(a/n): Sorry, I am so SORRY for such a long wait. Just don't kill me please!! I know I haven't updated in a few weeks but I need to feel this story when I write it to find the right words. Please, pretty please, I'm doing my best. Don't kill me—yet. I promise there won't be a lot of waits, okay?? Okay.
But first why not say hello and thank you to my lovely reviewers.
Fun: Hello once again my fellow friend! I am really happy that you loved the fighting scene! Thank you so much. It was so hard to write it and I did my best. I admire your way of thinking that all that pressure was nothing for Trish! You know what? You are completely right! It was nothing for Trish. She is strong enough!! Fun, you are a real wonderful interpreter and I enjoy reading your reviews. You are, also, right about Dess. He was rocking cool wasn't he? Yeah, if only he was real!!!!! Well thanks a lot Fun and of course, keep reading!!
shrtys-sk8er:Yay!!!!! Your back! Thanks for reading and reviewing. Thanks for your complements and I know what you mean by 'crazy' when it comes to Facing Worlds. I really love that map and it requires skills, and good skills. Sorry that I can't get it fast enough but that's why playing a game is sometimes better than reading a book or story because it's faster, you feel like you are part of it and you interact with it. But, hey, I'm doing my best. Thanks once again, you give me a lot of support.
rookie one: Looks like we have a new reviewer. Hehe. I know, it's a little childish in the beginning because it's from a kid's point of view but it gets bloody in the next chapters. Thank you for your compliments and hope you keep reading.
COUGH: COUGH you are too much! Haha. Thank you, thank you very much. I am so glad you loved the chapter. Thank you so much for your support. Well then I guess you will definitely enjoy the last few chapters! ^_~
Slash The Ironman: Right on! Trish should blow his remains into smithereens. Hmm. Now that you mention it, it's a great idea!! Malcolm is too cruel to Trish, time to show him who's the real BOSS. Thanks. Hahaha.
You should update your fic too. I can't wait to see what happens!
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ENJOY!!!!!
Chapter23: Part I: Raging Wars
The whole place was dark, as Trinity was running through the unknown. Trees crowded together creating a maze that will take years to get out of. She looked back, sprinting from something she cannot see. Her heart was racing as she jumped over a fallen branch from an old tree. She was running away from something she couldn't admit, something she was truly afraid of only where she could tell in dreams.
She pushed back the long green lining from the trees that was like a net as she ran through the forest. Laughter followed up behind her, that same laughter she heard all these years. Trish breathed faster as she sprinted through more trees, pushing the branches from her face, scratching her arms. Her throat was burning and her eyes were swollen from the mist that started to rise, creating a fog.
Floor became invisible, as the mist has risen up to her knees, creating a cloud image, completely covering the floor. She looked back once again, still couldn't see anything but her heart has told her that something's there. Running away on instincts, completely terrified of what the outcome might be if the monster will catch up to her.
She tripped over a branch covered by the mist of clouds and her heart skipped a beat. She rolled on her back to see the horror but he wasn't there. No one was there. There was no mist; there were no trees, no laughter filling up the darkness of the unknown. In fact, she was in a quiet garden outside of the Liandri.
Streetlights lit up and birds singing from afar the evening tune. Trish, completely confused looked around her, the wooden benches against the walls of the tall castle and the nice fountain near the gates. She took a step towards the benches, crushing the leaves under her, and a figure seemed to appear to sit on the benches, head lowered and hands knitted together.
"Dess?" She asked. She came up to the figure, her feet crushing the leaves and she stopped. Leaves. That's all she has heard. The tune of birds has stopped and the water beating on the floor of the fountain has vanished.
She took another step only to find the Liandri building gone and the night sky turn into that same darkness she has escaped from. "Dess?" She asked the figure that was the only one she saw, still sitting on the bench with a streetlight to it's right. "Where are we?" Her voice was clear in the still air, as she could hear her own heartbeat. She came up to touch him but her hand went right through him. She yanked her hand back and backed away. "Who are you?" Her voice as hollow as the blackness.
The figure didn't answer as it stood up, face covered by the shadows. "Dess? I know it's you." She quietly said as she tried to make the face out. She was interrupted by a cruel laughter, that same laughter she was running from. Eyes widening, she turned to run only to find him standing there. "What?" She asked herself as she turned her head to the bench again to see him standing there too.
"Good job, Dessloch, good job." The figure in front of her said.
"I knew you would pull it off."
"That was the easy part." The figure near the bench said, chuckling. "Trish, you fell so easy and yet so deep."
"Dessloch?" Her voice trembled as she has spoken her friend's name but the figure only smiled.
