Warriors: The New Era.
Chapter Eight: Come Lightning.
Scourge has escaped, Rain has made his move, and The Triumvirate have left. What can happen now?
Scourge ran throughout the catacombs, racing through the dark lantern lit halls. He made hard rights and random lefts, guessing how to get out by following the rats. Wherever the rats went, freedom was.
"FIND HIM!" Fang's rough and low voice roared throughout the catacombs.
Scourge cursed and race faster, dashing past torches and wooden doors.
He ran past an open door, and then did a double take, backing up and grinning wildly at the inside's contents.
He smirked, taking his weapons back. His two bowie survival knives with holsters, a butterfly knife, and a switch blade. He snatched them and adjusted them to his person, and ran out the door again.
He had made his way to a giant staircase, and grinned.
"So long, Cour de-"
A loud wail reached his ears, causing him to look back at where he came from.
"Miracles?" He thought recognizing the cry.
A baby's wail.
Scourge forgot all about the way to freedom and ran back into the catacombs, following the sound.
After many twists and turns and deadends, he had found it. A large wooden door, at the end of a hallway.
He reached for the handle only for the door to swing open and a knife to find it's way into his gut. He bent down in pain, pulling the knife out.
He looked up to see Lostface, looking back at him, with one long slender blade, a dagger, pointing back at him.
"You will not touch The Queen's heirs!" Lostface yelled, walking forward and slamming the door shut.
Scourge licked his lips "Oh...I'll do more then touch..."
Lostface thrusted the dagger forward, and Scourge deflected it with his metallic arm, grabbing the dagger's blade.
While Scourge chuckled, Lostface pulled out another blade and stabbed Scourge's thigh.
Scourge roared, and clenched his teeth, pushing her away, as she brandished both daggers in her hands.
Scourge pulled out his favorite knife, the butterfly knife, and twirled it around his metallic finger's at ease.
The two stood in front of each other, silently daring the other to make the move.
"Just so ya know," Scourge panted "I didn't shoot your eye out. It was Tigerstar."
"I'll kill you all the same," Lostface snarled, swinging at Scourge's head, who ducked and stabbed her in the chest.
Lostface grunted, and Scourge punched her forehead with his metallic fist, hearing the sound of her skull crack and split.
She caved to the ground like a ragdoll, her breathing shallowed.
Scourge grabbed his knife and aimed it high, in order to finish her off, when the noise of a baby rang out again.
He forgot about her, and opened the door.
To see two baby cribs, next to each other.
"RRRGGGHHHH!"
Lionblaze opened his eyes, dazed as all hell. He looked around to see himself in the forest.
"What the...?"
The flailing body of Jayfeather flying overhead and hitting a tree next to him shook him out of his trance.
He bolted up to see Ivypool racing around Rain, causing a tornado, and occasionally hitting his shoulder or the back of his head, as Rain shot lightning bolts from his hands hoping to get lucky and hit her.
Lionblaze cracked his knuckles and raced to his brother's aide. He lifted Jayfeather up, and his little brother groaned "He's...strong."
"Not strong enough," Lionblaze smirked.
Rain held his fist up to the sky, lightning struck it, and he slammed his fist to the ground, creating a impressive shockwave, sending Ivypool flying back.
"WEAK!" Rain snarled "FIGHT ME LIKE A WARRIOR!"
Lionblaze stomped over to him "Your wish has been granted."
Lionblaze threw the first punch, and Rain caught it with his free hand, and punched Lionblaze in the chest sending him back
Jayfeather raced at him and attempted a flying kick, but lightning struck Rain where he stood, and his vanished.
Jayfeather looked around for him, only for the blast of Lightning bolts from behind him send him flying away.
Rain grinned, clearly having fun.
Ivypool raced towards him and aimed a low shot to his gut, but Rain leaped up and kicked her face. He then proceeded to grab her by her shoulders, and electrocute her.
Lionblaze tackled him into the ground, and slammed his fists at Rain's face, no longer thinking, just seeking to cause as much pain as possible.
Rain grinned, and lightning blasted down from the heavens, hitting Lionblaze square in the back. As he shot up in pain, Rain kicked him off, and stood back up, his skin bristling with electricity.
Jayfeather retaliated with a flurry of Martial Art attacks, but Rain either blocked them, or dodged flawlessly. Rain smirked, and turned tail to run.
