Death by aptonoth
Chapter 15
The battle for Tanzia part 6: First blood
The Zinogre stared at the Deviljho with a face of curiosity. The Zinogre spoke its mind "You know what, you look kind of like a Namekian!" "Ok then I guess I'll be that." "But that also means you can't go super-saiyan, you're really slow, and you're a Yoshi." "Well I can live with that." "Oh yeah, you also don't have a di-" "DODGE!" The Deviljho swung its tail and hit the Zinogre square in the face, sending it flying. The Deviljho stormed after it.
Zach looked round the corner, safely behind the cover of the building. "Ok, they're gone. We can move." Sean and Alicia ran out behind him, not letting their guard down for a moment.
Behind them Azure shambled out, struggling to stand but still going, not wanting to let the others down. He was followed by a Pink rathian and Zappy (Zach's Ludroth, yeah he's been here this whole time; being useful I guess, also he's called Zappy. It was mentioned once in chapter 2. I work with what I'm given.)
While Alicia waited with Sean and Zach for Azure to get to the other side of the road she surveyed the surrounding buildings. The monsters had left a wake of destruction where they fought. She saw where she had heard an explosion earlier. There was a massive crater in the buildings. Suddenly motion could be heard.
"Get down" Whispered Sean. Everyone crouched down. The Rajang stepped down from the buildings, limping. It began talking to itself "Damn, that hurt. Hey I just realised the Zinogre complimented me by calling me a great ape. Guess it was just the blood that rushed to my head after not being called super-saiyan. The things you notice when you lose the blood that rushed to your head and half the blood in your body." There was a cut from the debris running down its leg.
Zach whispered to everyone else "Why isn't it regenerating?" Alicia replied "I have no idea. Maybe it can be killed after all." Sean looked back at the monsters "Well we're hardly in a position to test that right now. The last thing we want to do is run straight at it, guns blazing and yell-"
Ben jumped overhead and yelled "HI I'M HERE TO SEE IF YOU CAN BE KILLED BY STUPIDLY GIVING MY POSITION AWAY, WASTING THE ELEMENT OF SURPRISE AND CHANGING MY CHANCES OF GETTING OUT OF HERE WITHOUT YOU NOTICING ME TO NIL! ALSO I AM HILARIOUS AND YOU WILL QUOTE EVERYTHING I SAY!" Sean paused for a moment. "That."
Ben used sword drive and hit the Rajang in the left arm. The Rajang cried out in pain. The arm didn't heal. Ben's Plesioth hip-checked in the general direction of the Rajang. The Rajang was knocked back. It landed and dug its hands into the ground sending pieces of the floor everywhere.
It looked at its hands. They were coated in cuts, oozing out blood. The Rajang realised something: it was going to die. It looked at Ben. The Rajang thought to itself"At least I can take you with me." It began to charge.
The Rajang charged forward. It was almost there. It couldn't be over yet. Almost there.
A scaly, electric Leviathan slid under the Rajang, covering its chest in cuts from the Electric spikes on its back. The Rajang fell over and began to tumble forwards. Anthony ran at it and hit it in the face. The Rajang was knocked into the air.
Alicia saw the Rajang sail through the air. "No more waiting." she murmured. She jumped on her pink Rathian and flew toward the Rajang. When they neared it she jumped off the Rathian and shot bullets repeatedly at the Rajang. The Rathian swung with her tail and hit the Rajang with poison, causing it to fall to the ground. She then caught Alicia and dropped to the ground.
The Rajang's vision was clouded with pain. It could barely see anything. It attempted to wave its arm above its face but it would not move. The Rajang felt something heavy hit it right in the stomach. Its vision instantly cleared. It used its field of vision to see where the attack had come from, not wanting to alert the attacker.
The Rajang saw Riko charging another attack with his great sword. Before Riko could react the Rajang hit him square in the chest, making him cough up blood. Riko was then launched into the nearest building, blood painting the ground beneath him bright red.
The Rajang's hair went yellow and spiked up. It shot a giant lightning laser at the building that Riko crashed into. The building was completely obliterated
Sanchez, while being ridden by Callum, sprinted at the Rajang. As soon as Sanchez got close enough, it spun in a circle, knocking Callum off of Sanchez in a spiraling arc and hitting Sanchez backwards so he landed on his side.
The Rajang then ran over to Callum and grabbed him by the neck, attempting to choke him to death! Alexandra ran over with her lance. the Rajang attempted to counter-attack, but only had one arm to work with so it was in vain.
The Rajang was hit in the ribs by the lance. Now powered solely by adrenaline the Rajang threw Callum in the other direction. It then charged up its lightning attack, now at full power and aimed directly at Callum.
A sword slashed at its back, making the Rajang flinch. "One upside of being me. Everyone kinda forgets you exist when you don't appear in an action scene or two"
The Rajang turned to see Joseph standing behind it, sword covered in the Rajang's blood. He was grinning. The Rajang swung at him. Alexandra saw her opening and jumped at the Rajang.
