Chapter Eleven: Soul of the Hustler
The Arch-Angel stepped into the sunlight, its armor shimmering, the
blinding glare shinning upon a figure a short distance away. The unit was
broken and rusted, burnt away at on the top, and torn away at. It floated
above the ground, in its left arm a excellent weapon, the karasawa.
"Sephiroth?!"
Leos' AC stepped back into the cave, Leos staring at the figure, as an image appeared on his screen. It was the of Sephiroth, his eyes glowing, yet a piece of his skull ripped off, a fragment of shrapnel gouged into his mind. His lips moved in sync with a pair of voices. One his own, cold voice, still with that hatred and anguish he died with. The other a voice filled with static, empty of emotion, Leos shivering as it spoke.
"Raven, so long and far you have fought. Now you meet your fate, the fate that awaits all. Lets fight Raven; we'll settle this in battle." Leos' overboost engines thrust him into the woods behind the KTWGB, Leos mind filled with images of this new horror. "What is this thing? Is it Sephiroth? No he is dead. This must be something much worst. Perhaps...."
The Arch-Angel came to a sudden stop as a blade sliced a crossed his armor. The KTWGB stood in front of him, its blade flaming to his side. Leos' armored core lifted into the air, Leos back aching from the force. Leos looked down to the ground, his MG-SAW burning into the ground, shots chipping of pieces of KTWGB's armor. Leos smirked as he fell back to the ground, his blade streaking across KTWGB's armor as the hover type forced its way away. Leos followed along his enemies trails, dashing from left to right as beams from the karasawa's barrel flew by him. Leos' armored core arched around KTWGB, each AC moving at maximum speed, matching each others moves, as KTWGB struggled to back away from Arch-Angel.
Leos flinched as a karasawa beam struck his core, the arch-Angel being knocked back into a tree. Leos took to the air again, firing back down his enemy. Leos eyes opened wide has he watched his ammo drop to zero. Falling to the ground, Leos thought of his next move, all his weapons ammo empty. He shook as the moonlight thrust into his core, Leos realizing his few options out.
"I see now what I must do. Perhaps I have been wrong all this time anyways. Sephiroth may have been a tragic hero after all. Oh hell, like it matters to me now." Leos thrust into the air his blade cutting across KTWGB's armor, pieces of it falling to the ground, flaking away as it crumbled. The two armored core stood behind each other each one thrust away from each other, the sun beginning to set in Mars' horizon.
It was the day Rachel was to arrive on Earth. Leos looked down, as he turned to Kiss the World Good-Bye Again. He hummed under his breath, opening his eyes as he looked up. He smirked. "You must be that Hustler I've heard so much about. Looks like I got no way out. Guess I gotta go with the final operation." The two armored cores' overboost units firing up. The burst towards each other, the crows in the background cawing, the small moths fluttering from tree to tree, butterflies passing along, knowing shortly by instinct, they will met their fates. The two armored core rouse into the air as the approached each other.
Leos' comm. opened up once again. "Raven, what is you wish." The voice was only that of the vile one before, all of Sephiroth's gone. Their blades lit up, as they sliced across each one, both bursting into a red flame as they exploded, Leos letting out a final scream.
Leos' AC stepped back into the cave, Leos staring at the figure, as an image appeared on his screen. It was the of Sephiroth, his eyes glowing, yet a piece of his skull ripped off, a fragment of shrapnel gouged into his mind. His lips moved in sync with a pair of voices. One his own, cold voice, still with that hatred and anguish he died with. The other a voice filled with static, empty of emotion, Leos shivering as it spoke.
"Raven, so long and far you have fought. Now you meet your fate, the fate that awaits all. Lets fight Raven; we'll settle this in battle." Leos' overboost engines thrust him into the woods behind the KTWGB, Leos mind filled with images of this new horror. "What is this thing? Is it Sephiroth? No he is dead. This must be something much worst. Perhaps...."
The Arch-Angel came to a sudden stop as a blade sliced a crossed his armor. The KTWGB stood in front of him, its blade flaming to his side. Leos' armored core lifted into the air, Leos back aching from the force. Leos looked down to the ground, his MG-SAW burning into the ground, shots chipping of pieces of KTWGB's armor. Leos smirked as he fell back to the ground, his blade streaking across KTWGB's armor as the hover type forced its way away. Leos followed along his enemies trails, dashing from left to right as beams from the karasawa's barrel flew by him. Leos' armored core arched around KTWGB, each AC moving at maximum speed, matching each others moves, as KTWGB struggled to back away from Arch-Angel.
Leos flinched as a karasawa beam struck his core, the arch-Angel being knocked back into a tree. Leos took to the air again, firing back down his enemy. Leos eyes opened wide has he watched his ammo drop to zero. Falling to the ground, Leos thought of his next move, all his weapons ammo empty. He shook as the moonlight thrust into his core, Leos realizing his few options out.
"I see now what I must do. Perhaps I have been wrong all this time anyways. Sephiroth may have been a tragic hero after all. Oh hell, like it matters to me now." Leos thrust into the air his blade cutting across KTWGB's armor, pieces of it falling to the ground, flaking away as it crumbled. The two armored core stood behind each other each one thrust away from each other, the sun beginning to set in Mars' horizon.
It was the day Rachel was to arrive on Earth. Leos looked down, as he turned to Kiss the World Good-Bye Again. He hummed under his breath, opening his eyes as he looked up. He smirked. "You must be that Hustler I've heard so much about. Looks like I got no way out. Guess I gotta go with the final operation." The two armored cores' overboost units firing up. The burst towards each other, the crows in the background cawing, the small moths fluttering from tree to tree, butterflies passing along, knowing shortly by instinct, they will met their fates. The two armored core rouse into the air as the approached each other.
Leos' comm. opened up once again. "Raven, what is you wish." The voice was only that of the vile one before, all of Sephiroth's gone. Their blades lit up, as they sliced across each one, both bursting into a red flame as they exploded, Leos letting out a final scream.