"Sorry Trish." He pulled out the gun and shot her.
"AHHHHHH!" Trish sat up in bed, panting and sweating. The room was still, with an alarm clock to her left and an open window on her right with the moon peaking in. She was still alive. She exhaled a long breath and rubbed her eyes as she started to sob. Covering her face with both hands she cried, releasing her sorrow.
What did her dream mean? Why was Dessloch in it as a traitor? She didn't know. "Trish?" A soft voice broke her sobs as she looked up into darkness with teary eyes. "Dess is that you?" She felt cool hands touch her shoulders and the moon lighted up Dessloch's tired face. She threw her arms around him tightly not letting go as she cried onto his shoulder.
"Shh. It's okay Trish, it was just dream, shh it's okay." He silently repeated the same words, comforting her and staying motionless as she cried everything she had for.
Dessloch came into the new bunker of the Blood Reavers, next morning, and saw everyone scattered on the couches and armchairs except for one person. Trinity. She went to fight the Final Challenge. Dessloch left the room immediately, to try and consult with Trish again. He will not lose her, he cannot lose her and right now this moment, he is so afraid for her. He jogged towards the Lift Hallway and saw Trinity putting up her backpack.
"Trinity! Wait! Don't go!" He screamed after her as he ran for the lift. She turned to look at him but her face was covered with her mask and glasses. She pressed the switch and the lift went up into the Lift Hallway. "Trish!" He slammed into the glass doors, separating him and the lift. He screamed and banged on it.
Figuring it was no use he turned to the engineer that operated the doors and lifts manually. "Get this thing opened, dammit!" He pointed towards the door with impatience. "I…I can't." He stumbled, obviously afraid of him. "And why the hell not!" Dessloch grabbed him by his collar and slammed against the nearest wall. "Because the—the tour—the tournament is—" The engineer barely got his words out of him mouth as he trembled with fear. "Spit it OUT!" Dessloch slammed him again and held him a good foot from the floor. "Because the tournament has started!" The engineer cried his words out as Dessloch let him go. "Damn." He stated and watched the mechanic run away. "Trish." He looked towards the entrance of the stadium and heard the announcer start.
"The Match will start in 5…4…3…2…1. Begin." Trinity appeared in a silver hallway, with an opening in front of her, in the Phobos space station near Mars. Trish picked up a minigun to her right and climbed up to a ramp that brought her to yet another opening, revealing a shooter on the bottom floor. She didn't think as she bolted him with bullets, first hitting his rifle which exploded and then turning his head into statically dysfunctional circuit where the wires danced around. "Sucker." She taunted as the announcer informed her that she has drew first blood.
All of her opponents were mechs, she was the only human in this match and that was a major disadvantage to her. But something as simple as this won't prevent her from taking the cup and blowing Xan off the face of Earth into space.
Trinity continued to run through the hallway as a shootout was heard in the same place were she nailed her opponent and a robotic, female computer voice boomed through the map, "Too easy." Trinity was at a tie. Time to make some Killing Sprees if she wanted to win. She needs 15 frags to win and she is not letting anyone get past her. She hopes anyways.
Trinity ran past a lift where someone very familiar hit a ball of metal into her. Trinity hurled away at the weight and barely got up, returning fire into her lover's nemesis; Matrix. She hid behind an opening that led outside into space and waited him out. He hurt her pretty bad and she had to limp away. Turning around to make sure he didn't follow her, Matrix emerges and fires another ball of metal fragging her into space. "Boom, hahahaha." Matrix laughed in his inhuman voice.
Trish respawned, completely enraged that he entered this fight, she cracked her neck and anger was burning in her eyes. She picked up the second crappiest weapon she hated in this tournament, the Ripper, and started to fire away at the people on the bottom floor with her. She didn't know if she would be able to frag them because they were moving in out of the central room.
Hearing the horrific sound of the minigun with an equipped damage amplifier made her situation worse. Seeing all three mechs get completely decimated into pieces with machine oil painting the walls made her swallow and run as Matrix ran after her.
Damn him. She ran up the stairs and bumped into a female mech with a rocket launcher in her face. "Die, human!" She cried as she fired off the rocket. Trish ducked and cut the mech's head off with one fine blade of her weapon as she got pummeled in the back with the explosive rounds of Matrix's minigun. She fought to stay conscious as Matrix pulled her by her bloody hair and whispered in her ear, "Burn, baby." He dropped her hard to the floor.
Trinity respawned at the top and picked up the shock rifle in rage. She quickly found Matrix at the central room and fired off a ball of plasma and shot it, creating a shockwave. Sadly, it didn't hit Matrix as he ran into a hallway. Trinity jumped down to chase after him as something shone in her left eye. She smiled evilly as she ran up a few steps and got the rocket launcher. She loaded it and ran after Matrix.
