HUMAN VS MONSTER
Shark closed his eyes for a moment and opened them when the screaming died down. The blood drained from his face when the monster was nowhere to be seen despite her being there two seconds ago. Sweat stung his eyes as it dripped down his face. He tried to swallow but forgot how to and his heat pounded like a sludge hammer against his chest.
The world felt like it was moving in slow motion as Shark looked up and met her eyes. It was almost like she was floating above his head. Luciel's black eyes narrowed in on him as her body twisted around, revealing her dripping black claws that cracked as she bent them. Shark feet started to move as she descended down to the earth before slow-motion was broken by her speed. Shark managed to dive to the side to dodge Luciel when she slammed her claws into the ground. Dust filled the air while her claws dug into the concrete, shattering like glass under her grip strength. Before Shark could comprehend what just happened, something emerged from the dust in a fury of black and purple. Luciel charged at the man at a speed he could barely even see. She clenched her fist tightly and swung it upwards and struck Shark in the chest. She would even feel his organs moving around and the blood pumping under her fist.
"Grah!" Shark gasped and felt the air just totally evaporated from his lungs as blood poured from his mouth and spattered onto Luciel's face. As his body crumbled to the floor he questioned what has just happened.
I lost in 5 seconds?
I took the D and I still lost?
Just what the hell is this girl?
Tao watched in utter amazement as he couldn't even see her movements from where he was standing, but he understood how this all happened. This girl was no stranger to combat, she was more like an old friend of it. It took her 1 second to disappear from sight and get above him. 2 seconds to attack first, and finish him off in another 2 seconds.
She wasn't going to give Shark the opportunity to attack. Luciel wanted to end this fight as quick as possible, but even if Shark did manage to defend himself and attack, it probably wouldn't make much of a difference to her. There was just too much of a difference between them.
Luciel walked up to Shark and tilted her head to the side. "I see now," she spoke in a very light and gentle tone. "So this...is your limit." Her words hit hard against Shark as he saw doom crept over him as he shook at her feet.
Luciel lifted her claws up as it dripped with a shadow like substance. Her eyes then darted to the side and she jumped away as Krantz leaped in and intervened between the two before she could finish Shark off. Luciel landed on her feet in a crouching position with her claws in the ground.
Dust filled around Krantz as he glared at the girl with his arms crossed over his chest. "Shark, you keep embarrassing yourself. Step down now and that's an order. I'll deal with you humiliating DA-5 later on."
She chuckled and smiled. "So you finally decided to jump in, Mister Leader?"
Krantz's voice was as cold as usual when he spoke to her. "I was hoping you wouldn't act up till we took you back to the Union."
Luciel lifted a brow. "Take me away? You're mistaken. I never had any intention to go with you in the first place. I was only playing along to get some information on you guys and why you want me, but luckily I filled in the blanks on my own thanks to you."
Krantz tightened his jaw. "You're DNA is crucial for the Union and will help us immensely in experimentation."
Luciel crossed her black arms over her chest. "That's what I figured, but I would have to warn you though. Getting a hold of my DNA to create a Chimera..." Her voice took a serious turn. "You have no idea just how much goes into that protect."
"We are...willing to take any and as many steps and sacrifices to just that."
Luciel closed her eyes. She already knew that humans were corrupted beings, but hearing him say that to her right now just left a hollow pit in her stomach. "I see...so you won't stop." She took a sigh and opened her eyes. "Let's end this tonight."
"Then."
They both took off at a breakneck speed and raised their arms up. They collided and their fist smashed into each other. The impact caused the room to take and the concrete below them to peel away like paper as the sound rang in their ears.
Takeo was still on the rooftop and his mind races with the thoughts that all the people he had met in his life had all died and he didn't even know it. He took Krantz silence for pretended not to know.
"I assumed it would be here."
Takeo turned around after he recognized the voice that came from behind him. "Why are you here again?" He addressed Frankenstein who stood beside a silent Raizel.
Frankenstein smiled polity. "I have some business to take care of." He explained.
"I didn't go after you when you ran away... But don't think I'll let you go today." Takeo warned him.
Frankenstein only laughed. "My embarrassing past... I was all flustered after seeing my old lover. This is awkward." He then addressed Raizel. "Master, go first. I'll follow you."
Raizel's face was unreadable and emotionless. He said nothing more and leaped off to find the entrance.
Takeo whipped out his guns when Raizel passed him. "I won't let you go!"
Frankenstein moved in between the two quickly. "How dare you..." he then started to emit this eerier black and purple energy that radiated off his body as his eye went wild. "Aim a gun at my Master."
