Chapter Two: See Ya Later Bitch
The elevator doors opened and Nightingale stepped out into the surface level building which was a massive hanger. He walked across the area spotting the train which would leave the city and-
Boom! The blast doors then exploded into a devastation of burning metal. Nightingale was knocked off his feet as a huge object crashed its way through the opening.
Jumping to his feet, he identified the object to be a tank. He quickly jumped out of the way as the tank slid right past him on its side which then collided with the last car on the train.
Tange opened the hatch to the tank and climbed out, landing on the debris infested floor. Surge then followed shortly quickly drawing his rifle and took aim after him. Looking around the debacle, he then heard a strange whirring noise.
He looked at Surge in confusion as the whirring noise of what seemed to be metal heightened in his hearing. Turning to look towards the cause of this noise, Tange quickly arched his body back as a boomerang like blade glided over him and quickly retreated back in the direction in which it came.
Clang! He looked towards the ground, looking at the front end of a rifle lying on the ground. Looking back at Surge, his rifle was cut in half by the blade-like object.
"You alright?" Tange asked, not getting a response from Surge. He watched as Surge nodded his head and said one word.
"Nightingale."
He looked ahead seeing a group of three humongous figures walking towards them. "Damn, I hate tyrants." Tange tossed Surge his M4, "You're going to need it more then I do."
Nightingale and the two tyrants stopped walking which now set the two groups ten feet from each other. "Mr. Cotton, my old apprentice. It's been quite too long."
"The same goes for you," Surge replied, "you still do look the way you did before the accident."
Tange leaned towards Surge to whisper in his ear, "You two know each other?"
"Yes, he trained me before being exposed to T-Virus radiation two years ago-"
"It changed me in ways even you two can't imagine," interrupted Nightingale. "Although, I still appear human, I have also become very powerful, even more powerful then you, Mr. Tange Roland."
Tange smirked, "I've heard that very line quite a bit now."
"You're nothing but a coward, Nightingale!" Surge spat, "You run from anything that opposes a greater threat then you do!"
Nightingale laughed out loud, which echoed through the massive hanger, "Enough chit-chat! It's time to die!" He quickly grabbed the same boomerang object out of his coat and hurled it at both of them.
Surge jumped to the ground and Tange, eyed the blade as it spun towards him. As it came closer, he thrust his hand forward and caught it by the handle and glared back at Nightingale who raised an eyebrow.
"It seems I've underestimated you!" shouted the General. "But you won't stand a chance against my boys!"
The two tyrants standing silently behind him took two steps forward.
Tange half smiled and threw the blade back, "Think fast!"
The blade spun right past Nightingale and circled around him and came up behind to his left when he caught it. "I was right. You won't stand a chance."
Tange stood up straight and pointed at the blade. He watched as Nightingale looked at the two blades which were now covered in blood. Nightingale then looked at his tyrants as the upper portions of their bodies slid off and landed on the ground.
"You FOOL!" He shouted, dropping the blade and flipping his coat back once again which revealed a collection of swords underneath. He then took off running towards the train hurling blades at both Tange and Surge. It was mainly Tange for he posed the bigger threat.
"Get on the train!" Tange shouted, "I'll distract him!"
"You're doing a great job at it!" Surge remarked as he jumped onto one of the cars as the train began moving from the station.
Nightingale ceased his throwing as he jumped onto a ladder and climbed into the first car. Tange then began sprinting towards the train as it gained speed, clearing the station.
It was of no use now. The train then jettisoned out of the hangar leaving him behind. "Shit!" Turning around and searching quickly for quicker transportation than his feet, he wished the tank had not flipped onto its side.
Tange looked back at the exit, glancing at the sun setting over the mountains as he flipped on his headset. "This is Roland. I need to catch a train."
Getting a grip on the edge of the train, Surge had finally pulled his ass onto the moving platform. Who in the world made a train that had the compartments set ten feet from the ground?
Surge propped his rifle up and pulled himself to his feet with it and gazed around the compartment. It was nothing out of the ordinary, just a regular military transport train. Crates and seats just filled the car.
Surge crept forward towards the door to the next car when it swung open. Before being spotted, he crouched behind one of the huge crates located in the darker portion of the compartment.
Light footsteps were heard next as he waiting in angst, also curious on the identity of who the person was. Surge decided it he wasn't going to wait all day to see who the hell was out there. After thinking for less then a second, he had already decided what to do next.
