Chapter 27
The Battle
I woke up. It was as if I had only been knocked out for a second. The Evalangion was standing in front of me and Zak was on the ground beside me. The large batallion was also there. I closed my eyes as if I had been beaten. I heard the roar of the tanks' engines and clamor of the soldiers guns' banging against their armor. The huge batallion took off.
I opened my eyes. A hover tank was coming straight for us. I rolled backwards then grabbed Zak and pulled him to safety.
"We must rescue the others!" I yelled to him over the noise of tanks as I stood up.
He grabbed my shirt and pulled me down, "No, Dragon! We cannot risk our lives!"
The tanks passed us finally, "We have to save them!"
"Dragon, you're smarter than this. Think, if we get killed and so do our friends, who's left? No one. We must survive even if it means risking their lives. They're smart, they'll surrender."
I sighed, "You're right, I think I saw a way out, follow me."
I ran about fifty yards in the opposite direction of the tanks and found what I was looking for. Underneath a small mound of dirt was a man hole. We scraped off all the dirt and, together, lifted up the manhole cover.
I dropped down first and Zak followed. When he landed some dirty sewer water splashed up and hit me in the face. I closed my eyes but didn't mind for the time being. We ran down the tunnel to the left and followed it, it was very long.
We paused here and there to catch our breath.
"Will it never end?"
He grinned, "Who the hell knows, wanna walk the rest of the way?"
I just nodded, I was too out of breath to talk anymore. By the looks of Zak, he was too. He continued on, slowly, but it was still progress. I was too exhausted to think. I was drained of chi and the long hard adventure I had today was exhausting. I was still learning about my new found abilities and they took a lot out of me when I used them.
Zak must have read my mind, he put his hand on my shoulder and squeezed gently, "Don't worry, we'll find shelter soon."
I nodded and smiled. We finally made it to the end, it was dawn by the time we got there. We came out into a meadow, a real one this time. There didn't seem to be anyone for miles.
"Odd place to put a meadow..." I nodded in agreement.
"So where's shelter?" He smiled.
He pulled out a small package. He chucked it into the air, "What the-" I stopped myself. It sort of exploded into a tent, "Very nice."
We went over and setup camp, we didn't have much. I had all my weapons minus my M-16 and so did Zak, he only had a single berreta however. We both gathered wood and put it into a small pile. I pulled out the grass in a small circle and put the fire in the circle as well as the grass. There were a few bushes around so I went to them and gathered some dead leaves. I put the leaves in the pile and looked over at Zak.
"A match?" He pulled out a small pack of matches, "I have only a few..."
I nodded but took the package anyways. I tried the first one, it didn't light. Must have gotten wet, I thought. I tried the next three and none of them worked. There was one left.
I picked up the match and put it against the side of the box. I struck it across. A spark leapt from the flame and died. I pulled the match away from the box. Another spark leapt up. It was blue and was very tiny. The flame began to go out. I glared at the match.
"No!" I whispered quietly. The flame exploded, It knocked me back and fell onto the pile.
The pile burst into flames and we had a camp fire.
"Now that's using your brain!" said Zak.
I grinned and shook my head. I pushed him over. He just laughed. I had some food from my very first adventure, the one with the ATV. It didn't seem very good but we were both starving. We skewered it with sticks we found and cooked it on the fire, they were hot dogs. They weren't too bad for three day old hot dogs that have been reheated and never frozen.
We went into the tent and slept, fortunately it was cold and no insects would bother us. But unfortunately, IT WAS COLD! We were both freezing but managed through the night.
I woke up. A sweet scent of cooked meat hit my nostrils. I immediately sat up and went outside the tent. I put on my pants before I exited, however. I took them off early this morning because it got really hot, really quick. Oh, and my shirt too but I didn't bother putting it on because it was very, very hot out.
Zak was so desperate he ripped the sleeves off his shirt and ripped the bottom half of hits pant legs off. He turned his pants into makeshift shorts.
"What's cooking?" I said sleepily.
"Friend rabbit stew, minus the stew."
"Mmm...rabbit..." I walked over and took a stick. The rabbit wasn't that bad. He must have gotten up and hunted early this morning. I didn't bother asking him about it, however.
"SO where do you think we are?" I asked.
"I have no clue. I'm not sure what our next move is..."
I nodded, "We're stuck here then. Unless..." I got up, went over and grabbed my katana and its scabbard and hung the scabbard at an angle on my back. I picked up my mini- uzis and my holsters. I put the holsters on my pants where they were before. I nodded to Zak, put on my sun glasses and took off. The food we had and the sleep totally re- energized me. My chi was at its maximum and then some. I ran at about 80 miles an hour.
