Vyser: Howdy everyone,
I've returned with the next chapter. And who should be with me this
time but the master of machines himself…Give it up for Tech!
(A
lot of booing and people yelling 'get off the stage you mechanical
freak-a-zoid' as Tech runs next to Vyser)
Tech: Aw shut up you bunch of jerks.
Vyser: Well they do have probable cause…Let's look at the list shall we?
Tech: I'm sure that the list isn't that long. (Vyser then unfurls a long list that extends far across the room they're both in.) Holy crap!
Vyser: Let's start with the first thing on the list…You killed Zeek's father and then made Zeek a slave with a dark spirit. Shall we continue?
Tech: I'd rather get the chapter on. Vyser doesn't own ToS or the characters you all submitted.
Vyser: Next on the list, you set fire to an old man's beard…that's just cruel.
Tech: That old geezer had it coming! He kept on whacking me with his wooden cane.
Vyser: You stole his wallet.
Tech: On with the chapter!
Vyser: We're not done yet though!
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Chapter 41: The One Machine Army
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When the light that had engulfed the two Gyros died down, there were a total of four Gyros now. Lloyd and Colette looked worried as Kai began to laugh.
"How can you defeat an increasing army?" laughed Kai as the many Gyros began to growl. "Especially seeing as how each of them is getting a bonus boost of energy thanks to my demonic power. Maybe you should give up and wait for me to slaughter your past, present and future."
"No matter what how many Gyros there are, we'll never give up," Lloyd replied as he gripped his swords harder.
"Just what I wanted you to say," chuckled Kai as he snapped his fingers. "Kill the girl, but leave Lloyd barely alive."
"Die!" the four Gyros all yelled at the same time as they ran with each of their four arm blades out pointed towards Lloyd and Colette. "Kill! Slaughter!"
Lloyd put up his blades to block the two Gyros' blades with some difficulty; Colette was able to dodge the attacks barely, each one coming in closer. The two were on the defensive while Kai was leaning against the wall looking bored.
"This is my battle, yet I have pawns do my work," commented Kai as he watched Colette throw her charmakans causing the two Gyros to jump to the left and the right walls. "Maybe I should join."
"Damn it! Don't these guys tire?" Lloyd moaned as he pushed back the two Gyros that were attacking him.
Lloyd managed to see that the two Gyros that Colette was facing were on the right and left walls near Colette. Then, the two Gyros leapt of from the walls with their blades spinning. Jus as Lloyd began to run to help Colette, the two Gyros which he was facing both used their four arms to restrict Lloyd from proceeding. Lloyd watched as Colette tried to attack with her charmakans, only to have the Gyros simply dive to the ground and then jump back into the air.
"COLETTE!" yelled Lloyd as he struggled to be free and the other two Gyros were getting closer to Colette.
"Yes! Kill her!" commanded Kai as many lights appeared from the stairs that led downstairs.
"Photon!"
"Fire Ball!"
"Icicle Storm!"
"Spirit Cannon!"
Suddenly the many attacks of white, fire, ice and silver energy blasted into the four Gyros sending them all to the ground. Kai, Lloyd and Colette looked to see everyone on the stairs. Genis, Raine, Zelos, Sheena, Suzu, Jet, Zeek (who was leaning on Sera's shoulder) Sera, Locke, Luna, Duke, Dai, Heath and Kratos were standing there on the top of the stairs.
"You started the party with out us already? That's rude," Zelos commented as Kai growled loudly.
"Those other foolish Mecano Generals failed?" asked Kai as everyone turned towards him.
"Yeah, they dropped like flies," Duke answered as the four Gyros began to rise.
"More of these fiends?" questioned Kratos as everyone drew his or her weapons.
"Geeze, Tech sure was creative when he gave powers to these guys," Genis said as light began to engulf the Gyros once more.
"Guys! They can multiply!" announced Colette as Kai drew his extremely powerful broadsword.
"You fools, I'll make sure that none of you ever leave this room alive," Kai stated as the light that surrounded the Gyros died down to reveal now there were fourteen Gyros each with their arm blades and ready to fight.
"Bring it on!" yelled Zeek as Sera set him down by the stairs.
"You're not fighting, you may have been healed by Raine, but you're still in no condition to fight," Sera replied as Zeek tried to get up but Sera pushed him back down. "You're not fighting."
"And don't try to sneak in, cause I can read your mind remember?" said Locke as everyone in the group (except Zeek) began to fight the many Gyros.
"These aren't the ones I wanted to face anyway," Zeek thought as he turned to see his friends fight the many foes. "I've got one target in my mind."
"I'll finally have my revenge," said Kai as he faced Lloyd head on. "You'll suffer from what to did to my demon kind."
"Then face me in a fair fight, leave my friends and family out of this," Lloyd replied as he looked to see everyone fight the many Gyros.
"I would, but I needed Gyro to make sure your allies wouldn't interfere in this bout of ours," answered Kai as his dark armor began to glow purple. "Now have a taste of my Dark Blitzkrieg!"
