I'm back with Chapter 5! You're probably all impatient for the real story,
but just be a little more patient. School's crazy, and I don't have all
the time in the world to think about plot twists and stuff. So, it's going
to be somewhere 'round 4 chapters 'till I actually get around to the real
stuff. But when I do get there, it's going to be great! In the meanwhile,
X finally fights! Zero'll fight later. But this chapter's all 'bout X!
Enjoy!
-shrapnel
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Chapter 5
POV = X
PRESENT
X was annoyed. Actually, X was more than just annoyed. He was angry. He was angry at himself, at Sigma, and most of all, he was mad at this stupid forest. He had been trudging through it ever since the meeting with Storm Eagle, and he had made a discovery. The forest was actually a swamp.
X had already called Alia about Sigma. Alia had tried to console him by telling him he'd beat him before, but all X could think about was Sigma's new plans to hurt more innocents. X swung a fist through the air out of frustration.
"Oh, damn."
Behind X, Rad had just stepped into something strange. Shrapnel stopped to look at it.
"What the hell is that thing?"
Gunner stopped too.
"Why are we stopping?"
X let them talk. They had all been testing their patience. No enemies, just the swamp. No excitement, just the occasional animal scurrying across their path. No nothing. Just. nothing.
"Damn! Now my boot smells weird!"
X looked over his shoulder to see what the other reploids were talking about. He saw a bit of gunk on Rad's shoe, and X just chuckled. It reminded him of the earlier days with Zero, where he could always count on him for some laughs. Zero had always been with him. No matter what. Nowadays, he and Zero had both been swamped with missions, and work. They had no time to even eat.
Behind him, the conversation went on.
Shrapnel looked disgusted. "Well, it'll match with the rest of you at least."
Gunner laughed at Shrapnel's joke.
Rad looked a little angry.
"Now that was a low blow. arrgghh!!"
X jumped at the sudden sound. He twirled around to find Gunner on the ground, clutching a horribly cut arm. X automatically snapped into action.
"Everybody in a triangle! Surround Gunner!"
X, Shrapnel, and Rad moved as one, surrounding Gunner in a triangle form. X breathed calmly. It was nothing he hadn't seen before, but he was hoping to get through this without losing a reploid.
"Uhh."
X looked at Gunner. The blue and white reploid now was slowly turning into a red, white and blue reploid. The red coolant fluid flowing freely down his arm was leaving the reploid senseless.
"Shrapnel! Get Gunner to be quiet! He's alerting the enemy!"
Gunner's arm continued to leak fluid, and Shrapnel held it tightly, trying to stop the leak. X looked worriedly at him, hoping they could destroy their enemy in time to repair his arm.
"Watch out!"
Rad yelled a warning as he saw a black shadow fly across the bushes in front of him. X started to get anxious. He fidgeted, and his buster started to twitch. He had seen this type of fighting before. He fought against it when he first went up against Sigma. It was Sting Chameleon.
"Sting Chameleon! I know it's you! Come out here and fight with honor!"
His only answer was more rustling leaves. X's head was filled with ideas of pride and honor, and they had been shattered by the cowardly acts of this maverick. X's mind swam with millions of ideas of how to approach this situation, but before he could act, Sting Chameleon made the first move.
"God damn it!"
A long tail whipped out of the bushes and struck Rad. He screamed in pain, holding one of his busters, now broken. The same tail retracted back into the bushes, where a rather large reploid emerged. Sting Chameleon was a large reploid made in the likeness of a chameleon. His face was very much like one, and his body reflected the same idea. He was covered in thorns, and his tail was spiked. The green he was colored in helped blend him with the surroundings.
"So it is you!"
X only received a hiss from Sting Chameleon, but it was enough to know that it was a good time to start shooting him. X tapped Shrapnel and gave him a hand signal, which told him to guard the two injured reploids. Shrapnel nodded in understanding, and tried to drag the two injured reploids to safety. X turned around to shoot, but the maverick wasn't there. X then remembered Chameleon's power. He could blend in with the surroundings at will.
"Damn!"
