Chapter 2: Crime and Punishment (2/4)
"Reports have been identified that the victim was killed while he was returning to his home after a night out with two of his friends. According to the commentary of the officer in charge of the investigation, the killer utilized a pair of brass knuckles to beat the young man named Troy Madison to death. The Police has refused to confirm or disconfirm if this vicious murder was another victim of the Stranding Haven Killer."
Not officially... Joshua thought as he listened to the news on his cellphone while he took a nice bath.
After Joshua decided to kill Troy Madison, he decided to investigate him further in order to see if there was any reason whatsoever to not kill him. Instead, he found out even more stuff about him that only cemented his determination to kill him. It turns out that the fight was fixed and the poor guy was already going to throw the fight in exchange for three thousand dollars, making the whole thing even more repulsive.
So, he stalked Troy for a day and when he was coming back home drunk after a night of drinking with his friends. Joshua ambushed him in a secluded area, wrestled him into the ground, mounted him and punched his face with a pair of brass knuckles until he died. He decided to just get it over with since there was hardly anything drastic on what he did.
Deciding to finish his bath, the Serial Killer stood up from the bathtub and dried himself with the towel. Then he applied some lotion on his body and moisturizer on his face while he dried his hair with the hairdryer. Once he was done, he put on black trunks, a black T-shirt and black sweatpants. Before he left the bathroom and made his way back to his room.
"What the fuck?" That was his reaction when he opened the door. Because he saw Lydia wearing a pair of striped boxer shorts in the colors white and blue and a white tank top. Both belonged to Joshua.
"What?" Lydia asked. "My panties were smelling." She bluntly informed him.
"Duh, you wore them five days straight, what did you expect?" Joshua pointed out because she literally didn't change them.
"It was that or nothing, all of my other ones are tight now." Lydia confessed as she closed his wardrobe. "Besides, your clothes fit me well enough anyway." She clearly enjoyed wearing his boxer shorts.
"Luckily, boxer shorts suit you." Joshua gave his honest opinion before he moved towards his bed.
"Good, because I think I'm going to stick with it from now on because this is ten times more comfortable." She informed him before jumping on the bed. "So, are you going to watch the whole season in a single sitting?"
"We don't really have class tomorrow, so..." It was going to be some type of holiday that the city celebrates.
"Ummm..." Suddenly, Erika passed through the door carrying a big bucket of popcorn. She was wearing a very adorable pink nightgown that looked great on her. "I-i brought the p-popcorn." She spoke to them.
Of course, Joshua made sure that Troy's murder was brutal enough while planting a few false clues here and there. Mostly because it would keep her father and Terry's uncle busy with the investigation enough to keep the two from going home for a while. Which meant that Erika could sleep with them again and she decided to come ready now after they suggested to her.
All that it took, was a text from her father saying that he won't be coming home, a suggestion to sleep with us again and a confirmation from Terry that they won't be coming home until morning. Joshua thought as Erika handed the bucket of popcorn to Lydia.
"Awesome, now get over here." Lydia rushed as he moved to the side in order to open a spot to Erika as she shoved a handful of popcorn into her mouth.
Erika smiled at them shyly before saying. "E-excuse me." She took the spot in the middle of the bed, right besides Lydia.
Joshua just smiled at the sight of the two girls on top of his bed, before he moved to the light switch. Joining the two as soon as the lights were off. But as soon as he laid next to Erika, he noticed that she was smelling really good. "Did you put on perfume?" Joshua asked before approaching his face and sniffing her neck.
"I-i... Ummm..." Erika blushed profoundly when Joshua sniffed her neck. "Y-yes..." She admitted while looking away embarrassed. "Did you li-liked?"
"Oh shit..." Lydia decides to join Joshua and sniffed the redheaded girl's neck as well. "You smell so nice."
"R-re-really?" Erika asked in a very happy tone.
"Yes, you smell fantastic." Joshua confirmed as he grabbed the popcorn bucket and placed it on the floor before embracing Erika. With Lydia doing the exact same thing and embracing Erika from behind.
"Err..." Erika could only make a noise of surprise as the two best friends practically sandwiched her with their embrace. But then she gasped in surprise when Lydia actually touched her breasts.
"So soft..." Lydia whispered as she fondled her breasts shamefully.
But Erika clearly had no problem with it and was trying to hide her smile as Lydia fondled her boobs. Until she gasped once again in deep surprise when Lydia pulled down her nightgown, allowing Joshua to take a very good look at Erika's beautiful breasts.
