Chapter 28: Robots, Reefer and Recon
Katrina had Soul Reaver ready, and made her way to Sektor and Cyrax as the two remaining robots forced back Hanzo and Sub Zero. The two ninjas were about to make another advance on the two, when Katrina stepped between them,
"Mind if the Goddess has a go at them?" Both of them looked at her skeptically.
"The Goddess of War? Is this child??" Katrina frowned at the yellow ninja,
"Don't let my age fool you," she warned.
"Forgive us," said Sub Zero, "We just were not expecting the Goddess of War to be as young as yourself." Katrina frowned at Sub Zero as well,
"Then how about I put these next two machines out of commision to prove that my age doesn't matter."
"Wait!" Sub Zero stopped her, "My Lady, would I be kind enough to make a request?" Katrina folded her arms, keeping Sektor and Cyrax in her sight, "Please spare Cyrax if you can. I still believe there is a chance to save him." Katrina nodded,
"No promises, but I will see what can be done." Sub Zero bowed respectfully, and both he and Hanzo backed away, allowing Katrina to fight Sektor and Cyrax on her own.
She had her Blades of Exhile out, ready to fight, while Sektor encased his fists in flames, while Cyrax replaced his hands with a pair of large buzzsaws. Both robots charged her at once, forcing her to use a combination of dodges and quick strikes to either keep Cyrax and Sektor from landing a killing blow to her, or land a quick strike on either of them, keeping them on their toes. She led a flaming fist from Sektor to Cyraxs' chest, which opened just in time to drop a yellow beeping bomb, and closed on Sektors' fist. Katrina barrel rolled backwards as the bomb exploded, separating the yellow and red robots, with Cyrax landing on the ground, apparently unconscious, and Sektor still on his feet, shaking uncontrollably as sparks flew from his body. Katrina looked to Sub Zero, who shouted to the Goddess,
"Finish him!"
Katrina needed no further encouragement, and brought her blades through Sektors legs, just above his knees, keeping him perfectly balanced on the stumps, drew out Soul Reaver, and with once fluid motion, sliced the red robots head off. A blue/green orb exited Sektors body, and entered the Soul Reaver, allowing the eye sockets to glow briefly.
"Well that was fun to watch," said Kessler, being an audience to the fight, "but I'm afraid the show has ended. Mercer!" With no more of a command made, Mercer used his fallen angel powers to open a large portal underneath themselves, the large four armed creature behind them, and Triborg, and all of them vanished in a flash. Katrina swore under her breath, once again failing to stop Kessler from escaping. She kept her dissappointment to herself as she sas Sub Zero and Hanzo helping Cyrax to sit up. The grandmaster then pressed a button on the back of Cyraxs' head, opening a port, and he began to cross some wires, unplug others, and Katrina was both surprised and impressed that a ninja grandmaster would know how to rewire a robot. The port was soon closed, and Cyraxs' green eyes flickered back on, signifying he was awake.
"Cyrax? Can you hear me?" Asked Sub Zero, and the yellow robot looked to the blue ninja,
"...Yes...Sub Zero." He said, rubbing his head. "By the Gods...all those things I did for Shao Kahn, and Sektor..." the yellow robot, although unable to make facial expressions, hung his head in shame. Sub Zero placed a hand on Cyraxs' back,
"Shao Kahn and Sektor did those things, not you," said Sub Zero, and helped the cyborg to his feet, who then looked to Hanzo,
"I am surprised to see YOU here, Scorpion." Hanzo frowned,
"My name is Hanzo Hasashi, Scorpion is dead!" Cyrax looked to Sub Zero,
"A lot has changed since you have been reactivated," said the grandmaster. Cyrax then looked to Katrina,
"And who is this? I know she is the source of power Sektor detected, but we didn't know that power came from a person."
"My name is Katrina, and I am the Goddess of War from another Earth," she introduced herself. The two ninjas and robot bowed in respect, while Raiden approached her,
"Lady Katrina," she turned to the Thunder God, "please forgive me for not being able to provide the day of meditation I promised-!" Katrina held up a hand with a smile,
"It may not have been a meditation day, but this day was exactly what I needed. Thank you Lord Raiden." She then bowed respectfully to Raiden, who bowed in return.
Sometime later...
Katrina was transported outside of a massive camp, built more like mansion, maybe even bigger than Adrians.
"This is the training camp where you are staying?" Asked Raiden.
