The Demon Lord, Haruko-Chapter Thirty Two
"What was that?!" Gallows exclaimed urgently as Virginia ran out of the room.
"It's like a part of this place was blown off." A sudden, violent tremble occurred, causing Virginia to stumble over the edge, barely grabbing on as Gallows ran to her, attempting to assist her up.
"You okay Ginny?!" Virginia glanced down. "I'm a bit queasy."
"You know Mr. Enduro, this can all be avoided. But I must know, why do any one of you even care? What if Filgaia dies, so do you. No grief, why do you resist? No more worries, the root of the problem vanquished!"
Jet rubbed his eyes. "Personally, I don't give a damn about much, but I don't exactly want to die."
Haruko smiled. "Fine, you've sealed your fate. I'm going to have to kill you."
Jet barely avoided the blast as it sailed past him, but was hit by the second, which knocked him against the wall.
"You still have a chance, all of you. But I'm presuming you prefer a slow, painful death, over one that's over in an instant?" he asked, preparing another blast.
Jet spat out some blood while standing up. "I guess I'll tell you later."
Haruko gritted his teeth. "Enough! If this is the choice of all humans, let them burn!"
Jet raised the weapon and fired, the yellow blast of energy colliding with the demon, causing a large explosion.
"Is that the best? I'm disappointed," Haruko stated as he stepped from the smoke, his skin partially scorched, however, it soon recovered.
Jet gritted his teeth. "Plan B then."
He quickly leapt in the air, charging up the cannon as he landed. Haruko smirked as he knocked the weapon aside, blasting. Jet moved his head and raised the gun, firing as the demon grabbed his throat.
Jet repeatedly pulled the trigger, the shots sailing through Haruko as he remained a tight grasp on the Drifter's neck.
Haruko winced as he raised his left hand to Jet's eye level. "You didn't think it would be this would you know Mr. Enduro?"
The demon fired the blast, sending his opponent crashing against the wall, blasting a second one as Jet raised his weapon as a shield.
The weapon absorbed the blast as Jet flung it to his left hand, firing the new energy at its master, knocking him through the room and into the sky.
Jet quickly jumped outside, blasting Haruko one last time before grasping the ledge.
The demon suddenly stopped and rose up to his feet, breathing heavily as Jet prepared to attack once more.
Haruko grasped his chest as he hovered in mid- air. "Amusing... You can't keep firing that weapon. It demands large amounts of energy from you."
Jet gritted his teeth, pulling the trigger. Haruko smirked as he simply knocked the blast aside, firing one of his own from his free hand.
The blast collided with the weapon, the impact strong enough to knock Jet out of the other side of the tower, landing in a brushy area.
Haruko staggered into the room, glancing at the activation key to the tower's cannon. He then glanced at Clive and Todd before holding out both of his hands, seemingly charging up another attack.
Haruko smirked, firing the massive wave of energy as Jet slowly stood up, barely shielding against the attack, the energy being absorbed by his weapon.
He gritted his teeth, deflecting the blast and pulling the trigger, unleashing his own blast.
The huge energy blast collided with Haruko unexpectedly, engulfing him.
The crystal around Clive and Todd shattered as the demon was wiped out completely by the attack.
Jet fell to his knees, breathing heavily as he placed the blaster down.
"Amazing, the entire tower was wiped out," Todd stated as he and Clive stood over the massive pile of rubble.
"Indeed, it would seem so."
"What... was that?" Virginia asked slowly as a violent trembling began to occur. Gallows shrugged. "I don't know... but what is that?!" he exclaimed as what was left of the tower began to swirl around in somewhat of a tornado.
Jet spat out some more blood before slowly standing up. The pillars around the area lifted up, along with most of the stone and concrete.
"What is that thing?" Todd asked bewilderedly as the stone began to take form.
(Ugh... Well, on the bright side, I saw Kill Bill volumes 1&2 this past weekend before school. That movie's awesome!)