(a/n): Okay, yesterday Dessloch saved me from Matrix before he blew me up to smithereens in the Eternal Caves. I decided to thank him by not bashing him anymore. You can't believe how he replied. Dessloch: "You're welcome, Lacrease. But I don't know how I didn't manage to blow you up with Matrix or push you into lava." Now what should I do? I think I should change the friendly fire to 100 and pick out the Facing Worlds. I'll be the sniper and I'll tell him to get the flag and I'll kill him! So many headshots, hehehe. Or how about the Redeemer? What do you think?
Dessloch: I think it's horrible.
Lacrease: Well I don't care wha—
Dessloch: You promised.
Lacrease: Dammit, I did.
Here are many thanks and hugs to all of my reviewers. If you don't see your review in the review link, that does not mean I didn't get it. I got each review in my mailbox and I'm one happy writer! Oh but if you did review and I didn't thank you, then that means I didn't get it. Sometimes I don't get every review in the mailbox.
One last thing, I'm sorry for not updating for quite some time but I had a very important exam I had to study for. Now I'm finally free from school, so I will be using the free time for this story. But I don't want to rush this because it's almost finished. I'm trying to make the last chapters as best as possible.
Fun: Haha. You are too much Fun. Thank you so much. Yeah, I guess there is no fooling you; I've got to admit that you are great. I love how you believe in Dessloch and Trinity. That was what I wanted. Like I said Fun, you will LOVE the ending. But it's so near, I can't believe it. But don't worry. All good things must come to an end.
Slash the Ironman: Phew, I'm safe for good. Thanks. It's so generous of you, you know. I don't know how to thank you. Oh yeah, send the assassins to kill Dess if I won't update. If I won't be updating, it's cause of him. I'm still quite angry with him about that statement. I am keeping my eye on him. Lol. I'm glad you're enjoying this. And about Dess…again…I think you'll change your mind about him. He's not as bad as he seems, you'll see why. Oh and by the way, I did get your original review. It just seems the net is having some problems. And about the little talk between Fang and Talon. I have only one thing to say: Go, Talon. Kill him!!!!!!
shrtys-sk8er: Yeah, imagine. All of that just for a fair match. But if you think about it, its not just for a fair match, its for Trinity's life. You'll see what I mean. Xan wanted to cheat and the outcome would have been very ugly. If he succeeds, Trish dies. The problem is, Dessloch knows that and he only had one choice left, as traitorous as it seems. Anyway, once upon a time, long ago in a far away land, you told me you think the match with Trinity vs. Xan will be interesting, well guess, what? The final showdown is here!
Alex: Hahaha. Kill Dessloch? Hmm. You hear that Dess? Beware! Thanks for the review. I'm happy that you think this is a good story. I do my best. So, you want to hear more of Lauren? I'll see what I can do. But I don't promise much. The ending is very near. Trinity vs. Xan match, IS HERE!!!!!!
Daniel Wesley Rydell: Yeah, I know you knew he was a good guy after all. Lol. Anyway, if Dess is going to serve ice cream he better give it to me for free. Oh by the way, Dess? That will be a vanilla ice cream, and you know those Dove little ice cream thingies? Yeah, Zack is asking for one, too.
Dessloch: You promised.
Lacrease (smiles and mood swings): What will it be Dess, vanilla or chocolate?
Dessloch: That's better.
Okay, everyone one last IMPORTANT notice.
Ya'll know what I'm going to say, don't you?
Well okay, Enjoy!
Chapter27: Vengeance For Blood Part I
Trinity slammed down on the button, hard. She and Xan disappeared as the Liandri Troops rushed at her but were too late, both appearing in the Hyper Space; the place where her father has died twenty years ago.
There was no countdown as the fight began right away when her eyes scanned the inner of the station. "I'm going to bury you next to your father, Menace." She heard Xan hiss through her earpiece and he sounded as though he meant it. Trinity didn't really care about his babbling, but she couldn't help herself but to answer back. "It is you who will fall into my father's grave for you have stood upon it." Xan chuckled as she jumped down from the ramp to get the minigun. "Big words for someone so small."