X swore as he looked for signs of the maverick. He looked around frantically, and turned around just to see three shots coming for him. X sidestepped the first one, ducked on the second one, and jumped over the third one and shot a powered shot toward the place he saw them come from. A loud blast told him he had found his mark. X saw Chameleon fly back into a tree and crack in half. X sidestepped the falling tree, and ran toward the fallen maverick. X got about 4 steps when Chameleon rose up and struck again, this time with his tail. X was caught unaware and was hit in the leg. The poison in Chameleon's tail forced X on one knee. X swore under his breath, and powered up his buster. He rolled to one side and leaned against a tree, putting all his weight on his left leg, allowing X to stand. His buster had just reached full strength when he noticed leaves falling from a nearby tree. X smiled, thinking he had found his target. He aimed carefully, and took a shot at the tree.
While X was focusing on Chameleon's ruse, Chameleon himself had come up from behind, ready to impale his target with his tail, when he was hit by a buster shot in the back. He twirled around to see a young reploid, most likely a new Hunter guarding the two other reploids he had hit earlier. Looking into his eyes, he saw fear. He smiled menacingly, and fired three shots toward the Hunter. Surprisingly, all three were deflected. Chameleon whirled around to the barrel of X's buster.
"Die."
X fired a plasma shot into the CPU of Sting Chameleon. The shot broke through Chameleon's eyes, through its CPU, and through the other side. With a crackling of electricity, Chameleon fell into the mud with a sickening splat. X wiped the sweat off his brow and looked at his enemy. A large hole in his head, the maverick lay on the ground, all dented and bruised from the powered shot he had hit him with earlier. X turned to look at his comrades. They were totally spent. X began to worry. With two injured team members, and only one experienced fighter, X was worried that he was going to lose some of his people.
"Shrapnel! Are you all right?"
The silver and black robot looked at X. X could tell the reploid was frightened by his eyes. X sighed and limped over.
"Look. We've got to get out of here. I'm injured, so you'll have to carry cover me while I tend to Rad and Gunner, okay?"
The reploid nodded nervously and stalked off into the brush, finding a position to snipe from. X looked sadly at the Hunter. He knew how he felt. He just wanted this war to be over, so that he could find his Elysium. His peace. His next life. X took a deep breath and looked at the two reploids. -I'll start with Rad first-, he thought.
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What do you think? Battle scenes aren't my specialty, so if any of you can help, tell me! I CAN'T WRITE ACTION SCENES! I JUST CAN'T DO IT VERY GOOD! I NEED ADVICE! Post if you can help! Heck! Post for no reason at all! JUST POST!
-shrapnel
-shrapnel
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Chapter 5
POV = X
PRESENT
X was annoyed. Actually, X was more than just annoyed. He was angry. He was angry at himself, at Sigma, and most of all, he was mad at this stupid forest. He had been trudging through it ever since the meeting with Storm Eagle, and he had made a discovery. The forest was actually a swamp.
X had already called Alia about Sigma. Alia had tried to console him by telling him he'd beat him before, but all X could think about was Sigma's new plans to hurt more innocents. X swung a fist through the air out of frustration.
"Oh, damn."
Behind X, Rad had just stepped into something strange. Shrapnel stopped to look at it.
"What the hell is that thing?"
Gunner stopped too.
"Why are we stopping?"
X let them talk. They had all been testing their patience. No enemies, just the swamp. No excitement, just the occasional animal scurrying across their path. No nothing. Just. nothing.
"Damn! Now my boot smells weird!"
X looked over his shoulder to see what the other reploids were talking about. He saw a bit of gunk on Rad's shoe, and X just chuckled. It reminded him of the earlier days with Zero, where he could always count on him for some laughs. Zero had always been with him. No matter what. Nowadays, he and Zero had both been swamped with missions, and work. They had no time to even eat.
Behind him, the conversation went on.
Shrapnel looked disgusted. "Well, it'll match with the rest of you at least."
Gunner laughed at Shrapnel's joke.
Rad looked a little angry.
"Now that was a low blow. arrgghh!!"
X jumped at the sudden sound. He twirled around to find Gunner on the ground, clutching a horribly cut arm. X automatically snapped into action.
"Everybody in a triangle! Surround Gunner!"
X, Shrapnel, and Rad moved as one, surrounding Gunner in a triangle form. X breathed calmly. It was nothing he hadn't seen before, but he was hoping to get through this without losing a reploid.
"Uhh."
X looked at Gunner. The blue and white reploid now was slowly turning into a red, white and blue reploid. The red coolant fluid flowing freely down his arm was leaving the reploid senseless.
