"You are sickened by the weakness of a heart that's filled with fear and if
the world won't understand you, you can make it disappear. 'Cause there's a
dark secret. Carry with you…Carry with you. And deep inside, the way you
hate them on the outside, doesn't show and oh, they think that they defy
you. They are slaved to what you know…" -- Matthew Sweet ~*Dark Secret
Chapter 5:
Gun Shot
Elec Man and Fire Man had been walking for a good hour, neither one breaking the ear pounding silence that had hung between them since they had left their brothers' behind.
Finally, Elec Man asked, his voice soft, "When…when will we go back…to them?" Fire Man shrugged, unsure of how he was going to answer his friend's question.
"I dunno…" he answered, ending the conversation as abruptly as it had started. Elec Man lowered his gaze to the ground and said nothing, letting the silence hang between them as it once had only moments before.
Suddenly, Fire Man's Armor Summoner's communicator sprang to life, making the two Robot Masters jump in surprise. "C-can anybody hear me? Please! If anyone is there, please hurry to Main street. Hurry!! We've got an…*hack*…insane robot here." Someone said, Rock by the sound of it.
"A big insane robot…" Someone else added, Blues.
"…Please hurry!!" Spoke Rock's voice again as the signal turned to static, followed by silence.
The two Robot Masters looked at each other, Fire Man's AS, then back to each other before the blond robot said, "Lets go!" Fire Man nodded and DASHed after his friend.
Several moments later, they skidded to a stop and summoned their armors, readying their Arm-Cannons as they saw three figures limber from the shadows. At first, the two Robot Masters thought they were humans, but they soon realized that these creatures were not. Their flesh was rotting and blood dripped from various wounds. The skin on they're bodies was hanging off them like linen on a mummy.
"Wha-what are those things?!" Elec Man asked shakily, too shook up to even aim his Arm-Cannon at the creatures.
Fire Man shook his head and took a step back, "I…dunno…" He narrowed his eyes and pointed his Arm-Cannon at one of the monsters and fired. His aim was true and the bolt of plasma sliced through the creature's ribcage, but the creature either didn't feel it or ignored it, for it simply stumbled back a few steps before continuing to advance, lagging behind its two companions because of its injury.
Fire Man gasped. "What the h*** are these things?!" he yelled, firing another round at the creature. Elec Man didn't answer, simply fired round after round at the monstrosities.
"I don't know! Thunder Beam!" Elec Man pointed his hands at the zombie that was closest to him as he yelled out his attack. Electricity crackled around his hands before shooting outwards and striking the monster. The zombie staggered back and fell, twitching for several moments before standing once again, limbering toward Elec Man once again.
"Fire Storm!" Fire Man glowed with a bright red aura as he raised his hand to the sky. After a moment of concentrating, he pointed his hand at the zombies. Silence reigned for several seconds before it was broken by fire falling from the sky, striking the zombies and the broken, dirt ground.
The zombies were struck, their tattered clothing and flesh catching quickly, but they didn't seem to notice, for they simply kept coming at the two Robot Masters, who backed away from them, stopping when they felt the side of a building against their backs.
"D***it! How are we gonna stop these things?!" Elec Man yelled, shooting the zombies again with his Thunder Beam attack.
Fire Man closed his eyes and raised his hands toward the sky, the red aura returning as he whispered something incoherent. Fire began gathering in his hands, the orange and red flame growing with each word uttered by its caster. After a moment, he yelled, his eyes snapping open and fire shining in his green eyes, "Holy Flame!" he threw the fist-sized ball of fire at the nearest zombie, the sphere striking its target.
The creature howled in pain before collapsing. Fire Man smirked and turned his gaze from the smoldering creature to the remaining two. "So…these creatures are zombies…"
"Huh?" Elec Man gave his friend a questioning look.
"Zombies…that's why our attacks haven't done anything to them and why my Holy Flame did." Fire Man answered, charging up another Holy Flame attack.
Elec Man smirked and nodded, closing his eyes and lacing his fingers, his index fingers pointing upwards as a bright yellow aura surrounded him, sparking from his body as he chanted a spell, the electricity gathering at the tips of his index fingers. "Holy Bolt!" The bolt white lightning shot from his fingers and smashing into the second zombie, the creature flying backwards with a inhumanly cry of pain as it fell to the ground, twitching madly with the electricity that still lingered.
The last one noticed its two slain allies and turned as it tried to scamper off. Fire Man wasn't about to let it escape and get reinforcements. "Oh, no you don't. Holy Flame!" That zombie soon joined its cohorts in the underworld as it was burned to a cinder.
