Judgement to Lady Liberty of Death
"Masane, you know that sexy blue?" Jack asked after slicing the last two Red Eyes.
"Yeah, she's from the other world like us but she was an enemy who tried to take the Witchblade from me back when it was just one." Masane explained.
"Oh, it's nice that you remember me. Like the time I have beaten you up during our first fight." Shiori said playfully.
"Yeah, and you tried to kill my dad on a boat." Rihoko reminded a little angry.
"Your dad, wait… you're Reiji Takayama?!" Shiori gasped as she holds the child up.
"It's kind of a long story." Rihoko said.
"Which also involves how you're here alive." Masane added.
"That will have to wait, we need to find our target and end this before more cities and people get hurt." Jack reminded the two girls of the mission they're on.
"Right, we need to find the Lady Liberty fast." Rihoko said as she gets herself down from Shiori's arms.
"You mean the statue? I was actually there when all that weird dark stuff appeared and the next thing I know, monsters are running around trying to destroy the city." Shiori explained.
"That's why we're here, to take care of the one causing all this mess by killing the source." Jack stated holding out his sword.
"Wow, you certainly are a brave one." Shiori commented.
"Got a name, handsome?" Shiori asked flirting a little.
"Jack Ripper, pleasure to meet you." Jack smirked with a wink.
Suddenly they felt an earthquake for a couple of seconds and saw a giant pillar of flames raising toward the sky and it came down at a distraction opposite of the group then heard a big explosion causing another earthquake.
"I'm gonna guess that was our target's doing." Masane pointed out.
"That's been happening for a few times, the crazy monster that was a statue of a peaceful woman is trying to destroy the city one part at a time." Shiori mentioned.
"Then it's only a matter of time before the whole city is in ruins, we have to stop her!" Rihoko determined.
"Damn right, we are! Now let just hope all this destruction hasn't blocked the way to the island where the statue is." Jack said.
"Actually, I think I may know a way to get there faster." Shiori said getting the group's attention. She told them to follow her and even though Masane has her doubt, she didn't have any choice but to follow the blue woman.
(Later)
"I can't believe we're flying a rocket in New York city!" Masane shouted as the group are currently inside a rocket Shiori while surviving the Wires in the city.
"Guys, we got Flying Wires attacking us!" Rihoko alerted as outside the rocket, the Wires as monster birds are tackling the rocket and some attach themselves to the rocket with their talons to tear the rocket apart.
"We need to get them off." Jack said.
"I'll can go out and handle them." Shiori volunteered as she unbuckled herself and head for the door.
"Not without me you're not." Masane said going for this crazy idea too.
"Okay, just try not to slow me down." Shiori smirked. Masane smirks back and the two climbs outside the rocket.
"Let see if you birds will like my shiny thing!" Shiori charged at the Wire-bird slashes across the chest making the monster screech while being forced to let out and flew backward off the rocket, then got roasted by the rocket's flame.
Masane dodge a pecking attack from one Wire-bird and stab its neck, grab the head and swings it around a few times before throwing it away smacking into another Wire-bird and sliced off an incoming one then stopped another one charging at her with her arm-sword stabbed through the chest. Shiori slashes at some of the Wire-birds that were trying to get on the rocket but were met with her scythe-blade through their bodies until one snatch up her with its feet, Shiori quickly swings herself up hitting the bottom beck with her feet and got on the back. She stabs one sharp end of her sword-arm and began steering the monster bird around like a car and flew to few other Wire-birds slices them dead and head back to the rocket, killing it before landing next to Masane back to back.
"So, is how things are here in this world?" Shiori asked.
"You could say that." Masane answered before slicing another incoming Wire-bird through the neck and chest.
Back inside the rocket, Rihoko and Jack are trying their best to keep the rocket steady until they spotted the target. The giant statue that was once Lady Liberty, but now it's a giant dark woman with a spiker crown and wild long hair, glowing vicious red eyes, in its two hands that were the torch and stone tablet were replaced with a flaming sword and a dark shield with a skull symbol on it.
"Whoa, never thought I see Lady Liberty having a bad day." Rihoko joked while being scared a little.
"She's gonna having a worst day with me, ram this rocket toward that monster!" Jack ordered.
"WHAT?! Jack, are you crazy?!" Rihoko gasped.
"Look, we need to take Monster Liberty down long enough for us to deal with the one controlling it." Jack explained the purpose of this crazy plan.
"And if this rocket doesn't knock her down?" Rihoko asked.
