Kale's Chibi Adventure, Part II
::Still in the Bathroom Like a Champion Pie Eater after the County Fair::
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O.o "The F*CK!"
A collective gasp was heard around the room. Sekhmet, in a very rare moment of compassion, grabbed Kento's arm and was out the door before anyone figured out he wasn't there anymore.
*Outside the bathroom*
"Hey!" he jerked his arm free. "Care to explain that?"
Sekhmet sighed. "Not really. I thought I might spare your mind any further damage."
"Well, he won, didn't he?"
Stepping around the spilled drinks, broken glass, and pissed off waitress on her knees in the middle of it all, ripping apart the tumbleweed with her nails and teeth, he steered Kento towards the exit. "You can't be as dumb as you look--I KNOW you know what the penalty is for losing to him!"
Hardrock blanched. "So he was serous about taking--"
"--My SOUL? You are SO not serious!"
Back in the restroom, Spike sounded a lot more amused than he felt. He didn't believe in things like sorcery and the like, but that small, glowing orb the other man held in his open palm was making him nervous. 'Then again,' he quickly glanced down at his previously hidden card, the Nine of Spades, and at Kale's second card, the Ace of Spades. 'I also didn't believe I'd actually lose!'
Kale gave a dark chuckle. "Of course not." He regarded the other guys, who unconsciously had backed off to the other side of the room. "The deal was if you lost, I get something from EVERYONE; not just you!"
"Goemon," Lupin whispered, "Any idea what that weird thing he's holding is?"
Said swordsman swallowed. "Oh, yeah. It is very old and very, very powerful."
"Any idea what it's worth?" his other two companions asked at the same time, that familiar, calculating light shining in their eyes.
"I wouldn't recommend trying to take that, Lupin."
"But it looks so ~*pwetty*~ !!!"
"It's not a jewel, simpleton," Kale, complete with wolf-like hearing, overheard their conversation. "It's a weapon."
Jet's curiosity got the better of him and he walked over and peered down at the object he was holding. He could feel some sort of energy coming from it, but he passed it off as his imagination. "Hold on a second. Are you trying to tell me that that little incandescent sphere is a weapon?"
"Yes...and no. I can show you how it works, if you'd like..."
Goemon drew his sword. "Don't do it!" "Jet..." Spike cautioned.
*random person from the audience* "DO IT!"
"If you say so. What's the worst that could happen, I bet it's just a bluff, anyway." Reaching out with his cyborg arm, he poked it. And poked it. And poked it.
And everyone accidentally breathed a sigh of relief when nothing happened, then tried to look as if that's exactly what was expected.
"Ancient weapon, eh?" Jigen elbowed Goemon's shoulder. The latter just gave him a dirty look
Kale made a noise. "Hmm...humor me and try the other hand, if you would."
*pokepokepokepokepokepokepokepoke*
"Mainly so you don't break it if you insist on poking it!"
*pokepokepoke* Jet laughed. "Like it'll make a difference--" he trailed off, his human finger seemingly glued to the orb, which began pulsing furiously with a strange hum.
"Jet?" Spike stared at his friend. He didn't respond. The dark light coming from the object in Kale's hand began to creep up the other man's arm and completely surround his rigid body. "JET!"
Extremely fast, Goemon was able to restrain him before he moved very far. "He's gone, Spike. Don't touch him or your soul will be taken, too!"
"Say WHAT? I don't know what the hell's going on, but I'm willing to bet he has some kind of drug or poison in that thing. Soul stealing? That's a load of--"
THUMP!
Jet's now limp form heavily collapsed to the floor, totally cutting him off. Kale, in the meantime, was just as surprised. "Well, now. I guess it really DOES work, after all!" He looked approvingly at his armor's orb.
"What? You mean you weren't even sure if it would have worked?" Goemon was extremely put out with himself for missing his chance. 'Dammit! If I had known of his uncertainty, I would have attacked and this wouldn't have happened!'
"I did say I wanted to TRY something. I never said whether or not I knew it would work. Too bad; you could have used that to your advantage. Let's finish this, shall we? I'd say this isn't going to hurt much, but I didn't get any feed back from this other guy, you know?" He nudged Jet's unconscious body with the tip of his shoe.
"You bastard!" Spike was up and had his gun drawn, ready to make the Warlord of Darkness quite "holy" indeed (Ha! Sorry, i HAD to put that there!), when the evil energy from Kale's orb lashed out and wrapped its tendrils around the survivors (think Naraku's hair...), immediately shocking their nerves so action potentials could not be produced at the synapses--
SLAP! ...ouch... *DarkFlame looks at her red hand and the mark she left on her face. 'the crap that Bio 108 can do to the head...' *
Anyway, the point being, no one could move after the darkness had touched them. Kale then proceeded to literally suck the life out of the other four and into his orb. His equally evil laugh was challenged only by the clatter of Spike's gun and Goemon's sword clattering to the tiled floor, followed by the collapsing of the inanimate bodies of the unlucky victims...and a strange choking spell.
"MUHAHAHA-- *cough, cough ~*gasp*~ *hack, cough* "um...right..."
Clearing his throat, Kale pocketed his armor ball, stepped over the bodies, and opened the door. Before he walked out, something else popped into his mind. "Oh, yeah..." Turning to the seemingly dead bodies littering the floor, he said, "Try not to cause too much trouble when you wake up, k?"
No response.
Whistling to himself, he went to go catch up with the others and hopefully get to try out his new toy. 'Preferably on that annoying blond who can't hold his liquor...'
