Scratching the Surface
A screaming hulk of a man in ragged dark bearskins raged as he slammed his gorilla-sized knuckles, and muscled forearms into the ground. Collapsing piles of dirt and stone literally exploded under the awesome might of his muscle. The brute of a man growled as his stone gray eyes noticed the blonde beauty he was aiming for had disappeared. "Look mate cool it, I don't want to fight you I just want some bloody information" a voice said.
The massive hulk sized brute snorted smoke as he tuned his shaggy dark haired heads towards the voice. Angry eyes glaring at the beautiful image of golden locks, red skirt, and a sweet pair of tiger painted cheeks, Kidd to be exact. "Please I have no reason to fight you just tell me where Lynx is" Kidd asked, speaking sweetly and sincerely to the monstrous man. But no matter how dearly or delicately she pleaded the fury in the man would not fade.
"Smart mouthed little trollop, how dare you bring up such a monster in my presence, I'LL KILL YOU FOR THAT," the man said as he removed a blade. The sword was short and curved like the half moon, a long dagger bent sort of like a boomerang. Kidd eeped and ducked to the left and right, pumping her bare legs and calf muscles to use her small speed evasively, dodging the blade. Meanwhile more rowdy men were continuing the fight.
Patch panted furiously as he ran his dark brown patched up boots into a frenzy, running from a horde of angry fist swinging goons. Bottles and stones were chucked as they snarled "No one mentions Lynx to us, YEAH were going to rip out your tongue so you never speak of him again". Patch sighed, "Awe come on guys give me a break UGH not that kind". The 4 goons chasing him tackled the boy down; they dog piled over Patch's form.
Stitched up dark shirt and light brown pants were ruffled as the men swarmed over Patch, he growled as fingerless green gloved fingers couldn't reach his weapon. Kidd was now clanging sparks with her own dagger to the brutes, dodging his swipes and clashing her blade of steel against his own. The man raised the blade up in a stabbing motion; Kidd smirked and leapt off her brown boots in a air born dash right towards the large man's face.
"What the ULK" the man groaned as Kidd stepped over his face with one slender leg, and then jammed her other foot into the back of his skull. The roaring giant snarled and staggered a bit just as Kidd landed behind him. "WITCH" the man, shouted as he quickly turned around, Kidd gasped as she was smashed across her soft cheeks by a gargantuan pair of knuckles. The girl dropped at the brute's mercy, Kidd saw the blade rise high into the air.
Rock blue eyes widen in horror at the sight, Patch's orbs reflected the wicked image of the man preparing to end Kidd's young life. "NO" Patch screamed violently, the boy summoned the furious strength that fueled his heart as he shoved the men off with a mighty toss. Without even bothering to search for a weapon Patch rushed towards the giant man, he reared back his green-gloved fist and plowed it into the man's massive gut with a thrust.
"Take that you heartless little" Patch's lips stopped as he looked up, sweat drops trickle off his trembling eyebrows as he noticed something very bad. The punch hadn't affected the giant at all. The man frowned and turned his attention towards Patch, "Little? Big and MAD is more like it now BUG OFF" the man swatted Patch away with one swipe. At that very moment Kidd's beautiful cerulean eyes widened and watched Patch fly off in pain.
"Now that wasn't very nice" Kidd said as she growled and flared a magical surge of fire energy across her gloved fist, Kidd struck the man's legs with it. Screams of fear and girly sounding yells echoed from the giant man, his pants were literally set on fire and he was dancing madly to put them out. Leaving Kidd wide open for a high sized jump from a large stone, and rearing back one of her bare legs and slamming it across the man's face.
Groans, bruises, and a bleeding nose leaked out from the giant as he collapsed with a grunt, unconscious and out matched. A smirk painted her soft sweet creamy cheeks and lips as Kidd padded her gloves free of dust. "Serves you right bloody psychopath, although..I didn't hit him hard enough to break his nose" Kidd said, scratching her golden blonde hair. Patch groaned as he slowly sat up and sighed, lifting blue eyes upward.