I heard K'arr's voice echo in my head, "You're faster than this..."
It faded out. I glared at the road. I charged a small bit of my chi and put it into my legs.
"No! I can do this, I am the one, I can bend reality!" I yelled in my head.
"YYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!" I ran at over 120 mph. I kept picking up speed.
Eventually my feet left the ground. I was flying and flying fast too. I was at 200 mph and felt I couldn't go any faster. I put my hand in a fist and stuck my arm out in front of me.
I leaned back a bit and flew straight up into the air I then leaned forward a bit and went straight horizontally. I looked down.
Their was some sort of city below. It wasn't you're every day city, however. It was highly advanced for this day and age. It must have been the nameless one...er... Shoju's HQ. That is where I must go...but what about Zak?
I stopped in mid-air. I breathed deeply and spun around. I went in the opposite direction I came. And after a few minutes I saw Zak down below. I dove down and picked him up. I turned around and went back to where I was. I kept going, however. And after a few minutes I stopped, we were about twenty miles from the HQ. I dove down to the ground and stopped. I dropped Zak.
"Get to West Hampton!" He yelled at me. I spun around and went that way.
To West Hampton, his voice echoed. I went as fast as I could. If I failed, everyone would die. That emotion empowered me. I felt even new strength. I blasted forward like a bullet and went over 600 mph. I knew exactly where I was going but felt I would be too late.
I stopped in mid-air. I felt an extreme rush go by me. I dropped down to the ground. I was at the entrance of West Hampton, the only remaining Entity HQ.
Chapter 28 Extreme Power
I could feel intense energy flow through my body every second. I was getting stronger, faster, and smarter. I didn't understand why but I feared it would consume me.
I walked up to the keypad next to the entrance. I punched in a few numbers and hit enter.
"Access Denied," said a female computer voice.
I tried a few more times with no success.
"Access De-" I punched the keypad hard. It smashed through the wall. I kicked down the door and walked in.
"Hello Dragon," I looked around, It was pitch black. I blinked and looked again. People everywhere, armed to the teeth.
They all lowered their weapons and the lights flickered on.
"We've been expecting you," I noticed it was a man to my left talking.
I walked over to him, "And you are?"
"Lt. General Storm, Leader of the EWA," I gasped sarcastically.
"Damn, I don't care, we're in deep shit right now."
"Yes, I know Dragon. We're the last of the EWA, there's only a few thousand of us."
"How many do the neo-Russians have?"
"Twenty-three thousand-"
"That's not bad..."
"Brigades." He finished.
"That's really bad!" I thought for a moment, "We can't wait here, but we can't fight them head on, there is one thing we can do. We can infiltrate their main HQ, its not far. Besides I hafta get Zak, I left him."
"Zak is dead, Dragon. He's been sick for awhile now, some kind of disease made by the enemy."
"It's not a disease, it's a poison," Hawk came from the crowd.
"Hawk, you're all right! And the others?"
"Fine Dragon, they're fine but there's no time for that."
"They released this poison in the previous battle in the form of a gas. We narrowly escaped. We are the only surrvivors..."
"Damnit..."
"Dragon, you are the chosen one, tell us what to do."
I will fight them all, by myself. I turned to face the door. As if reading my thoughts Hawk put his hand on my shoulder, "You can't go alone, I will go with you."
"We will fight with you to the death," Said the General.
I simply nodded. As we got ready to go out I went to the armory to get some weapons.
I saw K'arr, "Yo, K'arr!"
"Dragon, there's something you must know."
I raised a brow, "Yeah?"
"Our philosophers have finished the prophecy... The one is in fact-" He was cut off, Tetsuko ran over.
"Dragon!" She hugged me. I hugged her back.
"Tetsuko...do you...do you love me?"
She nodded, "Would you do anything for me?"
"Of course..."
"Then don't go, stay here with the children, underground. I don't want you coming."
She hesitated as if thinking but nodded. We hugged again and she left.
"You were saying?"
"Dragon the...Well, you will find out soon enough, good luck Dragon."
I nodded, confused. I simply had my katana currently. I looked around at all the weapons. I picked up a desert eagle, the one I had in the beginning. I loaded it and holstered it, I walked out of the room.
"Dragon are you not getting anything else?" called K'arr from behind.
I said coldly, "No."
I asked for nothing more, as I walked to the door.
"To the Death!" I yelled
"To the Death!" Chanted everyone else, I kicked down the door, and out we ran into the heat of battle.
