Okay, so here I am at the next chapter of the story. It's sure come a long
way since the beginning, and there's still a lot of excitement left.
I can honestly say that this story has really begun building up to the climax, so the next few chapters are going to really heat things up, if you all know what I mean.
Anyway, without any more delay, I'll get on with this.
-Bojack
Chapter Fourteen: The Bad Guys Get Angry!
Ginorelli looked down at the man's face and frowned. He was sweating bullets and had a look of absolute terror in his eyes.
"It's just too bad that it had to come to this, in the end. It's always a shame when smart people like you try and stand in my way." He spoke.
"I gave you the chance to join me, but you went against me instead." He then added as he walked away. He then turned around and looked at him again. "Hold down his hand." He instructed his men.
One of them pulled out the terrified man's hand and set it down on the table and then held it down by the wrist.
Ginorelli walked over to him and looked him in the eyes. "Well now, here we are, face to face." He remarked. "I just want to make three point to you. and then I'll leave you alone." He spoke. He then turned to one of his men. "If he doesn't scream, then you let him go." He instructed him.
The men nodded.
He then looked down at the man's hand and grabbed hold of one of his fingers. "Number, I try to control my anger." He said as he broke one of his fingers, yet the man managed to remain silent. He took another finger. "Number two, I don't always succeed." He said as he broke another one, causing tears to stream down the man's face. He then took another one. "and number three, I've got seven more points to make!"
***
Bernardo waited for his boss outside the room. He didn't even flinch when he heard the screaming. Eventually, Ginorelli emerged and looked at him.
"I presume that you have bad news?" Ginorelli asked as he lit a cigar. The two of them walked through the hallway to his office.
"Yes sir, I regret to inform you that the plan failed." Bernardo spoke in an apologetic tone of voice.
"I'm disappointed in you." Ginorelli replied with a sigh, opening the door as he stepped into the office.
"But I'm more disappointed in you." He spoke to in invisible figure in the dark office.
A cloaked figure stepped forward. "My men pulled back in the name of their own safety." He replied.
"Oh," Ginorelli began. "and why is that?" He then asked.
"We're not yet at full strength." He began. "And there was the issue of the interference from the Brood and the Dark Knight." He added.
"What are you talking about?" The Mob Boss asked him.
"A young man with blue hair appeared today, at the café." He explained. "He is a child of the dragons, and if we had attacked with our full power. then he would have become a dragon, himself." He explained. "This is why I stopped your men from killed the two beast-people, because it surely would have caused him to transom into some uncontrollable monster with the power to disintegrate the entire area." He added.
"I see." Ginorelli replied. He then turned to Bernardo. "We cannot hold back any longer, it's time to call out all the men." He instructed him. "And tell Francisco to get his special guns ready for action." He then added.
"Yes sir." Bernardo replied.
Ginorelli then turned around to face the cloaked man. "Are you going to join us?" He asked.
"Harvest and Deathmask must return to our master." He replied. "But I will remain, and help deal with the targets when the time comes." He replied.
Ginorelli smiled.
***
Rei looked around and noticed that he seemed to be floating in some kind of white void. He sat up as he floated and looked around more carefully.
"Behind you!"
Rei jumped and then turned around to come face to face with a very strange looking man. Rei held his tail, trying to smooth out the bristled fur as he assessed the man before him.
He had blue skin and long brown hair that was pulled into a tight ponytail in the back and pointed ears. He was wearing a black kimono with a white sash.
"Who are you?" The Worren asked him.
"Why, I'm Bojack, the author." He replied with a smile. "I've already met Ryu when he was hallucinating, and now I'm here to have little talk with you." He replied.
"Where am I?" Rei asked as he looked around.
"You're in 'Author Space'." Bojack replied. "A special dimension between the Real World and the Fanfiction World." Bojack explained. "You'll be here for a little while longer, until you regain consciousness." He added.
"Who was that guy that knocked me out?" Rei asked.