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O.o "The F*CK!"
A collective gasp was heard around the room. Sekhmet, in a very rare moment of compassion, grabbed Kento's arm and was out the door before anyone figured out he wasn't there anymore.
*Outside the bathroom*
"Hey!" he jerked his arm free. "Care to explain that?"
Sekhmet sighed. "Not really. I thought I might spare your mind any further damage."
"Well, he won, didn't he?"
Stepping around the spilled drinks, broken glass, and pissed off waitress on her knees in the middle of it all, ripping apart the tumbleweed with her nails and teeth, he steered Kento towards the exit. "You can't be as dumb as you look--I KNOW you know what the penalty is for losing to him!"
Hardrock blanched. "So he was serous about taking--"
"--My SOUL? You are SO not serious!"
Back in the restroom, Spike sounded a lot more amused than he felt. He didn't believe in things like sorcery and the like, but that small, glowing orb the other man held in his open palm was making him nervous. 'Then again,' he quickly glanced down at his previously hidden card, the Nine of Spades, and at Kale's second card, the Ace of Spades. 'I also didn't believe I'd actually lose!'
Kale gave a dark chuckle. "Of course not." He regarded the other guys, who unconsciously had backed off to the other side of the room. "The deal was if you lost, I get something from EVERYONE; not just you!"
"Goemon," Lupin whispered, "Any idea what that weird thing he's holding is?"
Said swordsman swallowed. "Oh, yeah. It is very old and very, very powerful."
"Any idea what it's worth?" his other two companions asked at the same time, that familiar, calculating light shining in their eyes.
"I wouldn't recommend trying to take that, Lupin."
"But it looks so ~*pwetty*~ !!!"
"It's not a jewel, simpleton," Kale, complete with wolf-like hearing, overheard their conversation. "It's a weapon."
Jet's curiosity got the better of him and he walked over and peered down at the object he was holding. He could feel some sort of energy coming from it, but he passed it off as his imagination. "Hold on a second. Are you trying to tell me that that little incandescent sphere is a weapon?"
"Yes...and no. I can show you how it works, if you'd like..."
Goemon drew his sword. "Don't do it!" "Jet..." Spike cautioned.
*random person from the audience* "DO IT!"
"If you say so. What's the worst that could happen, I bet it's just a bluff, anyway." Reaching out with his cyborg arm, he poked it. And poked it. And poked it.
And everyone accidentally breathed a sigh of relief when nothing happened, then tried to look as if that's exactly what was expected.
"Ancient weapon, eh?" Jigen elbowed Goemon's shoulder. The latter just gave him a dirty look
Kale made a noise. "Hmm...humor me and try the other hand, if you would."
*pokepokepokepokepokepokepokepoke*
"Mainly so you don't break it if you insist on poking it!"
*pokepokepoke* Jet laughed. "Like it'll make a difference--" he trailed off, his human finger seemingly glued to the orb, which began pulsing furiously with a strange hum.
"Jet?" Spike stared at his friend. He didn't respond. The dark light coming from the object in Kale's hand began to creep up the other man's arm and completely surround his rigid body. "JET!"
Extremely fast, Goemon was able to restrain him before he moved very far. "He's gone, Spike. Don't touch him or your soul will be taken, too!"
"Say WHAT? I don't know what the hell's going on, but I'm willing to bet he has some kind of drug or poison in that thing. Soul stealing? That's a load of--"
THUMP!
Jet's now limp form heavily collapsed to the floor, totally cutting him off. Kale, in the meantime, was just as surprised. "Well, now. I guess it really DOES work, after all!" He looked approvingly at his armor's orb.
"What? You mean you weren't even sure if it would have worked?" Goemon was extremely put out with himself for missing his chance. 'Dammit! If I had known of his uncertainty, I would have attacked and this wouldn't have happened!'
"I did say I wanted to TRY something. I never said whether or not I knew it would work. Too bad; you could have used that to your advantage. Let's finish this, shall we? I'd say this isn't going to hurt much, but I didn't get any feed back from this other guy, you know?" He nudged Jet's unconscious body with the tip of his shoe.
"You bastard!" Spike was up and had his gun drawn, ready to make the Warlord of Darkness quite "holy" indeed (Ha! Sorry, i HAD to put that there!), when the evil energy from Kale's orb lashed out and wrapped its tendrils around the survivors (think Naraku's hair...), immediately shocking their nerves so action potentials could not be produced at the synapses--
SLAP! ...ouch... *DarkFlame looks at her red hand and the mark she left on her face. 'the crap that Bio 108 can do to the head...' *
Anyway, the point being, no one could move after the darkness had touched them. Kale then proceeded to literally suck the life out of the other four and into his orb. His equally evil laugh was challenged only by the clatter of Spike's gun and Goemon's sword clattering to the tiled floor, followed by the collapsing of the inanimate bodies of the unlucky victims...and a strange choking spell.
"MUHAHAHA-- *cough, cough ~*gasp*~ *hack, cough* "um...right..."
Clearing his throat, Kale pocketed his armor ball, stepped over the bodies, and opened the door. Before he walked out, something else popped into his mind. "Oh, yeah..." Turning to the seemingly dead bodies littering the floor, he said, "Try not to cause too much trouble when you wake up, k?"
No response.
Whistling to himself, he went to go catch up with the others and hopefully get to try out his new toy. 'Preferably on that annoying blond who can't hold his liquor...'