"He's running! After him!" Ivypool roared, dashing forward.
"Why would he run? He's-"
Ivypool was sent back flying through the air. and she collided with Jayfeather, sending them both to the ground.
"Winning," Jayfeather finished.
Rain hovered above him, seemingly flying "Your fight is pointless. Your struggle is pointless, so do me a favor AND DIE!"
He lifted himself up and shot bolts of lightning at both of them, electrocuting them.
Lionblaze growled, uprooting a tree and swinging it at Rain like a baseball bat, sending Rain through the forest.
Lionblaze dropped the tree and hoisted Jayfeather and Ivypool up. Jayfeather groaned rubbing his head "We're losing."
"Keep going! We outnumber him," Lionblaze asked.
Ivyppool panted "He's so fucking strong! How the hell do we beat something like him?"
"He's got to have a weakness!" Jayfeather informed.
Lionblaze shook his head "I'll distract him. He was hit that way, so I'll take him on. You guys get everyone to Rock's old lair."
Jayfeather turned to Ivypool "You go on ahead. I'll join you later. I got to take a breather, and you can't carry me. I'll be up and at it soon."
Ivypool nodded, speeding back to the house, as Lionblaze raced off into the woods.
Jayfeather groaned, sitting the uprooted tree that Lionblaze tossed aside.
From behind Jayfeather, Rain poked his head out from behind a tree, brandishing a long slender knife.
It was a good thing that Jayfeather's back was turned.
Rain carefully sneaked behind Jayfeather, hovering so he wouldn't dare step on leaves or twigs.
He held the knife up high...
Scourge looked at the contents of the baby crib, and grinned, he was about to burn that little shit to a crisp when the baby's face turned to look at him in curiosity.
Scourge's eye ceased glowing, and he looked at the creature in curiosity.
"Molewhisker," Scourge mouthed.
The little child had short brown hair, and amber eyes.
All evil intent left Scourge, and he simply stared at the child. He gently picked it up and began to look at it all over, as the baby continued to cry.
Scourge hushed the baby, and held it to his chest, and did what his mother used to do to get him to sleep.
"Hush little baby don't say a word,
Papa is gonna burn down the whole damn world.
And if that world won't turn to ash,
Papa will bring you a sweet pile of cash.
And if that money decides to mold,
Papa will replace the paper with some gold.
And if that gold decides to rust.
I guess It'll continue to collect dust.
So if you ever want to cry.
Just remember me, until you die."
He probably butched some lyric, but it was more or less the same. Right?
The baby fell back asleep, despite Scourge's lyrics. Scourge gently put the child back, looking at it curiously.
Why wouldn't he kill it?
Why couldn't he kill it?
He'd done despicable acts before, but this...how was this different?
Scourge didn't know.
The baby was innocent.
Scourge was not.
The baby would sleep.
Scourge would not.
The mad Australian, ran out the door.
Rain grinned holding the blade up high, in order to stab Jayfeather right in the back.
BANG!
The knife flung out of his hand like a railgun, while the person holding the actual gun smirked.
Jayfeather jumped, and turned around to see Rain, and dashed away, wild eyed. He turned to look at the new player.
It was a young man with golden yellow hair. His eyes were green as can be, and his hair waved in golden tufts like a lions mane.
"Oh sorry ma'am didn't see you there," The...Stranger remarked, tossing the gun behind him only for another person to catch it.
"Poppyfrost?" Jayfeather asked incredulously.
Poppyfrost smirked "I'll explain later. Sparkpelt is helping lock down the house. Go help her."
The Stranger nodded "Leave Rain to me."
Poppyfrost pulled Jayfeather away, as The Stranger got in a stance.
"Miserable wretch!" Rain snarled "Insignificant speck of FECULANT SCUM! HoW DARE YOU STRIKE A GOD WITH YOUR UNCLEAN HANDS!"
The Stranger closed his eyes, raising his hands in a martial art technique. It was clear he couldn't use his defensive skills. He had to attack now. Those thugs at the alley weren't hit directly by him once, as he used their own skills against them, but this was a completely different scenario..
Rain blasted a bolt of lightning at him, but The Stranger acrrabatically dodged, eyes still closed. This made Rain angry, and he kept shooting bolts and orbs, but The Stranger dodged everything with flips, no handed cartwheels, and rolls, staying one step ahead.
