Chapter 5: Two heads are always better than one
Hey everyone, Steel striker here. First off I wanna thank you all for reading and sharing my story. If you haven't shared that's fine. Secondly I just wanna say that I owe a shout out to Lady Detia. She is the creator of Tiger eye in her story All that matters, and I thank her for both allowing me to give her OC a cameo and for all help she gives me now and then. If you ever get a chance look it up, very good story. Anyway On with the show!
Alexandrite
"So you're here to assassinate me aren't you? And don't lie to me I know when you're lying!" the gem says as her figure turns to face me. Her face is still hidden in the shadows of the warehouse.
I remove my hood and shift back into my usual body. I quickly change the long braid of the disguise into a smaller tactical pony tail. I draw my twin daggers and stare at her smirking. "Your better than intel first suggested but I'm afraid Blue diamond doesn't like one of her pearls running away." She blinks allowing me to close the distance instantly but just as I reach where she was standing, her figure zoomed straight up above me. To be totally honest it is kinda freaky seeing her just walking upside down, but that won't stop me. The still hooded gem drops from the ceiling trying to grab me but I am way too fast, or so I think. To my surprise she is keeping pace with me. But that's impossible! Not even black ops soldiers can keep up with me when I am at full speed yet, somehow this crazy lass is matching my speed and reflexes near perfectly!
We both fly around trying to gain a position on each other, but we are pretty evenly matched. That is until I launch myself into the air spinning with my blade edges facing out. Just as suspected she flies over my blades but her hood gets caught in the razor tornado and comes flying off in shreds. We both land facing each other ready for anything. But I was not prepared of what I saw facing me. Before me stood not a pearl but a slender bodied gem with half of her face covered in bandages, her gem exposed right below her neck. It's clear shine only interrupted by a cross of white in the center. Now I understand why eighty others had died previous. The only ones who hold that kind of record and remain elites are …
"Who are you?" I ask voice and body slightly trembling
"I am Star Moonstone. Second in command of the Royal Star guard. But you may call me Luna, your killer!" she smiles wickedly at me. In that one smile I see a devious, ruthless gem that has single handedly killed so many. But how is still a mystery. I have a feeling though I am about to find out and really regret it. Luna begins circling me, her sniper gear falls away revealing her amber ensemble. I got to say it's almost as cool as my current gear except it probably cost her a fortune to order. A single piece design wraps snugly around her thin yet muscular body, hints of gold and copper interwoven provide adequate protection from something but they won't last long. She circles me for almost five minutes straight before making a move towards me. Charging forward at an incredible pace I instinctively flip over her, throwing one of my daggers straight toward her. I land just as the tip connects with her back but in glances off and rockets toward me; embedding itself directly into my upper right shoulder. My daggers are quite different from most being that the three bladed knives can cut through a normal gem's form like a hot knife through butter. But against my form's skin it really hurts! Our eyes lock for a moment before she is on me, in a flash I see her latching a hand on to the front of my combat shirt and lifting me up effortlessly. Barely able to move I construct my second knife and slash her face cutting the bandages off, that was the worst mistake I could have ever made. As they fall away my face is locked in horror by the gaping hole in the side of her head. Pure rage fills Luna's one good eye before launching me against one of the columns. My vision goes all blurry but I see her menacing form slowly make her way over to me. It's over. Not!
Before I get up something crashes through the wall opposite to me. I look past my assailant's anger filled body which causes her to follow my gaze. After a minute of silence Luna begins moving toward me once more when suddenly WHAM! Obsidian comes in with a flying punch to the head sending her into a roll, clutching the still whole side of her face as her momentum stops.
"Yo Fate, how you holding up?" he asks through his still wrecked bandana.
"I'm ok Time but, WHERE THE HELL WERE YOU! GETTING A FREAKING CHIMICHANGA?"
"Yeah just dropped by to ask you what you want on yours." He winks at me throwing me a small canister before facing back towards the now rising Luna. I grab the canister rip it open to find, to my surprise, a chimichanga inside. I sit up against the pillar and chow down as the show really gets good. Luna is back on her feet, still holding the side of her face but managing to scowl at Time.
"Who in the name of the Diamonds are you and why would you hit an elite?"
Time just stares at her curiously before responding in a mocking tone "Oh forgive me, but I was passing by when I heard the sound of snobbery. And what do I find, another elite picking on a defenseless lower class." My face contorts into a rage filled sneer complete with red cheeks. I pull the knife from my shoulder throw it at him in anger. It sails past his ear and lands in the wall right next to Luna's ear.
"Well that was close. Now miss… "
"Luna you interrupting ass!"
"Miss Luna, you have been relieved of duty by your master." His eyes stay calm and locked with Luna's rage filled cyclopes sphere. As he continues, Sid's Voice changes from calm to that of serious rage "You only have one way out, and I think we both know what that is."