"Wow, they're beautiful." Joshua couldn't help but comment, since that was the first time that he saw Erika's chest.
Erika, despite her visible embarrassment, widened her eyes at his comment. "Y-you... You l-li-like th-the-them?" She asked him in a very hopeful expression as she tried to endure Lydia's touches. "MMMM!" But she failed because she unintentionally let out a soft scream as Lydia rubbed her pink and puffy nipples slowly.
"I don't know about him, but I fucking love them." Lydia admitted as she hungrily fondled Erika's boobs.
"Yeah, me too." Joshua responded to Erika's question, before he approached his face and pulled Lydia's hands off her chest, before he put his mouth on her right breast and started to suck on it.
"AAAH!" Another small scream escaped her lips as Joshua gently circled her nipple with his tongue. "AAAAAHHHHH...!"
"Never would have guessed that you're a screamer." Lydia commented with a smile.
"S-so sor-sorry..." She apologized in shame.
"For what?" Lydia didn't mean it in a bad way. "I wanna hear you scream more." She admitted as she made Erika lay on her back.
"AHHH!" She let out another soft scream when Lydia placed her own mouth on her other breast. "MMMMMM!"
As Joshua licked the tip of her hard nipple, he decided to ask. "If you want us to stop, just say it." He wanted to be certain that they weren't forcing her into doing anything.
"P-ple-please..." She pleaded to the two of them. "D-don't stop..." Despite her clear embarrassment and how red her face was, she was actually enjoying what the two of them were doing to her.
Joshua smiled. "Your wish is my command." The boy with emo hair then proceeded to continue to play with Erika's chest.
"OH GOD!"
"HAHAHAHA!" Lydia bursted into laughter.
"What the fuck was that?" Joshua was confused.
"I t-think it was a fly-flying squirrel." Erika pointed out to Joshua.
After Joshua and Lydia played with Erika's breasts for a while. The three of them finally decided to get under the blanket and watch a TV-Show that Lydia wanted to watch. Joshua, surprisingly, was in the middle of the two, hugging them tightly as Erika fed him popcorn.
"There is no way that thing is a flying squirrel." He disagrees with her assumption. "Look at the tail."
"I think it's a hedgehog." Lydia decided to join them in their attempt to figure it out.
"It's way too small to be a hedgehog." Joshua pointed out.
"I-s it a Ra-Rac-Raccoon?" Erika tried to guess.
"There is no fucking way that thing is a Raccoon." Lydia shot down her guess. "Look at the nose..."
"I mea-mean..." Erika tried to look closely to try to see what Lydia meant. "W-what is it?" She noticed what Lydia meant and was starting to get frustrated.
"Give it up, it's way too blurry to be able to tell." Joshua pointed since he was out of guesses since the shape of the image made it complicated to figure it out.
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"But I wanna know what the fuck that is!" Lydia expressed her frustration as the doubt was an annoyance.
"Just see it online later, it's not a big deal." Joshua told her before he pressed the remote for the next episode to play. Suddenly, his cellphone started to ring. "Huh?"
"Who the fuck is calling you at midnight?" Lydia asked in confusion.
Erika grabbed his phone for him, which was on top of the drawer. Seeing closely, it was an unknown number. "Hello?" Joshua answered the call.
"Seven?" The one on the other side spoke. Joshua immediately recognized the voice on the other side.
"Oh, it's you..." Joshua spoke in deep annoyance. Before he stood up from the bed and jumped over Erika. The two girls immediately looked at one another in confusion, mostly because of the frown that Joshua had on his face. "Why the fuck are you calling me?"
"For the reason that I always call you, I have a mission for you." The boy with emo hair immediately touched his face in frustration.
"Have one of the others do it, I'm busy." That was his immediate response.
"Busy with this Serial Killer nonsense you mean?" The voice on the other side spoke. "I don't know why Samara allows you to keep going with this pathetic game of yours, but that is not my concern." He spoke in a voice of pure apprehension. "The others are all busy with actually important things and it's about time you stopped being a lazy bum."
"The guy that never worked a day in his life is calling me a lazy bum?" He replied sarcastically, but he decided to not fall for his provocations since Erika and Lydia's presence in the room made that conversation even more unpleasant. "What do you want?"
