Chapter 16

She was out of control.

Luna could feel her strength surging, yet she was doing everything possible to hold it back. 'Can't… lose… control…' she kept thinking to herself. But the power building up inside of her was getting painful. It has to be unleashed if not…

"Take aim men! Take it down before it causes more damage!"

She has since been surrounded by military personal and a few Neo Heroes who joined their cause. Wicked thoughts entered her mind, knowing that with a mere flick of her wrist, she could shred them all to scrap.

But she can't do that, they are living people.

Time and time again she tried to suppress her power, until it grew too much to bare. Her sights set on a Neo Hero that tried to show off. His weapon drawn, Luna was going for blood this time around, after all, he's attacking her!

Yet before she could even strike, something else did. Knocking the Neo Hero back at the same time, catching her attempt to land a blow.

He stood before her, but smiled warmly. Luna was in too much of a rage to even pay attention to his features, but she started to unleash her strikes!

Amazingly enough, he was able to block, deflect and divert her blows! So much so it gave her a moment to calm down.

Then she looked into his face.

"I know you are suffering, but rest assured… it will end soon. I promise Luna." He said gently.

His voice… she knew that voice.

"Until then, unleash your rage upon me!" he called.

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He was called back into action, but didn't know how much use he would be. Darkshine watched on as Luna began to attack a hero he had never seen before. However his look was strange.

"What is with that guy?" one Neo Hero asked aloud. "He looks like Suiryu but has Garou's white hair!"

Darkshine didn't know either, he had never seen this man before in his life. "He does look like their kid doesn't he… but I ain't seen him until now!" he confessed.

Whatever he was doing with Luna Brawler was working, he was able to just keep up with her until she tired out. He smiled, as she appeared to be on the brink of passing out…

BAM!

The world froze.

Even the unknown hero froze as Luna dropped to the ground. "WHO SHOT HER!" he demanded.

Suddenly, his eyes were focused on a rooftop quite a distance away. The Military was celebrating though. "That's two now!"

"Two?" Darkshine asked.

"They got Alley Brawler earlier…" said one of the Neo Heroes.

Suddenly, there came an odd sound over everyone's phones, a wavelength garbling noise until… music began to play out of it.

"What the hell?" the military demanded.

But the hero was smiling for a moment. "They found it…" he whispered. Yet he turned sad the moment his eyes came upon Luna. He reached down to pick her up off the ground, when guns were aimed at him.

"Leave the body!" they demanded.

"She is MY FRIEND!" he protested.

"Doesn't matter, she was culled by the military, the body goes to the military for study!"

The man became enraged. "By whose authority?"

The music suddenly canceled out. Communication lines opened up once more, the young hero appeared devastated when he heard. "Garou and Melee Brawler… both are now deceased, awaiting for body transportation…"

"No… call off the killings! They are not necessary!" he pleaded.

But more and more calls came over the military equipment…

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CLASH

Bad smirked. "This reminds me of the first time I fought your old man…"

He knew he had to be the one to stop him. Metal Bat was doing everything he could to keep Pac at bay. So far though, Pac managed to move himself far from the city, into a wide open country setting, there were no people here, so he was free to unleash his full power if need be.

Bad got the call from Emp earlier that day. The moment they learned that Garou and his family were going insane, he jumped into action. Not before Emp pulled him off to the side. "Alley made this one for you…" he said.

It was a strange looking card, yet as he opened it up, he paused to the instructions within. "Wait, what?" he demanded.

Emp nodded. "I am not asking you to follow through, just bide enough time until we can help them." He pleaded.

"Like hell I am going to kill him!" Bad stated.

Since then, he has been holding off Pac. Trying to wear him down and tire him out. He knows he is on the cusp of him passing out. Pac appeared weary, his body swaying oddly as he continued to try and suppress this rage that is taking over him. "Come on man, just fall asleep already!" Bad pleaded.

"NEO HERO METAL BAT, STAND DOWN!"

"What the fuc…"

Looking about, Bad found himself surrounded my soldiers. They were armed to the teeth with weapons and all took aim at Pac. "PAC!" Bad froze as he turned and saw Zenko running towards them.

"STAY BACK LITTLE SIS, HE'S NOT IN HIS RIGHT FRAME OF MIND!" Bad shouted.

Pac was shaking his head, whatever was driving him mad continued to do so. But… he appeared to calm down at the sight of Zenko.

"Z…Zenko?" he said weakly. "I'm… s… sorry…"

"Pac, listen to me man, we're going to help you, all right? Just take some deep breaths and calm down…"

But he began to look wild once more. Pac bared his fangs, and appeared ready to go against Bad once more. Bad of course was ready for it, yet as Pac tried to attack. One of the soldier's fired!

KABOOM

He watched in horror as Pac fell to his knees, and collapsed just before his feet.

Bad froze as he saw the blood coming from the kid's head. He lay there motionless. His eyes glazed over. "Pac… PAC!" he shouted.

"NNNOOOOO!" Zenko screamed. But that wasn't the worst of it. Just as Pac hit the ground, something dropped and rolled towards Zenko's feet.

Bad was trying to see if he was still alive, when he heard his sister breakdown. "Zenko!" he turned and saw her, bawling her eyes out as she held the engagement ring Pac had held on.

"Big brother…. He was… he had…" she choked.

Bad couldn't hold his brave face anymore, he began to cry along side his sister. Dropping his metal bat to the ground, he rushed and held her tightly. "I'm so sorry little sis… I'm so sorry…."

He kept looking down at Pac, hoping perhaps his mind was playing tricks on him. Pac wasn't moving, let alone breathing anymore. The military however was celebrating. "All right another freak down!" they cheered.

Bad had half a mind to beat them into the ground!