Grabbing the minigun, Trinity felt outraged how he pictured her but she kept her cool. It is better for her if he thought like that. "Bad choices for someone so blind." She responded as she loaded her weapon and checked to see if it's full of ammunition. "And yet I still made choices, blindfolded." Trinity ignored what he said as she ran up the ramp and into an illuminating hallway of lights, full of health vials, to boost her energy. She ran up to an opening and saw a shield belt lying there.
Just when she was about to step into the opening, an extinguished sound made her head whip up into the darkness as she watched two rockets heading straight for her. Without thinking, acting on reflex, Trinity dodged to her left, rolling as far as she good and stopped with a crouch.
Trinity's heart skipped a beat as she heard the loud thump and Xan was at the opening with lightning running through his suit. Oh no… Trinity thought as she tightened her grip and stood up to her feet. "You know—" Xan started as he watched the energy flow down his arms. "—This brings back memories, like a déjà vu, do you not agree?" Xan chuckled and Trinity was about to blow up from his choice of words, choice of topics, everything about him she just hated. She could not wait to put an end to all of this; she just cannot live through this anymore.
Trinity raised her minigun at her eyelevel to aim but she didn't fire. She watched Xan spin very slowly, with his hands up in the air. "Look around you, Trinity. You have dug your own grave and all that is left is to bury it." Xan looked at her and went for his launcher. "Now, DIE!!!!" The homing missile was fired straight at Trinity as Xan backpedaled. Without hesitation Trinity turned and ran out of the long, round hallway and quickly up the ramp into an outside space. The rocket blasted against the wall, covering the exit.
Trinity gritted her teeth as she stood up from the crouch and looked back at the opening. "For all the pain you've given me, Xan. You will pay for my father's death." "I am a rich man, Trinity. I would not mind." Trinity pushed herself from the platform and jumped to the next bridge, feeling enraged. She gripped her minigun harder as she landed and ran into the other end. She took a left and ran to take the invisibility power up and equipped it. Not before long when she heard loud noises shake the whole place under her feet and Xan emerged from the left in front of her with a flak cannon. Trinity held her breath as she took a knee and took a good aim at him. He looked at her direction, probably wondering where is the power up. He looked outside and back at the place she's standing at and ran outside.
An evil smile ran up Trinity's face as she followed him outside. Through the blackness of the space, Xan was floating to the other bridge when she stepped her foot outside. He's faster than she would expect but when she had him right there, it was a moment to shoot. Trinity let her weapon rip, creating holes in Xan's shield belt and soon his back before he spun to look at her face. Flak was unleashed from his weapon but missed her because of her invisibility. Trinity continued firing, her body shaking back and forth as she controlled her footing and Xan's head was turned to mush after Trinity unloaded the whole clip.
"First Blood!" The announcer called out and Trinity dropped her empty weapon and jumped onto the rocket launcher platform, picking up the weapon and loading the rounds in. A lethal bean cut through her right shoulder, making her drop the heavy weapon. "Ah." Trinity gasped out, grabbing her wound. She watched Xan run around the round platform in front of her as he fired another beam, into her ankle that made her trip. Trinity hissed at the pain as she fell to her knees.
She quickly reached for the rocket launcher with her left hand and lied down against the floor of the high platform and spotted Xan push off into the low gravity air. Trinity took a careful aim and fired a homing missile at the bastard. Xan fired another shot before he was shot out to space, hitting her into the belt, where the power up was held. She screamed as she felt electrocuted and tossed away the broken mechanism. "Dammit." She whispered and watched Xan get sucked up by space. "AHHHHHHHHHH!"
Trinity looked away as his body floated in space, frozen. "I'm going to drink your blood!" Xan's voice boomed into her earpiece and Trinity was impressed. "Don't choke yourself." Trinity smiled at the thought as she heard Xan roar with anger.
