but the beast just grunted.
"You call that mosquito bite an ATTACK? Now THIS is an attack! SQUISH THAT BUG!" Void demanded.
Kolobos swung one of the arm-chaku at him, intending to impale Chops, but suddenly…
"INSONS-DRACO!" Dude screamed out.
BA-BAM!
An uppercut by a furious, panting Heartwing sent the arm-chaku into the air, knocking Kolobos off balance…and making Void open! Chops aimed his fists at the human and…
"IADEO-IEDO!" Nick yelled.
The two bursts of fist energy swirled through the air, and Void's eyes went wide as he jumped back…
But he didn't have to worry TOO much. Kolobos's hand came down, blocking the attack. Void swore angrily as Kolobos shook his now-slightly-bleeding hand, both glaring at Nick and Chopsuey.
"You annoying asshole!" Void screamed. "KOLOBOS! CRUSH HIM!"
Kolobos knocked Chopsuey through the air…but the experiment righted himself in midair and grinned.
"IADEO-IEDO!" Nick screamed as Chopsuey flung another double fist strike that knocked Kolobos back, as more blood oozed down his chin and out of his mouth.
"In MID-AIR?!" Void gasped.
"Yeah!" Chopsuey groaned as he fell to the ground and grimaced slightly. "There's no "safe zone" in this sort of place and we can't show an OUNCE of leeway for somebody like YOU!"
"All we can do is fight hard and give it our all! The way we fight tonight is what we leave behind!" Nick screamed.
"This guy really brings me down!" Dude said, jabbing his thumb down. "I'm gonna kick your ass too! Heartwing, time to make the guy see stars! We gotta give your green buddy an opening!"
Heartwing winked, smiling broadly. "Gatta!" He said, rushing through the air on his beautiful wings, body glowing.
"Oh PLEASE!" Void laughed as they whizzed around his partner, punching and kicking as Kolobos struck around with his arm-chaku. "You can't honestly expect to-"
"EXTURO!" Kila shouted, sending a fiery wheel spinning through the air towards the Destiny Crystal as she leapt up into the air on her bat-like wings.
"KOLOBOS, LOOK OUT!" Void yelled.
Kolobos turned around and raised one arm-chaku to block the attack, but Kila quickly pointed upwards, and the fiery wheel raised itself OVER that one…
"Ha-HA! How do you like-"
Kolobos raised the OTHER arm, and the attack was knocked into the wall. He smirked, then SLASHED at Kila, sending her flying down.
"THAAAAAUUUGGHHH!" She gasped, hitting the ground and staggering around. "Damn it!" She thought. "This guy's the perfect partner for somebody like Kolobos…he's made him far stronger than I've ever seen him be before! Even if we deal some damage, Kolobos just heals from the crystal, and the others are always at a disadvantage! They soon won't be able to…"
She gasped as she saw Chops and the others continue to fight, screaming as they flung themselves at Kolobos over and over again.
"Wh…WHAT? How can they still fight?"
Chopsuey couldn't hear Kolobos's grunts of deep growls, or Void's laughter or even the THUD or "CRA-CRUNCH" sounds of his body being struck and sent to the ground over and over…he could only hear the words of his friends in his ears…
…
"My…name is…Carmen, experiment 123!" Carmen explained.
"I'm 621, Chopsuey." He said nervously.
"Nice to…nice to meet choo." Carmen managed to get out in shaky Basic, shaking his hand.
…
Trainer blinked, then smiled. "You know…that sounds like a noble goal. I intend to become a protecting champion…but a warrior must also allow kindness into his heart as well as allowing
knowledge of skills into his head. Let's BOTH strive to become good champions!"
…
"…hey Spud…" He spoke quietly.
"Yes?" Spud asked.
"…I hope we meet again…please stay alright in this fight." Nick requested.
…
"There was a light here…light of Destiny…and when it poured over us, I feel soothed…" Ranku crooned. "It's time for me to go now. Be strong…"
"See you later…newbies." Baudelaire said, smiling gently at them all. "Maybe one day we'll meet again…but don't lose…against Master…"
…
Ahinahina stood up and put his arms around Nick and Chopsuey. "Their words gave me hope when I could feel nothing but cold all around me." He said bravely. "They said they'd be my ohana and destroyed my fear of turning back into a pod!" He laughed.
"I'll…beat you…I WON'T LOSE TO SOMEBODY LIKE YOU!" Chopsuey yelled, even as blood dripped down from the sides of his mouth and top of his head, his Mohawk being dyed slightly.
