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Chapter 14: Camazotz"I am going to kill you!" Zero shouted.
"We'll see about that." Camazotz responded, confidence in his voice.
Zero didn't care if he would die, he didn't care about Fefnir or Harpuia. The only thing he cared about was...
"Vengeance!" Zero yelled at the top of his voice, and with that a crimson flame surrounded him. Breathing heavily he stared with red gleaming eyes at Camazotz.
Elsewhere...
Bullion, who sat until now in front of a monitor showing Camazotz's video feed stood up so fast that the chair he sat on slid backwards and crashed against the wall.
"What's the matter?" Whirlpool asked, gracefully moving next to him and looking at the screen. Her eyes widened in shock as she saw the feed from the monitor.
"Is that...? Zero?" she asked, her voice shaking slightly.
"L...look at his energy levels, this is impossible..." Bullion stuttered, pointing at a rising number on the bottom left of the screen.
Whirlpool's eyes looked at the numbers and she gasped, clapping her hand to her mouth gently.
"Bullion, he's... he's stronger than you!" she said, her voice now shaking uncontrollably.
"Vulture, Daemon... Get her now!" Bullion yelled into his own comm.
In a second Vulture and Daemon dashed out of the darkness and stood in front of Bullion.
"What's the matter?" Daemon asked, staring at the looks on Whirlpool and Bullion's faces.
He and Vulture stepped next to them Vulture's eyes widened as he saw the number in the bottom left, still rising at a stunning rate.
They heard Camazotz speaking to them in a squeaky voice, his confidence left him and he was begging them to transfer him away.
"I'm on it." Bullion said and was about to press a few buttons on his comm. before a dark, strong but calm voice stopped him. The voice was so calm it gave a feeling of tranquility. But at the same time it was strong enough to be very intimidating, and very dark and menacing.
"No. I want to see what Zero can do." The voice said calmly.
"Master!" Vulture said, "Surely you won't let Zero face that monster! Zero will tear him apart, he's stronger than Bullion master and his energy reading is rising by the minute!" Vulture said urgently, looking at the screen often. To see if something is happening to his reploid.
"Do not transfer him back." The voice said.
"Master! He's a reploid, we have to get him out of there!" Vulture yelled at the disembodied voice.
"The master has spoken." Bullion said dangerously.
"Do not transfer to help him." The master commanded.
Whirlpool placed her hand on Vulture's shoulder and said softly in his ear, "I'm sorry Vulture."
She felt so sorry for him. She herself was in endless agony when Poseidon, the reploid she put so much of her into was destroyed.
Vulture couldn't believe it; his master didn't want him to save his own reploid.
Daemon looked at Vulture in pity, he knew how he felt when Thoth was destroyed when he saw Thoth's look of terror as Aztec Falcon was about to destroy him Daemon just couldn't take it anymore and dashed off to his chambers.
Bullion felt sorry for Vulture, but the master had told them that they shouldn't create their reploids in order to be their companions. But to be warriors that will slow down Zero so the master will be able to estimate Zero's skill.
He was fiercely loyal to the master; nothing no one will ever say would change it.
He was prepared to die a million times in order to protect the master.
He closed his eyes and shook his head slowly, in discontent by Vulture's behavior.
He himself never knew any emotion; the only thing that mattered to him was to do the master's bidding.
Vulture shook off Whirlpool's shoulder and dashed up at such a high speed that the monitor flew from the table and smashed on the floor.
At that Bullion unplugged that monitor and plugged in another one with a sigh.
Whirlpool ran off after Vulture, to comfort him.
Daemon looked out at the darkness and addressed the disembodied voice:
"I can't believe you master, you promised me that you will make sure no one will be treated like I was, like a test subject. I can't believe you are going to let Camazotz be destroyed by that monster."
"Daemon! It is not your place to question the master's action." Bullion scolded, a scowl on his face.
"You know nothing Bullion. You comfortably lived here with the master, not knowing what it is like losing your loved ones, not knowing what it was like to feel pain..." Daemon was interrupted by Bullion,
"I did feel pain when I trained with the master..." Bullion was then interrupted by Daemon, "You know nothing about real pain!" and left in a fast walk towards the darkness, leaving Bullion alone in the room.
