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Settled
Michael ducked behind the stone wall, grinning from ear to ear, knife held in one hand, his new photon sword in the other. Sinon was somewhere up ahead, sighted in and waiting for him to step out. Her first shot would kill him if he didn't manage to dodge it somehow, but he knew that if he stayed still too long, he would die anyway. He stepped out, sprinting in a zig zag toward the only tower where Sinon could effectively snipe from. He kept his eyes on the tower and soon saw something catch light as it flew toward him. He hurled himself backward as the ground in front of him exploded and grinned.
"There you are," Michael grinned extending his photon sword. "Let's get this going."
He sprinted forward, watching as a prediction line appeared between his eyes. He grinned. Then, he raised his sword, slashing the bullet out of the air at the last second. He continued, grinning. As he ran, several more bullets flew at him, and he slashed those out of the air as well. After a moment, he vaulted over a low wall, the wall below him exploding as a bullet punched through it, then continued, slashing another bullet out of the air. He was nearing the tower and rolled under a bullet, pulling out his own sniper rifle and grinning, sighting in and instantly firing before the panic attack could set in, although it still kicked in immediately afterward. He stood, putting the rifle away and drawing his photon sword, slashing a bullet that Sinon had fired as she fell from the tower, having jumped out for some reason, though, all Michael could hear was the screams of passers by as a sniper took his family from him. He looked up at the tower, seeing that the entire top had exploded. He seemed to have hit a propane tank or something. He looked back at Sinon as the screams began to die out and she fired straight down, slowing her descent enough to not kill herself. Then, she landed, rolling into the prone and firing again. He slashed the bullet, sprinting forward, hurling a knife. It sailed toward her but was just a little too far to the side. She fired again and again Michael deflected it. He continued running and Sinon stood, pulling out her machine pistol and opening fire at him as she ran sideways. He began to deflect bullets but as he did, other bullets began to punch into him. She finally stopped as she stepped behind a building. He looked down at himself, wincing. He had bullet holes all through himself and is health was red, but he could still win if he could just get to her.
He sprinted into the building and up three floors since he didn't know if she was aiming the way she had come or the other direction, then ran to a window in the back, looking down. Just as he did, his face lit up red. He leapt out, pistol bullets crashing through the remains of the window and into the ceiling. Sinon grinned, tossing her pistol away and raising her sniper rifle, sighting in. Michael growled in frustration, realizing he was too close to see the prediction line. He drew and hurled his knife as he moved his sword to block where he could see her eyes in the scope looking. Just as he did, her rifle went off. The bullet grazed the inside of his photon blade, then removed his leg at the hip. His knife scratched her cheek but missed and Michael crashed down next to her, photon sword landing just out of reach. She put the sniper rifle to his head and he groaned.
"I give up," he sighed. "You win."
Sinon smiled, using an ability to heal him, restoring his leg, and he stood, picking up his photon sword and summoning his knife before putting it away. Then, he clipped his photon sword to his belt and grinned.
"I was close," Michael stated.
"If you had moved your sword just a little further," Sinon nodded grinning.
Michael sighed and they turned toward the city just as they lit up in a massive prediction line. Michael grabbed Sinon and leapt to the side, getting them out of the way as bullets began to fly past much faster than a normal machine gun.
"Minigun," Michael said. "Behemoth."
"Yup," Sinon nodded, standing and running off to get in position to snipe.
Michael sprinted out from around the building, rolling under the prediction area and then stood, spinning and hurling his knife at Behemoth. Behemoth was hit in the shoulder and Michael pulled out his rifle, stopping and firing rapidly at him, the shots blasting into Behemoth's barrier rapidly. Behemoth turned and Michael began to sprint again, firing as he ran. Then, he slung his rifle as Behemoth leaned back, Sinon's first shot missing. Just as Behemoth turned to look at Sinon, Michael skidded around a wall, drawing his photon sword, and sprinting at Behemoth. Behemoth turned, firing at Michael but Michael leapt over the bullets, removing Behemoth's head as he passed. Just as he landed, a sniper bullet punched through the back of his left shoulder, removing his arm and flipping him onto his back. He rolled over, standing and raising his sword as Archon's avatar stepped out from behind a wall, dropping its sniper rifle and pulling out a pair of photon swords.