With a gulp and a sweat drop, Patch unfortunately had just discovered why the man had a bleeding nose before he fell. Patch pointed his green-gloved finger at Kidd's red skirt, "Uh Kidd?" he asked nervously. Curious cerulean orbs blink in confusion as Kidd looks down, her cheeks turn crimson red seeing her skirt was torn off and her panties were in view. Kidd looked up with blushing cheeks, seeing Patch's face was painted with the same colors.
"PERVERT" Kidd screamed as she immediately slapped the boy across the face, running off to a close tree to cover her bared underwear. Patch groaned angrily as he rubbed his throbbing cheek, the boy crossed his arms snorting "For god's sake it wasn't MY fault". Eventually Kidd was able to patch up her torn red skirt, covering it over her white undies and bare thighs as best she could. Kidd remained silent and Patch did the same as the 2 walked.
For at least 5 minutes neither said a thing other then glaring and walking, until an annoyed Patch broke the sickening silence. "You mind tell me why you slapped me, I wasn't stealing a peepshow you know" Patch said Kidd snarled and turned to face him "Bloody hell shut up and walk mate". "NO I will not, I've been following you on your crazy quest without question from the start, and I for one am sick and tired of being mistreated" Patch said.
Kidd sighed "No one bloody asked you to join up with me mate, you did". Patch groaned and rubbed his black spiky hair over with his hand, he replied "That's not the point; just because I follow you doesn't mean you can keep giving me the short end of the stick". Blinking blue eyes fluttered from Kidd's odd look "What do you mean?", "Well for starters why am I the only one CARRYING STUFF?" Patch yelled. The boy was packed with luggage.
Patch's stitched up clothes, arms, and back were hauling trunks of supplies, tools, maps, food, equipment, and other stuff. "You're the guy and I'm the sweet girl, do the math mate. You're the one who tagged along which makes you the inconvenience, there for you need to carry all the supplies," Kidd said. Fed up and sick of this Patch tossed the supplies to the ground and frowned, "ME? What about you? What justifies your actions?" he asked.
"What do you mean justifies?" Kidd asked Patch crossed his dark shirtsleeve arms across the stitch worked clothing. The boy was clearly upset over this, thought she was beautiful Kidd was becoming more of a curse then a blessing. "I'm talking about this bizarre obsession you have with Lynx" Patch said, "We have gone to 6 different towns and asked every low life, scum bag, goon, thug, and creep in each town where Lynx might be.
And every single time we get beat out or shoved out by either the goons or the locals, all for just MENTIONING Lynx's name. But you still persist in looking for him even though everyone keeps saying", "DON'T SAY IT" Kidd interrupted with a shriek. "DEAD, he's dead Kidd. Everyone knows it and everyone is trying to make you know it, Lynx has been dead for at least 2 years now. I understand he was a monster to everyone but" Patch began.
"NO you don't and neither does every other bloody fool we've talked to they still don't get it, Lynx is alive.he's alive and he's after me" Kidd said. "I am seeing him..in weird places; it's not a ghost or some stupid thing like that. It's Lynx, it's the real Lynx and I know it's him". As Kidd's words got more serious and saddening in tone, Patch could see this was eating her up inside. Those beautiful cerulean eyes of Kidd's were becoming terrified.
The young girl shook as is a cold chill had creeped up her spine, she was shivering with nervous fear. "Kidd I didn't mean..look I'm sorry" Patch said truthfully sorry, the boy clicked brown patched boots as he approached her. Suddenly as Kidd lifted her lips to produce a weak smile to Patch's kindness, she looked up and slowly gasped in complete and total horror. A dark shade of blue filled those once rosy tiger painted cheeks completely.
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"Please no" Kidd stammered as she backed away, but she suddenly seemed stuck. The girl looked down and gasped seeing her boots stuck in what looked like blood, thick mountains of muck like human blood. The red sickening drops crept up her bare calves, blue eyes formed frightened tears.
