Close Calls!

The Evil Human was still standing in front of them. The group were still stuck on the ground. Whenever one of them tried standing they immediately stumbled one or two feet forward only to collapse to the ground for some reason. Michael paused as he tried to figure out what was happening, the rest of the group was keeping the Evil Human busy.

"I didn't kill them!" screamed the Evil Human. "I was the perfect older brother! When mother and father died, who took care of them? I did! We slowly became twisted together...we were all serial killers together in the end! We remained together forever! They never died! They stayed together with me forever! They will never leave me!"

"I think insane may just be an understatement for them," said Shi. Melody chuckled at the irony that even Shi thought that they were insane as well. It was kind of funny in that aspect. Melody moved and tried to stand-up but once more her feet seemed incapable of staying up. She collapsed back to the ground.

Michael looked around them. They fact that they were having trouble standing definitely wasn't right, their balance must've been thrown off. He ran his hands across the ground, double checking it. He thought that it might have been slanted and that caused them to slip or something, but it was smooth. He still couldn't put it together.

"I count 6 people," chimed the Evil Human. "That means two for each...and one left over, but we each get to kill two people! I want the ugly girls!" He said pointing at Melody and Mischa. Melody's hair flared up at the insult, becoming incredibly irritated. In an instant she quickly lashed out with Shi, sending the small yo-yo flying at him. The Kishin's body blurred to the side and the yo-yo harmlessly flew past him without even touching him. "Ooh, she's feisty! I really want that one!"

"I wanted her, too!" said the Evil Human as the small light behind its mask moved to another eye. "Oh, well, I'll just move onto the my next choice, the other two girls...maybe I can have some fun with them." The Evil Human took a step forward. He was instantly held off by a quick flurry of papers as Eva opened up sending several pages scorching towards him. The Evil Human chuckled and stepped back, letting loose a quiet growl.

"Hey, guys," hissed the Evil Human slinking about from side-to-side, the light in his mask moved once more. He slowly began to take small steps forward, "how about a game? Whoever can kill the most of them gets a special prize! The prize is the other prisoner...how does that sound?" The Evil Human began to laugh and clap at his own ridiculous idea. "Let's finish them." He opened his hand, flashing his small silver claws in the lights.

The Evil Human dashed forward, choosing to attack Bridget first. Bridget brought her halberd up and in front of her. The Evil Human smashed his claws downwards and into the halberd. Sparks flew up from the clash of the two weapons. Bridget tried to swing her halberd back out as a counter-attack, but the Evil Human was gone just as quickly as he came, jumping back and out of her range.

He stumbled briefly in front of them. Ash tried to push himself back onto his feet and charge forward, swiping with his gauntlet, but he lost his footing again, falling back to the ground in front of the Evil Human. The Evil Human lifted his claw up and tried to drive it back down and at Ash's back. A quick flurry of paper came through all of them slicing at the Evil Human's arm, forcing him to withdraw his hand back and quickly escape the area of the swirling sheets.

"Why the hell can't I stay standing?" asked Ash pounding a hand into his own leg. He tried to stand-up, but quickly stumbled back to the ground. He cursed again quietly.

Michael looked around, checking everything around them. It looked like the rest of the group came to the same realization about not being able to stand, but it appeared that not a single one of them knew what was preventing them from standing. There wasn't anything in the room that looked out of order...it was fairly big for jail. A plain open room. The only furnishing was a couch and a table on one side, then a small radiator in the corner. The buzzing noise once more burned its way into his ear. That's when it hit him.

"A sonic weapon." It was half a statement and half a question, he was almost positive he was right, but he still wanted confirmation from the Evil Human. The Evil Human turned his attention over to Michael. "A sonic weapon is what's preventing us from standing...it ruins our inner ear and that completely ruins our sense of balance and throw us down whenever we try."

The Evil Human laughed, the hole in his mask randomly lighting up. "Smart boy...let me guess some military training? But that's right, we Evil Humans ordinarily wouldn't have resorted to such methods...hell, some of us didn't even know they existed, the ones that did were just incapable of getting their hands on it. But Vigrid! Vigrid got it for us! Our speed is already faster then most, but if our opponent is stuck wallowing around on the ground, we can run circles around them! Its a genius strategy and makes us three brothers almost impossible to defeat!"

"Thanks for the information," said Helena with a brief yawn, "Eva'll take care of it...where did they say it was again?"

"They didn't," muttered Semper as he looked around room trying to find it, "and I don't think they are all too keen to tell us where their saving grace is...after all once we find out where they have, we'll destroy it, and then beat them. That machine is the only reason why they themselves are still alive at this point." Semper smiled and looked at the Evil Human, hoping that he had succeeded in goading him into telling them.

