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Of course things couldn't be easy from there.
Not that Kuro was asking for it to be, really; but a break every once in awhile would be much appreciated.
The moment they passed by the front gates, she could hear the other gangs still engaged in the fight. Abraxas, being the good guy he was, decided to fire off a few shots at the guards, just to help buy a bit more time.
Of course, the action didn't go unnoticed, as another squadron came rounding about the gate from the other end.
The charge lead by none other than Legion himself.
"We risk wasting precious time if we stay to help." Shax shouted, as he, as per usual, lead the group.
"We also risk capture." Vale shouted back, all of them continuing the sprint.
Kuro took a quick look over her shoulder, only to curse. Not only had Legion's reinforcements been able to surprise the gangs, but they were also slowly being pushed back.
Kuro's grip on Vanth's hand only tightened, they'd get out. She'd promised Vanth that they'd get out.
Kuro does not break promises.
the golden gates slowly disappeared for favor of the shoppes and rich manor-like houses.
"Ever wonder what those huge houses would look like on fire?" Kuro wondered aloud.
"Won't lie, I have!" Abraxas grinned, "Hey, when we get up there, wanna set one on fire, just for fun?"
"Hell yeah!" Kuro laughed right back, only to be cut off when she was tackled to the ground.
She was pushed and pinned there, able to give the sudden intruder a wide-eyed look, before a gun went off, his body sliding right off.
"And this is why I say we should do more running and less talking." Shax sighed, lowering the gun, before helping Kuro up, "We need to cover more ground faster."
"I don't think that stealth is an option anymore." Vale muttered, taking out his own gun, eyes trained on something behind them, "Fighting back isn't an option either, I have three bullets left in here."
Kuro turned and, sure enough, there were guards after them. They didn't seem to be lead by Legion, but still, they looked at least 75 men strong.
"The longer we stay here and fight, the more time we waste." Vale reasoned, turning to Shax, "What do we do?"
"We split up." Kuro insisted, her grip tightening around the bow, the other hand holding Vanth, "This place is a maze, but I think we can lose them. See those alleyways? If they all try to come at you in those narrow passages-."
"They'll either get stuck or get lost." Abraxas finished, before nodding, "We all know how to get to the rendezvous point, it'll be fine."
"Well, if that's agreed upon, we need to scatter." Vale said. Shax nodded, grabbing Vale by the sleeve. The two shared a nod, before disappearing into the alleyways on the right.
Abraxas, on the other hand, made a mad sprint for what looked like some sort of fire escape, slinging his sniper over his back and he scampered his way up; probably to see if he could try that "running on the rooftop" thing he was always talking about. Meanwhile, Zagan made his way off to the left, somehow easily disappearing, leaving Kuro alone with just Vanth.
Kuro pushed Vanth out of sight, ushering the much smaller girl behind her before drawing an arrow. Without a doubt they had seen then all scatter, so there would be a lot of them coming after them for sure.
In that event, Kuro had to be ready.
In any other case, where it was only herself to worry about, she'd be throwing out all the stops, taking all of the risks. But the tightening grip on her jacket made her think otherwise.
Vanth had to get out of here alive.
Kuro backed away from the main street, keeping herself facing it as she backed up, Vanth right behind her.
Just before they could turn the corner, Kuro caught a glimpse of the guards, before turning to grab Vanth's hand, "Book it, kid!"
She dashed down the alleyway, leading Vanth down passageways she hoped would be best. She didn't have to turn around to know that, however many they be, they were behind her and they were sure to close in if the two of them didn't move.
She moment the metal footsteps weren't too loud, she stopped, giving Vanth some time to breathe. Poor thing was too fragile for something like this, as evident by how she was wheezing and huffing, "...You okay, kid?"
Vanth only managed a weak nod, causing Kuro to curse softly. No way they could out run battle-trained blood-thirsty guards in this condition. Kuro thought about carrying her the whole way, only to shake it aside.
No way she'd be able to carry the girl and run the whole way. Even if the endurance of a Sloth follower was out of the picture, she was sure that those guards had something long ranged. With no way the fire the bow, what would she be able to do?
She nearly fired when she heard footsteps approaching, only to sigh with relief when Zagan ran into view, looking like he hadn't even broken a sweat, "Got some on your tail?"
Zagan gave her a look, knowing exactly what she was talking about, before nodding, "The armor makes it hard to hit them where it would hurt, my knives do nothing. Even if I stop to fight them hand-to-hand-."
