The Fifth Element
Darker: Hello all! Long time to write! Sorry about the very long delay. Lots of family problems and a few deaths. Only one was in my family, but it was for the better. ANYWAY! You all don't really care about my life so I shall just be moving on!
Alucard: THANK YOOOU!
Integra: -slaps Alucard- You be quiet!
Darker: Eeeeh…right-o. Well, here's chapter 3.
The Fifth Element Chapter 3, New Life from Death
The president's office was almost empty, if it wasn't for the priest, priest in training, the president and a few of her officials. Integra looked at the pages of an ancient manuscript, filled with Billy's drawings that sat in front of her. (Remember Billy? The Psycho kid with the professor? Huh? Huh? Fine…) Alexander Anderson turned the pages, to better illustrate his point.
"We haf forty-eight 'oours…The time it needs to adapt itself to our living conditions." he said to the president.
"And then…." Integra asked, her voice full of worry.
Anderson took in a deep breath. "Und then it will be too late. The goal of evil ist to destroy life. All forms of life. For all of eternity…life upsets it."
Integra looked deeply disturbed and upset by this image the priest portrayed for everyone in the room. "Is there anything that can stop this great evil?"
Anderson let out a sigh of relief. "Yes…thank God yes." he said and turned the page of the manuscript. "The Mondoshawans don't belong to the Federated Territories…but they are peaceful. They posses four elements of life. These elements, when gathered around the fifth…the Supreme Being, the ultimate warrior, created to protect life…"
Integra looked to the page in the book. The Supreme Being was standing, as if frozen in armor. Large metallic gloves hold the case, engraved with an emblem of the three suns containing the four Sacred Stones.
"…will produce what the ancients called 'the light of creation', the light of total goodness. Which is the only thing that can defeat evil. All evil." he finished and smiled, his green eyes flashing from the overhead lights.
Integra pointed to the Fifth Element and said, "But what happens when evil stands in it's wake? This, Ultimate Warrior, what if evil stands there, not this Warrior?"
Anderson's smile faded. "White turns to black. Light to Dark. Life to Death. For all eternity." He watched as the president shuddered slightly.
"Sir, we have a Mondoshawan spaceship at the frontier, requesting permission to enter." the captain said.
"I suppose I should make a decision…." Integra said, looking towards the captain and then back to Anderson.
"They are the only ones who can help stop this Evil…" Anderson said, looking Integra square in the eye. (EVIL EYE OF DOOM!)
"But Sir….the Mondoshawans don't belong to the Federation! We don't know their intentions! I must recommend a full tri-nuclear assault.
Integra growled, slamming her hand down on the table. "DID YOU NOT SEE THAT…THING SWALLOW UP OUR BATTLESHIP LIKE A DAMNED GUM DROP! YOU CAN'T EVEN TELL ME WHAT IT IS! I ASK YOU FOR OPTIONS AND YOU GIVE ME BULLSHIT!" she shouted. She sat back down and watched as her coffee spilled off the sides of the table, her mug lay shattered. "Give them permission to enter our territories with my warmest regards." she said in her usual tone. The president folded her hands under her chin and watched them get to work.
"Thank you, Sir Integra." Anderson said, relief clear in his voice.
Cut to the Mondoshawan ship-
"Two non-identified ships are approaching." the first officer said, looking to a screen to see two ships swerve behind them.
"It must be the welcoming committee." the captain said, looking to the screen.
A Mangalore sat at the controls of one of the warships, laughing as he told the others orders to open fire on the Mondoshawan ship. Both ships fire without any warning.
"We've been hit! General alert!" the captain of the Mondoshawan ship shouted. More blasts hit the ship and it was soon rendered defenseless. "We're losing control! We have to land and fast!"
The large ship veered off coarse and headed for a small red planet, enemy fire still pounding their broken ship.
"Send you distress signals! Activate emergency landing procedures!" the captain ordered.
"Impact in less then ten seconds!" the first officer said, watching as the red planet began to grow larger and larger.
"Time is of no importance…" the captain said as the huge ship crashed into the planet.
A thermo nuclear explosion filled the T.V. screen, which Alucard was watching with great interest. He stood up and headed for the door. "Don't watch it all day, it'll rot your brain. Bye sweetie." he told the cat.
It meowed in response as he opened the door. He turned to face the outside and jumped slightly, noticing he was about to run into a very huge gun and a nervous looking mugger.
"Gimme the cash man! The cash!" the mugger said, thrusting the gun towards Alucard's face.
He looked behind the mugger. "Been here long?"
"Don't fuck with me man or I'll blow you into tomorrow!" the mugger said.
