A Sinful Cry
Chapter One: Midnight Raid
By: Michelle Ulmer
Twelve O'clock, it seemed like such a perfect hour in the night. So much in the city happened then, whether it was the ordinary bar fight or some grand party. And in Spike Spiegel's mind, party was term used for breaking in to the enemy's base.
"Spike?" a voice said clearly behind him. Sharp eyes watched him carefully, silver hair dangling just above the speaker's shoulders. "Are you with us? Where almost here."
"Eh, sorry Vicious, I was just thinking." The bushy, green haired man said with a half fake smile that curved his lips.
"Yah, I can see that." a light sigh was admitted form Vicious' mouth as he kept his beloved Katana near his body, really that was the only place he could keep it in such a crowded car full of those who where in the same gig as them.
"Spike, so why does the Van want us to kill this guy so badly, I don't get any information these days." A younger voice said as a hand lifted, fingers going through the small amount of ebony hair.
"I don't know Lin, they just do?" Spike, too sighed lightly, for some reason, the only orders he had received from his superiors where to kill the leaders of the "Black Heart" and no more.
As there destination was fast approaching, each of them, Spike, Vicious, and Lin, had adrenaline building inside them. It was that way for each of them before the stormed in only to destroy. And as the car began to stop, Spike loaded his gun as well as Lin. Vicious only to grab the sheathed katana tightly in his hands.
Each stepped out of the black vehicle slowly. Eyes wandering behind them to see the two vans that held other agents of the Red Dragon Crime Syndicate. Each of these agents wore the dark, cloaked uniform. Spike though, when he saw each of the others dressed in this cloak as well, felt a bit awkward remembering how had just lost this uniform the other day. As well remembering how Julia and Vicious had gotten such a big laugh about it as well.
With a slight motion of the index finger, Vicious told the agents to move in, while the group of three went in behind them. Eyes narrowed in anticipation and readiness.
Before the three entered gun shot resounded through the lobby of the large building. In only moments, Lin ran as he was told too towards a desk, holding a gun to an easy to say beautiful secretary.
Lin had always regretted putting a loaded gun to a woman's head, even a woman the worked for a rival syndicate, but to him duties where first.
"Ma'am, I do not want to shoot you so tell me where we can find your leader, Sayoto, is now." Lin's eyes watched the woman carefully, as she quivered slightly and held her hands high in the air.
"Si.sir, he is in the top floor, last room at the end of the corridor." the woman as well watched Lin's movements, only to release a sigh and turned to peer at Spike who was already located at the elevator.
The boy's strides carried him over to Spike and Vicious. Lin was surprised how detailed the woman's information was but he supposed that she may have been used to it by now.
With the looks on each of there faces one could easily guess that they where thinking the same about how detailed the information actually was.
"Five of you come with us, the rest, make sure no one enters or leaves!" Vicious' now harsh voice said to suited men holding guns to other's heads. A few of them nodded and dropped there guns slightly only to join them in the fairly large elevator.
Spike now had that grin on his face. The grin Vicious recognized as the ready to kick ass grin.
"So, Spike, what do you plan on us doing first?" Vicious said with a casual smirk.
"Uh, kick ass!" Spike could only laugh, still showing that mid battle goofiness. Vicious joined him with a slight chuckle but Lin remained content at watching the elevator numbers flick from 4, 5, 6, and then seven. Three more floors, he thought as he grasped his gun.
Spike slowly pulled two guns from the pockets of his trench coat. Vicious on the other hand gave a flick of his thumb, causing the Katana to rise slightly from the sheath. Quickly did the silver haired man grasp the Katana in his other hand, like the others, getting ready too, as Spike put it, "kick ass!"
A light bleep was heard by all eight men in the elevator and the doors opened.
The five that where ordered to come with them flung out, guns firing randomly as bullets flew past there heads. Behind the five Spike and Vicious spilled out, Vicious drawing back the blade as Spike seemed to soar through the air, leg held outwards as he prepared to ram his foot into an enemies face.
Lin joined the chorus of five at firing the guns at the ten who where obviously guarding there leader from them at all costs. Abruptly though all the guns where lowered form the now six in awe.
Spike sent his hand flying upwards in to an opposition's nose while soon after spinning once, building up momentum, and then slamming a foot into the head of red haired man.