The Evil Human just laughed. "A saving grace? Call it an equalizer, seven against three just isn't all that fair. The machine just makes us fight at equal ground." The group wanted to point out that it was seven against one, but that didn't seem to help their case so they kept their mouths shut. "Oh, yeah, before I forget! I still have to kill you!" He approached Ash and stuck out with his claws, Ash managed to block it with his gauntlet, but for the force managed to knock him down again and onto his back. The papers from Eva's book fluttered around Ash and forced the Evil Human to take his distance once more.

"Eva, Helena stay on the offensive!" shouted Michael, "Trust in us Meisters and weapons to defend ourselves as it currently stands you are the only ones that can hit him! Semper, Mischa, and Melody provide some defense for me. I need to make it to the cell and get May out if we can do that then we get another attacker on our side. Don't forget if anybody has a chance to secure the primary objective go for it!"

"Sounds like a pain...but I guess getting our butt whooped by these guys would only be more annoying...I'm in," said Helena.

"What do you know my thoughts exactly," replied Semper, flashing his brilliant vote-winning smile. "Our weapons should easily protect you, just don't slack off now."

"HEY! I don't like taking commands from someone else!" shouted Shark, Mischa's weapon, his reflection on the shark-shaped head of the whip flashed Michael his sharp teeth. "But I'll deal with it this one time."

"Got it," was Melody's only reply as she began sending the yo-yo through the air in random directions.

"Now for the finishing trick!" Michael sighed as he looked downwards and at his fist, "Ash a little help?" he asked pointing towards his own ears. Ash stood still for a little while longer, unsure of what he wanted finally he put it together.

"Are...are you sure?" Michael nodded without hesitation. Ash shrugged and leaned forward, smashing his sharp blade into Michael's ear. Ash flinched as he considered what it would've felt like luckily Michael's golem-like body had vastly reduced sense of feeling. However, he understood the reasoning. A sonic weapon is a weapon that uses sound, without ears Michael couldn't hear it and he could regain his balance. He stood up, a little shaky at first from being knocked down and his own ears being blown out. He finally got his own balance back and started off towards May.

"Thanks for the strategy!" shouted the Evil Human with its cackling laugh, "you gotta learn not to shout it out where anyone can hear it!" He charged for Michael, deciding to concentrate his fire on him. Almost instantly the papers from Eva's book began flying at him, all of them taking the shape of pointed paper airplanes. The Evil Human's sharp talons whipped through the air at them placing a hole into each one and swatting them to the ground. He continued heading towards Michael.

Melody sent her yo-yo sailing across the floor and at the Evil Human's legs while Mischa's sharp shark headed whip flew through the air at his chest. Semper kunai with chain was aimed at the Evil Human's arm hoping to temporarily render that arm useless. The Evil Human sprinted forward, throwing the timing of each blow off. He lifted his feet over the yo-yo, dodging beneath the whip and simultaneously going to the side of the kunai. He was then right in front of Michael, with a quick twist he brought his claws back around and into Michael's body. The claws penetrated into Michael's body, breaking through his rock-solid arm. Michael gritted his teeth and kept his ground, refusing to be forced backwards from the attack.

"I admire your will, kid!" shouted the Evil Human glaring Michael straight in the eye, "but even then I'm afraid you got to learn when the time to run is." Michael didn't respond, but it was due to the fact that he couldn't make out where the Evil Human said since his eardrum was busted open. The Evil Human didn't care. "Ooh...brother, we get to kill another one! We are so lucky!"

The Evil Human lifted his hand into the air as if to act on those words already. Papers immediately fluttered around him as if daring him to try and do such a reckless and dumb action. The Evil Human shrugged it off, deciding that murdering one of the students was definitely worth a paper cut. His claw flashed downwards, gleaming silver as it chopped downwards at Michael's head. Michael fell backwards, kicking his feet up into the air as he tried to slide beneath the wiry Evil Human. As soon as he hit the ground, the paper planes began flying in zooming towards their target. The Evil Human ignored them and continued his dive for Michael's neck.

The whips snapped their way for the Evil Human's body. All of them aiming for a human's tender spots like the nose, liver, and even the groin. The Evil Human swatted them away with his free hand, but kept his other hand trained for Michael's neck, he was determined to finish this off here and now. He wasn't in the mood for them to rally, it was soon going to be 6 to 3. He would have to apologize to his brothers for the first kill was his!


I am going to kill of my main character. Seriously, I will...just wait till next chapter.