"There's a box in the basement of the house that you're in right now, take a look after you're done playing with those ugly girlfriends of yours." The voice on the other side informed him.
"The morbidly obese asshole is calling someone else ugly, that is rich." He immediately rebuffed in rage over him calling Lydia and Erika ugly. "Is that all?" The response was him hanging up the phone on him. "Zhirnyy ublyudok!" He yelled "Fat Bastard" in Russian.
"Who the fuck was that?" Lydia asked as soon as Joshua put his cellphone down.
"Just my dad, as usual." He responded to them before retaking his spot on the bed.
But saying that caused the two to widen their eyes in response.
"Y-yo-your d-da-da-dad?!" Erika asked in clear surprise.
"You're right, calling him dad indicates that I give a flying fuck about him." Joshua spoke bitterly. "Sperm donor is a better way to describe him."
"Shit." Lydia eats some popcorn after hearing that response. "But, I don't get it, didn't Alma adopt you from an orphanage?" She asked him.
"Adopt is a strong word, she just became my legal guardian." Joshua informed her, despite the two being mostly the same thing.
"B-but, if you have a d-da-dad... Why...?" Erika was clearly confused about the whole situation. Why would he be in an orphanage if his parents are alive? Which is understandable since Joshua is pretty sure that they assumed that his parents died or something like that.
"It's kind of a long story, but the summary is..." Joshua eats some more popcorn before continuing. "My parents basically ditched me there." There is actually an explanation to that, but he kind of made a vow that he wouldn't reveal it to anyone.
"The fuck!?" Lydia reacted accordingly to his answer.
"W-wh-wha-what!?" Erika also reacted accordingly to his answer.
Joshua sighed and simply asked. "Can we please not talk about this and go back to watch the series?" He requested because that subject was something he did not want to talk about. Mainly because he would have to lie about it and he doesn't like lying to them.
The two simply stared at him for a few seconds. Fortunately, they decided to comply with his request and just snuggle close to him like before. Much better. He thought as he hugged the two of them tightly.
"Speaking about the subject of parents." Lydia decided to speak anyway, causing Joshua to look at her with an annoyed face. "I never thought about asking this before but, what happened to your mother, Erika?" She decided to ask Erika about it since she never really spoke about her or brought her up.
Erika was visibly bothered by that question. Subtly, looking away sadly after she heard the question.
"If it's an uncomfortable subject, you don't have to talk about it." Since he doesn't wanna talk about it either.
"Ummmm..." Erika seemed to be seriously considering whether she should tell them or not. Clearly, a part of her wanted to tell them about it but another clearly didn't want to talk about it.
But Joshua also had a question, but that one was directed to Lydia. "I'm gonna add this to the subject of uncomfortable personal information and ask, what... Actually happened to your father and brother?" He decided to ask that.
"Car crash, what else is there to say?" She bluntly responded to him. "Look, my dad was a jackass that preferred my brother simply because he had a dick and constantly chastised me because I didn't act like a girl is supposed to act."
"Sexist?" Joshua asked as that was what it sounded to him.
"And super homophobic, more so than my mom." Lydia didn't seem to be too affected by his loss, which kind of speaks volumes about the type of person that he was. "His name was Lucas, if you're wondering." Joshua already knew that but it was nice of her to give him the information. "He would have hated your guts."
"Then I'm really sad that I didn't get to meet him though." Joshua would definitely go out of his way to piss him off. "What about your brother?"
"Mark...Well..." Lydia didn't seem to know how to describe him. "He was kind of a douchebag, but I loved him either way."
"Douchebag... By what definition?" The dark haired boy asked the kind girl.
"He was a bully, and loved to torment people for fun." There was a bit of disgust in her voice. "I'm pretty sure that you would have whooped his ass if you met him."
"Would I have any objections?" Joshua asked while hugging her tightly.
"Nope." She gave him a brief smile in response.
"But... Don't you mis-miss them?" Erika asked her in surprise.
"Of course, but mom and I... We have already moved on from it." Lydia informed her with a sad face. "Well, partially..." She added.
"What do you mean?" Joshua asked her.
"Well... I kind of took swimming because my brother loved it." Lydia revealed to them. "It's kind of my way of remembering him, if that makes any sense."
"It d-does..." Erika spoke in response. Causing the two to actually stare at her. She stared back with her gray eyes before speaking. "M-my mother was impossible to plea-please." She decided to tell them about her mother. "Dad and I, we always d-did e-ev-everything for her but it was ne-never enough for her." Joshua hugged her tightly as she spoke and she gladly did the same thing. "One day, sh-she packed her things and left with-without saying a word."
