This is the, surprise surprise, second chapter of 'The Beginning of The End.' It is revised and better than the first one I had planned. Months of planning and forgetting and hectic stuff is baaad. Any who. Let's get on with it!
Chapter 2: Imprisonment.
Not everything seemed bad...well, not to the Orange haired man standing directly beside of the monstrous Gate...It seemed to crackle with energy occasionally...
When it did, the buildings nearest to it – His, and the neighboring one's -- blacked out. It wasn't pandemonium per say...but the gate itself seemed to have no purpose other than causing damage to all things electrical – kinda like a living EMP bomb.
Only, this was more dangerous. Rukia earlier, had went off to Urahara's shop and confront him about this..While he was stuck, being the 'Gate Keeper.' In other words..a babysitter.
"Sheesh. Doesn't she know by now?! This thing isn't going to do any other damn thing except cause a few tiny blackouts in my house and the neighbors homes!" A small whine escaped from his throat.
"God! Why..Won't..You...Just...Close!?" After this long drawn out sentence, the orange-haired vizard kicked the damn thing, right in one of those...bloody towers! It proved to be a bad thing, as a moment later, his foot, and toes, were starting to hurt.
One hand then reached up to scratch the back of his head.- "I don't see what's she's so uptight about. It's been here for only an hour, and nothings happened. I think we should leave it alone. It'll probably go away by itself. Ah well.."One foot kicked at the dirt beneath his feet.
Though what came next, even he wouldn't be prepared for...
-Muh'grak'kar.-
Illiad awoke with a start; an alarm had sounded inside of his skull, and the blue skinned male stood up, hair of a fiery red color cascaded down to his shoulder blades. "Great...Time for another invasion...Why can't we just do it and get it over with? The whole 'we must test these humans for potential' thing is stupid.." His voice muttered, and the routine voice rung throughout the home.
"Sir, Drevin is here. His message is simply this: 'Wake up, ya lazy bum! It's time for the ceremonial research! Or in my words, time to go capture us some slaves!' " The electromechanical vocals of the disembodied voice spoke, then stopped.
"Good. Then tell him I'll be out in a minute.." His body moved to a sitting position on the edge of his bed; the stone itself moved around, almost straightening itself as he stood up. Dull, Brown eyes glanced back, and saw there were no wrinkles in sight. With that, he snapped the index and thumb finger together. Almost immediately, the blackness underneath his feet moved; quick and efficient time was necessary, and before one could say 'All done, Master!' the armor was placed appropriately on his form.
Though the Helmet wasn't, due to the specifications he spoke to the mechanized household. The helmet lay upon the pitch pitch black carpet; the home itself was of Roman like descent; elaborate archways adorned the ways into the many halls..stairs and the like...even windows.
But, that was enough sightseeing. His hand had picked up the helmet, and moved it onto his head; tucking the hair inside of the helmet to keep it out of harm, or out of enemies hands. Once done, the doorway opened, and he stepped through. His Squad was already waiting for him. Leks, indefinitely.
"Hey! Illiad! Over here! HERE! Come on! Look! Please!?"
His throat coughed, and the black hand outstretched, his fingers curling into a fist. "Head out!" Before he moved along to the front; Drevin was waiting for him at the Gate, silently grinning.
"Ladies first, Illiad." Drevin's smirk was apparent, even through his helmet covered the expression.
"Alright then. Go on through, Drevin." Of course Drevin sent a glare; clearly obvious, but instead, Leks pushed Illiad through the gate first. Soon after, the two Squad's followed.
The trip itself was fantastical. It was like a dream...occasionally there were energy crackles around them; and the occasional lightning strike. The red swirling energy finally gave in, exploding outwards...
-In the Real World.-
"Man..today is so boring..It's not like anythings going to fucking happen..." A yawn escaped his lips; but just as that was done, the energy dissipated...And he almost immediately jumped up.
"See! I knew it! It was going to disappear! I knew it!" He shouted...that is until ten men stepped out..At this, he knew something had to be amiss. The men spoke, pointing to the boy.
"Take him. He'll be the first prisoner..if he resists...slaughter him. Leks...You do the honors." Their speech was like a normal humans, except with an eccentric accent..
However, the one called Leks stepped forward, and nearly tackled him to the ground; however, he jumped back just in time, kicking the alien along the jawline. However, Leks stood up after that. And it looked like he hadn't even been fazed.
