Chapter 29: Frenzy
"Ugh, god! How long till we reach the bottom? It feels like we've been swimming for forever!" Complained Brawler as he tried to nap on the bed.
The diver has been continuous swimming downwards, dodging floating trash and avoiding large predators to survive until he reached his destiny. "Actually Brawler." Chimed in Gunner, looking at the clock. "It's been about an hour and half since Swordfighter played the game."
"It was rhetorical question, smart ass." Spat the fist-fighter as he closed his eyes.
"You know what Brawler; that was really rude of you."
"I don't care."
"Guys, stop your whining! I think I entered a new area." Swordfighter interrupted, gripping his controller with pristine concentration. The character had entered a naval minefield, hundreds if not thousands of rusty bombs littered the area; becoming very visible in the pitch blackness of the background.
Gunner scratched her head. "Why are there explosives at the bottom of the ocean?"
"Well, I don't know. Why are we being held captive against our will until we play this damn game? Who cares?" Sarcastically said Brawler. "Don't look too deep into it. (Pun not-intended.) Let's just reach our goal and call it a day. I'm starting to get annoyed as hell."
"And you wonder why no like you." Swordfighter muttered to himself.
"What was that?" Inquired the black-haired Mii.
"Nothing, let's go."
The diver had only went down several feet when the sounds of multiple high-pitched shrieking startled the trio. "More monsters?" Asked Sword.
"Maybe that isn't the case, it could just be a cheap way of the game scaring us." Rationalized Gunner.
Behind the diver, many small glowing white eyes were begin to materialize. The light began to reveal a large school of piranha salivating at the chance to fill their bellies. "Ah…dammit." Spoke Brawler upon realizing the situation they were in.
The school immediately swarmed the character and did a series of biting and swimming, the player's health bar was rapidly decreasing. "They're doing a number on you!" Shouted the shooter.
"Hold on, I'm going to try knifing them." Sword ordered the diver to pull out his blade to swipe at the carnivores; whiles the attack did kill a good deal of the fish, it wasn't enough to kill them all.
"You can't fight them like that when their swarming you, you have to get away!" Said Brawler.
"But-"
"Just do it Sword! You can kill them when you're at a safe distance!" Brawler yelled with panic at the top of his lungs.
With a quick movement of his hand, he commanded the diver to swim away, in response, the school of predators chased after the man. Hunting like no tomorrow.
"Let's try to evade them!" Said Gunner.
"No, we have to kill them!"
"Kill them? Sword tried that and only got a couple, not to mention he lost a lot of health in doing so."
"It's a boss, Gunner! You're supposed to kill it. That's how these things normally work!"
"Well this isn't a normal video game."
"Everyone! Shut up!" Shouted the blonde. "I'll decide what we do!" He looked at the screen intensely, formulating a plan in his mind. 'Those piranha did a lot of damage to me, I don't think I'll be able to defeat them with my current weapons, I should book it.'
"We're going to swim away from them, hopefully they'll give up their chase." Stated the sword wielder.
"That's a great idea!" Replied Gunner.
"This idea is borderline retarded." The fist-fighter spat frustratingly. "I would've never even consider something so naive."
"Deal with it Brawler, I'm the one holding the controller."
Following the shooter's suggestions, he commanded the diver to swim as fast and far as he could from the pursuing piranha, navigating through the underwater minefield to do so.
After 15 minutes however, it became apparent that the current plan wasn't working, the swimmer wasn't getting any closer to the bottom, it was like the character was in a never-ending loop, passing by the same area over and over again. To make matters worse, the piranha were getting closer, slowly but surely, they will reach the man to gobble up the human's flesh.
"Okay, I think it's safe to say this is not working out." Gunner admitted, rubbing the back of her neck uncomfortably.
"Gee, ya think!" The black-haired Mii responded harshly. "Can we now kill them? Pretty please with sugar on top!" He answered in a mocking tone.
Sword turned his neck to look at his teammates. "But how? My knife wasn't really effective against them, I doubt my spear gun will be effective either. I-"
"OH, GOD SWORD! WATCH OUT!" Gunner screamed as she pointed to the screen. The Mii dressed in blue looked back at the game to see what she was freaking on about, his heart skipped a beat when he realized he was swimming towards a mine.
Sword frantically tapped the buttons to command the diver to slow to a grinding halt, only inches away from the bomb. "That was a close one." The fighter sighed.
"HEY ASSHOLE." Brawler shouted as he tapped on the blonde's shoulder. "AREN'T YOU FORGETTING SOMETHING!?"
The blade wielder raiser his head to find the piranha getting closer to the diver. With the pulse of his hand, he commanded the man to dodge the attack, allowing the swarm to slam into the bomb.
