Hello everyone and all, Melody here with another chapter. Happy to see people enjoyed the previous chapter. I don't have much else to say so let's get to it.
Sincerely, Melody
It had been two weeks but they were finally doing it. They finally tracked down the Bonepikcers current base and were ready to attack. Their plan was formed and they had decided MacCreedy would stay outside and work as a sniper for them. Nate had explained that they had acquired their Semblances a while back and MacCreedy's worked best if he wasn't in the thick of it. They also had another person coming to lend a hand. Their assault would be a pincer attack really, Nate would attack from the right and Six would attack from the left with MacCreedy picking off anyone who would try and escape along with the woman Nate mentioned.
Six sat in one of the rooms of the warehouse as he got his weapons cleaned and ready. Currently he had Dinnerbell taken apart and sat on an old crate. He was cleaning the barrel when he heard a door open outside the room.
"Hey, Dad you here?" Six heard a woman ask and the distinct clicking of heels. Six just ignored it until the woman spoke up once more. "Oh, hello there. Are you one of my Dad's friends?"
Turning around he saw a beautiful woman with dark hair and amber eyes, wearing a red dress standing in the doorway. "Ya lookin' for Nate or MacCreedy?" He replied, setting the barrel to the side.
"Nate." She answered and walked over to him and held out a hand. "My name's Cinder Greene, nice to meet you?"
Wiping his hand off on his shirt, he took her hand and shook it. "The name's Six Sustrai, nice ta meetcha. Anyway, Nate's in the garage workin' on the truck."
Cinder frowned but nodded and sat on a crate by Six. "Well he'll be busy for a bit then. So how'd you meet him?"
"We met at my old camp which was on fire and had the dead body of a friend in it." His response took her back a bit at how dry he sounded. He was sad but he just couldn't muster up the emotion.
"Ah…" She muttered and looked down. "I can understand that somewhat. He found me in my village after it burnt to the ground. It's been ten years already but let's not think about the sad stuff. Dad said we'd be rescuing a group of people so I assume they're your friends. Don't worry, we'll save them."
Six was confused when she said it was ten years ago. He was under the assumption Nate had been on Remnant around the same amount of time he was. Evidently not. The room was silent after that other than Six giving a nod and offering his sympathies. He went back to cleaning Dinnerbell and once he finished, he started cleaning A Light Shining in Darkness. Cinder silently watched him as he cleaned the .45, occasionally actually handing him parts he had to clean. He gave her a nod.
Eventually Nate walked into the room to inform Six they'd be leaving soon only to be nearly tackled by Cinder as she gave him a hug. MacCreedy arrived shortly after and Cinder also gave him a hug. The group talked for a bit while Six just cleaned his weapons. Once he finished the group all made their way to the truck. Nate drove and Six sat in the front seat while Cinder and MacCreedy sat in the back. Tension was in the air as they made their way to the Bonepickers base.
After driving for around three hours, they arrived at the mansion the Bonepickers were using. It looked like it was in disrepair and like it would collapse at any moment but the lights shining through the windows disproved that. Parking about two miles away, the group all got ready and moved to their positions. Six made his way to the far left side of the building. He stayed low to the ground and had Dinnerbell out at the ready; All he needed now was the go ahead from Nate. The moment he heard Nate give the go ahead, Six was rushing the building and jumping through a glass window.
Rolling with the landing, Six looked up at the shocked Bonepickers staring at him in both shock and confusion. Raising Dinnerbell, Six quickly shot off two slugs into the heads of the men. Standing to full height he heard hurried footsteps rushing towards his location. Looking around the hallway he saw a door down to his right. He made his way over and stepped inside the room. The room he walked into was evidently an armoury as it held multiple guns and caches of ammo. Soon he heard the door handle start to rattle a bit. Using a dose of Turbo, he dashed over to the door and held it closed with his metal arm. Outside the room he heard some people barking orders at others and then someone started ramming into the door.