The two Robot Masters sighed in relief. "Well…that was easier then I thought it'd be…" Elec Man said, grinning. His grin faded as the ground trembled and a loud inhumanly roar ripped through the air. They turned and gaped. Their eyes traveled up the length of the new monstrosity. It was pure black and over twenty-feet tall. Its eyes were like white fire and burned into the two Robot Masters souls.
"Oh nnnnoooooooooo!" The two moaned before DASHing off as fast as they could, not about to even attempt to take on this creature.
They ran until their DASH Boots needed to recharge. They sunk to the ground and attempted to catch their breath. "What…was…that…thing?!" Elec Man panted.
Fire Man shook his head and gasped, "No…clue…"
"Whoa, what happened to you two?" someone asked from behind them. They looked up and over their shoulders and nearly fell over.
"Gemini Man?!" they yelped in union. Gemini Man smiled and waved stupidly.
The Robot Master before them wasn't in his armor, now clad in a white shirt and a pair of faded jeans. His silvery hair tumbled to the base of his neck, a few strands of it falling into his bright blue eyes. His Armor Summoner adorned his wrist, the silver of it metal the same shade as his hair.
"Yep. That's my name. Don't wear it out!" the Robot Master said jokingly before a serious look crossed his face. "But, seriously, what were you two running from?"
His two friends soon started talking at once, but he seemed to understand what they were saying. He rubbed his chin thoughtfully as he muttered, "Um…" Once the two Robot Masters had quieted down, Gemini Man spoke. "Sounds to me like you ran into a Nightwalker…"
"A what?" his friends yelped. They had heard stories from Crystal Man about those creatures, but they always thought the crystal ball-crazed Robot Master had a screw loose. Gemini Man was the only one who had actually taken his tales seriously.
"Yep. A Nightwalker. The only way to beat those things are Holy spells, and even then, those only do mediocre damage to it. So, your best bet is to run and hope it doesn't follow." A worried look crossed his face. "It…didn't, did it?" The loud roar was all he needed. "R-RUN for it!"
"AAAA!" The three screamed as they ran away from the monster of darkness, Elec Man crying along the way.
"I dun wanna be retired! I'm to young and promising to be retired so early!!" he sobbed as they ran.
"Oh, shut up!" Gemini Man yelled, glancing back at the Nightwalker from over his shoulder. "Awk! It's gaining on us!! Put some steam into it, you two!"
"We are! We are!" the two other Robot Masters yelled as they and their friend picked up speed, ironically heading toward where Rock and Blues were fighting the mechanical beast.
~*Gun Shot: The Belinda Chaire - Growing up Naked
Chapter 5:
Gun Shot
Elec Man and Fire Man had been walking for a good hour, neither one breaking the ear pounding silence that had hung between them since they had left their brothers' behind.
Finally, Elec Man asked, his voice soft, "When…when will we go back…to them?" Fire Man shrugged, unsure of how he was going to answer his friend's question.
"I dunno…" he answered, ending the conversation as abruptly as it had started. Elec Man lowered his gaze to the ground and said nothing, letting the silence hang between them as it once had only moments before.
Suddenly, Fire Man's Armor Summoner's communicator sprang to life, making the two Robot Masters jump in surprise. "C-can anybody hear me? Please! If anyone is there, please hurry to Main street. Hurry!! We've got an…*hack*…insane robot here." Someone said, Rock by the sound of it.
"A big insane robot…" Someone else added, Blues.
"…Please hurry!!" Spoke Rock's voice again as the signal turned to static, followed by silence.
The two Robot Masters looked at each other, Fire Man's AS, then back to each other before the blond robot said, "Lets go!" Fire Man nodded and DASHed after his friend.
Several moments later, they skidded to a stop and summoned their armors, readying their Arm-Cannons as they saw three figures limber from the shadows. At first, the two Robot Masters thought they were humans, but they soon realized that these creatures were not. Their flesh was rotting and blood dripped from various wounds. The skin on they're bodies was hanging off them like linen on a mummy.
"Wha-what are those things?!" Elec Man asked shakily, too shook up to even aim his Arm-Cannon at the creatures.
Fire Man shook his head and took a step back, "I…dunno…" He narrowed his eyes and pointed his Arm-Cannon at one of the monsters and fired. His aim was true and the bolt of plasma sliced through the creature's ribcage, but the creature either didn't feel it or ignored it, for it simply stumbled back a few steps before continuing to advance, lagging behind its two companions because of its injury.
Fire Man gasped. "What the h*** are these things?!" he yelled, firing another round at the creature. Elec Man didn't answer, simply fired round after round at the monstrosities.
"I don't know! Thunder Beam!" Elec Man pointed his hands at the zombie that was closest to him as he yelled out his attack. Electricity crackled around his hands before shooting outwards and striking the monster. The zombie staggered back and fell, twitching for several moments before standing once again, limbering toward Elec Man once again.
