Last chapter was sort of a little comic relief. After uploading it I found
that it lacked a lot of my ordinary writing style. I'll try to make up for
it in this chapter. I just really needed to write something that was not
about sagas. I had this essay that took sooooo long to write. Including an
hour between 2AM and 3AM, weeee! Or not.
I decided to let 'Glimpses' rest until I had some more of it. I seriously thought I would be able to finish it quickly (I have it in my head, but I can't get it down on paper grrr), but alas: The fucking saga + what my other teachers thought of, of "funny" things, got me. They tackled me from behind, I cursed and started doing all sort of other things
Kaza: Stupid you
Kiz: For once you're right.
Kaza: Next chapter?
Kiz: Sure, go ahead; inspire me.
Kaza: Ok, yer have a cliffie ter finish and two people joining the CG.
Kiz: I do.? Ok
Kaza: She owns nothing. Not even herself
Kiz: Probably not, and I guess it's for the best.
Kaza: I own the poem thing
Kiz: No you don't, I made it up. Hope you like it.
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Chapter 9: Expect the unexpected
Two figures walked through the portal to the Crimson Guard HQ. Both a little tense, but still with a smile on their lips.
"You know I won't keep any promises," The blue-haired man said while broadening his smile
"Since when did you start doing that?" The girl next to him mused.
"I don't like your tone" He ranked up as they passed a legion of CG
"Why not?" She just kept smiling that secretive smile he hated
"You're too happy. You're hiding something" He stopped and looked her deeply into the eyes
"Why shouldn't I be?" She pecked him on the cheek and walked a little head of him, looking for the right building. He just looked at her walking, wondering what she was up to.
"May I help you?" An orange haired, dark tanned woman wearing the CG uniform had made her way up next to the blue haired elf.
"Who says I need help?" She gave him a knowing glare and smirked
"Well then. Tell you friend that new appliers for the Crimson Guard should go to that blue house, and keep out of the commanders' section. She might get shot or something" She turned on her heel and vanished behind a corner before Karlos even noticed her missing presence.
"Emaly. Come here, I know the way" He turned around and looked for the CG, but couldn't see her anywhere. A hand in his hair brought his conscience back to their reason for being there. She nuzzled his hair a bit before rearranging it
"There, now you're fit for the 'job interview'" She kept musing. He didn't like it when she was in that mood. She was definitely up to something.
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"So not true! Check again!" Tia's long, pale blue hair mixed with the endless amounts of papers on the table. Her icy blue eyes read and reread the papers numerous times, but got the same result every time. Meanwhile the black haired Echo was staring at the screen with the same results on.
"Whatever happened to 'the flawless computer'?" Kiz stood in front of a large mirror that hung on one of the walls. Jak could see Kiz's icy blue eyes reflected in the mirror. She tried combing her green and white hair while looking at the other girls' reflections.
"Too flawless to be true" Echo murmured to herself before taking a glance at Jak, who sat next to Tia and looked at a lot of numbers he couldn't make any sense out of. Her eyes were ice blue like the two others'. A darkblue ring around the light blue iris gave the impression of looking directly into a shooting target.
"I got an idea" Kiz turned to the others "this might after all be true. Try rereading the experiment description" A moment passed by before anybody moved
Tia got up from her papers and found the brown envelope on a shelf in the other end of the hall. Meanwhile Daxter climbed up to Jak's shoulder and started reading the printed papers.
"Yo, scary chick. What's the norm for all these numbers?" The girl with the long, black hair sighed before turning to answer him
"It varies. But usually around only half of what your friend here's body's capable of" She gave a final glance to the numbers on the screen before clearing it for another round of results. "But how!?"
"Uh-oh, girlies come have a look at this." The blue girl sounded worried
"What is it?" Kiz examined an especially white part of her hair
"It looks like we're going to use that dark eco you dug up, sis" This caused Kiz to freeze
"Kiz!!? God damn you! You're staying far away from that Torn guy next time, ok!?" Echo sounded like she was on the verge of exploding.
"But." Their eyes met
"Don't. Go near. The guy. OK?" Echo was now standing half a metre from the younger Kiz, pointing threateningly at her.
"Geeze, sis. What's the matter? Besides 1: I was just doing some scouting and stumbled on the damn thing and 2: that kind of missions is far less hazardous than what you and Tia do here. Be glad it was the tank with hydrogen peroxide that exploded." Echo gave a look in Jak's direction before going into a hissing conversation with the green haired girl.
