Chapter 15: Thunder and lightning
"Lets go!" I yelled into my com link overboosting toward his AC
It was a red and grey core. The red from the blood shed this day, grey the color of decay. The PLUS was equipped with weapons ready to spell my doom. A grenade launcher, chaingun, moonlight and rifle equipped, I knew what kind of AC this was. His AC broke all the rules of building. "Klein you chicken, PLOW user" spitting into the monitor again, maneuvering my AC to flank him, posed to fire my energy rounds into his core "I wonder if the real Defect would say that" he smiled, keeping his AC still until the last moment before I pressed the trigger, dogging the halo of rounds, "PLUS or no PLUS I shall enjoy destroying you none the less" He boosted upward, switching to his chaingun he aimed down and fired upon me. The rounds rained from the heavens, in order to beat him I was gonna need to use my abilities as well. Time slowed down, the bullets that fell slowed along with it, their tail rippling down in slow motion. The PLUS within me awakened, I knew where his AC was, I knew where he was going, I knew what he was going to do. Turn-boosting to my left I caught him in mid air, his blade ready to strike "You!?" his was surprised, he wasn't expecting me to catch him. Switching to my rockets I fired a round up close, hitting him dead on. Before I could get another off he overboosted away, he was using his abilities as well. "I see you have learned how to use the time distortion, as well as the tracker" "These skills actually have names?" time resumed again, what happened just now only took 5 seconds of the real world when it felt like 40, so this is why some Martian Raven's are banned from the arena, these.these.abilities.are just.too much. "This shall spice things up" "Whatever you say" I switched to my missiles, ready to fire when I get a lock. When it came I squeezed the trigger, watching on as it flew toward his AC, he dogged every single one of them, his grenade launcher lowered down from his back, I knew what was coming. Time warped again, the grenade launcher ready to fire. My AC let out a slow groan as it shifted directions, it was too late before I realized that his AC wasn't aiming in that direction. The grenade blast flew thru the air, time resumed and my AC was rocked by a tremendous hit, Klein knew I was gonna change directions and fired ahead of me, my AC practically boosted into the grenade blast. "I think not" Klein said, "I know how to harness my abilities as well." switching to his rifle, beginning to charge me with his OB, "LETS SEE YOU COUNTER THIS!" "Bring it" rising my machine gun, ready for his onslaught, whatever he was planning I was ready for it. His AC continued on its charge, when he was in range my machine gun rounds provided hurdles for him to dodge. His OB stopped but he's AC continued on forward, he began his attack. He fired at my core, I started my time warp again but it wouldn't help me this time, the rifle rounds hit my AC's rocket storage dead center, the rockets within blew up instantly. Before I had time to react his AC switched weapons and fired another grenade blast at me, my core shaking violently, his assault wasn't over yet, in a graceful swoop of his AC it began to flank me, switching to it's chaingun firing at me as it shifted closer, into my blind spot. "WHAT?!?" my time warp kicked in too late, everything slowed down just as his AC disappeared to the right of my cockpit view, the light from his head piece blurred making a red path before it was gone. Klein's AC was in range, with a swipe of his left arm a plasma beam flew from the blade and stuck my AC from behind rupturing my missile pack, his combo rendered my rocket's and missiles useless. Holy sh*t. "I expected.more from you, I must have overestimated you're skill as a pilot" an air of superiority in his voice, he was mocking me "Cool move" turning my AC to face him, he had stopped in his tracks, he was allowing me to live a little longer it seems, "I wonder what else I could do" I focused my mind again, this time I wanted to see if PLUS had more use then just the time warp. A bead of sweat began to roll down my cheek, I heard Klein maneuvering around my AC, as the sweat dripped off my chin something connected. In the back of my mind I heard a voice.it was my dad's.
"will it and it will be done" his voice resounded within my cockpit, I didn't know if the voice originated from my mind or from my heart.
The sweat stood frozen in place. It had frozen midair when I came out of my zoned out state. I looked up and saw Klein's AC, I saw a trail of where it had been and most startling, I saw a path of what it would do. I watched as a path unfolded before me, the actual AC stood in place, a bright outline around it. I knew what to do, I said a prayer of thanks to my dad, clone or not I didn't care anymore, he was my dad and nothing could change that, even if I wasn't the original son. I relaxing my mind, hearing a water droplet in the background I began to will.
