OK here I am and back again to write the ninth chapter of this story! I come up with bizarre Ideas in my head all the time so don't be surprised.
Disclaimer NiGHTS and other related trademarks, C Sega and Sega Saturn.
Caroline, Kate, Rave, Zero, C Me Dueler Of Fate.
Nights and Reala, C Sega Saturn.
Chapter 9, Destination War.
Zero's POV
Plummeting toward the earth at a hundred miles an hour was the most insane thing that has ever happened to me. Oh yah falling at that amount of speed AND getting blasted out of the air within a hundred mile radius wasn't fun either. At first I felt dead, like a weird GUSH sensation followed by utter silence and loneliness which I was used too so that wasn't as odd as the rest of it. I could make out Raven still letting her reflexes handle her fighting, I could tell her level wasn't spiking…in fact not one of her attacks had she actually been concentrating. She wasn't really trying at all. When it comes to monster VS monster, we usually have to constantly keep our sixth sense concentrated otherwise were just some rampaging beast throwing punches that really have no effect or value. And that's exactly what Raven was doing; Caroline scoffed and concentrated all her energy,
"You untamed beast," Caroline said bringing in more of her magic, I looked over at Nights and widened my eyes a little,
"Nights…do you feel that?" She nodded,
"Yah," She said with the same surprised tone "The flow of energy….it's completely different from before." Nights managed a small grin; I smiled too now realizing why she was impressed all of a sudden. "Caroline's trying something," Nights said her eyes fixated on the fight, "Only….something's blocking me from telling what." I nodded and grimaced, I knew what she was talking about but I too couldn't figure out what the cause was, my best guess was Raven, or Caroline's other self was trying preventing us from finding out on purpose. Raven growled and charged up more fire
"You Bastard!" Raven screamed. I somehow found this a little funny, partially given Raven's temper. Caroline's eyes shot open and a huge red light of Vampire like energy shot out from Carol's hands and knocked Raven dead center in the chest.
"That's gotta hurt," I muttered, Nights agreed. Raven hurtled toward the ground and crashed right into some stone not far from the gate that was closed to this plaza. Caroline managed a weak smile and lowered herself to the ground.
"Young fool," she muttered, "You let your Rage take control and therefore your fighting was sloppy. Learn your place." Caroline reverted back to her regular self and turned to us, she doubled over into Nights arms and looked up weakly. "Ow…man," I wasn't surprised, if you were a monster you would understand why she was acting kind of weak right now. She had forced her energy to spike about several times and that in turn temporarily drained her of her mental strength. Concentration and synch with your energy gets your level high, but it's also mainly just about concentration. If you lose your focus on your mental synch with your power than your reflexes become imbalanced in a way and you lose it pretty much. But that's what happened with Raven. Carol she just used a lot of her energy at once that had to have take some serious concentration in order to pull that off. Carol assured Nights that she was fine but I had a grim feeling that she wasn't.
"She'd dead," Caroline announced, "I made sure of it."
"You did" I asked my tone accidentally sounding surprised, she smiled and nodded.
"Is there anybody else that is going to show up?" Nights asked, Caroline shook her head,
"Thankfully no but I'm not sure…" I sighed and gave her a reassuring nod. It's never easy living the life of a monster but then again, life for anything is never easy. No matter what you are. But for humans they don't have to worry about facing imminent death every second of your life. And if you look at death around every corner, it really just….snaps everything into perspective. Take this fight that just happened for instance. It had surely snapped my attention. Vampires ARE after all THE strongest of all monsters. Their particular power dates back to somewhere in the BC's of time but I don't have time to explain that right now. Carol walked over to me and raised her hand, I winced ready to be slapped but instead she gave me a huge hug and for the first time, I actually smiled. "You were….amazing Zero!" I blushed a little and shook her off,
"It was nothin Carol, I mean. I'm just a weather Demon. You're a Vampire," she shook her head and held me apart my by shoulders,
"You don't have to be a Vampire in order to help Zero."
"You think so?" I asked back, she smiled wide,
"I KNOW so!" Caroline beamed with pride and thanked Nights for her assistants as well. Then out of the corner of my eye I could make out a small winged figure heading for us. As it came into view I realized who it was. One of Caroline's Friends, Kate. (A succubus,) Kate spotted us on the ground and spiraled toward Caroline landing only a few feet in front of her, she surprised Nights a little but who wouldn't be.
"Kate!" Caroline said bewildered, "W-what are you doing here?" Nights I'm guessing was wondering the same thing, Kate breathed a sigh of nervous relief,
"I came to tell you something."
"How'd you find this place?" Nights asked back, Kate shrugged,
"It wasn't easy, but I managed, although I may need to rest my wings." Nights nodded showing she understood, Just then Kate looked over at me and cocked her head sideways,
"Carol, um…who's that?" Kate asked, Carol gestured for me to come over. So is did.
"Kate this is Zero, Zero this is Kate my friend I was telling you about." I nodded and smiled at Kate, Kate did the same back. Kate was still slightly confused,
"But wait Carol, is she…."
"One of our kind yes," Caroline assured her, Kate grinned widely and hugged me so tight I could hear my ribs crack.
"Perfect! Then she's understand that well back home, it's……" Kate's face turned cold. Nights looked worried and raised Kate's head,
"It's what," she asked. Kate looked up at all of us her face read that it was something extremely serious. This wasn't a good thing.
"It's a War zone back home," Kate said her voice shook with every word. "I don't know who or what they are but some ol' Wizeguy dude is leading them." Night's eyes shot open as she balled her fists. Her eyes flaring with anger.
"Wizeman!" Nights growled, Carol turned to her,
"You know him?" She asked, Nights nodded grimly,
"Why would he attack the monster world?" Caroline asked her tone very worried, all of us shook our heads not having a clue. But then Night's eyes widened as she looked up at all of us.
"Thos orbs!" She turned to Caroline, "Do you remember those balls from before, ya know…the ones you found in the crater when you first came here." Carol nodded and looked off toward the sky beyond the gate.
"Then let's go," She said as we follower her out, Nights getting ready to fly and Kate letting loose her wings again.
"I don't know who or what he is but we have to make sure he doesn't get a hold of those orbs." We all nodded and followed her out the gate toward the blood covered world of Monsters.
Chapter End. : O