This one took so long kinda because I couldn't think of a title for it. But I settled on "An Endless Horde" which I'm not all that happy with personally; so if any of you, my readers' come up with a better chapter title feel free to PM me.
Also my comeback readers will have noticed that the story name has changed to "The Gateway Opens" this will make sense later on so don't worry. And I also changed the story summery, so if you haven't seen it yet, please go check it out.
Lastly I am thinking about rewriting the Prologue to something less dull. But that could or could not happen. But I thought I'd tell you all anyway.
So enjoy this chapter!
Chapter 10
An Endless Horde
Sayako Inn – Room 13
September 22nd – 02:56
The scream cut through the silence like a knife through warm butter. Tatsu immediately leaped out of the chair he was sleeping on and fell flat on his face. I on the other hand didn't manage to fall over.
"Ow, who was that?" Tatsu stood uneasily, clearly trying very hard to remain awake.
"How should I know?"
"Well you've been running around the room looking for cameras; for the past two hours."
My face turned a deep crimson. He'd been watching me this whole time? Wait… "if you were awake, then why didn't you help me!"
Now it was his turn to blush. He scratched the back of his head sheepishly, as he always does when he's nervous, and said, "Well I…uh… didn't really see any point…"
"In helping or in finding the cameras?"
"The second one."
I shook my head, "You're hopele-"
All of a sudden an explosion rocked the building. Shirayuki and Kinji the rushed into the room dragging along a struggling Aria.
It seemed that Aria was trying to get loose from their grip. "Let me go! They ruined my sleep! They! Will! Be! Swiss! Cheese!" Which of course made Shirayuki and Kinji just grip her tighter. "Nyahh! Let me go!"
"How can she have so much energy after just waking up?" Tatsu moved to help Shirayuki hold her down.
Kinji answered, "the two of them never fell asleep, they've been watching something on a video screen ever since we left your room earlier."
I glanced at Tatsu as if to say, I told you so. He shrugged and mouthed, sorry.
"Kinji, do you know what's happening?"
"Not really, we heard a scream coming from the lobby. So Shirayuki ran to check what had happened, and almost immediately after she left, she came running back into the room."
Shirayuki immediately jumped in and said, "There were a lot of black dogs and that bear that we were supposed to be hunting."
"Was there anything else?"
Her face suddenly took upon a very dark light and her tone grew grave and dangerous as she said, "Sherlock Holmes and Vega were there. Sherlock was standing behind all the creatures with Vega. But Vega's arm looked really demonic. It looked to be armor plated somehow, but his hand was more like a giant claw or something. Oh, and there were black markings all over his face but the creepiest part about him was that his left eye was red. It felt like I was looking at some kind of monster… well actually with his personality… I guess he already was one."
I looked at Tatsu, and to my surprise he was grinning like a maniac. He gestured to Shirayuki to take over holding down Aria, who was still thrashing about; trying to get loose. Tatsu then walked over to his bag and started to pull out a large arsenal of weapons; including the sword that I'd seen earlier.
Kinji looked over at Tatsu and his growing arsenal and said, "Why do you have so many weapons?"
"To use them."
"I meant why did you bring so many?"
"Well… I like to be prepared for anything." Tatsu then tossed two small submachine guns to Aria, a shotgun to Kinji, a second katana to Shirayuki and he tossed the sword to me.
When Kinji and Shirayuki caught what Tatsu had tossed them, Aria leaped up grabbed the two SMGs and ran to the door. She stopped and said, "I say we go and kill them all! Anyone who tries to stop will have more holes than Swiss cheese!"
Tatsu saw me looking at the sword uncertainly. "Reki, how are you with close-range combat?"
"…Bad…" I was hopeless when it came to any combat within 50ft. of my opponent. A sniper rifle just came naturally to me. Although I'd tried close range combat before or at least with assault rifles and pistols and such, I just wasn't any good with it. With a sniper rifle I could decide when and where I was going to take on the target, I could easily take in the account every last factor I needed for me to win. Where as with mid- to close-range combat I couldn't figure out how to take the advantages into my own hands; though I don't even know what those advantages are, and I've never even used a sword before.
"Well now's as good a time as ever. Who's ready for some exterminating?"
