LEGACY OF KMAS CHAPTER 17
THE FINAL ROAD
Roughly two hours from dawn was my best guess as we continued through the grim suburbs. Not even the most brightest of lights could ever restore even a glimpse of this wasteland's former glory. We traveled now in one hell of a large group. The sooner we got to Dark City the sooner I could breathe again.
"Do we even know where we're going" I asked.
"I should hope so, Dark City right?" Vicci said.
"I meant if we're going the right way!" I said a little annoyed
"Cool it DevilKaz! I know what you meant. We should be coming up to the highway that bypasses the suburbs and leads straight into Dark City".
"You know the areas of these lands well?"
"Yeah I've seen and walked them once or twice"
"Good, then tell me this. Which way is the quickest way to this road?"
"That way" she said as she pointed northeast of our location.
"Is that the only way?" I asked again with a touch of anger
"DevilKaz! What is your problem!" Mo asked
"Listen boy, Vicci's pretty damn trustworthy quit the interrogation crap!" Cid demanded
"Just answer the question!" I asked rather loudly.
The rest of the group was rather curious to my hostility but as you readers should know by now I always have a reason.
"To my knowledge yes. You happy tight ass!" Vicci responded.
"No.." I said.
"What is your problem?"
"We can't go that way!"
"Why not?" Dave asked
"Because we're about to be trapped"
No sooner did I say this the thud of footsteps came from no where. And from the shadows of the desiccated trees poured forth the Tekken Force. Make no mistake, these were not the same soldiers which we defeated earlier. These were new soldiers wanting to destroy us. They surrounded us in a fashion similar to the previous ambush against Kuni and KD. I counted fifty soldiers this time. Their armor was similar in style which meant that only one squadron was dispersed in this area. But these soldiers were indeed similar to the ones slaughtered earlier. Which means that they had that same vile power of resurrection. Which meant we were in one massive heap of trouble.
"Heh, these are the same soldiers that were dogging us before" said Cid
"Sorry Cid. I coulda swore we lost em" said Ron
"Quit your cryin'! Ain't nothing cept you fucked up…again!"
"DevilKaz, Mo. Are these the same kind of soldiers from before?" Ifritstar nervously asked.
"Yes, no question about it" Mo said.
"Members of KMAS, surrender now and accept your deaths! " A soldier spoke.
"Wait hold your fire!" the leader said.
"Permission to ask why, sir?"
"We were told to be on he look out for two members here at the suburbs, I count nine"
"So we get more credit for annihilating them as well sir" spoke another soldier"
"Don't you remember fool! We were given direct orders from General Beng himself that one must be taken alive!"
The name he spoke went through my mind and my heart like a sharp dagger. Time had no meaning to me as I stood there with that name flashing before me. It was a name from the past. A name well known to my life and one very much hated. Beng…
"By order of General Beng and Heihachi Mishima will the one called DevilKaz please show himself"
"What the hell's so special about you?" Cid whispered
"I don't know, apparently I'm a celebrity" I answered "I guess they don't know about you Mo"
"Yes very fortunate for me, but we better think of something fast!"
See unlike KD we didn't know how to dodge twenty five different barrage of bullets let alone fifty. So we had to find another way to escape. It would take to long to destroy all the soldiers with the Reaver and by the time I finished all the humans in the group save KD would be dead.
"Once more, he who is DevilKaz come forth and you shall be spared. Speak now or all of you shall be eliminated"
I came forth and showed myself.
"I am the one you seek"
"Are you crazy?" said KD
"Oh, I suppose you think it would be noble to die as a team?" I said
"Nobler then betrayal" said Dave
"I knew he was no good!" said Vicci.
"Oh that stings. Do you really think I'm risking my life for the sake of you worthless fools?"
"You would truly sell out your friends!?" accused Kuni
"Friends!? You mean you? The same friends who made me fight that idiot poster alone? The same friends who said nothing in my defense and sat back to let Saiyan Rage ban me from that site? "
"But I thought Cid helped you!" said Ron
Cid eyed me the entire time and finally said "I got nothing to say to backstabbers" and then smiled.