Bullion crossed his arms on his chest and stood in front of the monitor, due to the fact that his chair was smashed against the wall.
Back inside the pyramid...Zero's crimson flame was now taking most of the room and he launched at Camazotz, his flame enveloped him like a fireball.
"Pathetic fool, you will die by these hands! These hands that control the fate of so many, these hands that can both create and destroy, these hands that will tear you limb by limb you MAVERICK!" And with that shout Zero rammed Camazotz so hard that Camazotz crashed into the nearest wall.
Camazotz recovered and tried to escape but failed as Zero struck him again, this time with his fist. Zero's fist connected with Camazotz's back and Camazotz rolled in the air before crashing on the floor.
Harpuia opened his eyes and saw a red flame surrounding a crimson clad reploid with blond hair. Zero didn't look at all like himself now, his armor was completely red. But it might have been an optic illusion caused by the red flame. His hair was wild and he was shaking completely.
"You will die Maverick, yes you will." Zero smiled insanely, his eyes were wild but focused, and his pupils shrunk and gave him the look of a madman.
"Please..." Camazotz cowered, "Please don't... I was just following orders..." the terror in his voice was so clear that even Bullion, who never experienced emotion in his life felt sorry for him.
"ORDERS?" Zero roared with a maniacal grin, "ORDERS?! WERE YOUR ORDERS TO TORTURE POOR LEVIATHAN LIKE THAT YOU MONSTER?! YOU MAVERICKS MUST ALL BE DESTROYED!" Zero shouted and the red flame around him grew greatly.
Harpuia looked quickly to his side as he heard Leviathan's name and he found an unpleasant sight of a pale and deactivated Leviathan, two holes in her neck.
"No..." Harpuia muttered, closing his eyes.
Zero punched Camazotz in his abdomen, creating a massive dent in the armor.
"No! Please..." Camazotz begged, "mercy..." he muttered.
"MERCY?! YOU DARE SPEAK OF MERCY WITH ME YOU FOOL? DID YOU HAVE ANY MERCY FOR LEVIATHAN? DID YOU HAVE ANY FOR THE GUARDIANS?" Zero's voice just got louder and louder, what was once a hint of insanity was now a clear shaking tone of it.
"Fefnir!" Harpuia said and tried to kick the red reploid's foot.
Fefnir opened his eyes slowly and looked at Harpuia.
"Arm cannon Fefnir." Harpuia said and Fefnir nodded, blasting the floor next to him and destroying the chair he was sitting on, he fell backwards and slipped through the metal rope that was holding him and then did the same for Harpuia.
They both stood up, giving a sad look over to Leviathan.
"Do you think they will be able to repair her?" Fefnir asked.
"Maybe, if we get her to them quickly. But I don't know about the trans servers..." Harpuia said.
"We have to try Harpuia." Fefnir said.
"Let's go," Harpuia said, glancing over at Zero and Camazotz, "This is Zero's fight." He said and grabbed Leviathan, he and Fefnir then transferred away.
"Please, forgive me I was forced to do this..." Camazotz lied to save his hide.
"FORGIVENESS?! YOU DARE ASK FOR FORGIVENESS? YOUR ABSOLUTON WILL ONLY BE GIVEN TO YOU BY WHATEVER GOD YOU WORSHIP NOT BY ME!" Zero shouted and with a mighty blow to Camazotz's head the head flew clean of the winged shoulders and crashed into the wall, exploding into burning pieces.
Elsewhere...Bullion shut off the snowed screen, walking away slowly into the darkness.
"Bullion, do not blame yourself. You acted as you were expected." The master's voice said.
"I know, but this will undoubtedly cause a rift between me and the others." Bullion said.
The master did not replied, an obvious sign he did not want to continue this conversation so Bullion walked away, fading into the darkness...
To be continued...Author notes: Don't forget review! I need to know you guys are still out there!
Oh and by the way tomorrow's chapter is going to be an executioners chapter.