"I do. But if I'm going down, you and that useless clod over there are coming with me" she shouts before pulling probably the craziest looking claymore from her gem. It's about six feet long with a chipped double edge as well as gem shards sticking in the bade and handle. Shouting like a maniac, she rushes Sid with an overhead strike. The wicked blade's edge comes down with the force of a meteor shaking the warehouse. As everything settles both Luna and I look to see that Time has disappeared. I begin to visibly panic as I see right underneath the sword's tip lay Sid's torn bandana. To say fear and anger has taken over my mind would be an understatement. He can't be gone, he can't… can he? Luna lifts her sword, grab Sid's bandana and rap the side of her face with it. She turns her now covered face to me with a wicked grin of joy, moving towards me as I try in vain to get up.
"So is that the best you got? Man Home world has lost its touch with assassins. Well, time to die clod!" she says raising her weapon to finish me off. I face her as the edge comes down. I close my eyes and steel myself for the impact but I don't feel anything. Opening them I'm greeted by what looks like a large body in black, blocking the strike to the side. I immediately recognize the blades and see Sid standing there in front of me. His twin wrist swords out, shining in the red light of the second sun.
Obsidian
That was one heck of a close one! I haven't been that close to dying in so damn long. That claymore is pretty damn fast in that moonstone's hands. But she isn't fast enough. Just as her strike collided with my previous position I bolted to the shadows over in the corner of the warehouse. Luckily the impact of her sword had caused not only the warehouse to shake but a cloud of sand to appear on my previous position. My bandana unfortunately had been lost in the retreat but its ok. I have Alex's gift to help me now. Using the shadows as temporary cover I open the gift to something that just brings happiness to my heart. Inside is a black combat shirt with armor plating built in. Each plate covers a key part of my chest, and I got to say it looks freaking awesome! But the best gift of all comes in the form of a black steel mesh mask that covers from my mouth to my nose. I don't have a mirror to look in but let me tell you. I look like a bad ass!
No time to admire though for as I get the mask attached I see Luna has started making her way over to a very scared Alex. She raises the sword ready to strike but, that's when I strike! Rushing from the shadows like a blur, I extend my red obsidian blades just as the claymore reaches Alex's head. Upon collision Luna's blade slid down my left blade sending sparks flying while my right sword came up and stopped right underneath her chin. Of all the times I have nearly killed anyone and saved another this has to be closest call I have ever had. A Second later and well I don't want to think about that. Actually, I don't have time to think. After I pause for a brief moment Luna's sword has raised again ready to kill us both but she won't get the chance. WHAM! The massive blade strikes in front of her sending up another cloud of dust. In the midst of this I grab Alex throwing her up into the air as I rush to right behind the now surprised moonstone.
"You know for an elite you got some skills." I lean my face close to her ear and whisper "But I am better!" sending a visible chill down her back. That's when things begin to get interesting. We fly around each other, our weapons scattering sparks every direction. Slash, dodge, lunge, cleave … all our movements coming together in a dance of death so destructive, let's just say we both are going need a medic if we both survive. Hours seem to fly by, neither of us gaining an advantage.
"Hey Fate, is it just me or is this getting a bit redundant?" I ask just knee sliding underneath her sword, inches from my face.
"Yeah kinda, or it could just be your losing your touch Time."
"Oh you think you can do bet…" I suddenly feel something strike me directly in the side of my chest.
Turning my head towards my chest, Luna's sword has pierced my armor, causing red ichor to squirt out of my body. Dropping to my knees, I clutch my chest trying to close the wound but to no avail. Luna pulls with all her might, face contorting into a wicked smile as the blade tears out of my body causing me to scream from the pain. As my grip slips from the amount of ichor I am losing; my body reals over as Luna just raises her blade and walks around me. In a mocking tone she begins to monologue about her intentions for me and fate.
"Well isn't this just pathetic. I mean being taken down by a lucky shot to the chest. And I was hoping you would actually be a challenge, oh well." She steps in front of me and crouches down till our faces are only 5 inches away from each other. Her head is so close that I can smell her breathe and in all honesty, this crazy gem needs a breath mint seriously. I turn away to deny her the satisfaction of seeing me in pain. She just grabs my face with her left hand and forces me to stare into her good eye.
"Well, well, well … aren't you quite the looker up close. Although I wonder how you would look without this!" Luna suddenly grabs my mask and tries with all her might to tear it off my face. Luckily for me she made her weapon do a disappearing act meaning she can't try to slice it off. But on the down side she now has both hands gaining leverage; inch by inch she is slowly removing it from my face, with every inch my body heat intensifying. With the pain increasing as she removes my mask I can only watch as her grin grows wider, but that suddenly turns to shock when a blade slices right throw her center.