"Hehe...This is going to be fun!" Before long however, Leks tossed a fist his way; his form moved away quickly, but it proved to be futile; as directly after the initial attack, another punch went for his stomach; it connected, and so did the following attacks.
However, the suppose knock-out punch was caught just in time; then his arms hooked under the Aliens and flipped him over...Just as Leks was thrown down, the foreigner sweeped him off of his feet, and landed a nice knee to Ichigo's back. A cracking of bone was sounded throughout the body;
Ichigo hadn't been done at that place and time, but it was too late, as Leks snatched up Ichigo's arms, and pushed his knee into the Orange-haired vizard's back, resulting in more pain. A hissing was soon ringing in his ear. "Hehe! I caught you, I caught you! " Before the other took out some form of restraints out of a utility like belt; then slapped what looked like handcuffs on his wrists...then a collar around his neck.
A jolt of electricity spun throughout the collar, and almost immediately did Ichigo black out. Before he did, he saw what seemed like ten people...And one picking him up. Before he went unconscious.
-P.O.V. Change; Illiad and company.-
"One down..49 to go. Next we capture a female. Then it'll be 28 of each gender. Drevin, you and Bak'kal go search the buildings to the east...each of us shall split into two teams and capture two each gender. Move out!" The order was given, and each member followed their orders.
Illiad, however, moved out on his own. Fra'lek followed him out of obedience.
"Soldier. I told you to spli-" "Everyone has a partner but you. So I thought to accompany you, sir. If it is a problem..." Illiad shook his head.."That's fine, I suppose. Well..Start looking.."
Fra'lek, Illiad discovered, had an amazing ability to spot Females and Males from 2 miles away..especially an orange haired female, whom they had taken into custody. From there they captured a few more; ten to be exact.
However, before they could head back, two figures stood in their way; a black haired girl in some uniform, and a weird looking girl with glasses on. "Hey! You two! Let Orihime go! Or I'll come over there and kick both your asses!" The booming, and confident voice of Tatsuki shouted, both fists raising. The other girl joined her..but was almost immediately regretful of her decision.
"Hnh. We will not let your friend go..Step away, before we take actions of our own." Fra'lek spoke; both of his eyes gleamed. Tatsuki glared heavily at him.
"Fine! Then I'll just have to kick your ass! Prepare for a world of pain like you've never seen!" Tatsuki of course, rushed towards the foreign entity, thrusting a fist towards the male. However, her fist had been caught in his own;
He easily pushed the fist back. Her screams echoed as she thrust another fist towards the shielded face. He caught that one too.
"Raaawrgh! You bastard! I won't let you take Orihime away!" Fra'lek merely grinned; before lifting a knee into her stomach; she spat out blood after the first few hits; she tried to get away, but found that her struggling was met with a horrible crunching sound;
"I tire of this game..." Fra'lek literally, ripped her fists away from the rest of her body; blood fell around everywhere, her body falling down quietly. He tossed the severed limbs from him, and stepped on the womans chest cavity. Before killing her, he hissed out a few sentences. "Just for resisting..Orihime's mine." He then forced his foot further into her chest, then directly into the heart cavity.
Tatsuki's body lay lifeless against the ground, her chest caved in. Fra'lek removed his foot from the chest, the boot covered in blood. The other girl however, had saw this, and cowered in fear...but the thought of losing Orihime must've been worse...because she growled like no tomorrow, and flew at Fra'lek like an angry woman..
And didn't manage to get five feet to him. For he had pulled out a pistol, and fired it just as she got ten feet away. Her head was splattered wide open, and the gushy blood flew everywhere.
"Job done. Shall we head back, Illiad?" the commander chuckled slightly, before nodding. He then placed five bodies on his form; As did Fra'lek. Then they went back, stepping over the two dead bodies...And as they arrived, each of their Squad's stood, waiting.
"Hey, Illiad. Ready to head back? I've caught a few humans...Mostly female. The rest caught the males and such.." Illiad mentally counted each body, and nodded. Fifty bodies all in restraints. With the bodies – one such one was a girl with vivid light blue eyes and dull brown hair, Bak'kal said, had to be literally fought..for over thirty minutes. "Her name was Raynne, I believe..And the rest are unidentified. Shall we head back?"
With a motion of the hand, he signaled the raid over with; and each stepped through the gate.
(Ends that chapter! With a 'bang'! How do you like? Good? Bad? Average? Read. Review. And Flames are welcome. Just don't expect a response to them. )