He was planning to attack my AC from the rear again, this time he was set on dismantling both my blade and energy machine-gun with the same attack he used to destroy both my back weapons. I was ready, as soon as his chaingun raised to the firing position I set my plan into action. Boosting forward toward his AC just as the rounds fired out of the barrel, I activated my blade. I did not intend to use it to slash his AC as he thought so, I held my blade out as long as possible using it as a shield against the bullets. The rounds disappeared within the plasma, the whizzing of the bullets died into a sizzling fry. Klein wasn't expecting this, he used his path reader, what Defect did was not what was suppose to happen. His thoughts muddled in his mind this was not foreseen, this would prove to be a glorious fight indeed. Smiling he charged toward Defect, intent of showing him the true skill of a Raven. Triggering my overboost I charged toward his AC, only left with my blade and EMG, now would be a good time to even the odds. My AC flew over his, energy rounds whizzed from the tip of my machine gun, a streak of bullet holes lined the ground, the energy beams leading up his core and shattering his head part, shards of glass fell to the ground as the light from his head piece died to a dim glow. Wheeling around my AC with the help of the turn boosters, I drew my blade once more, this time using its original use. Klein's AC faced mine, with a sweeping motion of his left arm a blade wave sliced the air forming a neon blue arch. The wave was too wide to dodge and it was too late to try to get above it, I figured it was time to see if the BITE was indeed stronger then the MOONLIGHT. In a vertical slicing motion the death wave dissipated, allowing my AC to continue toward Klein. He was ready to meet my blade with his, we both stuck at the same time and at the same place, each others blade. A flash of blue and orange collided, jarring both our ACs away in opposite directions. The blade wave that resulted from our attacks created a clash of blue and orange, before it had time to dissipate our next set of moves where already planned and executed. His blade rendered useless, raising his chaingun once more and fired, I meet his attack with my own, we were both using PLUS to it's potential, his chaingun rounds and my energy machine gun blasts both meet each other full on, nearly all of the rounds fired by the both of us was blocked by the other, it was a stalemate. I was running out of ammo, only 238 rounds left, just as he spent his. My AC stopped, his froze also, dropping the dead weight, our machines waiting for its pilots to decide its next plan of action. "I'm glad that I have finally found a worthy opponent, its so hard these days to find a Raven who is able to." Klein paused, I suppose he stopped to smile, "last this long" "Yeah.well" my mind was a blank, I didn't have anything to say, both of us knew that in the next engagement there would be a victor. "Let us end this" he spoke as both of our ACs charged. The red sky had disappeared behind dark clouds, the light beams from the arena became sharper, and specks of raindrops littered my screen. The sky opened up and released a turret of rain just as me and Klein met each other, a lightning bold streaked among the clouds, this battle will end before the thunder would come.
His grenade launcher unfolded on his AC's shoulder, ready to blast me out of my path. Dodging the grenade round as it sped by, I began to fire rounds into core, getting ready to use my blade. He raised his rifle and fired upon me also, trying to race me in damage. Our ACs falling apart as we closed in, pieces of debris slowly falling to the ground like rain drops. Hearing the bullets whizzing by in slow motion, it was hard to tell if I was hitting his AC at all, the rain mixed obscured my vision but I was still able to see him. Too late I didn't notice that he was charging his overboost as I tried to get closer. He speed toward me, another lightning bold flashed just as his AC flew by mines. Too late I didn't notice he was lowing his grenade nozzle. Klein's AC stopped and quickly turned around, aiming his grenade blast at point blank range. Too late I didn't notice I was out of ammo and out of time. I only noticed the thunder outside and then I was bathed in light.
Whoooooooooooosh
"CHRIS!"
Another Kawasawa blast from behind, the blue light from the blast enveloped me one more, Klein's AC had taken 2 direct shots from the Kawasawa Renee wielded. She was inside my AC, the one with no name, and had fired upon Klein as he was busy with me. "WHAT?!?" Klein was enraged, his AC was down 4000 AP points, he couldn't stand one more. The blast didn't stop his though.
My AC was knocked from its feet, my cockpit shook, the metal behind me bulged forward, making me bend toward the controls, the seat belt cut into my shoulders a it tightened from the sudden impact. In the rain my AC landed head first, the momentum from the grenade blast carried the rest of the AC over and around, the OB rendered useless, my AP levels down in the red, I was snapped back into seat, face up, watching the rain fall down on me.