Trinity took a deep breath and got up to her feet and felt pain rip through her left ankle. She gritted her teeth as she struggled to keep on her feet. Suddenly Trinity forgot all about her pain as she spotted a new shield belt was respawned beneath the round platform at the opening. She smiled and was ready to glide through space into the opening until she saw Xan, through the open oval window, making his way towards the belt.
"Oh no you don't." Trinity quietly whispered as she turned to her right and jumped sideways, towards the opening, loading up her weapon. She released three rockets into the window to the right of the opening before she landed onto the platform. The rockets flew into the opening at the same time she landed near the belt. The place shook at the impact of the missiles and a cry was swallowed by the howl of the explosion. She felt power run up to her as she felt boosted and powerful from the equipped shield belt.
Trinity checked her ammunition and thought she had plenty of ammo to nail that useless metal to bits and pieces. Trinity screamed as she fired the rocket launcher at Xan and he seemed to be running from side to side. Trinity's eyes widened, when she watched him run straight at her with a flak cannon in hand. Trinity jerked back when a ball of metal was shot her way and it dissolved to deadly pieces. Flak flew all around, cutting through her flesh at an instance of the touch. Trinity backpedaled, firing her rocket launcher but it seemed useless. All that was seen was smoke and the air smelled burned as the missiles missed Xan completely. Xan was much faster than her weapon's fire, she needs something faster, something that hits the flesh instantly, the minigun. Trinity kicked off the ramp as she jumped backwards, fired of two more rockets. Leaving a steamed trail behind, which created havoc and one of the lights crashed down and fire came up as Trinity landed on her back near a ramp leading down.
Air escaped her fast as she breathed hard, uncontrollably. She didn't know if she should get up, she didn't have it in her. Metal shrieked against her ears as the debris was pushed in different directions and Xan emerged from the flaming hallway. Slowly walking towards her, his armor looking perfectly knew as if it was untouched. Trinity quickly rolled backwards and got onto her feet and her eyes fell on the flashing red light on her rocket launcher telling her she is almost out of ammo.
Trinity decided to conserve her ammunition and backed off, aiming carefully for Xan, ready to fire another homing missile. She watched Xan shake off debris from his shoulders and his weapon. Fire behind swallowed the place, blazes falling onto his suit. She kept walking back as Xan looked at her and she could feel that he was smiling. Before Trinity could blink, Xan raised his flak cannon straight at her and shot out multiple of flaks. Trinity screamed as the metal made her fall back next to some medkits. Trinity rolled behind the large column and set her back against it as she breathed hard, looking at the portal in front of her.
"What's the matter, Trinity?" She heard Xan chuckle through the flaming fire and crackling noises from the broken lights as she grabbed her wound. "Too much iron in your blood?" Trinity pushed her knees closer to her body when she heard Xan fire with his flak cannon and the top lights fell right next to her. Trinity's eyes widened, as she felt trapped in a forsaken realm.
Zack made his way to the upper levels, running as fast as his feet can take him. "Stop!" A helpless guard cried out in the loud siren and Zack finished him off with his plasma gun, melting him to pieces. "Come on." Zack ran faster and made a dash into the elevator before it closed. Against the floor, Zack vaporized the guards in it and stood up as fast as lightening as the doors closed completely. Zack slammed down the button that will take him to Xan's office and he waited, knowing that Tanya doesn't have time.
The lights went out and the elevator stopped between floor 72nd and 73rd. "I had a feeling this would happen." Zack said as he punched out the escape door at the ceiling that leads to the shaft. He grabbed the edges and pushed himself up into the shaft. Zack secured his black gloves and started to climb the cable to the 75th floor.
Trinity fell through the floor, Xan blasted with his rocket launcher and fell to a lower level. She rolled out of view, grabbing the plasma gun next to her and got to her feet as she ran out of the hallway and to the left. The first floor shook, as Trinity's heart skipped a bit. She made a running dash, through the fire and into the round hallway.
Trinity felt like she was still in pieces. She felt dead after what Xan did to her and now he seems more powerful than ever. She doesn't know what's going, but Xan got stronger since the beginning of the match and he was hunting her like a hawk. Trinity ran through the hallway and stopped in her tracks as he was standing in front of her, loading his launcher.