Luciel could understand why he was the leader of the DA-5. She could feel the power behind Krantz blow and hear the sound of her bones in her fist creaking. She saw Krantz saw her raise his free hand and clenched it so tightly she could see his muscles bulging under his sleeve. He swung up his fist towards her face but Luciel other hand shot up and caught him before he could hit. Luciel jumped up and slammed her legs into Krantz's chest, sending him flying into the wall. She spun around in the air and landed on the ground, but when she looked up she saw him emerging from the dust. He was in front of her in an instant and punched her in the face, throwing her into the wall.
Shark, M-21 and the kids watched the fight unfold in front of them. Shark's mind was overflowing with thoughts though, and his wild eye landed on the children and he began to walk over to them. M-21 knew that Shark couldn't just let the kids go, he had to much pride to just let it slide. So, despite his body being in rough shape and shaking. M-21 stood in between the mad man and the kids.
"M-21, are you trying to protect them by getting in my way?" Shark raised his hand and struck M-21 across the face. "You arrogant piece of... I will kill you even if you don't act." He threatens with veins popping in his forehead. "Only if you weren't so bold in the first place"
M-21 glared at the man and whipped the blood from his mouth. "You are ridiculous for blaming someone else."
You would hear the sound of Shark's mind snapping as his anger reached a boiling point and overflowed. "Shut up! Die, M-21!" He thrust his knife right into M-21's chest.
Everything was hot for a moment then it went cold. Shark yanked out the knife and M-21 fell to the ground, and when he fell he heard the sound of the kids screaming for him.
"Mister!"
"No!"
He wondered by they were screaming and who it was for.
"Mister, wake up!"
"Open your eyes!"
Was it because of him. People were actually worried for him and pleading? In the end...it's not so bad.
He waited for her to emerge from the dust but saw nothing for a moment. He felt a bit relieved when she didn't see her and thought he overpowered her somehow, but a shiver ran down his spine when he saw her black claws ripped through the dust and created five-pitch black kinetic slashes. As they were hurtling towards him he felt dark energy from them and instantly dodged them without thinking. The slashes hit the wall behind him and he looked over at the damage... and his heart stopped. There were five slash outlines in the wall, but around the edge was that strange black energy that made him dodge, and very slightly he saw the energy eating away at the rock like a poison or acid.
"What is that?" He whipped his head around when he heard the sound of rubble being moved. Luciel comes out of the human shaped outline that she made without only a bit of dust on her and now injure visible.
Luciel lifted her hand to her face and gentle touch where she was punched and signed. "I thought it was against the law to punch a woman, but I guess it doesn't matter to you guys, huh?" She wasn't injured, she wasn't limping or anything. She was completely fine and not a speck of blood on her. Luciel glanced over to M-21 and the kids but gasped from the shock as he vision was filled with blood from the man laying on the ground now with the kids crying around him. Luciel's lips quivered and she cracked her neck to the side and turned back to Krantz "Now then..."
She charged at him even faster than before, and Krantz wasn't even able to see where she went. He raised his fist up ready for a full frontal attack but felt a hand grab the back of his head. He was lifted in the air and was body slammed down to the ground. Luciel started to run while dragging his face along the floor. She grabbed his arm and slammed her foot into the ground to get steady. She twisted her body around and threw him over her shoulder into the wall.
This was different from before. She was stronger and faster then she was. Something inside her must have made her get serious all of a sudden.
Krantz groaned and peeled himself off the wall. He reached into his pocket and pulled out the D pill and crunched it between his teeth. His body bunked in size and turned this blue/gray shade. "You're pretty good, just the rumors said." He said to her. "This is my third time taking D during battle."
Luciel blinked and opened her mouth. "Wow, three times, huh?" She said in a flat tone.
Krantz clenched his teeth. "Arrogant..." He charged at her even faster than before and you could hear the sound of the wind slapping against him.
"I'm really not arrogant..." Luciel signed and slowly looked up as Krantz giant figure loomed in on her. Krantz swung his fist down at her but with one hand, Luciel caught it and didn't even budge from her spot, all the while having a bored look on her face.
"Krr...how?"
Luciel smiled widely and yanked Krantz down to her level and kicked him hard in the chest. He felt his ribs cave in and his body was shot back at a high speed and slammed into the wall.
KABOOM!
His body wedged in the human outline he made and was motionless as his eyes rolled to the back of his head.
Shark stated in shock at the sign he thought he would never see. "Krantz got..."
"Beaten..." Tao finished with wide eyes.
The kids began to sweat."How did she do that?"
Regis was left without words when he saw her fight. She looked like a noblesse with her red eyes but her fighting style was completely different from them. He would even say that her power was even greater.
Luciel turned around to Tao. For a moment he thought that he was next, but she only walked right past him. She started to walk towards Shark as he crawled away from her.
