The breeze in air felt good. The autumn air blowing the yellow and red leaves effortlessly. He watched a simple leaf blow before him, the red glowing and moving with the wind. Moving simply with the wind. Controlled by a force greater than it's own.
He caught the leaf as it blew past him, the crunch almost too satisfying. He opened his hand, the bits of the leaf caught by the wind and blowing still. He couldn't help bit admire it's stubbornness.
He leaned against the rock, staring intently into his gloved hand. The bits of leaves that were too weak, too small to be caught by the wind and remained in the grooves of his leather glove. He clutched it tightly, growling lowly to himself. He ran his hands up his neck, his scruffy beard scratching against the scarf. Speaking of it, it began to fall off of his mouth and almost get caught in the wind.
He tightened the crimson scarf around his neck, the wind threatening to blow it off of his neck. He rubbed the scarf between his fingers, a gift he received from someone very special to him long ago. He heard the sound of feet crunching against the fallen leaves, making him smile softly to himself. She was here, like she said she would be.
"Blair..." A soft voice spoke out, timid yet strong. Her voice almost sang to him, it's beauty unmatched. "It's time." With a devious smile, Blair stood up. He turned to his partner, nodding compliantly.
They watched the train as it reached the curve of it's track, the monstrous goliath of a machine moving quickly across the canyon. Blair turned to his parter, Belle. Her short black hair ending just at the ends of her cheeks, her big blue eyes showing her innocence and her purity. He turned away, keeping his mind on the objective and rather on her. He felt his hand run over his black jacket, specifically his right sleeve before tightening his hands into a fist. He jumped off the cliff, followed close by Belle.
They slide down the side of the cliff, watching the train continue to make it's trip. Unknowingly about to be attacked. Blair jumped off before he reached the end of the slide, ripping off his right jacket sleeve.
Around his thick forearm was a bundle of chain links, dark steel chain links that were tied at his elbow. At the end of the chain link was a jagged axe, with three edges forged into the blade. And each edge was serrated and deathly sharp.
He swung his arm back, his hand gripping the chain and swinging his weapon towards the top of the train cart. The axe pierced the top of a cart without any trouble. He wrapped his wrist around the chain and pulled himself towards the train, landing feet first onto the cart.
He heard Belle land beside him, before steading her feet and running towards the locked hatch. Blair followed her, chuckling softly to himself.
She was so cute when she's serious. He thought, watching her. He saw Belle reach the hatch and grab the edges, trying with all her might to pull it open. The lock proving troublesome. Blair gently got between the hatch and Belle, pushing her behind him before taking his weapon and slamming the pummel of the axe against the lock.
It busted on impact. Blair opened the door and hopped in, closely followed by Belle.
Blair landed with a thunderous clunk. He looked around the dark room, wondering where exactly to plant the explosives. As he opened his mouth to ask Belle where the proper place was, he heard the sound of a machine turning on. More accurately, an android He turned around, his jaw dropping.
The cart they entered was a transport car for the androids. A droid came online and immediately began staring at him. The red lines powered on and the face plate as red as blood.
"Intruder, Identify yourself." The machine said, it's arms turning into multibarreled machine guns. Blair ground his teeth together, loosening his knuckles. Blair turned towards Belle, his growls growing feral and his weapon drawn.
"We have company!" He shouted, charging the machine. He swung his arm, his weapon's blade sent into the droid's chest, cutting into it. Blair, steadying his footing, pulled the enemy towards him. The android was pulled off of its feet and was pulled quickly towards Blair. Blair booted it's head when it came close enough, shattering it.
Belle reached into her pocket, pulling out her wand and steadying her breathing. She wondered how much dust it would be to rid the room of these droids.
Blair turned around, seeing more droids coming only and charging with blades of their own. Their arms swung out, blades shooting out of their forearms. Blair spun his forearm in small circles, the seemingly endless chain making a pile on the floor.
His foot on a good distance of chain, he tossed the weapon in the air. He wrapped his hand around the chain, swinging the weapon about. The axe cut through the heads of several droids, before Blair jumped and kicked a droid in the face. He wrapped the chain around the droid's feet, the axe cutting into the leg when it ended. He swung his weapon to the other side of the car, the droid following. The chained droid landed onto another, the two of them exploded. Blair pulled his weapon back into his hand, turning to the remaining ones.