Trinity's eyes widened as she watched five rockets launch at her. She didn't think, Trinity turned and ran for her life, just when she noticed she was trapped by the fire behind her. The hallway shook and the walls with the ceiling collapsed. Trinity turned around and watched Xan step through the flaming bits of Hell that was left of the hallway and chuckled in his inhuman voice.
Xan took his time as he started to load his second launch and Trinity knew that firing at him wouldn't injure him. Xan's hand jerked when the five rockets went straight for her and Trinity turned to her left and made a running jump out of the opening and floated through space. The explosion pushed her far enough for her to get a hold of the edge. Swinging in place, she pulled herself up in the light gravity and got into the station.
The hallway Xan was in totally collapsed and was lost in space. Steaming rockets came her way and Trinity jumped over the large hole in the destroyed hallway. "I have to find his weakness." Trinity thought as she ran out of the hallway to grab the minigun.
Zack quickly annihilated the guards in Xan's office, leaving blood splashed against the walls. He quickly came up to the Xan's computer and pushed the dead guard away. The defense system was on, already. Zack put down the weapon next to the computer and quickly started to type. Being a designer of a program that teaches hacking, gave him much experience and this was a piece of cake.
Zack typed in the last the command and the defense was off. He took a deep breath as he calmed down a little, hoping Tanya still had it in her to fight. A reflection skipped over the screen and Zack ducked as the screen flew away into the wall, feet away.
Slowly standing up, Zack turned to see Matrix and Kira stand at the exit and Matrix point a shock rifle at him. Zack squeezed his hands into knuckles, watching the weapon carefully. "Once upon a time, I told if you ever point that peashooter at me, I'll fuse you." Matrix seemed to be enjoying this as he replied. "I'll fry you first." Zack shook his head in disappointed. "How can you fry me, when you STILL don't know how to use a weapon. Remember, I was supposed to replace you because you couldn't aim."
Matrix growled at Zack and lunged after him, anger blocking his inhuman mind. Zack grunted as Matrix crushed him under his weight. "I will witness you die." Matrix whispered in his ear. Zack retaliated harshly as he put a knee between him and pushed him back into the exit, making his weapon drop. Kira screamed as she was pushed back but Matrix didn't seem to care.
Matrix jumped at him and Zack rolled away as Matrix hit the metallic table and break it in half. The plasma gun fell to the ground and Matrix dived for it. Remembering the shock rifle Matrix brought with him, Zack rolled for it. Spinning on his heel, after he got to his knees, Zack fired at Matrix's hand that held the weapon.
Matrix screamed out as he grabbed his left wrist with his right hand, staring at what was left of it. "ARRR!" Zack dropped his gun as Kira jumped onto his back with a shriek. Sharp pain screamed through his side as Kira stabbed him with the dagger. She gave him a good hit in his back and Zack fell to the ground, groaning from pain.
Matrix grabbed Zack by his hair and looked dead into his eyes. "You will pay for that hand of mine." Pain welcomed Zack as Matrix picked him by his hair and threw him into the wall.
A lot of time was lost as Trinity was running from her nemesis, for the first time being afraid of him. Nothing would kill this guy and she doesn't know what to do, what was there to do? Xan was a killing machine. "You can run but you cannot hide. Hahahaha." That inhuman laughter made Trinity close her eyes. She felt angry, too angry to keep running away from him.
She grabbed her minigun and stood on her own feet and took a deep breath of the artificial oxygenated air. She is going to let this bastard die a most terrible death. If she has to go down with him, so beat it. Madness overtook her and she shrieked. She dived to her left from the outside bridge into the opening of the destroyed hallway and firing her minigun at Xan.
Taken by surprise, Xan fell through the floor and Trinity followed him. Before he could react, Xan found himself being pinned against the wall as Trinity fired off in anger. The shield went down and the bullets rammed into his helmet, one by one. Trinity was screaming as she was firing at Xan with no mercy. tatatatatatatatatatatatatata. Xan screamed as his head ripped open and blood spewed out, painting the walls of the ripped hallway and her face. "I'm sorry, did I blow you hard apart?" Trinity taunted, as she tasted Xan's blood against her face.
