Hey guys! It is time for another chapter of Thorn's legacy. In case you didn't know, the final battle is coming up and that chapter will probably be really long so I actually have an excuse for that chapter taking this long to be updated but I have to be honest with you that I've just been writing little by little for this chapter because one I have huge writer's block for it and two I've been WAY too busy for the past couple of weeks. Trust me, you don't wanna know. It's been pretty bad lol. And plus my internet keeps blinking and that's really annoying. But a reviewer reviewed and asked for sex chapters since the first one had them lol so we'll see where that goes in the next chapters. Hint hint wink wink. Anyway, if you guys would review more I would probably get more reviews at. And I'm not even kidding. I mean, guys come on. That's basically the only thing I ask for lol. So please review or comment on the story! Or no sex! Gah! Finally, thanks so much for reading and here is the chapter!
Ch. 17
(Somewhere in Tokyo)
I walked down the dark street with only the street lights acting as my guidance. My right arm carried nothing while my left hand carried a bag from the local supermarket down the street. I bought some medicine, a case of frozen sushi, and a bottle of grape Fanta. Not much but it was what I got everyday when going to the supermarket. As I walked, my eye was starting to irritate me once again. I raised my hand and fidgeted at the covering over my face. The fake colored contacts I was wearing did not help either. It only made it worse. see, every day I went out I put on contacts, a hoodie, and a fake skin covering over my face. It was so nobody would recognize me in public. However, once I got inside I would take everything off.
"Jin! It's time to get inside! It's getting late!"
"Okay Mom!"
A mom and her son said in an exchange. That's right...It was getting dark wasn't it? It also looked like it was going to rain. Oh well. I was almost home anyways. After two minutes more of walking through the street I made it to my apartment, a tall layered building right next to a normal family neighborhood. I walked up the steps of the building and took out my key. Once I was in front of my door, I inserted the key in its hole and pressed my thumb towards the tiny black screen next to it. It recognized my "fake" thumb print and unlocked the door for my entry. Going in, I closed the door behind me and immediately took off my hoodie and contacts. I preferred my glasses anyway. Although the fake skin covering was sometimes nice to have so I wouldn't have to see the damage my eye took from that bastard a while ago. I had to live with it forever. But I have a plan to change all of that; to get my revenge! The revenge that I deserve!
"Where the hell did I put my phone?"
I asked myself as I searched my apartment. I had to make my daily call. After finally finding my phone in between the cushions of the couch I put in the password and typed in the numbers for the call. It rang twice, as always, and a person's voice was heard from the other line. The voice was young and soft as it spoke to me.
"Hey, what's up."
"Hey. What did you get today?"
I asked him. The teen paused for a second before sighing.
"Another person came to their house today and it looks like he's staying. He has blonde hair and blue eyes and looks to be about twenty-two years old."
I narrowed my eyes at the floor and thought for a moment. Why would they bring another person into their group? I had to know more.
"Hmm, what's his build and what was he wearing?"
"His build looked to be very strong like he worked out every day but not in a bulky sense. His clothes aren't that self-explanatory. He wore the normal shirt and pants so we can't analyze him by just that. However, there was one incident where he seemed suspicious."
The boy said. I nodded my head and walked over to my counter, grabbing a pen and paper and getting in a position where I could copy down everything he said from the phone. My...partner...explained that he was in the garden next to the house and he was snapping any pictures we could use for our plan. That's when the guy he was talking about walked on the back porch and leaned his back against one of the pillars. I wrote everything down as he told me this.
"Go on."
I told him.
"Okay. So then I took a picture of him and he turned his head in my direction so I decided to stop for a second and watch what he would do. He just stared in my direction for what seemed like forever before he actually walked over to me! Don't worry, he didn't see me but he just stood there and stared at the building as I got low. I thought I was going to get caught but he walked back inside the house. Sir, we need to keep an eye on him or else. He seems very observant..."
"Okay we will watch him and the others for now on. Good work Shinichi. Keep it up. Our plan will soon commence with the victory going to us."
