Chapter Two
"If you think I'm sleeping in this... this 'hole'... you're an idiot!"
"Suit yourself. Just don't expect me to carry ya tomorrow... which by the way, you didn't seem to mind"
Alice looked out the window and watched as the mist started to become red. Soon after, metal shutters began to close on the windows and the sounds of bars on the main doors could be heard throughout the apartment closing.
"Things aren't this bad in Inner New York... there are trained armed guards on every street, watch towers, and state of the art weaponry to protect against the monsters. Don't see why people don't get a decent job and move there" Emma said as she went and sat on the edge of the mattress
"Hah! Like they'd let everyone in there... 'sides why should people have to move just to be protected? Protection should be spread throughout the city, not just in the center of New York City"
"Whatever. I'm going to bed"
After saying that, Emma laid down on her right side and pulled the cover over her.
"What the... what the Hell do you think you're doing?" Emma screamed as Alice laid down next to her
"Do you see any other bed in this "hole"?" Alice asked as he laid on his left side, so that their backs were to each other
"Fine"
And with that, Alice turned off the small light that was by his bed.
"..."
"..."
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"Hehe... so they're real after all!"
"Hey--!"
"Hehe!"
"G-g-get off!"
"Fine, fine, I'll sleep on the floor"
Getting little sleep like most nights, Alice was up bright and early. To fully wake him self up, he began his morning exercises of 100 sit-ups and push-ups. Emma awoke when Alice was nearly finished.
"... What are you doing?" Asked Emma as she stretched and rubbed her back
"Making tea. The Hell does it look like?" Alice said as he finished his last push-up
Emma shook her head and entered Alice's bathroom. After washing up she exited, picked up her gun and pulled out the magazine to view the remaining bullets, which was only two.
"You wouldn't happen to ammunition, would you?"
"Of course"
"Really?"
"Hell no. Do you see me using a gun?"
Without responding, Emma left the room and began walking down the steps, Alice soon followed. They began walking north to a subway station that'd go directly into Inner New York.
"Where'd you get that necklace from? It's um... pretty" Emma asked as they walked
"This talisman? Family emblem... supposed to turn red, but I've never seen it do it, it's always blue. What 'bout your gun?"
"Silver Rose? Custom made .60 Magnum Desert Eagle, 8 inch barrel, hair trigger, red rubber grip, Leupold Vari-X 2.5-8x32mm EER Scope, and silver and red rose design. Very light weight too"
"Uh... yeah" Alice said, rubbing his head, not really knowing a thing of what she was talking about
Outer New York was a rather huge eye sore to some one like Emma. All buildings were cracked and broken, most had little to no paint, and the streets were no better, as they were covered in trash and just as cracked and broken as the buildings. The streets were mostly void of people who were too scared to leave their houses, afraid of being attacked by some monster or a local gang. This all became irrelevant to Emma once her stomach began to rumble.
"I'll have one of those... two of those... and one of those" Emma said, pointing to different items on the menu
"Medium Dr Pepper for me and how the Hell do you plan on paying for all that?"
"That'll be $15.25..." The cashier said, leading Emma to search around in her pockets
"Er..."
Alice shook his head as Emma searched fruitlessly through her pockets.
"I'll pay for it -- you being poor and all" Alice chuckled and handed over the money whilst picking up his Dr Pepper
"What do you spend your payment on?" Emma asked before taking a bite of her burger
"One third goes to Scarlet, one third to rent and the rest to crap like food and stuff"
"Why Scarlet?"
"'Coz at least I have a roof over my head, all he got is a cool hat -- and even that's messed up"
"Who is that guy, anyway?"
"Eh, homeless street performer. Aside from that, all I know is that he can kick ass with some sort of energy stuff" Alice shrugged
After finishing his drink, he wanted for Emma to finish her full course meal. After finishing, Emma washed up and then they left, continuing to Inner New York to get Emma back home.
"You've been awfully quiet since we left Super Burger, Alice... not that I mind"
"Yeah"
"Why?"
"Yeah"
"Huh?"
"Yeah"
Alice's eyes were focused only on the roof tops of the buildings, scanning everyone they walked past. He didn't really know what was following them, but it didn't really matter, as Alice was bored enough to fight just about anything.
"Someone has been watching us since we entered Super Burger..."
"Who?"
"How the Hell should I know?"
Emma reached into the jacket of her suit and took out her Silver Rose.
"I'm ready for whatever"
From the roofs jumped a man similar in appearance as the one they fought last night. However, this time he had dark brown hair and red eyes. They turned around to run, but found another one looking exactly like the one in front of them.
"Trapped and Scarlet ain't around..."
Emma took aim as they began charging at them. She let off one round in the head of the one in front of them, then another in the head of the one behind them. Those two bullets, however, were her last. As such, it was Alice's turn to fight when the brown haired men's bodies split open, letting out large winged monsters, one being black and the other being red.
"Hold this" Alice said as he slid off his black hoodie
Alice charged at the black one, jumping up and doing a round house kick to its head, then landing for a brief second on his hands before pushing himself upward, kicking the red monster in the jaw, flipping front ward in the air to land on his feet. The second he landed, the black winged creature grabbed him by the back of his head, slamming his face onto the ground and then dragging it on the street a few feet before the red one grabbed Alice by the leg and flung him hard against a wall.
Alice, however, just got up, wiped the blood from his face and smiled. Alice charged at the red monster, sliding under his right arm when it swung at him, and grabbed the bottom of its wing and flipping upward, kicking him in the back and sending him onto the ground, where Alice stood on him. There he began ripping off its wings, pulling his hardest to rip them off then throwing them onto the ground.
As he ripped off the second and final wing, the black creature flew by and grabbed him by his right arm, slamming him onto the ground and attempting to pull off his arm.
"Gargh!" Alice screamed in pain as his arm was ripped from his body
As his arm was ripped from him, his body became engulfed in a white light, changing him into what he was fighting -- a monster. His head transformed into a skeleton head with a gold crown on top, his body was now covered in armless silver armor, with huge flaming white angel wings on his back, his arms were now made of bright red ruby, his legs now covered in black spiked armor, and becoming around 10 feet tall.
Alice grabbed the black demon by the throat and broke it within a single squeeze. After he let go of the demon, he transformed back, his arm reattached. Meanwhile, up on the roof tops, a man in a black and white suit with slicked back blonde hair was watching and had been for quite awhile.
"It is about damn time" The man said as he slipped a cell phone out of his pocket and flipped it open "Yeah, this is Alan. He finally fused"
"..."
"Yeah -- we are moving into phase two. Kill the Robison's"
"...'
"Yes. They should get there within two hours"
With that said, he flipped the cell phone closed and slid it back into his pocket and began to walk away. Back down on the streets, Alice walked over to Emma to get his black hoodie.
"What the... what the Hell are you...?" Emma screamed as she began to walk backwards into an ally but soon falling, clenching Alice's hoodie close as Alice became closer
"I... I don't know..."