"Then we'll just have to take the giant lady on." Jack said taking out his sword a little before putting it back in the sheath, Rihoko sighs in defeat.
"…Okay, but if we die from this, I'm so going to kill you!" Rihoko threatened and push the steering wheel forward making the rocket go full speed toward the Monster Liberty.
"Whoa, Rihoko, why is the rocket heading toward the Monster Liberty fast?" Masane asked with the earphone.
"Jack's idea, we're going to ram the rocket into it, so better be ready to jump." Rihoko replied.
"WHAT?!" Masane freaked out.
The Monster Liberty try to destroy the rocket with its flaming sword, but Rihoko managed to steer the rocket to the right narrowly dodging the giant sword. Jack quickly got Rihoko off her pilot seat and jump high above the rocket, Masane and Shiori quickly follow him as the rocket hit the monster on the chest forcing down on its knee as the group lands on the head.
"Man, you sure found yourself a crazy adventure." Shiori commented to Masane.
"Hehe, yeah." Masane chuckled.
"It would seem you wish to stand in the way of true justice." A woman voice said getting everyone on guard and ready to fight.
At the center of the head, something came out through a dark aura showing herself to be a woman dressing up like the Lady Liberty only her outfit is all black and has glowing red eyes too.
"Rosie…" Rihoko whispered to herself, feeling sad that the woman who was kind-hearted became a monster like this.
"You've been causing a lot of trouble in the Big Apple, and we're here to end to that." Jack said.
"Fools, why bother saving something that can never be saved. On the outside, the city may seem like a great place, but the inside is the true color: rotten." Rosie stated.
"Oh really, from what we heard about you: you were the kind of woman who wouldn't give up on hope and kept working hard for a bright future. What ever happened to that woman?" Jack asked.
"…I've seen the truth." Rosie said.
"The truth?" Masane confused.
"The truth of human's true nature, I have seen how few humans would only care more about themselves and will get whatever they want in cold-blooded finding death amusing, even the ones who enforces the law are more corrupted than you realize." Rosie growled.
"I can understand that, people think they can get advantage of anything just because they're either rich or how the authority to do it getting away without any consequences. Some would even treat others with lower statues of themselves like they're a bunch of nobodies." Shiori stated.
"But not everyone is like that, there are good people out there who wants to help them like donations for charity and saving the environment along with the animals. There all kinds of people who want to help the world and its people." Masane said.
"Yes, I used to think like that too, but I realized that I was naïve to believe that." Rosie glared as the dark aura around her grows fiercer.
"Rosie, what truth did you saw?" Rihoko asked.
"…I saw men in black suits, taking some people away. I followed them and saw the horrible thing: the people were being tortured and killed with blood gushing everywhere on the walls and floor. I even saw their organs being torn out, that was when my spirit broke and I lost my belief. There was nothing but darkness inside my heart." Rosie explained the truth of what happened to her and why she became like this.
"My god, anyone would go insane from seeing a sight like that." Masane commented.
"I intend on bringing judgement to the world, and if you wish to stand in my way… prepare for the Liberty of Death!" Rosie summoned a flaming sword and shield like the Monster liberty.
"Guess it's time to for the boss fight." Shiori said as she raises her sword-arm.
"Rihoko, keep your distance away from here." Masane ordered as Rihoko nodded.
"The job… Killer is Dead." Jack pulled out his sword.
(Music: Killer is Dead Battle Theme)
Roise fire a flaming slash at the group as the shatter to avoid the attack, Jack charge at Rosie clashing his blade against hers struggling for a bit until she pushes him away and start unleashing a furry of slashes as Jack parry them. Masane runs around and attack at the side with her sword-arm thrust forward, but Rosie was able to see it coming and block the attack with her shield and Shiori jumps at her from behind though Rosie swings her fire-sword around to smack her away.
"Man, that burns." Shiori groaned.
"We've dealt with tough fire before." Masane assumed that they can handle this.
"Then it's time to unleash the Darkness of Justice." Rosie raised her sword and the burning sword suddenly turns all black.
"Be careful, she's about to do something crazy." Jack warned.
Rosie unleash a dark-slash at Masane who dodges it letting the Wire-bird being the target instead and when it got hit, the Wire-bird got sucked into the slash until there was nothing left as the slash disappeared.
"Don't let them hit you or else you'll be pull in!" Masane alerted the others.
"Darkness will consume everything, that is the darkness of justice." Rosie hold up her shield and dark vortex forms around it creating a powerful vacuum that trying to suck them in.