Alucard looked at the man's weapon, unperturbed. "Isn't that a Z140? Alleviated titanium. Neuro charged assault model?"
The mugger shifted feet uneasily. "Uh…"
"You know that puppy could hurt someone….lucky for me it's not loaded."
The mugger looked lost as he looked over his weapon. "It's…not?"
"You gotta push the little yellow button…" Alucard said pointing to the side of the weapon. He tried not to smile as the mugger struggled to find the button, making snorting noises as he did so. "Do you want me to do it?"
The mugger let out a high pitched laugh as he pressed the button and loud mechanical noises were heard coming from the weapon. "Thanks." he said, still looking nervous, a wild expression in his pale gray eyes.
"You're welcome." Alucard said, still unperturbed by the large weapon in his face. He reached behind him and pulled out a large black handgun and shoved it in the muggers face. "You know Ed, these things are VERY illegal…you could get in a shit load of trouble. I better hang on to this for you." he said, taking the gun from the mugger.
Ed raised his arms above his head. "Go ahead. Take it." he said, looking ashamed and embarrassed.
"Are you sure Ed?" Alucard said and pressed a button, a large storage crate dropping from the ceiling chalk-full of various weapons.
"Of coarse! I-I-I don't need it! Damn!" Ed said, his odd handgestures amusing to Alucard. He snorted a few times and did a strange dance.
"Thanks Ed." he said and tossed the gun into the crate.
"You like it? Good! Uh, bye!" Ed said and ran off.
Alucard laughed loudly and put his gun back before he stepped out of the apartment. His kitty cat was watching a nuclear holocaust on T.V., uninterrupted.
He stepped into his taxi and was greeted by a robotic voice. "Please enter your license." it said. Alucard rolled his eyes and inserted his license. "Welcome on board Mr. Dallas."
"How you doing this morning? Sleep OK? I didn't…" Alucard said in a sarcastic tone. He hit a button and the garage door opened, his garage lights switching on. He squinted against the blinding lights. "I had the worst God damned nightmare." he said over the taxi's mechanical voice that was reading off the car's status.
"You have five points left on your license."
"Thank you for reminding me…" he said through clenched teeth and looked at all the traffic that came into view. The Metropolis that is now New York is startling in it's height and breath.
"Have a nice day."
"Yeah…right…" he growled and drove out.
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(Normally this would be the end but I'm feeling generous)
Alexander Anderson collapsed into a chair. "We are lost…" he said breathlessly.
"Sir Integra, the attack was launched by unregistered warships. We have no idea who they are." General Ddollnezz said.
"Walter, close all borders and declare a state of general alert."
"Yes, sir." Walter said and bowed, walking off.
"Try to contact these Mondoshawans. We owe them an explanation." Integra said to another officer.
Anderson was lost, he looked around. "What are we going to do?" he said to himself, looking at his hands. Seras stepped to his side and put a hand on his shoulder.
"This is government business now. You should go home and get some rest now Father." Integra said. She motioned to her guards to come and get Anderson. "I promise to keep you informed."
Seras helped the weary priest leave the room.
"…Has the rescue team found any survivors?" Integra asked Walter.
A few miles away at the Nucleological Center, an arm on a surgical cart moved down the hallway. Walter, accompanied by Professor Mactilburgh, a 60 year old, walked along side the fast moving cart.
"This is all that survived?" Walter asked, looking to the arm.
"Actually, only one cell survived, but it's more then enough." Mactilburgh said.
"Have you identified it?"
"It's not that easy. We have never encountered something like this before. Nothing comes close…You see, normal human beings have 40 DNA memo groups…which is more then enough to support any species to perpetuate itself. This one, has 200,000 DNA memo groups."
Walter looked confused. "Speak English please." he said politely.
"This cell is like a huge library! It has infinite genetic knowledge stored inside. Almost like it was…engineered."
"Sounds like a freak of nature to me." Walter said bluntly.
"Yeah…I can't wait to meet him." Mactilburgh said as the laboratory doors opened and they both passed through. The laboratory was rather small, but contained a huge glass turbine in the middle with the metal glove inside of it. The DNA chain scrolls up on the screen.
"The compositional elements of his DNA chain are just like ours, but simply more of them. Tightly packed together…his knowledge is probably limitless…" Mactilburgh said in awe.
"There…isn't any danger, is there?" Walter asked worriedly. "Some kind of virus?"
"Naaawh. We put it through the cellular hygiene detector. The cell, for a lack of a better word…perfect."
Walter hesitated for a moment before he signed and used his personal key to open the self destruct box. "Ok, go ahead. But Mr. Perfect better be polite…otherwise I turn him into cat food."