"Patch where did you go? Stop toying around where the hell are you?" Kidd asked, feeling the loud thump of her heartbeat with terror inside.
There was darkness all around her; everything seemed so dark and black around here. Patch's body was draped in shadows, she couldn't see his eyes, or clothes, or even his face.
Carefully and gently she spoke up with a trembling voice "Patch is that you? Ww-w-w-who's there? Speak up or I'll", "It's been a long time child".
That voice..she knows THAT voice. The figure stepped into the dim beam of light that shined down from above, only it wasn't a heavenly sight that was revealed. Kidd suddenly began to stutter, her eyes became colorless and hollow inside.
Inaudible gasps and murmurs leak out, she couldn't feel her legs anymore. The figure was wearing a dark trench coat, a golden rim line over it, a sharp hat, razor sharp claws, and a furry cat like face with golden piercing eyes.
"LYNX?!?!?!?!" Kidd screamed out in the world of echoing darkness. The cat demon smirked gleaming fangs as he rose up a curved dagger, the same dagger he impaled her with. "Death is not the end, it is merely the end of our part in life" Lynx said, "And your part has just run out of time, BEGONE CHILD MAY YOU DIE ALONE IN DARKNESS..FOREVER"
*****
"NOOOOO" Kidd screamed with a banshee tone of terror and fear, gushing from her young voice was a cry of incredible horror. Grasping her trembling brown gloved fingers over the first thing in her grasp, her moon dagger, Kidd closed her frightened cerulean eyes and sliced her blade. A slash of flesh and blood was heard, Kidd slowly opened her eyes. "Oh god no" Kidd said as she turned even paler then a dead man's corpse.
Patch screamed out holding his right eye, blood leaked out from his gloved fingers. The patched boots collapsed along with the rest of Patch, he made a lifeless thump as he dropped to the ground. A cold chilling wind blew over his black spiky hair; Kidd could only stare without speaking a single world. The drops of Patch's blood dripped from her curved blade, Kidd immediately tossed it away and screamed to the sky, to the world, to god.
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To be continued..
A screaming hulk of a man in ragged dark bearskins raged as he slammed his gorilla-sized knuckles, and muscled forearms into the ground. Collapsing piles of dirt and stone literally exploded under the awesome might of his muscle. The brute of a man growled as his stone gray eyes noticed the blonde beauty he was aiming for had disappeared. "Look mate cool it, I don't want to fight you I just want some bloody information" a voice said.
The massive hulk sized brute snorted smoke as he tuned his shaggy dark haired heads towards the voice. Angry eyes glaring at the beautiful image of golden locks, red skirt, and a sweet pair of tiger painted cheeks, Kidd to be exact. "Please I have no reason to fight you just tell me where Lynx is" Kidd asked, speaking sweetly and sincerely to the monstrous man. But no matter how dearly or delicately she pleaded the fury in the man would not fade.
"Smart mouthed little trollop, how dare you bring up such a monster in my presence, I'LL KILL YOU FOR THAT," the man said as he removed a blade. The sword was short and curved like the half moon, a long dagger bent sort of like a boomerang. Kidd eeped and ducked to the left and right, pumping her bare legs and calf muscles to use her small speed evasively, dodging the blade. Meanwhile more rowdy men were continuing the fight.
Patch panted furiously as he ran his dark brown patched up boots into a frenzy, running from a horde of angry fist swinging goons. Bottles and stones were chucked as they snarled "No one mentions Lynx to us, YEAH were going to rip out your tongue so you never speak of him again". Patch sighed, "Awe come on guys give me a break UGH not that kind". The 4 goons chasing him tackled the boy down; they dog piled over Patch's form.
Stitched up dark shirt and light brown pants were ruffled as the men swarmed over Patch, he growled as fingerless green gloved fingers couldn't reach his weapon. Kidd was now clanging sparks with her own dagger to the brutes, dodging his swipes and clashing her blade of steel against his own. The man raised the blade up in a stabbing motion; Kidd smirked and leapt off her brown boots in a air born dash right towards the large man's face.
