Note: As I promised, a 2-chaptered story. ^_^;; Okay..so some of you
expect a lot more chapters in stories, eh? Well, not this story. ^^; Yes,
the ending is rather a shock, if I do say so myselves. The killer revealed
in this chapter! Let's see if any of you were right. ;) Oh, and this chapter
is longer than the other one, in case you haven't noticed. Probably almost
or over twice as long as the first. Oo; BTW, the song in here is sung by
Wasp and the title of it is, indeed, "Raven Heart". ^_^;
RAVEN HEART
Story by DarkHououmon
The 3 remaining of the Cybersquad dashed into the portal. It sealed up behind them, leaving behind a grim, dark, bloody mess. Jackie's blood trailed along the ground as they ran in. Inez's eyes, narrowed, showed a glint of darkness within them. Matt saw this once before, and thought it was his imagination, but now realized he hadn't imagined it! When they arrived in Motherboard's base, he turned around and stared at her firmly. Taken aback, she stepped back a few steps. "Why are you looking at me that way?" "Is something bugging you Inez? You seem to act differently than before." Glaring almost coldly at him, she folded her arms and looked the other way. "What would make you think that?" Matt was at a loss of words. Before he could get a reply out of himself, Dr. Marbles appeared. He smiled, though grimly, then yelped in shock! "What on earth happened to her?!" Inez cocked her head to the side, unsure of what to say. Digit opened up his chest door to pull out a tissue. He rubbed his nose with it, saying sadly, "When we split up, she was killed." Marbles's eyes widened. The bird continued, "Yeah, Inez was the first to get there. She says that Jackie was still alive when she had arrived, but died soon after. There wasn't even a weapon left behind!"
Dr. Marbles turned to look at Inez, then back at the robotic bird. "Perhaps there was. Did you look hard enough?" The hispanic girl growled in anger, but quickly got it under control. "We didn't see any weapon. Not on the ground. If there were, then there was too much blood to see through." Matt rolled his eyes. 'Since when can you see through blood?' Inez paced around the floor a little, trying to think about what to do. 'I know that Motherboard suspects me....' "We have to do something. I mean, look at what happened to Jackie!" Jackie's body hadn't stiffened yet, but it was paler than before. "We have to find the culprit!"
"Yeah...," Matt said, concerned, "but how are we going to do that?"
Inez smiled, though Digit didn't like it. Somehow, he had noticed Inez
acting stranger than usual. Not dramatically, but some of her behaviors
were off. For one thing, she never used to tap her toes impatiently when
she only arrived about 3 seconds in Cyber World. 'Maybe she's having
an off day.' Digit thought to himself. Inez continued, "We just look
at the scene of the crime. Perhaps we could find answers there...." Her
voice trailed off, almost in shock. "I just remembered!" She pulled out
an object. Matt's eyes grew wide. "A blade?!" The blade, soaked in blood
and sparkling with electricity, rested in Inez's hands. "I found this."
She held it out towards Matt. He grabbed it cautiously. "What in the blazes....?
I don't think this blade should be sparking like this." Inez nodded, saying
that's just what she thought. Her eyes suddenly grew dark for a few seconds,
unnoticed by anyone. She glared at the blade. 'Soon, we will learn the
truth.' She turned to Matt. "Any clue on who could've used it?" Dr.
Marbles intervened, "Perhaps I should analyze it." He reached for the blade,
but stopped for a few moments when he saw the look on the female human's
eyes. They were like fire, so he backed up. "Inez, I really suggest that
we analyze that thing...so we can have a better chance at finding the killer."
The girl shook her head. "I don't think it would be safe. See these?" She pointed at the electricity flowing around the knife. Each one sent out a voltage of about 50. A mild shock, actually, but not safe around computers. "These may not be so dangerous around humans by themselves, but look at all the sparks! That's enough to add up to about nearly 30,000 volts!" She placed the knife back into her pocket. As Matt observed closer, he found that Inez remained unharmed by the volts. 'Why is that? Maybe....no way!' He shook his head, and rubbed it. He lowered Jackie's body to the ground. Her body cold and stiff, he shed a few tears of despair. 'I-I'm so sorry....Jackie....' He wiped away his tears. Inez smiled slightly, then turned to Digit. "Hey, Digit! Maybe you and I could look at the blade a little while anyway. Wouldn't do any harm, don't you think?" Matt climbed to his feet and Dr. Marbles turned to look at the metal bird and the hispanic girl. The cyboid scratched his head, nervous. "I-I don't know......Inez. You sure it's okay?" Inez nodded. Turning over to the other two, she stated that she and Digit would be in the back looking at the electronic blade. Dr. Marbles and Matt both exchanged an uneasy look, then nodded at the two. "Come back soon!" Matt hollered. Digit and Inez walked to the far back of the building in a room where Dr. Marbles keeps all his experiments.