"Fire Storm!" Fire Man glowed with a bright red aura as he raised his hand to the sky. After a moment of concentrating, he pointed his hand at the zombies. Silence reigned for several seconds before it was broken by fire falling from the sky, striking the zombies and the broken, dirt ground.
The zombies were struck, their tattered clothing and flesh catching quickly, but they didn't seem to notice, for they simply kept coming at the two Robot Masters, who backed away from them, stopping when they felt the side of a building against their backs.
"D***it! How are we gonna stop these things?!" Elec Man yelled, shooting the zombies again with his Thunder Beam attack.
Fire Man closed his eyes and raised his hands toward the sky, the red aura returning as he whispered something incoherent. Fire began gathering in his hands, the orange and red flame growing with each word uttered by its caster. After a moment, he yelled, his eyes snapping open and fire shining in his green eyes, "Holy Flame!" he threw the fist-sized ball of fire at the nearest zombie, the sphere striking its target.
The creature howled in pain before collapsing. Fire Man smirked and turned his gaze from the smoldering creature to the remaining two. "So…these creatures are zombies…"
"Huh?" Elec Man gave his friend a questioning look.
"Zombies…that's why our attacks haven't done anything to them and why my Holy Flame did." Fire Man answered, charging up another Holy Flame attack.
Elec Man smirked and nodded, closing his eyes and lacing his fingers, his index fingers pointing upwards as a bright yellow aura surrounded him, sparking from his body as he chanted a spell, the electricity gathering at the tips of his index fingers. "Holy Bolt!" The bolt white lightning shot from his fingers and smashing into the second zombie, the creature flying backwards with a inhumanly cry of pain as it fell to the ground, twitching madly with the electricity that still lingered.
The last one noticed its two slain allies and turned as it tried to scamper off. Fire Man wasn't about to let it escape and get reinforcements. "Oh, no you don't. Holy Flame!" That zombie soon joined its cohorts in the underworld as it was burned to a cinder.
The two Robot Masters sighed in relief. "Well…that was easier then I thought it'd be…" Elec Man said, grinning. His grin faded as the ground trembled and a loud inhumanly roar ripped through the air. They turned and gaped. Their eyes traveled up the length of the new monstrosity. It was pure black and over twenty-feet tall. Its eyes were like white fire and burned into the two Robot Masters souls.
"Oh nnnnoooooooooo!" The two moaned before DASHing off as fast as they could, not about to even attempt to take on this creature.
They ran until their DASH Boots needed to recharge. They sunk to the ground and attempted to catch their breath. "What…was…that…thing?!" Elec Man panted.
Fire Man shook his head and gasped, "No…clue…"
"Whoa, what happened to you two?" someone asked from behind them. They looked up and over their shoulders and nearly fell over.
"Gemini Man?!" they yelped in union. Gemini Man smiled and waved stupidly.
The Robot Master before them wasn't in his armor, now clad in a white shirt and a pair of faded jeans. His silvery hair tumbled to the base of his neck, a few strands of it falling into his bright blue eyes. His Armor Summoner adorned his wrist, the silver of it metal the same shade as his hair.
"Yep. That's my name. Don't wear it out!" the Robot Master said jokingly before a serious look crossed his face. "But, seriously, what were you two running from?"
His two friends soon started talking at once, but he seemed to understand what they were saying. He rubbed his chin thoughtfully as he muttered, "Um…" Once the two Robot Masters had quieted down, Gemini Man spoke. "Sounds to me like you ran into a Nightwalker…"
"A what?" his friends yelped. They had heard stories from Crystal Man about those creatures, but they always thought the crystal ball-crazed Robot Master had a screw loose. Gemini Man was the only one who had actually taken his tales seriously.
"Yep. A Nightwalker. The only way to beat those things are Holy spells, and even then, those only do mediocre damage to it. So, your best bet is to run and hope it doesn't follow." A worried look crossed his face. "It…didn't, did it?" The loud roar was all he needed. "R-RUN for it!"
"AAAA!" The three screamed as they ran away from the monster of darkness, Elec Man crying along the way.
"I dun wanna be retired! I'm to young and promising to be retired so early!!" he sobbed as they ran.
"Oh, shut up!" Gemini Man yelled, glancing back at the Nightwalker from over his shoulder. "Awk! It's gaining on us!! Put some steam into it, you two!"
"We are! We are!" the two other Robot Masters yelled as they and their friend picked up speed, ironically heading toward where Rock and Blues were fighting the mechanical beast.
~*Gun Shot: The Belinda Chaire - Growing up Naked