I said before hanging up the phone. I placed it down on the table in front of me and huffed. Well this is bullshit. They brought in another person but why? As far as we know, they should be almost done with the game so a new member isn't needed at all. This is probably a setback but I won't let it change our set date too much. See, I am the leader of Laughing Coffin and I have been recruiting thousands of new members. Most of them are college students or around that age and they all have pledged their full support to me. When ISIS fell a few years back, there was no doubt another group would emerge from the shadows and that group is us. It is quite extraordinary though. I, Sugou Nobuyuki, am now the leader even though I just escaped that hell hole. That mental institution they put me in because they think I'm crazy! I'm not crazy. I can't be crazy. But the group recognized my ingenious and my will to complete my goal of creating my own world. They recognized my dreams of destroying the undeserved and unwilling. It would've been magnificent. That was until that teenage bastard ruined everything! He sent me to that shithole and left me to rot in there for life! And he took my beloved Asuna away from me...The way her hair smelled and the taste of her tears was enough to make me melt...I plan on keeping her alive when he raid their home. Oh that's right. We plan on raiding their home and killing every single of them slowly and viciously. But that's not all. The same day, we will create a magnetic pulse-like attack on the world's internet, giving us enough time to take over every single URL and password. Many people will die and many people will be hurt and that's a good thing. Our group, Laughing Coffin, is not afraid to kill; in fact we welcome it. The more bloodshed, the better. I just wish we could recruit EVEN MORE people! Sure we have a team in every single developed country but I crave more authority than that. I wouldn't be so confident as to say we could stage a coup d'état in every single one of those countries but wouldn't that be the icing on the cake! And it might just work if we take over the internet. That includes the deep web as well. All of those secrets given to us for our benefit. Simply breathtaking to think about.
"My eye's on the real prize though..."
I said out loud.
"Killing that little brat is all I want to focus on right now...Then my own personal world will be complete..."
(Burke's POV)
"Oh! Thorn's here! And he crashed the jet in the building! Jesus! Hold on!"
Leafa said in a stressed tone as she walked out of the academy. She had just finished explaining to Yui about our idea for the game when the whole building just started shaking and we heard a huge explosion-like noise coming from outside. Having my military instincts, I naturally got in a defensive stance and looked for the closest weapon that I could use. Leafa just patted my shoulder and went outside to check on Thorn. I walked over to the window and looked out to see Leafa with her hands on her hips and a stern serious look on her face as she stared up at the roof. Did Thorn seriously crash into it like she said? I was almost tempted to walk out there myself but she saw me through the window and gave me a smile, motioning her hands at me to stay there. So I complied and waited there until I heard the front door open. In cam Leafa and Thorn and...everyone else!? My eyes kind of widened at the surprise of seeing everyone but the more the merrier I guess. Leafa, Thorn, Kazuto, Asuna, Arkady, Sinon, and two other people were with them. They looked a little younger than the rest of the group so they were probably fifteen or sixteen. One was a girl with pretty brown hair and eyes while the other was a guy with blonde hair and violet-like eyes. Leafa looked at me and then them a few times before gasping and pushing the blonde hair out of her eyes.
"Oh, I'm sorry! Miles, this is Erin and Charles. Erin is from London while Charles is from Paris. They really like each other hehe."
She said in a sarcastic tone. Erin gave her an unusual look and raised one of her eyebrows.
"We actually do like each other…"
She said in a quiet tone as her cheeks burned a fire engine red. Leafa's green eyes stared at her before she gasped again.
"What!?"
"Yeah we kissed in the rain and stuff."
Charles butted in with a smirk on his face. Erin rolled her eyes and nudged his arm gently as a way to warn him about not doing that again. The blonde sylph in green rubbed her ears as if she couldn't believe what she was hearing. The rest of the group was practically doing the same thing.
"I thought you two hated each other."
"We did...until we kissed and made out with each other."
Charles told her in reply. She shook her head in disbelief and turned to Thorn.
"Did you know anything about this? And how in the holy mother of ass did you fit everyone in that jet? Also, why did you bring everyone!? And why did you crash in the roof of the freaking building!? We're going to have to repair that you know!"
She questioned Thorn with her voice coming out in a high-pitched tone. Thorn shrugged his shoulders and grinned.
"First, I had no idea about the Erin-Charles relationship because I've been way too busy developing the game. Second, I just sat them inside the jet and left to fly all the way over here. Plus, It's a 'Murica' jet so it's number one and can do anything! Third, all I did was call them because I wanted them to come with me since you said something about a new fighting mode. Thought maybe we could test something out or show Miles one of our current military modes. And finally, you know I can't drive a jet haha. I promise I will fix the roof later."
He took a breath after saying all that while Leafa was still mentally fuming. She shook her face and sighed before turning to Miles.
"If you're staying with us for a long period of time, you should know that this type of thing happens often. ANYWAY, we were just about to start on our new military mode. Want Miles to explain it to everyone?"
She asked Thorn, glancing at me in the process. Thorn shrugged his shoulders again with a small "sure". So I did. I told them all of the details of my idea and they all seemed to be thrilled with it. Good job Chris, you're getting better at this whole "acting like a teenager thing and gaining trust from your peers".