"I'm through chatting. Come take me where you will and dispose of them for all I care" I began to walk away.
"Tekken Force, READY, AIM…" the leader shouted
"FI-UGH…"
A familiar sword went through the leaders chest and as the wielder pulled it from the torso the 49 other soldiers fell. The leader fell as well and the wielder sheathed his weapon.
"I knew you'd come through Mo!" I said
"How could you doubt me" he responded
"Well there were the odds you would trip" I joked.
"Shut up!"
"You can stop staring now" I said to the rest of the group.
"Why didn't you tell us?" asked Dave
"It had to be convincing" Mo replied
"Well we don't have a perfect record, Mo. Cid knew of it" I said
"How did you know" Mo asked
"I can smell bullshit from 2,000 leagues under the sea! Plus DevilKaz can't bullshit for shit!" said Cid
"Speaking of bullshit" I said as I observed a twitching arm "we better get moving and quickly before they get up. And I suggest we run NOW!"
EVENT: ONE LAST CHASE
TRACK: NIGHT OF FATE (Kingdom Hearts)
With a few second head start, we ran northeast to the highway Vicci spoke of. With Death prone to rise at any given second, haste was not an option! Dave rode Nickel, while the rest of us ran. Mo of course didn't have a problem with this but the rest did as the highway was still quite a few yards away. I ran behind the group to stop any closing soldiers. I soon felt that same chilling sensation from our previous Tekken Force encounter and I knew that the infernal creatures had once again awoken. So it seemed that upon death the monsters within them would arise and the infernal power would be unlocked. But there was little time to reflect as the road to Dark City was now within sight. I saw Mo and Dave reach it safely and turn to travel down the final road. The others reached it as well and began to follow. I turned but once to see if any were gaining and as I did I had reached the highway. No sooner did I set foot on the road a bright light had approached me.
"STOP THE VAN!" I heard a female passenger cry out.
The van came within mere inches of plowing me into the pavement. I dove to the side and when the van stopped in front of me I heard more voices speak.
"What's the matter?" spoke the man in the passenger seat
"That's him, the one I saw! He's one of them!" spoke the female
"Are you sure?" spoke the driver.
"Yes! I know it!"
"That's all I needed to hear!"
The driver and passengers emerged from the van. One was an Elvis look alike with blond hair, the other had dark hair and both wore these rocker like clothes. The woman wore a dark cloak and had a pet tiger by her side. To be honest, they looked like a bunch of punks but they were armed for battle as the blond haired one and the female armed their swords and the other appeared to have…drumsticks? Regardless, these foolish children and their kitty had no idea what they were doing.
"Hold it right there you!" yelled the blond fighter.
"I don't know who the hell you are, what the hell you want, why the hell you've stopped me, where the hell you came from, or how the hell you know me" I said as I pointed Ivory at the fools "But you'd better get the hell out of my way before I move all four of you from this road and six feet under!"
"DevilKaz, this is no time to fool around! We must go!" Mo yelled as the rest of the group saw my procrastination.
"Whoa! Your DevilKaz!" The blond one spoke.
"Yes I am you idiot! Now let me pass"
"Ken what are you doing!" said the fighter with drum sticks.
"It's alright Stu they're all KMAS!"
"Really?" said the female fighter.
"Yeah! Hey DevilKaz you know me right? I'm Ken, that's Red Tiger and he's Stu"
"Look not to be rude, but we really don't have time to chat there is quite a large group of demon soldiers coming to kill us and we have to get the fuck out of here!" I said trying to be as friendly as the situation demanded.
"Well why didn't you say so? You guys want a ride?" Ken asked
"Are you crazy we can't fit all them!" yelled Stu.
"Don't worry I have a ride" said Dave
"I can be there before you on foot anyway" spoke Mo
"Well the van has room for four more, who can't go fast on foot?" asked Ken
We had to really think on this. But not for long as I turned and saw the dreaded legion advancing towards us. Without haste I came up with a plan.