"Woah, seriously?" Lydia asked in visible disgust. "What the fuck?"
"Later she... Divorced my fa-father and got remarried." She revealed it to the two of them. "And had more chil-children."
"You have siblings?" Joshua asked.
Erika nodded and lifted two of her fingers. "A sister and a bro-brother." The girl wearing glasses looked sad. "But I never really m-met them."
"Did she... Ghost you?" Lydia asked.
Erika just nodded.
Fucking hell, I guess that is why she's always doing stuff for us. Joshua theorized that Lydia is always doing stuff like making lunch for them, washing their clothes, cleaning their room and most recently, massaging his feet. I try to not take advantage of it, but I really adore how she goes out of her way to please us. It is nice to have someone doing stuff for you instead of the other way around, especially when the things you have to do are dangerous.
"Hey, you know what?" Lydia decided to say something while touching Erika's face. "Fuck her, because only someone mentally sick in the head would ever be crazy enough to not appreciate someone as wonderful as you as a daughter."
"Agreed, and I'm sorry you had to go through that." He agreed with Lydia before kissing her forehead.
Erika smiled at what they said. "Thanks." She rubbed her face on his chest. "Her n-name is Triana by the wa-wa-way." Erika is actually Half-Spanish through her mother, but it's hardly noticeable due to the fact that she mostly resembles her father in appearance.
"Now, can we please drop the depressing subject and go back to the show?" Joshua suggested to the two.
"Okay, we will let you off the hook, but one day you're gonna have to tell us about your family." Lydia warned him.
"One day, but not today." He responded.
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"WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT THING!?" Lydia yelled angrily as she basically went back to the subject of what was the animal on the screen.
I really got to put a security system around the house, or some booby traps. Joshua Reese thought as he noticed a strange box in the middle of the basement of his home. It could be a bomb or a biological weapon. He theorized, though, that he is probably wrong. Let's get this over with. The boy with emo hair approached the box while drinking a Chocolate Almond Milk Smoothie with a straw for breakfast.
After a night of playing with Erika's boobs, binge watching the first season of a TV-Show that Lydia wanted to watch and cuddle piling with the two girls. Joshua decided to check what exactly was placed in his basement.
The basement was very clean but completely empty, except for a washing machine and dryer that were next to the stairs that he used to get there that were right behind him. But that didn't really matter right now, what did matter was the box that was right in front of him. While enjoying the taste of his smoothie, he approached the box and noticed that there was a note on top of it.
Dear Nosferatu:
Your birthday is coming close and I decided to mix your gift with the task that was given to you.
Vladislav insisted on having you do the task, I theorize that is mostly because he wants to annoy you.
I had a long and drawn out explanation of what is inside but I know that you will probably ignore this letter if it's too long, so I'll just be brief.
Inside this box is my latest invention, an exoskeleton armor that I was tasked with creating as the official uniform for the Security Service branch of the organization.
I guess you can figure it out the rest, I want you to test it and give me the feedback for it
As a reward, you will get to keep it and even make your own alterations for it.
I placed a list of the features that are included on the suit for you, I need you to test every single one of them.
With Love,
You're brother,
Four.
You are not my brother, Michelangelo. Just because the seven of us were created in the same laboratory, it doesn't make us brothers. I still respect you though, but I will never see you as family. Joshua thought bitterly as he ripped the letter into pieces. Now, let's check this out... Woah! It was his reaction as he saw the armor.
"Joshua!" But before he could analyze the armor. He heard Lydia calling him.
"What?!"
"Erika is going to stay a little longer." She informed him. "Get your ass back to bed, I want to cuddle more."
I guess this can wait a little more. Joshua thought as he closed the box and moved towards the stairs. I'll probably test it once night arrives. He already planned as he got out of the basement where Lydia was standing.
"What were you doing down there?" Lydia asked him.
"Sniffing your panties." Joshua joked as he drank his smoothie.
"Well, I kind of sniffed your boxers too before putting them on, so you unintentionally made us even." Lydia joked back before she grabbed the smoothie off his hand and drank it a bit.
"Why were you sniffing my boxers?" Him sniffing her panties makes sense because he is a pervert.
"Your clothes always smell like Vanilla." She explained as he signalled Joshua to follow her.