"I knew this would happen" Tia gave an exhausted sigh
"What would happen" Jak questioned
"This," she gestured to the other two that were now standing forehead-to- forehead and Jak could almost see lighting spring from one eye to the other. "She can't accept the fact that Kiz can do things on her own. And quite good actually" Jak gave an understanding nod.
"So, what now" Daxter interrupted.
"Now, *sighs* we start. KIZ! ECHO! Stop the fighting, we've got things to do!" The two exchanged a last death glare before returning to their chores. Echo motioned Jak to step into the circle while Kiz went through one on the many doors that lead out of the big room.
Jak put on his goggles and stepped into the circle while Echo connected the components. Tia scribbled down some random observations as she had done during the previous experiments as well. A little while after Kiz brought out a trolley from a room stuffed with boxes that had black and yellow patterns and warning symbols. When exiting the room she put something under the door to keep it open. Behind it was a room filled with the same boxes as she was carrying out.
Results ran over the screen that Echo stood by. She would tab the keyboard and the screen shifted to a lot of graphs in development. Jak would run around a little and everybody would be content.
Kiz placed some of the boxes just inside the circle and took off the lid. An unwelcome stench filled the air, which caused Jak to stop for a moment. He just looked at her with pleading eyes. She bit her lower lip and looked at the ground.
"I'm sorry," She said with a sigh before swiftly unloading the trolley and going back to pick up some more boxes. Jak sighed heavily and shed a tear as the memories from Atticus swelled up inside. As the smell hit his nose, the ottsel quickly retreated to Jak's 'dressing room' and curled up in the pile formed by Jak's normal clothes.
"Ok, ready?" Echo's voice as cold and cynical as her look. Her black leather skirt and black silk shirt along with her pale delicate skin made a sharp, fitting frame around her icy, piercing eyes.
"Ready"
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"This must be it" Emaly chimed before entering through the door that said 'subscription'. Karlos followed her into a dull yellow room. Everything was in the same brown-yellow shade, even the floor.
"Ah, you again" The woman from before seemed to come out of nowhere.
"Yes, I believe we met" Their eyes met for a second
"Mmm. What can I do for you?" A vicious smile formed on her lips
"We want to subscribe," Karlos said calmly, hiding away his pride
"So you do." She was beginning to greatly annoy Karlos with her better knowing attitude. "I'll get you the forms, take a seat" In the other end of the long room was four sets of a table and a chair. Emaly danced over to one and sat down to make herself comfortable, while Karlos walked sceptically over to a yellow chair and studied its shiny surface before taking a seat. At the same moment the woman re-entered the room, papers in hand. She casually walked over to them and placed the papers in front of them before leaving them again.
"Excuse me? Can I at least know your name?" Karlos said in a sarcastically polite voice.
"Joelle" Her voice was deep and threatening, showing a hint of annoyance. The two started on their papers while the orange haired elf measured Karlos with her eyes. A moment after she left the two alone.
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Suddenly it all came back to him. He remembered the straps and the needles, the gnawing buzz when the eco got in his veins. And he hated it. But most of all he hated the demon that was brought out by contact with it. He measured the amount of eco in the already opened boxes with his eyes. 'Hardly enough for a small chargeup'.
"Just once, ok?" Was he that easy to read? Tia was on her way over to him. To comfort him?
"Err, I just needed to clear my mind" He insured her. He felt like her eyes pierced their way through his skull an into his very being
"You sure, you're ok?" That did it. A man has his pride.
"I'm fine. Ready Echo?" She didn't even have time to answer before he stuck his hand down the ooze.
The sight send three jaws against the floor and three pairs of icy blue eyes didn't blink for a minute. Meanwhile the computer spat out results on a long roll of paper that ended up in a pile on the floor.
Suddenly the door was burst in. Numerous clicks of guns and rifles being loaded were heard. Jak quickly launched at the attackers while Echo ran over to get the papers with the last results to safety. Tia and Kiz ran into one of the numerous rooms in the building.
The attackers, now recognized as CG, formed a line and started firering towards the approaching target. There were about 20 of them and the one that looked like their leader was medium height, greatly tanned and had orange hair.
Bullets flew through the air, but a roll send Jak under the first volley and the following jump send him smashing into the middle of the line. Clawed hands dug deeply into two guards' throats and as he slung his hands free of the dead weight another two went down.