"-They'll outnumber you." Kuro finished, groaning when she could hear the footsteps. She looked around for a bit, before shaking her head, "Trade ya." She offered.
Zagan seemed confused for a bit, before Kuro drew back an arrow, a look on her face. He then nodded, before turning to Vanth, throwing her over his shoulder, much to her surprise, "Promise me that you'll keep her safe?"
Zagan nodded once more, looking as if he'd offer some words of help, only to have his eyes widen. Kuro turned around and, sure enough, there they were. Since it seemed to be a smaller group, they either decided to split and hunt all of them, or got reinforcements.
She was really hoping for the first over the later.
She made sure that Zagan had already taken off, trying to ignore how the panicked screaming from Vanth, calling out her name, was getting softer, before drawing back an arrow.
While it was true, the armor would make it hard for the arrow to find their mark, Shax seemed to remember to pack the special ones.
Kuro let it fly, right into the middle of them. The moment the tip came into contact, it exploded, nearly causing Kuro to fall over. She shook her head, trying to get the dizziness out, before backing up, drawing another one back. She only had three left, but being how they seemed to be the only ones that she could use, she let another fly, before running.
While Zagan had run to the right, Kuro went in the opposite direction, hoping the draw them away. In the end, they were just mindless soldiers, right?
Kuro turning back around, making sure to run just fast enough so that they would follow, only to yelp, falling backwards to avoid the show of fire before her.
Vale and Shax seemed to be able to dispatch whoever had followed them, evident by the blood on Vale's hands and the fire in Shax's, "Don't fooling around and run, we can hold them off for a bit."
Kuro bit back her own sassy reply, choosing to instead nod, as she got up, drawing another arrow, "Sure you two don't need help?"
"We've got this," Vale murmured, before looking up to the sky, "If anything, we can keep shooting fire out, that's how you can keep us tracked."
"Won't have to, the smoke will be a good beacon," Shax insisted, before giving Kuro a look, "Quit stalling and get out of here!"
Kuro nodded, before dashing off, "I better see the two of you at the edge!"
"As if we've ever been the ones to keep the rest of the team waiting." vale shot right back, just a hint of teasing on his face.
"I'm a sloth follower, sleeping in is my thing." Kuro muttered to herself, as she dashed off.
Kuro had been hoping for it, but she didn't expect the back roads of the Capitol to be so maze-like, just like the Rift. The only thing telling her where she was going was the sky.
It had taken a while for her to notice, but the nearer she got to the Rift, the edge, the darker the sky got.
Of course, she wasn't able to really think it over for too much time, as the next corner she turned just so happened to hold two more.
They seemed to have been lost before Kuro stumbled in, causing her to curse and press forward, going back to Vale and Shax wouldn't do anything to help, "Hey, I saw one of them going that way, the one with the red hoodie!"
Kuro cursed, dashing on. While looking up to the sky was a great way to tell what direction she was going, it was hard to tell where exactly in the maze of back roads she was.
this became more evident when she turned another corner, only to curse.
Dead end.
Kuro whipped around, arrows drawn back. Of course, wasting an explosive arrow on only two would be a waste, and the sound could draw more of them to her, but if she had to-
"do me a favor and duck, Kitty!"
Kuro growled at the nickname, but still did as she was asked, not at all surprised when the other two dropped, "You know I hate it when you call me that, panda-plush boy."
"You, on the other hand, could have done a lot better with that." Abraxas grinned from the rooftop, as he reloaded his sniper, "Hold up just a moment."
Kuro scowled as Abraxas walked off on the roof, giving the spot he stood in a look, before jumping back when a ladder was tossed off of the side, "It's a lot easier to tell where you're going from up here!"
"Hey, for when we get to the top, wanna warn me before you drop something huge like that? Could have killed me on the spot, you know I'm a delicate little thing." Kuro grumbled, looking around before climbing up.
The moment she got to the top, Kuro stretched a bit, Abraxas shot her a smile, "Don't be like that, who knows where you'd be without me?"
"Shut up and move it," Kuro grumbled, before looking around. Unlike the Rift, most of the shops were the same level when it came to height, so running across most of them wouldn't be a problem, "See that fire and smoke? That's where Vale and Shax were last I saw them."
"They sure are taking their damn sweet time." Abraxas noted, before rolling his neck, "But hey, on the bright side, looks like we finally have something we can beat those two at!"