"I like it." He took the smoothie to drink.
Eventually, Erika had to go home to make dinner for her exhausted father, who spent the whole day following the false clues that Joshua left. He felt bad in putting Mr. Graham and Mr. Higgins thought that , but he really wanted to spend the day with Erika and Lydia.
But after that, he decided to accomplish the task that was given to him by his sperm donor and one of his lab brothers. He made up a story that he had to go buy something for Alma and Lydia only demanded that he bring her a burger to eat when he gets back.
The boy with emo hair was currently walking down a street with a duffle bag. He was wearing dark blue jeans, a black hoodie and black combat boots. With the hood up, Joshua moved down casually without calling any type of attention. The place that he was in right now was called Bolero Street.
There you are. Joshua thought as he found the place that he was looking for. The place in question was an abandoned Shopping Center that has been out of commission for four years now. The reason he was there was because the place has become a nest for drug trading. If you wanted any hardcore drugs, it was either there or the Stranding Parasites.
Slowly, he moved towards the building. Though, he changed directions when he noticed a suspicious looking fella wearing a dirty long coat and a beanie. Just by looking at him, he could tell that he was hiding a gun inside the pocket. By his stiff posture and mean look, I can tell that he's the one doing the security of the place. Not wanting to start things already, Joshua simply made his way to the side of the building, which wasn't really protected.
The place was run by a guy nicknamed Dust Storm. Joshua is almost certain that Dust is supposed to be an allegory for cocaine. Which is pretty dumb if you ask him.
Once he reached a secluded spot on the side of the building, Joshua placed the duffle bag on the floor and opened.
Inside the duffle bag was his equipment.
A heavily customized M16A4, mostly for the ludicrous number of extra parts he can attach to it, from sights and suppressors to underbarrel grenade launchers or shotguns. Currently, it only has a suppressor, a reflex sight and a foregrip.
A Magnum Research 1911 or Desert Eagle 1911 as it was formerly dubbed as. The pistol has been modified with a pivot-style trigger as opposed to the 1911's usual straight-pull trigger, this modification resembles the Browning Hi-Power pistol. It also features a custom sight system; a combat sight to be more precise. It also has a ported muzzle compensator that reduces recoil and counteract muzzle flip, with the addition of it being modified to also act as a suppressor. The barrel is extended through the compensator and is ported to match the cut in the compensator. It uses a custom slide that has been noticeably thickened and reinforced along the slide travel rails and around the chamber and firing mechanism. The result is a slide that bears a resemblance to SIG-Sauer's M1911 line. The rail has been bolted to the forward portion of the frame, the rail is used to hold the compensator in place. The gun also features a slam-pad. It also has a gold-plated magazine release, hammers, safety switches and triggers. It uses a more traditional rounded trigger-guard. The weapon uses an black pearl grip which is inlaid with engravings of an Angel and a Demon on each side. The weapon has an outside extractor, resembling a Browning Hi-Power pistol. The pistol also takes double stack magazines with a capacity of 21 rounds.
And under all of that, it was the armor that he was supposed to test it on.
Okay, let's see if you're all that is cracked up to be. The armor was indeed a piece of work, it had a very unique look that resembled a tactical and futuristic version of a Medieval Knight's Armor. As he put the armor on, Joshua realized something, the armor actually fit the user automatically. It adjusted to Joshua's size and frame, which was a relief since he was already expecting it to not fit on him.
As he put on, Joshua realized that there was something off about the armor. Okay, that armor is supposed to enhance agility, movement and strength. My strength and speed is already superior to that of a regular person, so I have to test it in a somewhat over the top fashion. Unfortunately for someone, Joshua had an idea. This is going to be fun. As he grabbed his weapons and placed them on himself. The handgun on a holster in his thigh. The assault rifle on his front. Hilariously, he didn't really feel the weight of the weapons.
Moving slowly, he moved towards the edge of the wall and looked towards the security guard. The only thing illuminating the entrance was the streetlight in front, so he decided to shoot it with an assault rifle.
"What the fuck!?" The guy yelled while he pulled out a Smith Wesson Model 39 from his coat. The idiot approached the street light slowly to check what the hell destroyed, not noticing that Joshua was slowly approaching him from behind. "Shit..." The guy cursed.
"Right choice of words." Joshua commented.
