Washington is a simple man. Sure, his line of work is different but he does it for the greater good. He fights terrorist and fugitives, but never has he faced a cyborg.
The Demo man had become one of those. His arms were pure robotic while his chest was organic fused with machinery. A cable was coming out of his stomach leading towards his heart, which was viewable as it was behind a circular window combined to his chest.
Inside the window his heart was floating in some sort of green liquid. The rest of his body had the same robotics as his arms, his abs were fused with metal with what looks like little blue lights covering some of his abs.
On the upper part of his chest were fully robotic that had a small red box that was on top of his heart's window. Wires were attached to the box leading towards his arms.
Demo's smile had disappeared replacing it with a frown "Sorry you had to see this." he apologized. Wash didn't respond instead he quickly turned to grab South, but stopped as soon as he felt a hand on his shoulder.
Demo had his hand placed between Wash's neck and shoulder. He held a tight grip on it, ensuring Wash not to move.
Demo smirked behind Wash "Washington I'm going to destroy you." he told him. Wash quietly said "You don't have too do this. We can...can." Wash felt a hand touch his back.
"Don't do this says the guy who tricked me, shot my men, and tried to blow me up." he said angrily. Wash started to groan, he felt his back getting hotter and hotter and hearing a noise behind him. "No Washington." Demo continued "I have to do this."
Wash then realized what was happening his back armor was being melted. "AAAHH." Wash yelled in pain. Demo's hand was bright red trying to melt through Wash armor. However Demo just sighed and stopped the burning instead he pushed Wash across the room.
Demo's armor had stopped being red and instead blue energy was flowing through it. He crouched next to South and grabbed her head. The energy flowing through his arm was now covering her body completely.
"Shit." Wash said. He saw what was happening and sprinted to help, but was quickly stopped by Epsilon. "Wash, YOUR BACK!" he yelled. Wash quickly stopped the run to see what he meant. He witnessed what looked like fire on his back. "OH SHIT!" Wash panicked.
He put his hands behind his back to try to hit the flames but with no avail. "Epsilon, Help." he pleaded. Epsilon floated to his back and started to hit the flames but still didn't work.
"WASH! My intangible hands aren't putting the fire out." he mockingly said. "FUCK YOU!" Wash responded back angrily. Wash dropped to the floor to do the traditional way of getting rid of fire. Stop, drop and roll.
Demo let go of South's head and whispered "You might not understand this, but me hurt Washington will hurt you more then you think." he stood back up to finally notice Wash rolling on the floor. He shook his head and happily said "This is going to be awesome."
Unknown Location.
Meanwhile back in the jungle, the group of one of a kind soldiers were thinking of a plan. Most of them, by most of them it was the pilot.
479er was thinking of a plan while the others were doing different things. 479er looked at every single one. The veteran was lying on the floor relaxing while the deckhand was next to the shed isolated from the others, and the mad man was staring at the forest quietly.
Is this really a coincidence she thought to herself. It was weird that an ace-pilot would find herself with an inexperience deckhand from the Mother of Invention, a veteran blue that is calm. And a crazed red that yells every word he says.
479er sighed before seeing her shadow get longer and longer. She saw that the sun was going down, meaning that night would soon approach. "Shit."
"Everyone listen up." she gathered her group to start giving them their orders. "Night is approaching and we're still here." she pointed to the mountains. "We'll be heading out ASAP. So if any of you have a reason for staying say now." everyone was silent.
"Good. So let's head out." she headed towards the jungle with the rest of them following.
15 Minutes later.
The group was deep in the jungle trying to find their way out. They had backpacks strapped to their backs filled with ammo and med kits. "Hey Gain good thing we found these bags right?" Nathan asked happily. However Max was to busy swatting his hand through the air trying to hit over sized mosquitoes pestering him. "GOD DAMMIT." he then raised his gun and opened fire.
Every shot was missing their target but it was making everyone uneasy. "RED!" 479er yelled. "Stop wasting you armor." she ordered. Max stopped but quickly saw one coming towards him. He fired upon it ripping it to pieces.
