Chapter 10: Pathway Drama
(Walking "Pathway of Maze Forest" North Side 3:33 pm)
"My Gosh Aizou, it feels like a oven here, I wish I was back in our handsome base!"said Kyofu
"Let's head back and just tell Captain Hook Line that they really was enemies and that we eliminated them!"
Aizou was walking five yards in front of him, she turned back, looked at him with silent rage flaring in her eyes and said in a claim manner "So Kyofu...you plan to deceive our captain? Do you really wanna die that fast? It's your choice but your not worthy of being Captain Hook Line's Lieutenant, and if he finds out your lying he will kill you..."
Kyofu thought about it and quickly answered "True true, I'm sure Hook Line will see them on his Security Cameras sooner or later, so let's take them out or ask them to join us as soon as possible...I will complete my mission at any cost if not I am not the handsomest man in the whole world Lieutenant Kyofu Altraz The mighty "Titan" !"
Aizou looked at him suprised, she started to clap then turned around and said "That was a good speech stupid Kyofu...now only if you didn't use a handsome comment it would sound better."
Aizou turn back with a smirk on her face "You talk a lot, but talk is cheap and action is getting expensive...let's get a move on!"
Aizou started to run, Kyofu noticed her and started to run himself, he took a deep breathe then shouted
"Are you stupid or what!? It's super hot already, us running right now will cause us to overheat...how will we fight like that, let along walk back!? Anyway my hair is getting all messy from this sweat, let's walk..!"
Aizou ignored him and kept running, Kyofu was right behind her now, Aizou noticed him closing in and pushed him back a bit and said "Didnt I say stay five yards away from me? Don't play with me you ugly bastard!"
Kyofu looked around dizzily, his face showed a 'that wasn't meant for me' look, Kyofu noticed Aizou looking back at him and she was spelling something out, he read her mouth: (Y.O.U .A.R.E S.O U.G.L.Y)
Kyofu passed out while running, now that he wasn't conscious he started to run at full speed mindlessly.
He easily passed up Aziou, who was now offend that rather then stay five yards back he was now 35 yards in front of her.
Aziou screamed at the top of her lungs "KYOFU YOU UGLY BASTARD, I'll BE RIGHT THERE TO PASS YOU UP!"
Aizou started to run at her fastest speed, she was now right behind Kyofu.
( Phoenix island, sea shore, South Side of the Pathway of Maze Forest •Evening 5:40 pm)
"Ken it's about time to go meet the residents of this island...maybe they can tell us why they living on a tea pot, that over flows every morning...and don't forget we need a Navigator."
Carlos jumped off the ship after he said that, the island was now cold and the air was dense, the trees and greenery was now all in blueish green color shade.
The darkness was approaching and the sun rays were vanishing, Ken jumped off the ship into a hand stand, this time sure that since it was cooler his hands wasn't going to melt off anytime soon.
Once his fingers touched the surface of the island he immediately jumped up it was so cold that he changed into his flaming lion hybrid, even that wasn't enough to stop this coldness.
He noticed Carlos and how he seemed unaffected by the cold air.
Ken finally managed to speak while shaking and said "Ma..ma..man it's so frozen, it feels like cold air is blowing beyond my clothes and straight into my skin! This..this...this is not norm..normal! Carlos how in the hell are you not Affected by all this cold air, and I'm freezing my butt off!?"
Carlos looked at Ken, and simply turned around and said "My clothes is fire and ice proof, hot air and cold air means nothing."
Ken looked dumbfounded and said "W..W..Well whatever it's time to g..go!" Ken started to walk closer to the forest, that had 5-6 weird looking walkways that looked like paths, each path had twists and turns, the one Ken and Carlos first took was the one that lead straight to the metal houses, he was almost positive.
Carlos looked around at the other paths and notice one that looked similar to the other one and because of all the heat he didn't even noticed the other ones. Ken was the first to be excited at the amazing designs of the forest and it's pathways, Carlos looked at it surprisedly too.
Ken looked around and with a stupidly grin said "L..L..Let's split up and race towards the village with the metal houses?" Carlos said loudly "NO!" Ken looked at Carlos with sad puppy eyes and said "Why? Why? why? why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why?"
Carlos tried to ignored him, but couldn't because of his unstoppable will, and his unstoppable tongue, Carlos finally gave in and said "Because...we don't know if the two path lead the same way..so captain If you don't wanna work on my nerves anymore, then you best stop saying "Why""
Ken noticed how serious Carlos was but didn't care at the moment, Ken looked at Carlos with a smile and yelled "WWWHHHYYY?"