Shaking his head in annoyance, Six pressed the barrel of his shotgun to the doorway and waited. Once someone slammed into the door again, he pulled the trigger and blasted a hole through the door and whoever was slamming into it. Blood splattered through the hole in the door as Six racked the gun once more and fired another slug. A scream filled his ears as he slammed through the doorway and ran back into the hallway. Looking around he saw a group of nine people, plus a corpse, standing out there with pistols drawn.
MacCreedy watched from his perch, peering through his infrared scope. He watched as Six slaughtered them. Looking away he shook his head, in MacCreedy's mind Six just fought like a raider. Then he watched as Six ran down the hallway. MacCreedy just adjusted his scope and started to look around the building's grounds.
Six would be a liar if he said he didn't find Nate's speed to be impressive. The man was a pain train that could smash down walls and crush enemies with his bare, power armoured clad hands. He also proved to be a great diversion as Six searched around the base; The sound of walls being broken down and the distant screams were audible even from across the building. The few Bonepickers that found him were most unfortunate as he blasted them down with Dinnerbell. His senses were sharper as he focused on his mission, occasionally he could hear a single bang from outside. At one point he heard a bang and saw a bullet whiz past the corner and slam into the head of a man behind him. Chuckling, Six gave a thumbs up and continued to walk.
An annoying thing about the place though was the fact it was a damn labyrinth to Six. Around every corner was another hallway with seven doors or a new staircase going up even though the building only had two floors; He had already climbed four. Soon he stopped hearing gunshots or feeling distant tremors. No new Bonepickers were seen also.
Going down a staircase Six felt a sense of vertigo as he started to walk both up and down. Looking forward he saw a chandelier facing up and a table with a bowl of fruit on the ceiling. Standing upside down ahead of him was Nate's look-alike, the Pale Man; Father. The bastard had a smirk on his face and his arms crossed, at his sides was a group of four teens. Two of the people looked exactly the same but were wearing inverted versions of their outfits. Their hair was a pale shade of red and their eyes were a strange golden colour. The other two were a young Faunus woman and a young woman.
Stepping forward, Father looked up into Six's eyes. "Nice to finally meet you dear Courier, I've been waiting to see you start my little game." He chuckled, the sinister look in his eyes was like a predator eyeing their prey.
Six rolled his eyes. "Ya think knowin' my old job is gunna scare me? I met Nate already and he told me about ya; Now I'm might curious where yer keepin' my friends and teammates, if ya tell me I can promise I only break one of yer legs." Cracking his neck and his eyes flashing faintly showed the carefully hidden anger he was truly feeling.
Father just chuckled and turned around to the teens. "Children, please handle this pest. It would be pointless for me to do so." And with that, he walked off through a door.
"Yes Father." They all replied in creepy unison before taking out their weapons.
"I'll tell ya now, I ain't above beatin' the shit outta ya." Six told them before rushing at them.
The first redhead pulled a chain out of seemingly nowhere and slammed it into Six's side; An explosion of fire, lightning, and ice blasting him into the wall. The world flipped back to normal for Six which left him feeling nauseous while the girl with the violet hair dashed forwards and stabbed at his chest with a strange syringe shaped estoc. His disorientation prevented Six from bringing up his aura to block the attack as he was stabbed in the chest. Piercing though his subdural armour, Six felt the blade pierce his right lung. A ghostly purple aura enveloped the blade and travelled into his wound after she pulled the blade out.
Jumping back, the four watched with bated breath as Six stood to his full height. The violet haired girl's eyes widened as she watched him. Looking down at her blade, she could see the tube was half full of dark purple liquid. Jumping forward, the Faunus girl pulled a shortsword from her jacket and slashed down at Six; A wave of flame roared towards the Courier who jumped out of the way. Raising Dinnerbell, he quickly shot three slugs at them. The Faunus girl raised her aura up as she unsheathed another sword.
Grouping up, the first redhead looked towards the violet haired girl. "Well Dahlia, it seems you're at a disadvantage here. Did you not make your poison potent enough?" Her tone just sounded wrong, like a machine taught how to talk but not given the ability to show emotion.
She shook her head in response. "No it's not that Saff, I used my most lethal form. It appears he is immune to toxins. Possibly Anemone's ability would work better?" She suggested, her tone, while not as mechanical, was still unsettling. It just sounded like she was discussing the weather in regards to murdering a person.