Alexandrite
Thanks to Sid drawing that clod of a moonstone's attention my form has fully healed. Now comes the fun part! Quickly dashing into the shadows I draw both blades as Luna re summons her claymore, swinging wildly hoping that her sporadic strikes would hit its mark. Damn elites can't hit jack shit. I sprint straight at her knee sliding underneath one strike literally inches from my nose. SLASH! My knives connect with her center leaving a fissure cut clean through her form, but this damn bitch doesn't fall. Luna falls to her knees coughing up yellow ichor. Grasping her midsection, silently cursing me when from behind her I hear the sound of something heavy dropping. I look past Luna to see Sid lying on the ground, he is not moving. OH Dear god … he can't … he can't be d… Luna looks up from her wound, glaring pure hatred at me. I stare back at her blankly, waiting for a sign that Sid isn't gone. After a minute only the sounds of Luna's irritating voice greet my ears.
"Why, uh, are you just standing there? Are you just going to keep looking at me or are you conceding?" She follows my gaze. Seeing my brother lying on the ground, his form not even twitching, sends her into a fit of maniacal laughter! As her laughter fills the empty, damaged warehouse the second suns red light begins to set sending long shadows across the opposite wall. I slowly begin to walk towards Luna, who has now seen me, and slowly draw my blades with my head down. Her once maniacal smile now creeping into a terrified sneer as I approach. The look of terror on her face is priceless but I don't show anything on my face. My smile has disappeared and my eyes have locked with hers. I don't know what emotion is emanating from me but by how fast Luna is backing up, it would be easy to bet that I am emanating pure death. Stopping about three feet away from her I glare at her, my blood boiling as I say three little words to her.
"Five seconds. Run!"
She peels out sloppily running to the far wall as I begin to count.
"Five."
"Four."
"Three."
Slamming into the door she tries to pry it open, but to no avail. Pure fear is consuming her face and aura. She turns to face me claymore extended.
"Two."
I cross the room in a flash standing right behind her, my arm extended with my blade just barely touching her neck. Her breathing catches as I lean in close and whisper the last thing she ever hears.
"One."
SHINK! My first blade pierces her gem causing her eyes to go wide with terror. Before she even screams I slice her neck with my second blade, causing her to choke as I go to town on her. Leaving the blade in her gem, my body becomes a flurry of strikes causing a whirlwind of sand and shards to twirl around us. The force ever growing as I reach near maximum velocity. It lasts only about five minutes but feels like an eternity as I come to a stop; breathing heavily, my hand adjusts my hair that has fallen in front of me eyes, slowly walking away as Luna just falls. Her form has been reduced to a crumpled mass of gashes, lacerations and openings so numerous not even a diamond would be able to help. Just as she tries to get up I leap into the air punching through the ceiling using this planet's gravity to gain as much altitude as possible. Looking around for a brief moment I see the crash has alerted some guards who begin to run towards the warehouse.
Reaching my apex, I turn my body back towards the hole I made in the roof, my target squarely in the center. Beginning to descend my body shifts forcing my knife straight down as well as streamlining my form to increase speed. I close my eyes as wind rushes past, praying that Sid see's this from heaven. In a flash, my form reenters the ware house at extreme speed and force causing a massive pressure wave to explode the warehouse sending shrapnel flying every direction! As I open my eyes I scan around the area to see that my impact has created a crater with me in the center overtop Luna's gem. Her form is nowhere to be seen, probably obliterated from the blast. Her gem now has both my blades in it but with thousands of crack tendrils throughout its facet. I slowly remove my blade and absorb them back into my form. As the last tip leaves the hole, Luna's gem crumbles into a pile of dust and is blown away in the wind.
'Man Sid would be in awe if he saw that.' I think.
That's when it hits me "Sid … Oh sweet Diamond shards where is he?!"
In a panic I look around to see where he is. As I scrounge through the rubble soldiers begin to rush in to see what happened. Sliding down the edges I see Clino rushing over to me gun drawn. She quickly asks me to put my hands up but stops when she sees my brother is nowhere. I quickly tell her that I will explain everything after we find Sid; she orders some of the soldiers to start clearing away the rubble and just as they begin they find him. Calling for a medic I push my way through the soldiers gathering around. Reaching the front, I see him impaled on some metal rebar clean through his chest. I walk forward and take his hand as the medics arrive, never once letting go as they carefully remove him from the debris and loading him onto a hover bike to be taken to the warp pad. Riding in the back with me is Clino who hasn't left my side since we found him. She asks quickly over the roar of the sirens what happened? I tell her what happened as we enter a teleporter and are beamed to a hospital on Homeworld.