"We should get in there and DO something!" Morpholomew muttered as he stood there, transformed into a wall that was hiding the others.
"Don't worry dude…Nick's got a plan. He's looking towards the light at the end of the tunnel…he'll find a way to win!" Spud insisted.
"What…what is this strength they have?" Kila wondered to herself.
"That's it…" Nick said. "You're through…you're THROUGH!" he insisted. "Let's rock, Chops!"
"You're an idiot." Void said. "You have to use STRONG attacks against Kolobos to do any damage! Oh, wait!" He began to snicker, covering his mouth. "You're already attacking with all your might! How silly of me to forget! Hee-hee-hee-hee!"
THA-WHOOM!
Chops rushed forward, though Kolobos was just absentmindedly picking his nose with a serpentine tongue.
"YO! Stop slacking around! It's time to BURY them!" Void yelled up.
"Hmph." Kolobos muttered, and he flexed his muscles before raising his arm-chaku high, slamming it down at Chops…
MISSED! And Chops was now running up his arm!
"Heartwing, Dude, XR, Kila, make a path for us!" Nick shouted.
Nodding, his partners in battle leapt into action! Kolobos swung his arm-chaku once more, intending to impale Chopsuey again, but Heartwing's uppercut put an end to THAT plan and Chopsuey swung another Iadeo-Iedo attack at Kolobos's stomach, making him stumble back some. Meanwhile, Kila launched fireballs around Kolobos's feet, making him leap back and forth, almost knocking him down. What DID knock him almost completely off balance was another Iadeo-Iedo spell that struck him square in the back!
Kila frowned. "What on Earth is going on?" She mused. "They seem to have a plan…but what could-"
Then she looked over at Nick and saw his book was glowing more brightly than she'd ever SEEN it glow! What on Earth?
"That is!" Dr. Rupert said, slamming his fist into his paw's palm. "The more he builds up heart power with those fist spells, the more power is built up into Kimaira! Yes, more…more…you can DO it, my boy!" He laughed happily, eyes glinting.
"IADEO IDEO!"
This time the strike hit RIGHT at the back of Kolobos's neck region. The beast visibly quivered, sunken eyes going wide…
That was it! The light was THERE!
"NOW YOU'RE OURS!" Nick yelled.
"So you noticed it? HA! You haven't seen all of his attacks!" Void laughed. "CHISSOKUSHI!"
THUDDA-WHAAAM!
Large HORNS jolted out of the top of Kolobos's head, curling up slightly like goat's horns. It knocked Chopsuey back and he screamed in pain…
But he was STILL behind him!
"You can still take him! NOW!" Nick yelled.
"GOT IT!" Chops yelled, re-righting himself.
"KIMAIRA!" Nick screamed.
It rushed up around Chopsuey like an ocean wave, glimmering brightly and roaring in fury, the chimera made of aura snarled and slammed full force into the back of the experiment's neck as lightning seemed to split the air. Kolobos let out a horrid wail as pieces of flesh went flying off his body and blood poured down like a waterfall…
With a CRASH he fell to his knees, head hung. Nick and Chops laid on the ground, unable to get up, but…looking very triumphant.
"Howdya like…THAT…" Nick panted.
Several minutes passed. And then…
"Uoh…"
Eyes shooting open wide. Sweat dripping down brows.
"UOOOOOHHHHHHHHH!!!" Kolobos screamed.
"No FREAKING WAY!!!" Dude screamed.
"Why is he not in PIECES?!" Dr. Rupert gasped. "He shouldn't even be able to STAND after an attack like that!"
"One more time, Chops!" Nick yelled. "We CAN'T give up!"
"Yeah…we…aren't done!" Chops whispered.
"Oh PLEASE! Talking big when there's no way you can strike again? IDIOTS! You can have plenty of time to think about how much you screwed up…IN HELL!" Void laughed as Kolobos swung his fist right at Nick…
Author's Note:
Intense chapter, huh? Kolobos is Void99's creation. And Void99 has left this site to go who-knows-where. Personally, I don't care, because I find his creation AND the sort of writing style that he followed to be on a level...er...
Well, I'll put it this way: Nick's reaction is my own reaction which can be summed up by this line from the movie "I Robot": You have SO got to DIE!"
No, not HIM personally folks, but his messed-up ideas and his equally messed-up character. I hope you enjoyed the chapter though...and remember, read and review!