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Welcome back to a new chapter for Dead Men Walk Again. To give you a bit of a heads up, when Christmas Eve is here, I'll be taking a nice little break until the 3rd of January. Please understand that I have priorities to attend to as I'll be with family and friends.
So from the 23rd of December this year to the 3rd of January next year. BlackSpirit101 will be on a production break. So at that time on the 23rd, Crimson Lord Naruto, or a different fanfic on that day, will be the last fanfic chapter to be made.
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Chapter 14: Drastic Measures.
Waking up the next morning to find Meiya looking at him while she traced circles on his chest. He smiled as he kissed her on the lips.
"Mmmmm. You're so peaceful when you sleep." she said.
"And you're good to have around." shot back Naruto as he kissed her again.
Lying down on his chest, Meiya breathed a sighed as she heard the unusual soothing heartbeat of her lover. But sadly the moment had to end when a knock was heard on the door and the Don was seen walking into the room. His arm and stomach covered in bandage. The beating of that singular punch from Naruto sure did a number on him. They rekoned he'd be out of it for a good couple of days.
"Naruto-san. We need your help." he said as he gazed on the naked duo before him.
"And that is?" asked Naruto looking at him while Meiya closed her eyes and began to nod off.
"Electricity and water are very limited. With your help, we can push back these issues and bring back the lights. Please. I'm begging you." said the Don.
"I'll help you. On one condition." said Naruto with a frown on his face.
"Name it." said the Don.
"I take Saeko-chan and Saya-chan with me." said Naruto.
"Very well, they can go with you." said the Don.
He was clearly now Naruto's pet. He surely didn't want to get on this man's bad side, if the bandaged areas weren't anything to go by. Naruto simply smiled a toothed grin while he shifted the canines to be slightly sharper he nodded to the Don while he stroked Meiya's back, making the girl shiver as she moaned in pleasure.
"I'll get it done." said Naruto.
"Thank you. And I beg you. Take care of my daughter." said the Don.
"Trust me. No harm will gome to her while we're out there." said Naruto.
The Don slowly walked out the room, while Naruto lay there while he rubbed Meiya's back. She looked so peaceful while she slept like that. Naruto could also sleep, but he chose not to as with the whole thing with his mind being plagued by the Marker. Plus, he didn't need to sleep. He just liked to act like he was sleeping for the sake of those he loved.
After a few minutes he slowly moved out from under Meiya, being extra careful not to wake her. Once fully out from under her, he got dressed and made his way to meet the Don. Along the way he met up with Saya who greeted Naruto with a passionate kiss on the lips. When they made it to the area the Don was at, Saeko was there, with her katana at the ready.
Greeting Naruto through a peck on the lips they got down to business. Turning to the Don, they got the briefing underway.
"This mission is very simple." started the Don. "There are two things that will need to happen. First, the power plant needs to be restarted. I know that you hold the ability to consume a person, there is a man there. His body is now one of those things, but part of his mind still remains. From his memories, you'll learn what to do. From there, you are to go to the water plant and restore it."
"Two things. Power up the power and get the water running. Got it." said Naruto with the two girls nodding.
"Good luck. And Naruto-san? Keep my daughter safe" said the Don with Naruto giving him a nod that he'd keep her safe.
Making it out the gates with the guards slamming it shut, the trio set out to get to the power plant. As they walked, Saeko was busy having fun by making the tendrils swirl around her hands. She smiled like a child but that was when she accidently pushed in more tendrils than what there should be. Her entire hand morphed to a thin blade. Similar to a... No ways. She had literally morphed her own hand onto a katana blade. Both Saeko and Saya were completely amazed while Naruto smiled to her. Saeko had unlocked her uniue power. It was still immature, but it was still a very nice start.
"Wow." was all Saya could say as she marveled at Saeko's power.
"Very good. Very very good. I'm impressed that you have awakened your unique power now." said Naruto with a smile.
"What will mine be?" asked Saya curious as to what her power was.
"I don't know. Each unique power varies from one person to the next." replied Naruto.
"What is yours?" asked Saeko as she returned her hands back to normal.
"I have a more indepth connection to the Marker than anyone. It gets stronger everytime. But it happens at random times. Reason why I have a deeper connection is because I was exposed to the Marker at a very early age. I still need to understand these flash backs I have." said Naruto.
"Well, let's just keep pushing forward. We need to get the powerplant and water plant up and running." said Saya.
"Agreed, let's go." said Naruto.
They took off at incredible speeds that seemed impossible. Saya and Saeko both were surprised that they were able to keep up with Naruto and his overall speeds. But then again, this is what happens when you're turned into this. They arrived at the power plant in record time and found many infected moving about.
"What's the plan?" asked Saeko.
"Go in, turn the power on and get out." replied Saya.
"There's our plan." said Naruto as he shifted his arms into Claws.
Jumping into the middle of the infect they just massacred them all. Saeko was really enjoying the way her katana type blades were just slicing through them with ease. So she decided to name them Bio Blades. Seeing an infected run at them as the blades shot out its back, morphing into a Necromorph, Saeko reared her right hand back and threw it forward. The katana shot forward with a tendril attached to it, creating a sort of biological chain. The blade embedded itself into the Necromorphs head and killed the thing instantly. Saeko was completely stunned at what she just did. The thing fell against a scaffold and dropped some very looking heavy pipes from above the trio's heads. Saya saw this and dropped the her knees while her hands shot to the sky.
After a few minutes, they looked up to see them just foating there. But on close inspection, one would see very thin tendrils the width of fishing line, holding them up. If one didn't know any better, one could say it was telekenesis. Saya just marveled at what she was seeing. Coming out her arms and hands were the thin tendrils. She was very impressed and commanded the tendrils to throw the pipes away. They flew to the one side with a very loud clanging noise.
