The following occurs in December 3450
Chapter 10
Simms was the first with whom I had come into contact. He struck at me with his sword repeatedly and I blocked all of his strikes with my sword. Our swords then locked and we made eye contact for a few seconds. I pushed against his sword with mine and he went sliding across the floor on his feet. I then came into contact with Hamm who struck his sword at me repeatedly. As I blocked all of his strikes with the blade of my sword, from the corner of my eye I saw Berg rushing towards me at high speed. When he moved to strike at me with his sword I blocked both of the men's strikes holding my sword with one hand. I then flipped over them and suddenly I was engaged in fierce combat with Phillips. She swung her sword at me repeatedly which I blocked with my sword. She then began to throw kicks at me which I blocked with my arms and dodged. She then jumped in the air and a spinning kick at me. I ducked her kick and as she landed on the floor I threw a kick in her abdomen which sent her flying across the arena. In a split second I saw her landing sideways on her feet against the wall. At that moment I was confused as to how a seemingly normal human being could have such ability.
Just then the blade of a katana hissed next to my ear and I managed to dodge the strike. I spun around and found myself engaging with Simms again. He threw strikes at me with his sword at high speed, a speed I have never encountered from a human. I blocked all of his strikes and then got engaged with Berg who ran towards me at an inhuman speed. He struck at me wildly with his sword, strikes which I dodged and blocked with my sword. Our swords then locked and I pushed against his sword with mine. Phillips then rushed towards me striking at me with her katana. I blocked all of her strikes and soon got engaged with Hamm who held his sword in one hand and struck at me at hyper speed. I blocked all of his strikes with a speed that matched his and grabbed him by his clothes and threw him over my head. Suddenly I felt a kick in my back which sent me flying to the wall. As I came into contact with the wall I landed on my feet sideways. Before I could pick up myself Simms ran up to me and began striking at me with his sword. What shocked me was that Simms was running along the walls, a feat that no human could ever accomplish. Right there my memory began to jog. I thought about the information that I received when I hacked into the CPU of the android errand boy Adrian Thorpe. These superhuman feats that these mere humans were able to achieve were a result of the serum that they were injected with used by the U.S. Military for enhance strength and agility.
We both struck back and forth at each other with our swords until I saw Hamm jumping towards the high end of the wall where we were. His feet landed firmly against the wall and he soon struck at me with his sword. I blocked and dodged his strikes and soon struck at him with The Final Dawn. I kicked him in the abdomen which made him lose his balance. He fell off a few feet and then held on with his fingers; this shocked me. I thought that the serum that ran through his body was only used for strength and speed. Just then Phillips jumped in front of me and we both struck back and forth with our swords. I made a cartwheel on the wall and soon I got engaged with Berg. I blocked and dodged all of the strikes he made with his sword and struck at him at high speed with my sword. He dodged and sidestepped all of my strikes and he in turn threw strikes at me which I blocked with my sword. From behind my shoulder I heard the sound of a sword cutting through the air. I then spun around, blocked the sword with the blade of The Final Dawn and found myself engaging with Phillips who struck at me holding her sword with one hand. I blocked them with my sword with a speed that almost matched hers. I then heard Berg running behind me and I jumped from the wall to the floor.
The moment I landed on the floor I was engaged with Hamm who threw fast strikes at me. Soon we found ourselves striking back and forth at each other at equal speed. Suddenly in a split second Hamm thrust his katana into my abdomen and the blade came out of my back. This was not good for me at this time because I was still in a situation where my wounds were healing at a much slower pace. I looked at Hamm dead in his eyes and threw a kick into his chest which sent him flying across the room. Soon I got engaged with Berg and Phillips who threw strikes at me almost simultaneously. By holding The Final Dawn with one hand I blocked all of their strikes. Phillips then flipped over me and threw a kick into my back which sent me flying towards the wall. I slammed into the wall face first and it caved in. Despite this I felt no pain. However I felt something running down my forehead. When I touched my forehead and looked at my head I discovered that I was bleeding. I then realized that I must avoid getting stabbed or pummeled because I needed all my strength to deal with the Hansen Sisters.
As I looked up I saw Simms rushing towards me at high speed, he then began throwing fast strikes at me which I dodged. Simms then threw a kick at me; I sidestepped and his foot cracked the wall. I flipped over him and spun around to face him. In that moment Simms also spun around to engage with me and at high speed I rushed towards him holding my sword in attack mode. I ran past him straight and I stopped at the end of the room. From behind I heard a body fall to the floor. I turned around and saw Simms lying flat on the floor in a pool of blood with his abdomen ripped opened all because of me.
