Sequel time, part 9!
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#9: Can You Really Fool Love?
Jack walked to the throne in the center of the large room. He held his hand out to his brother standing in front of the ornate chair.
"What's this?" Cage asked, his hood over his head, as was Jack's.
"I want to shake your hand." Jack stated bluntly, wondering what Cage's problem was.
"Why, is this some sort of trick?" Cage was eyeing his evil counter-part suspiciously under his hood.
"Because, you let my friends leave without hurting them. If it was me, I would have just blown them away the first thing if I had found they were important to the enemy."
"Well, a real man would never strike down a group of unarmed woman." He finally clasps his gauntlet with Jack's, and briefly shook it. With that gesture, Cage swung his other arm in a circle and swung the sword that had appeared at Jack's head. Jack pulled on Cage's arm, pulling himself in a slide between Cage's legs. He flipped off his back and tried to bury his pointed toe into the top of his skull. Cage moved to the side, and Jacks boot dug into the ground. Cage slid his boot under Jack, and kicked him into the air, and blasted him into a computer console against the wall with blue energy. Sirens started going off, and the speakers started brood casting self-destruct warnings. Jack rose from the floor, dusting himself off.
"Well if that isn't the most cliché plot line of all time. Let me guess, we have five minutes before it blows."
"Ha, that's only when the bad persons base explodes, because they want to limit the time their enemy's have to escape. I however have set it for three hours, so my personnel can get their stuff and get out early, while I still have enough time to disable my opponent so that the explosion kills them, and not me." Thus they engaged in combat more fully.
The ships above the planet were engaging one another. Missiles left lines of exhaust and impacted ships, pot-marking the armor plates and detonating engines. The weapons system's on three of the largest White side ships warmed and began to crackle with energy. The shifted from a hellish red, to a brilliant white, preparing to discharge into the 'Supernova'. Lances of energy impacted all three, two different colors to each, as they became rolling piles of hellfire and scrap. The 'Nirvana' glided through the flaming wreckage and heading toward the planet, smaller attacks being absorbed by the shields. A small cluster of drop ships descended toward Cage's complex.
The drop ships landed outside, and dispensed clutches of heavily armored troops, known as 'Liberators', for their ruthless efficiency in completing their tasks. No sooner had they entered the building then the crackle of automatic weapons ripped through the rumbling of the collapsing building.
Jack and cages battle was still raging strong after almost 3 hours. The swords clashed loudly, but less frequently, as both combatants were exhausted. They both had cuts, bruises, and were spattered in blood. They had discarded their cloaks, choosing to go with skill, and not their power infused clothing. The doors to the hall burst open, and in walked the worst possible thing that could have. Barnette was standing there, rifle leveled, but she kept shifting her aim from one to the other. Her mind was racing, as they stopped fighting, all distinguishing equipment being cast away and stared at her
"Shoot him!" One said.
"No, shoot him!" The other one said.
"I can't tell which is the real one!" She was panicking, seeing the timer, which said there were only around fifteen minutes before detonation. "Say something only Jack would know!" A sly smile spread across both their faces.
"I love you!" One yelled.
"I love you more than life!" The other yelled, and she shifted her aim back to the one who hadn't elaborated.
"I gave you the silver pistol, my most treasured possession!" He aim shifted back.
"I also gave you the box and model off the Sol system!" They both knew their stuff, and she had to wait for one to slip up.
"I tried to steal the blue Paexis and tried to kill everyone!"
"I saved you from the harvest by trying to blow myself up!"
"You kneed me in the crotch when I woke up!"
"I made you the green controller!"
"Jura is pregnant with Vinn's child!"
"That's it, this is taking too long, just shoot us both so you can get out of here!" With that, Barnette knew who was who, and shot the one who spoke last. The other grabbed the gear closest to him and ran over to her.
"Good choice, how'd you know it was me?"
"Because the evil one would never want to sacrifice himself." They ran out, and into the last remaining drop ship, and into the sky, where all that was left of Cage's fleet was glittering wreckage. The sky shook violently as the Castle facility erupted in flames, and the drop ship docked with the 'Nirvana'.
The dust settled from the Castle base, to show a lone figure holding a black cloak. A bleeding hole was centered in his chest, as he threw wreckage aside with a wave of his hand, until he found a pair of metal gauntlets.
"If that Son of a gun thinks that he can just run off, and leave me with this tattered rag and crappy gauntlets, He is gravely mistaken. That Damn girl shoots me just for being myself, she'll pay to." He mumbled to himself, and ran off, leaving the shattered compound behind.
"So, Jack, I'm glad you didn't betray us again, but why did you grab the white robe?"
"Because, I didn't think could beat him, and it proves that our love for each other will always win!" His voice seemed more formal than normal."
"Well, I'm just happy your back, no go see Duero so he can patch you up."
"Ok dear, I'll see you later tonight." He turned on his heel, and walked out. Barnette was a bit mystified; he never called her anything but Barnette unless he was joking around, but after three straight hours was enough to throw anyone off.
THE END OF 9!
"Hey! That ending sucked! What the hell is wrong with you?"
"Well for one, I'm talking to a voice in my head!"
"Oh, so now you're just talking to the voice in your head?"
"You're the same voice!"
"oh yeah, anyway, go on with you stupid little briefing."
"Thank you, anyway, The next chapter will be a song by Rise Against, so sorry this chapter was kind of weak, but I need to close it out."