The Rajang feigned left but swung round 180 degrees and hit her lance away. It then repeatedly attempted to hit her with a combo of punches and kicks.
Alexandra continued to block until Ben's Plesioth used its water blast to stun the Rajang. Ben and Anthony jumped down. Joseph ran up next to them. Anthony looked at Alexandra "You're not much help to this fight if you don't have your lance. Just get Callum out of here and if you can find your lance then join us."
Ben chimed in "IF YOU CAN GET BACK IN TIME, THEN YOU CAN JOIN OUR BLOODBATH!" He paused for a moment "Try to get back while the blood is still warm."
Alexandra called over Sanchez, put Callum on his back and then sent Sanchez off while she looked for her lance.
Everyone who could still fight attempted to destroy the Rajang with everything they had left.
The Rajang was knocked down. It was almost at peace with death but then an idea entered its mind. "Z-soul activated: Never give up!"
The Rajang roared, knocking everyone backwards. It ran towards Ben. The Plesioth used a hip-check but the Rajang managed to sprint straight through it. It slammed into the Plesioth and knocked it back. It then turned to Ben and shot a lightning laser at him! Ben sidestepped and it narrowly missed, destroying the earth where Ben had been moments ago.
Frustrated, the Rajang swung at Ben, missing the punch by inches each time. The Rajang pretended to swing wide and leave and opening. Ben stabbed forward. The Rajang spun it's legs in a circle. Ben had all the air knocked out of him and flew backwards.
Anthony jumped down and attempted to hit the Rajang on the head while it was distracted. The Rajang jumped backwards and the only thing Anthony hit was the ground. The Rajang saw the opportunity and (I have to resort for memes for jokes now *sigh*) fired its lazor.
Anthony's Lagiacrus slid in between them and absorbed the electric blast. "Is that even possible?" exclaimed the Rajang. "No, not normally anyway." said Anthony. The Lagiacrus released the built-up electricity. The Rajang attempted to block.
The Rajang looked around frantically, aware that this might be it's last moments. It was barely able to stop the electricity in place. if it didn't find some way to hit it back it would be electrocuted to death! The Rajang was straining under the pressure. It looked around frantically for some way of getting away from it, but the search was in vain. The Rajang's grip released, not out of choice; but because it was to tired.
The smoke from the blast rose into the air. Joseph ran up next to Anthony "Where have you been?" "Being… useful." "Well anyway, don't lower your guard; this thing could still be alive." "Got it." The Rajang leaped out of the smoke and tackled Anthony. "HYPOCRITE!" Yelled Joseph, before chasing after the Rajang.
The Rajang threw Anthony into a corner and started to punch him repeatedly. The Rajang was charging up its electricity attack to finish him when when a stray, explosive bullet hit it. The Rajang was knocked back and screamed with pain.
The Rajang stood up, trying to ignore the pain. A voice rang out from above. "YOU HIT LIKE A GIRL AND LOOK LIKE AN UGLY ONE!" The Rajang looked in the direction of the voice "Am I beautiful on the inside?" "NO!" A switch axe hit the Rajang in the face.
The Rajang got a cut running down its face, covering the eye. The Rajang saw Joseph standing in place, staring at the Rajang. (He's just standing there, menacingly.)
The Rajang jumped forward and did a spin kick. It hit Joseph and he fell onto the floor. The Rajang charged up its laser. It fired.
Zach jumped in front of Joseph and yelled "I'M PICCOLO AND YOU'RE A WORDY LITTLE BASTARD!" He blocked the laser.
The laser hit the shield but bounced off. "Ok… I'll take it."said Zach. "Why did I not get hurt?" A voice came from inside his head "Because you have story relevance!"
Zach aimed his gunlance and fired. The Rajang was knocked back. Zappy ran at it. (I don't recall your species, but your sponge is familiar.)
Alexandra ran outside "Hey guys I couldn't find my lance but I did find a relic that I polished!" The Rajang fell onto the Lance and was impaled on it, covering the lance in blood "REALLY? JUST REALLY!?"
Everyone crowded around the Rajang. The Rajang grinned. "Well, I suppose now that you've beaten me you expect some exposition." They all nodded "Well guess what: I AIN'T HAVIN YO SHIT!" The Rajang attempted to get up but couldn't "Fine i'll give you exposition."
"So yeah, we can die. That's a thing. I guess we stop healing once we start limping. Also we're being hunted by some guys with airships with the number four on it. so um yeah, that."
The Rajang looked at Joseph "Hey I remember you, I met you when you were-" "Quiet! What happens in Val Habar stays in Val Habar!" "Ok then."
The Rajang felt great pain from the poison "Aw crap I'm gonna be dead now." The Rajang looked around at everyone and saw Riko, relatively unscathed. The Rajang realised something. It opened its mouth to say what it realised but it was dead before the words could form.
Everyone stood in silence.
Eventually Ben broke the silence with "One down, two to brutally murder!"
TO BE CONTINUED