Professor Mactilburgh smiled and started the operation, not noticing Walter put his hands on the big red button meaning 'TURN MR. PERFECT INTO CAT CHOW. MEEEEOOOW!', ready to use it at any moment. Thousands of cells from in the heart generator began to assemble the DNA elements. The cells soon began to move down a tube, like a fluid that looked more like non-pulp orange juice then a liquid made of cells, and began to gather in an imprint of a human body.
An odd machine began to put the bones together, like some sort of puzzle made out of bone chips. After that, the muscle, nerves and veins were stretched over the entire body.
"Three seconds to ultra-violet protection." one of the doctor's said, his eyes never leaving a computer screen even though a human body was being reconstructed right in front of their very eyes. He acted as though he's done this a million times. (he probably has)
"…This is the crucial phase….The reconstruction of pigment. The cells are bombarded with slightly greasy solar atoms which forces the body to react…which means growing skin. Clever or what?" Mactilburgh said to Walter.
Walter looked away slightly. "Wonderful…" he said in a sarcastic tone that dripped with disgust. He watched as the meter slows down and drops to zero. Walter heard another one of the assistants say that the reconstruction was complete. He jumped as a whoosh of air filled the glass chamber. Walter still had his hand on the 'Turn Mr. Perfect to Cat Chow-Self destruct button', ready to destroy the being that has barely been reborn.
"Activate life support." the professor said who officially creeped Walter out. He watched in fascination as an electric current flowed into the glass chamber, causing the body to jerk.
There were a few seconds of silence, before the sound of a heartbeat filled the room over the loudspeakers. The Supreme Being was alive once again.
"Life support activated." the assistant said. "Removing the shield."
The professor and Walter held their breath as the shield slowly opened to reveal a woman, nude, young and very beautiful. Walter stood there gaping for it was not what he envisioned the Supreme Being to look like.
"Let's get him…er, her some clothing. Activate the thermo wrap bandages." Mactilburgh said. He moved Walter's hand away from the button and with a wide smile he said, "I told you…perfect!"
The bandages wrapped themselves around the Fifth Element and locked in place. Walter gawked at the woman with raven black hair with a few streaks of crimson. "I'd uh..like to take a few pictures…for the archives, before she wakes up." he said and cleared his throat.
Mactilburgh looked at Walter and grinned as a remote camera loomed over the girl's face. A blinding flash went off and the girl screamed, coming to life. Her back arched up and she hit the sides of the chamber before she sat up and cowered in a corner. Her icy teal eyes with red flecks darted around the room.
"Ouacra cocha o dayodomo binay ouacra mo cocha ferji akba ligounai makta keratapla!" she said in a very angry tone. "Tokemata, tokemata! Seno santonoi-aypa! Minoi ay Cheba! Givomana seno!"
Walter looked slightly worried. "What's she saying?"
"I don't know. Activate the phonic detector." Mactilburgh said and watched as the girl kicked at the glass repeatedly.
"Are you sure this thing's solid?" Walter asked.
"Unbreakable."
"Teno akta chatamne assin-omekta!" the girl said angrily.
Walter smiled safely behind the plate of glass. "You want out? You're gonna have to learn some communicational skills." he said and dangled the key in front of her.
The girl leaned against the glass, her arms keeping her from sliding down the glass. She growled and bared her teeth, punching through the glass and pressing buttons on the control panel before the chamber began to open. Meanwhile, she grabbed Walter's shirt and pulled him forward, his head hitting the glass, knocking him cold.
A few of the guards tried to grab the girl, but she sent them flying across the room. Mactiliburgh was very impressed and he set off a general alarm. She panicked a moment, being encountered by more guards and ran, breaking through the wall. She climbed up through the ventilation shafts and found her way out of the building. She stood on the edge of concrete and looked down at the cars that flew past the buildings quickly. "Wow…" she said and walked off. She stopped as a large train came from the sky. She looked at it in awe, her teal eyes widening as it moved downward.
A squad car appeared in front of her and let their sirens wail shortly to get her attention. The girl turned towards them and backed against the wall, putting her hands in front of her face. "This is the police. You status is illegal. Please put your hands up and follow our instructions!" the man said into a microphone. She looked at them in a confused way. "Great…she doesn't understand English…" he said and rolled his eyes.
She felt trapped and looked down at the endless drop and flying cars underneath her. She raises her arms and dives off. "We've got a diver!" the chief of police said and swerved downward.
The girl was falling for about several seconds before she slammed into the roof of a cab.
Alucard tried to control the cab, reeling from impact. "You have just had an accident. Seven points have been removed from your license." the voice said. Alucard growled loudly and managed to stop his cab from causing another accident and pulled over to the side.