"Kuni, can your ninja magic allow you to get there quickly?" I asked
"Yeah, I'm sure I can" said Kuni
"Mo can run and Dave has Nickel, so that leaves Ron, Vicci, KD, Ifritstar and Cid"
"Wait what about you?" asked KD
"Trust me I have a way" I said
I could tell that after seeing my talents that they did not even want to ask what it was. And it was a good thing they didn't because it would've been rather hard to explain without scaring them more.
"Well the hell with this! You guys just go. If I have to run I'm runnin!" said Cid
"Cid are you sure?" asked Ron
"Look you dumb ass we don't have time for ifs, buts or mights. Now all the rest of ya get the hell outta here!" Cid demanded.
"Alright! Good luck guys" said Ken as he started up the van.
"We'll see you there" said Red Tiger
As the van started up the rest climbed into the van and they were off. Kuni began to leap away with impressive speed as the denizen closed in.
"Dave you're still too injured, you'd better go while you can!" I advised.
"Are you certain DevilKaz?"
"Yes we will handle it!" Mo said
"Very well. May the light protect you" Dave said as he motioned Nickel to speed down the road.
So now it was us three. Cid, Mo and myself. Against a legion of fifty warriors. I love how these odds just seem to get better and better for me. Wouldn't you readers agree? The Reaver was unsheathed once again as the army drew near. Cid made the first attack and charged forth. He leapt into the air in the same way as before but this time he had more energy gathered into that peculiar weapon of his. He descended upon the center of the army and as he crashed down upon the ground a giant azure blast erupted and all of the soldiers were strewn across the grounds.
"Pah! Ain't nothing but scum to a Hyper Jump" said Cid triumphantly.
But like before the soldiers arose as if no attack had ever occurred.
"What the HELL" shouted Cid.
Mo quickly rushed forth to cut down the legion. Cid and Mo work together to stun them while I delivered the killing blow. I was able to destroy ten of them and their souls were pulled screaming into the phantom blade. But we hit a great snag when a random soldier actually pulled Mo's leg as he sped by allowing the soldiers to gang up on him. As Cid rushed to help, another soldier caught him by surprise and dragged him away from the other captive. I now remained with the task of rescuing them from the remaining forty. But there was no way I could destroy that many in time. Unless…
I had decided to do this now with two trustworthy people here rather then make a spectacle of myself again. Reaching into the deepest reaches of my soul I unlocked a sleeping power within. I brought it out in full force! My eyes gleamed an infernal red. My hair turned white with power and my body turned black as brimstone and crimson veins grew onto my skin. Two black bat wings sprouted from my back and a third eye, or as Mo had instructed me, the Jagan had grown upon my forehead. In truth the only option I had was to summon my demon form to vanquish these foes quickly enough. This also by the way, was the way I would travel to Dark City. I'd fly there. By the way for you technical readers this transformation was not permanent so I could not fly all the way here from my cemetery.
I raised the Reaver above my head and filled the blade with my demonic powers. As I previously stated the Reaver feeds on all energies. If I could fill it with enough energy the blade could immediately vanquish all forty soldiers without delay. Black and red lightning flowed into the sword and the Reaver changed from bone white and silver to an infernal crimson and I whirled the blade in the air and let it go. With my powers bestowed upon it, the Reaver found its way to my enemies. It flew like a buzz saw through the hides of the soldiers very rapidly and their very bodies disintegrated. The Reaver returned to my hand with ease and their souls followed shortly. Cid and Mo rose and saw the creature standing before them. Mo was pleasantly surprised and Cid was in shock. The very reactions I thought I'd get.
"Let's go. And don't tell anyone what you saw!" I spoke in my new demon voice.
I really did not need any paranoid KMAS members knowing that I could do this. Mo nodded and sped to the city. I offered Cid a ride and he reluctantly accepted. I simply told him it could be a preview of what's to come if Kazuya fulfilled his promise. I spread my wings and lifted myself into the air. I hovered over Cid and picked him up by his hands. And with that we flew off to meet our leader and the rest in the bowels of Dark City.