"Well I think it's cool! I call making the assassination guns!"
Sinon said with a sly grin. I've noticed that she always called dibs on making the guns. In this case, there would be some alternate timelines where you were required to use a certain type of gun to assassinate a dictator or general. It was pretty complicated but even I would say it was an awesome thought for the game.
"That will take a few days to make probably…"
Kazuto said with his hand on his chin in thought while Asuna giggled at his concentrated countenance. Thorn agreed and grinned.
"Well maybe we can just start on it tomorrow, but I say we test out one of the military modes we already have! Sound like fun guys?"
Everyone pretty much said yes but I still had no idea what he was talking about because Leafa never got the chance to show me the current modes that they had already created. This was because of the whole Thorn crashing into the roof of West Point Academy!
"What did you have in mind?"
I asked. Thorn smiled big and pumped his fist.
"How about some good old fashioned free-for-all deathmatch!?"
I kind of felt my lips turn upwards at the sound of that. I was actually starting to get excited because this was something that I could do. I remember back when I first joined the military when they made us have laser tag battles as practice for the real thing. But now, they did virtual reality battles. However, I never joined in on those type of battles. I just couldn't take being in a virtual world again. But, I found myself forgetting that I was even in a virtual reality game in the first place. Maybe it was the fact that Leafa and the group was constantly keeping me occupied.
"Alright that sounds fun. I get to set the stage though. Shall I unlock all of the weapons available so far?"
Leafa asked her boyfriend. He nodded his head and she swiped her hand as she did the action she said she would. She looked at everyone and counted before setting the number of players to nine. She then pressed the "start" button and swiped her hand back up. She turned to everyone else and gave a sweet innocent smile.
"Alright, we're all set! The game will start in exactly one minute. I hope you guys are ready to get your asses kicked."
She teased. Arkady rolled his bright blue eyes and crossed his arms.
"That won't happen unless you and Thorn team up again."
"Hey! That time was different!"
She said in defense.
"How!?"
"I don't know...Just get ready for the damn battle! Gah!"
She yelled as time was running out for anyone to prepare for the battle. I cracked my knuckles in anticipation of how this would be. We'll see what happens I guess. She teens have no idea who they're up against…
"Alright here we go...10...9...8...7...6...5...4...3...2...1…"
Leafa counted down along with her gloved fingers. Soon after the count hit zero I suddenly felt my body getting this anti-gravity feeling as well as blue light filling my bright colored pupils. It didn't take long before I found myself on some street filled with cars and lights everywhere. I blinked my eyes and looked around as an attempt to identify where I was.
"Where in the world-"
I whispered before my eyes stopped at a huge Coca-Cola sign on the side of a building.
"Oh...So we're in Atlanta…"
I muttered to myself. I made a quick scan of the area before running under a building. I heard some noise coming from my belt and was glad to see a gun resting on there. I unclicked it from my waist and looked down its barrel; nice grip, nice size, and not too heavy. I tried that swiping down thing Leafa taught me a while ago and saw my inventory was full of weapons that I could use. I clicked on one of the sniper rifles and one appeared in my arms. I smiled a little and strapped the gun to my back for later. I also had two pistols rest against my sides just in case that horrible moment of running out of bullets at the wrong time appeared before me. I ran across the street as I heard gunshots in the distance. I wonder who was shooting at who. I finally decided to run inside of the skyscrapers in the city and nest out there for a little bit. I planted a claymore by the door and went up some for a better view of the battleground.
Attention!
You have a message!
A message appeared before me out of nowhere and I almost fell backwards on my butt in surprise. God, I needed to get used to this crap. I opened the message and narrowed my eyes at it to read it.
Hey! I just wanted to tell you that this
Will kinda be like the Hunger Games in the sense that
everytime someone dies a cannon or sound will be heard throughout
The city. You can also look at everyone's status by
swiping down your menu.
P.S I'm going to kill all of you.
Leafa
I chuckled at that last part, closing the holographic window in front of me. I cocked the assault rifle in my hands and waited. I looked outside and could not see any defined figures below. I didn't go up too high because I still needed a good way to get to the ground. It was about two minutes later when I heard my claymore blow up. Well that was quick. Except for the fact that I heard a voice yell immediately after that!
"You're going to have to do better than that whoever you are!"
Leafa screamed from below. I then heard her sprinting up the stairs rapidly. I huffed and looked around. I ran to the door to the stairs and looked down. Leafa, who was a few levels down, looked up at the same time and shot up at me. I pushed myself from the edge of the stairs and started to run up them. At the same time, I was throwing grenades down the stairs to halt her advance.