I woke up. It was as if I had only been knocked out for a second. The Evalangion was standing in front of me and Zak was on the ground beside me. The large batallion was also there. I closed my eyes as if I had been beaten. I heard the roar of the tanks' engines and clamor of the soldiers guns' banging against their armor. The huge batallion took off.
I opened my eyes. A hover tank was coming straight for us. I rolled backwards then grabbed Zak and pulled him to safety.
"We must rescue the others!" I yelled to him over the noise of tanks as I stood up.
He grabbed my shirt and pulled me down, "No, Dragon! We cannot risk our lives!"
The tanks passed us finally, "We have to save them!"
"Dragon, you're smarter than this. Think, if we get killed and so do our friends, who's left? No one. We must survive even if it means risking their lives. They're smart, they'll surrender."
I sighed, "You're right, I think I saw a way out, follow me."
I ran about fifty yards in the opposite direction of the tanks and found what I was looking for. Underneath a small mound of dirt was a man hole. We scraped off all the dirt and, together, lifted up the manhole cover.
I dropped down first and Zak followed. When he landed some dirty sewer water splashed up and hit me in the face. I closed my eyes but didn't mind for the time being. We ran down the tunnel to the left and followed it, it was very long.
We paused here and there to catch our breath.
"Will it never end?"
He grinned, "Who the hell knows, wanna walk the rest of the way?"
I just nodded, I was too out of breath to talk anymore. By the looks of Zak, he was too. He continued on, slowly, but it was still progress. I was too exhausted to think. I was drained of chi and the long hard adventure I had today was exhausting. I was still learning about my new found abilities and they took a lot out of me when I used them.
Zak must have read my mind, he put his hand on my shoulder and squeezed gently, "Don't worry, we'll find shelter soon."
I nodded and smiled. We finally made it to the end, it was dawn by the time we got there. We came out into a meadow, a real one this time. There didn't seem to be anyone for miles.
"Odd place to put a meadow..." I nodded in agreement.
"So where's shelter?" He smiled.
He pulled out a small package. He chucked it into the air, "What the-" I stopped myself. It sort of exploded into a tent, "Very nice."
We went over and setup camp, we didn't have much. I had all my weapons minus my M-16 and so did Zak, he only had a single berreta however. We both gathered wood and put it into a small pile. I pulled out the grass in a small circle and put the fire in the circle as well as the grass. There were a few bushes around so I went to them and gathered some dead leaves. I put the leaves in the pile and looked over at Zak.
"A match?" He pulled out a small pack of matches, "I have only a few..."
I nodded but took the package anyways. I tried the first one, it didn't light. Must have gotten wet, I thought. I tried the next three and none of them worked. There was one left.
I picked up the match and put it against the side of the box. I struck it across. A spark leapt from the flame and died. I pulled the match away from the box. Another spark leapt up. It was blue and was very tiny. The flame began to go out. I glared at the match.
"No!" I whispered quietly. The flame exploded, It knocked me back and fell onto the pile.
The pile burst into flames and we had a camp fire.
"Now that's using your brain!" said Zak.
I grinned and shook my head. I pushed him over. He just laughed. I had some food from my very first adventure, the one with the ATV. It didn't seem very good but we were both starving. We skewered it with sticks we found and cooked it on the fire, they were hot dogs. They weren't too bad for three day old hot dogs that have been reheated and never frozen.
We went into the tent and slept, fortunately it was cold and no insects would bother us. But unfortunately, IT WAS COLD! We were both freezing but managed through the night.
I woke up. A sweet scent of cooked meat hit my nostrils. I immediately sat up and went outside the tent. I put on my pants before I exited, however. I took them off early this morning because it got really hot, really quick. Oh, and my shirt too but I didn't bother putting it on because it was very, very hot out.
Zak was so desperate he ripped the sleeves off his shirt and ripped the bottom half of hits pant legs off. He turned his pants into makeshift shorts.
"What's cooking?" I said sleepily.
"Friend rabbit stew, minus the stew."
"Mmm...rabbit..." I walked over and took a stick. The rabbit wasn't that bad. He must have gotten up and hunted early this morning. I didn't bother asking him about it, however.
"SO where do you think we are?" I asked.
"I have no clue. I'm not sure what our next move is..."
I nodded, "We're stuck here then. Unless..." I got up, went over and grabbed my katana and its scabbard and hung the scabbard at an angle on my back. I picked up my mini- uzis and my holsters. I put the holsters on my pants where they were before. I nodded to Zak, put on my sun glasses and took off. The food we had and the sleep totally re- energized me. My chi was at its maximum and then some. I ran at about 80 miles an hour.