Kai then jumped into the air as a powerful aura surrounded him and he quickly charged at Lloyd, who at the last second managed to block the attack, but Kai then disappeared only to reappear behind Lloyd to deliver a powerful kick to Lloyd's back. As Lloyd was falling to the ground, Kai appeared in front of Lloyd again to bring down a powerful slash through Lloyd's stomach; thankfully Lloyd managed to dodge by bending backwards. Kai then disappeared once more.
"Impressive technique," Lloyd said as he turned to slash at Kai who had just appeared. "But a little predictable."
"I'll show you predictable!" roared Kai as he launched a powerful slash towards Lloyd who managed to dodge and counter attack.
"Rising Falcon!" Lloyd announced as he jumped into the air and slammed his two swords into Kai's huge blade.
"You'll have to do better than that," mocked Kai as he pushed back Lloyd.
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Meanwhile, we find Kratos easily dealing with the Gyro he was facing, Luna and Duke were fending off their foes that actually were able to dodge easily. Jet and Suzu were locked blades with the Gyros. Locke was in the same boat only he was having a hard time trying to keep up with the Gyro who kept on slicing at him. Dai and Heath had dodged at the last second causing the two Gyros they were fighting to crash into each other. The others were fighting their own way. From the near top floor, we find Tech working on a last minute backpack like project while actually watching the group fighting the many Gyros on many plasma screens.
"And there we go," Tech thought as he put away his blowtorch, put on the backpack project and turned to watch the battles on the plasma screens. "Ah…Kai, you've decided to use your demonic power. Hhhmmm? What's this? Zoom in on camera 7 to the floor."
The camera then switched to show Zeek crawling on the ground, while dodging the attacks caused his friends attacks and the opponent's attacks. Tech just chuckled as he watched Zeek crawling.
"So…Zeek has finally get revenge for all I've done, and as for you Kai, you thought you could trick me?" chuckled Tech as he walked over to his desk and pressed a button on the desk. "Might as well make this interesting…Activate voice commands, make the floor on the level where the battle is taking place to…"
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"Now, Lloyd…" Kai said as he pointed his blade directly towards Lloyd who was on the ground. "This is the time for you to die!"
Just as Kai was about to stab Lloyd, the ground began to glow white, this got everyone to stop fighting and look down.
"What the heck is happening?" asked Sera as suddenly the floor disappeared under everyone except Zeek, this caused everyone except Zeek to fall to the lower floors.
"Ooh, that's got to hurt," commented Zeek as suddenly the floor reappeared and a holographic image of Zeek appeared in front of Zeek.
"Zeek, I'm surprised that Skull didn't kill you," Tech said as Zeek struggled to stand up. "Ah, it appears that you've received a few scars from him."
"Shut up, it's about time that you pay for what you've done to me," replied Zeek as Tech chuckled.
"Then by all means, come get me," Tech said as Zeek stepped through the hologram of Tech and walked towards the stairs.
"Father, soon…you'll be avenged," thought Zeek as he slowly stepped on the stairs.
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Meanwhile, back with the rest of the group, we find them all piled up on each other on top of the Gyros. Kai had landed on his head on the hard steel floor, while Lloyd had landed on his back. All of the Gyros looked dazed and were moaning.
"What just happened?" Duke asked as everyone but the Gyros stood up.
"Dang it Tech," growled Kai as he lifted his sword. "He's behind that little trick."
"Looks like your army is down for the count," Zelos commented as Kai chuckled.
"Looks can deceive, you former chosen," replied Kai as the many Gyros stood up each with their own piercing eyes glaring at the group. "Now, I may be just getting this from Gyro…but, I might as well face you with honor."
"That seems out of character," Jet commented as suddenly the many Gyros tackled a majority of the group…all except Lloyd, Colette, Sera, and Kratos…till they were pinned to the wall.
"What the heck?" questioned Sheena as the Gyros extended their arm blades and held them up to the group's neck?
"Let them go," Lloyd growled as Kai began to laugh again.
"Not till my revenge is complete…and also for a last course I'll kill them," replied Kai as he pointed his blade towards Lloyd, Sera, Colette and Kratos. "Now then, time to die!"
Kai just jumped into the air as the group of four drew their weapons. Kai's blade was then engulfed into a dark aura, Lloyd and Sera jumped to the right while Kratos and Colette jumped to the left dodging the attack. As soon as Kai brought the blade to the ground a huge crater was formed. Kai quickly turned directly towards Kratos and Lloyd as they turned around to block the powerful sword attack. Before Lloyd could slash at Kai with his other sword, Kai managed to jump backwards to dodge the slash.
"He's quick," Kratos said as Kai landed on his left hand.
"I was actually hoping for a challenge," commented Kai as Colette threw her charmakans directly at Kai, who just used his hand to push himself into the air to dodge the charmakans, then while in the air he turned towards Colette and Sera. "But I can see that was just a fantasy. And now, say goodbye to your present and future Lloyd! Shadow Blade!"