As she jumped down she saw his body fly right past her into a wall. He didn't move, he was surely dead and Trinity smiled as she was relishing how he twitched and dropped down to his knees. She turned to the mech that has killed him and fired off rockets at it, blowing it off into body parts that soon were squashed from the impact into oily strings and wires.
She backpedaled into the hallway as another female came to kill her with a rocket exploding to her left. Noticing she is out of ammo she drops the heavy gun and takes out her shock rifle and with perfect accuracy, she burned a hole in the mech. It staggered, looking down at its hole and slumped down to the floor, dead.
Trinity wiped off the sweat from her eyes and went to find some patches to stop her from bleeding from her arm. She ran out into the hallway and her eyes widen as a large explosion burned everyone to dust. She turned to run as she too was swallowed by the explosion of the great powerful Redeemer.
She screamed as she reappeared in the hallway feeling completely helpless. She is the only one actually against Xan. These people are his slaves; he ordered them to be against her. That coward. He shall taste her bullets.
She appeared outside on the roof with a sniper rifle. She picked it up and jumped down, carefully, sticking to walls, to try and land without hurting herself. She was successful, but she jumped between another shootout. She ran up the same steps and picked up the rocket launcher. It took one rocket to hit the mech directly with Trinity's perfect accuracy as she ran back to get out of the view from the other shooters.
She turned to face the way she was running and saw the same female she just blew into pieces; pick up the GES bio rifle. Trinity kneed, looked into the crosshair of the launcher, and shot out a well aimed rocket that has taken her head off and blow up her body, with oily chucks splattering across the rounded rectangular window, showing space.
Trinity turned to another shooter behind her, equipped with a shield belt, aiming a launcher at her. He fired a homing missile and Trinity dropped her heavy gun to try and out run it. She rounded the corner which led her to the central room again, the missile still following her. She rounded another corner and came back to the hall where the owner of the missile was. She jumped up, grabbed onto his shoulders and flipped over him and rolled down the hall as the missile impacted onto his robotic body, firing him to fragments in an instance.
Trinity took a big breath as she picked up her rocket launcher and went back to the central room to get to the top. Matrix met her once again but with a minigun. He fired at her and she backpedaled as she fired back. Matrix's inhuman advantage was against her as he dodged all the missiles and jumped on top of her, knocking her launcher from her hand. "What does he see in you?" Matrix teased her as he pointed the minigun at her face. "You're just a human."
Trinity's training kicked in as she did the same hit as Zack once taught her. She kicked his minigun to a side and rolled towards his unprotected body and gave him a full blow with both of her fists. She rolled to jump up and got to her feet as Matrix fell into the hallway and gotten blown up in pieces by someone she couldn't see.
Cathode, a female mech which she fragged a couple of times, emerged with fire burning in her inhuman eyes. It fired a missile that went passed her and Trish's heart nearly stopped. Trish ran towards Cathode, knowing there was not time to waste. She sprinted towards it, knocking it off its feet as she picked up the mech and shielded herself from the blast of the Redeemer.
Trinity dropped the frying corpse but she felt burns up her legs and arms. She grabbed her side with pain as she picked up the minigun left from the blazing corpse of Matrix. She limped towards the lift that would take her up, but it was such a long way with the condition she is in.
She limped up the hallways, wondering when will she see the lift. Hearing the shootout again in the central room made her go faster as the pain got worse. She dropped to the floor when a rocket went through the window, exploding above her. She crawled across the opening and got to her feet to run as bullets barely missed her. They knew she was up here.
She got to the lift and barely held herself together as it went up. She nearly dropped out of the lift as she crawled to her feet and limped towards a very narrow ramp to the right of the lift where a shield belt was held.
Bullets and rockets zipped by her as she did her best to speed up to try and get to the shield belt with her heavy minigun.
Distracted by a figure above her jumping through space, Matrix trying to reach what might save her life. Enraged by him she ran to her left instead, running for the damage amplifier, knowing it is too late to run for the shield belt because Matrix was running at full speed. "Hahaha!" Matrix laughed as he landed near the belt and equipped it. "Buckle up sweetie 'cause you're going for a ride!" He screamed after her as he ran towards her. He shot out a homing missile at her, when he got up to the other end of the deck, as she leaped for the damage amplifier and fell over the edge as the rocket hit the floor.
