And I keep writing like the energizer bunny... zzzzzz... Um... I wasn't asleep really. Warning, a character has a really annoying accent in this chapter (grins evilly).
Note: the voting is over, and this will be a Tykai... sigh... I was kinda hoping it would end a Tala/Tyson fic... oh well.
Fallen Angels, Rising Devils
By: Firehedgehog
Chapter Four: Black sands
Two and a half years ago:
In another part of Japan a group of Biovault scientists gathered together, in front of them was a slim machine that stood in the green leafy foliage.
"Is everything ready?" one asked, this one was middle aged and wore a white scientists robe with the biovault symbol on the sleeves.
"Yes, everything is set up," another said, the first nodded and walked to the machine.
"Ready yourself," the first said, quickly the scientists braced themselves their knuckles whitening.
With slim agile fingers the scientist went across a computer keyboard, quickly light appeared on the machines small screen.
Program is ready, begin operation Black Sands? appeared on the screen.
((Proceed)) the scientist typed in.
Program has begun appeared on the computer.
A whirring sound filled the air; lights began to flash on the top of it.
Suddenly a glass shaft lifted out of the machine, red-black light filled it and began to concentrate at the black ball at the top of the shaft.
The light struck out and struck the land before the scientists, soon all that could be seen was the red-black light, suddenly the scientists all covered there ears as a scream went through the air... it was almost if the earth itself was screaming.
Then, the scream went to an unknown pitch; the scientist felt agony. Finally the red-black light flashed, with it the scream ended.
With relief the scientists sighed, they then looked upon the results of their labor. Where once an ancient and beautiful forest stood, a large expanse of black sand stretched... far in the distance you could see its end.
"Black Sand... just as we predicted, did it work?" the first scientist asked, he turned to look at the shaft and ball on top of it.
It now glowed with green-blue light; they all smirked.
"The life energy of the forest area is all gathered, operation Bitbeast bodies will begin once we return to base," another scientist said, they smirked... soon there would be even less freedom for the people of earth.
***
Present Time:
As the morning light known as dawn approached; a group of five walked upon the edges of the desert of the black sands. Four of them were the teens known as the bladebreakers, the last was a man in his early twenties... who was armed to his teeth (literally).
"Why is this person all the way out here Hirro?" Chief asked, the man smiled flashing white teeth his black eyes showing inner laughter.
"Well as everyone 'nows, no un comes to this carrion filled dessert... so we thought it'd be best to hid em here. He's safe here, no un goes after 'im here," the man known as Hirro told them, none of them could place the mans strange accent. (Don't ask, I don't even know).
"How did you find out about the monster regaining it's human mind and coming back sane?" Kai asked, this was a real important thing... maybe they could find other monsters with returned minds.
"Now dats the 'range thing, a stranger 'peared one day and told us to go the edge of this very dessert. Dere we found 'im sitting there looking bewildered, plain lost to 'ell the truth," Hirro told them, Kai forced himself not to wince at the atrocious accent.
'How an he butcher the Japanese language so badly' he thought in disbelief, he had grown up speaking Russian and only Russian... he didn't even speak with an accent.
"What was this stranger like... like who was he?" Chief asked, at this Hiiro sighed.
"Wish I 'ould tell you, but I don't know. Don't 'now if it was male or a female, was all cloaked and robed. Told us to get a move on now, no dawdling or we'd missis it all," Hirro said truthfully, Max groaned... that certainly wasn't helpful.
"What happened to the stranger?" Ray asked, the man shrugged.
"Don't 'now, un minute he's their... the next gone," Hirro said, that took them to a dead end in finding tat person though.
"So, are we almost there?" Max asked, Hirro nodded.
"See dat 'ill ahead?" Hirro asked pointing to a barren hill nearby, the teens nodded. "Deres a cave dere, dats were he's staying at," Hirro said, Kai nodded.
"You might as well stay out here Hirro, it will be easier to talk to him without someone else other then us with him," Chief said, Hirro nodded.
"Might as 'ell," Hirro said shrugging, he then sat on a rock.
With that the four of them walked to the hill, soon they were searching for the cave the man had told them about.
As they did Kai took a look at the black sands; this dessert gave him the chills. Not that he would ever admit it; it just felt as if the very life had been sucked out of the area leaving nothing but Decay.
"Kai, we found the entrance to the cave," Ray shouted, the blue haired Russian teen quickly ran to where the raven-haired Chinese teen awaited him.
Soon they entered the cave, it was dark inside and the smell of some type of fungus or mold filled the air.
"Stinky," max said, that was pretty much all their thoughts.
"You can tell me that again," Ray said wrinkling his nose in a cat like fashion.
"Stinky," Max said grinning, Ray glared at his friend.
"I was joking Max," Ray said, Max only gave a small laugh.
"You are not someone I know," a voice suddenly said, Chief yelped as it seemed to come from all around them.
"I know, but we have questions we need to ask you... and since you the only person who was freed from the monster control of the transformation we can only ask you," Ray said, a sound filled the air and Kai realized with a start it was sad laughter.
"Fine, you may ask," the voice said, there was the sound of movement.
Curious of what the Transformed looked like, Kai held up a torch they had lit after entering the cave.
Eyes as red as blood and cat spilt shone back in the light and seemed almost evil ion there intent.
Not being able to help themselves, they screamed in terror.
***
Hirro blinked as screams filled the air, turning he looked at the hill.
"Must'a met 'im by now, 'veryone screams the 'irst time they meet 'im," Hirro said, with a shrug he continued to read the book he had brought along with him. Where he had kept it all this time, who knows.
***
In the distance a cloaked figure watched, golden eyes twinkled with humor.
"Almost everyone is in place, all we need now is for Tala to arrive and the people I need will be together," he said, and with that said the nameless one once known as Tyson vanished.
TBC
FH: I couldn't help it (giggles), I just had to write a scene with them screaming
R.Calumon: never mind her, she's high on caffine from her Pepsi.
FH: See you next chapter, where we finally find out what name Tala chose for Tyson.
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