Chapter Thirteen: Bloody Carnage
Raging winds spoke harshly into their ears and arcs of static danced in mid-air, their joyous festival being viewed by the group of G.U.N soldiers, Mario Toki and Darius Angels. The vermillion hedgehog gazed up into the pitch black skies, his coal colored orbs zipping around trying to follow the lightning's patterns.
His new ally, Darius, mumbled to himself about hating the rain or something of the sort. His scarlet pools glanced towards the anti-hero who had defeated him, the time manipulator leading his squadron expertly through the grassy plains where shelter was sparse. The Posinegi swordsman placed his hand on Mario's shoulder, the top ranked G.U.N agent turning his head slightly to face him.
"And what may I say you need me for Angels?" the bright yellow hedgehog asked.
"I'm aware that you're going to Empire City where it seems my brother has been spotted by G.U.N soldiers but we're going the long way around, wouldn't it have been easier to take the shorter route?" Darius asked with drops of suspicion.
"Indeed that would have been easier but you need to learn that you can't take the king and get checkmate without a few more pieces to the puzzle. Besides, his queen as you may call her is protecting him from our forces so it would be best to acquire someone who can deal with her and then the king will have to make his move." Mario explained.
"So you eliminate the forces one by one until the dog has to defend himself. That may be smart though how are you sure that there is some one who can eliminate the jackal?" Darius questioned.
"Because there's no one else who knows the jackal more than this coyote. He's been able to defeat her tribe as well, his tribe now dominates the desert though today is the day where they hunt and search for food. Unfortunately for them, they'll be in for a bit of a surprise today." Mario stated, the group halting with a group of scorpions and a beige coyote came into view.
The Blackhearts glared at the group of officers, their pistols raised though Mario motioned for them to hold their fire. As leader, he walked forward calmly and no fear or nervousness in his eyes or posture, just confidence and a sense of serenity.
Growls slipped through the coyote's teeth knowing that intruders had come into his territory, ready to eliminate them without any hesitation. He summoned his golden and crimson colored claymore, the double bladed weapon placed by his side.
Within his mind, he counted each intruder he saw, their heat signatures all clumped up together so he couldn't get an exact count. However, knowing that some of them were clumped up into a group, it must have been numerous people.
"Who are you and what gives you the right to intrude my territory?" Carnage questioned.
"I am Mario Toki of the Guardian Units of Nations and I didn't mean to intrude on your territory, Carnage the Coyote, leader of the infamous Blackheart Tribe. I came here in search of you so that I may offer you a wealthy proposition."
"I scoff at your pleasantries Toki, I do not need your money nor do I need your pity. Your words are meaningless to the Blackhearts. Now I demand that you get off my land before I take precautionary measures on you and your allies." Carnage said, his words laced with rage.
"I don't think that's an option Carnage because I'm not leaving without you on my side. Unless you don't want the information that I have which could be really important to you." Mario responded.
"Well if that's what you truly think foolish one. I'll just have to pry that information from you with my bare hands!" the coyote exclaimed, his claymore raised from the ground.
"As much as I hate interfering with business affairs, I believe we can settle this in an easy and time consuming way…we crush that damn coyote until he forces himself to join us." Darius stated, his Sekkyoku and Shoukyoku broadswords withdrawn for battle.
"Then I guess both of your fates are to be tested by me." Carnage stated, picking up his Desert Sun claymore for battle.
"Guess so. I'm going to have fun hurting you then." Darius replied.
"Wouldn't have it any other way dog." the coyote nodded his head, rocketing at the duo.
Carnage roared ferociously at his two opponents, bringing his fist forward at Mario and swinging his claymore for Darius. The canine and hedgehog ducked each attack though Carnage countered by ejecting one of his blades from his claymore, a golden and scarlet chain holding it to its original weapon. Darius was in a bind by the grappling weapon, the Blackheart leader reeling the swordsman in.
Swiftly, Mario hurled two exploding kunai at Carnage who used his lure to block, the elder Angels sibling being bombarded by the detonating blades. The coyote reeled Darius in closer and began to rapidly punch him in the face until Mario hopped onto the tribesman's back, covering his eyes.
Darius uncurled himself from the chains and drained the energy from the plants and grass, his swords gaining a darker and lighter hue.
"Now we can get down to true battling." Darius said, repeatedly slashing the coyote at precise points as best as he could, the canine revolving three hundred sixty degrees repeatedly along with his claymore.
On top on the hound's head, Mario was punching him to slow down his momentum though that was becoming too difficult of a challenge so he kicked himself off, throwing three exploding kunai that all hit their mark.
Carnage leaned forward allowing Darius to knee him in the face, the swordsman jabbing the hilt of his Shoukyoku into the claymore wielding opponent's stomach. Mario and Darius regrouped away from the Blackheart, Uzi Submachine guns in the hedgehog's hands and the signature broadswords in the dog's hands.
The duo nodded at one another, Darius taking the lead and clashing with Carnage, swords against claymore. Trailing behind the Angels brother, the Toki child flipped over, volleys of ammunition fired at their enemy. Carnage saw this coming, grabbing Darius and forcing him in the fire of the bullets. Darius began to defend himself, blocking each bullet that rained down upon him.
