Chapter 21
The Final Battle Pt. 3
Sapphire smirked, "Not so fast." The other Insurgents stepped up and got in fighting positions, serious, calm, and focused looks on their faces behind their visors.
Slowly, cyan returned to Sapphire's armor, white staying in certain spots. She looked up at the oncoming robots.
"On my go."
Niko nodded and prepared himself and summoned a bishop, a knight, and the queen.
"Niko." the Bishop said looking at Sapphire and the others. "Are you sure you want us to help you?"
"Why do you ask?" Niko replied.
"It just doesn't seem fitting you ask us to do this." the knight said finishing the bishop's answer.
"If you wish not to help," Niko said. "You don't have to."
With this, the pieces left back into Niko's watch. He sighed and looked at Sapphire.
"When this is all over, I know you'll have to disappear for a while." Niko said. "So, while we're still together, let's cherish this moment we spend fighting the director and his forces!"
Carolina nodded, visor shining brightly. He looked ahead at the oncoming bots intently. The Insurgents looked anxious, but she wasn't ready to let them go.
"Wait for it...," she added more firmly.
Niko nodded at this and prepped himself for what will probably be the last time he ever saw Sapphire and the other Insurgents. They've been there helping him out with his problem and he made their lives hell...but he knew now that this was the only chance he'll ever get to show he's not the weak sensitive kid they met five months ago. He was stronger and wiser. He was ready for this. He remembered what Skye told him the day he left. "Protect Miss Sapphire". Niko and Skye both knew Sapphire was capable of taking care of herself, but Niko knew what his little brother meant. Make every moment count because it could be the last. He looked at Sapphire and saw the determination in her eyes. Protect her? Niko thought. I'll do better! I'll stick by her until this is all over!
Sapphire narrowed her eyes as a bot ran specifically at her and Niko. No surprise there. She withdrew her magnum and shot. But, with her shot, she announced clearly in her leader voice:
"Now."
The Insurgent sprawled out, most going first to their firearm, others going into hand-to-hand. They moved appropriately and swiftly, flanking left as needed and covering more ground. She knew she and Niko would have to cover more left ground, so that's where she moved. She shot her magnum a few times before elbowing a bot and kicking the kneecap of another.
Niko runs in like a demon, taking every enemy he can down. Ironically, he is a demon. But if one were to get to know him, they wouldn't have figured it out! Niko was everywhere the enemy was leaping off walls taking heads of ripping whole bodies apart.
"If this is the day we all perish!" Niko exclaimed. "Let it be told we died for what was right! But until the moment we draw our last breath, let's make these guys do it first!" Niko laughed insanely and continued taking out enemies.
Sapphire smirked at Niko's words, knowing them to ring true at every angle. She shot a few more times before tossing her weapon aside and going into hand-to-hand. As she did, she noticed the other Insurgents following suit. Soon, the number of Allison clones had gone down immensely, but there were still some that remained.
Niko looked around. He's starting to get tired and beginning to lose strength. He looks at the remaining Allison clones and falls to his knees. "Dammit!" Niko said "I'm out of energy...I can barely move..." With this Niko falls to the ground.
Sapphire flicked her head to Niko, almost being hit by a clone. Dozens upon dozens were targeting Niko upon seeing how weak he was getting. Thinking quickly, she dashed for her magnum and picked them off. However, three still remained. Springing up, she dashed in front of her friend and began and outright assault. She silently thanked herself for training so hard, or she would have run out of energy, like Niko.
Niko looked up at his friend and smiled. He was lucky after all that time she was training never spending a day with him after they started working with the Insurgents was paying off. He secretly wished he would've trained harder but he knew that he had to keep trying. As he got up, he saw a sniper about to take aim at Sapphire. "Sapphire!" Niko shouted, grabbing her, pulling her down and taking the bullet. Niko looked at her and smiled. "Déjà vu, huh?" Niko said jokingly "I took one for ya once before, Sapph...now I took one for you again. Seems like its fate…or history repeating itself...heh heh" Niko falls to his knees. Why it is this time, he felt cold...like death was waiting for him? Maybe it was. However, Niko wasn't ready to give up. Suddenly Niko's body began to reshape into a thirteen-tailed fox-wolf with blood red eyes and jet-black fur. Picking sapphire up with a tail, he put her on his back and nods. Sapphire realized that Niko wants her to use him like a battle tank because he sensed she was out of ammo.
"Knew this would happen," Sapphire muttered, throwing her magnum to the side. "Finish up the remaining loose clones, we'll get the last boxes!" she called out to the Insurgents who instantly obliged.
"Alright, Niko, fire at those crates," she ordered, voice firm.
Niko nods and gives a sinister grin and fires at the crates and looks at Sapphire with a look of approval. "What now?" Niko said in a gruff voice. Sapphire was taken aback by Niko's voice, having expected him to only growl, howl, or roar. However, she quickly gave out her next order.
Sapphire shook her head. "There's nothing you can do." She slid slowly off Niko's back as she noticed doorways appearing and more and more Allison clones flooding in. He kept trying so hard...
She sighed and looked down. "Niko, I need to do something. I need to put her to rest." Taking a deep breath, she ran to one of the Allison clones and caught her fist as it swung. She clamped her eyes shut and thought extremely hard, trying to channel her Psi powers.
Suddenly, the real world was frozen.
Awesome three-part chapter huh?! Next chappie I'll get down to what happened! See ya then!