Carlos cracked and pulled out his Flank gun, he shot a Ken and missed, Carlos reloaded his gun again with a full clip, Ken took off running towards the other path, Carlos followed him.
They were now in the forest completely, Carlos still shooting at Ken, Ken just jumped around with a big grin on his face, he look back at Carlos and shouted "I'm sorry Carlos I was just having some fun!"
Carlos ignored his comments, he started to catch up to Ken, Ken knew this would be trouble so he turned his feet into flaming lion legs, he jetted off faster and father thoughout the pathway.
Carlos was now far behind Ken, but Carlos still let out a loud laugh.
(On the other end of the pathway, closer to the Center "North Side •Night• 6:02pm)
"That bastard Kyofu is already passed the "Pathway of mazes"entries, he should be in the middle of the forest by now, he's pissing me off...he won't get towards those two strangers before me!"
Aizou started to sprint in the forest, she jumped on the trees and started to hop around on them. Aizou bounced around the trees for a little while longer, She notice a man with a white suit in the far distant, she knew it had to be Kyofu, he was probably at lease 10 miles in front of her and the loops on the path would make it almost impossible to catch up to him.
She was now really mad, she dashed off the trees and started to run straight towards Kyofu. Still miles away Aizou decided just to start walking, because once Kyofu woke up he would be extremely tired, meaning he could not even fight or bring the two strangers along even if he wanted to.
"I'm going to sleep." Aizou said to herself "I know the strangers most likely going sleep too, and Kyofu body is at its limit by now...I just need just two hours of sleep."
Aizou pulled out a blanket she had hidden in her small bag and jumped on top of a tree, she fell asleep soon after.
In the center of the pathway of mazes •Night• 6:40 pm)
"Carlos I'm sorry ok?...I'm really tired now let's sleep, what if a bunch of marines, try to fight us now? Where not only tired of running but now where also sleepy let's let bygones be bygones!"
Ken looked back and noticed he wasn't talking to nobody, Carlos was no where to be found. Ken searched the nearby trees and bushes, but still nobody. The only thing he could of think was Carlos went to sleep before him somewhere in the jungle.
Ken now upset that Carlos didn't tell him nothing, walked over towards a group of lightly colored bushes and laid his head on the side of the biggest one. Ken was just about to fall asleep, but a unknown fist landed a blow towards his head, out of suprise it was Carlos floating in front of him.
Ken had to rub his eyes because their was no way that Carlos could fly, Ken said in a non-believing way "How in the Light Years are you flying right now?" Ken looked down and noticed Carlos feetless " Whe...where is your Feet Carlos!? Don't tell me you passed away and is now a ghost from the past?"
Carlos looked at Ken and was was ready to smack the smarts into him, but Carlos just sighed and finally with a huff said "Hmmm...I used Tick Tock special ability and jumped into it's space dimension, I set it's timer for 1 hour and slept in there, once I woke up I just warped over here..."
Ken looked surprised and just realized what that meant, Ken looked at Carlos with wide eyes and screamed "So in other words you went to sleep already and didn't even run all the way over here after your nap! Your wrong why didn't you invite me to nap with you!?"
Carlos smirked and said "Because you pissed me off that's why." Ken could not fuss anymore knowing this solution was a eye for a eye, Ken finally claimed down and said "Well can I use Tick Tock ability so I can sleep for 2 hours?" Carlos sighed and said "Sure sure."
Carlos pulled his sniper rifle out of it's suitcase, Carlos give it to Ken after press a special button on it, Carlos looked at ken said "Point the barrel at yourself, once you pull the trigger you will be transported into another dimension, I actually know how to do more but that's all you need for now, I'll set the time for 1 hour and wake you when the time comes."
Ken agreed, without second thought he placed the gun towards his head and pulled the trigger, A larger gust of wind pulled Ken into a space hole and he disappeared without a trace. Carlos sighed, knowing that now his captain's life was in his hands alone.
Carlos started to jog closer to the tree's shadows, knowing that his soundless shoes would hide his steps, but didn't hide his appearance. After a while using his amazing seeing ability, he was able to noticed somebody in a white suit with golden long hair running towards his way, Carlos immediately hide behind one of the blueish trees.
The man started to approached closer to the place Carlos was, he set up a string trap in the middle of the pathway just in case the man was going to attack out the blue.
He jumped out from behind the tree just in front of the string trap, while the man was a few feet In front of him he yelled "Excuse my presents, but can you please tell me the way towards the metal houses? Me and my captain are pirates and were in need of supplies for our next journey...I can see your in a rush, but do you mine guiding me there?"