Angel of Orleans in me
I'll tell you no lies
Ravens have bore me wings to fly
King of the night time forever
It's all I'm living for
I'll embrace my immortal
Forever night
Digit opened up the door. Behind him, he could hear Inez talking. "Stay there, Digit. I'll go find ourselves something useful that may help us with this blade!" "Alright, Inez!" He started scrummaging through all the items in the area. He found an old experiment. It was a short blade, similiar to the one Inez found, only this one was slightly shorter and without the sparks. It bore a black metal handle, and the blade was serrated, unlike the other smooth blade. At the bottom was a button that said 'Fire'. Once pressed ,the blade would be engulfed in flames, and become strong enough to kill an opponent with a single swing! Unfortunately it was too strong for its own good, and Dr. Marbles abandoned it. The blade's name was Resplandor, the spanish word for 'blaze', which described it perfectly. "Maybe this will help in case the killer comes back." "You really think so?" A frighteningly chilling voice whispered from behind him. He slowly turned around, and only had the chance to look into the eyes of the murderer. His eyes snapped wide as he felt metal and metal sink into eachother. The blade sliced through his chest and snapped the cords inside of him! Electricity overflowed throughout his body, burning him inside and out. The sparks shot out everywhere, and Digit soon collapsed into a pile of rusting metal, his eyes blacking out forever. He could not even scream....
One crimson kiss is bleeding
My raven heart
Tales of the darkside here is all right
Bring me the nighttime forever
It's all you're dying for
Take me hand and I'll show ya
Forever night
"I think we should go check on them. They've been gone for a while." Matt paced back and forth. Digit and Inez had been gone for quite some time now. They were both beginning to worry. Dr. Marbles closed his eyes. He said that he would go ahead and see if anything was wrong. Matt agreed, though couldn't shake the uneasy feeling inside of him. The doctor ran ahead into the darkness, hoping to see what had happened. When he got to the back of the room, which took about 6 total minutes running, he stopped, panting. He knew that his hardrive was running low on energy. He'd have to charge up again soon. He was part cyborg, as he was told long ago, before even Hacker was around. 'Being part cyborg makes it hard for me to stay alert sometimes...' He thought to himself. He pulled out a cloth and wiped his forehead. He turned around, seeing no sign of Digit or Inez.....
Matt waited behind. 'I have to see what's going on!' The boy
gathered up all the courage in his heart, and dashed ahead, just before
something started to fly right at him! The Resplandor that Digit had landed
at his feet. "What a strange looking blade...It's almost identical the
one Inez has! Perhaps she'll agree this will make do for...." He cut himself
off, remembering he had to catch up to Marbles. 'I think of something
later.' With that, Matt took off ahead, not too far behind Dr. Marbles.
Dr. Marbles called out their names. "Inez? Digit? Where are you?!" He walked over to the door with his old inventions in it. 'Could they have gone in here?' The door was shut almost tightly, but a few burnt marks and some smoke rose above. This indicated that someone had definitely used it recently. 'Almost too recently.' the doctor thought as he held out a key to unlock the door. The door handle shook and the door creaked as it opened up. It only opened up part way, revealing a white light shining into the dark room. Marbles froze in horror. He had found Digit....all over the place. His contents, such as wires, bolts, and wire liquid, was split all over the ground, staining it like blood. A few sparks shot out at him, then stopped. Digit's head was almost dismantled. The lower jaw was missing, and the eyes were all black now. "DIGIT!!" The man cried, kneeling down next to the rusted bird. He reached out to touch a broken off wing tip, but couldn't bare it. He shook in sadness and fear. "Who....did this?" He muttered to himself.
Raven - say you want me to
Rain the dark on forever you
Raven heart
No there ain't nothing dark that I won't do
My raven heart'll bleed all over you
"Why don't you stay here and find out....NOW!"