Hanging to the edge, Trinity aimed at his feet and fired off as explosive rounds of the minigun destroyed his knee and he doubled over, fell on the bridge she was on. "Oh no you don't." She whispered as she fired after him before he got a chance to fire another rocket, gaining herself a frag.
Trish put the rifle on the bridge as she pulled herself and met up with yet another mech, holding her weapon. He seemed to load it and Trinity spun as she crouched and tripped him over the edge. "Ahh!" Its robotic voice screamed after it. She quickly caught the weapon and splattered its microchip in place for its brains.
She let out a deep long breath and put her free hand on her knee. "Well, this is a fun match, huh?" She asked her best friend, the minigun. She got up, using the gun to support her and ran out of the dangerous walkway.
Bullets zipped by her, hitting her left arm and hurling her away to a side. She grabbed her wound with her right hand as she held her weapon with her left. Cathode. That same box of bolts that just seems like they will never get along. Ever. Sad. She'd want someone as stuck up as her to be her friend to deal with Xan. But looks like she just went out of line.
Trish kneed once again, to get the best accuracy with her weapon as possible. Looking through the crosshair, perfectly seeing how Cathode dropped her sniper rifle and ran after her. Without hesitation she squinted from the loud sound blasted through the quiet space, leaving burning holes from the rounds. Cathode, looking down at her body full of holes, raised her head to face Trish to receive the last bullet in her head, blowing it to pieces from the amplifier. "I'm sorry did I blow your head apart?" Trinity nicely apologized as she went to look for a med-kit, a patch, medicine, or even a band-aid. She must win this battle if she wants to fight Xan.
"Hang in there, Trish." Dess sounded hurt as though he felt her pain. He ran out of the stadium, he knows where is this all coming too. He had to do something, or else Xan will kill Trinity. He knows it, Trish doesn't. He won't allow her to die.
He ran into the Red Bunker where Visor was standing, guarding the entrance. "Out of my face, Visor!" Dess said as he tried to push him to a side but he didn't budge. "Only Red Team members are allowed to enter the Red Bunker." Visor's voice cracked in his robotic tone. "Damn you, Visor." Dess needed to talk to Zack fast, he needed his help or else Trish would die when she would face Xan.
He turned around making it look like he is walking away. Once he had a good distance, Dess turned and ran at the robot at full speed. "ARRRHHH!" Dess jumped the last few feet and knocked the robot down with his foot like he would a closed door. "Dessloch, you will be reported!" Visor helplessly cried when Dess ran into the hall screaming back, "Sue me!"
Trish was standing at the very top of the whole Phobos space station, with a sniper rifle in hand. She was sitting on one knee as the other one supported her elbow for a good aim. She didn't find anyone wondering on deck of the space station yet but she was leading and she had time to spare. She was waiting for her suit to respond to her injuries and recover her by boosting her energy. One of the good things her father has built in this suit was recovery ability but it was acting slowly since she barely used it.
A figure caught her sharp eye as it ran from the elevator towards the damage amplifier. The prey seemed like an ant from here, more of like a dot. She looked into the scope as she zoomed in. Sniping is one of the things she's good at as she blew the robots head off just before it reached the amplifier. From here, it seemed like ripping of a doll's head off with no blood—or oil. It made her feel better for once by not seeing anything spill out.
She exhaled and closed her eyes. It was quiet out here. She didn't hear anything and she basically didn't see anything but the deck of the space station. It is a good place to stay and rest at but this is also a dead end. And she can't afford to fall because she will die from it.
She continued waiting out her foes as her suit's micro-machines, worked hard in restoring her internal balance. "Lift 1 activated." A female's computer voice warned her about an enemy coming up to get her. She doesn't doubt one bit it is Matrix.
She carefully looked down and saw Matrix, loading up his rocket launcher and sends a swarm of rockets at her. Trinity backed away as they went right passed her face and into space. She breathed faster and looked around to where she could hide but there was nothing. She was at a small open area. "Shit." She whispered as she turned to the edge and looked down. It was too far; she didn't know if she would make it.
"Oh, Trishy. Come to papa." Trinity whirled around and found Matrix on the rooftop with her, pointing the big rocket launcher at her. "Say your prayers." Trinity made a flip backwards and grabbed onto the ledge as the rocket missed her. "Ho, ho, ho." Matrix laughed as he came up to the edge she was hanging at. "You are faster than I thought." He stepped on her right hand. She let go while hanging on her left. She pushed herself to her right and got up the edge quickly before Matrix would be able to step on her left hand and kicked him towards the elevator that was going down now.
Trinity watched the elevator come back down with Matrix. She wouldn't let him come up again she must finish him. She jumped down and landed on him, knocking his rocket launcher out of his hands. She swung her sniper rifle from her shoulders into her hands and shot into his face.