A moment after Echo and Tia came to his aid. While the CG's were concerned about the demon attacking them, the two girls easily shot some of them down with a laser sight rifle and a pair of handguns. When the guards noticed them they quickly sought cover behind the table full of papers that Tia had previously worked at. The papers spread all around the large room as Echo tipped the table over and sprang to cover. Tia followed close after. Her pale blue clothes vanished between the white papers before seeking cover behind the table.
Jak kicked the gun out of one guard's hands and smacked another one to oblivion with a punch. A kick in the stomach send yet another one rambling into the girl behind him. Just as he could feel the eco being close to used up he saw the trolley with dark eco boxes moving towards him and the surrounding ring of Crimson Guards. He grabbed the nearest guard and turned him face-forward before using him as a ram while bursting out of the ring of attackers.
As he ran towards the trolley a bullet dig itself into his left upper arm, but he didn't really notice it. Every part of him was concentrated around reaching the trolley before his charge-up ran out.
He didn't.
As he grabbed for a box of dark life-energy another bullet hit him. It went in somewhere on his lower back and out right next to his navel and headed strait into one of the boxes, which exploded afterwards.
A scream was heard as some of the eco hit Kiz. She fell to the ground and started twitching of the sheer pain of the gnawing acid on her skin. Jak opened another box in a hurry while the explosion startled the guards. Out of the corner of his eye Jak could see a couple of crimson guards making their way over to Tia and Echo's hideout.
Time to think fast.
He stuck his hand down the newly opened box and while regaining his demonic powers he burst open the other boxes with a few punches. He could feel the eco healing his wounds in no time. When he had gathered enough power he focused it and send out lightning-like rays of dark eco that hit every living being around him that wasn't behind cover.
Everything went still for about five seconds. He had used up his entire chargeup on the deadly rays of energy. Then Jak saw the leading CG holding a singed Kiz up as a shield, panting, knife on her throat.
"You, Blondie. Or her." The orange haired woman backed away in the direction of the blast open door. Tia and Echo came out from their cover and saw the situation. Echo was on the verge of explosion, but Tia kept her back
"Let him handle this" Echo looked to and from her two sisters. Tia was probably right, but something told her that Kiz would die anyway. The CG only showed a poker face even after nearly trembling over a dead colleague.
"Jak, don't" Kiz murmured. He could see that some of her skin had been fried by dark eco. A lot of her skin actually. She needed intensive care to survive that kind of exposure.
"Come on, don't keep me waiting here. You just inject this into yourself and I'll let her go" She rolled a syringe over to him "And don't even think of trying to hit me with it. I'm immune" Jak picked up the syringe as the CG backed even further up to the door.
"And what makes you think I trust you to keep your promise?" He could hear Kiz whimper a little, "I've heard that CG's are trained not to keep their promises, true?" He moved closer and closer to her, and she kept backing away. Dead bodies of CG's lay sprawled over the floor like cream from an exploded cream cake.
"Because, stupid. I can't carry two at the time" Jak couldn't help but to smirk. But how was he going to get Kiz out of this alive? It didn't seem like the CG would let her go without a fight
"Oh, so it is.?" He teased her while moving even closer, syringe in hand. "I thought you people were capable of doing everything?" A door screeched silently and a messy pile of dirty clothes moved through the battlefield over to a new safety.
"Hmm, Maybe we are maybe we aren't" She did not sound as secure as she wanted. Her grip on Kiz got even harder causing her gasp for air. Echo and Tia were in the middle of a hissing discussion about the three others. With a nod they stopped and walked up to join Jak, occasionally tripping over a dead body. Three against one. Jak could see a nervous tick on the CG's face every one in a while
"Come on, hand her over and nothing will happen" Echo tried
"."
"If you leave her now we won't kill you" The three started forming a half circle that the CG constantly tried to back out of. She only had the knife and a hostage. Her orange hair got caught by the air each time she turned her head to keep track of all three at one time.
Time to play the cards right. Time to get out alive
She backed out of the building and moved up to one of the parked zoomers.
"My offer still stands. BACKUP, NOW" She had reached her zoomer, and it had a radio. Tia and Echo exchanged nervous glares.
What to do?
Suddenly Jak launched himself at the CG but she skid to the side and made him crash into the zoomer behind her.
"You can't get me that easy" At that very moment a quadrille of two seated zoomers turned the corner two blocks away. Jak only noticed them before running up and grabbing both Echo and Tia around their wrists and dragging them into the lab.
