Chapter 13: The hard-fought battle
After a few minutes of convincing the elder members of Wufei's family that they were simply going out to search for others, Minako, Makoto, Ami, Rei and Wufei were working their way down the street, carefully avoiding the falling firestones and the flames that seemed to flicker from their very footsteps. Minako was the first to spot the dark sphere that was indeed floating above the radio tower amid the growing smoke cloud gathering above the city.
"There it is! Come on!" Minako took off ahead and the others silently followed.
They halted after only a few blocks.
"This is not good..." Ami muttered. Prowling around the base of the tower was a literal army of every sort of youma.
There was a flash of lightning and power as Makoto transformed. "We had better get started then." She said bluntly.
Minako nodded and transformed, followed by Ami. There was a series of clicks behind them and they turned to see both Rei and Wufei loading two very impressive, but small, sub-machine guns.
"Where did you get those?!" Ami exclaimed.
"Oh, this adorable little shop on fifth and maple..." Rei joked absently. After a hard look from Wufei, she sighed. "We picked them up on the way out. You didn't actually think we would come up here unarmed, did you?"
There was a louder, final snap as she finished loading. The sound echoed as Wufei finished. "We should get going." He all but commanded.
"No time like the present." Makoto answered and smiled grimly and stepped around the corner.
What could have been a thousand heads turned their way. There was a flash and a few shots, and that number dropped a few.
Both sides rushed forward and Wufei found himself holstering his gun and taking down youmas by hand. Kicks, thrusts and slashes dropped the youmas around him easily. He saw a flash of Rei's red shirt and moved in that direction. Claws rained down from every side and he narrowly dodged them, fighting back as quickly and fiercely as he could. Something raked down his back and he took a number of youmas down with a swift kick. Jumping over the newly dead bodies, he yanked the gun out and shot a way through the pressing crowd of clawing, growling bodies, making a path further towards Rei and the tower.
Rei tried to concentrate on the pressing, biting mass around her, but she couldn't help worrying about Wufei. (Is he still alive? Maybe he's hurt... No. He's too strong to be taken down by these beasts.) She cleared another ring around her with a round of bullets and used the butt of the gun to crush skulls and other youma body parts, inching herself closer to the tower.
Finally, after several minutes of pounding demons on all sides, Wufei made it to the base of the radio tower, and he was vaguely irritated to see he was stained with the sick, purple youma blood that now covered the ground. He looked back, knocking down several youmas down with the action, and saw Rei belting out powerful shots left and right. She made a somewhat graceless leap over a growing wall of bodies and landed next to Wufei.
"The others?" She gasped shortly, shooting down another line of advancing youmas.
Wufei glanced out into the crowd and saw all three of them handling themselves very well, using their respective attacks to slowly dwindle the number of youmas around them. "Fine." He answered Rei.
She nodded and let out another round of bullets, dropping yet another line of youmas. "We need to get inside." She gasped, obviously feeling the grip of fatigue.
Without a word, Wufei snatched Rei's hand and pulled her around the base of the tower, gunning down youmas as he went. He stopped in front of the three pairs of double doors registering for a moment, surprise that only one of the glass doors had been broken apart.
Jumping through, Wufei looked back to see Rei spun around, continuing to fire upon the youmas that attempted to follow them. Glancing around in the few seconds of time Rei was giving him, he bolted towards the emergency stairs almost wrenching Rei along behind him.
Rei pounded the trigger on the gun, thanking whatever sort of god that would listen that the gun had not stalled and luckily, would not run out off bullets for a while yet.
She heard a door slam behind her and spun to see Wufei pull her into a small room with a set of stairs. He slammed the door behind her. Gasping for breath, Wufei looked up at the empty stairs. "No demons." He breathed.
"He probably wants to face us if we could get this far." Rei stepped up beside him, suddenly aware of his hand still clutching hers. She looked at him. "Are you afraid?" She asked quietly.
He frowned. "What is there to fear?"
Rei looked at him for a long moment before starting up the stairs, still holding onto Wufei's hand.
So, did you like that chapter? Very short, true, but it's better than nothing, right? I hope the battle scene was good enough; I actually went over it a few times trying to perfect it. Ever since I saw LOR2, (incredible movie btw) I was really picky about my battle scenes. Hope this one lived up to your standards... Let me know in your review!!!