But before he could turn around, Joshua grabbed him from behind, lifted him into the air and performed a backbreaker on him. "AHH-" Before he could scream in agony, Joshua hit his head with the stock of the assault rifle. Enhanced strength, confirmed.
The armor seemed to be or at least possess some type of exoskeleton input on it. Okay, let's continue with the testing. Joshua then decided to test the helmet's capabilities. The visor is supposed to be multi-purpose . , made of a highly-concentrated Plexiglass that is nearly impossible to shatter . He switched between each vision on the spot. Night, Thermal Vision, and Electromagnetic Field, all checked. Joshua thought as he actually saw each of them working perfectly and even used one to check the inside of the building. A pretty high number of people inside. Can't tell which of them is armed. Let's get it on. He thought as he held the assault rifle in a Center Axis Relock stance.
Slowly, he passed through the entrance of the mall and the first thing that he noticed when he entered, was that there was an absurd number of homeless people inside. Great, that just made things difficult. The boy wearing an advanced armor thought in annoyance. But this is not a subtle job, I need to test a state of the art armor. So he walked towards the middle of the room, where every single homeless person stared at him with very confused faces.
"I'm sure most of you are simply victims of circumstances." The helmet had a voice modulator on it, so his voice became unrecognizable. "Just like I'm sure some of you are just good for nothing junkies that are in this situation because of your own bad choices." By the shameful reaction that some of them had, he was probably right. "However, I must deeply apologize for the inconvenience and I will ask you to step out of this place otherwise, you might be caught in the crossfire." He used a database connection to identify some of them. "And to prove my point." He mercilessly shot a homeless man. Causing everyone to run away in fear towards the exit and leaving the armored boy there. He was able to access the database of the police wirelessly, which helped him identify the one there that was actually a criminal in real time. The homeless man that he just killed was called Richard McDonald, he was convicted of murdering his neighbors during a psychotic breakdown and was jailed for three years. Considering this guy's current state, this was actually a favor. The Stranding Heaven Killer thought as he observed how worse for wear the man was in comparison to the photograph on the database.
"What the fuck is that thing!?" He heard a man yelling. "Kill him!" He ordered.
Turning around, he saw an elderly man dressed like a homeless person yelling at two guys. He had a long beard and shaggy long gray hair, he was wearing a M65 Military US Army Olive Green Cotton, very worn-out blue jeans, old looking business shoes and gloves with holes on it. The two guys were wearing the exact same cheap looking outfit with dark rain coats. He immediately noticed that the two of them were reaching inside their pockets to pull out handguns, but Joshua was quicker and immediately pulled his own handgun in a quickdraw attempt, which worked since he landed two headshots from a considerable distance. "AAH!" The old man that Joshua took less than a second to identify him as Dust Storm, who ran in a painfully slow pace after Joshua easily dropped his henchmen.
This should be fun. Joshua thought as he twirled the 1911 pistol before putting it back on the holster, then he held the M16 in a Center Axis Relock stance once again and started to follow the old man.
"SHIT!" The one yelled Dust Storm called as he ran down the hallway of the abandoned mall. Smartingly, he decided to at least try to fight back, pulling out a Smith Wesson Model 27 from inside his pocket and trying to fire at Joshua. Sadly though, it didn't make any difference as the bullet didn't even scratch the armor and Joshua hardly even felt the impact of them. Points for good aim though, hitting someone in this wild space while running isn't an easy task. That was the only thing that he could praise about the drug dealer. As soon as they reached the middle of the hallway, however, at least seven goons that were wearing the exact same dark rain coats, three of them were carrying Smith Wesson Model 39s, other three were carrying Smith Wesson M P15 and one of them was The Smith Wesson Model 1000. "Kill him!" The Dust Storm ordered his man as he ran away, leaving them to deal with the armored killer. What's with the absurd number of Smith Wesson guns, was there a liquidation or something? That was his question at the moment, despite having several armored guys about to shoot him.
Moment of truth, if this wasn't made by Michelangelo, I wouldn't even think about taking this type of risk, but... "You wanna shoot me?!" The tennager opened his arms wide open in a Christ- like pose. "Shoot me!" He dared them.
"Fuck him up!" The one that was holding a shotgun that was in the middle of them, ordered the others.