Vicious got an equal amount of attention as his katana seemed to be only a blur as blood spilled from its targets.
Lin though was the only one to realize that they had halted there firing and stirred the other five back to firing there guns, even though it seemed that the two marvels could do this whole party on there own.
The firing ceased as Vicious once again ordered them to follow. Lin was in back, taking a glance at the elevator then to the corpses on the ground. Noticing that five where clearly knocked out form blows in the head and from begin smashed, banged, and slammed by Spikes feet and hands. Then soon after he noticed another five that had very clean slash marks across there body limbs and chest.
"We did not even shoot a single one." Lin mentioned with the slight tone of awe and disgust in his face.
"Lin, I want you to signal HQ and tell them that are job is almost done and over with." Spike said as he continued sprinting towards the large door way at the end of the corridor, Vicious and the others behind him.
With his orders though, Lin halted his sprinting and grasped communicator from his pockets. From here he felt the awkward silence as he contacted them. After all, the others had ran past and he was here left with the corpses contacting the base.
"Sayoto!" Spike yelled as he stormed through the doors, guns held outwards, Vicious came to his side silently, himself, in a stance that would allow him to draw blood with his Katana at any time.
The leader of the Black Heart was seen peering down at the two, and those behind them.
"Well I am surprised you made it this far, but then again." His words soon fell to agony as a Katana was stabbed straight through his heart and spine. For brief moment blood spilled over the blade as it was retracted. Vicious felt a sense of achievement as there mission was now complete. Yet this sense soon faded as resounding clicks where heard around them.
Spike saw this coming, too few guards where blocking them from coming up. Spike's only reaction now was to fire, "Vicious!" he yelled, the tone in his voice telling him to come now while he had his back covered. Vicious' lowered his body as he dodged lines of bullets. Rolling once as spike had taught him one day. Vicious' glanced back for only a moment and began to run by Spike's side. Noticing now that all five of the men that where once with them are now bleeding heavily on the ground. Lin now joined them for the run of there lives. Hearing the foot steps of Spike and Vicious both and the foot steps of those following them. In an instant a gun shot was heard, a bullet streamed past Vicious' face, cutting through his hair and into the wall. That almost unseen bullet even caused the three to run even faster into the elevator. The doors closed behind them and this allowed them to take a deep breath. The grin was wiped off of Spike's face and the only look on Vicious was the face of anger. Lin, like earlier watched as the numbers began to fall from seven, six, five, and four. And like earlier, he got prepared to fire his gun. "Lin, get us a ride that will meet us at Forth and Pine Street. Vicious and I will go the other way to get them off your tail." Spike looked down at Lin then at the elevator doors. The doors slowly began to open and before they opened completely, both Spike and Vicious made a life or death dash to the front doors. All along the way they heard a plethora of gunshots from both enemy agents and Lin in back of them. At the door, the three split, Lin going to the right, Spike and Vicious going to the left. Never the less, Spike was pleased to see most of the agents followed the two. Vicious growled as he rolled, just evading a long line of gunshots, Spike on the other hand was harder to fire upon with his lanky. Never the less he rolled to but as he continued to run, a bullet flew past his cheeks, giving him a nice clean cut. Still this did not phase him as he ran into an alley way. He was shocked though when he noticed Vicious was not behind him, immediately he thought of the worst but this was not time to scream out your friends name in fear. In his ears he heard the agents repeating foot steps. Spike growled and spun around the corner. Teeth clenching as he fired his guns at those coming towards him, themselves falling with thuds to the concrete earth. For second Spike jumped when he felt something come behind him and beginning to fire two guns as well. Yet, since the guns where not at him he continued to fire till all where down before him. To see who his savior was he turned his head to the side to see Vicious. A smirk crossing his lips as a smile crossed Vicious'. All went silent for a moment, to Spike's relief Vicious was still quite alive. And seeing who no more agents where on there tail he stepped forward, turning about a foot out to peer at Vicious. "Where did you get the guns?" Spike asked as he returned his guns to there holster. Vicious soon glanced to the side, no words where needed as he saw a half way decapitated body on the ground, the clean slash in the neck would only be created from Vicious and his precious Katana.
There waiting had paid off. For just only feet away from the two a fairly large syndicate transport craft landed upon the concrete earth, Lin at the door pulling the two in.