(End Event)
THE FINAL ROAD
Roughly two hours from dawn was my best guess as we continued through the grim suburbs. Not even the most brightest of lights could ever restore even a glimpse of this wasteland's former glory. We traveled now in one hell of a large group. The sooner we got to Dark City the sooner I could breathe again.
"Do we even know where we're going" I asked.
"I should hope so, Dark City right?" Vicci said.
"I meant if we're going the right way!" I said a little annoyed
"Cool it DevilKaz! I know what you meant. We should be coming up to the highway that bypasses the suburbs and leads straight into Dark City".
"You know the areas of these lands well?"
"Yeah I've seen and walked them once or twice"
"Good, then tell me this. Which way is the quickest way to this road?"
"That way" she said as she pointed northeast of our location.
"Is that the only way?" I asked again with a touch of anger
"DevilKaz! What is your problem!" Mo asked
"Listen boy, Vicci's pretty damn trustworthy quit the interrogation crap!" Cid demanded
"Just answer the question!" I asked rather loudly.
The rest of the group was rather curious to my hostility but as you readers should know by now I always have a reason.
"To my knowledge yes. You happy tight ass!" Vicci responded.
"No.." I said.
"What is your problem?"
"We can't go that way!"
"Why not?" Dave asked
"Because we're about to be trapped"
No sooner did I say this the thud of footsteps came from no where. And from the shadows of the desiccated trees poured forth the Tekken Force. Make no mistake, these were not the same soldiers which we defeated earlier. These were new soldiers wanting to destroy us. They surrounded us in a fashion similar to the previous ambush against Kuni and KD. I counted fifty soldiers this time. Their armor was similar in style which meant that only one squadron was dispersed in this area. But these soldiers were indeed similar to the ones slaughtered earlier. Which means that they had that same vile power of resurrection. Which meant we were in one massive heap of trouble.
"Heh, these are the same soldiers that were dogging us before" said Cid
"Sorry Cid. I coulda swore we lost em" said Ron
"Quit your cryin'! Ain't nothing cept you fucked up…again!"
"DevilKaz, Mo. Are these the same kind of soldiers from before?" Ifritstar nervously asked.
"Yes, no question about it" Mo said.
"Members of KMAS, surrender now and accept your deaths! " A soldier spoke.
"Wait hold your fire!" the leader said.
"Permission to ask why, sir?"
"We were told to be on he look out for two members here at the suburbs, I count nine"
"So we get more credit for annihilating them as well sir" spoke another soldier"
"Don't you remember fool! We were given direct orders from General Beng himself that one must be taken alive!"
The name he spoke went through my mind and my heart like a sharp dagger. Time had no meaning to me as I stood there with that name flashing before me. It was a name from the past. A name well known to my life and one very much hated. Beng…
"By order of General Beng and Heihachi Mishima will the one called DevilKaz please show himself"
"What the hell's so special about you?" Cid whispered
"I don't know, apparently I'm a celebrity" I answered "I guess they don't know about you Mo"
"Yes very fortunate for me, but we better think of something fast!"
See unlike KD we didn't know how to dodge twenty five different barrage of bullets let alone fifty. So we had to find another way to escape. It would take to long to destroy all the soldiers with the Reaver and by the time I finished all the humans in the group save KD would be dead.
"Once more, he who is DevilKaz come forth and you shall be spared. Speak now or all of you shall be eliminated"
I came forth and showed myself.
"I am the one you seek"
"Are you crazy?" said KD
"Oh, I suppose you think it would be noble to die as a team?" I said
"Nobler then betrayal" said Dave
"I knew he was no good!" said Vicci.
"Oh that stings. Do you really think I'm risking my life for the sake of you worthless fools?"
"You would truly sell out your friends!?" accused Kuni
"Friends!? You mean you? The same friends who made me fight that idiot poster alone? The same friends who said nothing in my defense and sat back to let Saiyan Rage ban me from that site? "
"But I thought Cid helped you!" said Ron
Cid eyed me the entire time and finally said "I got nothing to say to backstabbers" and then smiled.