The bomb detonated, creating a fantastic explosion that killed a third of the school. Dead fish floated upward off-screen as the rest of the piranha shrieked in pain. On the upper-left corner of the screen, a new health bar appeared. Upon materializing, a third of it disappeared, leaving two halves behind.
"It got hurt?" Stammered Gunner.
"It got damaged when it rammed into the mine." Observed Brawler.
"That must be it." Said Sword. "If my weapons won't work, then I'll use the environment to my advantage."
"You mean exploding the mines to kill the fish?" Asked Gunner.
"Exactly."
"Alright, if you're going to do that, be aware of the bombs when you're trying to set up a trap, we wouldn't want you to explode yourself on accident." Replied the fist-fighter.
The piranha stopped its stunned animation and continued its pursuit towards the scuba diver.
"It's coming after you again!" Exclaimed the female Mii.
"No big deal, just trick it into going into a mine. It worked last time." Said Brawler.
However, the school formed itself into a make-shift hammer, preparing to swing itself onto the diver's back. "OH CRAP!" Panicked Sword as he pressed the buttons to command the 2D character to barely dodge the attack. The swarm disassembled and started to get close to Sword's character, waiting for the right moment to strike.
"They're forming themselves into weapons now? Greattttttt." Brawler said sarcastically.
"Got any ideas on how to deal with this Sword?" Gunner asked calmly.
It took a few seconds before Swordfighter responded. "Yeah, I think I have one. Hope it works."
The blonde positioned the character near a mine, standing very still in front of the piranha. One cue, the school of fish assembled themselves again, and took another swing.
The diver dodged out of the way and tricked the predators into slamming into the bomb, it exploded and caused the boss to lose more health. There was only a solid chunk of it left.
The blade wielder celebrated his minor victory. "Ha! Defeated them a second time. The next blow will surely kill them. This is easy as-"
The piranha suddenly disbanded their group and swarmed the diver, continuing their first strategy from before; biting and running. The trio's hearts stopped when they saw the health bar ticking down.
"The bar is going down again! But its going slower this time. I wonder why?" Said Gunner.
"Never mind that, we got bigger issues to fry!" Brawler yelled. "Sword swim away from them!"
"On it!"
Pressing on the buttons, he commanded the diver to evade.
But it was fruitless.
The piranha were right onto top of the swimmer, continuing their non-ending assault. If the Mii's fail to find a way to defeat the fish in time, it will be game over.
"This is not good! We can't escape their grasp!" Stated Gunner.
"We'll be nothing but bones if this keeps up. DAMMIT!" Brawler shouted in anger as he slammed his fist into the bed frame.
"No!" Sword growled. "We came so far to fail now!"
"Sword, if you have any ideas on how to deal with these monsters, go for it." Encouraged his female pal.
"And do it quickly! We're running out of time!" Spat Brawler.
Sword brain was running on the speed of light, going through the various methods on how to kill the piranha. It was going to be costly, but it's the only viable solution on hand.
"Pray to god this works." He pushed the joystick upwards, making the piranha-swarmed diver to head straight into a mine.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING SWORD?!" Shrieked Gunner.
"YOU'RE GOING TO EXPLODE YOURSELF!" Brawler shouted with disbelief.
"That's the plan!" The blade wielder said with confidence, as the man's head touched the bomb's metal pins.
The denotation propelled the character and the school back. The remaining fish twitched several times before dying, floating away from the action. Thankfully, Sword's character was still in one piece.
Once the boss was killed, the piranha guarding the door disappeared from sight, leaving the tentacles behind. The only thing guarding the Mii's exit.
"It worked!" Exclaimed the blue Mii. "I can't believe it actually worked!"
"You did amazing Sword. You defeated those beast like it was nothing. You were victorious!"
"Don't be so celebratory guys, we lost a lot of health." Brawler explained as he pointed to the character's health bar, that was even shorted than before. "If we follow the pattern of these fights, the next boss will be even harder than the last two. Probably will be the challenge that determines if we make it or break it."
"Maybe if we try hard enough, if we're very careful. We can pull through!" Optimistically suggested the shooter.
"Ugh, I doubt it would work like that." Brawler spat pessimistically.
"In any case, we have to continue, we got no other choices left. Let's all pray we can survive the game…together." Sword responded sincerely
"Technically, you're doing all the work. We're just relaxing." Said the fist-fighter.
"Don't ruin the moment." Seethed Swordfighter.
"Whatever, just get us to the final boss already." Complained the black-haired Mii.
Sword rolled his eyes as he focused his attention back on the screen. Totally unaware on what's happening in outer space.
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