Before turning to run Tia saw a vicious smile on the CG's lips. Once inside Jak released his grip on the two and ran to get the zoomer. Tia ran into one of the rooms to get the most necessary things with her. Echo just glared back at the CG and saw her signal to the other CG to hold back where they wore while looking nervously in their direction.
Tia re-entered the main room and started tapping on a panel. The roof made weird noises and shrieked as the sides slid open. As Echo kept a look out for sudden movements by the CG, Jak picked Tia up on the zoomer and he afterwards went for Echo. She saw a dark eco box tied to the front of the vehicle. 'Why not?'
As the CG saw the roof skidding apart, anger crossed her face and Echo could see a 'shit' forming on her lips. Echo got up on the large zoomer and sat herself behind Tia, but kept looking back as Jak adjusted the altitude and started heading out through the roof.
The CG leader moved her right hand with the knife over on the left side of Kiz's face and quickly pulled back. The green haired girl's head twisted to an unnatural angle and her limp body fell to the ground.
"NOOOOOOOOO" Echo let herself fall off the zoomer and crash-landed on the hard concrete floor. She got up and drew out her dual handguns just as the eight new CG stormed the laboratory.
"ECHO!?" Tia screamed at the top of her lungs
"Run dammit! I'll take it from here" She started firering at the attackers in her rage "You'll regret messing with the Jenney-sisters!" Her shots had bought down a few of the CG, but just as the comment left her lips the first shots from the CG hit her unarmoured body.
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~Your feelings will be your death some day.
They'll kill you, you know,~
A body jerked back as the projectiles hit it in numerous places. Uniformed men and women ran even closer to the now fallen body pumping it full of lead.
~But don't hide them away,
That'll kill you too.~
A flying vehicle exited the roof at the same moment, closely followed by a rain of bullets. In exchange a box containing a dark substance was dropped by the front rider, and drops of salty water by the second.
~Just embrace your destiny
There isn't much other to do.~
The attackers just kept shooting, unaware of the approaching impact. Only one retreated from the shooting crowd.
~Let it take you to places
Let it bear you away~
Only one survived.
~Your path is already chosen
There isn't much other to say~
Meanwhile the second rider buried her head in the first's shoulder. The first kept a stern look on his face. Where to now?
~Lay back
Let love be your guide
And let it bear you away~
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"Ah well. Guess you do learn something each day after all.?" He was really annoying at the moment.
"." Her arm hurt like hell. Was it only broken?
"What happened to the 'You need to brake my neck before I tell a shit, and then I won't be able to tell anything at all'-thing you used to say?" His voice teasing her. She shot him a venomous glare
"They caught me unprepared" She snapped
"The ever-so-great Emaly, caught at the wrong moment by people who new more about her than she liked.?" He teased
"But at least I'm not the informer around here. I should have known you were in league with them" She smirked.
He laughed
"But you knew who you were dealing with, babe", with a finger he pushed her face up and made eye-contact "I'm the sneaky know-it-all around here. Don't try to take my place, 'cos you can't" Then he pusher lips against his, and she just let him kiss her.
~Your path is already chosen
There isn't much other to say.
Lay back
Let love be your guide
And let it bear you away~
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Kaza: She finally finished the chapter
Kiz: Err, good observation, I guess
Kaza: Thankies
Kiz: *sighs* Why do I even keep you?
Kaza: Grrr. Ask the readers if they liked the chapter
Kiz: No, you do it
Kaza: Ok, did you like it? Please leave a nice review!
Jak: I'll do the reviewers responses.
Kiz: Since when did I hire you?
Jak: Since I hired myself. Never mind
Kiz: Ok
Jak:
AD, Shark, NN, Gleam* thanks for the reviews
Darksbane: So you actually like what that crazy writer does to you?
Kiz: Careful there, Jakkie
Jak: Ok, sorry. I should say from Kiz *Kiz waves to camera* that she'll track you down in no time. She now has a country AND a first name.
Phoe-chan: She blames EVERYTHING on the life-sucking Danish essay about sagas.
Kiz: I'm serious, 25 people can't be wrong. It literally killed us *fakes choking death*
Jak: HEY! I'm on. You're not *Kiz pouts*
RB: Kiz says that you shouldn't kill her for dragging you down with her. I quote "Ok, jeg døde, men der manglede ligesom 'the final touch' før succesen var hjemme. Og så tænkte jeg: Ahaa, hvad med at vi lader den ene søster ofre sig for Kiz. Jep, jep, den snupper vi!" [A/N: It's just some babble. You didn't miss much, trust me]So you actually got an honourful death. She hopes you like it.