After a few minutes of convincing the elder members of Wufei's family that they were simply going out to search for others, Minako, Makoto, Ami, Rei and Wufei were working their way down the street, carefully avoiding the falling firestones and the flames that seemed to flicker from their very footsteps. Minako was the first to spot the dark sphere that was indeed floating above the radio tower amid the growing smoke cloud gathering above the city.
"There it is! Come on!" Minako took off ahead and the others silently followed.
They halted after only a few blocks.
"This is not good..." Ami muttered. Prowling around the base of the tower was a literal army of every sort of youma.
There was a flash of lightning and power as Makoto transformed. "We had better get started then." She said bluntly.
Minako nodded and transformed, followed by Ami. There was a series of clicks behind them and they turned to see both Rei and Wufei loading two very impressive, but small, sub-machine guns.
"Where did you get those?!" Ami exclaimed.
"Oh, this adorable little shop on fifth and maple..." Rei joked absently. After a hard look from Wufei, she sighed. "We picked them up on the way out. You didn't actually think we would come up here unarmed, did you?"
There was a louder, final snap as she finished loading. The sound echoed as Wufei finished. "We should get going." He all but commanded.
"No time like the present." Makoto answered and smiled grimly and stepped around the corner.
What could have been a thousand heads turned their way. There was a flash and a few shots, and that number dropped a few.
Both sides rushed forward and Wufei found himself holstering his gun and taking down youmas by hand. Kicks, thrusts and slashes dropped the youmas around him easily. He saw a flash of Rei's red shirt and moved in that direction. Claws rained down from every side and he narrowly dodged them, fighting back as quickly and fiercely as he could. Something raked down his back and he took a number of youmas down with a swift kick. Jumping over the newly dead bodies, he yanked the gun out and shot a way through the pressing crowd of clawing, growling bodies, making a path further towards Rei and the tower.
Rei tried to concentrate on the pressing, biting mass around her, but she couldn't help worrying about Wufei. (Is he still alive? Maybe he's hurt... No. He's too strong to be taken down by these beasts.) She cleared another ring around her with a round of bullets and used the butt of the gun to crush skulls and other youma body parts, inching herself closer to the tower.
Finally, after several minutes of pounding demons on all sides, Wufei made it to the base of the radio tower, and he was vaguely irritated to see he was stained with the sick, purple youma blood that now covered the ground. He looked back, knocking down several youmas down with the action, and saw Rei belting out powerful shots left and right. She made a somewhat graceless leap over a growing wall of bodies and landed next to Wufei.
"The others?" She gasped shortly, shooting down another line of advancing youmas.
Wufei glanced out into the crowd and saw all three of them handling themselves very well, using their respective attacks to slowly dwindle the number of youmas around them. "Fine." He answered Rei.
She nodded and let out another round of bullets, dropping yet another line of youmas. "We need to get inside." She gasped, obviously feeling the grip of fatigue.
Without a word, Wufei snatched Rei's hand and pulled her around the base of the tower, gunning down youmas as he went. He stopped in front of the three pairs of double doors registering for a moment, surprise that only one of the glass doors had been broken apart.
Jumping through, Wufei looked back to see Rei spun around, continuing to fire upon the youmas that attempted to follow them. Glancing around in the few seconds of time Rei was giving him, he bolted towards the emergency stairs almost wrenching Rei along behind him.
Rei pounded the trigger on the gun, thanking whatever sort of god that would listen that the gun had not stalled and luckily, would not run out off bullets for a while yet.
She heard a door slam behind her and spun to see Wufei pull her into a small room with a set of stairs. He slammed the door behind her. Gasping for breath, Wufei looked up at the empty stairs. "No demons." He breathed.
"He probably wants to face us if we could get this far." Rei stepped up beside him, suddenly aware of his hand still clutching hers. She looked at him. "Are you afraid?" She asked quietly.
He frowned. "What is there to fear?"
Rei looked at him for a long moment before starting up the stairs, still holding onto Wufei's hand.
So, did you like that chapter? Very short, true, but it's better than nothing, right? I hope the battle scene was good enough; I actually went over it a few times trying to perfect it. Ever since I saw LOR2, (incredible movie btw) I was really picky about my battle scenes. Hope this one lived up to your standards... Let me know in your review!!!