"Oh yeah, just use me to block the bullets. You may be strong and strategic but that doesn't mean you get the chance to use me as a toy. On the other hand…" Darius said, grinning madly.
"Shut up and die." Carnage bluntly replied.
The cinnamon colored hound threw Darius up into the air, ejecting his chain out once more and capturing Darius in its clutches. With a mighty roar, he brought the dog down onto his stomach before throwing him towards Mario who collided with his temporary ally.
The pair rose up, the blonde colored hedgehog firing rounds of bullets at the scornful beast who used his claymore to block each one. Unfortunately, he didn't remember to keep tabs on Darius, the ebony and gray dog coming from behind, slashing away with his Posinegi Onslaught before kicking Carnage's knee which brought him down. With his sword raised, he was about to end the battle however the beige character had his own agenda.
"And you fell for the bait fool." he stated.
"Wait a second…" Darius said, the coyote not allowing him the chance to comprehend his plan.
With the press of a button, the end of Carnage's claymore ejected and the blade ruptured through the Angels brother's torso though it wasn't as bad as he had expected. The blade had only sliced through some of his side so he could still battle, he had been through worse pain than this before.
Mario ran across the plains and withdrew a numerous amount of wired kunai, the vermillion male throwing each one in an exact spot. The result was Carnage being tied down on the ground with nowhere to move and no chance to dodge Mario's next attack.
With the combination of regular, explosive, wired and magnetic kunai, I can create unlimited possible maneuvers and counters. Tying him down allows him open for a direct attack and for this attack, I need him down and still, though I could just use my time powers but that's a strain.
"Just for you Carnage, this one's Explosive Crucifixion." Mario said.
With his opponent tied down, Mario surrounded Carnage with explosive kunai and pulled out an array of different types of kunai. He threw all the kunai at Carnage and suddenly, the barrage began to take form. The weapons began to stick together duo to magnetism and collected to form a large kunai made of regular, explosive and magnetic kunai.
Carnage's forest green eyes couldn't register what was going on until the massive "bomb" exploded, setting off the explosive kunai around him. A ring of explosions erupted around Carnage's body forming a dome of smoke that shrouded the Blackheart leader.
"That was effective but how effective was it?" Mario asked lowly.
As the smoke dissipated, Carnage rose from the depths littered in scars, bruises and burn marks with some kunai stuck in his body. Without any wincing or painful expression, Carnage plucked out each kunai and dropped them all on the floor before sighing at the duo who were prepared for more battling.
Darius charged at the coyote and slashed him with Shoukyoku first and then Sekkyoku before slicing with both for the Posinegi Combo. Carnage slid back and began panting for air, apparently the odds weren't in his favor since it was two on one and he couldn't even see what was going on around him.
"Damn you two. You two are good fighters but I guess it's time to end both of you." Carnage said. "I've got a trick up my sleeve like you two though hopefully mines actually works this time."
Carnage began to concentrate chaos energy into one point and somehow he was able to release his full power. The coyote began to smile before looking up at his opponents who had still yet to see what he had done. Mario looked intrigued at Carnage before shaking his head, something wasn't right about the coyote.
"Wait a second, you're family has this condition! You are born blind but…" Mario started but was cut off.
"Yes. I do not only have the power to see heat signatures. Everyone in my family was born with the power to see heat signatures though we had another secret ability that could only be achieved by the strongest members of my family. If strong enough, we were able to unlock the six visions of regular, heat, skeletal, blood, invisibility and chaos energy. We were blind by just looking at heat but now, I can see you two in five other ways!" Carnage exclaimed.
"Well too bad because your pain ends now coyote." Darius exclaimed as he stabbed his swords into the ground in a cross shape.
Carnage was about ready to escape though unfortunately, Mario exercised his powers of time and paused the cinnamon and beige colored character while Darius charged up his energy. Finally, he released all the positive and negative energy in his blades into a blast of gray that overtook the coyote, groans of exhaustion emitting from his mouth along with the small thud noise that came along with it, Carnage's defeat had been secured with that move.
Darius and Mario walked over to the unconscious Blackheart leader though he wasn't unconscious anymore when the duo saw him ascend from his rest, his claymore in hand. The duo took out their weapons however Carnage shook his head in defiance and motioned for them to hold on.
"So about this proposition, what exactly do I need to do for you?" Carnage asked.
"Oh nothing really big at all. Just join forces with us." Mario answered.
"And what do I get out of this deal?" the coyote questioned.
"How would you like to say hello to your old friend Lia the Jackal?" Darius responding malevolently.
To be continued…
A/N: And what do you guys know? Carnage did join forces with them after being pummeled to the ground by Darius and Mario. It's unfortunate that I made one of my and my teacher's favorite characters look really weak but he's far from that. Oh yeah, he also unlocked a new ability which means bad for Lia if he catches her!! So review! Thanks! Have a Happy New Year's Eve and bye!