"Oh, he's one of the great Ten Avatars of Myria." Bojack replied. "They're all very serious warriors." He added.
"Yeah, about that." Rei began. "Why did you put such serious villains in a comedy?" He asked.
"It's because I needed to make a shameless plug for my future stories. They'll be appearing in the sequels for 'The Cell'." He admitted with a blush. "Here, have some tea." He instructed Rei as he handed him a cup, trying to change the subject.
"Thanks." Rei spoke as he accepted the cup and took a sip from it. "any Advice about the future?" He asked him.
"I can't go too much into the details of the future for you guys, but I can say that it won't be much longer until the end is here." He replied. "Essentially, I'm now writing with the end in mind." He added.
***
Ryu and Nina were standing beside Rei as he lay there, not moving. Momo was sitting at his side.
"Still unconscious." Ryu remarked.
"Yeah, but who's he talking too?" Nina asked quietly.
Ryu shrugged. "I'm just glad that we got him back to the Tower without incident." He replied.
***
Ash walked into the lab, slipping on his lab coat as he did so. "Sorry I'm late." He told the people in the room. "I had some business to attend to." He explained as he sat down.
Biggs, Jessie, and Gary were all standing there, waiting.
Ash observed that Mogu was sitting in a chair, looking rather nervous. The Biologist walked over to the mull-man. "Is the injection ready?" He asked the others as he looked over his shoulder.
Gary walked over to him and handed him a needle with a pallid green liquid in it. Ash took it and then kneeled down beside Mogu. "Now you might feel a little prick, but it will pass quickly." Ash informed him as he prepared his arm for the injection. Mogu flinched slightly as the needle went into his soft flesh, but the sting soon receded as the instrument was retracted.
Ash stood up and addressed the others. "Now, what I've done just now to Mogu will in now way harm him." He began. "I have simply injected him with a liquid form of the plant that we have been experimenting with." He went on. "I believe that it can be used as a sort of 'truth serum'." He finished.
And with that, he kneeled back down and began speaking to Mogu. "Now, Mogu." He began. "You didn't really want to end up working in a mine-shaft, did you?" He asked him kindly.
"No." Mogu admitted, after some initial reservations.
"What was it, then, that you would have rather been?" Ash asked him.
He began stuttering as he struggled with the answer. "I wanted to be a singer!" He suddenly blurted out, forced into speaking by the plant's influence.
"Would you like to sing right now?" Ash asked him, becoming gravely serious, suddenly.
Mogu began sweating badly, trying to speak, but failing each time. "I. I." He began unevenly. "I want to..! Oh no!" He blurted out as he suddenly turned green and ran off.
Ash looked at the others and sighed. "Perhaps there are still a few problems to work out." He admitted as he shook his head.
***
"It's time for me to move this plot along." Bojack informed Rei. "You'll be waking up soon." He added.
"You mean that the other authors are going to appear?" Rei asked, surprised by the sudden end of their meeting.
"I suppose it would be right to send you off without some kind of special feature." Bojack reasoned. He then cleared his throat. "Hey Boko, this guy wants a cameo, how about it?" He called out. "She be here any minute now." Bojack informed him with a smile.
"Well, it was fun talking to you." Rei replied.
"Yes, it was." Bojack remarked with a smiled. "And say hello to Ryu for me, he'll know who am." He added. "And tell him that Tio says hello, too!" He exclaimed, suddenly remembering that piece of information.
And with that, Boko (the 'Guitar-Playing Chokobo') broke a Spanish Guitar over the Worren's head, knocking him out cold.
"How's that for a cameo!" Bojack exclaimed.
Boko looked at the destroy instrument. "Do you think I hit him too hard?" She asked him.
"Not at all!" Bojack replied happily. "A few days from now- we'll all be laughing about it anyway." He remarked.
***
Francisco held up his the strange rifle he was holding and aimed it at a target off in the distance. "Now watch this." He instructed Bernardo enthusiastically.