He spun the weapon in his hand, the grip transfiguring into a small handgun. He arm extended and his finger on the trigger, he sent a barrage of shots into the droids before spinning his arm around and slicing them in half.
He watched Belle, made sure she was always in his sight. Making sure she was always alright. She sent bolt after bolt of lightening at the droids, their bodies exploding into heaps of burning metal. Blair threw his weapon, the edges impaling a droid's shoulder.
Blair pulled the machine towards him, before spinning around and flinging it towards the door. The door broke against the force, giving the duo their entrance to the next cart. Blair led Belle out, making sure to stomp the droid's head into bits before continuing.
He looked ahead, and looked around the room. It looked like the munitions carrier of the train. He nodded to himself, seeing the perfect place for the bomb right beside the boxes of dust. He reached into his pocket, pulling out the device. The box with a little antenna on it, capable of blowing this place to kingdom come.
"This will be the best place." He mumbled, configuring the weapon. His fingers connecting loose wires and configuring the bomb to the remote detonator.
"What about the workers?" Belle pipped in, bitting her lip. She thought of the poor workers who might have been caught in this crossfire.
"What about them?" Blair asked absentmindedly, too involved into the setting up to listen to her. As he set up the device, the green light establishing a good connection to the detonator, he stood up to leave.
He heard a whirring sound, making his heart stop.
"What the He-" He looked towards the sound, seeing the Spider Droid drop off of the ceiling. It's multi armed cannons, the reenforced armored plating. The slick black plating and the red power lines making it stand out in the darkness. Blair gulped, seeing the machine focus it's attention not on him but-
"No!" He shouted, taking out his weapon and charging the machine. He threw his weapon, the edges of the blade grazing the armor and sliding off without any sign of damage. The weapon stuck into the wall behind the droid. Blair jumped, tightening his grip on the chain. He pulled himself towards the machine, slamming his shoulder against the chest.
"Run!" Belle shouted, pulling her wand. Blair looked back, nodding before he jumped back. He felt jolts of pain, his shoulder aching. The droid's various cannons turned into a giant cannon, and began to build it's shot.
Belle felt her blood run cold, her arm dropping to her side. The shot rang out, deafening them both. Blair moved in front of Belle, shielding her and taking the force of the blow. Regardless of his attempt, the shot blew apart the back of the car, and sent them onto the open deck with the boxes of various supplies. He got onto his feet, seeing the droid move onto the cart with them.
He heard Belle groan in pain, his own pain suppressed by his anger. He turned around, seeing her holding her bruised side. He could see tears building in her eyes. He felt his heartbeat stop, his mind go absent, his whole world frozen in time. This thing hurt the one thing he cared about. The one thing he would have done anything in the world for.
He then felt his blood rushing, his vision red, and his mind focused on one thing. Complete and utter destruction.
He roared, his eyes narrowed and his hands tightening into fists. He charged the droid, roaring like a beast. He jumped towards the droid, landing on one of it's arm. He punched into the shoulder joint, breaking through the armor without problem.
He placed his hands in the open wound of the shoulder and arm. His foot against the droid's head, he slowly began pulling and tearing the arm off. With a sudden jolt, he pulled the arm off moment's later. The piece of the droid fell into his hand, Blair's eyes wide and his teeth showing. He tossed the arm aside, before taking out of his weapon and stabbing it into the joint.
He repeated the stabbing, more and more of his hysterical laughter and grunts being heard. He pulled the weapon out, before stabbing it full force into the machine's faceplate. It entered with no struggle, the sound of wires snapping and pieces breaking making him laugh.
He pulled the weapon out, jumping off of his adversary and watching the droid topple onto it's side. With a satisfied smile, he turned to make sure Belle was ok. As he turned, he saw Belle on the other cart, wand pointed at the cart's connector. Her free hand on her hurting side, her face contorted in pain and sadness.
"Goodbye." She whispered, a tear running down her cheek. She sent a ball of hellfire at the connector, reducing it to smelted iron before it blew apart. In the blink of an eye, she was moving away faster than he could think. She soon disappeared beyond the horizon. Blair fell to his knees, his heart aching and his hands numb. He felt his hands curl into fists, before he let a vile roar towards the heavens.
Blair, 17. Black.