NOCTURNE
Chapter VI (06): King of the Monsters
Akira unsheathes his sword once more. One of the Xilian guards dashes toward him, pointing his weapon right at Akira's gut. He looks exactly the same as the Xilian Akira faced the other day.
"Hold it right there!"
Akira sneers.
"What is it you find so funny!"
"Hehehe… I couldn't help but overhear you guys's conversation in there. Really interesting stuff, y'know."
"WWWHAAAAATT! How did you do it! That's impossible! Those metal walls were supposed to keep noise IN! There's no way you could have heard it! And besides, even if you did, you probably didn't understand a word of it since we were talking in X language."
"I beg to differ. So… You 'Xilians,' as you call yourselves, are looking for a monster named Bagan?"
The Xilian drops his weapon. Although he is wearing a mask, it is clear that he is freaked out. Akira's grin widens.
"What's wrong? Did I say something BAAAAAAAAD? You look mighty surprised. Heh. Well, you should be. Because I can speak virtually any language and I can do many things. I'm quite special, you know."
The Xilian clenches his fists and starts to become angry.
"YOU! We will have you killed! You will not get this information out! I will make sure of it!"
The Xilian reaches down to pick his weapon. He only lets his eyes off of Akira for less than a second. When he glances back up, Akira is nowhere in sight.
"What in the hell!"
The Xilian picks up his weapon quickly and starts to charge it for a powerful shot. The wind blows, and the sound of a low laughing can be heard being whispered by the wind. A chill runs down the Xilian's spine as he hears the laughter continue to get closer and closer to his position. The wind picks up and is surprisingly strong for just a brief moment, and it stops shortly after. The Xilian looks around nervously. He then starts to feel something touching his neck. He reaches his hand up to feel his neck when his vision starts to literally split. The Xilian lets out a cry of surprise as half of his head falls from his body and onto the glimmering glass, now stained with the green blood of the Xilian. The Xilian gurgles, drops down on the ground, and doesn't move at all. He is dead. Blood rushes from the open space in his head like water and covers most of the grass around him in a pool of ooze. Akira appears walking calmly from the jungle, with Dark trailing beside him. There is not a mark of blood on Akira's mighty sword, which shines brilliantly under the sun.
"Fool. They'll never learn anything."
Akira walks by the Xilian and spits on its body. Dark rushes past the body disgusted. The duo then head towards the metallic house where the meeting with the Xilians and the Xilian Leader was just being held. All is silent around the two as they listen to the sounds of a large door opening.
"Now, keep your yap shut and don't make a sound."
Akira directs that message to Dark, who then stands as still as a statue.
Voices are heard floating nearby, being carried by a soft breeze. The voices sound like clicking noises. 'This must be the "X language" that the one Xilian was speaking about earlier.' Akira says to himself. He then starts to listen intently. The language he hears is translated in his head about as soon as he hears it.
"…to the ship. Then we'll take off and find the other kaiju."
'Kaiju?' Akira asks himself.
"…es, sir! We will do just that!"
"Good."
"Did you hear the reports of an intruder?"
"He's been taken care of, sir. 24 took the intruder head on."
"Very good. The trespasser must be dead by now. 24 is one of our toughest soldiers, and also one of the more experienced ones. However…"
"What is it, Great Leader?"
"Hmm… Nothing. Don't worry about it. Now head to the Mothership; we have some searching to do…"
"Yes, Great Leader!"
Akira hears the sound of someone rushing away. He then hears someone walking slowly away from the mechanical house, mumbling to himself. Then all is silent.
Akira motions to Dark, who follows obediently. Both of them hide in the jungle to keep themselves from being seen.
After several minutes, the duo is shocked to see a humongous sliver orb floating in the sky. Sets of stairs lead from the ground to the orb, where Xilian after Xilian enter. The orb could easily fool anyone if anyone saw it, for it would look very much like a star if it stayed motionless in a night sky.
Finally, after several hours, the giant masses of Xilians have all entered their Mothership. Akira continues to watch, doing nothing. Then he hears a voice in his head.
"Well well well, still watching, are you?"
Akira is stunned and looks all around him. All he sees is Dark, who is snoozing peacefully beside his feet.
"Don't bother searching for me; it is futile. I am the Xilian Leader, Kaiser X. I have been watching you for a while now."