Marbles's head jerked up in surprise when a familiar female voice sounded out from right behind him. The shady figure, holding the electric knife, stood her ground. Smiling, she pulled out the blade. More electricity flowed through the blade. "I call this blade....Relámpago!" The name meant 'lightning' in spanish, and it described the weapon well. "Y-You?!" Marbles whispered, taking a few steps backward, but ended up tripping on something. The thing flew up high and in his direction as his feet gave way beneath his feet. Landing on his chest, the doctor squinted his eyes to get a better view of what landed on him. It was one of Digit's legs. Screaming in surprise, he threw it back. The figure laughed coldly. "What? Can't you take a joke?" Dr. Marbles asked, "Why....why are you doing this?" But he never got an answer.
Smiling with darkness, she raised up the blade and ran it right through the doctor's head! It sliced right through his brain and out the other end. Wire liquid poured from the wound and onto the blade, shimmering, making it even stronger. The figure smiled, knowing that her time was almost up. There was only one more to go, and she would be triumphant! A horrified voice screamed out at her, and she jerked her head in surprise to the right, where the shocked boy, Matt, stared wide-eyed at the scene. His mouth was wide-open. His hands were trembling. His lip was quivering from the mere shock of it all. The figure turned around, holding Relàmpago in her hands, waiting to be used. It was dark where she was standing. 'It's about time I revealed everything.' She thought, then slowly stepped out of the shadows, revealing her true identity.
"INEZ?!"
Inez pointed her blade at the boy, an evil smile on her face. "Why am I not surprised that you didn't suspect me?" The boy, however, remained unresponsive. All this time....it was her. She was the one who...killed his friends. He shook in both anger and regret. He regretted ever doubting her to being the culprit. He felt the anger inside of him rise to a high level, but not a dangerous level. He hid his anger. He pulled out his own blade, Resplandor, and pointed his finger accusingly at his former friend. "YOU! IT WAS YOU!!" Inez's eyes shifted to a slightly surprised look, then narrowed to a hideous grin. "Oh, and you just figured this out?" She laughed darkly, advancing towards the last of the group. Matt slowly stepped back a few steps. With tears flowing down his face, he demanded why did she do this. 'Why would she do such a thing?' The hispanic girl shifted her smile back to a frown. "You actually think I was on your side at all?" The boy's eyes widened. "You're partially right. I was...in the beginning. But I felt that protecting this world became boring, so I decided to get rid of unnecessary 'items'...namely you, Jackie, Digit, and Marbles. I couldn't do it right away, though. I would have to gain your complete trust...It worked! You guys fell for it like saps." Her dark laughter filled the room. Matt closed his eyes tightly. 'I don't believe it!'
He glared harshly at her. His glare of hatred didn't seem to face Inez.
She rolled her eyes, the darkness glints there permanently. Her true colors
had been shown. "Oh yeah, " she mocked, "Like that really scares me!" "THEN
DOES THIS SCARE YOU?!" The boy screamed at the top of his lungs as he lunged
forward with Resplandor and sliced at the female in front of him. She dodged
it, but was still hit. A small cut appeared on her shouldler. It wasn't
bad, but it would slow her down a little. She put her hand on her shoulder,
and looked at it. A small drop of blood appeared on her hand. "Fool!" She
readied her own knife. "That was a stupid thing to do!" "Well, it's about
time someone did!" Matt retorted back, swinging another blow. Inez lifted
up her sword, and blocked his attack. The deadlocked blades pushed against
one another.
"Had enough, pretty boy?" Inez said sarcastically.
"Not a chance!" Matt replied, pushing harder into the opponent's blade.
The two ended up even, jumping back a significant distance from one another. Matt seemed tired, lowering himself to the ground. He could not go on much further. He had used up most of his strength just to keep the other blade at bay. He looked up, and saw Inez standing over him. "Well....I guess this is where it ends. Goodbye..Matt." She said simply, pointing Relàmpago towards the boy's chest. She was preparing to strike the blade right through his heart! 'This is the way she killed Jackie...' Matt thought. He quickly looked at the blade in his hands. The pointed side, serrated side that is, made the knife sharper. But sharpness wouldn't get him too far in this battle. He was going to die soon unless he did something quick! He finally noticed the button on the black handle bar. 'This is it!' He smiled. Inez halted her attack in surprise. "You are going to die soon," she explained coolly, "Why are you smiling about that?" Looking up at her, he said that he wasn't smiling about that. She cocked her eyebrow, interested. "I am smiling about this!" He pressed the button that Digit had failed to press before. Inez screamed in utter surprise as the blade was engulfed with orange flames. Matt lowered his blade, then quickly thrusted it forward.