Kiz: No more reviews?
Jak: Nope
Kiz: Make them leave more next time
Jak: Ok *uses charm to make everybody leave at least one review*
I decided to let 'Glimpses' rest until I had some more of it. I seriously thought I would be able to finish it quickly (I have it in my head, but I can't get it down on paper grrr), but alas: The fucking saga + what my other teachers thought of, of "funny" things, got me. They tackled me from behind, I cursed and started doing all sort of other things
Kaza: Stupid you
Kiz: For once you're right.
Kaza: Next chapter?
Kiz: Sure, go ahead; inspire me.
Kaza: Ok, yer have a cliffie ter finish and two people joining the CG.
Kiz: I do.? Ok
Kaza: She owns nothing. Not even herself
Kiz: Probably not, and I guess it's for the best.
Kaza: I own the poem thing
Kiz: No you don't, I made it up. Hope you like it.
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Chapter 9: Expect the unexpected
Two figures walked through the portal to the Crimson Guard HQ. Both a little tense, but still with a smile on their lips.
"You know I won't keep any promises," The blue-haired man said while broadening his smile
"Since when did you start doing that?" The girl next to him mused.
"I don't like your tone" He ranked up as they passed a legion of CG
"Why not?" She just kept smiling that secretive smile he hated
"You're too happy. You're hiding something" He stopped and looked her deeply into the eyes
"Why shouldn't I be?" She pecked him on the cheek and walked a little head of him, looking for the right building. He just looked at her walking, wondering what she was up to.
"May I help you?" An orange haired, dark tanned woman wearing the CG uniform had made her way up next to the blue haired elf.
"Who says I need help?" She gave him a knowing glare and smirked
"Well then. Tell you friend that new appliers for the Crimson Guard should go to that blue house, and keep out of the commanders' section. She might get shot or something" She turned on her heel and vanished behind a corner before Karlos even noticed her missing presence.
"Emaly. Come here, I know the way" He turned around and looked for the CG, but couldn't see her anywhere. A hand in his hair brought his conscience back to their reason for being there. She nuzzled his hair a bit before rearranging it
"There, now you're fit for the 'job interview'" She kept musing. He didn't like it when she was in that mood. She was definitely up to something.
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"So not true! Check again!" Tia's long, pale blue hair mixed with the endless amounts of papers on the table. Her icy blue eyes read and reread the papers numerous times, but got the same result every time. Meanwhile the black haired Echo was staring at the screen with the same results on.
"Whatever happened to 'the flawless computer'?" Kiz stood in front of a large mirror that hung on one of the walls. Jak could see Kiz's icy blue eyes reflected in the mirror. She tried combing her green and white hair while looking at the other girls' reflections.
"Too flawless to be true" Echo murmured to herself before taking a glance at Jak, who sat next to Tia and looked at a lot of numbers he couldn't make any sense out of. Her eyes were ice blue like the two others'. A darkblue ring around the light blue iris gave the impression of looking directly into a shooting target.
"I got an idea" Kiz turned to the others "this might after all be true. Try rereading the experiment description" A moment passed by before anybody moved
Tia got up from her papers and found the brown envelope on a shelf in the other end of the hall. Meanwhile Daxter climbed up to Jak's shoulder and started reading the printed papers.
"Yo, scary chick. What's the norm for all these numbers?" The girl with the long, black hair sighed before turning to answer him
"It varies. But usually around only half of what your friend here's body's capable of" She gave a final glance to the numbers on the screen before clearing it for another round of results. "But how!?"
"Uh-oh, girlies come have a look at this." The blue girl sounded worried
"What is it?" Kiz examined an especially white part of her hair
"It looks like we're going to use that dark eco you dug up, sis" This caused Kiz to freeze
"Kiz!!? God damn you! You're staying far away from that Torn guy next time, ok!?" Echo sounded like she was on the verge of exploding.
"But." Their eyes met
"Don't. Go near. The guy. OK?" Echo was now standing half a metre from the younger Kiz, pointing threateningly at her.
"Geeze, sis. What's the matter? Besides 1: I was just doing some scouting and stumbled on the damn thing and 2: that kind of missions is far less hazardous than what you and Tia do here. Be glad it was the tank with hydrogen peroxide that exploded." Echo gave a look in Jak's direction before going into a hissing conversation with the green haired girl.
"I knew this would happen" Tia gave an exhausted sigh
"What would happen" Jak questioned
"This," she gestured to the other two that were now standing forehead-to- forehead and Jak could almost see lighting spring from one eye to the other. "She can't accept the fact that Kiz can do things on her own. And quite good actually" Jak gave an understanding nod.