I heard K'arr's voice echo in my head, "You're faster than this..."
It faded out. I glared at the road. I charged a small bit of my chi and put it into my legs.
"No! I can do this, I am the one, I can bend reality!" I yelled in my head.
"YYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!" I ran at over 120 mph. I kept picking up speed.
Eventually my feet left the ground. I was flying and flying fast too. I was at 200 mph and felt I couldn't go any faster. I put my hand in a fist and stuck my arm out in front of me.
I leaned back a bit and flew straight up into the air I then leaned forward a bit and went straight horizontally. I looked down.
Their was some sort of city below. It wasn't you're every day city, however. It was highly advanced for this day and age. It must have been the nameless one...er... Shoju's HQ. That is where I must go...but what about Zak?
I stopped in mid-air. I breathed deeply and spun around. I went in the opposite direction I came. And after a few minutes I saw Zak down below. I dove down and picked him up. I turned around and went back to where I was. I kept going, however. And after a few minutes I stopped, we were about twenty miles from the HQ. I dove down to the ground and stopped. I dropped Zak.
"Get to West Hampton!" He yelled at me. I spun around and went that way.
To West Hampton, his voice echoed. I went as fast as I could. If I failed, everyone would die. That emotion empowered me. I felt even new strength. I blasted forward like a bullet and went over 600 mph. I knew exactly where I was going but felt I would be too late.
I stopped in mid-air. I felt an extreme rush go by me. I dropped down to the ground. I was at the entrance of West Hampton, the only remaining Entity HQ.
Chapter 28 Extreme Power
I could feel intense energy flow through my body every second. I was getting stronger, faster, and smarter. I didn't understand why but I feared it would consume me.
I walked up to the keypad next to the entrance. I punched in a few numbers and hit enter.
"Access Denied," said a female computer voice.
I tried a few more times with no success.
"Access De-" I punched the keypad hard. It smashed through the wall. I kicked down the door and walked in.
"Hello Dragon," I looked around, It was pitch black. I blinked and looked again. People everywhere, armed to the teeth.
They all lowered their weapons and the lights flickered on.
"We've been expecting you," I noticed it was a man to my left talking.
I walked over to him, "And you are?"
"Lt. General Storm, Leader of the EWA," I gasped sarcastically.
"Damn, I don't care, we're in deep shit right now."
"Yes, I know Dragon. We're the last of the EWA, there's only a few thousand of us."
"How many do the neo-Russians have?"
"Twenty-three thousand-"
"That's not bad..."
"Brigades." He finished.
"That's really bad!" I thought for a moment, "We can't wait here, but we can't fight them head on, there is one thing we can do. We can infiltrate their main HQ, its not far. Besides I hafta get Zak, I left him."
"Zak is dead, Dragon. He's been sick for awhile now, some kind of disease made by the enemy."
"It's not a disease, it's a poison," Hawk came from the crowd.
"Hawk, you're all right! And the others?"
"Fine Dragon, they're fine but there's no time for that."
"They released this poison in the previous battle in the form of a gas. We narrowly escaped. We are the only surrvivors..."
"Damnit..."
"Dragon, you are the chosen one, tell us what to do."
I will fight them all, by myself. I turned to face the door. As if reading my thoughts Hawk put his hand on my shoulder, "You can't go alone, I will go with you."
"We will fight with you to the death," Said the General.
I simply nodded. As we got ready to go out I went to the armory to get some weapons.
I saw K'arr, "Yo, K'arr!"
"Dragon, there's something you must know."
I raised a brow, "Yeah?"
"Our philosophers have finished the prophecy... The one is in fact-" He was cut off, Tetsuko ran over.
"Dragon!" She hugged me. I hugged her back.
"Tetsuko...do you...do you love me?"
She nodded, "Would you do anything for me?"
"Of course..."
"Then don't go, stay here with the children, underground. I don't want you coming."
She hesitated as if thinking but nodded. We hugged again and she left.
"You were saying?"
"Dragon the...Well, you will find out soon enough, good luck Dragon."
I nodded, confused. I simply had my katana currently. I looked around at all the weapons. I picked up a desert eagle, the one I had in the beginning. I loaded it and holstered it, I walked out of the room.
"Dragon are you not getting anything else?" called K'arr from behind.
I said coldly, "No."
I asked for nothing more, as I walked to the door.
"To the Death!" I yelled
"To the Death!" Chanted everyone else, I kicked down the door, and out we ran into the heat of battle.