He jumped up from his hiding place and jumped sideways into the aisle area of the compartment. Waving Tange's rifle forward, he made eye contact of the individual.
"Aurora!" He said rather then letting his gun do the talking. Standing in front of him was the person he had least expected to see.
Aurora had a twin named Athena. She didn't seem to be with her this time. Aurora was beautiful; one of her attributes which made her extremely deadly. She had the face of an angel, short fiery red hair, and cold grey eyes. But inside, she was a cold hearted demon. All the same went for Athena as well.
Instead of the usual on top of the line clothing she wore, this Aurora wore a red, skin tight, short-sleeved shirt. Over that was the usual Umbrella made black ammo vest which went along with her pants.
Surge was surprised that she didn't make the move to attack which was always her way of fighting. It also surprised him that she didn't have a gun. Instead she held a short double-bladed katana in each hand.
Aurora looked at him, "I didn't expect to find you."
Lowering his weapon, he looked back at her, "Well, we're at war. So, where's your sister?"
She smiled slightly, "She's with the Osiris. She didn't meet the General's requirements to be in the war zone. But she was able to train under him as you and I did." She looked down at the melee weapons she held, "As you know, General Nightingale is a superb swordsman."
Surge rolled his eyes, "I know. He trained me before he got to you. I just haven't used one in a while."
"Allow me to refresh your memory!" She shouted, running forward.
Before Surge could even raise his weapon, Aurora had swung, causing him to jump back. He then looked back at her and made an attempt to fire his weapon.
But he had underestimated her speed. Aurora leapt to the side and placed her feet against the crates and pushed off. Regaining his aim on her, Aurora was flying towards him while rotating in the air, both katanas out giving the resemblance of a fan.
Not reacting quick enough to her attacks, Surge found himself holding the rifle in two pieces, as they were cleanly cut in two by Aurora's twirling.
"Shit." He said looking at her, throwing the useless weapon onto the floor.
She smiled back as she lunged forward again. Aurora had the total advantage now. Hell, she's had the advantage; he couldn't get a chance to squeeze the fucking trigger.
He watched as she leapt in the air once again and swung the blades down at him. Surge, then rolled to the side, next hearing the ripping of metal. Looking back at Aurora, he got to his feet and swung his foot, hitting her in the chest.
She fell on her side, now holding only one of the blades as the other stayed in place, penetrated into the train floor. Surge seized the katana and took a swing at her, as she positioned her katana in front of her and both their blades clashed together.
Surge was then kicked away by her, as he didn't see which let her get to her feet. He then took a few running steps forward and brought the blade down onto hers, causing her to crouch by the tremendous force of his swing.
Surge could feel her pushing back on his blade with hers, as well as the gritting of the blades rubbing together. He then jerked the katana to the side which caused her to turn at an angle. Acting fast, he took the blade away from hers and gave her a punch to the cheek.
He heard her give out a yelp and let her recover. She quickly did, in which he now wished he didn't. She swung her blade at him vertically and then arched her katana back and flung it forward in a stab like motion.
It barely missed Surge as he rotated his body to where his back was inches away from being sliced.
Suddenly, a cold hand wrapped around his neck and he was thrust against the wall. He tried moving but Aurora had him pinned. He had been put in a headlock and the blade of Aurora's katana was pressing against his throat.
"The Osiris has made an offer." She said coldly, "If you come back to us, you'll avoid death."
Surge let out a stifled laugh, "Never."
"Fine!" The blade pressed against his neck harder which gave him a feeling that anymore pressure would cut right through him. "Your friend, Orchid will die, now. If you don't know, she's in the next car with the General. But you'll be dead very shortly to even see her dead carcass."
If there was a being that had every bit of evil that ever existed, stored in their body, Aurora was the one. Surge could now feel the hate and anger boiling up inside of him. His hand began to shake in fury and he began to think what life would be like if they had killed Orchid. And never in his life had he met someone so cold in which he was going to get killed by.
"Angry?" Aurora then said, "Your hand is shaking. I can feel your arms flexing. Did I say something wrong? Are you mad at me?"
Surge then placed his feet onto the crates and pushed off as hard as he could, which launched them into the air. Landing on the ground, Aurora had released her grasp on him and he grabbed the katana and swung vertically at her.
Aurora brought her blade in front of her, blocking his attack, but at the same time caused her to take a step back. She began moving to the door which led into the next compartment while at the same time was deflecting his attacks.
