Chapter 9: Remote Island Human Ranch
Kratos had been about to turn to go back to his boat when he heard a woman scream.
"No! Let me go!" In response to the woman's cries, a male voice was heard laughing.
"Put her back in her cell. We'll have to monitor her exercises more closely now, won't we?" the male voice said. Kratos was seething. He was not fond of cruelty or injustice, and from what he had just heard, that's exactly what was going on here. He had never heard of a Human Ranch before, and he wasn't sure he wanted to know what went on in this building, but will won over logic and he broke into the ranch.
Instantly, he regretted it. As soon as he entered, he was overcome by a feeling of dread and he was very uncomfortable.
"What is this place?" he said to himself as he started walking down various halls and through various corridors. As he wandered, he heard the voices again. 'Must be getting close…'
"All right. Back in your cell. From now on, you'll come in with the rest of them!" the male voice said again.
"You're a monster!" the female cried.
"Ha, ha, ha, ha! That's where you're wrong! Another stunt like that, and this gets removed." Kratos couldn't tell what the man was referring to, but apparently, it was very important because the woman gasped.
"How can you do this to people? It's inhumane! It's injustice!" The sound of metal on metal. He heard footsteps headed his way, so he flattened himself against the nearest wall and watched the man walk by.
As soon as he was out of sight, and hearing distance, Kratos made his move. He jumped out into the corridor (this would be where the 'Mission Impossible' theme kicks in -) and walked slowly through the corridors until he saw a crying woman. This was clearly the woman the man had been threatening. Another step forward and her head shot up.
"W---Who are you?" the frightened girl, surely no more than nineteen or twenty, stood up and moved to the back wall of the cell.
"I heard you screaming earlier, and I had to find you."
"Answer the question! Who are you?"
"My name is of no importance right now. We have to get you out of here."
"You're crazy! There is no way out! I've tried!"
"Shhh! No need for raised voices. We'll draw unwanted attention."
"I suppose you have a way off this rock?"
"There is a boat outside. We can use that."
"Whose boat is it?" the girl asked suspiciously.
"Mine. Now do you want out of here or not?"
"Why are you doing this?" the woman stepped up to the bars.
"Because I cannot stand for this. A scream like what I heard earlier could only be the result of torture and cruelty." Kratos stepped up to the lock on the cell door and pulled a pick out of the wrist of one of his gloves.
"What are you doing?"
"What does it look like?" Kratos returned as the door swung open. He offered his hand. "I'm breaking you out." The woman took his hand and stepped cautiously out of the cell.
"You know how dangerous this guy is?"
"I have been in numerous dangerous situations. I think I can handle this one." They ran for the exit. In practically no time, they were outside and next to Kratos' boat. As he handed her in, the man who had been yelling at her came barreling through the door.
"Get your hands off of her!" he shouted. Kratos told her to stay in the boat, drew his sword and faced the man.
"And what if I don't?"
"I'll kill you both!" he turned to his guards. "Retrieve A-201 now! I want her back!"
"Yes, sir!" they saluted and ran towards the boat. Kratos smirked and held up his sword. He waited.
"What are you doing?" the girl yelled.
Finally, the time was right. "Double Demon Fang!" Kratos shouted, swinging the sword and hitting the ground. Instantly, the guards went down. The girl, A-201, gasped. Kratos jumped into the boat and rowed off before the man got any closer.
"Come back here! Come back with our experiment!" But Kratos didn't hear. He had managed to get them far enough away.
"How did you do that?" the girl asked.
"What? The Double Demon Fang? It's a fairly simple sword technique…"
"Where did you learn it?"
"I basically taught myself a bunch of sword techniques. Who was that man?"
"Kvar. He's the leader of that ranch. Now, who are you?"
"My name is Kratos Aurion. And you are…?"
"Anna. Anna Irving."
YAY! This is where it gets good! If I got which ranch Anna was at or her number, I apologize. I have limited resourses XX Does anyone know how to get Kratos to learn Shining Bind? cuz i found a clip on youtube where he used it. Hehas a nice japanese voice