479er shook her head in annoyance. She had been with this group for a couple of hours, and she had all ready hated Max the most. Why would she? Maybe because he is crazy and has anger issues.
Nathan noticed that 479er was pissed. So he left Max's side to join her's and the two started to chat. "Just let it go. I don't think Max is going to remember this anyway."
479er agreed "I guess." the two were silent as they continued to watch Max thrash his arms. Soon Miller cut through the two to help his friend, leaving Nathan and 479er alone in the back.
Nathan spoke first "So how long have been with the project." 479er didn't respond right away. She had been with the project since the early beginnings. She is good friends with the freelancers. She even witnessed the death of Ohio.
"A good enough time." she answered. Nathan didn't understand the statement, what did she mean by that. But Nathan just ignored it and told his beginning.
"Well I actually joined about four months ago." 479er had nothing to say. He was new and so he had nothing worth talking about.
So 479er started to walk a little faster to leave Nathan, but he quickly said "I also had the honor of being one of Agent Texas's training dummies."
Nathan had said the right thing since he could here 479er chuckle. Nathan caught up with her and continued "Yeah at first I was excited to meet one of these freelancers. The excitement turned into fear and clenching my balls."
479er's chuckling had gotten louder as Nathan continued his story "I was the first one she fought. She charged at me while she had her arm pulled back, then she delivered a critical hit to my balls."
The chuckling had turn to laughter as she heard the last five two stopped walking as 479er waved her hand and said "Give me a minute." she clenched the side of her body as she needed to stop the laughing or she would get rib pains.
Nathan smiled under his helmet. He had made her laugh and he felt good about it. Usually Nathan didn't care about people laughing, but after seeing 479er trying to keep this group in control. He was glad that she was in a better mode.
479er stood straight and took a deep breath before looking at Nathan with excitement "What happened then?" she really wanted to know what he did next.
However it wasn't going to be a big payoff " Next thing I know is that I'm in the med room with a ice pack on my crotch."
479er's excitement turned into disappointment. She was looking forward for a good ending. She remembered when South told her about York's match, and how in the end he lost an eye.
Nathan saw her disappointment. He felt like his story didn't turn out to be what she wanted. He was going to ask her a question about the project. But was interrupted by Miller.
"Hey you two, you should come see this." Miller's voice was heard across the forest. 479er and Nathan ran to Miller's voice till they were out of the forest and were now in a whole new location.
They found themselves in a strange swamp with fog covering the area. There was strange plant life scattered in the swamp, one for example was this tree that was bent and carrying a weird green orb.
The strangest part of the swamp were the two structures that were across from each other. Both of them having a different colored flag, one red, one blue.
The swamp had an incredible odor that could even go through their helmets vents. All four of them shook their heads in disgust as they could smell the horrid swamp.
Max was tapping his head in some hope of blocking the smell. Both 479er and Nathan ignored him trying not to be apart of his action.
Miller leaned to Nathan while still trying to deal with the smell. "I guess we just found the backwash of this planet."
479er examined the swamp, seeing if anything was out of the ordinary. She found something.
A figure was hidden in the fog watching them. 479er nudged Miller's arm to see what she was looking at. Miller and Max stepped forward and aimed at the figure.
Miller spoke "Show yourself." he ordered. The figure walked slowly to the group not trying to scary them.
As the figure continued to walk towards the group, they were soon able to have a better look at it. As it revealed itself 479er eyes widened as soon as she saw who it was.
"Hello mates."
Last Resort.
Back at Last Resort, things could have gone better for Wash.
Wash wasn't wearing his helmet, it was near the armor locked South. The helmet had a large dent on the side that almost ripped it in half. The visor was shattered and you could easily see the inside of it.
Wash however was upstairs getting his ass kicked. His face was bruised, his cheek was torn and his mouth had blood coming out. His left eye was black and blue and completely swollen making his sight blurry.