"So, what now" Daxter interrupted.
"Now, *sighs* we start. KIZ! ECHO! Stop the fighting, we've got things to do!" The two exchanged a last death glare before returning to their chores. Echo motioned Jak to step into the circle while Kiz went through one on the many doors that lead out of the big room.
Jak put on his goggles and stepped into the circle while Echo connected the components. Tia scribbled down some random observations as she had done during the previous experiments as well. A little while after Kiz brought out a trolley from a room stuffed with boxes that had black and yellow patterns and warning symbols. When exiting the room she put something under the door to keep it open. Behind it was a room filled with the same boxes as she was carrying out.
Results ran over the screen that Echo stood by. She would tab the keyboard and the screen shifted to a lot of graphs in development. Jak would run around a little and everybody would be content.
Kiz placed some of the boxes just inside the circle and took off the lid. An unwelcome stench filled the air, which caused Jak to stop for a moment. He just looked at her with pleading eyes. She bit her lower lip and looked at the ground.
"I'm sorry," She said with a sigh before swiftly unloading the trolley and going back to pick up some more boxes. Jak sighed heavily and shed a tear as the memories from Atticus swelled up inside. As the smell hit his nose, the ottsel quickly retreated to Jak's 'dressing room' and curled up in the pile formed by Jak's normal clothes.
"Ok, ready?" Echo's voice as cold and cynical as her look. Her black leather skirt and black silk shirt along with her pale delicate skin made a sharp, fitting frame around her icy, piercing eyes.
"Ready"
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"This must be it" Emaly chimed before entering through the door that said 'subscription'. Karlos followed her into a dull yellow room. Everything was in the same brown-yellow shade, even the floor.
"Ah, you again" The woman from before seemed to come out of nowhere.
"Yes, I believe we met" Their eyes met for a second
"Mmm. What can I do for you?" A vicious smile formed on her lips
"We want to subscribe," Karlos said calmly, hiding away his pride
"So you do." She was beginning to greatly annoy Karlos with her better knowing attitude. "I'll get you the forms, take a seat" In the other end of the long room was four sets of a table and a chair. Emaly danced over to one and sat down to make herself comfortable, while Karlos walked sceptically over to a yellow chair and studied its shiny surface before taking a seat. At the same moment the woman re-entered the room, papers in hand. She casually walked over to them and placed the papers in front of them before leaving them again.
"Excuse me? Can I at least know your name?" Karlos said in a sarcastically polite voice.
"Joelle" Her voice was deep and threatening, showing a hint of annoyance. The two started on their papers while the orange haired elf measured Karlos with her eyes. A moment after she left the two alone.
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Suddenly it all came back to him. He remembered the straps and the needles, the gnawing buzz when the eco got in his veins. And he hated it. But most of all he hated the demon that was brought out by contact with it. He measured the amount of eco in the already opened boxes with his eyes. 'Hardly enough for a small chargeup'.
"Just once, ok?" Was he that easy to read? Tia was on her way over to him. To comfort him?
"Err, I just needed to clear my mind" He insured her. He felt like her eyes pierced their way through his skull an into his very being
"You sure, you're ok?" That did it. A man has his pride.
"I'm fine. Ready Echo?" She didn't even have time to answer before he stuck his hand down the ooze.
The sight send three jaws against the floor and three pairs of icy blue eyes didn't blink for a minute. Meanwhile the computer spat out results on a long roll of paper that ended up in a pile on the floor.
Suddenly the door was burst in. Numerous clicks of guns and rifles being loaded were heard. Jak quickly launched at the attackers while Echo ran over to get the papers with the last results to safety. Tia and Kiz ran into one of the numerous rooms in the building.
The attackers, now recognized as CG, formed a line and started firering towards the approaching target. There were about 20 of them and the one that looked like their leader was medium height, greatly tanned and had orange hair.
Bullets flew through the air, but a roll send Jak under the first volley and the following jump send him smashing into the middle of the line. Clawed hands dug deeply into two guards' throats and as he slung his hands free of the dead weight another two went down.
A moment after Echo and Tia came to his aid. While the CG's were concerned about the demon attacking them, the two girls easily shot some of them down with a laser sight rifle and a pair of handguns. When the guards noticed them they quickly sought cover behind the table full of papers that Tia had previously worked at. The papers spread all around the large room as Echo tipped the table over and sprang to cover. Tia followed close after. Her pale blue clothes vanished between the white papers before seeking cover behind the table.