With that, all of the goons started to fire their weapons at Joshua, all at the same time. But the boy barely flinched as a storm of bullets was fired at him, all he did was take them like they were nothing. Hilariously, that's exactly what it felt with the armor on it, he barely felt any of the bullets. It feels like someone is poking me with their fingers. That was the best way he could describe the sensation that he felt as the bullets hit with him. Damn, Michelangelo, you outdone yourself with this. Joshua thought in regards to the only one of the other six that actually surpasses him in intelligence. Eventually, all of them ran out of ammo, and gave shocked expressions towards the Serial Killer as all of those bullets didn't even scratch him. It's like playing a game with cheats on. A smirk appeared on his face after he thought that. So let's have some fun... He put the assault rifle on his back and pulled out his handgun.
The Stranding Haven Killer then charged at the guns, who clearly didn't have any extra ammo on them. His speed was clearly enhanced by the suit since it only took him a few seconds to actually get near first thing he did, was deliver a Triple Flying Side Kick into the goon that was carrying a shotgun, once he landed on the floor after the kick, he immediately grabbed the barrel of the assaulted rifle that the goon that was standing right next to the one that he just kicked was carrying, headbutted him with the helmet that he was wearing, and aimed over his shoulder before shooting two goons that were right behind him in the head with his handgun before shooting him at the back of the head. But on the other side, were three other goons that foolishly tried to attack the armed guy with their empty guns. The first one tried to swing the empty Smith Wesson M P15 like it was some type of club, Joshua simply grabbed the weapon with his free hand and hit him on the throat with the barrel of his handgun, followed by a kick to the balls and then finished by pulling the assault rifle off his hand and swinging into his head at full force. Once he was on the floor, Joshua shot him in the head.
Leaving only two goons left, but unlike the rest of them, they were smart enough to know that they were no match for him. So they did the most logical thing that they could think of. They ran. But sadly, Joshua wasn't in the mood to show mercy, especially since he knows that they most likely kill people for Dust Storm. So he placed his handgun back on the hoster and aimed his assault rifle at them.
"AHH!" One of them yelled in pain as Joshua shot on his back.
"FUCK!" The other yelled as he tried to run faster as his friend fell into the floor, only for Joshua to actually land a perfect headshot from a distance when he reached the end of the hallway.
Hah! Joshua thought happily as he landed the perfect headshot from a distance. Then he turned around and noticed that the one that he kicked was still alive, which was understandable since he just kicked him. Maybe I should leave this one alive, just for fear factor. The Serial Killer contemplated. Yeah, this will do. He approached him, and without any type of hesitation, stomped into his knee hard. "AAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!" He woke up screaming in agony. The boy laughed at the man's misery, before he decided to do the same thing with the other knee. "AAAAAAAAAAA HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" The scream of pain echoed through the whole building, which caused Joshua to laugh maniacally in response.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Joshua moved away from the man as he tried to crawl from the Serial Killer in desperation, which was actually the right course of action.
Slowly, the armored Serial Killer moved towards the direction that the Dust Storm ran to after he made his goons attempt to shoot him down. I actually have been planning on taking this guy down for a while now, but I couldn't come up with a good plan to do that, at least not one that would allow me to torture him like I usually do. He thought as he moved down the hallway. The torture is mostly for fear factor, but I do enjoy torturing the scum. Joshua was trying to come up with a good torture method to use on him. I remember when mother took me to watch her torture that Whistleblower, I'm still nowhere near her level. His mother probably would have just blown this entire shopping mall to the ground without caring about the casualties. She always said that I was too soft. As he arrived at the end of the hallway where a broken escalator was located, and since there was nowhere else that he could have gone without passing through the hallway where he was having a shootout with his goons. It means that he was around that area that he was right now. There you are. Not wanting to waste time, he used the Thermal Vision to detect his heat, and considering that he was sweating profusely, it was safe to say that his heat was pretty high. He was hiding inside of what was probably a clothing shop. Upon entering, he noticed that the idiot was still keen on hiding himself. In the most cliché and obvious place ever, behind the damn counter.
"Were the other cliché spots to hide already taken?" He asked humorously.
"DIE!" The moron at least took the hint that he knew where he was and tried to shoot him with his revolver once again. With predictable results, as the .357 Magnum bullets had no effect whatsoever on the armor other than making him feel a slight poke on his skin. "NO! NO! NO!" He yelled in deep fear as his revolver ran out of ammo.
"Don't worry, I won't kill you today." The Stranding Haven Killer informed the man. "I'll kill you tomorrow." He informed him before hitting his head with the stock of the M16, knocking the old man out cold.