"What the ULK" the man groaned as Kidd stepped over his face with one slender leg, and then jammed her other foot into the back of his skull. The roaring giant snarled and staggered a bit just as Kidd landed behind him. "WITCH" the man, shouted as he quickly turned around, Kidd gasped as she was smashed across her soft cheeks by a gargantuan pair of knuckles. The girl dropped at the brute's mercy, Kidd saw the blade rise high into the air.
Rock blue eyes widen in horror at the sight, Patch's orbs reflected the wicked image of the man preparing to end Kidd's young life. "NO" Patch screamed violently, the boy summoned the furious strength that fueled his heart as he shoved the men off with a mighty toss. Without even bothering to search for a weapon Patch rushed towards the giant man, he reared back his green-gloved fist and plowed it into the man's massive gut with a thrust.
"Take that you heartless little" Patch's lips stopped as he looked up, sweat drops trickle off his trembling eyebrows as he noticed something very bad. The punch hadn't affected the giant at all. The man frowned and turned his attention towards Patch, "Little? Big and MAD is more like it now BUG OFF" the man swatted Patch away with one swipe. At that very moment Kidd's beautiful cerulean eyes widened and watched Patch fly off in pain.
"Now that wasn't very nice" Kidd said as she growled and flared a magical surge of fire energy across her gloved fist, Kidd struck the man's legs with it. Screams of fear and girly sounding yells echoed from the giant man, his pants were literally set on fire and he was dancing madly to put them out. Leaving Kidd wide open for a high sized jump from a large stone, and rearing back one of her bare legs and slamming it across the man's face.
Groans, bruises, and a bleeding nose leaked out from the giant as he collapsed with a grunt, unconscious and out matched. A smirk painted her soft sweet creamy cheeks and lips as Kidd padded her gloves free of dust. "Serves you right bloody psychopath, although..I didn't hit him hard enough to break his nose" Kidd said, scratching her golden blonde hair. Patch groaned as he slowly sat up and sighed, lifting blue eyes upward.
With a gulp and a sweat drop, Patch unfortunately had just discovered why the man had a bleeding nose before he fell. Patch pointed his green-gloved finger at Kidd's red skirt, "Uh Kidd?" he asked nervously. Curious cerulean orbs blink in confusion as Kidd looks down, her cheeks turn crimson red seeing her skirt was torn off and her panties were in view. Kidd looked up with blushing cheeks, seeing Patch's face was painted with the same colors.
"PERVERT" Kidd screamed as she immediately slapped the boy across the face, running off to a close tree to cover her bared underwear. Patch groaned angrily as he rubbed his throbbing cheek, the boy crossed his arms snorting "For god's sake it wasn't MY fault". Eventually Kidd was able to patch up her torn red skirt, covering it over her white undies and bare thighs as best she could. Kidd remained silent and Patch did the same as the 2 walked.
For at least 5 minutes neither said a thing other then glaring and walking, until an annoyed Patch broke the sickening silence. "You mind tell me why you slapped me, I wasn't stealing a peepshow you know" Patch said Kidd snarled and turned to face him "Bloody hell shut up and walk mate". "NO I will not, I've been following you on your crazy quest without question from the start, and I for one am sick and tired of being mistreated" Patch said.
Kidd sighed "No one bloody asked you to join up with me mate, you did". Patch groaned and rubbed his black spiky hair over with his hand, he replied "That's not the point; just because I follow you doesn't mean you can keep giving me the short end of the stick". Blinking blue eyes fluttered from Kidd's odd look "What do you mean?", "Well for starters why am I the only one CARRYING STUFF?" Patch yelled. The boy was packed with luggage.
Patch's stitched up clothes, arms, and back were hauling trunks of supplies, tools, maps, food, equipment, and other stuff. "You're the guy and I'm the sweet girl, do the math mate. You're the one who tagged along which makes you the inconvenience, there for you need to carry all the supplies," Kidd said. Fed up and sick of this Patch tossed the supplies to the ground and frowned, "ME? What about you? What justifies your actions?" he asked.