Jak kicked the gun out of one guard's hands and smacked another one to oblivion with a punch. A kick in the stomach send yet another one rambling into the girl behind him. Just as he could feel the eco being close to used up he saw the trolley with dark eco boxes moving towards him and the surrounding ring of Crimson Guards. He grabbed the nearest guard and turned him face-forward before using him as a ram while bursting out of the ring of attackers.
As he ran towards the trolley a bullet dig itself into his left upper arm, but he didn't really notice it. Every part of him was concentrated around reaching the trolley before his charge-up ran out.
He didn't.
As he grabbed for a box of dark life-energy another bullet hit him. It went in somewhere on his lower back and out right next to his navel and headed strait into one of the boxes, which exploded afterwards.
A scream was heard as some of the eco hit Kiz. She fell to the ground and started twitching of the sheer pain of the gnawing acid on her skin. Jak opened another box in a hurry while the explosion startled the guards. Out of the corner of his eye Jak could see a couple of crimson guards making their way over to Tia and Echo's hideout.
Time to think fast.
He stuck his hand down the newly opened box and while regaining his demonic powers he burst open the other boxes with a few punches. He could feel the eco healing his wounds in no time. When he had gathered enough power he focused it and send out lightning-like rays of dark eco that hit every living being around him that wasn't behind cover.
Everything went still for about five seconds. He had used up his entire chargeup on the deadly rays of energy. Then Jak saw the leading CG holding a singed Kiz up as a shield, panting, knife on her throat.
"You, Blondie. Or her." The orange haired woman backed away in the direction of the blast open door. Tia and Echo came out from their cover and saw the situation. Echo was on the verge of explosion, but Tia kept her back
"Let him handle this" Echo looked to and from her two sisters. Tia was probably right, but something told her that Kiz would die anyway. The CG only showed a poker face even after nearly trembling over a dead colleague.
"Jak, don't" Kiz murmured. He could see that some of her skin had been fried by dark eco. A lot of her skin actually. She needed intensive care to survive that kind of exposure.
"Come on, don't keep me waiting here. You just inject this into yourself and I'll let her go" She rolled a syringe over to him "And don't even think of trying to hit me with it. I'm immune" Jak picked up the syringe as the CG backed even further up to the door.
"And what makes you think I trust you to keep your promise?" He could hear Kiz whimper a little, "I've heard that CG's are trained not to keep their promises, true?" He moved closer and closer to her, and she kept backing away. Dead bodies of CG's lay sprawled over the floor like cream from an exploded cream cake.
"Because, stupid. I can't carry two at the time" Jak couldn't help but to smirk. But how was he going to get Kiz out of this alive? It didn't seem like the CG would let her go without a fight
"Oh, so it is.?" He teased her while moving even closer, syringe in hand. "I thought you people were capable of doing everything?" A door screeched silently and a messy pile of dirty clothes moved through the battlefield over to a new safety.
"Hmm, Maybe we are maybe we aren't" She did not sound as secure as she wanted. Her grip on Kiz got even harder causing her gasp for air. Echo and Tia were in the middle of a hissing discussion about the three others. With a nod they stopped and walked up to join Jak, occasionally tripping over a dead body. Three against one. Jak could see a nervous tick on the CG's face every one in a while
"Come on, hand her over and nothing will happen" Echo tried
"."
"If you leave her now we won't kill you" The three started forming a half circle that the CG constantly tried to back out of. She only had the knife and a hostage. Her orange hair got caught by the air each time she turned her head to keep track of all three at one time.
Time to play the cards right. Time to get out alive
She backed out of the building and moved up to one of the parked zoomers.
"My offer still stands. BACKUP, NOW" She had reached her zoomer, and it had a radio. Tia and Echo exchanged nervous glares.
What to do?
Suddenly Jak launched himself at the CG but she skid to the side and made him crash into the zoomer behind her.
"You can't get me that easy" At that very moment a quadrille of two seated zoomers turned the corner two blocks away. Jak only noticed them before running up and grabbing both Echo and Tia around their wrists and dragging them into the lab.
Before turning to run Tia saw a vicious smile on the CG's lips. Once inside Jak released his grip on the two and ran to get the zoomer. Tia ran into one of the rooms to get the most necessary things with her. Echo just glared back at the CG and saw her signal to the other CG to hold back where they wore while looking nervously in their direction.
