WOW. its been like two/three months... sorry to leave you all in the dark for so long, but if i didn't i wouldn't have finished a bunch of secondary works i needed to send to Denison University for the creative writing program. So basically i had to sacrificing a HUGE amount of writing time to make sure i got a spot in this class. But now that that is over and done with i hope i can get back to my regulare schedual and FINISH this thing like i've wanted to for the past quarter year.
I know you guys have been waiting long and i'm sorry i was unable to let you guys know why, so i guess if any of you guys want to see some of the oneshot fiction works i submitted then i can email them to you, just let me know.
Anyway I finally got back to this and i had no idea how LONG it would take me to do a close to 100replica of this Scene from the Matrix. I ended up splitting the battle in half so i could get something out. I tried to get it double spaced, but the document manager won't let me do it for some reason... so sorry, it's a bit of an eyestrain, but it was something i wanted to experiment with so please tell me what you think.
But anyway, here i give you (the very long overdue) Thirty sixth installment od Believe in Me!
Story
"talking"
Thingking
Emphasis
(Me talking)
Enjoy!
(EDIT: i couldn't figure out the document manager so i just broke up the fight parts into 3-5 sentence paragraphs, i hope that makes it easier.)
Believe in me
By: Flashgunner
Ch. 36: The Strength of a Thousand Men
Zero instantly threw his arms up to knock the hands off his shoulders following up with a punch forward and a kick backward to knock back the Viles coming from in front and behind. Another Vile grabbed his right shoulder only to have it knocked off by a quick left chop from Zero. Using his centrifugal momentum, Zero swung his right arm to deliver a right chop to a Vile trying to sneak up from behind then bounce back and slam his left arm into the Vile whom he had left stunned by the left chop.
In flash of super speed Zero spun into a roundhouse kick, connecting with two more, then ducking to avoid another pair who attempted to swing from both sides. The one to Zero's right tried to grab hold of him, but Zero batted his hand away and threw both elbows back to knock them both down. As they fell another duo grabbed Zero by the shoulders. Zero broke their grip by spinning around fast and delivering a double punch, one to each, sending them stumbling.
After parrying another blow from the right, Zero turned to face six Viles. Four attacked from the front and two from the sides. Zero immediately struck blows to the Viles beside him and began parrying a series of blows from the four in front. One managed to land a hit on Zero's chest, knocking him into the hands of Two Viles. They held him tight as the four attackers approached Zero ready to let fly with punches.
Devising a plan in the wink of an eye, Zero locked his arms with the two who held him and jumped in a fashion that would have been a back flip if not for being bound by his enemy. The action forced the Viles to bend back as Zero kicked his legs out twice, each time connecting one foot to one Vile. The force from the kicks made the two holding him lose their grip and fall backward, leaving Zero with enough airborne motion to finish the flip.
No sooner did he land, a Vile attempted to grab him by the neck from the right. Zero grabbed him by the wrist to hold him steady and swung his arm into his opponent's side, knocking him to the ground. Another Vile was right behind the one now on the ground, with a futile attempt to punch Zero in the face. Zero merely redirected the force of the punch with fancy handwork only to do the same to another who came from the opposite direction.
After throwing a hard right elbow into the face of the Vile on the left, the Vile on the right along with another came forward to attack. Zero deflected their punches and gave a quick shot to the enemy on his right, it was so quick that the force of impact was delayed, knocking the Vile back a second later. Not losing a step, Zero deflected two punches that swung around from both sides and took the attackers out with lightning fast punches. He crouched down right after and roundhouse kicked a Vile sneaking up from behind following with a quick spin to knock the hand off his shoulder and tangled his left arm with the arm of another Vile, put his hand on its back and threw it into three others who approached knocking them all over.
Zero hopped into the air and double kicked a vile in the face, sending him skyward and turned mid fall to throw a Viles hand off his arm and deliver a hard left to its face. Zero was ready for the Vile whom he assumed would be right behind the one he had just dealt with, but another came from the right. He blocked their punches, but was forced back into the grip of three Viles behind him. Zero threw his right elbow back to knock off one, and then swung his arms under the other Viles' arms as he turned to face them. Using one arm he swept their hands off of him, with the other he swung a hard right, connecting with both of their faces, sending them flying back.
After ducking and punching another, he turned around to parry blows from two more as yet another two took his back. Zero grabbed and flipped the two he faced and turned to parry one punch from behind, returning the favor to its owner, and did the same to the other. Turning to his right, Zero parried a left hook and clothes lined the Vile who attempted it, and found him self caught between two charging enemies.
