Chapter 27: Shark Attack
Swordfighter's character kept swimming downwards, never stopping, determined to reach his goal. The Newcomer himself guiding him to their destiny. He was focused whiles his two companions watched him play.
"How far to you think the level is?" Asked Gunner.
"Don't know till we hit the bottom." Replied Swordfighter. "But judging by the way how the water's colors is slowly getting darker, I say we're getting closer."
"I don't care how long it takes, just make sure the diver stays at one piece." Stated Brawler.
"Trust me, it won't happen on my watch. With me in control, this should roll out smoothly." Spoke the blonde.
Just then, three small shadows from the background, which slowly got larger by the second. As to imply something is coming towards the diver himself.
"What is that?!" The shooter was pointing at the black blobs on the screen, feeling a wave of worry traveling through her body.
"They look like fish." Said Sword.
"The figures are too big to be simple fish." Explained Brawler. "I'm dreading that they're a monster of some sort."
"Oh crap! Here they come!" Exclaimed the sword wielder as the shadows came into view. The black figures quickly faded from black to color. The three "fish" were apparently three blood-thirsty sharks, with bodies the size of cars and with teeth as sharp as knives. They circled around the diver, forming a continuous rotating ring, preventing the man from going further.
"Sharks?!" Spoke Gunner. "That is…Wait!" She turned around to the door, taking note of the sharks guarding the door. "Hey! The sharks on the screen look similar to the one's blocking our exit!"
"Really now?" Said Brawler, taking a quick glance. "That's too much of a coincidence for it to be random."
"Yeah, I wonder if-YAH! SWORD WATCH OUT!" Gunner pointed out, but it was too late. One of the great whites split from the circle to take a bite of the diver. The pixelated character flashed in and out a couple of times, before letting out a short yelp. After the attack, the shark went back to ring.
"It bit me!" Exclaimed Sword.
"This is a boss fight!" Stated the fist-fighter. "Look! There are health bars at the top."
Like Brawler said, there were two bars at the top of the screen. At the left side, there was a red bar with the word: "Fierce" written at the bottom. At the right side, there was a white bar with a small piece of it missing. The word: "Health" was visible under the white box.
The same shark that attacked the diver moments ago went on the offensive again. Hoping to get another taste. "Oh god! Here comes another one! Do something Sword." Gunner pleaded to her friend.
Swordfighter gripped the controller with focus. With quick flash of the joystick, he'd managed to avoid the toothed-beast; but only by a hair. 'If the sharks have a health bar, then that means they can be damaged! I wonder if this would work.' The blonde pressed the buttons on the controller, commanding the swimming to take out his harpoon gun, and fire at his attacker's head.
The harpoon soared through the water at a brisk pace, piercing the animal in the skull. The shark snarled as it tried to shake the piece of metal off of it. At this moment, Sword looked up at the boss's health, and realized it had shortened a little bit.
"You injured it!" Gunner said excitedly. "Good job! Sword!"
"Don't celebrate yet!" Chided Brawler. "The sharks are still alive." He pointed to the shark who had successfully gotten rid of the harpoon piercing its flesh. The fish growled as it swam to bite once more.
The blonde Mii was more prepared this time, he dodged the attack as the diver stabbed the animal several times. The injured shark was at its last leg, but none the less, it drove the last of its strength to kill the swimmer. However, it foolishly tried to bite once more, Sword's character maneuvered under the creature's stomach, and shot a metal spear at the predator's heart.
The Great White let out a death cry as its body flipped upside down, which then slowly floated above the fight, disappearing off screen.
"I defeated one!" Sword mentally did a fist-pump in his own mind. "Now just two more to go!"
The ring had gotten faster, doing more revolutions around the diver than previously before, and just like before: another shark separated from the ring and got real close to the swimmer.
"He's right up to my face!" Sword spoke with worry; swallowing his saliva.
"Hurry! Attack it!" The shooter told the sword wielder.
He obeyed and attempted to slash it, but the shark dodge the blade, biting the diver at its torso, taking off some health.
"Ugh! It got me!"
"It dodged your swipe?!" Questioned Gunner.
"Yeah it did! How am I going to defeat this monster if I can't attack it?"
"If I had to guess, you'll probably have to wait for an opening." Suggested the fist-fighter. "If it tries to attack, dodge it and try to hurt it. Perhaps that will work."
Sword nodded, focusing intently on the screen. After several seconds the shark winded up its tail to slam into the character. The swimmer dodged, counteracting with a stab to the snout.
The shark yelped as it maintained its distance close to pixelated man it did two tail swipes this time, moving much faster than expected. The Mii strained to keep up with the pattern but he did succeed in avoiding the fin. Now that he had his opening, Sword commanded the man to swipe his weapon at the monster's face.
With the fish on the last of its health. The animal immediately went on the offensive. Whipping his tail around 5 times at a row before finishing off with a humongous bite. The blonde gamer nearly got hit, he did fine on the fin attacks, but was caught off guard when the predator tried to crush him with its teeth. Thankfully, sword luckily evaded in time, delivering a fatal stab to the fish's neck
The Great White didn't stand a chance, it rolled its eyes as the carcass floated off screen. With Sword now defeating two enemies, he felt very confident.