A bullet suddenly fired out from the barrel of the gun and plunged deep into the target across the room. A small mini-gun (mounted on a turret) followed its path. And when the bullet hit its mark, the mini-gun opened fire on it with all six revolving barrels- destroying the target in secants!
"It's really very simple." Francisco began. "This gun fires a special tracer bullet, which the mini-gun is programmed to track and destroy the moment it hits its target." He explained.
"I don't see how this will help us." Bernardo remarked as he watched the mini-gun wind down.
"The tracer I used was just for show." He replied. "The one we will use against that Tiger guy and that weird woman with the rabbit ears- and whoever else that decided to get in our- will be much smaller." He finished as he held up a tiny bulling between two fingers. "The target will never know that this even hit them, so we wont have to worry about them removing it." He finished as he set the gun down and began walking away, Bernardo following beside him.
"And with as sitting ducks, they'll be easy marks for the real fire power." Francisco informed him.
"I just hope that everything works out in the end." Bernardo retorted to his enthusiastic comrade.
"Yeah, I don't want to have done this double-length chapter for no reason." He replied.
***
Ash walked into the room were Momo and the others were waiting in. He crossed the room and looked down at the unconscious Worren.
Momo noticed as Rei began to wake up. "Are you alright she asked him nervously.
Rei looked at her and remained quiet for a moment. "Yeah, I'm fine." He replied. "It wasn't so bad in the end." He added. "I got to meet some interesting people while I was 'out'." He continued. He then noticed that Ryu was there. "Oh yeah, the author asked me to tell you that someone named Tio says 'hello'." He finished as he laid back down.
Ryu recoiled at the mention of the woman who had terrorized him during his drug-induced hallucination.
"What's wrong, Ryu?" Nina asked as she noticed the Dragon becoming pale.
~End of Chapter 14~
Well, I got this chapter finished. I'm happy to say that I'm back on track with my writing. And after a little break, I feel better then ever! So please send me some reviews and let me know what you all though of this chapter.
Thanks again to everyone who's read and reviewed this story so far. (Tio, Zinic, Boko, Shannon, and all the others! Yow!)
-Bojack727
I can honestly say that this story has really begun building up to the climax, so the next few chapters are going to really heat things up, if you all know what I mean.
Anyway, without any more delay, I'll get on with this.
-Bojack
Chapter Fourteen: The Bad Guys Get Angry!
Ginorelli looked down at the man's face and frowned. He was sweating bullets and had a look of absolute terror in his eyes.
"It's just too bad that it had to come to this, in the end. It's always a shame when smart people like you try and stand in my way." He spoke.
"I gave you the chance to join me, but you went against me instead." He then added as he walked away. He then turned around and looked at him again. "Hold down his hand." He instructed his men.
One of them pulled out the terrified man's hand and set it down on the table and then held it down by the wrist.
Ginorelli walked over to him and looked him in the eyes. "Well now, here we are, face to face." He remarked. "I just want to make three point to you. and then I'll leave you alone." He spoke. He then turned to one of his men. "If he doesn't scream, then you let him go." He instructed him.
The men nodded.
He then looked down at the man's hand and grabbed hold of one of his fingers. "Number, I try to control my anger." He said as he broke one of his fingers, yet the man managed to remain silent. He took another finger. "Number two, I don't always succeed." He said as he broke another one, causing tears to stream down the man's face. He then took another one. "and number three, I've got seven more points to make!"
***
Bernardo waited for his boss outside the room. He didn't even flinch when he heard the screaming. Eventually, Ginorelli emerged and looked at him.
"I presume that you have bad news?" Ginorelli asked as he lit a cigar. The two of them walked through the hallway to his office.
"Yes sir, I regret to inform you that the plan failed." Bernardo spoke in an apologetic tone of voice.
"I'm disappointed in you." Ginorelli replied with a sigh, opening the door as he stepped into the office.
"But I'm more disappointed in you." He spoke to in invisible figure in the dark office.
A cloaked figure stepped forward. "My men pulled back in the name of their own safety." He replied.