"Ha! Miles, I'm just going to throw them back!"
She yelled at me. Dang she was fast! I quickly swiped down my hand and looked in my inventory. I saw that there was a crossbow and rope on there so I selected those two items along with a strong metal arrow. I had reached the top of the stairs and there was no other option but to jump...Unless you have a crossbow and rope. I tied the rope to the metal arrow and positioned it on my crossbow. I aimed it at the Coca-Cola building and shot the rope. It shot itself through the concrete just above a window and stayed in place. I examined the rope and I knew that it would most likely be able to withstand my weight. I threw a couple more grenades at the doorway where the stairs were before throwing myself onto the rope. My body flew through the air at great speed as I stared back at the building I was just on. Leafa ran up to the edge after a few seconds and aimed her gun at me. I had to swing my body to dodge the incoming bullets. I could just barely see them as they came out of their gun. I raised my gun at her while still on the rope and shot a few rounds at her. I smirked as I saw her eyes widen. A bullet hit her shoulder and she grabbed it with her right hand, forcing herself to get low to the ground. Alright, I stopped her for now. Now that I was safe I could-...Holy….
"Hahaha! You didn't think I would just leave my girl alone did you Miles?"
I heard Thorn say in the opposite direction. I turned around on the rope as I was still zip-lining over to the Coca-Cola building to see Thorn standing on a building right next to it. I thought he would shoot at me but instead he made sure I saw the electrical device he was holding in his hands. I stared at it as he pressed the button on it, causing the structure I was supposed to be landing in to explode in thousands of pieces. I could feel the heat of the explosion as the rope began to lose altitude. Luckily, I was low enough to where I could land manually onto a small building below. I hit the ground with a rolling of my body as I regained my focus. I looked up at Thorn and he seemed to be pre-occupied with something else.
"Thorn! I can't believe you blew up the Coke factory! They have my favorite sodas!"
"I was just regaining your honor babe!"
"Shut up! You're not supposed to help me in this! This is supposed to be a free-for-all! But that was sweet anyways!"
She yelled over to him from where she was as she bandaged her arm.
"Does that mean I get some loving tonight!?"
"You were going to get it anyways silly!"
She screamed to him. I shook my head and moved away from there. Seriously!? That was just-...Nevermind. Moving downtown, gunshots were heard more clearly over here. I even saw Erin and Arkady shooting at each other. They were both hiding behind barriers and there was no telling how long that would last. That's at least what I thought right up until the barrier in front of Erin was destroyed and a barrage of bullets shot through her head and body. The little health bar above her went all the way down to zero as her body fell to the ground in a bloody heap.
"K sozhaleniyu Erin …(Sorry Erin…)
Arkady said to himself, reloading his gun. A loud cannon-like sound was heard and Erin's name turned dim on the holographic scoreboard. He looked in my direction and I ducked my head behind a car I was sitting behind. Arkady stared this way for a few more seconds before shrugging. Big mistake. As soon as he looked away I shot my hand at the sniper rifle on my back and shot a bullet at him. He gasped when he heard the sound and moved to get out of its way but it hit his leg. Blood sprayed out of it before it turned into blue virtual reality pieces. He grunted, his body falling to ground due to a loss of balance. I aimed to shoot again from the shadows and pulled the trigger.
"Jesus!"
I looked up from my scope and my eyes widened. Sinon had been somewhere on the scene and had finally revealed herself with a giant shield covering her. She dashed in front of Arkady and blocked the bullet before it could find its target. She then grabbed the teenage boy and helped him move over to the closest shelter they could find. I clicked my tongue in disappointment and reached in my pocket for a grenade.
"What the…"
I whispered. I only had one grenade left. Oh that's right. I was trying to get away from Leafa in the blur of the moment. I gritted my teeth and decided to save it. Turning around, I ran to a garden filled with roses and daisies. It must've been like a butterfly garden or something. I got low in the bushes and aimed my gun low to the ground. I waited for someone to pass by and someone did sometime later. I shot at their feet and they fell to the ground. I recognized the person as Charles but he had not seen me because he fell the other way. I shot again, this time at his head and his body fell limp. God, this is so real...I never imagined it to be just like a warzone…
Boom!
And the sound of the cannon or gun or whatever it is that makes that sound signaled another fallen player. Now there were only seven. I haven't even seen Kazuto or Asuna. I was starting to get suspicious of those two. They looked to be a great team whenever they teamed up so this might be more difficult than I thought it would be. I am enjoying myself that sounds mean since I'm literally shooting at teens' heads but they should've known that I would give this my all.
Boom!