"Hey, stop there! Don't come any closer!"
Luciel lifted her claws, ready to finish off Shark, but Krantz appeared behind her and slammed his fist down. Luciel jumped to the side away from the man before he could hit her.
Shark sighed and smirked as Kranzts stood beside him. "I knew Krantz would go down that easy." He said.
"Shark, take the D right now," Krantz ordered.
"Okay. I've never thought he would have to team up to take her down, but we might have a chance if he does." He took the pill between his teeth and crunched down and his turned color immediately. "Let's do this." Shark then suddenly felt a stab in his back. He gasped and turned around and saw Krantz hand implanted in his back. "K-Krantz?"
Luciel's eye widen. She never thought that Krantz would attack Shark and she didn't see the reason in why he would do that.
"Don't be surprised. I'm only doing what I have to do." Krantz explained.
"What...do you mean?" Tao questioned the man he called his leader. He was just as surprised as Luciel was and didn't have the slightest idea.
"I'm just following the protocol for meeting strong enemies, but don't get me wrong. It's not an attack. I'm just...absorbing his power."
This shocked Tao. "What!?"
"You were all designed to be absorbed by me."
"No way..."
"Simply saying, DA-5 is created solely for me." Blue veins began to appear around Krantz body. "This is the strongest match I have dealt with. It's necessary for me to stick with my new plan." Shark body shriveled up to look like a skeleton and crumbled to the floor, lifeless. "Hmm... Not bad." spikes popped out from his elbow. "After all those stupid things you have done in the past, you managed to increase power quite well. Shall we continue?"
Luciel began to understand why he told Shark to take the D. It was to amplify his powers so Krantz can absorb it.
Krantz swung his new arms and created multiple kinetic slashes towards her. "Die!"
They struck Luciel and she was engulfed in the barrage of blades and dust encased around her. It was silent for a bit before the sound of heels clicking come to ear. Luciel walked out of the dust and once again, completely unharmed, unlike her clothes that were ripped. "Is that it?"
Krantz was shocked to see her yet again, unharmed. Even after absorbing Shark's power, it still wasn't enough? Just how much power did he need to defeat her? "Tao!" He looked at him.
Tao knew that it was his turn to be absorbed. He signed and closed his eyes. "Okay fine. Just don't make it painful..."
"Big Bro!" Ikhan suddenly called out to him which shocked Tao. "Why are you listening to him? I am not exactly sure what is going on, but... He's going to kill you. Why would you just die like that?"
Tao was shocked to see Ikhan worried about him. "Well..." He reached his hand to the back of his neck. "I don't know. You wouldn't understand." He then smiled apologetically. "That's the destiny of a modified human like me."
"What...is that?"
Tao though M-21 was a pathetic Union failure, but now he's starting to envy him.
Krantz reached out to grab him by the back of the neck but Luciel appeared beside Tao and shoved him away suddenly and reached out, grabbing Krantz hand tightly, having no intention of letting go now.
Tao slammed to the ground and looked up, seeing Luciel standing there now. "Why?" Why would she step in front? Why would she save him?
Luciel kept her claws tug into Krantz skin he began to let out a pained ground as his body felt like it was on fire. She turned around and smiled warmly. "Take it from someone like me. I can tell...who's the bad guys."
Tao furred his brows and felt something pound against his chest when he saw that friendly smile that showed him that she actually carried about his well being.
Luciel turned back to Krantz as the blue veins around his body turned back from her energy seeping into his wound. She lifted her claws that dripped with shadows. "Do humanity a favor, Mister Leader. Quietly..." She then suddenly jammed her hand right through his chest. "Disappear!"
"Gah!" He spat up blood as his body suddenly went cold. He looked down at his hand as these strange back spots appeared around his all over his skin. "W...What is this?" Luciel ripped her hand from his chest and blood and that black substance leaked from his wound. It coiled around his body before being totally being encased in this unknown matter. It seeped into his skin like a deadly poison eating away at him from the inside out.
Krantz last thoughts were this. Did all this happen because they captured this girl, who was said to level battlefields, make mountains shake, and make the worlds strongest soldiers quiver in fear?
He made a mistake.
This girl wasn't arrogant. It was a fact.
This woman was powerful.
This woman was a monster.
This woman...was a Chimera.
The black substance coating Krantz body and it soon began to crumble to the ground like brittle charcoal. Nothing was left of him that could be recognized and with that..the battle was over with an overwhelming and frightening victory.
Luciel stepped back and signed as her arms returned to normal and the back matter coating her nails disappeared. She closed her eyes for a moment and when she opened them back up, they were a bright shimmering red.