"You're referring to...what?" Kuro muttered, confused as she followed Abraxas to the edge of the Capitol. Once they crossed that hypothetical line, they should be in the clear.
"If we can get to the edge first, we win the race, of course!" Abraxas grinned, before jumping to the next roof, Kuro not too far behind, "Of course, if you weren't on my team, I'd probably make it my goal to beat you too, so it's a good thing I guess you're with me now."
"And I thought that I was annoying." Kuro muttered teasingly, following after Abraxas from roof to roof, "Hey, Ezio, wait up!"
"What did you just call me?"
"...We've played Assassin's creed in your room at least a hundred times; come on, give me this one reference win."
"I have no idea what you're talking about."
"...Fuck your shit, Abraxas."
Turns out that they weren't the first to get to the point.
"Fucking- How'd you two get here first!?" Abraxas groaned like a child upon seeing that he wasn't the first.
Kuro, on the other hand, wasn't able to do that, as Vanth ran at her, almost able to tackle Kuro down with a hug, "I w-was scared you guys d-died!"
"I did what I could to convince her that our team did could not fall so easily," Zagan muttered, sounding both a bit teasing and maybe just a bit frustrated, "She seemed so assured that something would go wrong."
"Well, it's clear that she's not use to the miracles we can pull off."
Kuro doubted that she had ever been happier in her life to hear that pride-filled voice, "Thought you guys were stuck back there; heck of a lot of smoke you two were setting off."
"We'll, you know what they say," Abraxas said with a sly slur to his voice, poking his brother as he took off the blood-covered gloves, "Fire happens when you've got a shit ton of friction."
"Shut up, Abraxas." Vale scowled, flicking some blood off of him, before sighing, "This'll never come out."
"Don't worry, you look decent in blood red." Kuro insisted, patting his back as if consoling a child.
"Yeah, don't worry your greedy little head over it, Vale." Abraxas said, as the group took their time, a sort of skip in their step to a point, "If you want, first thing we do when we get up there, we take you to a clothing shop. No questions, heck, if you wanna, we can even go check the ladies section."
"And why would I do that?" Vale sighed, everything but that small smile on his face saying he was beyond irritated.
"Because if your girly physique, of course." Abraxas grinned.
To this, Kuro pushed him, "Hey, come on, don't be like that." Kuro sighed, shaking her head, "That's stupid, and you know it."
To that, Vale rose an eyebrow, "Usually you're not the one to-."
"We all know that he'd be on the hunt for some sexy underwear."
That earned a laugh all the way around, even Shax let out a snort before regaining composure, much to Vale's "irritation".
"Wonder if we could blend in, make a real living up there for who knows how long." Shax murmured, almost to himself.
"Well, world's probably a lot different from how it was when I was up there, so who knows?" Kuro said, kicking the rocks in her path, "Heck, the moment we get up there, those humans could be in a war, could be near extinction; never really know."
"But I'm sure we'll be just fine," Kuro said, quick to add that last part when she saw the scared look on Vanth's face, "I know we'll be fine."
"First things first," Shax went on, before pulling out a book, seeming to read it as they continued the calm trek, "We should find a base of operations."
"A forest!" Kuro immediately offered, "Yo, if we can find this one that has eight pages scattered around, I know a fun game we can all play!"
"I was thinking somewhere where humans will be populated." Shax said, not having to really explain why.
"But you've got to admit, treehouse base would be cool." Abraxas said, nudging his brother with his elbow, only to be waved off.
Finally, they reached it.
Kuro looked over the edge, only to back up quickly, her stomach threatening to spill whatever was left inside of it, "Don't you hate it when you stare into the void and it stares right back?"
"...W-what?" Was the only response, from Vanth, that she got. Everyone else was silent.
Kuro turned around, about to ask what was taking so long, only to freeze.
It was him.
the Prince himself stood in all his glory, black-feathered wings spread out threateningly. He still wore the same white dress shirt, red tie and black dress pants he had gone to the meeting in, but his expression, his eyes, it didn't take much to convey the anger he held.
Esspecially when he had a huge blakc aura-like shadown behind him to represent it.
"Yo, I think your spouse is pissed." Abraxas muttered.
Kuro only gulped, shaking her head. Her mind was sent spiraling, as he just stood there, expression close to unreadable. How had he found her?
At the edge of her vision, Kuro could see Shax tugging on a new pair of gloves, while Vale was slowly taking out his angelic relic from his back pocket.
He seemed to push it into Vanth's hands, the little girl standing right behind him, closest to the edge.