The angel like man continued to run full speed at Carlos, Carlos looked at the man a little closer and noticed something, just before the man was inches away from charging at Carlos, Carlos swiftly jumped up into a backflip right behind the trap, the angel like man ran right into Carlos's string trap, his feet became unstable and he tripped into the ground head first, his legs were now bandaged together bounded by the invisible string crossed around his lower body, he was sent in the air and by the time the trapped ended he was hanging from one of the trees's branches.
Carlos walked closer to the tree the man was hanging from, he looked up and said calmly "Don't be mad at me, It surprising that your body was able to run even though your mind wasn't conscious. The trap wasn't meant for you to hit your head, but since you wasn't awake you didn't react...maybe that shock to the head woke you up?"
Carlos shrugged his shoulders, he turned around slowly and started to walk away, from no we're a sound broke the silence in the cold blue forest "Ugh...who in the hell hit my handsome head? Why is their something wrapped around my feet?..And where the hell is Aziou!?" The angel man now hanging his head upside down looking at Carlos from a low angle, he immediately noticed that he was in a fools made trap, he easily ripped the string from his feet and pounced down into the ground with so much force two foot prints was stamped in the ground.
The angel man cracked his neck left and right, and keened his eyes on Carlos giving him his full attention. The man finally started to talk and said "Are you the one that made this crappy trap? You...you must be a enemy since you tired to trap me right? And where is Aziou?"
Carlos knew that this man was really dangerous to be able to take a blow to the head and still get up, he looked the man in the eyes nervously and said "Sorry I thought you was a villain, you was charging right at me with such speed, so I set up a small trap to protect myself. I was waiting in front of the trap to talk to you to see if you could guide me towards the metal houses, but appearently you was unconscious and your body was still sprinting, I didn't mean to put you in a tree sorry man...oh my name is Carlos Norman Hathcock, but most people call me "Time Stopper Carlos", Also I don't know anybody name Aziou."
The angel man looked at Carlos because of his "weird" nickname and thought about the reason he passed out and one thing came to mind ((AIZOU!)), the man started to talk to Carlos "It's alright, I wasn't hurt and truthfully because of you I was awaken, so thanks. That monster of a lady Aizou is the one that did this to me...after my mission I'm going to kill her...wait wait what was my mission, I must of forgot while I was unconscious I guess I'll have to head back to HQ and report what happened so far... If you want I could show you how to get to the Metal House Towns as a thanks for helping me, Their a bunch of different Metal House Towns, So if your new then you'd probably end up lost in the Pathways of mazes before you could even see a Metal Houses. By the way my name is Kyofu Altraz but most people calls me "Titan", the handsomest man in the entire universe! But other then that watch when I see that little Bi...God please help me from killing Aizou, she must of told me something that I didn't wanna hear so I blanked out...What if I ran into the sea water I would of surly died a meaningless death worthless of my status and dashing looks!"
Carlos was surprised with Kyofu long and entertaining story, needless to say that this Aizou person was going to die a painful and pitful death. Carlos eyes wondered around the pathway he'd taken and noticed that the area looked kind of dissimilar, Kyofu noticed it too but didn't pay it any mind, He started walking farther in the forest, Carlos noticed him and followed in a slower tourist pace.
Kyofu looked back with a confused look on his face and said "Didn't you need to be in the a Metal House Town? I'm not sure which one you need so I'll bring you closer, but with your speed, morning will come out and I swear you wouldn't want that."
Carlos noticed only a few words that stood out "HQ", "Morning", "Mission" and "Titan" which all together wasn't really making much since.
Carlos nodded his head and caught up to Kyfou with little ease, Kyofu immediately noticed Carlos dashing speed and figured this man could atlease keep up with him at half speed, Kyofu slowed down and said "Lets go faster before the sun comes out, you have a place to be and I have to go back to HQ and receive my mission report again...So lets move lightning for all the handsome people in the world!"
Carlos understood now that this man worked for someone, but didn't understand if this man was smart or just plain dumb, Kyofu angled his hand right and was now in a sprinter stands, as soon as the cold wind touched Kyofu's body...he was gone without a trace. Carlos noticed that this man was not normal he was outstandingly fast! Carlos started to run faster too, just a little behind Kyofu now, he thought about this man saying this was only his half speed, knowing that if that was true the only one faster enough to catch up to him fully was Ken.
Kyofu looked back at Carlos who was close behind him now, Kyofu smiled and said "This will be fun, lets go faster!" Kyofu speed increased again and Carlos sweat increased a lot.
Thanks for reading ^.^
*What will happen to the crew while Ken is sleeping? Will Carlos even noticed that this man Kyofu is a marine? What will happened once Kyofu get his mission report again? Stay tune for next time.