Yeah an update am beginning to write more now -
The building before him was a brown color, with almost a hint of honey color yellow to it, about two stories high, and blue ocean blue shutters. Cracks of various sizes and paint chips added to the building, stating it's age and neglect was long and suffering. From what he could tell from his vantage point the roof, like many others was flat. In other words a good place for a desperate fugitive to run.
" How the hell am I gonna do this?" He mused quietly beginning to walk towards the ageing house.
With her back to the wall she waited counting silently 1…2… 3… ' You better be ready, Batou' she said to herself twisting the doorknob and quickly sliding inside, she quickly scanned the room ready for an attack fists at the ready, none came. She paused waiting as if the persons inside would just magically appear. The combination of uncertainty, lack of weapon, and the dimness had her adrenaline pumping. As the seconds passed and she scanned the room gazing in the adjacent room to her right through the open doorway it began to wind back down, she closed the front door quietly and locked it behind her. She didn't need any unwanted persons coming in from behind her. The room she was in was very much destroyed and unused. Dust heavy and thick covered everything. The walls bare with a very faded green color adorning them. No artificial lights illuminated its walls, just the tainted sun shinning through windows covered by brown cloth. Cobwebs on broken and tattered furniture proved her suspensions. ' Batou' she called over her neural net work, ' you inside?'
' Yeah I am ascending the back stairwell now.'
' Right.. Though there doesn't seem to be anyone living here they could still be up there so watch yourself'
' Will do Major'
Letting her guard down she started to walk towards the stairs leading to the second floor. As she started to climb the faded wooden staircase she froze hearing a click and feeling something snap agenst her boot, her eyes widened, " Batou-" she whispered in a mix of warning and pleading as the staircase exploded tossing her up and backwards her ears rang her vision became a red haze as the ceiling began to fall down atop of her.
As he ascended the stairwell it shook violently tossing him into the left wall as he stumbled and fell into a crouched position to steady himself, his ears rang and his nerves tensed at the unmistakable sound of a bomb being detonated.
" Major!" he growled through clenched teeth attempting to minimize his noise. As dust fell from above and the ground stopped moving all bets as far as he was concerned was off. The element of surprise clearly obliterated by the explosion he jumped into a run no doubt the occupants would be cleaning their hard drives and ducking out the nearest exit by now. All he could do was hope the Major was not in that part of the small building. As he broke in the door the occupant froze in utter terror clearly not expecting anyone beyond whoever had just demolished his lower level home, Batou was definitely a shock. But the individual's moment of hesitation faded as Batou began to charge the person he grabbed something and hurled it at him. He rolled forward and at the same time blocked the objects with his left arm. He landed in a crouched position and paused. After half a second he looked up to notice the person had gone.
" Damn it," glancing to the floor he noticed what the person had thrown at him, it was CDs shattered their silvery surfaces glistening on the floor, " Cheep bastard!" He remarked rising and rushing towards a side door passing by several computer stations on the right corner wall. More stairs presented themselves undoubtfully leading to the roof. Just where he expected a rat like him to go. Opening the door to the roof he momentarily froze as he clearly saw the person now. Definitely a man, small built, shoulder length brown hair, sporting sand camo pants, a black zip up vest, and a sand camo hat holding a cross bow. He hastily re-shut the door as the bow tip pierced it coming through several inches.
" You're done for!" he shouted re barging through the door, the man was gone now. Running out into the hot blinding sun he quickly looked around, " Damn it!" he wished he had a tachikoma about now. He ran to the eastern ledge and peered down, nothing, scowling wanting to look further but deciding agenst it he began to head back down into the house.
' Major are you there?' He desperately called over the neural network.
He received only silence as his reply.
- More to come! Hopefully real soon! -