"I'm through chatting. Come take me where you will and dispose of them for all I care" I began to walk away.
"Tekken Force, READY, AIM…" the leader shouted
"FI-UGH…"
A familiar sword went through the leaders chest and as the wielder pulled it from the torso the 49 other soldiers fell. The leader fell as well and the wielder sheathed his weapon.
"I knew you'd come through Mo!" I said
"How could you doubt me" he responded
"Well there were the odds you would trip" I joked.
"Shut up!"
"You can stop staring now" I said to the rest of the group.
"Why didn't you tell us?" asked Dave
"It had to be convincing" Mo replied
"Well we don't have a perfect record, Mo. Cid knew of it" I said
"How did you know" Mo asked
"I can smell bullshit from 2,000 leagues under the sea! Plus DevilKaz can't bullshit for shit!" said Cid
"Speaking of bullshit" I said as I observed a twitching arm "we better get moving and quickly before they get up. And I suggest we run NOW!"
EVENT: ONE LAST CHASE
TRACK: NIGHT OF FATE (Kingdom Hearts)
With a few second head start, we ran northeast to the highway Vicci spoke of. With Death prone to rise at any given second, haste was not an option! Dave rode Nickel, while the rest of us ran. Mo of course didn't have a problem with this but the rest did as the highway was still quite a few yards away. I ran behind the group to stop any closing soldiers. I soon felt that same chilling sensation from our previous Tekken Force encounter and I knew that the infernal creatures had once again awoken. So it seemed that upon death the monsters within them would arise and the infernal power would be unlocked. But there was little time to reflect as the road to Dark City was now within sight. I saw Mo and Dave reach it safely and turn to travel down the final road. The others reached it as well and began to follow. I turned but once to see if any were gaining and as I did I had reached the highway. No sooner did I set foot on the road a bright light had approached me.
"STOP THE VAN!" I heard a female passenger cry out.
The van came within mere inches of plowing me into the pavement. I dove to the side and when the van stopped in front of me I heard more voices speak.
"What's the matter?" spoke the man in the passenger seat
"That's him, the one I saw! He's one of them!" spoke the female
"Are you sure?" spoke the driver.
"Yes! I know it!"
"That's all I needed to hear!"
The driver and passengers emerged from the van. One was an Elvis look alike with blond hair, the other had dark hair and both wore these rocker like clothes. The woman wore a dark cloak and had a pet tiger by her side. To be honest, they looked like a bunch of punks but they were armed for battle as the blond haired one and the female armed their swords and the other appeared to have…drumsticks? Regardless, these foolish children and their kitty had no idea what they were doing.
"Hold it right there you!" yelled the blond fighter.
"I don't know who the hell you are, what the hell you want, why the hell you've stopped me, where the hell you came from, or how the hell you know me" I said as I pointed Ivory at the fools "But you'd better get the hell out of my way before I move all four of you from this road and six feet under!"
"DevilKaz, this is no time to fool around! We must go!" Mo yelled as the rest of the group saw my procrastination.
"Whoa! Your DevilKaz!" The blond one spoke.
"Yes I am you idiot! Now let me pass"
"Ken what are you doing!" said the fighter with drum sticks.
"It's alright Stu they're all KMAS!"
"Really?" said the female fighter.
"Yeah! Hey DevilKaz you know me right? I'm Ken, that's Red Tiger and he's Stu"
"Look not to be rude, but we really don't have time to chat there is quite a large group of demon soldiers coming to kill us and we have to get the fuck out of here!" I said trying to be as friendly as the situation demanded.
"Well why didn't you say so? You guys want a ride?" Ken asked
"Are you crazy we can't fit all them!" yelled Stu.
"Don't worry I have a ride" said Dave
"I can be there before you on foot anyway" spoke Mo
"Well the van has room for four more, who can't go fast on foot?" asked Ken
We had to really think on this. But not for long as I turned and saw the dreaded legion advancing towards us. Without haste I came up with a plan.