She dropped the empty weapon and ran for Xan's. She picked up the rocket launcher and checked to see it was perfectly loaded. Trinity licked her lips and smiled, as she knew, he wasn't invisible anymore.
Trinity exited the open hallway and ran down the ramp to pick up the flak cannon as something moved in the corner of her eye. Trinity fired without hesitating as she saw Xan skip out of view. The rockets hit the floor and she saw blood gush out. Trinity quietly tossed out the rocket launcher out of the opening and picked up the flak cannon and ran out.
She rushed down through a small hallway and picked up the armor. "You're losing it, Xan." She ran and circled around the ramp. "This is just the beginning, Trinity." She heard him say and she smiled. He hasn't moved from the spot. Trinity ran down and fired one good aimed shot of metal and he was pushed back and his armor broke.
Slowly walking towards him, she pummeled him with pieces. "You have killed so many innocent people and yet you dare run from me." Another shot was fired and Xan fell to his knees as his hand was ripped off. "Not even with me, can you fight a fare a match." Trinity quit firing as she watched Xan struggle. His armor was nothing more but a chewed up sheet, his hand chopped off and his legs not operational. "Your time has come. This is only the beginning." Trinity said as she fired one last shot at Xan and turned him to pieces.
"You are not allowed to enter!" Visor's robotic voice rang out as he blocked Dessloch's path. "You are not part of the tournament. I will call security." Dessloch shoulder-tackled him and Visor fell to the ground. Dessloch jumped over him as he ran for the elevator hallway as fast as his feet could take him.
"Stop him!" Visor screamed out as he got to his knees but Dessloch ran into an elevator that was operational. "Luther?" Dessloch's head snapped at Lauren as she was standing in the elevator with him. "Lauren?" "What are you doing here?" She asked in a hushed voice and Dessloch walked back a little. "I have some unfinished business." He said and avoided Lauren's eye contact. "I know what you mean, Malcolm told the team what's going on." Lauren came closer and pulled out some sort of an explosive.
"He forgot to give this to Zack." Dessloch took it from her hands and smiled. "He said it might help him defeat Matrix. I'm guessing your going to him, right? Mind blowing Matrix to pieces." Dessloch fastened the explosive to his belt and nodded. "Sure thing, Lauren. Thanks, I owe you." Lauren shook her head. "No. You owe one to Malcolm. I refused in helping you guys, he was the one who wanted to." Dessloch looked at her with surprise. "I'm just here because Malcolm is still my friend."
The elevator doors opened and Dessloch looked out. "Then you are a good friend, Lauren." He said and shook her hand. "Go, you don't have much time." She pushed him out the doors. "And good luck, that guy is pumped up and ready for a fight." Dessloch ran towards the office, screaming "Thanks."
The lights went out in the cargo as Xan fired another three grenades from his rocket launcher. "Die!" The explosion shook the building and Trinity jumped back as a piece of roof fell right in the place she was standing. Trinity put down the rocket launcher and quickly ran for the GES bio rifle. She loaded the gun with the green, poisonous substance and threw the whole gun into the hallway. "What the?" Xan asked and Trinity took out the enforcer from the holster and shot the glass and the liquid spewed out.
"AHHH!" Shriek filled her ears, as Xan came into view as he was grabbing his face. The suit was damaged badly as the acid penetrated through and into his skin. Trinity kneed and aimed with her launcher. Beeb. Trinity fired a homing missile and Xan was no more. "Killing Spree!"
Trinity ran out of the basement before it was buried by the broken walls and ceiling. "What's the matter Xan?" Trinity asked as she dropped the heavy gun and took the minigun next to the ramp. "Can't win a fair match?" Xan screamed at her words and she smiled. "Who is little now, Xan? Who is the weakest link?" She taunted, as he got even madder.