Chapter One: Midnight Raid
By: Michelle Ulmer
Twelve O'clock, it seemed like such a perfect hour in the night. So much in the city happened then, whether it was the ordinary bar fight or some grand party. And in Spike Spiegel's mind, party was term used for breaking in to the enemy's base.
"Spike?" a voice said clearly behind him. Sharp eyes watched him carefully, silver hair dangling just above the speaker's shoulders. "Are you with us? Where almost here."
"Eh, sorry Vicious, I was just thinking." The bushy, green haired man said with a half fake smile that curved his lips.
"Yah, I can see that." a light sigh was admitted form Vicious' mouth as he kept his beloved Katana near his body, really that was the only place he could keep it in such a crowded car full of those who where in the same gig as them.
"Spike, so why does the Van want us to kill this guy so badly, I don't get any information these days." A younger voice said as a hand lifted, fingers going through the small amount of ebony hair.
"I don't know Lin, they just do?" Spike, too sighed lightly, for some reason, the only orders he had received from his superiors where to kill the leaders of the "Black Heart" and no more.
As there destination was fast approaching, each of them, Spike, Vicious, and Lin, had adrenaline building inside them. It was that way for each of them before the stormed in only to destroy. And as the car began to stop, Spike loaded his gun as well as Lin. Vicious only to grab the sheathed katana tightly in his hands.
Each stepped out of the black vehicle slowly. Eyes wandering behind them to see the two vans that held other agents of the Red Dragon Crime Syndicate. Each of these agents wore the dark, cloaked uniform. Spike though, when he saw each of the others dressed in this cloak as well, felt a bit awkward remembering how had just lost this uniform the other day. As well remembering how Julia and Vicious had gotten such a big laugh about it as well.
With a slight motion of the index finger, Vicious told the agents to move in, while the group of three went in behind them. Eyes narrowed in anticipation and readiness.
Before the three entered gun shot resounded through the lobby of the large building. In only moments, Lin ran as he was told too towards a desk, holding a gun to an easy to say beautiful secretary.
Lin had always regretted putting a loaded gun to a woman's head, even a woman the worked for a rival syndicate, but to him duties where first.
"Ma'am, I do not want to shoot you so tell me where we can find your leader, Sayoto, is now." Lin's eyes watched the woman carefully, as she quivered slightly and held her hands high in the air.
"Si.sir, he is in the top floor, last room at the end of the corridor." the woman as well watched Lin's movements, only to release a sigh and turned to peer at Spike who was already located at the elevator.
The boy's strides carried him over to Spike and Vicious. Lin was surprised how detailed the woman's information was but he supposed that she may have been used to it by now.
With the looks on each of there faces one could easily guess that they where thinking the same about how detailed the information actually was.
"Five of you come with us, the rest, make sure no one enters or leaves!" Vicious' now harsh voice said to suited men holding guns to other's heads. A few of them nodded and dropped there guns slightly only to join them in the fairly large elevator.
Spike now had that grin on his face. The grin Vicious recognized as the ready to kick ass grin.
"So, Spike, what do you plan on us doing first?" Vicious said with a casual smirk.
"Uh, kick ass!" Spike could only laugh, still showing that mid battle goofiness. Vicious joined him with a slight chuckle but Lin remained content at watching the elevator numbers flick from 4, 5, 6, and then seven. Three more floors, he thought as he grasped his gun.
Spike slowly pulled two guns from the pockets of his trench coat. Vicious on the other hand gave a flick of his thumb, causing the Katana to rise slightly from the sheath. Quickly did the silver haired man grasp the Katana in his other hand, like the others, getting ready too, as Spike put it, "kick ass!"
A light bleep was heard by all eight men in the elevator and the doors opened.
The five that where ordered to come with them flung out, guns firing randomly as bullets flew past there heads. Behind the five Spike and Vicious spilled out, Vicious drawing back the blade as Spike seemed to soar through the air, leg held outwards as he prepared to ram his foot into an enemies face.
Lin joined the chorus of five at firing the guns at the ten who where obviously guarding there leader from them at all costs. Abruptly though all the guns where lowered form the now six in awe.
Spike sent his hand flying upwards in to an opposition's nose while soon after spinning once, building up momentum, and then slamming a foot into the head of red haired man.