"What do you mean justifies?" Kidd asked Patch crossed his dark shirtsleeve arms across the stitch worked clothing. The boy was clearly upset over this, thought she was beautiful Kidd was becoming more of a curse then a blessing. "I'm talking about this bizarre obsession you have with Lynx" Patch said, "We have gone to 6 different towns and asked every low life, scum bag, goon, thug, and creep in each town where Lynx might be.
And every single time we get beat out or shoved out by either the goons or the locals, all for just MENTIONING Lynx's name. But you still persist in looking for him even though everyone keeps saying", "DON'T SAY IT" Kidd interrupted with a shriek. "DEAD, he's dead Kidd. Everyone knows it and everyone is trying to make you know it, Lynx has been dead for at least 2 years now. I understand he was a monster to everyone but" Patch began.
"NO you don't and neither does every other bloody fool we've talked to they still don't get it, Lynx is alive.he's alive and he's after me" Kidd said. "I am seeing him..in weird places; it's not a ghost or some stupid thing like that. It's Lynx, it's the real Lynx and I know it's him". As Kidd's words got more serious and saddening in tone, Patch could see this was eating her up inside. Those beautiful cerulean eyes of Kidd's were becoming terrified.
The young girl shook as is a cold chill had creeped up her spine, she was shivering with nervous fear. "Kidd I didn't mean..look I'm sorry" Patch said truthfully sorry, the boy clicked brown patched boots as he approached her. Suddenly as Kidd lifted her lips to produce a weak smile to Patch's kindness, she looked up and slowly gasped in complete and total horror. A dark shade of blue filled those once rosy tiger painted cheeks completely.
******
"Please no" Kidd stammered as she backed away, but she suddenly seemed stuck. The girl looked down and gasped seeing her boots stuck in what looked like blood, thick mountains of muck like human blood. The red sickening drops crept up her bare calves, blue eyes formed frightened tears.
"Patch where did you go? Stop toying around where the hell are you?" Kidd asked, feeling the loud thump of her heartbeat with terror inside.
There was darkness all around her; everything seemed so dark and black around here. Patch's body was draped in shadows, she couldn't see his eyes, or clothes, or even his face.
Carefully and gently she spoke up with a trembling voice "Patch is that you? Ww-w-w-who's there? Speak up or I'll", "It's been a long time child".
That voice..she knows THAT voice. The figure stepped into the dim beam of light that shined down from above, only it wasn't a heavenly sight that was revealed. Kidd suddenly began to stutter, her eyes became colorless and hollow inside.
Inaudible gasps and murmurs leak out, she couldn't feel her legs anymore. The figure was wearing a dark trench coat, a golden rim line over it, a sharp hat, razor sharp claws, and a furry cat like face with golden piercing eyes.
"LYNX?!?!?!?!" Kidd screamed out in the world of echoing darkness. The cat demon smirked gleaming fangs as he rose up a curved dagger, the same dagger he impaled her with. "Death is not the end, it is merely the end of our part in life" Lynx said, "And your part has just run out of time, BEGONE CHILD MAY YOU DIE ALONE IN DARKNESS..FOREVER"
*****
"NOOOOO" Kidd screamed with a banshee tone of terror and fear, gushing from her young voice was a cry of incredible horror. Grasping her trembling brown gloved fingers over the first thing in her grasp, her moon dagger, Kidd closed her frightened cerulean eyes and sliced her blade. A slash of flesh and blood was heard, Kidd slowly opened her eyes. "Oh god no" Kidd said as she turned even paler then a dead man's corpse.
Patch screamed out holding his right eye, blood leaked out from his gloved fingers. The patched boots collapsed along with the rest of Patch, he made a lifeless thump as he dropped to the ground. A cold chilling wind blew over his black spiky hair; Kidd could only stare without speaking a single world. The drops of Patch's blood dripped from her curved blade, Kidd immediately tossed it away and screamed to the sky, to the world, to god.
******
To be continued..