"Lets go!" I yelled into my com link overboosting toward his AC
It was a red and grey core. The red from the blood shed this day, grey the color of decay. The PLUS was equipped with weapons ready to spell my doom. A grenade launcher, chaingun, moonlight and rifle equipped, I knew what kind of AC this was. His AC broke all the rules of building. "Klein you chicken, PLOW user" spitting into the monitor again, maneuvering my AC to flank him, posed to fire my energy rounds into his core "I wonder if the real Defect would say that" he smiled, keeping his AC still until the last moment before I pressed the trigger, dogging the halo of rounds, "PLUS or no PLUS I shall enjoy destroying you none the less" He boosted upward, switching to his chaingun he aimed down and fired upon me. The rounds rained from the heavens, in order to beat him I was gonna need to use my abilities as well. Time slowed down, the bullets that fell slowed along with it, their tail rippling down in slow motion. The PLUS within me awakened, I knew where his AC was, I knew where he was going, I knew what he was going to do. Turn-boosting to my left I caught him in mid air, his blade ready to strike "You!?" his was surprised, he wasn't expecting me to catch him. Switching to my rockets I fired a round up close, hitting him dead on. Before I could get another off he overboosted away, he was using his abilities as well. "I see you have learned how to use the time distortion, as well as the tracker" "These skills actually have names?" time resumed again, what happened just now only took 5 seconds of the real world when it felt like 40, so this is why some Martian Raven's are banned from the arena, these.these.abilities.are just.too much. "This shall spice things up" "Whatever you say" I switched to my missiles, ready to fire when I get a lock. When it came I squeezed the trigger, watching on as it flew toward his AC, he dogged every single one of them, his grenade launcher lowered down from his back, I knew what was coming. Time warped again, the grenade launcher ready to fire. My AC let out a slow groan as it shifted directions, it was too late before I realized that his AC wasn't aiming in that direction. The grenade blast flew thru the air, time resumed and my AC was rocked by a tremendous hit, Klein knew I was gonna change directions and fired ahead of me, my AC practically boosted into the grenade blast. "I think not" Klein said, "I know how to harness my abilities as well." switching to his rifle, beginning to charge me with his OB, "LETS SEE YOU COUNTER THIS!" "Bring it" rising my machine gun, ready for his onslaught, whatever he was planning I was ready for it. His AC continued on its charge, when he was in range my machine gun rounds provided hurdles for him to dodge. His OB stopped but he's AC continued on forward, he began his attack. He fired at my core, I started my time warp again but it wouldn't help me this time, the rifle rounds hit my AC's rocket storage dead center, the rockets within blew up instantly. Before I had time to react his AC switched weapons and fired another grenade blast at me, my core shaking violently, his assault wasn't over yet, in a graceful swoop of his AC it began to flank me, switching to it's chaingun firing at me as it shifted closer, into my blind spot. "WHAT?!?" my time warp kicked in too late, everything slowed down just as his AC disappeared to the right of my cockpit view, the light from his head piece blurred making a red path before it was gone. Klein's AC was in range, with a swipe of his left arm a plasma beam flew from the blade and stuck my AC from behind rupturing my missile pack, his combo rendered my rocket's and missiles useless. Holy sh*t. "I expected.more from you, I must have overestimated you're skill as a pilot" an air of superiority in his voice, he was mocking me "Cool move" turning my AC to face him, he had stopped in his tracks, he was allowing me to live a little longer it seems, "I wonder what else I could do" I focused my mind again, this time I wanted to see if PLUS had more use then just the time warp. A bead of sweat began to roll down my cheek, I heard Klein maneuvering around my AC, as the sweat dripped off my chin something connected. In the back of my mind I heard a voice.it was my dad's.
"will it and it will be done" his voice resounded within my cockpit, I didn't know if the voice originated from my mind or from my heart.
The sweat stood frozen in place. It had frozen midair when I came out of my zoned out state. I looked up and saw Klein's AC, I saw a trail of where it had been and most startling, I saw a path of what it would do. I watched as a path unfolded before me, the actual AC stood in place, a bright outline around it. I knew what to do, I said a prayer of thanks to my dad, clone or not I didn't care anymore, he was my dad and nothing could change that, even if I wasn't the original son. I relaxing my mind, hearing a water droplet in the background I began to will.