Vicious got an equal amount of attention as his katana seemed to be only a blur as blood spilled from its targets.
Lin though was the only one to realize that they had halted there firing and stirred the other five back to firing there guns, even though it seemed that the two marvels could do this whole party on there own.
The firing ceased as Vicious once again ordered them to follow. Lin was in back, taking a glance at the elevator then to the corpses on the ground. Noticing that five where clearly knocked out form blows in the head and from begin smashed, banged, and slammed by Spikes feet and hands. Then soon after he noticed another five that had very clean slash marks across there body limbs and chest.
"We did not even shoot a single one." Lin mentioned with the slight tone of awe and disgust in his face.
"Lin, I want you to signal HQ and tell them that are job is almost done and over with." Spike said as he continued sprinting towards the large door way at the end of the corridor, Vicious and the others behind him.
With his orders though, Lin halted his sprinting and grasped communicator from his pockets. From here he felt the awkward silence as he contacted them. After all, the others had ran past and he was here left with the corpses contacting the base.
"Sayoto!" Spike yelled as he stormed through the doors, guns held outwards, Vicious came to his side silently, himself, in a stance that would allow him to draw blood with his Katana at any time.
The leader of the Black Heart was seen peering down at the two, and those behind them.
"Well I am surprised you made it this far, but then again." His words soon fell to agony as a Katana was stabbed straight through his heart and spine. For brief moment blood spilled over the blade as it was retracted. Vicious felt a sense of achievement as there mission was now complete. Yet this sense soon faded as resounding clicks where heard around them.
Spike saw this coming, too few guards where blocking them from coming up. Spike's only reaction now was to fire, "Vicious!" he yelled, the tone in his voice telling him to come now while he had his back covered. Vicious' lowered his body as he dodged lines of bullets. Rolling once as spike had taught him one day. Vicious' glanced back for only a moment and began to run by Spike's side. Noticing now that all five of the men that where once with them are now bleeding heavily on the ground. Lin now joined them for the run of there lives. Hearing the foot steps of Spike and Vicious both and the foot steps of those following them. In an instant a gun shot was heard, a bullet streamed past Vicious' face, cutting through his hair and into the wall. That almost unseen bullet even caused the three to run even faster into the elevator. The doors closed behind them and this allowed them to take a deep breath. The grin was wiped off of Spike's face and the only look on Vicious was the face of anger. Lin, like earlier watched as the numbers began to fall from seven, six, five, and four. And like earlier, he got prepared to fire his gun. "Lin, get us a ride that will meet us at Forth and Pine Street. Vicious and I will go the other way to get them off your tail." Spike looked down at Lin then at the elevator doors. The doors slowly began to open and before they opened completely, both Spike and Vicious made a life or death dash to the front doors. All along the way they heard a plethora of gunshots from both enemy agents and Lin in back of them. At the door, the three split, Lin going to the right, Spike and Vicious going to the left. Never the less, Spike was pleased to see most of the agents followed the two. Vicious growled as he rolled, just evading a long line of gunshots, Spike on the other hand was harder to fire upon with his lanky. Never the less he rolled to but as he continued to run, a bullet flew past his cheeks, giving him a nice clean cut. Still this did not phase him as he ran into an alley way. He was shocked though when he noticed Vicious was not behind him, immediately he thought of the worst but this was not time to scream out your friends name in fear. In his ears he heard the agents repeating foot steps. Spike growled and spun around the corner. Teeth clenching as he fired his guns at those coming towards him, themselves falling with thuds to the concrete earth. For second Spike jumped when he felt something come behind him and beginning to fire two guns as well. Yet, since the guns where not at him he continued to fire till all where down before him. To see who his savior was he turned his head to the side to see Vicious. A smirk crossing his lips as a smile crossed Vicious'. All went silent for a moment, to Spike's relief Vicious was still quite alive. And seeing who no more agents where on there tail he stepped forward, turning about a foot out to peer at Vicious. "Where did you get the guns?" Spike asked as he returned his guns to there holster. Vicious soon glanced to the side, no words where needed as he saw a half way decapitated body on the ground, the clean slash in the neck would only be created from Vicious and his precious Katana.
There waiting had paid off. For just only feet away from the two a fairly large syndicate transport craft landed upon the concrete earth, Lin at the door pulling the two in.