Jack and the older women piece their blades down on the Monster Liberty's head to keep themselves from getting pulled in by the vortex, Rihoko was lucky that she not within the range of the vortex. A large piece of metal of the head starts to come off and pulled toward the vortex shield as it gets suck into then the vortex stops.
"It stops?" Rihoko wondered why did Rosie stopped the vortex.
Jack took this change to charge at blinding speed to slash at Rosie who reacted quickly blocking the attack with her dark sword though the force behind the red blade managed to push her back about six feet. Didn't want to let Rosie take a moment rest, Masane and Shiori charge at together while swapping to different sides to confuse their enemy and attack together even though they never worked together like this before, it still force Rosie on the defense to block their attacks until she slams her sword down unleashing a dark explosion that sent them flying.
That when Rosie saw her shield glowing purple for a second.
"Good, it's ready again." Rosie smirked.
"Ah!" Rihoko realized.
Rosie perform her dark vortex again trying to suck the two in, Masane and Shiori keep themselves in place though the force is still powerful making it a struggle.
"Jack!" Rihoko quickly ran to him. "Her shield seems to have a limit of how big the object it can suck, and it takes time for her shield to recharge until she can use it again." She informed.
"Interesting, and I think I've just gotten in idea. Masane, you and Shiori jump toward Rosie." Jack said through the earphone.
"What, are you crazy? We'll get suck in." Masane pointed out.
"Just make sure she focuses on you; I'm going to attack her from behind." Jack planned.
"Fine… but that doesn't mean I like it." Masane groaned before turning to Shiori.
"Hey Shiori, let show this bitch how crazy we can be in battle!" Masane said before letting herself go and jump letting the vortex pulling do its thing.
"Oh, I'm loving this!" Shiori smirked following Masane's lead.
"Fools! You're only following toward your death!" Rosie proclaimed.
"We'll see about that!" Masane yelled.
Masane look at Shiori and she nodded almost like they were reading each other's minds and Shiori slams her scythe-blade to the ground making herself upside-down for a moment for Masane to connect her feet to Shiori, then with a mighty push that launches Masane out of the vortex pull and right above Rosie shocking her. The red hair Witchblade wielder swing her arm-sword down to be blocked by Rosie's dark sword, which was she wanted as Jack ran the moment Rosie focus her attention on Masane.
"Killer is Dead!" Jack performed a powerful quick-draw slash through the middle part of her torso that send a shockwave.
The vortex stops and Rosie just stood there for a few seconds until she slowly starts to slide off her lower part and blood pouring out making a little pool for Rosie to soak in.
(Music End)
"I… lost…" Rosie said with blood coming out of her mouth.
"You only have yourself to blame for becoming a bitch like this." Shiori pointed out.
"You…" Rosie look at Jack. "You remind me of a man who wields a sword, he came to be asking if I wanted power to make right. I accepted it hoping to show the world its true colors." Rosie said before coughing blood.
"Well, now you have lots of time to think about it in hell." Jack said.
Rosie slowly closes her eyes with a single tear and the life in her body vanished as the Dark Matter started to become undone, Lady Liberty is back to normal standing tall and green like before.
"So, where do I sign up?" Shiori asked.
(KID Office)
"My god, I can't believe Rosie witness something like that." The janitor gasped aftering hearing about Rosie's death.
"Oh, Rosie, I'm so sorry that I couldn't prevent this from happening." The janitor cried.
"Don't worry, I believe Rosie can now rest in peace with the darkness gone." Rihoko assured.
"Thank you, now Rosie won't have to avenging me." The janitor smiled.
"Wait, avenge you?" Shiori confused as did the others.
"Being tortured by those men until I died on the night, I was going to ask Rosie to marry me, but now we can be together." The janitor smiled before his body became transparent and disappeared.
"No way… did we just…?"
"Made a deal with a ghost?! Man, that's like the third time this year our clients were dead, and we didn't get paid at all." Mika complained.
"Wait, you made deals with the supernatural before?" Rihoko asked shock.
"Well, it doesn't matter as long as the job is done!" Mika clapped her hands.
"Shiori Tsuzuki, right? I officially welcome you the Kill Is Dead organization!" Mika cheered.
"Thanks, glad to be here." Shiori excited.
KO a new chapter is done and hope you all enjoy it!
The Big Apple job is complete and now KID has a new member, Shiori Tsuzuki after helping the team dealing with the darken Rosie and decided to live with them since she got nowhere to go and hope to find Doctor Reina, which maybe sooner than expected. Although, it was unexpected to find out that their client was a ghost all along, but they still did a great job on averaging the two lovers.
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