He was planning to attack my AC from the rear again, this time he was set on dismantling both my blade and energy machine-gun with the same attack he used to destroy both my back weapons. I was ready, as soon as his chaingun raised to the firing position I set my plan into action. Boosting forward toward his AC just as the rounds fired out of the barrel, I activated my blade. I did not intend to use it to slash his AC as he thought so, I held my blade out as long as possible using it as a shield against the bullets. The rounds disappeared within the plasma, the whizzing of the bullets died into a sizzling fry. Klein wasn't expecting this, he used his path reader, what Defect did was not what was suppose to happen. His thoughts muddled in his mind this was not foreseen, this would prove to be a glorious fight indeed. Smiling he charged toward Defect, intent of showing him the true skill of a Raven. Triggering my overboost I charged toward his AC, only left with my blade and EMG, now would be a good time to even the odds. My AC flew over his, energy rounds whizzed from the tip of my machine gun, a streak of bullet holes lined the ground, the energy beams leading up his core and shattering his head part, shards of glass fell to the ground as the light from his head piece died to a dim glow. Wheeling around my AC with the help of the turn boosters, I drew my blade once more, this time using its original use. Klein's AC faced mine, with a sweeping motion of his left arm a blade wave sliced the air forming a neon blue arch. The wave was too wide to dodge and it was too late to try to get above it, I figured it was time to see if the BITE was indeed stronger then the MOONLIGHT. In a vertical slicing motion the death wave dissipated, allowing my AC to continue toward Klein. He was ready to meet my blade with his, we both stuck at the same time and at the same place, each others blade. A flash of blue and orange collided, jarring both our ACs away in opposite directions. The blade wave that resulted from our attacks created a clash of blue and orange, before it had time to dissipate our next set of moves where already planned and executed. His blade rendered useless, raising his chaingun once more and fired, I meet his attack with my own, we were both using PLUS to it's potential, his chaingun rounds and my energy machine gun blasts both meet each other full on, nearly all of the rounds fired by the both of us was blocked by the other, it was a stalemate. I was running out of ammo, only 238 rounds left, just as he spent his. My AC stopped, his froze also, dropping the dead weight, our machines waiting for its pilots to decide its next plan of action. "I'm glad that I have finally found a worthy opponent, its so hard these days to find a Raven who is able to." Klein paused, I suppose he stopped to smile, "last this long" "Yeah.well" my mind was a blank, I didn't have anything to say, both of us knew that in the next engagement there would be a victor. "Let us end this" he spoke as both of our ACs charged. The red sky had disappeared behind dark clouds, the light beams from the arena became sharper, and specks of raindrops littered my screen. The sky opened up and released a turret of rain just as me and Klein met each other, a lightning bold streaked among the clouds, this battle will end before the thunder would come.
His grenade launcher unfolded on his AC's shoulder, ready to blast me out of my path. Dodging the grenade round as it sped by, I began to fire rounds into core, getting ready to use my blade. He raised his rifle and fired upon me also, trying to race me in damage. Our ACs falling apart as we closed in, pieces of debris slowly falling to the ground like rain drops. Hearing the bullets whizzing by in slow motion, it was hard to tell if I was hitting his AC at all, the rain mixed obscured my vision but I was still able to see him. Too late I didn't notice that he was charging his overboost as I tried to get closer. He speed toward me, another lightning bold flashed just as his AC flew by mines. Too late I didn't notice he was lowing his grenade nozzle. Klein's AC stopped and quickly turned around, aiming his grenade blast at point blank range. Too late I didn't notice I was out of ammo and out of time. I only noticed the thunder outside and then I was bathed in light.
Whoooooooooooosh
"CHRIS!"
Another Kawasawa blast from behind, the blue light from the blast enveloped me one more, Klein's AC had taken 2 direct shots from the Kawasawa Renee wielded. She was inside my AC, the one with no name, and had fired upon Klein as he was busy with me. "WHAT?!?" Klein was enraged, his AC was down 4000 AP points, he couldn't stand one more. The blast didn't stop his though.
My AC was knocked from its feet, my cockpit shook, the metal behind me bulged forward, making me bend toward the controls, the seat belt cut into my shoulders a it tightened from the sudden impact. In the rain my AC landed head first, the momentum from the grenade blast carried the rest of the AC over and around, the OB rendered useless, my AP levels down in the red, I was snapped back into seat, face up, watching the rain fall down on me.