Terms of Life, Terms of Death
An Oni Fic by: Shamgi
Chapter 9: A really stupid plan
*Words here*- Thoughts
+Words Here+ - electronics (Radio, T.V., etc.)
# # # - Flashback
* * * - Scene Change
* # * - Character change(same scene, different character)
)Words here( - Spooky voice(Spirit, telepathic comm., etc)
*Authors Note- Ok, I've been having trouble with my new laptop that I'm using to type these stories, so you'll have a 2 chapter once I get these up. That's all I really have to say, other than please R&R and NeverWinter Nights kicks serious a$$.
"That's you plan?!? That's a really stupid plan!" Muro had shock written all over his face, wondering how his sister had come up with something so stupid. Konoko nodded. "Yep. I said you wouldn't like it."
Buttagiri looked from one sibling to the other. "It is really stupid, and I don't like it, but the best way in. Griffin would never think we could do it either." He was frowning, thinking of what was ahead.
Konoko laid down already fading to sleep. "Well, we have to wait till tomorrow to use it anyway, so we might as well just sleep.
* * * * *
Griffin looked through the street, intent of finding the freaks. After the losses they had suffered, Griffin had decided to join in the search, and was now seated in the turret of one of the three TCTF's riot control trucks in the convoy. Normally equipped with a mass stun gun and tear gas, the gun now held the lethal forms of energy rounds, and Griffin was an expert in their use. He scanned the entire area in front of him, hoping to spot his targets, knowing that with a city this big and their hiding abilities, it would take a miracle for him to actually see them. He got his miracle.
Griffin spotted three bums walking along the road, covered head to toe in blankets to protect them from the chilly morning. They headed towards the group of officers and trucks. Two TCTF agents went out to stop them, as all traffic was bring directed the other way. The two agents got within feet of the bums, and asked them to stop. One turned to the pair, and drew a purple sword from seemly nowhere. Both of the officers stood there shocked, and the figure, who Griffin knew to be Konoko, cut their guns into several pieces, then knocked each out with a swift chop to the back of the neck. Griffin shouted out a mass order to fire, and put action to words. He rained plasma onto the street, aiming to kill. His troops followed, using pulse rifles and machineguns to turn the street into a death zone. The three figures blocked with their weapons dancing around and through the bullets and energy. Griffin's fire was focused on Konoko, and he managed to get a hit through her sword. Konoko staggered, losing control of her sword. No longer blocking, she was vulnerable to the projectiles whizzing through the air. She took nearly thirty shots, the impacts holding her in the air. She finally fell, unmoving. Buttagiri ran to her rescue, wielding his sword in one hand, deflecting weapon fire as he ran. A stray shot, a bullet that had bounced off the side of a building, caught him in the face, sending him skidding next to Konoko. Muro roared in rage, and began marching towards the vans. He took shot after shot, slowing him but not stopping him. Griffin saw how useless it was to fire with his weapon, and reaching under, pulled a grenade launcher. Loading it with a shrapnel round and yelling to his troops to take cover, he fired. The explosive impacted with Muro's chest, sending a hail of hot metal and smoke everywhere. When it cleared, Muro lay on the ground, cloths shredded, cuts all along his body. Griffin noted that Muro's body was still in one piece, a testament to the Chrysalis's quick healing abilities. Griffin motioned to one of the officers.
"Check them." the officer moved out slowly, attempting to train his gun on all three of the suspects at once. Reaching Muro, the officer put his hand to Muro's neck, discovering him to be a corpse.
"One dead!" He shouted back, then moved towards the remaining bodies. Konoko was in the same shape, her skin melted and sticking to the street due to the plasma, but Buttagiri was still alive, if barely.
"We got a live one! Bad shape though." Indeed, the man could just feel Buttagiri's pulse, beating slower than the man thought possible. Incredibility, Buttagiri was still awake, eyes drifting. In a swift motion, Buttagiri latched onto the officer's arm, surprising him to the point of almost shooting. The officer finally saw the hole in the left side of Buttagiri's forehead, having been hidden from his viewpoint before.
"Am...am I...dy...ing?" Buttagiri's eyes were glazed over, staring straight at the man, causing him to become even more unnerved.
"Yes, you're dying." Buttagiri looked like he wanted to say something else, but never got the chance. His am fell limp, his head rolled to the side. The man felt fir his pulse, but it was gone. All three were dead.
"Bag them up, and send them to the TCTF morgue. I want to have them cut open, checked by the scientists."