Tia re-entered the main room and started tapping on a panel. The roof made weird noises and shrieked as the sides slid open. As Echo kept a look out for sudden movements by the CG, Jak picked Tia up on the zoomer and he afterwards went for Echo. She saw a dark eco box tied to the front of the vehicle. 'Why not?'
As the CG saw the roof skidding apart, anger crossed her face and Echo could see a 'shit' forming on her lips. Echo got up on the large zoomer and sat herself behind Tia, but kept looking back as Jak adjusted the altitude and started heading out through the roof.
The CG leader moved her right hand with the knife over on the left side of Kiz's face and quickly pulled back. The green haired girl's head twisted to an unnatural angle and her limp body fell to the ground.
"NOOOOOOOOO" Echo let herself fall off the zoomer and crash-landed on the hard concrete floor. She got up and drew out her dual handguns just as the eight new CG stormed the laboratory.
"ECHO!?" Tia screamed at the top of her lungs
"Run dammit! I'll take it from here" She started firering at the attackers in her rage "You'll regret messing with the Jenney-sisters!" Her shots had bought down a few of the CG, but just as the comment left her lips the first shots from the CG hit her unarmoured body.
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~Your feelings will be your death some day.
They'll kill you, you know,~
A body jerked back as the projectiles hit it in numerous places. Uniformed men and women ran even closer to the now fallen body pumping it full of lead.
~But don't hide them away,
That'll kill you too.~
A flying vehicle exited the roof at the same moment, closely followed by a rain of bullets. In exchange a box containing a dark substance was dropped by the front rider, and drops of salty water by the second.
~Just embrace your destiny
There isn't much other to do.~
The attackers just kept shooting, unaware of the approaching impact. Only one retreated from the shooting crowd.
~Let it take you to places
Let it bear you away~
Only one survived.
~Your path is already chosen
There isn't much other to say~
Meanwhile the second rider buried her head in the first's shoulder. The first kept a stern look on his face. Where to now?
~Lay back
Let love be your guide
And let it bear you away~
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"Ah well. Guess you do learn something each day after all.?" He was really annoying at the moment.
"." Her arm hurt like hell. Was it only broken?
"What happened to the 'You need to brake my neck before I tell a shit, and then I won't be able to tell anything at all'-thing you used to say?" His voice teasing her. She shot him a venomous glare
"They caught me unprepared" She snapped
"The ever-so-great Emaly, caught at the wrong moment by people who new more about her than she liked.?" He teased
"But at least I'm not the informer around here. I should have known you were in league with them" She smirked.
He laughed
"But you knew who you were dealing with, babe", with a finger he pushed her face up and made eye-contact "I'm the sneaky know-it-all around here. Don't try to take my place, 'cos you can't" Then he pusher lips against his, and she just let him kiss her.
~Your path is already chosen
There isn't much other to say.
Lay back
Let love be your guide
And let it bear you away~
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Kaza: She finally finished the chapter
Kiz: Err, good observation, I guess
Kaza: Thankies
Kiz: *sighs* Why do I even keep you?
Kaza: Grrr. Ask the readers if they liked the chapter
Kiz: No, you do it
Kaza: Ok, did you like it? Please leave a nice review!
Jak: I'll do the reviewers responses.
Kiz: Since when did I hire you?
Jak: Since I hired myself. Never mind
Kiz: Ok
Jak:
AD, Shark, NN, Gleam* thanks for the reviews
Darksbane: So you actually like what that crazy writer does to you?
Kiz: Careful there, Jakkie
Jak: Ok, sorry. I should say from Kiz *Kiz waves to camera* that she'll track you down in no time. She now has a country AND a first name.
Phoe-chan: She blames EVERYTHING on the life-sucking Danish essay about sagas.
Kiz: I'm serious, 25 people can't be wrong. It literally killed us *fakes choking death*
Jak: HEY! I'm on. You're not *Kiz pouts*
RB: Kiz says that you shouldn't kill her for dragging you down with her. I quote "Ok, jeg døde, men der manglede ligesom 'the final touch' før succesen var hjemme. Og så tænkte jeg: Ahaa, hvad med at vi lader den ene søster ofre sig for Kiz. Jep, jep, den snupper vi!" [A/N: It's just some babble. You didn't miss much, trust me]So you actually got an honourful death. She hopes you like it.
Kiz: No more reviews?
Jak: Nope
Kiz: Make them leave more next time
Jak: Ok *uses charm to make everybody leave at least one review*