"Shrapnel! Get Gunner to be quiet! He's alerting the enemy!"
Gunner's arm continued to leak fluid, and Shrapnel held it tightly, trying to stop the leak. X looked worriedly at him, hoping they could destroy their enemy in time to repair his arm.
"Watch out!"
Rad yelled a warning as he saw a black shadow fly across the bushes in front of him. X started to get anxious. He fidgeted, and his buster started to twitch. He had seen this type of fighting before. He fought against it when he first went up against Sigma. It was Sting Chameleon.
"Sting Chameleon! I know it's you! Come out here and fight with honor!"
His only answer was more rustling leaves. X's head was filled with ideas of pride and honor, and they had been shattered by the cowardly acts of this maverick. X's mind swam with millions of ideas of how to approach this situation, but before he could act, Sting Chameleon made the first move.
"God damn it!"
A long tail whipped out of the bushes and struck Rad. He screamed in pain, holding one of his busters, now broken. The same tail retracted back into the bushes, where a rather large reploid emerged. Sting Chameleon was a large reploid made in the likeness of a chameleon. His face was very much like one, and his body reflected the same idea. He was covered in thorns, and his tail was spiked. The green he was colored in helped blend him with the surroundings.
"So it is you!"
X only received a hiss from Sting Chameleon, but it was enough to know that it was a good time to start shooting him. X tapped Shrapnel and gave him a hand signal, which told him to guard the two injured reploids. Shrapnel nodded in understanding, and tried to drag the two injured reploids to safety. X turned around to shoot, but the maverick wasn't there. X then remembered Chameleon's power. He could blend in with the surroundings at will.
"Damn!"
X swore as he looked for signs of the maverick. He looked around frantically, and turned around just to see three shots coming for him. X sidestepped the first one, ducked on the second one, and jumped over the third one and shot a powered shot toward the place he saw them come from. A loud blast told him he had found his mark. X saw Chameleon fly back into a tree and crack in half. X sidestepped the falling tree, and ran toward the fallen maverick. X got about 4 steps when Chameleon rose up and struck again, this time with his tail. X was caught unaware and was hit in the leg. The poison in Chameleon's tail forced X on one knee. X swore under his breath, and powered up his buster. He rolled to one side and leaned against a tree, putting all his weight on his left leg, allowing X to stand. His buster had just reached full strength when he noticed leaves falling from a nearby tree. X smiled, thinking he had found his target. He aimed carefully, and took a shot at the tree.
While X was focusing on Chameleon's ruse, Chameleon himself had come up from behind, ready to impale his target with his tail, when he was hit by a buster shot in the back. He twirled around to see a young reploid, most likely a new Hunter guarding the two other reploids he had hit earlier. Looking into his eyes, he saw fear. He smiled menacingly, and fired three shots toward the Hunter. Surprisingly, all three were deflected. Chameleon whirled around to the barrel of X's buster.
"Die."
X fired a plasma shot into the CPU of Sting Chameleon. The shot broke through Chameleon's eyes, through its CPU, and through the other side. With a crackling of electricity, Chameleon fell into the mud with a sickening splat. X wiped the sweat off his brow and looked at his enemy. A large hole in his head, the maverick lay on the ground, all dented and bruised from the powered shot he had hit him with earlier. X turned to look at his comrades. They were totally spent. X began to worry. With two injured team members, and only one experienced fighter, X was worried that he was going to lose some of his people.
"Shrapnel! Are you all right?"
The silver and black robot looked at X. X could tell the reploid was frightened by his eyes. X sighed and limped over.
"Look. We've got to get out of here. I'm injured, so you'll have to carry cover me while I tend to Rad and Gunner, okay?"
The reploid nodded nervously and stalked off into the brush, finding a position to snipe from. X looked sadly at the Hunter. He knew how he felt. He just wanted this war to be over, so that he could find his Elysium. His peace. His next life. X took a deep breath and looked at the two reploids. -I'll start with Rad first-, he thought.
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What do you think? Battle scenes aren't my specialty, so if any of you can help, tell me! I CAN'T WRITE ACTION SCENES! I JUST CAN'T DO IT VERY GOOD! I NEED ADVICE! Post if you can help! Heck! Post for no reason at all! JUST POST!
-shrapnel