Washington's attacker was Demo man. He grabbed Wash by his armor's collar and hooked his face repeatedly. Wash could feel his head was going to explode. The pain was so unbearably that Wash felt like passing out.
Epsilon was in Wash's mind trying to help but it was useless. Demo was quicker and stronger then Wash thanks the the robotics. The only thing Epsilon could do now was to help Wash suppress the pain. But soon it would be over.
Demo stopped the beating and tossed Wash to the stairs. Demo had no marks or cuts over his face, his chest was also untouched. For this whole time Demo was able to break Wash while not taking a single hit.
Demo approached Wash while saying "Well freelancer this it." he continued. "You have no one. Your A.I is useless, he couldn't help you get a single hit on me."
He then stood over Wash who was groaning. He grabbed Wash's head and made him look at South "She can't do anything unless your A.I is willing to die."
It had turned out that Demo covered South in a EMP layer. If Epsilon were to unlock South's armor it would kill him.
Demo then grabbed Wash by the back collar and proceeded to drag him up stairs. Wash didn't do anything. He was beaten and bruised, it would be pointless to fight back.
Demo had reached the top of the stairs which had led them to the balcony. The balcony had two bridges that led to a floor that was connected to the wind wheel.
Their were also two platforms that had turrets on it. Demo continued to drag Wash to the right platform.
Demo raised Wash to his knees and made him witness the beach battle. The beach was riddled with bodies.
The freelancers were winning the battle. They were firing upon the fireside of the beach where a cave was located to escape to the seawall.
Only a few of the freelancers were finishing off the rest. Tex was behind ruble shooting them with duel SMGs, Maine was dealing with the enemy personally by letting them see his brute shot's blade close up.
Agents York and North had their weapons aimed at a group of Innies that had surrendered. Girlie was apart of the group. Her visor was cracked and her knives were in two.
C.T's gloves were covered in blood while she was dealing with Florida's wound from the pelican crash. Florida was unconscious while C.T was trying to cover his wound up.
Carolina however was sticking to herself. She was leaning on the seawall clenching her shoulder where a large slash was located. Carolina was staring at Girlie with anger.
Back on the balcony, Wash continued to stare at the beach and thought was this worth it. Wash questioned the mission, he wondered if all this death was necessary just to find one guy.
Demo hovered over Wash and said "Well freelancer I lost."
Demo then hooked Wash in the end sending him near the edge. "But that doesn't mean I can't kill you." he then placed his foot on Wash's head. "Last words freelancer."
Wash was silent. He lost his view of the beach and was now looking at the seawall. Wash sighed before weakly saying "Surrender."
Demo was surprised by Wash's last word. Surrender was the word that Demo didn't expect hearing from Wash. Demo smiled "Sorry freelancer, I'm not accepting your surrender."
As Demo raised his foot to finish off Wash, he could here chuckling from the freelancer "Not me, you." Demo lowered his foot and starred at Wash with confusion. "Me?" he pointed to himself. Wash nodded his head.
Demo stood silent for a couple of minutes before chuckling. "Me?" he said again before shaking his head in disbelief. Soon the laughter was gone and Demo stared at Wash with all seriousness.
Demo's right arm started to glow bright red like it did before. "No dice." he said as he pulled his arm back ready to deliver the final blow.
Wash quietly said "Suit yourself." as Demo delivered the punch Wash quickly rolled the opposite side and swept Demo off his feet.
Demo was completely shocked by Washington's action that he didn't notice his arm melt right through the platform.
Wash quickly turned Demo over before activating his armor ability and sending a punch to the red box. As soon as the punch made contact the little blue lights on Demo's abs were gone and his arms stopped being red. Demo coughed furiously before clenching his heart's window wonder what the hell happened.
Wash was then finally able to land some punches across Demo's face. Wash felt pleased every time he landed a punch. Demo's face had then started to bruise as Washington continued to strike his face.
Demo then kicked Wash off of him to get up. However as Demo stood he continued to clench his window and cough painfully. "What the hell did you do to me."