* * * * *
The morgue was empty, minus the dead bodies of convicts and criminals shot or otherwise killed. Three new body bags lay on the operating table, awaiting their turn to be sorted. A faint rustling could be heard, though it could just be the wind.
The rustling became louder, soon loud enough to cause a guard to come into the room. He moved to one of the body bags, looking around lazily. He reached the table, looking down at the bag.
"You're the new guy's, huh? Well, stay dead; I'd rather not deal with zombies." He poked the bag, hard enough to shift the position by a good deal. A ripping sound caused him to spin, gun up and ready. Buttagiri was crawling out of his bag, hole still in his head. The guard froze in fear, shaking slightly. Ripping behind him shocked him into moving. He spun back to his original position. A hand, covered in burned and melted skin was sticking out the bag, waving back and forth. The guard whimpered, then fell to the ground in a dead faint. Konoko ripped the rest of the bag, finally crating a big enough hole to allow her to escape the bag that held her. She stood, skin in strange and disgusting positions due to melting and cooling in different spots. Muro was also out, but had been out of view of the guard. Buttagiri walked over to Konoko, then wrinkled his nose.
"You don't smell the greatest. Heck, we won't be able sneak around because of the smell!"
Konoko gave him an evil look, responding with, "Well, burnt flesh isn't exactly the best smell."
Muro just looked at both of them and himself, then finally stated. "I still think this was a really stupid, and painful, plan."
"Nope, Murphy's law is in effect*." Both Buttagiri and Muro stared at her, not understanding.
"C'mon, neither of you know who Murphy was?" Both shook their heads, and she just sighed.
"I can't believe neither of you know some of the best made rules of combat."
End Chapter 9
*Authors Note- Well, I have become bum here recently. I haven't been writing enough, and have been playing NeverWinter Nights, which by the way, is a soul sucking game(Otherwise, a really good one.) Murphy's Law, if you don't know, are several all true laws about war and can also be applied to every day life. Samples include:
If it's stupid and it works, it not stupid.(The one I used)
Things that work together, aren't shipped together.
If you are short of everything but enemy, you are in combat.
Never share a foxhole with anyone braver than you.
Fire support will always fall short.
The best way is always simple.
The simple way is always hard.
The easy way is always mined.
The enemy would never come from that way.
These are just samples, there are many more(about two our three pages worth) Well, that ends my lesson of rules of warfare, so I'm going to sleep.
An Oni Fic by: Shamgi
Chapter 9: A really stupid plan
*Words here*- Thoughts
+Words Here+ - electronics (Radio, T.V., etc.)
# # # - Flashback
* * * - Scene Change
* # * - Character change(same scene, different character)
)Words here( - Spooky voice(Spirit, telepathic comm., etc)
*Authors Note- Ok, I've been having trouble with my new laptop that I'm using to type these stories, so you'll have a 2 chapter once I get these up. That's all I really have to say, other than please R&R and NeverWinter Nights kicks serious a$$.
"That's you plan?!? That's a really stupid plan!" Muro had shock written all over his face, wondering how his sister had come up with something so stupid. Konoko nodded. "Yep. I said you wouldn't like it."
Buttagiri looked from one sibling to the other. "It is really stupid, and I don't like it, but the best way in. Griffin would never think we could do it either." He was frowning, thinking of what was ahead.
Konoko laid down already fading to sleep. "Well, we have to wait till tomorrow to use it anyway, so we might as well just sleep.
* * * * *
Griffin looked through the street, intent of finding the freaks. After the losses they had suffered, Griffin had decided to join in the search, and was now seated in the turret of one of the three TCTF's riot control trucks in the convoy. Normally equipped with a mass stun gun and tear gas, the gun now held the lethal forms of energy rounds, and Griffin was an expert in their use. He scanned the entire area in front of him, hoping to spot his targets, knowing that with a city this big and their hiding abilities, it would take a miracle for him to actually see them. He got his miracle.