"You will pay for this, Menace." Xan roared and Trinity's eyebrows went up. "Pay for what, Xan? For justice? Hahaha. No, no, Xan. You will pay for murdering those people. I have suffered through so much; you can't even imagine the pain. I'll make sure you will suffer as well before you die." Xan screamed and Trinity ran onto the outside to try and find the bastard.
A lethal beam hit her straight in the gut, making her fly straight to space, when she climbed onto the rocket launcher platform. She quickly grabbed the edge of the bridge and started to pull herself up as Xan jumped across the rocket launcher platform. He aimed and fired straight at her. Trinity let go of the ledge with her left hand as she felt it burn. "Ah, dammit." She whispered and pulled herself up as fast as she could and rolled in space as she came up into the air.
Beam past by her limp body and Trinity unfolded and unleashed the fires of hell straight into Xan. Bullets biting him straight into his torso and body, slowly ripping his armor apart. "Ahhh!" Xan screamed as he kept on firing and firing. One beam hit her and Trinity flew into space. Knowing she doesn't have enough time, Trinity pressed on the trigger harder and watched his armor split.
Another beam hit her and Trinity floated in space, lifeless. "You are obsolete." Xan taunted. "Sometimes, Xan. You are just a little bit too cocky." Trinity pressed the trigger and the enforcer let out a bullet straight into his open temple. Blood spewed out at Trinity's face as she looked away. "Let's rock!" She screamed and pushed his falling body off the shuttle.
"Zack!" Dessloch yelled as he came up to his wounded friend sitting against the wall. "Careful. He's upgraded." Zack's voice barely made sound. "Shh. Don't say anything. Everything will be fine." Standing up to get something to tie the wound, just when he was about to turn around, Dessloch ducked as a monitor flew over his head and into the wall.
"Dessloch…" Matrix's voice boomed and Dessloch stood up and turned to his nemesis. "Matrix…" He regarded him the same way. "I've been waiting for this day to come." Matrix cracked his knuckles and Dessloch knew what he intended to do. "Yeah, me too. Today is a good day, Matrix." Matrix chuckled at Dessloch's words. "Too bad you won't be enjoying it much longer." Matrix lunged at Dessloch and he dodged to his right.
"RAaah!" Matrix screamed as he turned towards Dessloch and ran at him. Dessloch grabbed the lamp at the ceiling and pulled his legs up as the 'Corrupt' collapsed into the wall. The lamp cracked and Dessloch fell to the floor with it. "Ugh." He groaned and stood up to find Matrix grabbing his neck. He wheeled him around into the wall and leveled a punch into his abdomen.
Blood escaped Dessloch through his mouth as pain spread through his body. Matrix didn't wait as he sent him flying into another wall making him crumble to the floor. Dessloch slowly stood up as his feet barely supported him. Matrix cracked his knuckle as he went for a punch.
Dessloch ducked under and came around Matrix's back and kicked him into the wall. "Here's a little something for ya, pal." Dessloch strapped off the explosive and stuck it on Matrix's back and pressed the trigger. A punch hit Dessloch in the face, making him fall straight through the exit and into the wall.
There was no time as Dessloch quickly got up and ran for Zack. He grabbed him and supported his weight as they both limped towards the exit. Dessloch turned around and watched Matrix struggle to reach the explosive. 5…4…3…2…1. The wave of the explosion pushed them out and they both landed on the floor just outside the office.
"You, alright?" Dessloch asked his friend and Zack sat against the wall. "Yeah, just a little bit deaf in my left ear but I'll be fine. You better find Kira, she went to fix the problem." Dessloch nodded but soon his face was covered with horror as he watched Zack's eyes widen. "I'm not dead yet, Dessloch." A voice boomed behind him.
(a/n): Okay, this turned out longer than I thought. Sorry about not updating for a long time but I have my reasons. I hope this chapter was worth the wait. Sorry if I cut it off but I had to. You still need to read the other half of the match Trinity Vs. Xan and the fight between Dessloch and Matrix. Also, I have a little scenario after all the fights and basically it will be as long as this chapter or even longer. I just gave you a little break and the other half will be up soon.