"Oh," Ginorelli began. "and why is that?" He then asked.
"We're not yet at full strength." He began. "And there was the issue of the interference from the Brood and the Dark Knight." He added.
"What are you talking about?" The Mob Boss asked him.
"A young man with blue hair appeared today, at the café." He explained. "He is a child of the dragons, and if we had attacked with our full power. then he would have become a dragon, himself." He explained. "This is why I stopped your men from killed the two beast-people, because it surely would have caused him to transom into some uncontrollable monster with the power to disintegrate the entire area." He added.
"I see." Ginorelli replied. He then turned to Bernardo. "We cannot hold back any longer, it's time to call out all the men." He instructed him. "And tell Francisco to get his special guns ready for action." He then added.
"Yes sir." Bernardo replied.
Ginorelli then turned around to face the cloaked man. "Are you going to join us?" He asked.
"Harvest and Deathmask must return to our master." He replied. "But I will remain, and help deal with the targets when the time comes." He replied.
Ginorelli smiled.
***
Rei looked around and noticed that he seemed to be floating in some kind of white void. He sat up as he floated and looked around more carefully.
"Behind you!"
Rei jumped and then turned around to come face to face with a very strange looking man. Rei held his tail, trying to smooth out the bristled fur as he assessed the man before him.
He had blue skin and long brown hair that was pulled into a tight ponytail in the back and pointed ears. He was wearing a black kimono with a white sash.
"Who are you?" The Worren asked him.
"Why, I'm Bojack, the author." He replied with a smile. "I've already met Ryu when he was hallucinating, and now I'm here to have little talk with you." He replied.
"Where am I?" Rei asked as he looked around.
"You're in 'Author Space'." Bojack replied. "A special dimension between the Real World and the Fanfiction World." Bojack explained. "You'll be here for a little while longer, until you regain consciousness." He added.
"Who was that guy that knocked me out?" Rei asked.
"Oh, he's one of the great Ten Avatars of Myria." Bojack replied. "They're all very serious warriors." He added.
"Yeah, about that." Rei began. "Why did you put such serious villains in a comedy?" He asked.
"It's because I needed to make a shameless plug for my future stories. They'll be appearing in the sequels for 'The Cell'." He admitted with a blush. "Here, have some tea." He instructed Rei as he handed him a cup, trying to change the subject.
"Thanks." Rei spoke as he accepted the cup and took a sip from it. "any Advice about the future?" He asked him.
"I can't go too much into the details of the future for you guys, but I can say that it won't be much longer until the end is here." He replied. "Essentially, I'm now writing with the end in mind." He added.
***
Ryu and Nina were standing beside Rei as he lay there, not moving. Momo was sitting at his side.
"Still unconscious." Ryu remarked.
"Yeah, but who's he talking too?" Nina asked quietly.
Ryu shrugged. "I'm just glad that we got him back to the Tower without incident." He replied.
***
Ash walked into the lab, slipping on his lab coat as he did so. "Sorry I'm late." He told the people in the room. "I had some business to attend to." He explained as he sat down.
Biggs, Jessie, and Gary were all standing there, waiting.
Ash observed that Mogu was sitting in a chair, looking rather nervous. The Biologist walked over to the mull-man. "Is the injection ready?" He asked the others as he looked over his shoulder.
Gary walked over to him and handed him a needle with a pallid green liquid in it. Ash took it and then kneeled down beside Mogu. "Now you might feel a little prick, but it will pass quickly." Ash informed him as he prepared his arm for the injection. Mogu flinched slightly as the needle went into his soft flesh, but the sting soon receded as the instrument was retracted.
Ash stood up and addressed the others. "Now, what I've done just now to Mogu will in now way harm him." He began. "I have simply injected him with a liquid form of the plant that we have been experimenting with." He went on. "I believe that it can be used as a sort of 'truth serum'." He finished.
And with that, he kneeled back down and began speaking to Mogu. "Now, Mogu." He began. "You didn't really want to end up working in a mine-shaft, did you?" He asked him kindly.
