Wow...it's been a very long while sense I've had two things: 1. Time to work on this fiction. 2. A computer with which to post my work.
but I do want to continue it and to do more with it. I might even go back at some point and redo some of the beginning chapters...but for now I feel like continueing what I have going already.
To my reviewers: Thank you for continueing to put up with me and try to stay with the story. The alerts on the story are the reason I decided to continue it over a few others that I wrote a long long time ago...but without further ado...to the story.
Chapter 6 - Fight or Flight?
The evening was treachously quiet, as if in silence it would be able to fool the world into believing that all was well in the streets surrounding the limitless fortress. The overlarge gathering of buildings equally as reserved but far more ominous, a large trap awaiting prey to wander carelessly into it's illusionary walls. Akabane watched it for a few moments with his serious assistant standing nearby as she glanced it over as well.
"You don't have to come Constantina," he assured with the astucious calm of his rich voice, "I'll be just as fine by myself."
"Only if you'd rather I didn't doctor," she returned professionally with a slight bow to accent her extreme attachment to being respectful (to this man at least), "I wouldn't wish to interfere with your fun. I never meant to imply that you weren't utterly capable of finishing."
"Ah my dear," he responded cheerily as he reached and petted her hair a bit, "I'll give some of the fun to you. I did promise after all, it would be rude of me to take that back. Top notch work without exception."
Constantina paused at the touch then leaned slightly into it, closing her eyes but giving almost no indication of the euphoria she was experiencing otherwise. Even when he turned back, her eyes snapped back open and her face returned to the 'no-nonsense' look that it usually kept.
"We're going to be kept back for a while it seems doctor," she reported cooly as her cell phone started to beep lightly, "it seems that one Shido Fuyuki and another Himiko Kudo are waiting nearby with a poison trap to interfere, I made sure we approached when the wind would be against the woman...should I take her on or the dog man sir?"
"The dog man?" Shido barked with irritation from where he had been hiding with the blue haired poison master until then.
Himiko ignored the protest and stepped out to face the other two, looking over her competition.
"Not bad," she complimented with a wry smile, "Ban uses that trick often enough. Though how you tracked us is a bit of a trick you'll have to let me in on when we're done."
"I'm afraid that you likely will not be conscious to exchange plesantry's after the battle Ms. Kudo," Constantina explained in a matter-of-fact voice, drawing her pistol, "Orders doctor?"
"It wouldn't be fun if I fought Ms. Himiko." Akabane explained to his assistant in return, "I'll be fighting with Mr. Fuyuki my dear, have fun."
"Always doctor," Constantina grinned slightly at the comment, stepping off to another side as the doctor dissapeared from view to start his stalking of the beast.
"Sure it's wise to send Akabane away?" Himiko grinned to the girl and drew one of her many bottles," I don't have to have you down wind to use what's at my disposal."
"Why is it, your group always assumes that they are more capable than everyone else?" Constantina asked critically as a shot left a streak of blood on one of Himiko's cheeks and left a few blue hairs falling to the ground.
Scene Switch!
"He moves so fast my eye can barely follow!" Shido decided as he hardly blocked a few attacks, and took several successive blademarks on his body.
"You aren't even going to do anything other than call animals for me to slaughter?" Dr. Jackal asked with a tone that screamed boredom," If you insist on wasting my time I'll just finish you then."
Shido dodged a blow that would have done massive damage if it hadn't killed him a moment later.
"I get it," Shido muttered, bying himself some time to think, "you target your opponents most vital areas and even those small butter knives of yours get dangerous. But don't you realize different animals have various body types...you won't be able to do much the way your going. ...Turtle technique."
As Shido's skin darkened and Akabane didn't move he narrowed his eyes; not certain what the freak could be thinking but as he wasn't targeting him any further he went after the Dr. in return, diving forward and giving several unsuccessful swipes before a single knife hit him and he had to withdraw. Falling to a knee for a moment from sudden intense pain...shock evident on his face.
Scene Switch back! (yeah it was short but it'll be back)
Constantina swiftly ducked behind a building as a stream of fire was sent her way. Sighing to herself as she reloaded the gun in her hand. Her hair had been disheveled from it's perfect bun just a bit but that only seemed to irritate her further as she spoke aloud.
"Ms. Kudo, please withdraw...you are making me miss precious seconds of your allies death."
Himiko's responce was rather clear when her next breath of the fire reddened some of Constantina's right shoulder and burned off the long sleeved blouce on that side before she rolled clear again. Returning fire with deadly accuracy, taking Himiko in the shoulder in return and also in the hip on the same side before Himiko ducked away.
"Those shots are filled with sedative, and all the poison training in the world won't save you from an overdose of the traqulizer I put into the bullets." Constantina called with a polished vexation, "If you don't leave soon then you will find that I will not be kind when I carve a reminder into you as to why to not get in my way when the doctor is fighting. Don't assume you are abandoning your friend, I would sooner remove my heart than step in the way of the doctor's fun."
"Don't you ever shut up?" Himiko asked right before she layed several blows into the woman in quick succession, "...oh, I'm afraid I'll have to mess up your hair before I leave a few bruises to remind you why not to mock me."
Scene Switch back again! (I like to move back and forth between the action...what else can I say!)
Akabane walked with a lazy pace toward Shido as he spoke with raw depravity.
"Mr. Shido, all living creatures have points that are painful and that will lead to the fastest way of their deaths...the harder you make them to reach, the more enjoyable it will be when I get there. A bit more agony for you though I'm afraid..."
Shido froze then as a chill touched him that he'd rarely experienced before...he realized that he was no longer the pretator in the food chain, and he shivered a moment from the bloodlust that had been sparked a moment before he ran...he wasn't up to par with this creature...he couldn't defeat him. That knowledge made his blood burn all the more...nontheless he had to get Himiko and get out of here...the beast fears more than anything after all; flight had been taken over fight. When he reached Himiko she didn't seem well off, the assistant woman was bruised in several areas and cut in many others but Lady Poison hadn't gotten through unscathed. She was bleeding profusely and likely if he hadn't grabbed her on the way by, would have passed out and died from the effects of the acceleration perfume she'd used to almost annilihate the woman she'd been fighting.
Akabane followed him back and frowned slightly to himself as he approached his assistant.
"Pity he had to run, he was just starting to get interesting...you all right Constantina?" he asked offhandedly after the more important comment. Turning his purple gaze to her beaten form.
"Yes doctor," she managed to whisper, her wounds already starting to reform themselves on her body, "though it will likely take me several hours to fully repair the damage. If you wish to go ahead and have me catch up I fully understand. I apologize for the inconvience of my defeat. The package will be being delivered to the gates shortly by a service I hired. They shouldn't realize the boy is missing until it's far too late for it to matter."
"Not at all, the way Ms. Himiko looked, it seems as though you did wonderfully as always," Akabane waved off the apologies and turned toward the buildings before him, "Do catch up when you've finished healing my dear. You make trips so much smoother between the different shows. I'll see you then."
He walked off after those last orders, heading toward his new job with his devoted worshipper healing slowly on the ground behind him.
End Chapter.
Well, again I thank all the people that reviewed 5 and I hope I get more for 6. I was a little off I think after the long absence but more is going on with various characters and a little more has happened with Constantina...including her and Dr. J's slightly twisted relationship. I jumped ahead by having her do some things to get Ginji...but that will be explained later. Just so you know whats happening there. K...well...see you next time.