I suddenly got involved with Berg and Hamm who struck almost simultaneously with their katanas. I blocked all of their strikes and threw kicks into their abdomens which sent them sliding across the floor. I then got engaged with Phillips who threw kicks at me at high speed. I blocked and dodged all of her kicks and suddenly she threw a kick that sent me sliding across the floor on my feet. Phillips rushed towards me and threw a combination of kicks and strikes at me. I blocked and dodged all her strikes and swept her off her feet with my right leg. She fell to her floor and I threw a kick to her abdomen which sent her sliding across the floor and colliding against the wall.
Berg then rushed to me trying his very best to overcome me with his sword. I blocked all of his strikes and from over his shoulder I saw Hamm running towards us getting ready to join the battle. I jumped over Berg and threw a flying kick at Hamm. The kick sent Hamm flying straight across the hall and as he fell to the floor I jumped right over his body. I then raised my sword over my head and brought it down and the blade went straight into his chest. Hamm eyes widen and his head flopped on the side lifeless.
I jumped off from over Hamm's body and saw Berg rushing towards me screaming holding his sword up high. Once he came into contact with we struck back at forth at each other with our swords. I threw several kicks at him but they seem to have no effect on him. I then threw a kick into his chest that sent him flying across the room. I watched as he flew across the room and suddenly flipped in mid-air and landed on his feet. I then spun to my left and got engaged with Phillips who threw strikes at me at high speed. From the corner of my right eye I saw Berg rushing toward me at high speed and soon he and Phillips struck at me almost simultaneously. I blocked all of their strikes and flipped over them. Once I landed behind him them I was engaged with Berg and we both struck back and forth with our swords. Berg then threw fast kicks at which I blocked with my right arm. Phillips then joined in and began throwing kicks at me. I switched The Final Dawn and blocked her kicks with my left arm while blocking Berg's strikes with my sword in my right arm. I threw a kick into Berg's chest sending him sliding across the floor on his feet. I then turn to Phillips and thrust my sword into her abdomen. Her eyes widened as she went into shock and I threw a kick into her chest sending her rolling across the floor.
I turned my focus to Berg and rushed towards him, there we struck at each other back and forth with our swords. In the blink of an eye Berg slashed me across me chest. While the wound was not deep I scolded myself for my carelessness in allowing it to happen. I then struck at him at high speed which he blocked dodged. We struck back and forth at each other once again suddenly I stuck my sword dead centre in his chest. His eyes widened and he looked down at the blade that went straight through his back. I then pulled out the sword and took off his head. His blood splattered on my face as his body dropped to his knees and flat on its stomach and his head rolled a few feet across the floor.
I stared at his decapitated body for a few moments until heard rushing footsteps coming from my left. I turned to my left and saw Phillips bleeding profusely from her abdomen and running towards me with her sword in hand. At high speed we struck back and forth with our swords and I flipped over her and a struck at her with The Final Dawn. She blocked all of my strikes with her katana and threw fast kicks at me. I blocked all of her kicks and blocked her fast strikes with my sword. I sensed that she was in excruciating pain due to her wound yet she showed no weakness. She then jumped in the air, raised her sword above her head and brought it down at me with a yell. I threw up my sword and blocked the strike. The moment our sword collided with each other there was the sound of a loud rumble and the floor below us caved in. I was amazed at how much strength she still hand despite being mortally wounded. I then pushed back against her sword which sent her sliding across the floor. She stopped about ten feet away and then rushed towards me with a yell. I stood still waiting for her to make contact. Her screams echoed throughout the hall as she took each step which seemed like forever. I just stood there with no expression on my face and no feeling whatsoever. She reached about ten meters away from me when I suddenly I grabbed her on the chest and threw her upwards which sent her flying upwards. As she was in midair I drew back The Final Dawn and flung it towards her. The katana headed towards her like a boomerang in the blink of an eye the sword took her head off. I then rushed across the room at high speed and caught the sword in my hand. I then heard a loud thud behind me. I turned around and saw Phillip's headless corpse lying across me. In the corner of my eye a saw something drop across from my right and roll across the floor. That was Phillip's severed head. My duel with these rejects of the human race was over.