Before Inez could react the blade sliced right through her! The blade ran through her stomach and out of her back. The flames ran wild throughout her body. She screamed in agony as she was burned not only on the inside, but the outside too. Her bones were starting to be revealed, her burnt flesh spilling on the ground. The fire grew larger as it absorbed more of her into it. Suddenly, Matt noticed something on the ground nearby. He ran over and picked it up. It was a mind control chip. He read the label, but couldn't make out who made it. But all this meant that Inez wasn't doing all this on her own free will. Someone was making her do it! A single tear shed down his face. 'Oh...no....if Inez wasn't responsible for her actions...then....' "INEZ!" He yelled in concern. He pulled out a bucket of water that was sitting nearby in case of an emergency and through it onto the burning girl. There was a low sizzling sound as the fire died down, and the smoke filled up the room. He walked up to her. Her body suffered bad burns, but only her stomach area was damaged. She was still alive, but he didn't know for how long. "M-Matt..." She whispered.
Matt knelt down next to her. "Inez, I'm sorry. I-I didn't know you were....." Her eyes widened a bit, starting to grow dark in color. "You couldn't have-have known...Matt..." He slowly lifted her body off the ground, tears of shame appearing, and flowing down. She began to cough up blood. It started to stain his shirt. "Inez, try to hang on..." But he knew it was hopeless. The young girl whispered weakly, "I-I-I am so-sorry...Matt..." She let out her last breath and died. A wave of anger and emotion fled Matt's heart. He had just killed his best friend. He couldn't forgive himself. He just couldn't! A pained look appeared on his face as he drew her body closer to himself. A few sobs broke from his mouth. Everyone in the room....was dead. Except him. He felt like he couldn't live anymore.
"INEZ!!!"
Matt jumped right out of his bed in surprise. Sweat covered his body and soaked the blankets. He took in deep raspy breaths. He found himself in his own room. He had forgotten that he had invited his 2 friends over to spend the night with him. He got out of bed, and saw Inez standing in the doorway, looking at him, though a distant look on her face. This was replaced with a look of surprise when Matt screamed, and backed away. He tripped on one of his tools, falling flat on his back. Inez rushed over, holding out her hand to his. "Why you acting like that?" "I-It was just a dream. Hahahaha......IT WAS JUST A DREAM!" He leapt up and danced around happily. Inez and Jackie, who woke up, stared at him with their eyes big like saucers. Matt looked like a chicken trying to do the disco with only one foot. 'Sometimes...I worry about him...'
"Yo, Matt! What happened? Bad dream?"
"Bad dream?" He asked surprised. "It was a nightmare! I dreamt that
Inez had gone psycho and killed everyone and tried to do me in!" Inez looked
at him for a minute, then laughed out loud. "Yeah right! Like that would
ever happen!" Jackie was on the floor giggling her head off. The idea was
repulsive! Matt chuckled a little. "Well, it wasn't funny in the dreams.
It wasn't funny at all. One of the things I'll never forget you said, Inez,
was 'Why am I not surprised that you didn't suspect me?'". At this Inez
suddenly stopped laughing. She looked at him. Her mood was different this
time. Her eyes became downcast. "What is it?" "I've had...a similiar experience."
Inez adjusted her glasses a little, then continued, "I had a friend who
was very close to this guy called Paul. It was almost as if the two were
inseperatable. Well....not all ended well. Paul turned out to be a drug
dealer, and when my friend found out, he was killed. The last words he
heard were 'Why am I not surprised that you didn't suspect me?'" A few
tears shed from her eyes. Matt's eyes opened wide. "Inez...I'm so sorry...."
"That's alright. Let's just go back to sleep? It's still dark out!" They
all nodded. Jackie was too tired to talk, and fell instantly back to sleep.
Inez and Matt had some difficulty, but finally put aside the dream and
flashback and slept silently.
In the darkness, a set of glowing red eyes shimmered. "Sleep peacefully...for
soon you will learn to fear Hacker, for my name is....the Crimson Blade!"
The laughter was quiet yet malicious. Then all was silent.....and dark.
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Well, that's it. That's the whole story. I'm not going to continue it from here. The reason for the cliffhanger ending is that, if there's anyone who'd like to make a sequel to this, there's the cliffhanger to work from. ^_^ Crimson Blade may look like anything you want him to. Or her. The gender doesn't matter. Yeah, that was a surprise ending, wasn't it? I bet none of you were expecting anything remotely like it. Well, I hoped you liked this short Cyberchase fanfic. See you later!