Disclaimer: Bloody Roar and all related characters are property of Hudson.
MARS-01 is property of the author, Person with many aliases
A/N: *raises hands in defeat* Okay, okay, Fireclaw, I get the point, don't go keep chewing me out like that 'kay? I just got that Judo thing out of Austin Powers, 'kay? Sheez . . .
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Chapter 13:
"I guess we should get him to a hospital or something" Uriko said
"Yeah" Kenji followed suit by his arms under each of Jeremy's armpits to hoist him up. Before Kenji actually had a chance to drag the mentally "dead" Jeremy across the floor to the outside, another character made his re-introduction, voice filled with half controlled rage
"YOU GET AWAY FROM MARS NOW!!!!" Busuzima finished his sentence with the sound of an automatic weapon firing; it's barrel erupting with flame. Kenji and Uriko instinctively ducked from the line off fire and under a surviving metal table, unfortunately dropping Jeremy to the ground to blankly stare at the situation. Kenji then popped back into view to throw his weaponry at Busuzima, before he ducked back under to defend himself again. Busuzima just leaned out of the way of the flying metals before continuing his barrage.
It was then that the high crates stacked behind Kenji and Uriko began to take lead, splintering and cracking, then toppling down, burying the heroes under the wood. Busuzima chucked then at his victory before walking over the pile of wood to finally get rid of the two. While Jeremy's glazed eyes watched the spectacle before him, he began to heal his damaged mind.
"Where . . . am . . I?" Jeremy whispered out into the air
"Where am I?" Jeremy shouted out into the dark void of his mind, the endless darkness.
"This is your mind now, unreactive since the discorvery of what you are" a like sounding voice called back to Colt.
"Who's there? Who are you?" Jeremy shouted back, fear starting to gnaw at him.
Then a cloaked figure emerged from the darkness, walking towards Jeremy. "An alter-ego, a God of war is what I am named after", the figure then removed his hood.
"Mars, you should be dead" Jeremy growled, fear turning to anger as he saw his mirror image smirk back at him.
"Not quite, Jeremy. Just damaged to the point of uselessness, a mere voice in your head"
"Then why are you here?"
"Simply to remind you"
"Of what?"
"That you are still a hunter, that there is still much to be done"
"I will never become a hunter again, like you"
"There is a difference to being me and being the hunter", MARS said while beginning to pace across the expansive dark, "Even if you are Jeremy, your past training will keep you as a hunter, you cannot stop being what you are to be"
Jeremy then looked downwards, thinking of these words "Then what is the fate of a Hunter to be if he is without prey?"
"That is where you come in, why not a compromise?"
"Compromise?"
MARS then stopped pacing and smirked back at Jeremy before continuing his idea, "Why not use your training to destroy those who made us what we are now?"
Jeremy pondered over the idea, "The prey will be tough"
"But the rewards we reap will be enough", MARS pressed "My purpose will be completed and you will have your revenge and plus, you won't have to hear me anymore if we have a deal"
Jeremy then looked down at the out stretched hand in front of him the up at MARS whose hand was reaching out, waiting for the answer. "Deal?"
Jeremy just smirked before grabbing the hand, sealing the treaty, "Deal"
Then the dark void of his mind lit up as his conscience awoke
Kenji and Uriko pushed aside as many crates as they could before the barrel of Busuzima's weapon aimed down at them, they then just loked up at the insane face while they narrowed their eyes. They were still to deep under the crates to pull out any tricks in time.
Busuzima then growled at them "You know, It's been really annoying, trying to get you back, I should just have killed you in the beginning" Busuzima then pulled back on the bolt of his weapon before finishing, "Time to finally die". Before anything happened, a sly voice slithered out into the air.
"Deal . . ." Busuzima then spun around to face the hunter rising from the ground, leaning heavily on a table for support. Busuzima then gave a questioning look
"Mars? Is that you in that body?" the hunter then faced the scientist before giving a cheerful smile and answering.
"Sorry Hajime, Mars is dead, Jeremy is the hunter now" With that said, Jeremy lashed out and upwards kick, knocking out Buzuzima's weapon from his grip. Jeremy then grabbed Busuzima by the already sore neck and flung him into a steel door. Busuzima then smashed his fist against a panel on the wall next to the door he was against, causing it to slide open and letting him escape to the safety behind the door. Before Jeremy could use the panel again, the scientist pressed another button on his side of the door, cutting power to the panel Jeremy was using.
With Busuzima escaped, Jeremy could only yell through the door in threats, "BUSUZIMA! WHEN I FIND YOU AGAIN, YOU"LL BE WISHING I JUST KILLED YOU IN THE BEGINNNING!"