"Who is to know he has a brain though? If he is immune to poisons he might not be human; Let us consider his arm, it is completely cybernetic. He might be a robot for all we know. Father did not prepare us very well." The other redheaded girl, Anemone, suggested. Her tone was just like her twins'.
Six just stood there, flabbergasted, while the group discussed ways to murder him. As he raised his gun, the world inverted for him once more and his stomach did flips. Looking over, the Faunus girl just glared at Six who fell down to his knees to try not to vomit.
"Oh, did he try something Evalin?" Saffron asked as they all turned to Six.
"He was about to shoot us, I reversed things for him." Evalin answered with a scowl, her anger was barely contained.
Saffron gave a hollow smile and nodded. "Thank you then. Well everyone, shall I bind him then we use him as a pincushion?" The laugh that followed was stiff and awkward.
The other nodded and they all approached him, their weapons at the ready. Six shook the vertigo out of his mind and activated a dose of Turbo. In an instant he dropped Dinnerbell and took out Love&Hate. Rushing forward he slammed a fist into the side Evalin's head, the force of the blow knocking him back. In an instant, the world reoriented itself for Six. He shook his head again as the feeling overwhelmed him. Another dose of Tubro, another attack on one of the group. Dashing around, Six activated another dose every few seconds; As one would stand to their feet, another would be knocked down.
Even after the Turbo weared off Six kept up the momentum and smashed his fists into the group. His field of vision was nearly overloaded by all of the data it was relaying to him. Steam started to roll off of his left arm as he increased the speed of every punch. Slowly the gunmetal grey finish started to literally burn off of the arm as the true blue underneath was revealed and soon the blue started to glow orange. Soon he came to a stop as all of the kids were down on the ground. His breathing was heavy and his vision started to clear but a large warning sign appeared in his vision. His body temperature was rising due to the heated Saturnite. Raising his arm he flipped open a small panel, burning his fingers in the process, and pressed a button. Inside the arm, a vial of ice dust was released and started to cool down the arm.
After a moment of letting the arm cool he started to hear static over his comm. Soon a voice came over it but it was so gargled and distorted he just couldn't understand what the person was saying. Looking around he saw the four were unconscious; They'll be fine, he thought and started making his way through the door Father had stepped through. As he stepped through the doorway he saw an empty room that looked decayed. Looking around he didn't see anyone in there, just a broken chair and table along with some dried splats of blood.
"Six are you there?" Nate's voice erupted over Six comm loud enough for him to cringe.
"Yeah I'm here partner, whatcha need?" Six replied as he went back into the other room and recovered Dinnerbell.
"Where the hell did you go? MacCreedy said you disappeared, he can't see you anywhere." His voice was strained and he let out an angered cry. A thud was audible from even over the calm along with a scream.
Six was just confused as he stepped back through the door he went through. "I'm still in the mansion." He was in the same hallway he had stepped through.
MacCreedy's voice came over the comm a moment later. "Hey Nate I see Six, he just reappeared."
"Yeah I'm talking to him now."
The paired continued to talk as Six looked down the hallway, back the way he came. For some reason the bodies of the people he had killed earlier in the mansion. Looked around the world started to shift once more for him. Everything started to come closer and seemingly melt. Soon all of the sounds disappeared and looking behind him he saw the redheaded girl, Anemone, just standing and staring at him; A pink and white mist radiating off of her. A cruel smile appeared on her face as she started to walk towards him. The world twisted and distorted, melt and reform. He attempted to move towards her but found his movements restricted; As if a large creature was holding him back.
A second later he felt three blades pierce through his body. Standing around him was Saff, Dahlia, and Evalin all standing around him with blades thrust through his body. Coughing up some blood, he felt to the ground and clutched his body. The world returned to normal and he saw he was still standing in the same room, he hadn't even left. The trio drew their blades out of him and stared down at him. Saff had the same hollow smile while the other two looked down right maniacal.
"To think, the mighty Courier would be killed by a group of psychotic children. You know, I can help you out here, you just have to give me some control." The voice came back, his voice was angered and Six could feel the fury radiating from it; From his soul really.