Surge swung horizontally, then vertically upward. It looked as if Aurora was enjoying this when the doors opened and they both fought their way into the next car.
That's when Surge saw her. It was Orchid. But at the same time something was not right. She looked dead. It then became very clear that she was dead. It had looked as if she was tortured even more due to the sick bruises that covered her face and arms.
And standing next to her was Nightingale, smiling at him. "Sorry, Surge. I heard your decision and she had to die." He said coldly, "But then again the knife slipped out of my hand."
That's when Surge noticed the knife sticking out of Orchid's back, the blade soaked in crimson red.
Nightingale quickly turned around and fled through the door on the other end of the car, also quickly remarking, "I'll see you in the afterlife!"
Feeling his stomach knot, he turned to Aurora who was smiling at him. "Let's finish this."
Surge glared at her and sharply exhaled, "You're dead, bitch!"
He watched as Aurora licked the top of her lips and wave her blade back. Surge ran forward towards her, bringing back his blade over his head and forcefully bringing it down as hard as he could.
She deflected his attack by knocking his katana out of the way in a sweeping motion. As an immediate result, Surge growled, swinging his blade from the left to the right of his body with his right hand.
Aurora backed away quickly to his advance; Surge quickly noticed that she was about to run out of space, and quickly sped up his twirling now holding his sword with both hands.
It was the only thing she could do, right now. Any attempt to make a strike or deflect his blade would most likely result in the loss of a limb. And that's were she made that mistake.
Aurora, as less experienced then him with a sword, attempted a strike. It was a fatal mistake. Surge was expecting to hear and feel the connection of both his and her blades, but instead felt his blade go through the flesh and bone of Aurora's arm.
Surge grimaced as Aurora let out a scream in agony as she grabbed the blood gushing stub of what was called an arm. Even though he wanted to watch her suffer, Surge was more focused on killing her.
He tightened his grip on the blade and swung at her once again. Her screaming was cut short as her head slid off her shoulders and landed on the metal floor with a wet crunch. Surge turned around towards Orchid as he heard Aurora's one armed, decapitated body collapse to the floor.
Screech! The whole compartment jerked violently knocking Surge to the ground, which quickly gave him the thought that Nightingale was still on the train. Jumping to his feet, Surge ran towards the door in which the General had vanished through and opened it.
Expecting to find another compartment, Surge saw nothing but the continuous stretch of tracks disappearing into the mountains. Nightingale had escaped. Surge threw his blade out the door and kicked the metal wall, screaming at the top of his lungs.
Turning around, he ran to Orchid's body and turned her onto her back and cradled her head in his arms. He looked at her face, examining the bruises around her eyes and the dried blood on the corners of her mouth. Surge pressed his fingers against her neck to feel a pulse. Nothing.
She was dead, though her body was still warm. He hugged her lifeless body as he felt tears welling in his eyes as he tried so hard not to cry. What was the use? It wasn't going to bring her back. He should have listened to Tange before they departed out of the plane, "You don't want to do what I did; end up losing the one's you care about." He took it all for granted. But there was always Nightingale. No matter what, Nightingale was going to get it. And it will not be pretty when he does.
Tange sat in a chopper, after calling for one a few minutes ago. "Look over there," he then said pointing at the now visible train on the tracks. "Land the chopper," he then commanded to the pilot.
The chopper landed and Tange, along with four soldiers jumped out and quickly advanced around the parked train. Holding only a pistol, he walked around along the left side of the train.
Just then, someone came out of the train, making him point his gun in their direction. It then turned out to be Surge, who was holding someone in his hands. "Glad to see you make it out of there."
It turned out that Surge looked in no mood to talk when Tange quickly discovered it was Orchid he was holding. "Oh, no," He said silently, dropping his gun. There was then an awkward silence for a couple of seconds. "Where's Nightingale?"
"He escaped," Surge answered.
Tange let out a sigh and turned around and went back to the chopper, not knowing what to say next to Surge. Approaching the pilot, he motioned him to hand him a headset.
Putting on the headset, he pulled the small microphone to his mouth, "Cypher, we're going to need some help out here. It seems to be a real mess."
Note: Call me unreliable. I'll admit that. It's been awhile and I plan on updating and doing more writing aside from work and shred lessons. Whatever. This chapter was written almost a year ago. I've lost my ability to write but that will all change now.