After blocking a hit from one, he stood sideways and threw punches out to his sides, knocking them both away. One held its ground however, and challenged Zero again. Taken by surprise, Zero was forced to focus completely the single Vile, and once he had dealt with it, Zero received hard crack to the face, spinning him completely around.
Using every circumstance to his advantage, Zero stuck out his leg at the climax of the spin to kick a Vile off to the side in the face before he regained his balance to face the only successful attacker. Zero easily took him out by grabbing its arm and slamming his leg into his foe's stomach, but he has unaware of a Vile who had snuck into his blind spot and he paid the price for it. The Vile delivered a hard head on blow into Zero's stomach. The force of the blow made Zero slide backward a few feet into a Vile who tried to get him in a bear hug. Zero quickly reached over and took hold of the Vile's head and used his own body as a lever to fling the enemy over his back and towards the advancing force. Two managed to duck out of the way and one took to the air to avoid impact, but the two furthest behind collided with the life sized projectile.
Up and ready, Zero stomp kicked one Vile and jumped to spin kick the Vile behind him. The intentional finesse was quite a blunder on Zero's part however. As he turned to his left he was cold-cocked in the face violently enough to knock him off his feet. Ignoring his finesse blunder, Zero placed his hands on the ground mid flip and kicked a Vile coming up from behind while upside-down, then using the ricochet of the kick to change directions and get revenge for his face by giving the Vile back in front a shot to the chest.
Zero cursed under his breath as two Viles grabbed hold of him, one on each arm. Zero wrapped his wrist around to grab hold of the arms and lift himself into the air and kick outward, relieving his arms of the Viles' clutches. As a Vile threw a punch from his right, Zero dodged by throwing his own legs out from under him, then he followed up by using the dodge to attack a Vile behind him with a kick to the face. Pushing off the face of the Vile, he hit the one in front with an elbow thrust.
This series off attacks left Zero airborne and he was forced to fall to the ground. The Viles, of course, wanted to use this to their advantage, but Zero supported himself on his hands and delivered a hard upward kick to the first Vile to reach him. Leaving no opening, He turned around to fully get up and ended up kicking another Vile while his back was turned. Unfortunately for Zero, he did not see all of them. A Vile managed to get a decent hold on him and Zero found himself being lifted into the air and thrown. He landed on his back near the wall and was beginning to lift himself up when he saw a Vile streaking through the air in attempt to land on Zero. Zero kicked the wall to push himself out of the way and did a quick backward roll into a handspring to regain his footing.
Once on his feet he confronted a Vile who tried to land on him by giving it a swift kick to the face. Two Viles approached and locked themselves in combat with Zero. As one more arrived from his right, Zero knocked out one to keep his opponents to two; Zero now had an enemy in front and behind him. After giving each one a kick to the torso he spun around and kicked another trying to sneak in from a blind spot. As another attacked, Zero ducked as usual, but instead of leaving it at that, he kicked his foot under the foot of his attacker and lifted him into the air before kicking him into another Vile, clipping him with his own clone.
Viles continued to swarm from all around in a never ending storm of attacks. However, Zero laughed in the face of the mighty storm as he charged at two more incoming enemies. The simultaneous attack caught him off guard, and Zero took a shot to the stomach, knocking him into the arms of an enemy behind him. Unable to move at first, Zero suffered a direct hit across the face which a Vile had swung violently at him. Shaking it off as if nothing happened, Zero used his binder to support himself as he delivered kicks to the enemies in front of him. Zero threw his fist over his shoulder to throw his captor off balance and flung him over his shoulder into the army of approaching clones. Two were hit by the incoming body, but the rest advanced quickly. As the first drew near Zero met him at the point of attack, blocking the oncoming punch and giving a direct blow to the face in return.
He felt a hand on his shoulder and he quickly spun around, getting a hold of the Vile by the back of his neck. Pulling towards himself, Zero robbed the Vile's feet the pleasure of solid ground and arm chopped it in the chest so it's back would know the graces instead. Knowing his enemy too well Zero turned around, jumped slightly into the air, and delivered a powerful double kick to the Vile he predicted would be there. The first kick was light, but the second sent the Vile hurling into the air. As the Vile hit the ground, it got up slowly and looked in the direction of the fight. He heard a voice from behind him.
"You know you'll never beat him." Vile turned to Ciel, whom was still caught in the energy field. "Zero doesn't fight for his own amusement like you. He has real reasons that give him power." Vile was silent for a moment, but scoffed at the captive scientist.