Aria immediately ran out of the room; ready to make Swiss cheese out of everything in her path. Kinji followed after her, loading his shotgun on the way. Shirayuki then rushed after him, pulling her katanas out of their scabbards. I was about to go as well, when Tatsu grabbed my arm.
"Listen, when you're using a sword, just think of it as an extension of you arm. Go with the swing don't try to stop, if it has too much momentum you're going to want to spin with the blade otherwise it's very likely that you'll wind up on the ground. So be careful, alright?"
I nodded my head as I pulled the beautiful white sword from it's scabbard.
Sayako Inn – Lobby
September 22nd – 5:49
It was chaos. Sherlock was watching us with amusement on his face as we fought the many Shadow Demons. Vega was firing a round from his magnum every once in awhile but mostly stayed quiet. Tatsu was fighting the possessed bear, with Tatsu using his scythe to keep the bear two legs. Shirayuki seemed to be dancing with her katanas; cutting the demons apart effortlessly. Kinji has long ago abandoned the shotgun in favor of his Beretta and D'Eagle. Aria was tearing the demons apart quickly; trying to get to Sherlock to end the fight as soon as possible.
I on the other hand was doing a sloppy job at best. I cut the demon I'd been fighting, watching it dissolve into black mist. As soon as it was dead another joined the fight. It was endless; there was just too many of them.
"Just give up all ready! There's no way you can take on all of us!" Vega seemed to believe that we would never get to him.
Sadly, I was actually starting to believe him. For every one demon we killed, there always seemed to be another ready to take its place.
Suddenly I saw something large and black, flying towards me. I quickly jumped out of the way; only to realize that the thing flying towards me; was the bear with three long gashes across its body. It slammed into the wall taking three or four other demons with it.
Tatsu was now rushing towards Vega; slicing every last demon in his path; he left a massive wave of destruction.
Aria had now run out of ammo and had resorted to using her dual swords. Kinji had reluctantly picked up the shotgun again; since his usual guns had now run out of ammunition. Shirayuki's swords were now caked in a black blood-like substance.
"Vega, I'm growing tired of this nonsense. Let's just kill them and be done with it." Sherlock then drew an 18th century revolver from the confines of his cloak.
"Now you're speaking my language! Hey Tatsu, as much as I hate you and Reki for destroying my old arm, I have to say; I love this new one. After all it's going to help me tear you limb from limb!" He brandished his demonic arm. The massive claw looked like it could crush a bus, and the arm itself had large spike protruding from it.
Tatsu suddenly appeared in front of Vega; his scythe crashing down on Vega's arm; a loud metallic clang resounded throughout the room. "You're not leaving here alive, Vega."
"I think you have that backwards you –" Whatever Vega said it seemed to have caused Tatsu to become furious; I'd never seen him so mad before.
I wanted to know what he said but I didn't have the time. Another demon had leaped at me when I wasn't paying attention. Aria's sword suddenly filled my vision as it sliced through the demon.
"Reki, focus on the battle, not on Tatsu." I quickly turned to glare at her and her teasing smile.
Suddenly a very loud gun shot sounded as Sherlock fired at Aria and I. "Now, now, ladies shouldn't be fighting each other. In fact they shouldn't be fighting at all; they should be cooking or cleaning like a proper lady should."
From the other side of the room we heard Tatsu shout, "Tell that to Adler!" At which Sherlock's face immediately paled.
"I'd rather not…" Aria started laughing at Sherlock's terrified expression. "We'll see how much longer you're laughing once you have a bullet between your eyes."
Butei High – Girls Dormitory
00:00
Vlad, in his wolf form, was walking up the stairs of the girls dormitory with a demonic glint in his eyes.
Everyone was asleep.
A door was quietly ripped from its hinges.
No one heard anything as Riko Mine was torn from her bed in the middle of the night.
Vlad smiled at the look of absolute terror in the blond girl's eyes. He whispered in her ear, "You're lucky; I need you alive for what I have planned."
The room was in shambles; the door was gone; claw marks littered the room; and Riko's bed was in pieces.
A black mist filled the room as Riko passed out, and as the mist faded away a minute later, both Riko and Vlad were gone…
Well a Valentine's Day release… even though I finished it on the 12th I thought I would wait for the holiday. ^_^
I wrote this with the help of a music album by a band called Icon for Hire. Look 'em up if ya want.
Anyway I hope you liked it!