"PoH, you piece of shit!" Michael spat.
"I have nothing better to do," PoH said. "Shall we?"
"No," Michael growled.
Michael pulled out his sniper rifle and raised it, firing without sighting in. PoH slashed, the bullet splitting in two and missing and Michael gaped at him.
"But...that's..." Michael trailed off, putting his rifle away and pulling his photon sword back out as PoH slashed to the side, splitting one of Sinon's bullets without looking.
He sprinted forward, slashing rapidly at PoH but PoH was able to easily keep up with only one sword. Then, he slashed Michael across the chest, hurling him backward. Michael crashed down hard and PoH laughed, walking forward, splitting a second of Sinon's bullets.
"How did you ever manage to keep Archon busy?" PoH chuckled. "You're pathetic. This is the same avatar even."
"You're hacked," Michael growled.
"Not in this game," PoH stated.
PoH raised his photon swords just as there was a flash of light and went flying. Michael looked up to see Strea standing over him, holding a red photon sword and wearing purple armor similar to what Kirito's M9000 avatar had worn. Michael pushed himself up, picking up his photon sword and smirked as PoH stood, staring at Strea in confusion.
"Thank you Strea," Michael grinned. "Shall we?"
Strea nodded and the two of them sprinted at PoH, spreading out to attack from opposite sides. PoH growled in annoyance, waiting until the last second then ducking, allowing Strea and Michael's photon swords to clash above him. Then, he slashed at Strea. She flipped over the blade, slashing downward at him as Michael slashed at him from the other side. He blocked both blades and kicked Michael then turned, slashing at Strea rapidly, though she was able to keep pace with him relatively easily. After a moment, PoH shoved Strea's photon sword away and spun, blocking Michael's before ducking under Strea's, which nearly hit Michael in the face. Michael leaned his head back, the sword flashing past in front of him before PoH stood, kicking Strea away and beginning to slash at Michael. Michael blocked everything for several minutes before diving aside as a sniper bullet punched through PoH's abdomen. PoH spun, slashing a second before blocking Strea's photon sword then spun, blocking Michael's. Michael let the photon sword go, drawing his knife and driving it into PoH's abdomen before catching his photon sword and slashing PoH across the chest. PoH staggered back and spun, blocking Strea's photon sword again. Just as the blades met, Strea ducked, photon sword slipping off of PoH's then slicing through his side. She stood beside Michael and her photon sword shattered as PoH staggered forward, clutching at his side with one hand and rubbing his eyes as though to clear his vision with the other.
"What did...you do?" PoH snarled.
"Your avatar is being deleted," Strea said simply. "I figured it would make my master happy."
"Master?" Michael blinked. "What do you mean master?"
"Well that's what you are," Strea beamed.
Michael shook his head, sighing as PoH's avatar began to blur before turning green and disappearing. Then, Sinon walked over looking around.
"Did he just get deleted?" Sinon asked.
"Yep," Michael grinned. "Strea figured it would make me happier than just killing him."
"Good call," Sinon grinned. "So, now what?"
Just then Michael received a message from Kirito. He read through it and grinned.
"Wanna go have a PvP brawl?" Michael grinned.
"Sure," Sinon grinned. "Who with?"
"You, me, and Kirito vs an entire clearing guild," Michael grinned. "Yuuki's guild and Asuna are trying to kill the twenty seventh floor boss alone but the guild used a spell to watch their first fight in order to learn about the boss, and now will be trying to keep them from fighting it again. Asuna asked Kirito for help, and Kirito figured I'd want in, and that I'd bring you."
Sinon smirked and nodded and Strea disappeared in a flash of light. Then, Michael used a quick hack to save their GGO data at the usual inn and switched them both to ALfheim Online.
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