"A Barbecue burger with Waffle fries and a Dr Pepper ."
"Awesome!"
Joshua, who has returned home after trapping the Dust Storm in a secluded area to be tortured later, handed Lydia the burger that she requested. She was playing Mega Man X5 on his PlayStation Console.
"And... A triple venison cheeseburger with bacon with Pepperoni Pizza Fries and a Coca-Cola for me." He was very hungry after his session of ass kicking.
"Wait a fucking second..." Lydia asked with a shocked expression. Making Joshua nervous for a second. "Pepperoni Pizza Fries?!"
The boy with emo hair chuckled in response to that. "It's french fries baked up and topped with tasty pizza sauce, melty mozzarella cheese and pepperoni." He explained to her what it was.
"Holy shit." Lydia immediately stole a handful of his fries in response to that. "Mmmmmmm..." And she clearly adored them, to the point of trying to steal some more.
"Hands off!" But Joshua immediately objected.
"Oh come on..." She tried to take it from him by force.
Joshua and Lydia spent the rest of the night playing video games and enjoying each other's company. The boy with emo hair decided to give the feedback regarding the armor that he tested tomorrow. But right now, he was just going to enjoy his best friend's company. Though, Joshua wondered if the damage that an entire squad wearing this armor is going to present, but that wasn't his problem. The organization that created him was the one that was going to decide it and he was in no position to question it.
Questions and Answers:
Okay so while Holidays might always have something happen on them other than Joshua just getting to enjoy a Holiday haha hope at least his spring break or something is peaceful and could we see him go to events where he just gets to enjoy them
For example off the top of my head he could go to a different city a real one by the way to see WWE live with his friends just for the fun of it… also maybe have Joshua confess while he could love the spectacle of it all and the entertainment it provides when he sees say sees Liv Morgan and Alexa Bliss for example are on the cards he's like okay there's 90% of why I'm going to which Lydia echos haha
As a bit of a gag to can Joshua enjoy playing dead by daylight?
For a bit of trivia I'm making a assumption that Joshua loves the classic slasher films so I'm curious who's his favourite Jason, Michael, Leatherface, Ghostface etc
I also hope future segments have Joshua just camping out in the woods with his friends, going to a actually haunted building like a old asylum or some shit but the spirts are to scared of Joshua to go near him haha
More or less.
He is a huge fan of Rey Mysterio, Lydia is the one that is a fan of Liv Morgan.
Hah. (Trivia, his favorite killer is the The Wraith because it reminds him of one of his "Brothers".)
He loves all of them.
You can totally count on it.
Why can I see Lydia having the biggest smile when she got the message from Joshua saying he's on his way to her for the night
Loved the intimate moment we got with Lydia when they got to her bed and I did get a laugh from the two being so horny over Erika and talking about what they'll do to her in the next cuddle pile so hope that's soon haha hope it brings out the horny/Pervy side of Erika that Joshua thought about later on
As for now Lydia is with Joshua despite being lesbian I guess you could say she has a singular attraction to Joshua
Could practically feel Joshua's exasperation during the Gym scene in getting caught up in the stupid rivalry between the two Gyms
Liked now Joshua just completely demolished "Troy" to
Something tells me Joshua will see Monica and likely meet this Angelica soon
Ending the chapter with Lydia and Erika with Erika giving him a foot massage was a nice touch
Guess the next chapter will begin with Troy death
Okay so while older woman will remain casual encounters hope then that alongside girls his own age in the future girls younger than him join the harem
I'm also glad that Joshua won't be outed as a killer
Ah come on you got to give him at least one Holiday where he can actually relax fully haha
Because she did.
They did...
Pretty much (Joshua is literally the only male that she would ever do this type of thing with, girls on the other hand...)
He finds the whole concept lame (I actually based that on a real life gym rivalry that I was part of, not literally but I was part of a gym that did this type of stuff.)
Joshua isn't a normal human, which is why he can beat a grown man despite the age difference.
Terry will have a massive crush on Monica and will pursue her (Naruto pursuing Sakura style with similar results. Points extra since Monica and Joshua will be a Sasuke and Sakura scenario but with Joshua not even thinking about doing anything with her because of Terry despite wanting to.) Angelica... Well...
Erika is kind of Simp towards Joshua and Lydia, but in a successful way since they do like her more because of it.
Off screen...
The organization that created him wouldn't allow it anyway.
He would love that, but sadly...