I narrowed my eyes at the sky and checked the scoreboard. Kazuto and Asuna both died at the same time! How did that happen!? You know, I bet you they blew themselves up so they wouldn't leave each other when one of them died. The love is real. Yeah, that sounds right.
"Holy shit! Why did Asuna and Kazuto just kill themselves!?"
Thorn screamed. I nodded my head. I knew it. I laid there in the bushes for a few more minutes before I deemed it that no one else would walk in my path again. So that meant I had to move. I looked around the area I was in and it was clear so I stood up and moved in the shadows. Literally, the shadows! I was in a total-darkness garage and I had to put on my night vision goggles. I bet I can snag someone if they walked in here unprepared. But now I just had to listen.
Boom!
I looked at the scoreboard and Leafa's name dimmed. Arkady's kill number rose to two and that meant that he was the one who killed her. Thorn is so going to beat his ass now.
Boom!
Yep. There it is. Arkady's name dimmed and Thorn added a kill to his score. So now there were only three people left. Very loud gunshots were heard not a second afterwards and they sounded close too. I was almost tempted to move out of the building but I'm glad I chose to stay inside. Thorn and Sinon sounded like they were having a intense time out there. The next thing I heard and felt was the bombs dropping from an airplane above.
"Shit, where did she get that!?"
Thorn screamed out. The door opened and the light was let into the dark room. Thorn closed it quickly and took a breather. This was my chance to take him out. I slowly and quietly raised my gun and pointed it at him. Another air bomb hit the ground outside and he moved right at I shot at him. Crap. He looked in my direction and instantly started shooting. I tried to miss them but one of the bullets hit my night-vision goggles and destroyed them. I threw them off and shot back at Thorn, the fire from our guns giving us the only indication of light. Oh man, at this point we were both going to kill each other and Sinon would win. I hid behind a car and covered myself from continuous fire from Thorn. I think he had one of those miniguns in his hands because he never stopped to reload. The bullets were starting to dissolve the car and the concrete pillar beside it into pieces and I either had to move or get the hell out of here. That's when I remembered I still had my grenade. I took off the pin from it, careful not to make a noise, and through it from the other side of the concrete pillar. It hit the ground once and Thorn stopped shooting.
"Oh man, I hate you so much right now."
He said before the whole half of the parking garage blew up in flames.
Boom!
Jeez, these guys weren't bad. They still needed more training in combat but they weren't bad! The room was now lit up with heat and fire as I took my leave. Alright Sinon, where are you. If she was in a Jet I would have to find myself an anti-aircraft rocket launcher or something like that. That's when I saw a faint glint of light coming from one of the windows of a tall building. I quickly ran to cover and looked at the spot with a pair of binoculars. Sinon was laying there with a nice sniper rifle in her possession. She seemed to be scanning the area with her scope but she didn't see me when I left the garage. My hand reached around for the sniper rifle on my back and I placed it front of me. I looked down the scope and aimed right at her. I shot the rifle and I jumped back when my scope was destroyed in pieces. So she did see me; just at the last minute. That's okay though. I have a RPG! Perfect way to finish this. I grabbed the infamous weapon out of my inventory and shot the missile into the building. The glass of the windows fell into shards as the structure of it collapsed. It slowly fell in a pancake-like way but Sinon was still alive!? Wanna know how I know? Because she was sliding down the side of the building with a tommy gun in her hands. Maybe I destroyed her sniper rifle scope too. She shot at me and I had to get low. All I had to do was wait for her to hit the ground and die. 1...2...3…
Splat!
Gross…
Boom!
Congratulations!
You have won the Deathmatch!
Returning back to the Military Game Lobby!
I found myself back in the West Point Academy with everyone else. Thorn and Sinon both laughed and threw their hands in the air.
"We almost had you! How did you do all of that!?"
They asked in pure curiosity. I smiled and shrugged my shoulders.
"I've just had practice I guess…"
And that is the end of the chapter! I hope you guys liked that because that was really easy to write. I don't know why but it was. Now I gotta write a new chapter for my Britannia story which I recommend you guys read. It's got romance, fighting, and all the awesome characters from Hetalia in it so read it! Sugou is a horrible person lol. Like I was shaking my head as I was typing his thoughts about Asuna for example. Okay, please review or comment on the story! Finally, thanks so much for reading and we will see you next time! P.S. I HAVE TO BE HONEST AND TELL YOU GUYS I DID NOT CHECK THIS FOR ANY ERRORS SO IF YOU WOULD BE KIND AND TELL ME IF I MESSED UP ANYTHING? ALRIGHT THANKS! I'M JUST SO TIRED! GAH!