Busuzima just snorted before leaving, "You wish, hunter, you wish" Busuzima then ran off to the "Plan B" room as he called it. Jeremy just glared at the door some more before walking back to the duo that finally escaped from the wreckage of crates they were trapped under. There was an odd silence between the two parties as they just stared at each other in the new light before a sound of groaning metal echoed through the warehouse.
"What was that?" Kenji asked Jeremy, obviously holding all the answers of the facility
Jeremy just stared up to the ceiling before answering, "This is a fireworks factory, still stockpiled with good amounts of gunpowder. Busuzima has planted several incendiary devices in key area's to ensure that he will leave a smoking crater in his escape"
"Then we have to get out of here!" Uriko excitedly shouted to the other two.
"Agreed" the hunter answered just seconds before the wall behind them exploded, scattering flame covered debris everywhere. While Kenji and Uriko dashed for the open hole in the wall that lead outside, Jeremy just sighed while flaming wreckage fell before him, blocking his apparent escape.
"Jeremy, what are you doing!" Kenji shouted back to the figure behind the flames.
"I cannot surrender my self to the authorities outside, not yet. There is still much for me to accomplish before I can die in peace, I shall see you again" Taking off his green hat and giving a formal bow, the Hunter then turned around and walked back into the billowing flames. As the two finally emerged from the burning warehouse, the Kenji and Uriko saw a good amount of fire fighters, police and ambulances in the immediate vicinity. While being ushered to a ambulance, Gado met up with the duo.
"What happened to Colt?" Gado asked Kenji while they walked to the ambulance. Kenji then stopped to look back at the smoking wreckage that the fire fighters were putting out.
"I don't really know . . ." Kenji answered back, before he and Uriko finally eased their exhausted selves unto the seats to be taken to the hospital, where they finally had a good sleep in a long time.
Epilogue: It had been several weeks since the factory incident, and where our heroes finally had a break, enjoying themselves to the rest of the summer. Some of them didn't have this break though; their work is always never finished. On the quiet, early morning train sat the people headed to the airport, some going to Africa, Germany, Canada, and-The India Lab, where my vengeance shall begin one figure thought to himself, while he planned his war against his old captors. A new state in India had recently opened up a "Zoanthrope Tournament" testing the persecuted people's strength in combat. It shall make a good cover for why I will be there. The man thought and he dropped his green "wizard's hat" over his eyes as he rested for what was to come. And it will begin here, a man armed with nothing more than a curse, the clothes on his back, and a stolen credit card, will wage war on the remnants of a dead company . . . it will be a good hunt for the hunter with those words engraved in his mind, the man smiled and than slept.
A/N: *raises hands in defeat* Okay, okay, Fireclaw, I get the point, don't go keep chewing me out like that 'kay? I just got that Judo thing out of Austin Powers, 'kay? Sheez . . .
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Chapter 13:
"I guess we should get him to a hospital or something" Uriko said
"Yeah" Kenji followed suit by his arms under each of Jeremy's armpits to hoist him up. Before Kenji actually had a chance to drag the mentally "dead" Jeremy across the floor to the outside, another character made his re-introduction, voice filled with half controlled rage
"YOU GET AWAY FROM MARS NOW!!!!" Busuzima finished his sentence with the sound of an automatic weapon firing; it's barrel erupting with flame. Kenji and Uriko instinctively ducked from the line off fire and under a surviving metal table, unfortunately dropping Jeremy to the ground to blankly stare at the situation. Kenji then popped back into view to throw his weaponry at Busuzima, before he ducked back under to defend himself again. Busuzima just leaned out of the way of the flying metals before continuing his barrage.
It was then that the high crates stacked behind Kenji and Uriko began to take lead, splintering and cracking, then toppling down, burying the heroes under the wood. Busuzima chucked then at his victory before walking over the pile of wood to finally get rid of the two. While Jeremy's glazed eyes watched the spectacle before him, he began to heal his damaged mind.
"Where . . . am . . I?" Jeremy whispered out into the air
"Where am I?" Jeremy shouted out into the dark void of his mind, the endless darkness.
"This is your mind now, unreactive since the discorvery of what you are" a like sounding voice called back to Colt.
"Who's there? Who are you?" Jeremy shouted back, fear starting to gnaw at him.
Then a cloaked figure emerged from the darkness, walking towards Jeremy. "An alter-ego, a God of war is what I am named after", the figure then removed his hood.
"Mars, you should be dead" Jeremy growled, fear turning to anger as he saw his mirror image smirk back at him.
"Not quite, Jeremy. Just damaged to the point of uselessness, a mere voice in your head"
"Then why are you here?"
"Simply to remind you"
"Of what?"
"That you are still a hunter, that there is still much to be done"
"I will never become a hunter again, like you"
"There is a difference to being me and being the hunter", MARS said while beginning to pace across the expansive dark, "Even if you are Jeremy, your past training will keep you as a hunter, you cannot stop being what you are to be"
Jeremy then looked downwards, thinking of these words "Then what is the fate of a Hunter to be if he is without prey?"
