The Scorpion and the Snake, Part 1

The Achieve Men all stood facing the two magnificent creatures, the Deathstalker and the King Taijitu, the scorpion and the snake. Mike laughed, grinning fiercely.

"Here's hoping a Nevermore doesn't show up." He muttered. Jeff nodded.

"Let's *hic* hope." He repeated.

"How are we going to handle this?" Jay asked, looking at Jeff.

"Hmmm. I say we handle this with a little bit of splitting up, eh?" He started. "Break into Lads and Gents formation, just as we practiced!" With that, the six men broke into two teams. Yang screamed.

"The Lads and Gents formation! Genius!" She yelled.

"Okay. Gents handle the Deathstalker, Lads handle the Taijitu." Jeff commanded. The others nodded, and moved in front of their respective opponents.

"Let's Blaze!"

With that, the two teams jumped into action.

The Lads fight

"Let's Blaze!"

Gav took an arrow from his quiver, and without saying a word fired an arrow at the Taijitu's eye. The huge snake merely moved out of the way, and dodged the arrow. Gav pouted. He rarely missed.

"Guys. I-I missed!" He shouted. Junior calmed him.

"Allow me to do what you couldn't." He said mockingly. He swiped his rose at the grass, and fire from the ground below him propelled him upwards. Now face to face with the Taijitu, Junior smiled, and with one sweeping motion, flames jutted themselves from his rose out onto the Taijitu's face. Junior had hit the snake. It quickly shook off the attack, and the white half of it poked it's head from the side. The white half, seeing the black half was injured, took vengeance and snapped at Junior, who was not able to dodge the attack. His leg had been caught in its teeth, and his aura certainly took a toll as he plummeted to the ground.

"Woah! You okay, Junior?" Mike asked as Junior stood crippled on the ground.

"Ugh…." Was all Junior could manage as he stuck his hand out to the sky dramatically.

"Ah, fuck you, you damn pansy." Mike said, not too impressed. He got up, and faced the Taijitu. The black half had suffered quite a lot from Junior's flames, and a scar had already made an appearance on its face. Mike chuckled. He jumped into action, digging his sword into the snake's belly as he swiped around it. He was now on the Taijitu's back.

"I got you now!" He exclaimed as he ran up the back of the black half. He leaped onto the head of the beast.

"Prepare to die, foul beast!" Mike yelled. A good victory could not go without a one-liner; that was his philosophy. He dug his sword into the black half's skull. A small squeal came from its mouth, and it fell to the ground. Mike gracefully landed, wiping dust off his shoulders. Gav clapped.

"Bravo! Now for my turn." Gav took a bow from his quiver, and once again fired, only this time at the white half's eye. It hit its mark, and the Taijitu's eye was rendered useless. Gav cheered.

"Come off it, lads, you can hit this little pleb without it being too much of a pest!" He yelled. Junior and The others nodded, and turned around, to be met with the white half chewing off the black half. They all stared at it in awe.

"For a wolf to survive, it must chew off… its own leg." Mike quoted. "Don't let it get it off! It'll be faster that way! Junior, try to get it to stop!" Junior nodded, and ran off to the beast.

He fired his rose at the snake, burning its face, but proved useless, as the snake was concentrated on getting the leg off. It barely flinched. Before they knew it, the black half was off. The Taijitu looked up, blood covering its face. It hissed at Junior.

"Junior, get away from there! It's regenerating its limb!" Gav yelled. Junior complied, and ran back to the Lads. The Taijitu had indeed grown back its half, except it was now only one. It was one huge, white-colored Taijitu. It was Yin and Yang, only without Yin. The snake gave a sickly smile, and snapped at the group. It was now much faster, and the Lads barely dodged it.

"It's faster now! Without the black half…" Mike muttered. "Just fight it, come on. Gav. Oh Gav. Just provide covering fire. Make sure to uh… to hit it if it poses a danger for us. Junior and I will attack."

Gav nodded, and Mike and Junior went into action. Junior took the liberty of having first strike, and fired a hail of fireballs at the beast. The Taijitu dodged, but was not able to slip past all of the fireballs. While it was distracted with Junior's ploy, Mike had began to charge up its back once again. He landed on top of its head, and Mike lifted his sword, preparing to strike and finish it as he had with the black half. He was stunned when the Taijitu shook him off, aware of what Mike was going to do. He hit the ground hard. Gav rushed towards him, and helped him up.

"My boy! You ok?"

Mike shook him off. "I'm fine." He said. Gav frowned. "Thanks for helping me up, boy."

"W-what? You called me boy?! Wow! Uhmm… yeah, no problem, for helping you up." Gav shouted back at Mike, who was now charging at the beast again. Gav, now having a new source of confidence, took an arrow from his quiver. He placed it into his bow, and aimed at the beast's other eye. He shot. It hit the Taijitu, blinding it once and for all. The beast shook it's head violently, and coincidentally, Junior had been on top of its head. He went flying off, hitting a tree with such force that it was knocked over. Gav gasped.

"Junior!" He yelled, running over to the fallen tree.

"What the heck happened?" Junior asked, dazed. "I just… flew off."

Gav blushed.

"Yeah, it just… uhm… freaked out. Yeah. The damn thing! Haha!" He lied.

Junior shook his head. "Well damn, my aura's in the red. Mike will have to do this himself. I'm feeling damn sick." He told Gav, checking his scroll. Gav turned around. Mike was still in combat with the Taijitu, who was now working only with sound. Mike jumped up at the beast, whom had cocked it head down for a moment, and took a slice at its neck. It roared, jerking its head back up. Its eyes and neck were now bleeding profusely.

"Yeah! GOOOO MIKE!" Gav yelled. Mike turned, a nasty and hostile look on his face.

"You fucking bastard." He mouthed. Gav cowered. So he saw it. That's not good.

The Taijitu sensed its death, and looked like it had given up. Its attacks were now slower. Mike took his chance, and with one clean swipe, sliced off the head of the Taijitu. The crowd cheered. Mike bowed, but quickly got up. He pointed at Gav.

"YOU FUCKING MORON!"

*Next time on The Achieve Men!

Will the Gents defeat the Deathstalker? Or will they give in and DIE? Also, will Mike have an aneurism? Tune in next time to find out!