"I refuse, I ain't done yet ya annoyin' sonuvabitch…" He replied as he started to slowly get to his feet much to the shock of the kids.
"Who do you think he is talking to dear sister?" Anemone asked inquisitively.
Saff shook her head. "I'm not sure, he could be delusional from blood loss."
"That is a good point, he's been stabbed clean through four times now and walked around for a couple of minutes. He must've at least lost a pint of two." Anemone giggled a bit.
"You kids stop talkin' like I ain't here ya little bastards…" He tried to sound intimidating but it was just strangled and ragged.
Anemone giggled once more and stepped back over to him. "That's funny, you assume you'll be able to do anything to us. Father made us far stronger than you'd be able to handle."
"They're right you know. You're too weak for this at the moment. Your mind is clouded, vision overloaded. We are going to die." The voice told him. He knew the voice was right.
Six couldn't do anything to them, he was skilled in combat but with their Semblances, he was completely useless. That crushing feeling overwhelmed him as he placed a hand on his head. Looking forward he watched as Saff took out a scroll and held it up to him. Over the scroll he watched a video; A livestream to be specific. Over the stream he could see his teammates, all in an empty room with what looked like torture devices. At the far left was Porfirio was strung up and his leg was removed; Not the cybernetic one to be specific. Chunks of him was carved out and he was clearly dead.
Six's eyes widened. Looking down the line he saw everyone else in similar states except for Flynn and Eirwin. Flynn was in a cage and looked as if parts of his armour had been melted onto his body. Six couldn't tell if he was alive or dead. Eirwin was in the middle of being cut apart like everyone else. Seeing that he felt as if he was reliving what had happened to him all those years ago. Boone's death, Cass' death, Raul leaving, Lily when she stopped taking her medication even though he tried convincing her to. All of those people he had failed or let die. Soon he felt his mind slipping, his world go dark, as if he was drowning in a deep abyss and everything he did to escape just made him go deeper.
"Just rest up for now, I'll handle this." The voice told him and Six slowly faded into unconsciousness.
Then the world started to rot as the voice took over, and the ghostly aura expanded out from him and creeped upon the group.
And with that, the chapter has ended. Yes, a cliffhanger, I know I am evil. I hope you all enjoyed, now before I get to the reviews I'm getting to the Semblances used.
Semblances
Saff's Semblance: Upside Down: Saff's Semblance allows her to invert a person or groups' perception of reality. This can be done within a range of 50ft of Saff or she can mark areas out to a hundred feet of her as "trapped" areas which immediately affect whoever step into the areas. The effect lasts up to five minutes but can be ended prematurely if the person is affected with a strong force.
Anemone's Semblance: Painted World: With this she is able to release a pink and white mist that allows her to manipulate a person's senses and make the world appear different. It appears as if the world is melting around them. It can also cause illusions but not powerful ones.
Dahlia's Semblance: Toxin: This allows the user to infuse poison liquids and into her enemies, regular people, animals, and Grimm alike. Dahlia is able to control the poison, ranging from one that gives the person a stomach ache to one that causes almost instant necrosis and liquify the internal organs of a person. The majour drawback of this is the fact that Dahlia needs physical contact and can potentially poison herself.
Now, onto the reviews.
Monster King: Glad it was, hope this one is too.
Rio Skyron: Confusing in a good way can always be great right?
ILikeHotDogs: Great, hope there aren't really any in this one. Glad you enjoyed the previous chapter.
Kpmh2001: Glad you liked how I did the mocking tone with Roman, in the story Roman was actually one of the first people Leon met. I hadn't had Six and Emerald interact for a while in the story so I really wanted them to interact and for Six to tease her in some way since hehe, they won't talk again for a while. I hope Nate's mystery was expanded even more and I'm curious of what you think Father is if you wanna pm and let me know.
Anyway, the next chapter should be here sooner than this one cause I've had it typed up for a while. I hope you all enjoyed, please leave a review cause I'm always curious of what you guys thought of the chapter. Have a good evening, morning, night and all that, this has been Melody.