Griffin spotted three bums walking along the road, covered head to toe in blankets to protect them from the chilly morning. They headed towards the group of officers and trucks. Two TCTF agents went out to stop them, as all traffic was bring directed the other way. The two agents got within feet of the bums, and asked them to stop. One turned to the pair, and drew a purple sword from seemly nowhere. Both of the officers stood there shocked, and the figure, who Griffin knew to be Konoko, cut their guns into several pieces, then knocked each out with a swift chop to the back of the neck. Griffin shouted out a mass order to fire, and put action to words. He rained plasma onto the street, aiming to kill. His troops followed, using pulse rifles and machineguns to turn the street into a death zone. The three figures blocked with their weapons dancing around and through the bullets and energy. Griffin's fire was focused on Konoko, and he managed to get a hit through her sword. Konoko staggered, losing control of her sword. No longer blocking, she was vulnerable to the projectiles whizzing through the air. She took nearly thirty shots, the impacts holding her in the air. She finally fell, unmoving. Buttagiri ran to her rescue, wielding his sword in one hand, deflecting weapon fire as he ran. A stray shot, a bullet that had bounced off the side of a building, caught him in the face, sending him skidding next to Konoko. Muro roared in rage, and began marching towards the vans. He took shot after shot, slowing him but not stopping him. Griffin saw how useless it was to fire with his weapon, and reaching under, pulled a grenade launcher. Loading it with a shrapnel round and yelling to his troops to take cover, he fired. The explosive impacted with Muro's chest, sending a hail of hot metal and smoke everywhere. When it cleared, Muro lay on the ground, cloths shredded, cuts all along his body. Griffin noted that Muro's body was still in one piece, a testament to the Chrysalis's quick healing abilities. Griffin motioned to one of the officers.
"Check them." the officer moved out slowly, attempting to train his gun on all three of the suspects at once. Reaching Muro, the officer put his hand to Muro's neck, discovering him to be a corpse.
"One dead!" He shouted back, then moved towards the remaining bodies. Konoko was in the same shape, her skin melted and sticking to the street due to the plasma, but Buttagiri was still alive, if barely.
"We got a live one! Bad shape though." Indeed, the man could just feel Buttagiri's pulse, beating slower than the man thought possible. Incredibility, Buttagiri was still awake, eyes drifting. In a swift motion, Buttagiri latched onto the officer's arm, surprising him to the point of almost shooting. The officer finally saw the hole in the left side of Buttagiri's forehead, having been hidden from his viewpoint before.
"Am...am I...dy...ing?" Buttagiri's eyes were glazed over, staring straight at the man, causing him to become even more unnerved.
"Yes, you're dying." Buttagiri looked like he wanted to say something else, but never got the chance. His am fell limp, his head rolled to the side. The man felt fir his pulse, but it was gone. All three were dead.
"Bag them up, and send them to the TCTF morgue. I want to have them cut open, checked by the scientists."
* * * * *
The morgue was empty, minus the dead bodies of convicts and criminals shot or otherwise killed. Three new body bags lay on the operating table, awaiting their turn to be sorted. A faint rustling could be heard, though it could just be the wind.
The rustling became louder, soon loud enough to cause a guard to come into the room. He moved to one of the body bags, looking around lazily. He reached the table, looking down at the bag.
"You're the new guy's, huh? Well, stay dead; I'd rather not deal with zombies." He poked the bag, hard enough to shift the position by a good deal. A ripping sound caused him to spin, gun up and ready. Buttagiri was crawling out of his bag, hole still in his head. The guard froze in fear, shaking slightly. Ripping behind him shocked him into moving. He spun back to his original position. A hand, covered in burned and melted skin was sticking out the bag, waving back and forth. The guard whimpered, then fell to the ground in a dead faint. Konoko ripped the rest of the bag, finally crating a big enough hole to allow her to escape the bag that held her. She stood, skin in strange and disgusting positions due to melting and cooling in different spots. Muro was also out, but had been out of view of the guard. Buttagiri walked over to Konoko, then wrinkled his nose.
"You don't smell the greatest. Heck, we won't be able sneak around because of the smell!"
Konoko gave him an evil look, responding with, "Well, burnt flesh isn't exactly the best smell."
Muro just looked at both of them and himself, then finally stated. "I still think this was a really stupid, and painful, plan."
"Nope, Murphy's law is in effect*." Both Buttagiri and Muro stared at her, not understanding.
"C'mon, neither of you know who Murphy was?" Both shook their heads, and she just sighed.
"I can't believe neither of you know some of the best made rules of combat."
End Chapter 9
*Authors Note- Well, I have become bum here recently. I haven't been writing enough, and have been playing NeverWinter Nights, which by the way, is a soul sucking game(Otherwise, a really good one.) Murphy's Law, if you don't know, are several all true laws about war and can also be applied to every day life. Samples include:
If it's stupid and it works, it not stupid.(The one I used)
Things that work together, aren't shipped together.
If you are short of everything but enemy, you are in combat.
Never share a foxhole with anyone braver than you.
Fire support will always fall short.
The best way is always simple.
The simple way is always hard.
The easy way is always mined.
The enemy would never come from that way.
These are just samples, there are many more(about two our three pages worth) Well, that ends my lesson of rules of warfare, so I'm going to sleep.