Surprised and completely paralyzed, Trish watched Matrix stand up with his metallic face ruined completely. "You can't finish me that quickly, sweetie." He wound up a knee in her stomach and she fell, dropping her sniper rifle to the floor.
The lift finally reached its destination and Matrix took Trish by her hair again. She looked at his terrible, disordered face as he punched her in hers and she flew back into the wall behind her. "Ugh." She groaned and spit out her own blood. Coming up to her, Matrix whirled her around to face him and was hit in the stomach by her sniper rifle's butt. He arced over and received another blow in the face that sends him to the floor.
Trinity shot the switch as she sat on top of Matrix, her rifle across his neck. "Lift 1 activated." Matrix shot a look at her as he froze. "You won't get away with this." He snarled as he struggled to get free. He put his hands around her neck and started chocking her, as she pressed harder. His head lifted from the floor as the lift went up. Trinity looked away when oil splattered her face when the upcoming wall beheaded Matrix.
Hands still wrapped around her, she tried to unwrap his fingers but it was useless. She took the sniper rifle still with her, pointed at his hand, closed her eyes, and shot it. The hand fell from her neck and she shot the other. She took in as much oxygen as she could, her trachea burning for trying to get the oxygen she couldn't.
She sat back, holding her rifle in place as the lift reached the roof.
"Has he gotten any blueprints of her suit?" Xan barked at Kira who was monitoring the match. "No, sir. But it seems that her suit makes her faster. She definitely needs it desperately in matches like these." Kira said without looking back. "She is weak, Kira. She won't last a minute out there without it. Continue monitoring the cameras and tell me if Matrix scanned her yet." Xan left the Monitor Room and headed for his office.
He needed to know what could Trinity do in a match and he must design something against it. This was a perfect plan but he still needs to know what her suit is made out off. If the suit is like a version of his, than he is in big trouble. And he only has 3 matches left to find out.
He sat at his desk, calming himself. Everything will be alright. He knows everything will be just great. It is a matter of time, when Trinity will fall. He already set up some traps just for her. Now it's all a matter of her strength. This week is the last of Trinity's winning streak. "Hahahahahahahahaha. Hahahahahahahaha."
Trinity went down the elevator, feeling a lot better than before. She went to her left that led outside of the Phobos station. She picked up the energy drinks (health vials) and the gravity boots. She turned to look up to see if she good jump and spotted a flak cannon right in front of her against the wall of the entrance she just came in from.
She dropped her sniper rifle and picked up the flak cannon and followed up by good flak shells and armor pads. Satisfied with her weaponry, health, and equipment, she went onto the bridge where she boosted herself up to the ledge on top only to find Matrix, equipped with a shield belt down below on the other side of the ledge.
He was chasing after Cathode and Trinity did want to help her out but than she could use this situation to her advantage. She launched a ball that hit the floor and erupted to pieces, hitting Matrix, draining his shield belt, and Cathode in the body that shred her to pieces.
Matrix dodged another ball of discarded metal as he jumped through an opening, when his shield drained. Trinity aimed for the opening and fired the minute he jumped into view, blowing him to pieces that splattered the bottom floor that was seen from here.
Trinity started to descend down the ramp as someone respawned below her and went down the ramp into the opening. Trinity fired off hot brisk of metal which scraped off the walls. Having heard the cry of the inhuman robot surprised her when it hid behind the opening. Trinity sent a flying ball of hot metal to finish off the robot and was successful.
She wondered about what reaction she has received from her victims. The mechs she fragged so far did make a stressful sound when she killed them and blew them to pieces. Do they really feel this? Are they really human or it is one of the jokes Xan is playing on her. Maybe she has gone completely crazy from these matches. She didn't know but she sure was surprised about it.
Trinity fell into the opening, as another mech appeared right next to her. Startled at such a sudden appearance, Trinity fired off the primary fire and decimated the mech into thousand pieces of wires, oil and metal.
"Congratulations, you are the winner." The announcer in her earpiece has said as she dropped her weapon in relief. It ended a bit too fast for her because she thought this match would never be over.
To keep up her faith and to make Xan feel worse, she raised two of her hands in the air to pronounce victory, screaming "Let's ROCK!!!!!!!"
(a/n): Well? What did you think of this chapter? I hope it is not too long and I hope I didn't bore you guys. I did my best on this chapter and it took me quite a long time to write it. I hope the long wait was worth it. Please tell me your opinions because they are very important to me. The next chapter will be up as soon as possible but I'm trying to make the last chapters as best as possible.
Well 'till next time.
Later Gators.
