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Titanium Showdown: Tale of the Zero Clones
Chapter Five: The Foe Unknown
Virus was walking northward, toward the old junkyard that held the remains of reploids gone by. His morale was dropping fast, and his hopes for doing any good were seriously damaged. Eventually he made it to the junkyard.
He stared about in awe. Quickman, Gutsman, Magic Man, and other figures from the distant past greeted his eyes. His senses were overloaded, pushed beyond their normal limits at the sights. "KRZZT... Virus, you've got about a minute before he catches up to you. Get ready, you need to play your part expertly. Over. KRZZT." The old-fashioned radio-transmitter made a distinct impression in Virus' mind. Virus got into position, and prepared himself for the worst.
To his surprise, he only heard the heavy footfalls of the mysterious new clone, instead of the insane rumble of thousands of enforcers. He fell to his knees and began to crawl forward, acting as if he'd been left behind. The slow, drawn out thumping of the new clone's footsteps continued. It's non-terminating pattern terrified Virus.
[Thump, thump, thump]
After what seemed like hours of crawling, Virus heard the unmistakable sound: the charging of an arm-mounted plasma cannon. Virus turned around, and the sight froze him. In the slowly waxing light of sunrise, Virus could see the figure, standing tall and imposing. The brightly polished reflective armor collected all the brightness of the charging weapon. Virus captured the image of his killer in perfect detail. Every edge of his armor, every red accent in his hair, every fragment of plasmic energy seemed immortalized with the figure. Virus was terrified the most by something else however. The eyes.
The eyes burned with both compassion and rage. With pity and sadness, but with indifference and anger at the same time. Something was different about this clone, and Virus hoped it wouldn't be worse for all of his friends.
[Bang]
Short chapter, I know. I've had some major writers block recently, and with the pile of homework I get from school, I don't have much time for writing. I planned to have this chapter longer, but I think it works well enough this length, and besides I don't have time to make it longer right now. Well, as always, R&R!
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