Akira starts to become angry in frustration.
'Where are you! Show yourself!'
"Ah ah ah, don't throw such a nasty temper. I've been watching you from my lovely Mothership. I was quite well aware of your presence back at the meeting place of ours. You nosy little prick."
'HEY! I just happened to be passing by! And how did you know that I was there?'
"Like you, I am far more advanced than my race. I can do things that they can't, such as reading minds and sensing powers. I can even go so far as to speak telepathically, like we are now. I'm glad that you can do the same."
'What is it you want?'
"What do I want? Oh, nothing really. I just want you DEAD."
Shortly after Kaiser X says that, Akira starts to feel a burning sensation in his head. Akira jerks his head to the side, and the pain dissipates.
"Oh? What do you know, you ARE special. That little burning that you felt was supposed to make your brain pop and turn you into a useless vegetable."
'Nice try, bastard, but I'm still standing.'
"Hehehe… If you think I'm out of tricks, just keep watching. You'll be very surprised at what I can do."
'Try me. I can take you on easily.'
"I wouldn't go so far as to say that. You're only a human. You can't regenerate… like I can."
'What? Regeneration? How?'
"You don't listen well, do you? I have had regeneration powers for the longest time, ever since I was born as a matter of fact. Too bad you couldn't do the same; you would have a slim chance if you did. Now… For the reason I wanted to speak with you in the first place. You still listening?"
'Heh, what else CAN I listen to besides your raspy voice? The bugs?'
"Don't get me upset, human. Anyway, I wanted to ask you: Was it you that fought our beast, Monster X, last night?"
'Why, yes it was me. You sound rather surprised.'
"Do I? I am sorry, I didn't intend to sound that way. You nearly killed it, you know."
'I'm well aware of that. Too bad he couldn't stay, I was having fun.'
"I'm glad you said that. Hope you have an electrifying welcome! HAHAHAHA!"
The communication ends.
"What the hell---? WHAT DID YOU MEAN BY THAT!"
Akira then feels the existence of a mighty creature standing just several yards away from him. Without turning around, he grabs Dark and jumps as high as he can into the air (which, by the way, is several hundred feet). There is a loud bang as a great explosion goes off right where he would have been standing if he hadn't jumped. Akira turns his body in the direction of the power and sees standing in the jungle the mighty Monster X, rejuvenated and ready for Round 2. The skeleton monster bellows as it sees that its attack had missed its target.
"NICE TRY!"
Akira lands about 100 yards from the Xilian Mothership, where sounds of whirring goes on.
"Must be getting ready to liftoff…"
Akira tries to keep his attention on both Monster X and the Mothership.
In the far distance, the ocean stirs to life and something large starts to emerge from the depths of the sea. A low growl is heard, making bubbles rise to the ocean's surface. Gulls scream in fear and fly away. Fish swim with all their might to get away from the creature that swims slowly to the water's surface. As the beast nears the surface, large waves start to form, growing larger as the creature ascends from the depths of the large ocean. A loud roar splits the air as soon as the monster's mouth breaks through the water's once-calm surface. The mighty King has awoken.
Back on land, Akira is dodging both the lightning bolts of Monster X and several rounds of lasers from the Mothership, trying his hardest not to drop Dark, who squawks terribly.
"Shit! What have I gotten myself into!"
Akira jumps into the air, just barely surviving another Xilian onslaught. Just as Monster X starts to load another blast, it hears the sound of a loud roar echo from the distance. Monster X stands still, listening. Even the Mothership seems to have stopped moving as the air ripples with the vibrations of the powerful roar of a mighty creature.
Akira lands on the ground and also listens. Dark stops squawking and starts to tremble badly.
"What in the world could that be…?"
As if to answer, a large blue beam soars through the air from the horizon and hits Monster X head on. The beam explodes on impact and keeps on coming for several more seconds, pushing Monster X a great deal from its original position. The large creature screeches in pain as it topples over by the beam's strength. The beam ceases and another roar is heard in the distance. It is much closer now. The ground quakes as a giant monster ascends onto the shore of the beach, stepping over trees and slowly making its way towards both Monster X and the Mothership.
The creature's head appears over the jungle's trees as it glares angrily at everything it sees ahead of it. Dark screeches in terror.
"What is THAT thing!"
NOCTURNE
"Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood." –Marie Curie