"Kuni, can your ninja magic allow you to get there quickly?" I asked
"Yeah, I'm sure I can" said Kuni
"Mo can run and Dave has Nickel, so that leaves Ron, Vicci, KD, Ifritstar and Cid"
"Wait what about you?" asked KD
"Trust me I have a way" I said
I could tell that after seeing my talents that they did not even want to ask what it was. And it was a good thing they didn't because it would've been rather hard to explain without scaring them more.
"Well the hell with this! You guys just go. If I have to run I'm runnin!" said Cid
"Cid are you sure?" asked Ron
"Look you dumb ass we don't have time for ifs, buts or mights. Now all the rest of ya get the hell outta here!" Cid demanded.
"Alright! Good luck guys" said Ken as he started up the van.
"We'll see you there" said Red Tiger
As the van started up the rest climbed into the van and they were off. Kuni began to leap away with impressive speed as the denizen closed in.
"Dave you're still too injured, you'd better go while you can!" I advised.
"Are you certain DevilKaz?"
"Yes we will handle it!" Mo said
"Very well. May the light protect you" Dave said as he motioned Nickel to speed down the road.
So now it was us three. Cid, Mo and myself. Against a legion of fifty warriors. I love how these odds just seem to get better and better for me. Wouldn't you readers agree? The Reaver was unsheathed once again as the army drew near. Cid made the first attack and charged forth. He leapt into the air in the same way as before but this time he had more energy gathered into that peculiar weapon of his. He descended upon the center of the army and as he crashed down upon the ground a giant azure blast erupted and all of the soldiers were strewn across the grounds.
"Pah! Ain't nothing but scum to a Hyper Jump" said Cid triumphantly.
But like before the soldiers arose as if no attack had ever occurred.
"What the HELL" shouted Cid.
Mo quickly rushed forth to cut down the legion. Cid and Mo work together to stun them while I delivered the killing blow. I was able to destroy ten of them and their souls were pulled screaming into the phantom blade. But we hit a great snag when a random soldier actually pulled Mo's leg as he sped by allowing the soldiers to gang up on him. As Cid rushed to help, another soldier caught him by surprise and dragged him away from the other captive. I now remained with the task of rescuing them from the remaining forty. But there was no way I could destroy that many in time. Unless…
I had decided to do this now with two trustworthy people here rather then make a spectacle of myself again. Reaching into the deepest reaches of my soul I unlocked a sleeping power within. I brought it out in full force! My eyes gleamed an infernal red. My hair turned white with power and my body turned black as brimstone and crimson veins grew onto my skin. Two black bat wings sprouted from my back and a third eye, or as Mo had instructed me, the Jagan had grown upon my forehead. In truth the only option I had was to summon my demon form to vanquish these foes quickly enough. This also by the way, was the way I would travel to Dark City. I'd fly there. By the way for you technical readers this transformation was not permanent so I could not fly all the way here from my cemetery.
I raised the Reaver above my head and filled the blade with my demonic powers. As I previously stated the Reaver feeds on all energies. If I could fill it with enough energy the blade could immediately vanquish all forty soldiers without delay. Black and red lightning flowed into the sword and the Reaver changed from bone white and silver to an infernal crimson and I whirled the blade in the air and let it go. With my powers bestowed upon it, the Reaver found its way to my enemies. It flew like a buzz saw through the hides of the soldiers very rapidly and their very bodies disintegrated. The Reaver returned to my hand with ease and their souls followed shortly. Cid and Mo rose and saw the creature standing before them. Mo was pleasantly surprised and Cid was in shock. The very reactions I thought I'd get.
"Let's go. And don't tell anyone what you saw!" I spoke in my new demon voice.
I really did not need any paranoid KMAS members knowing that I could do this. Mo nodded and sped to the city. I offered Cid a ride and he reluctantly accepted. I simply told him it could be a preview of what's to come if Kazuya fulfilled his promise. I spread my wings and lifted myself into the air. I hovered over Cid and picked him up by his hands. And with that we flew off to meet our leader and the rest in the bowels of Dark City.
(End Event)