I slowly walked towards the midst of the area that was now littered with concrete, human blood and the bodies of my opponents. The moment I set foot into the midst I suddenly felt myself being elevated and it was surely not of my doing. I looked down and I noticed that I was standing a on a circular platform which was lifting me upwards. The platform was in a tube like shape and was about 3ft in length and about 5ft in width. I then looked up and I noticed that I being elevated right towards the ceiling. I stared at the ceiling until I noticed the midst of the ceiling of opening up. I was caught in a state of confusion as I was elevated right through the opening and into an unknown room. The room was completely dark, so much so that my extreme sense of sight could not make any description of the room's contents. Suddenly a bright light shone upon me like a spotlight. "Congratulations, Mina," I heard an all too familiar deep voice said. "You've made it this far. This is where it gets really exciting." There was then deafening silence for about a few seconds. Suddenly a beam of light shone on a figure at my right. It was a young looking girl in her late teens with blonde hair dressed in dark gray with tan looking boots. Another beam of light came in from my left. In the midst of the light was another girl wearing the same clothing, around the same age as the other girl and bearing the exact physical appearance of the other girl. Another beam shone in front of me and standing in the midst was another girl wearing the same exact clothes like the other girls, same hair color and possibly around the same age. All three girls were physically similar, they were identical triplets. I immediately recognized the girls for I had battled them many times before. They were the leaders of Generation Thaddeus Camellia, Sonia and Cecilia Hansen; The Hansen Triplets.
I stared into their eyes and they stared into mine. There was no expression on my face yet on their faces they had the look of children who had just came home from the amusement park. "Long time no see, Mina," said Camellia who stood in the midst. "How are the holidays treating you?"
"Cut the shit!" I said. "Where's the girl?"
"Make a wild guess, hon," said Sonia who stood at Camellia's right.
"Since when did you all decided to engage in kidnapping for ransom when you probably have all the money in the world?" I said.
"Do you really think we would go through the trouble and hard work just to kidnap a girl for a measly $100,000?" said Camellia. "It was all in the name of getting you here to settle a couple scores. We've got people that have been watching you the whole time and it turns out that you really love these human kids. So we decided to use Miss Madeline Hudson as bait."
"Yeah," said Cecilia. "We all have to thank the dumb shits among the droids and particularly the humans for making it possible. It's just not easy to resist the urge to be vampire. You should know."
"So you kidnapped an eight year old child, put her parents in a state of panic, manipulated the humans and the droids, and injected top secret military substances into humans' systems all for the sake of fighting me?" I said. "You know you don't stand a chance against me."
"I beg to differ, hon," said Camellia. "Haven't you already noticed that you're not moving at the speed you usually move? Did you notice that your wounds are healing at a rather sluggish pace?"
Her words had struck a chord within me. I was hoping that she would not have sensed the strange deficiencies that I have experienced. "Where's the girl?" I said.
"You didn't answer the question," said Cecilia.
"Answer mine!" I said. "Where is she?"
"You won't get the answer from us so easy, Mina," Sonia. "You know that."
"Don't play any fucking games with me!" I said. "Where is Madeline Hudson?"
"If you really wanna know," said Camellia. "The answer lies at the end of this." Suddenly a light flashed throughout the room and behind each of them I saw three doors. "Behind one of these doors is the one known as Madeline Hudson," said Sonia.
"Here's the catch," said Cecilia. "This entire building is wired with 20 million tons of explosives on each floor encased inside these very walls."
"If you can beat us in five minutes," said Sonia. "Look behind one of these doors and you'll find the girl."
"If not, this whole building goes up and the girl dies." said Cecilia. "You'll probably join her or you'll probably survive with her death on your conscience."
"Remember, hon," said Camellia. "You have five minutes, starting now."
Simultaneously their right hands reached for their left arms and they switched on a button on their arms. Above their heads flashed a screen showing five minutes. They then slowly pulled out their wakizashi swords and got into their stance. I soon got into fighting position and looked at the huge clock above their heads. It said five minutes and suddenly a minute went. I therefore only had four minutes and fifty nine seconds left. I then looked at the triplets and they stared at me for what seemed like forever. None of us seemed to dare make the first move. I stood there trying to figure out my strategy because each time I encountered the triplets they changed their strategy. I looked back again at the clock; it said four minutes and thirty seconds. Time was moving quickly and I knew I had to defeat them fast before the penthouse was destroyed along with Madeline. I felt my right foot move forward but suddenly in the blink of an eye the sisters rushed towards me simultaneously in a blur with their swords aimed right at me.
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