"Apparently so," said Katrina, with both of them making their way inside. Once they entered, they saw most of the ORC seated at a long table, with a wide variety of potato dishes decorating the table. "Everyone, the God of Thunder and Goddess of War have returned!" All eyes present rose from their seats and bowed to the duo. Katrina then noticed something.
"Where's Calvin, Rias and Damon?"
"Rias is conversing with Grayfia and Riser to determine what the battlefield would be," said Wesker. "Would you two like to join us for dinner?"
"We would love to," said Raiden, and Katrina finished for him,
"We DID already eat at the Sky Temple before returning," said Katrina. Wesker nodded understandably, and Raiden faced Katrina,
"Speaking of the Sky Temple, I feel I must return there. Some of the monks still need assistance with either tending the wounded or reapairing the temple." Katrina then bowed to Raiden,
"Then with that in mind, I bid you farewell." Raiden bowed in return,
"Farewell, Goddess of War," he then raised a hand, and dissappeared in a flash of lightning. Katrina turned back to Wesker,
"You never did say where Damon and Calvin went." Akeno then looked up to the ceiling in thought,
"You know, we haven't seen Calvin since we sent him to find Damon," she said, thinking about it. Wesker sighed, while the ORC club members thought about where they could be, and he mouthed a short sentence to Katrina,
Calvin went upstairs. Katrina nodded, and went to look for the two.
Meanwhile, upstairs...
"Did I ever mention why my favorite color is green?" Damon asked Calvin, who was currently relaxing on a couch placed in Damons' room, eyes partially open, almost in a dream-like state, while the room was lit with green neon lights, "It's because it represents hope, is the same color as my coat Dante gave to me for my twelfth was the color of that one light in that Great Gatsby book, and the color of my medication." He then brought a makeshift hookah to his mouth, made from an emptied soda can, and began to smoke a small pile of marijuana, letting smoke leak from the sides of his mouth. The door to Damons' room then swung open, revealing a slightly angered Katrina, placing her hands on her hips, and glaring at her boyfriend and their friend.
"And just WHAT the fuck is going on in here?!" She yelled.
"Just taking a little medicate break from all the training we were doing today while you were relaxing at Raidens Sky Temple," Damon said calmly. Katrina pinched the bridge of her nose,
"I actually didn't get that much meditation in, I was fighting most of that time," she then glared at the former devil hunter, "and how do you think Rias would react if she saw THAT??" She pointed to the coffee table in front of them, revealing a MASSIVE pile of marijuana, almost a foot tall, going from one end of the coffee table to the other. Damon nodded his head,
"Yep, I'm in deep shit."
Sometime later...
Wesker and Katrina were keeping Damon on all fours as he recieved a magically enhanced spanking from Akeno, due to Rias unavailable to complete the task herself as she was speaking on the phone with Adrian.
"So let me get this straight," said Adrian on the other end of the phone, "Damon found a fucking weed farm, stole from it, got Calvin stoned out of his mind, and you're having him recieve a thousand spankings for it?"
"That pretty much sums it all up," said Rias with a grin, "another thing," her expression turned serious, "We finally decided on what the battlefield will be."
"I'm listening."
"It will be in the dimensional gap, just like most games, but it will be modeled after Kuoh Academy."
"'Modeled after?' As in, if I set a quarter on the desk in the clubhouse, would one appear in the dimensional gap clubhouse as well?"
"Yes, although, I don't know why you'd want to bring a quarter with you."
Meanwhile...
"Well I'm not planning on bringing an actual quarter with me," said Adrian into his phone, "if anything, it would be something much much bigger." He looked out into the distance in front of himself, and saw a military base, armed to the teeth.
"Well, just hurry up on your stratagizing and get your sweet butt up here so we can train together," said Rias on his phone.
"Will do," said Adrian, "well tell everyone I said hi, have Asia give you a kiss for me, and give her a kiss from me too," said Adrian, briefly unfocused as he ducked, avoiding a spotlight so he wouldn't be spotted. He heard Rias laugh on the other end of the phone,
"You want me and Asia to give each other a kiss, as if it were you?" Adrian blushed when he understood his blunder, and fixed his mistake,
"On the cheek! I'm not going to make you two lock lips!" He raised an eyebrow, "Although I'm not going to stop you either." Rias giggled,
"Well goodnight Adrian, I hope we see you soon."
"Same to you Rias, sweet dreams." He hung up his phone, morphed himself into a military uniform, and walked to the base.