"That is where you come in, why not a compromise?"
"Compromise?"
MARS then stopped pacing and smirked back at Jeremy before continuing his idea, "Why not use your training to destroy those who made us what we are now?"
Jeremy pondered over the idea, "The prey will be tough"
"But the rewards we reap will be enough", MARS pressed "My purpose will be completed and you will have your revenge and plus, you won't have to hear me anymore if we have a deal"
Jeremy then looked down at the out stretched hand in front of him the up at MARS whose hand was reaching out, waiting for the answer. "Deal?"
Jeremy just smirked before grabbing the hand, sealing the treaty, "Deal"
Then the dark void of his mind lit up as his conscience awoke
Kenji and Uriko pushed aside as many crates as they could before the barrel of Busuzima's weapon aimed down at them, they then just loked up at the insane face while they narrowed their eyes. They were still to deep under the crates to pull out any tricks in time.
Busuzima then growled at them "You know, It's been really annoying, trying to get you back, I should just have killed you in the beginning" Busuzima then pulled back on the bolt of his weapon before finishing, "Time to finally die". Before anything happened, a sly voice slithered out into the air.
"Deal . . ." Busuzima then spun around to face the hunter rising from the ground, leaning heavily on a table for support. Busuzima then gave a questioning look
"Mars? Is that you in that body?" the hunter then faced the scientist before giving a cheerful smile and answering.
"Sorry Hajime, Mars is dead, Jeremy is the hunter now" With that said, Jeremy lashed out and upwards kick, knocking out Buzuzima's weapon from his grip. Jeremy then grabbed Busuzima by the already sore neck and flung him into a steel door. Busuzima then smashed his fist against a panel on the wall next to the door he was against, causing it to slide open and letting him escape to the safety behind the door. Before Jeremy could use the panel again, the scientist pressed another button on his side of the door, cutting power to the panel Jeremy was using.
With Busuzima escaped, Jeremy could only yell through the door in threats, "BUSUZIMA! WHEN I FIND YOU AGAIN, YOU"LL BE WISHING I JUST KILLED YOU IN THE BEGINNNING!"
Busuzima just snorted before leaving, "You wish, hunter, you wish" Busuzima then ran off to the "Plan B" room as he called it. Jeremy just glared at the door some more before walking back to the duo that finally escaped from the wreckage of crates they were trapped under. There was an odd silence between the two parties as they just stared at each other in the new light before a sound of groaning metal echoed through the warehouse.
"What was that?" Kenji asked Jeremy, obviously holding all the answers of the facility
Jeremy just stared up to the ceiling before answering, "This is a fireworks factory, still stockpiled with good amounts of gunpowder. Busuzima has planted several incendiary devices in key area's to ensure that he will leave a smoking crater in his escape"
"Then we have to get out of here!" Uriko excitedly shouted to the other two.
"Agreed" the hunter answered just seconds before the wall behind them exploded, scattering flame covered debris everywhere. While Kenji and Uriko dashed for the open hole in the wall that lead outside, Jeremy just sighed while flaming wreckage fell before him, blocking his apparent escape.
"Jeremy, what are you doing!" Kenji shouted back to the figure behind the flames.
"I cannot surrender my self to the authorities outside, not yet. There is still much for me to accomplish before I can die in peace, I shall see you again" Taking off his green hat and giving a formal bow, the Hunter then turned around and walked back into the billowing flames. As the two finally emerged from the burning warehouse, the Kenji and Uriko saw a good amount of fire fighters, police and ambulances in the immediate vicinity. While being ushered to a ambulance, Gado met up with the duo.
"What happened to Colt?" Gado asked Kenji while they walked to the ambulance. Kenji then stopped to look back at the smoking wreckage that the fire fighters were putting out.
"I don't really know . . ." Kenji answered back, before he and Uriko finally eased their exhausted selves unto the seats to be taken to the hospital, where they finally had a good sleep in a long time.
Epilogue: It had been several weeks since the factory incident, and where our heroes finally had a break, enjoying themselves to the rest of the summer. Some of them didn't have this break though; their work is always never finished. On the quiet, early morning train sat the people headed to the airport, some going to Africa, Germany, Canada, and-The India Lab, where my vengeance shall begin one figure thought to himself, while he planned his war against his old captors. A new state in India had recently opened up a "Zoanthrope Tournament" testing the persecuted people's strength in combat. It shall make a good cover for why I will be there. The man thought and he dropped his green "wizard's hat" over his eyes as he rested for what was to come. And it will begin here, a man armed with nothing more than a curse, the clothes on his back, and a stolen credit card, will wage war on the remnants of a dead company . . . it will be a good hunt for the hunter with those words engraved in his mind, the man smiled and than slept.