"You are no different from him you know that? All the justice and reason talk… you are both so full of it… Ok then how about I propose this theory to you? Maybe Zero's reason has more juice than mine, but why get power through romantic scenarios, When I can get it from one little piece of glowing metal?" Vile pressed another button on the copy box and he split into ten more Viles. Ciel gasped at the sight. "Now if you'll excuse me…" Ciel couldn't tell which one was talking to her. "… I must take the new guys to help out the rest of me!" The ten Viles charged into combat.
"Argh!" Zero grunted as he took a punch directly in the face. The force sent him airborne and he skidded to a halt after a brief flight. He did a quick handspring to get to his feet, jump into the air, and split kick forward and back to knock out two Viles that had flanked him. Two more rushed forward. Zero caught their arms and flipped them over. Turning quick, Zero caught glimpse of the new Viles heading for him. Hearing more footsteps Zero looked around and two more groups appeared from other directions.
Dammit… this is getting out of hand… Zero threw his fist over his shoulder to knock out an approaching Vile. If this keeps up… I might have to switch to my black armor… Zero took on the Viles near him as the other groups began to circle him. Three from the group charged at him. Zero jumped over the first two, leaving them to run into their teammates, while the last one received a kick to the jaw, and a mouthful of floor. Zero was finding it more and more difficult to keep up with the ever increasing numbers. This time two of the Viles managed to get a simultaneous attack on Zero. Zero received the double punch to the chest and was sent flying towards the wall. Before impact he flipped over and kicked off the wall, flying through two and punching one as he landed.
Again Zero suffered a blow to the face, this time he held his ground and trip kicked his attacker, knocking him off his feet. Zero realized that he'd have to be more mobile to be effective. Using a nearby Vile as a booster, Zero kicked off the enemy and rocketed into the air flipping twice and landing in an empty spot. Zero bicycled kicked the first vile to reach him, turning his foe into a flailing ragdoll to knock down three incoming Viles. Zero decided to use finesse moves to stay mobile, he started by kicking off a Vile to twist in mid air and follow up by landing the back of his fist on the helmet of a Vile. Then quickly twirling to roundhouse kick one behind him.
These moves kept the Viles from downright swarming him, in groups anyway. Two managed to sneak up from behind, trying to pull the old "we'll hold them you hit them" technique. Zero kicked the incoming Vile, swung his head side to side to knock the two Viles off with his helmet, and swung around in midair, kicking off of three incoming. Upon landing he grabbed the next Vile by the arm and tossed him into an incoming group, arm chopped an enemy to his side, and kicked off an approaching threat to send him self flying away from the swarm.
This attempt to create space was foiled by one vile that intercepted Zero in midair like a projectile colliding with a jet. They tumbled on the ground; Zero pushed off to regain balance and kicked the Vile that had caught him. The Vile slid towards the advancing swarm and disappeared behind the hulking numbers. Zero repelled the first wave with two punches and a few kicks as the large group began to circle him again. Zero sensed this and kicked off a Vile's chest to spin around in the air, kick the Vile at the front of the circling group, and knock him into the ranks. As the rest of the group advanced Zero kept losing room to maneuver and began taking punches while he tried to retaliate. Eventually two grabbed him by the shoulders while one gave Zero a wallop in the stomach. The force behind this strike sent Zero careening towards the wall with the impact denting the walls brutally. Zero cropped to one knee and coughed.
"What's the matter Zero? Fatigue setting in?" Zero rolled his eyes at the cocky statement, which he wasn't sure exactly which Vile it came from.
"Heh… maybe a little." Zero clutched something that had fallen beside him. "I bet I could still win with just my fists…" Zero stood up. He was holding the triple rod. "But I guess using one weapon could speed things up a bit!"
"What? How did you break the field?"
"You hit me into this…" The Vile in front looked at Zero's weapons still attached to the wall and noticed Zero's point of impact to be where the triple rod once was. "And I guess the force of impact canceled the barrier."
"This changes nothing!" The Vile ran forward rearing back for a punch. Zero Twirled around and smacked the Vile in the side, literally sending the Vile into the wall in an instant. The other Viles turned to look at the pair of legs sticking out of the wall, then back at Zero.
"Oh something changed alright… Now it's round two… let's dance bucket heads!!"
--To be continued--
Well there we go. The triple rod will be the parody of the random poll Neo pulled out of the ground. Hope it wasn't too obvious. But hey, the battle continues, and the conclusion will bring about the beginning of the end. I still can't believe i've been going on this for two years now... thank god for the megaman Zero games keeping me interested.
Once again i apalogize for the long and mysterious wait, but i really had no choice. Again if anyone would like to read some of the stuff i had to write, i have the documents right here so if you want to read them let me know and i'll e-mail them to you. It's the least i can do.
Please read and review!
Flashgunner over and out!