"Amazing! The health bar is almost to zero! Now there is just one more to go!" Gunner said with relief.
"Yeah, it's great, but don't let your guard down." Spoke the fist-fighter. "Following game logic, this last shark without a doubt will be the most hardest to take out. Be careful Sword."
"I'll keep that in mind." The sword wielder replied to Brawler, not taking his eyes off the game.
The last shark stopped its revolution and disappeared out of sight.
"Huh? It just left!"
"Maybe it decided to leave us alone?" Suggested Gunner.
"I highly doubt that." Responded the black-haired Mii.
The shark swam at light-speed towards the diver, as it did, time began to slow on the screen; (Probably a "slow-mo" mechanic.) At that moment, a pop-up became visible on holographic square, it said:
Press the X button to attack!
Sword unfortunately, pressed the wrong button. Time began to speed up as the shark rammed into the character. It huffed liked it was laughing as it vanished off screen again.
"Was that a quick-time event?" Asked the Gamer.
"Yep, and you failed it." Answered Brawler "Stop sucking, and get good!"
The blonde gave a scowl to his friend, after which he returned his attention to the game. The animal was at it with its ramming technique. The same pop-up appeared, and Sword pressed the X button in a heartbeat.
The swimmer readied the harpoon gun and fired at the fish's nose.
It was a direct hit.
The enemy hollered as it swam to the right side of the screen, getting out of view. "It's mostly likely going to ram you again, keep your guard!" Demanded Brawler.
Predictably, the shark swam from other side, reaching the diver within a nanosecond. Prompting a subconscious twitch of the finger on the X button. The character pulled out his knife and sliced the shark on its midriff.
Screeching in pain, the Great White swam away to the top screen, getting out of the view of the camera.
"It went upwards?" Spoke a confused Gunner.
"Why did it go up? Did it retreat or something?" Asked Swordfighter.
"Have you played a video game at all?! The battle ain't over until the enemy is dead. You gotta-OH WAIT! THERE!" Lectured Brawler before he interrupted himself. The shark rammed from above, it appeared intimidating as it slowed down under the effects of the time slowing. Instinctively, Sword pressed the command button and ordered the scuba diver to fire a harpoon at the beast.
The group was surprised when the predator dodged the projectile; it achieved a barrel roll as the shark scooped up the man in its mouth. The pixelated diver attempted to pull his torso from the jaws of the Great White as it repeatedly chomped on him.
"Yah! It's eating me!"
"This can't be happening!"
"This asshole is almost dead, you can't do this to us game!"
As the three panicked, a screen of text popped up on the square, sword read it quickly, absorbing the information that was displayed on hand.
Tap all the buttons to win! HURRY!
With the threat of death hanging over his character, he mashed to controller's buttons at lightning speed, sweat dripped from his forehead as he bit his lip in anticipation.
The diver pulled out his knife and stabbed the creature multiple times in the face. The shark released the man under the intense pain it was feeling. To finish off the monster once and for all, the character pulled out his gun and shot a harpoon right between the Great White's eyes.
The boss died; blood seeped from its wounds as it sank to the darkness of the sea below. The words: BOSS DEFEATED covered half of the screen, with the enemy's empty health bar blinking several times before dissapearing completely.
"You defeated the sharks Sword! Good job!" Cheered Gunner.
"Fine job you did there Sword, that's one headache we don't have to deal with anymore."
The trio heard buzzing behind them, the Mii's turned around to see the holographic sharks by the door, twitching sporadically before fading out of existence.
"The sharks! They disappeared!" Exclaimed the shooter.
"They vanished when we destroyed the boss." Observed the fist-fighter. "Now all that remains are the piranha and the tentacles."
"Does that mean we have to defeat two more bosses so we can win the game." Asked the sword wielder. "So we can leave the bedroom and warn the others?"
"I guess." Answered Brawler. "Seems like a good strategy to take."
"Hey guys, we can continue!" Spoke Gunner, gesturing to the screen that had a pop up of a red arrow pointing down. "Should we go for it?"
"Might as well, there nothing else we can do at this point." Replied Sword.
"You do that." Commented the black-haired Mii. "I'll search the room to see if there's another way we can escape this room. Let me know if anything else happens in the game."
The gamer nodded as he focused his attention back onto the holographic square, pulling the joystick down to command the diver to resume his journey to the bottom of the sea.
Hey Guys, it's me. sorry i havn't been posting in a while, but life has gotten very bust. The good thing is i manage to make some chapters under the amount of stress i am right now. I wanted to release a chapter now because i'll be going to canada next week, and most likely wouldn't be able to continue on this fanfic till i get back.
The haitus/break is still going on, but don't worry, i'll end shortly. Perhapes sometimes next month.
I'll do my best to make sure this story is the best it could ever be.
Till next time.