Kai quickly brought down his dark aura engulfed blade towards Sera and Colette, only to have Sera raise her swords to block the attack. As the blades connected, the aura began to fall to the ground creating another crater that seemed to push Sera down with it.
"What is this?" Sera asked as the crater began to grow.
"My aura can make a gravitational force able to crush my opponents…hope you enjoyed the last thing you will ever hear again other than your screams!" yelled Kai as his aura began to use more.
Before more of the aura poured down on Sera and Colette, Lloyd had slashed at Kai who barely dodged ending his attack…unfortunately, Lloyd's attack had cut off a little of Kai's hair. Kai watched as his hair fell…but his anger was rising.
"NO ONE MESSES WITH THE DO!" roared Kai as he charged at Lloyd. "DIE!"
Just as Kai was about to slash Lloyd, Lloyd raised his swords blocking the attack. Kai returned his blade and charged again, this time Lloyd slashed first causing Kai to jump over the swords. When Kai landed on the ground, he quickly slammed his blade onto Lloyd who was able to dodge to the left and counter attack by slashing Kai in the right arm. Kai quickly jumped backwards while keeping his sights on his foes, when he landed, a few droplets of blood appeared on the ground.
Kai just roared as he shook off the attack and charged at Lloyd again. Before Kai even had a chance to bring down his blade on Lloyd, Kratos appeared right in front Kai.
"Enough!" Kratos yelled as he rapidly slashed Kai, till Kai managed to jump away wounded however.
"I'll never give up! No matter how many times you slash me!" roared Kai as a dark aura engulfed his body. "Shadow…"
"Judgement!" Colette announced as many bright lights slammed down onto Kai.
Kai's aura seemed to disappear as his armor began to crack in many places. As the light attack finished, Kai looked up just in time to see Sera charge at him. Before Kai could even lift his blade, Sera had crossed slashed Kai right in the chest…sending the demonic being flying through the air till landed on his back. Kai's blood began to drip on to the ground as he stood up groaning and panting,
"Damn you…you bastards…" growled Kai as he slammed his blade in front of him into the ground. "I don't care anymore…"
"Does that mean you'll stop trying to kill us?" Colette asked as Kai broke into laughter.
"Hell no! I just…don't care if…I live to see…your deaths…I'll destroy everything in this building…along with myself…to kill you all…" laughed Kai through his panting and a dark aura appeared around his body and sword. "This may take an extremely large portion of my demonic power…but it's worth it…Shadow Deva…"
Before Kai even had a chance to finish, many robotic hands grabbed his arms and legs. Lloyd, Kratos, Sera and Colette were shocked to see the many Gyros holding onto Kai. They had returned to normal (as normal can be) and released their allies.
"Kai! You'll pay for ending a great battle," all of the Gyros said in unison before they turned towards Lloyd and the others. "We…I…us…Gyro! Apologize, Lloyd and hope maybe that we can have an honorable fight one day in the future."
"You got it," replied Lloyd as the many Gyros smiled at Kai.
"Come Kai…we've got some…terms to discuss…with our fists," the Gyros said as Kai gulped and the Gyros began to drag Kai out of the room.
"Not the face!" yelled Kai after the Gyros pulled Kai out of the room and many punching sounds were heard.
"Well, that certainly was an interesting fight," Genis commented.
"At least, we can go straight for Tech now," said Raine as Heath noticed something.
"Hey guys…Where's Zeek?" Heath asked as everyone looked around and then all of their eyes widened.
"He wouldn't…" said Sheena before they all ran up the stairs to get back to where Zeek was.
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Zeek had just reached the floor that had Tech's office on it, as he passed through many doors till he reached the office with the chair behind the desk was facing away from him. Zeek pulled out his dagger and anger filled his eyes.
"Tech! This ends now! For all you've done to me…For all you made me do!" Zeek yelled as he used all of his strength to run up to the desk and stab through the back. "That was too easy…"
As Zeek turned the chair, he was shocked to see it empty. Before Zeek said a thing, a mechanical tentacle grabbed him by the neck behind, Zeek tried to pry himself from being choked. The tentacle turned Zeek to see Tech standing before him with the tentacle coming from a backpack on his back. Tech just chuckled as he watched Zeek struggle.
"Zeek…what kind of villain do you take me for?" asked Tech after he finished chuckling and pulled Zeek closer. "You realize that with one thought of my mind…I can break your neck easily. And you're in rough condition as it is. I'm giving you a chance to walk away."
"I'll never give up…not till you pay for what you did to my father," Zeek choked as Tech chuckled.
"I see, then very well," said Tech before he made the tentacle throw Zeek into the desk shattering it due to the force. "Then…your purpose on this world will be no more!"
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Vyser: Well, that was a certain cliffhanger, like many chapters I've done before…Oh, I just remembered I've finally got my scanner to work, so I'll be able to put my drawings on my homepage of my original characters…I hope. Anyway review please!