He let out a humorless laugh and massaged his neck before he turned around to look in the back seat. "Any survivors?" he asked as his eyes laid upon the girl who was cut slightly from the metal of his cab roof. She sat up, looking a little dazed, blood smeared on her face. Alucard was stunned. She was still alive and very beautiful. He felt as if his heart would have a meltdown.
"Akina delutan, nou-shan?" the girl said, her voice soft and sweet.
"…'Scuse me?" Alucard asked, very much lost.
A police car with it's sirens blaring halts in front of Alucard's cab. "You have an unauthorized passenger in your vehicle. We are going to arrest her. Please leave your hands on the wheel. Thank you for your cooperation." the driver said through the loud speakers.
"Sorry, hon…but I only got one point left on my license and I have to go in…to get a full 6 month overhaul." Alucard said, putting his hands on the wheel.
The police car pressed up against the side of his cab and the door opened and huge guns are pointed at her. Alucard felt lousy when he looked into the rear view mirror to find she had tears in her eyes. She was helpless and looked exhausted. She looked around to find something to help her communicate with him.
The girl found a picture with an 800 number with a teary eyed kid with the words 'Please help'. She shoots Alucard a look of pure distress. "Plaa…ase…Help." she said, trying to pronounce it right.
"Alucard looked back to her again. "Don't put me in this situation…I can't. I'm late as it is."
"Please…help." she said, putting a pale hand to her face as tears fell from her eyes.
Alucard growled slightly and put his seat belt back on. "Finger's gonna kill me…" he said and shut off the meter and floors it, sideswiping the police car as he roars by.
"Your license has been revoked! Would you please-"
"I hate it when people cry…I got no defense…" he said as he shot the car speakers. He looked to the rear view mirror to see that the police car was after him, sirens blaring loudly. "I think after a mile they don't chase you anymore." he said as he passed an intersection. A whole squad of cop cars where there and open fired. "SHIT!" he pressed the gas pedal and they sped off, swerving in and out of cars. The cops were gaining on them. "Or was it three miles?"
Out of desperation, Alucard pushed the steering wheel down and the car lurched downwards. The girl fell forwards.
"DAYA DEO! DATO! DALUTAN!" she cried out.
"Whoa! Lady! I only speak two languages! English and bad English!" Alucard said as he made a sharp turn, sliding into an empty space behind a mall. He watched the area around him, shutting his cab off, making sure no one would be able to find him. "We'll just wait here until things settle down." he said and sighed heavily.
The girl wrapped her arms around herself and shivered, looking out the window. Her tears left clean streaks across her face. "You cold? Here, you can use this." he said and handed her a red duster. "Let's get you something to wear, alright sweetie?"
The girl accepted his coat and put it on, buttoning it up. She looked at him in a confused way. "Leeloo Minai Lekarariba-Laminai-Tchai-Ekbat De Sebat." she said softly.
Alucard looked at her in a confused way. "Um, what?" he asked. "Listen Lady, whatever you just said, I have no fucking clue. Do you happen to have a name?" He turned around and looked at her, his red eyes seeming darker in the dim light. She gave him an expressionless look. "Alright. A name, you know, a name. Like…mine. Alucard. Dallas. You are?"
She remained silent and just stared at him. "Alright…you don't know what I'm saying. You probably have no name I can pronounce. Hm. Well, how do you like the name Shadow?"
"Shad….dow?" she repeated slowly.
"Yeah, yeah! That's it! Alucard," he said and pointed to himself. "Shadow." he said and pointed to the girl. 'Me Tarzan, you Jane.' he thought to himself and smiled.
"Shadow…." Shadow said slowly and smiled. She laughed and repeated her name a few times.
"Your first word in English. Congratulations." Alucard said and turned back. Once he made sure the coast was clear, he started his cab and drove off to the side of the mall where no one could find them. "Let's go get you something to wear. You're probably starving."
Shadow nodded and looked out the window.
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Darker: phew! That took me a while!
Alucard: I really hate you. I know three languages. English, bad English and Romanian.
Integra: Wow…scary! Big bad Romanian Prince. VIRGIN PRINCE!
Alucard: -glare, glare--lunges at Integra--
Shadow: NU-UH! NO YOU DON'T! -pulls Alucard back-
Darker: Well, I hope you enjoy! I made this extra long to make up for being gone for a long time. Though there was nothing I could do to help it. Lots of problems. Check my bio if you want to know what happened. ANYWAY! I think you all are going to enjoy the next chapter. MALL MADNESS! WOO-HOOO!
PS: Sorry for misspellings. I had to use a notepad because my Microsoft Word is being stupid and keeps eating everything I try to write. TT