"No." Mogu admitted, after some initial reservations.
"What was it, then, that you would have rather been?" Ash asked him.
He began stuttering as he struggled with the answer. "I wanted to be a singer!" He suddenly blurted out, forced into speaking by the plant's influence.
"Would you like to sing right now?" Ash asked him, becoming gravely serious, suddenly.
Mogu began sweating badly, trying to speak, but failing each time. "I. I." He began unevenly. "I want to..! Oh no!" He blurted out as he suddenly turned green and ran off.
Ash looked at the others and sighed. "Perhaps there are still a few problems to work out." He admitted as he shook his head.
***
"It's time for me to move this plot along." Bojack informed Rei. "You'll be waking up soon." He added.
"You mean that the other authors are going to appear?" Rei asked, surprised by the sudden end of their meeting.
"I suppose it would be right to send you off without some kind of special feature." Bojack reasoned. He then cleared his throat. "Hey Boko, this guy wants a cameo, how about it?" He called out. "She be here any minute now." Bojack informed him with a smile.
"Well, it was fun talking to you." Rei replied.
"Yes, it was." Bojack remarked with a smiled. "And say hello to Ryu for me, he'll know who am." He added. "And tell him that Tio says hello, too!" He exclaimed, suddenly remembering that piece of information.
And with that, Boko (the 'Guitar-Playing Chokobo') broke a Spanish Guitar over the Worren's head, knocking him out cold.
"How's that for a cameo!" Bojack exclaimed.
Boko looked at the destroy instrument. "Do you think I hit him too hard?" She asked him.
"Not at all!" Bojack replied happily. "A few days from now- we'll all be laughing about it anyway." He remarked.
***
Francisco held up his the strange rifle he was holding and aimed it at a target off in the distance. "Now watch this." He instructed Bernardo enthusiastically.
A bullet suddenly fired out from the barrel of the gun and plunged deep into the target across the room. A small mini-gun (mounted on a turret) followed its path. And when the bullet hit its mark, the mini-gun opened fire on it with all six revolving barrels- destroying the target in secants!
"It's really very simple." Francisco began. "This gun fires a special tracer bullet, which the mini-gun is programmed to track and destroy the moment it hits its target." He explained.
"I don't see how this will help us." Bernardo remarked as he watched the mini-gun wind down.
"The tracer I used was just for show." He replied. "The one we will use against that Tiger guy and that weird woman with the rabbit ears- and whoever else that decided to get in our- will be much smaller." He finished as he held up a tiny bulling between two fingers. "The target will never know that this even hit them, so we wont have to worry about them removing it." He finished as he set the gun down and began walking away, Bernardo following beside him.
"And with as sitting ducks, they'll be easy marks for the real fire power." Francisco informed him.
"I just hope that everything works out in the end." Bernardo retorted to his enthusiastic comrade.
"Yeah, I don't want to have done this double-length chapter for no reason." He replied.
***
Ash walked into the room were Momo and the others were waiting in. He crossed the room and looked down at the unconscious Worren.
Momo noticed as Rei began to wake up. "Are you alright she asked him nervously.
Rei looked at her and remained quiet for a moment. "Yeah, I'm fine." He replied. "It wasn't so bad in the end." He added. "I got to meet some interesting people while I was 'out'." He continued. He then noticed that Ryu was there. "Oh yeah, the author asked me to tell you that someone named Tio says 'hello'." He finished as he laid back down.
Ryu recoiled at the mention of the woman who had terrorized him during his drug-induced hallucination.
"What's wrong, Ryu?" Nina asked as she noticed the Dragon becoming pale.
~End of Chapter 14~
Well, I got this chapter finished. I'm happy to say that I'm back on track with my writing. And after a little break, I feel better then ever! So please send me some reviews and let me know what you all though of this chapter.
Thanks again to everyone who's read and reviewed this story so far. (Tio, Zinic, Boko, Shannon, and all the others! Yow!)
-Bojack727