"STAND STILL!" Rain growled lifting his lightning coated fist to the sky and spamming it on the ground.
The Stranger opened his eyes and kept into the air, grabbing a tree branch and swinging around it only to shoot out like a bullet at Rain and plant his boots on Rain's chest, the evil man stumbling back.
The Stranger smirked, and rose his fists, ready to defend himself again.
Rain snarled and flew towards him and reached to strike his face, but the Stranger caught the punch and threw him over at a tree. Rain dashed up and attempted to blast another bolt of lightning, but the Stranger ducked and the blast hit a tree, snapping the base in two. The Stranger twirled around behind it and shoved the tree down with mighty strength, hoping to crush Rain.
Lightning blasted from where Tain stood, and he dissapeared just in time to avoid the crashing down tree. The Stranger ducked just in time to dodge a bolt of lightning and the Stranger raced behind him and delivered a flying kick of mighty power, hitting Rain square in his chest.
Rain stumbled back, and The Stranger closed his hands into fists, and closed his eyes.
"YOU ARE UNWORTHY TO FIGHT ME!" Rain roared, bragging about his skills.
The Stranger sighed "You overestimate your skill."
The Stranger began to mouth some words and he began to glow an goldfish hue, and his green eyes glowed even brighter. His fists coated themselves in an unnatural red flame, and his hair began t o wave as if it was underwater.
Rain looked on in wonder "You're...you have powers?"
The Stranger opened his eyes, and there glow reached Rain's soul, who shivered.
Rain shot another bolt of lightning, but The Stranger punched the stream of electricity, splintering it into five beams that went around The Stranger.
The Stranger sunk low, into a stance that made him very close to the ground, and his fire coated hands began to burn brighter. He growled and shot up with unnatural speed, with a flying kick.
Rain dodged however, and blasted The Stranger in the back with another bolt, this time hitting the Stranger.
The Stranger grunted bit held firm "That's the first time you've hit me this entire fight."
Rain fumed and rain forward in an effort to punch The Stranger, but he blocked it and delivered a flurry of windmill punches at Rain's chest.
The Stranger delivered a strong round house kick to Rains jaw, knocking him to the ground, and he stomped his other foot on Rain's chest. Rain got up and grabbed The Stranger, his hands transferring electricity to The Stranger, and the man grunted.
The Stranger lifted his fist and slammed it on the top of Rain's head, knocking him away. The Stranger slammed his arm at Rain's gut, and punched him four times in the chest, and one huge kick to Rain's head. He grabbed Rain's head and brought it down to knee his face hard. H
He jumped high and brought his fist down on the side of Rain's head. He grabbed his arm with the same hand and held it out, and slammed his other fist beneath that arm and into his ribs hard, three times. The Stranger let go of his arm, and hit his back, kicked his knee, uppercutting Rain viciously in the jaw, and finished it off by grabbing his other arm, and bent it backward, snapping it. He kicked him back with a powerful leg hit.
Rain was exhausted now, he never should have gotten cocky, instead, he should have kept blasting bolts at The Stranger, not go in for close combat.
The Stranger pressed his fingers to Rains chest, and delivered a flaming one inch punch, burning a hole in his chest.
Through his chest. The Stranger had punched through Rain.
Rain gasped for air, and looked at The Stranger as he stared at him in cold fury.
"You will not be remembered," The Stranger growled "I have saved Jayfeather. You will not kill him. Someone will take your place, that's how time works, but I'll do the same to them. I'll change the tide."
"Sol..." Rain cried "Please help me."
"He can't save you."
The Stranger pulled his hand out of Rain's chest, and the man sunk to the ground like a ragdoll gasping for air.
Until he couldn't.
Rain was dead.
The Stranger sighed, snuffing the fire from his hands out, and his glow ceased, and he returned to look normal. He began to walk way from the body and headed towards where Poppyfrost and Jayfeather ran.
Rain is dead.
He was never a true concern of mine. He was meant to be a one hit villain. With nine of them, I had to make some cuts. But hey, the Stranger had his moment to shine! Next chapter you see who he is.
Some of you are wondering my plan with Scourge, but let me tell you that child scene means nothing. Not yet anyway. You'll see...
Join us on the next chapter, The Men of Mighty Names
Adios.