Tai: "Before we start, I'd like to thank my buddy Ryujin65 for helping me write this chapter. Thanks so much."

Aka: "Ikou!"


Disclaimer: Taiski does not own DC Comics. Taiski owns his Ocs and this story's plot.

The Eyes of Red and Heart of Black

Chapter 53: Heavy Metal

"Bianca move!" Hara shouted as she pushed the girl out-of-the-way. The attacker was a ten feet tall golem made of Granite. Its head resembled a Chaldician helmet it had a suite of Lamellar armor over its robot-like body. In each hand, the golem held a six-foot limestone column attached to a metal handle in each hand. On the left side of the golem's helmet, the number 56 was painted in black.

"Move!" Hara repeated, motioning Bianca to run away from the golem. Only to be stopped by another golem. This one was eight foot tall and made of bronze. Its head was like a manikin's, but with an ax blade sticking out the top. On ether side of the ax blade, the number 34 was etched in. The golem's body was also like a manikin's, but it was designed to look like it was wearing dōgi trousers, which were made of a bronze fiber, and bronze geta sandals. In its left hand was a bronze Zanbatō, a large double edge sword, the blade being five feet long and two feet wide with a three-foot handle. This golem hand no problem wielding the massive blade.

"Ok, let's just-" Hara was interrupted by, big shock, another golem. The third golem was nine feet tall and made of red brick. It had a rook chess piece motif going for it, having a cylinder like body, limbs, and head with a crown resembling a fortress. It's number was 66, painted in blue on its stomach. This golem wielded a heater-shaped shield and an one-handed flail, both made of iron, in its right and left hands respectively.

And then a smaller golem appeared on the brick golem's shoulder. This last golem was four feet tall and was made of copper. Its head was designed to look like a coyote's head with a lean, sleek body to match. It even had a tail for decoration. The small golem had a copper Qiang spear. The number 82 was etched into the small golem's right thigh.

Hara stood between Bianca and the golems, determined to not let her friend get hurt. 56 raised its left hand and slammed it down, Bianca screaming as their impending doom approached. But, it never came.

"What?" Hara said in shock. Bianca opened her eyes and saw a 7 feet tall teenager with reddish skin, grey eyes, and brown hair. He had a stitched scar that started at the bottom of his left eye and ended at his jaw. He wore cargo pants, Russian army boots, and a steel diadem. His entire right arm looked like it was made of steel. As did his upper torso. His left arm, neck, collar-bone and head having skin on it looked very disturbing to Bianca. Then again, Bianca had a crush on a vampire and was friends with a harpy, so she shouldn't be one to judge right now.

The red giant held 56's 'club as easily as the golem could, stopping the rock head from crushing Bianca and Hara. "Don't hurt people," he said in a monotone voice, his voice stressing the syllables of each word, "it's not right." 56 attempted to swing its other 'club at the red giant, but he flipped 56 on to its back, not having it land on Hara and Bianca, but instead on top of 66.

Suddenly 82 emerged from the pile unscathed and jumped toward the "protector" of the group, driving the Spear towards him only to have the steel arm block the copper Qiang spear, and suddenly this coyote looking golem felt a hand of flesh take hold of his tail and thus far the unknown numbered teen spun throwing the smallest of the creatures, next of course to Hara and Bianca toward 34, who rather callously hacked through the creature with his bronze Zanbatō.

The 2 remaining Golems circled one another, though this unknown guardian stayed in front of Hara and Bianca. "Don't move...I'll protect." the 2 Golems clashed, in the center of what looked more and more to Hara like a pit in a coliseum where gladiators, or rather these golems were tossed just for amusement, considering the carnage. The 8 foot tall bronze creation swung his massive blade down toward the self-appointed protector of Hara and Bianca, who again used his arm to block 34's attack however the power that enabled him to wield the blade so easily, managed to force this almost human looking amalgam of flesh and steel down to a knee.

Out of the corner his scarred eye, he saw Hara and Bianca pry free the spear from the cleaved Golem rolling it to their protector who, managed to push aside 34's blade long enough to take hold of the spear and drive it into the neck of the last standing enemy, dropping him, though despite the brutal combat, a look of sadness remained apparent in his eyes, the calmness of the situation enabled Hara and Bianca to make out the number 100, painted in gold on his metal shoulder.

"Why...why did they do this?" the teen softly asked as if expecting an answer from his fallen brethren. Hara calmly approached their saddened protector looking at him. "What-erm...who were they?" the teen looked up at Hara and Bianca his eyes staring at them. "My brothers... they all became like..." He motioned to the scattered bodies. "this after father's death."

The teen-looking being looked deep in thought as if he were thinking hard on his next set of words. "May...I come with...you. it'll...be lonely here... now."

Hara looked at the big guy and nodded. "Sure," she said, "come on, we're waiting for Bianca's boyfriend." Bianca blushed the deepest shade of red ever. "He's not my boyfriend Hara!" she exclaimed.

Hara grinned. "Not yet he isn't" she said, a missives glint in her eyes. Bianca didn't like how Hara was looking at her. What was this harpy planning on doing?

BOOM! The sound of thunder shook the ground. The rain followed soon after. The red giant motioned to Hara and Bianca to follow him. He carried the remains of his brothers on his shoulders as he walked into the forest.

They followed the big guy to a door on the side of a cliff. "Come… in…" he said as he walked inside. When they walked in, Hara and Bianca saw the largest room they had ever seen their lives, the roof reached forty feet. The walls were carve right out the cliff's stone, with large ladders and platforms built into them. There were cavities dug into the smoothed walls, each had a golem inside. They varied in size and shape. But the two largest were in the center of the room.

One was a twenty-foot iron human with a wrecking ball for a right. The number 1 was painted on it forehead in red. The other was a bronze Chinese dragon, the same size as the human, with the number 2 written in black on its snout. These two colossi were posed in the room's center, like a museum display.

"Um, excuse me, Mr.…" Bianca asked. "Model 100" the red giant said, "father called me Model 100." He walked up a ladder and placed each of his brothers into a cavity. He looked very sad as he passed by each golem, alone with his siblings standing in their own wall cavity, off-line.

Hara stared at the poor guy, no one should be put through this. "How about we give you a new name?" she said, "the one you have doesn't fit at all." Model 100 blinked. "What is wrong with it?" he asked. "Nothing's wrong with it," Hara assured him, "I just think I'd be able to call you something else."

"What makes you think," the big guy said, "you can give me a new name?" Hara stood face-to-face to the golem. "Golems were built to be Royal Guardians, and I'm a noble." "What?!" Bianca exclaimed. Hara smiled at her friend. The big guy, however, stared at Hara before bowing to her. "My deepest apologizes your majesty." he said in his monotone voice.

Hara shook her head. "No. My names Hara," she said, "I'd like it if you'd call me that." Model 100 nodded obediently. 'Of coarse, Lady Hara." Hara shrugged. "Close enough." she said, "Now, for your new name." Hara placed her hand on her chin as she thought, eyes focused. "I got it!" she exclaimed, "Your new name is, Basilisk." The big guy stared at Hara for a moment. Then he smiled. "I like it." he said happily.


Tai: "And, this chapter is good!"

Aka: "Yeah, of course. Ryujin, T-man thanks you again for you help, blah, blah."

Tai: "Oh, hush you."

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