Part Six
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Slade saw the blonde woman dash after Tokai, and he meant to stop her but when he turned his back on the man in black he'd die, he knew that.
So he stood firm and glared at the man in black, he was the real threat.
He'd have to trust Tokai to deal with the woman . . . oh who was he kidding? Tokai couldn't handle a Dokusensha agent, not one with blonde hair and big breasts anyway!
He shoved his palms out and twisted them around so that they were upside down, the man in black began slowly at first to levitate off the ground, then he caught speed and fell upwards into the sky!
He might have continued until he left the range of Slade's effictive influence but he swept his own arms out and paper wings errupted from his black jacket-which was made of paper gathered from the streets, how he changed its color was a mystery to Slade.
The paper master flew back towards the ground, the wings were like razor blades.
The paper master scowled at him, he was only ten feet off the ground now and Slade withdrew his hands, causing the paper master to plummet to the ground!
Slade smirked, he knew the paper master had been too close to the ground to be seriously injured, but he wanted to bet that the fall had hurt all the same.
The Dokusensha agent got to his fit and shoved his hand forward, from the sleeve of his jacket errupted a huge white claw, it streaked towards Slade, who immediately increased the gravity, dragging the claw downwards.
But it had enough speed to reach him before it slammed into the ground, the boy kept his eyes on the paper claw then threw his hands up into the air, reversing the gravity again and sending the arm up with lightning speed.
But he blundered.
His plan had been to allow the arm to get close, or rather long enough to reach him, he'd then make it light enough that it'd float up into the air, he'd then bring gravity back with such force that the unrealistic stack of paper would fall on its master and cover him while Slade himself got away.
Unfortunately the arm got just a little closer than it should have, and as he let it rise it cut a large and terrible path across his raised arms, slashing one of his wrists.
He withdrew his arms and closed his eyes in pain.
He closed his eyes and the gravity effects on the paper arm ceased, it was free now to slam into him, free to kill him.
He opened his eyes quickly, hoping to somehow prevent his own death even though he couldn't think over the rising panic building in his chest, had he been able to think clearly he might have noted that he'd been alive for an awfully long time since he lost concentration, the arm should have finished him by now.
As his opened eyes gazed upwards the massive arm was gone.
He looked at the ground, at the mass of soaked paper and smiled weakly.
Oyu.
The water master ran out from behind Slade and stood in front of him, "I don't know what gang you're with, but if you keep trying to hurt our quiet friend here you'll be all washed up."
Slade saw the paper master scowl again and thrust his other arm forward, and he might have had even more paper up his sleeve, though it was dificult to believe it was possible . . .
Except a huge golem rose up out of the very road behind the man and grabbed him around the middle, lifting him up.
A white blade emerged from his sleeve, it sliced through the golem's head cleanly, luckily Brock's golems didn't need their heads to see their prey.
But the fact that paper had cut through the golem so cleanly gave Slade more than a small bit of worry.
This agent seemed unstopable, what would it take to make him give up? Now he was outnumbered, he couldn't possibly have more paper, but he did.
Had there really been that much litter in the streets?
Slade shuddered, his hand wouldn't stop bleeding and he was starting to feel faint. He said to Oyu "We can't fight him, we have to run away . . ."
"Y-yeah . . ." The older woman said, backing away from her opponent and helping Slade to his feet at the Dokusensha agent proceeded to cut Brock's golem to bits, "I think you're right!" She screamed as the golem fell appart, Brock's control over it brought to an end.
Wherever Brock was, he'd be smart to run too.
If only Slade's legs didn't feel so heavy . . .
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Sora moaned as Fenrir helped her to her feet, "Don't take it out!" He snapped at her, "We'll get you taken care of." He looked at the arrow protruding from her shoulder, and shook his head.
A blooming bow and arrow! Only a damned Dokusensha agent . . .
His boys were after the tramp now, and Tokai was probably headed for the hide out. Slade seemed to be capable of walking now as Oyu tried to lead him away but they wouldnt get far before the paper master caught up to them.
Fenrir scowled, he shoved Sora towards a nearby car, "Get it going."
"H-how?" Sora gasped.
Fenrir stared her and realized with a groan that it was Oyu who knew how to hot wire cars.
Damn women, why couldnt they all posses the same capabilities?