Well, at least they were willing to go out fighting, if it came to that.
The tension was broken when Corvus began to walk forth, slowly as if he enjoyed it. It could have also been because he was so angry he had to keep it under control, but Kuro would have liked to think that...honestly, she hoped neither was true.
"Kuro, there you are." He used a casual tone, one that you could never attach to emotions like anger and/or betrayal. It was too sweet, too nice.
He must have been very, very pissed.
"I had to do a bit of searching, but what kind of a mate would I be if I couldn't find you?" He kept talking as if only Kuro was there, before holding out his hand, as if expecting her to come to him, "Let's go home now, yes?"
Kuro didn't notice it at the time, but her hands were shaking, threatening to drop the bow. She didn't notice the others looking to her, waiting for the smart comment or snippy remark that never came.
All Kuro did was take a step back, nearly tripping backwards into the void itself.
Finally, before Corvus could come any closer, Zagan stepped forth, "If you want her, you'll have to go through us first."
"Every single one of us." Abraxas said just as threateningly, reloading the sniper.
To this, Corvus only smiled, "Oh, do not worry, I plan to do so."
Kuro didn't get the chance to blink. One second, Corvus was at least ten feet away. the next, he's right in front of Zagan, with something that looked like a clawed hand going right through Zagan's chest.
No one even got a chance to shout, before the demon of wrath fell to his knees, dark blood spewing from his chest.
"Zagan!" Vale shouted, before whipping his knife out, nearly growling at the demon.
Kuro grabbed and pulled Vanth over, trying to keep her as far from this as possible. She couldn't bring herself to see Vanth's wide and fearful eyes.
Corvus only chuckled, pushing Zagan to the side, before wiping the blood off of his hands. Kuro could see it, the near bloodlust in his eyes, "If I have to tear each and every one of you down to get my princess back, so be it."
"Son of a bitch!" Abraxas shouted, before firing at him. Corvus seemed to almost teleport out of the way, as he "jumped" from one area to the next.
"Kuro!" Shax shouted, calculating what was going on, as Vale rushed in to see what he could do, "You and Vanth, I want you both out of here!"
"You can't expect me to just leave you all here." Kuro snapped right back.
Vale seemed to be attempting to stab Corvus, only to fail just about as much as Abraxas was when it came to shooting the prince down.
Right before Corvus could open a hole in Vale's chest, a monstrous roar sounded from behind all of them. Before Corvus could turn around, something wrapped around his leg, throwing him into a small house with so much force, the fragile walls caved in on itself.
The demon of wrath stood there in all his glory, coat ripped up and forgotten on the ground. from where he stood, it looked like there was some sort of tail connected to the bottom of his back, arching over him to come to the front like a stinger.
"Now that I see you in your whole wrestler get-up, I can see you going by the name of 'king venom'." Abraxas said with a grin, all of them marveling at the dead man's scorpion tail, arching over his back ready to sting someone.
The usual stupid happy Zagan was gone, replaced with a stern almost-commanding expression, "I know that wasn't enough to kill him." The brute muttered, "We'll hold him off for as long as we can, but I can't promise you too much time." From where Kuro stood, she could see the pain etched into his face, one hand looking like it was trying to cover the hole in his chest.
Kuro could see it, the pain in his expression. Wrath could do wonders, especially when paired up with adrenaline, for a demon. But as too how long he'd last, she had no clue, "We will hold him back, you get out of here!"
Kuro just stood there for a bit, bow forgotten in her hands, as Corvus rose back from the rubble. All four of the dashed off, ready to fight, and all Kuro could do was watch.
She had done something wrong, no way Corvus would have been able to find them, and so quickly as of that. Maybe he had been with Legion and Kuro just never saw it? Or maybe he wasn't at the meeting to begin with as Kuro had originally thought. Or maybe-
"Kuro!"
Kuro was brought back when Vanth threw her own shoe down on Kuro's boot, not enough to hurt, but with enough force to gain her attention, "Kuro, come on!"
Kuro nodded, "Right, right." She muttered, taking the handkerchief, before tossing it into the void. It almost looked like throwing something small into a pool of water, watching it fall for a while, before sinking into the murk. From where it was dropped, a small swirl of white began to form.
A portal to the surface.
"Okay, that looks like a doable jump." Kuro muttered, only to stop at the sound of another yell. She couldn't help it, even when everything in her screamed at her to just jump, save yourself and Vanth, get out of here.
