Author's Notes:
Well, there's the first chapter that wasn't daily. The previous one, I mean. I think I'll be updating this a bit more slowly, as there isn't exactly a whole lot of attention on it at the moment…
Disclaimer:
Iji belongs to Daniel Remar and his company, Remar Games. I claim no ownership to it, or any references found within this story.
Iji: Demimortal
Chapter 11: Supercharge
Iji Soundtrack: 3 Cans Later
A room with even more Cyborg Stations greeted them, as well as another ledge that they could jump up to. A Lift was on the other side of the room, with a very high-reaching ledge beyond it. Satuxim told Iji, "Tell you what. I'll go ahead and jump up there, and explore the area beyond it. You stay he-" He abruptly cut himself, his stance suddenly rigid. "Stand back, Iji. This is going to get more that a little bit messy…" She complied, backing away. A black aura surrounded both of Satuxim arms, and he pounded at the ground. A small tremor rang out, and a large indent was left where he struck, and he hit that spot again, making the crater deeper. Repeatedly doing this, he burrowed into the ground, doing this well over a dozen times until there was actually a hole leading down to the floor they were just on. Satuxim was down there first, and he yelled up to her, "Jump down! I'll catch ya!" Doing so, Satuxim did indeed catch her, grabbing her by the waist with both arms. Setting her down, they were greeted by another one of those big, empowering spheres. "Man, you have no idea how good of an idea it was to make a secret-finding spell and cast it on myself. Does wonders for myself and any current companions of mine… Anyways, found another one of these… things! You go first." Iji absorbed part it, Satuxim following up and taking the rest. "Hey, I've just had an idea. How about we call these things Supercharges?" Iji tapped her chin, then nodded. "That… actually sounds kind of good. Fitting, too. Yeah, Supercharge it is." Satuxim grabbed her by the shoulders and threw her back up, Satuxim jumping up afterwards. The Scout below them was, rather comically, not aware of their former presence, and just continued meandering about. "So, finishing up on what I said, I'll go up that ledge, and you go up the Lift. Rendezvous back here when you're done, or you feel that you'll get too far ahead for the other person to catch up. Got it?" Iji nodded in affirmation. "Good. Let's go."
Satuxim jumped up the ledge, and Iji went up the Lift, as Satuxim instructed. Seeing how the crates he was standing on slowly sloped downwards, he followed the path. Eventually, he came by a gun with a large clip on the side, and a large barrel. Walking up to it, the object exploded into little cyan spheres, and flew towards Satuxim, thusly assimilating the weapon. Satuxim merely grinned, muttering, "Rocket Launcher…" Resuming his walk down, he noticed a Soldier and a Turret on the floor below. Quieting his steps as much as possible, he took note of how it seemed to lead back to Sector 2's entrance. Grateful for the fact that the Turret wasn't programmed to detect sound, and also for the fact that both humans and Tasen rarely bother to look up for danger, he headed back up, knowing that going down would be rather pointless.
Iji, meanwhile, came to a split in the path when the Lift stopped. Settling on going to her left first, she noticed three Scouts patrolling the general vicinity; one on the platform on the top, and two below it. Seeing the Terminal on the top, and the Security Door to where her right was, she decided on going up first. Climbing up and making her steps as muted as she could, Iji was surprised at how the Scout didn't turn around when she got within a couple of feet. Pressing the bright green button on the Terminal, she jogged back the other way, looking over her back and again noticing just how slow it seemed in the head. Walking to the right now, she came to the now-accessible hallway ahead, and jumped over a table with some crates covering it. She was then greeted by a Scout, a Soldier, and another Commander. A Turret was positioned between the two blue-clad ones. Ducking carefully behind the table, she noticed another few piles of boxes scattered around the room. Using these to her advantage, she sprinted over to the next one when their backs were turned. Repeating this process twice over, she came to a ledge; jumping up to it, there were two glass panes between her and the next room. Seeing no other solution, she kicked both of them down. Immediately noticing the disturbance, the Commander standing on a mound of crates a couple of feet away turned around, shouting to alert the others in the room. Iji ran over and jumped to the next room, just barely doing so in time to avoid being blasted into chucks by the Commander's Rocket Launcher.
Walking up a small incline, she came by a small, white sphere on the ground, labeled 'JUMP'. Walking over and assimilating it, she suddenly felt as if she had a spring in her pace. Noticing a ventilation shaft overhead, she tried getting up to it. She was pleased to find that she could with her now increased jump capabilities, and she continued on to wherever the shaft ended. While doing this, Iji murmured to herself, "Why are these air shafts so big…?" More progress revealed a small Ribbon on the ground, almost exactly the same as the one back in Sector 1. Collecting it and putting it in her pocket, she asked to herself, "What's one of Mia's Ribbons doing up here...?" She then shrugged. "Must've been the rats..." Hopping down from it, a Scout was facing he wall, sitting. "Probably sleeping on the job… Heh…" Noticing the white mist-like substance of a teleporter, she began to walk the other way. A Turret popped up when she got close, however, and it started charging up for a Rocket Launcher shot. Iji managed to kick it down before it had the chance, however, and she walked into the teleporter…