He glared at the paper master, strategy was Slade's arena, fighting was what Fenrir did best, and even so he was useless without his boys . . .
He shook Sora, and it probably wasn't a good idea but his mind was a lump of mush right now, he shouted at her "Then blow him around until Oyu can hot wire a car! Brock! Brock wherever you are get to Sora and do whatever it takes to keep him away from her!" Fenrir roared at the top of his lungs.
He ran towards his little brother and Oyu.
The woman whose hair always looked as if it had just come out of the shower was practivcally dragging Slade when Fenrir reached them, Fenrir took his brother and threw him over his shoulder, "Get us some wheals woman!" He commanded, and for once she complied without complaint, grabbing a bit of rubble that had flown over to them from Brock's destroyed golem and hurling it through the window of a van.
She went to work, Fenrir turned around and kept his eyes on the paper master who was busy fighting off a second stone golem as the wind blew violently all around him.
Unfortunately he stood fim as if the strong winds were nothing but a midsummer's zephyr. Paper that flew about in Sora's strong winds in fact were being added to the paper master's aresnal, they seemed almost magnettically drawn to him!
Fenrir looked back at Oyu who was busily working on hot wiring their escape vehicle, he turned back and saw the paper master thrust his arm towards the golem, and suddenly it collapsed and crumbled to the ground, paper flying everywhere . . .
How could paper cut through golems made of concrete? Fenrir didn't understand it at all, he clenched his fists and shouted at Brock, "Make another, quick!"
The stocky man looked at Fenrir in dumbfounded shock, "I cant!" He screamed back, "I-I'm trying and it's not working!"
Blast! So he was out of energy!
Fenrir looked around, there were no people in the streets, the battle had driven them all into hiding, so there were no dogs he could take control of and so he was useless in this fight. He set Slade down on the ground, and slapped him, "Slade! C'mon Slade, I need you to kill him! I need you to crush him!"
"C-cant . . ." The boy groaned.
"Yes you can!" Fenrir roared, "Kill him Slade! Crush him! Destroy him!" Fenrir pressed, urging his brother to act.
Slade just shook his head slowly, "Thou shalt not kill . . ." He grumbled, and Fenrir hit him again, this time not to rouse him.
"Idiot, you have to kill him or he'll kill us, do it this once Slade, damn you!"
Slade looked like he might slip out of conciousness so Fenrir hit him again, Slade's eyes opened slightly and hardened, "If you're mad take it out on him!" Fenrir commanded, "Kill him Slade, you're the only one who can!"
Slade glared at the paper master and weakly he raised his bleeding arm, he held his hand open then clenched his fist quickly, the man in black suddenly stumbled and fell, the ground beneath him giving way and collapsing and he fell.
Slade's arm fell limp and his eyes rolled back into his head, but he was still breathing.
The van started up and Oyu laughed triumphantly, Fenrir shoved his brother into the vehicle and got in himself. "Drive over to Brock and Sora, and make it quick, woman!"
"Yeah, yeah, you're welcome by the way." Oyu scoffed.
"I'll thank you when we're safe, damn it!" Fenrir roared, he didn't bother to close the door to the vehicle.
Brock and Sora leapt in, Sora screamed as she did, and Fenrir saw that the clumsy girl had accidentally broken the arrow shaft off in her attempt to escape.
That'd make getting the arrow head that much harder, well he wouldn't scold her about it now, he slapped Oyu in the back of the head, "Drive!"
"Jeez! Yeah boss, fine!"
"I'm so not kidding with you, drive the car!" Fenrir roared as, beyond all reason the man in black began to climb out of the crater Slade had made.
But Oyu floored it, and the small van surged forward towards safety . . . or at least away from almost certain death.
Fenrir sat back and panted, he glanced over at his brother to make sure the kid was still breathing, then said to Oyu "Get us back to the hide out."
"But Slade needs a--" Oyu began but Fenrir cut her off.
"Do it!" Fenrir roared, "That's where Tokai will go . . . we have to get him before we do anything else . . ."
To Be Continued . . .
A/N: Though this story is generating few reviews it does have several hits, so either I do have a group of readers or one person who can't stop rereading everything. Thanks to those of you who are reading the adittional chapters and giving me the benefit of the doubt. Or . . . the single solitary person who re-reads every chapter dozens of times uh . . . yeah.
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