Epsilon appeared on Wash's shoulder, both him and Wash had a satisfied look. "We used are own trick Frankenstein." Epsilon gloated.
"You see Demo, while you attacking me, Epsilon was able to find out what was wrong with you." Wash then pointed to Demo's box. "That box was making you stronger and faster like some sort of armor ability."
Wash continued "You see I have one too. And it's the suit combined with Epsilon here." As Epsilon heard his name he gave a triumphant pose. "You however had yours located on your chest. I recommend the back of the head next time."
Demo snarled at Wash before leaping at him. He caught Wash off guard as he furiously jabbed Wash in the chest. Wash let out a loud cough before reversing Demo, he held tight to his arm and jabbed the back of his head repeatedly.
Demo striked Wash with the back of his head stunning him. Demo broke from the hold and tackled Wash to the floor.
Wash was holding Demo's hands back from his face. "I'm going to rip your eyes out." Demo swore. Wash kicked Demo off of him before he could grab his face.
Wash then kicked Demo straight in the face breaking a few of his teeth. Demo was lying next to turret, his face was covered in cuts. A massive amount of blood had came out of his mouth, he was even spitting out teeth. He had now known how Wash felt.
Washington stared at Demo who's skin was pale. He was leaning on the turret breathing heavily. Wash knew that Demo would soon die if not treated quickly.
Demo spoke while trying to breath "Well freelancer. You did it, now finish it." Demo closed his eyes and awaiting his fate.
Wash stared at him with disgust, he was the last of the Insurrectionist and with him gone everything would change. Wash would finally be treated with respect. They would remember him as the guy that ended this terrorist threat.
"No." he said. This had surprised both Demo and Epsilon who appeared in front of Wash. "What the hell are you doing." Epsilon asked.
Wash pointed to Demo "Look at him Epsilon. He has no one, his troops are all but dead. He's going to die if we don't do something." Wash was allowing Demo to live.
"Letting him die is too quick and easy. He'll face trial and end up in a prison cell for life." Epsilon shook his head in disbelief "But Wash what happened to getting the respect you deserve."
"And I will. By being a better man then him." as Wash was arguing with his A.I he didn't notice Demo grab the turret.
"HEY FREELANCER!" Demo yelled getting Wash and Epsilon's attention. "Catch." he threw the turret at Wash bashing into his chest fracturing two of his ribs.
Wash laid on the floor defeated. His kindness to others had been broken. It was scratched when betrayed by South,cracked when he was left to die in the pelican. And now shattered just because he was willing to let an enemy live.
Demo laughed at his fallen opponent. Wash had the opportunity to finish him off and he lost it. Demo however took Wash's kindness as weakness.
Wash slowly got to his knees but soon stopped trying to get up as Demo hovered over him. Wash looked at Demo with hatred while Demo grinned at him.
"I gave you a chance to kill me and you declined it. But I should thank you." Demo then stared at Epsilon. "I'm going to take your A.I." Epsilon quickly disappeared into Wash's mind.
"With him I'll no longer be some sort of walking machine. I'll be human once more." Demo raised his fist in the air ready to finish off Washington once and for all.
But Wash had enough. He quickly got up and uppercut Demo right off the platform. "NEVER!" Wash yelled as Demo fell to the ground.
As Demo landed on his back a loud crack was heard. His spine had shattered from the impact. Demo stared at Wash from the ground one last time before closing his eyes forever.
Wash looked down at Demo waiting to see for any movement. But he would not find out yet as he laid on the floor succumbing to his injures. Before he blacked out Wash saw a brown and white figures approaching the factory.
Unknowingly for Wash though this day had changed him for life. And that after this day nothing will ever be the same again.
So? It's been almost a month since I uploaded anything. Sucks to have writers block but that all goes away when your on vacation. Also the first episode of RWBY premiered last week and I thought it was good, I look forward to seeing whats next for this show and the fanfics that will be coming as well. Oh and that new episode of RVB that happened three days ago. One word: Freckles.