"Damn, now that is a unique power." complimented Naruto as the tendrils returned to her.
"Thanks. I'll think I'll name them Silent Whip." said Saya.
"A very nice name." said Saeko as she smiled to her friend.
Walking along they mowed down any infected making their way to them. Saya's Silent Whip power proved very useful as the infected and Necromorph that came to them were slammed against the walls or anywhere else by near invisble tendrils. Saya was serious having a blast, and so was Saeko. Naruto simply guarded the rear while they slaughtered the front.
Finally reaching the control room, they found their target while Naruto stepped through them and slammed his hand which morphed into the Blade. He slammed it into the infected's gut while tendrils shot out from the blade and pierced the infected's flesh.
Once he was consumed, Naruto clutched his head as he began to go through the man's memories.
Web Of Intrigue.
"Sir? Are you sure this will stop them? It will take a considerable amount of time to get things up and running again." said a worker near a control panel.
"Yes. Now do it." said the man "Altman be praised."
Hitting the butto, the sounds of steam escaping echoed through the power plant as all the machines were shut down. But that was when they heard a shrieck from no where.
"Here they come! Run for it!" shouted a worker down at the machine as he ran away, just when a Necromorph shot out the steam and killed the man as he devoured him alive.
Web Of Intrigue end.
Looking to the window, Naruto walked over to it and saw a corpse laying there, exactly where he was killed by the Necromorph.
"What did you see?" asked Saeko clearly not phased by seeing Naruto consume that infected which was in a very bloody show.
"This just goes deeper and deeper. Apparently the idiot I just ate is part of a cult. Don't know what they're called other than he follows a guy called Altman." replied Naruto.
"Never heard of him. Look, let's just get this thing up and running now. This place gives me the creeps." said Saya.
"Agreed, let's go." said Saeko.
Hitting the button followed by a series of switching circuit breakers up, the power plant was power up up with machines rearing back to life. With the plant up and running again, Naruto pressed the button on his ear piece.
"Suichirou. The plant is back up and running." said Naruto.
"Good work. Our generators just switched off as a result. Thanks for that." replied the Don over the ear piece.
Hanging up they made their way to the water plant. It wasn't that far away from the power plant so it didn't take them too long. But as they ran to the water plant. Naruto clutched his head as he had another episode.
The Marker scripts swirled in his vision as his vision also began to pulse red. Naruto knew what was coming after.
"You will not win. The infection continues to grow. We hungry, we feed. It will never be satisfied. Join us in the feeding. Make us whole." cried the creepy voice in his head.
When it ended, Saeko and Saya looked at their boyfriend with a very concerned look on their faces.
"Are you okay?" they asked.
"Not really. Some how I get this bad feeling." said Naruto.
"Then we must be careful. What ever that voice says, we need to be vigilant about it. We may be walking into a trap." said Saya with Saeko agreeing.
"Let's move." said Naruto.
Once they made it to the water plant they found it to be deserted. Walking into the plant, they readied their weapons. Saeko's Bio Blades swirled into existance and Saya's Silent Whip too came to life while Naruto summoned his Blade.
Walking in they found something horrific. On the floor were many circles that were made from either chalk or something else. The circles were all made it Marker script with a few candles littering the sides. A few people lay dead with their throats slashed. They all had one thing in common though. Insried on their foreheads was the Marker. This was not looking good. Turning down a corner, Naruto pulled Saya and Saeko into cover. Looking over, they saw 4 people standing there while a man stood in the middle. He stood with his hands behind his back in a very large circle as the 4 people stood at four points of the circle.
"Are you sure this will bring unity to us?" asked the man.
"It will. Altman be praised. Do it for Unitology." said one of the guys outside the circle.
"For Unitology." said the man as he pulled out a knife and sliced his throat.
"Who the hell is Unitology?" whispered Saeko.
"No idea. But this poses a threat equal to that of Ichirou." whispered Saya back.
"Agreed. Let's just get this plnat up and running and get out of here." whispered Naruto.
Just as they were about to go, they were spotted by one of the Unitologits. Groaning at their lack of stealth, they charged forward and slaughtered them all. Bullets hit Saeko and Saya while they just sprinted at them, finding that they weren't in pain as their bodies spat the bullets out. Slamming his Blade into the last guy, Naruto thought it'd be good to get some answers about these guys. So he consumed the guy.
Web Of Intrigue.
"That's right brother. Unitology is the key to bringing about a Unity of one mind and body. Where we will all be equal through the Marker. Those who don't share our ideals are to be killed. We will be made as one." said a man.
"Altman be praised." said the man.
"We will be made whole." said the man as he walked off.
Web Of Intrigue end.
"What did you find?" asked Saya.
"Some idiots are thinking on unifying us through the Marker. They think that through the Marker, we'll be of one mind and body. They believe the Marker is a divine object given to us by Kami." replied Naruto.
"Stupid shits. They should've realised the Marker was the cause of all this." said Saeko.
"Agreed, let's get this done." said Naruto.
Activating the water plant, they made their way back to the Don's home where they gave the man their debrief on the matter. The Don had a very puzzled look on his face as Naruto told them that things may be worse than usual. But Naruto left out the part about the Unitologists. The Don dismissed them but Naruto stayed behind.
"Look Suichirou. I have one other thing. What do you know about a group calling themselves Unitologists?" asked Naruto.
"Close the door." order the Don replacing his face with a serious one.
And scene.
So now we have the Unitologists in the mix. As if Naruto and his friends didn't have anough problems right? As well, the Don has instructed Naruto to close the door to his office. What will the Don say regarding this new orginisation that has surfaced?
Find out next time on Dead Men Walk Again.
Chapter 15: Problems Found.
Coming soon.
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