She turned around just in time to watch as Zagan's head flew clean off, something she knew he'd never be able to walk away from again.
Finally, Kuro's grip on her bow tightened, "Go." she muttered, before taking off the quiver, tying it to her belt for better and faster access.
"W-what!?" Vanth said.
"We can't waste anymore time," Kuro muttered, before ripping off her own jacket and bag, tossing it to her, "Wear that jacket, you'll blend right in, and there's some stuff in there that you could use."
"B-but, what about-?"
"Listen to me, the moment you get to the ground, you are going to be safe." Kuro muttered, before pulling back an arrow. She had to stop looking at the fallen body, no way she'd be able to aim with tears in her eyes.
Zagan, stupid happy Zagan, he was just...After all that time, after all of the close calls he's had with death, this is how he went out…
No, she shook her head, before looking to Vanth, "Kid, I swear, I need you to jump off the cliff, now."
"But...b-but…"
"Look, I'm not asking for a nice backflip or some sort of stupid but awesome diving flip, but I need you to go ahead and just jump."
"I...I can't...It looks like...like a f-far jump…" Vanth shook her head, eyes near full with terrified tears, "I can't."
Kuro sighed, knowing she'd regret this, but it wasn't like she had a choice. The clock was ticking here, and she'd already wasted enough time.
With one last look, Kuro pushed her off, seeing the surprise and almost hurt look in the little girl's eyes, as the tiny maid she'd come to grow fond of fell off.
Kuro took a moment to look over, letting out a relieved sigh when Vanth fell into the white portal.
Vanth would be safe.
She turned back around, ready to fire, only to find Corvus just about four feet away, still much to close, and coming forward slowly.
She began to have tunnel vision, unable to see or hear anything else besides him. She kept the arrow pulled back, hands trembling.
Corvus was saying something, mocking her maybe, but she could barely hear it. It was like a war in her mind, too many sides fighting to rip it to shreds.
She kept the arrow pulled back, fingers trembling.
The screeching in her head didn't help. She had every reason to shoot him, but for whatever reason, she couldn't let the arrow go.
The closer he came, the tighter her hold on the weapon became. She should shoot, why didn't she shoot!?
Even with all the fighting, with everything that really should have been a one sided argument in her mess of a head, she didn't let the arrow go. Instead, she dropped the weapon, falling to her knees.
Her vision grew watery, making it even harder to see.
All she remembered was a cold touch, his hand, on her forehead, before everything went black.
Me: ThankYouGuysForReading-
Amy: Not again.
Me: You're not the boss of me!
Lilith: But you did say you'd tell this chapter. At least a hint.
Erin: Yes, with Lilith's on our side now! the world is ours!
Me: Fine...So, at the end of the next Overwatch fic, assuming that it does decently and such, I was going to make a sort of poll, to ask for what the readers wanted. You know, since I'm such a kiss ass for the people.
Amy: Yes, there is hope yet!
Lilith:...Wait, something's off.
Amy: Heh?
Lilith: What if no one answers to the poll?
Erin: Heh?
Lilith: Come on, you should know by now; there's almost always a back-up plan.
Amy: Huh, whatever you do, don't tell that to Katrina.
Me: Well, if that does happen, or if I just decided that I wanted to not write it, for whatever reason...I do have a story that I'd like to fall back on. I'm sure I've said it before as well.
Lilith: Knew it.
Amy: Aww shit, you've said it before!? I have your memory, I can't tell!
Erin: Well, that's how a revolution ends. The confusion of the self-proclaimed leader.
Lilith: The only reason she's a reoccurring OC is because she was the first.
Amy: No, I'm still here because I'm funny and witty!
Erin: Same here.
Kuro: Obviously it must be something easy to write if I've got that too, right?
Lilith: All three of you are also fairly very stupid.
Amy: Well, if we're all like this, I guess that just means that you're a defect.
Erin: You realize that you just called Miu, possibly Azazel, and anyone else I'm forgetting a defect as well?
Amy: Miu is special and Azazel is forgettable.
Kuro: You are just digging yourself into a deeper hole, with each passing second.
Lilith: Crimson, please stop her before she gives herself a worst time.
Me: Will do! this has gone on for long enough anyway. It also managed to ruin the mood this chapter's end tried to make, but hey, if I do anything better than that, I guess I'm not a failure!
Anywho, hope you guys enjoyed, and I'll cya next chappie!
Till then, bai bai!