The veins in my body bulged, and I moved towards the Wolf, who jumped towards me like the predator he tried to paint himself as. I could tell the joy he got from seeing me angry, from playing his stupid game.
So when I stopped myself and let him miss his swipe, he turned to me, eyes wide.
I smiled, my anger made it look wrong, and I honestly couldn't care less, I rose the axe high in the air and let it fell like an executioner's tool. The Wolf managed to move his body to the left, the axe missed his head, but it ripped his right shoulder open, leaving his right leg to fall limp and useless.
He howled and for his troubles, I gave him a kick in the jaw, my leg high in the air after that and I let it fall with all of my weight. Stomping the top of his head, I kept him in place with my leg and rose my axe, ready to separate his head from his body.
I perked up when a sudden wave of anger came from behind me and I jumped back, a streak of red coming through and trying to take my head off. I recognized that person, Red is here.
Glancing at the direction she came from, I saw Rober just falling on the floor after jumping down the elevator. He didn't seem to have any major injuries on him, Amelia and Gonzales falling just after he did, "Go, I can take care of this here." I told them all, I saw Rober staring at me like he just didn't know me anymore.
Amelia and Gonzales were already on the move, and Rober decided to follow after Gonzales. I glanced at the eager Wolf and the livid Red, both at different ends of the room, then I glanced at Ryn, "You need to deal with Yesod, you know his issues better than I do." Ryn gave me a flat stare and was ready to deny my request, before shaking her head and sighing.
"Sure, sure... don't you fucking complain if you can't handle it." I gave her a simple nod, and she grimaced before dashing towards the main room... and I have to take care of this stupid dog.
Red glared at me with homicidal intent behind her eye, "Fuck. Off. He is mine and that's all you need to know." I gave her a flat stare, my eyes narrowed, and I growled at her.
"No." That's all I said, and she opened fire, forcing me to tilt my head slightly, making the bullet miss me. These two fighting one another is just going to cause a bigger disaster.
I'll take their attention, the Wolf adores the anger I'm pouring out... so might as well give him more. I looked at the Wolf and shrugged, "See? Anyone can be the 'bad guy', you aren't that necessary." It was a bit of a shot in the dark.
It worked a bit too well, the Wolf's snarls became maniacal, and he became a blue blur when moving towards me. I ducked under the Wolf and let him get shot by Red, the butterflies moving along with me and putting Solemn Penitence in my left hand, I balanced my axe easily enough in my right hand. I took aim and fired at the Wolf's hind legs, going completely through the hip and the other side.
And that hardly seemed to slow him down, probably the ridiculous animosity his eyes displayed at me had forced him to ignore any pain he felt. Red decided to charge towards the Wolf.
The Wolf rose his only useful front leg and blocked a swipe from Red, who dragged her blade along his forearm. He tried to backhand her, but she flipped over him and shot me two times.
I used the flat side of my axe as a shield, the bullets slightly pushing my arm back, but I didn't lose my footing. My legs acted like springs and I rushed towards her, flipping over her and spinning in the air, bringing down the axe in a circular motion towards the Wolf that TRIED to dash past me.
But he wasn't fast enough, the axe fell down and chopped off his waist. Now missing his hind legs, he stumbled forward, but that didn't mean he was out of the fight. Using only his front legs, he spun around and jumped towards me, jaws wide open.
Butterflies flew through the air and put the Beak Shield on my left forearm. I used it to stop his jaws from closing around my arm, and while he was pushing me back, I knew I had won already.
From the shield, a set of four giant jaws came forth and entered the Wolf's open maw, and instantly expanded, turning his head into a mess of blood and bone. The headless body... or what's left of it, of the Wolf fell to the ground.
I sighed and felt my body trying to stop me from moving, the steam that came from my mouth didn't help me at all and my legs felt shaky, shouldn't have done the 'Heart' doping...
My body tensed, and I rose my sight to see Red moving towards me, rage clear on her face, "RAAAAAAAAAGHHHHHHHH!!!!" This was not my smartest plan, I was ready to fight... well as ready as I was while being sore all over, but that's what I get for using something I didn't have any practice with.
Suddenly, five black blurs moved past me and pinned Red to the wall, two of them hitting her weapon away from her grasp. I blinked and felt something small land on my shoulder, Punishing Bird chirping happily and Justine not far behind, a small smile on her face... their opponents?
The 'lock' was now just a ball of metal with an eye through a small gap, staring with fear towards the bird perched on my shoulder. The Woodsman was now just various pieces of metal on the floor... am I only friends with beings of mass destruction?
"LET ME GO! I HAVE TO BE THE ONE! HE WASN'T YOUR PROBLEM!" I glanced at Red with a frown, but I shook my head and scratched the top of the small bird on my shoulder, good boy.
Justine patted my back, "Do not worry about her Companion, I'll keep this angered hunter in check. There is much you have to do, after all." I gave her one tired nod of thanks and glanced at the main room of Information.
But at the end of the day, Yesod and I butted heads too many times, I would probably make things worse... so I'll have to trust Ryn and probably the Manager... okay only Ryn.
Safety should be fine, Dakota is very good at her job and has WAW gear. Training, on the other hand, could use some help, because unlike Safety, they said no one was there to deal with Yang, aside from the reinforcements that were sent.
I nodded to myself, "Thank you, Justine. I owe you one." And the same could be said to Red, but she doesn't look like she wants to talk, Justine smiled and nodded at me.
My body was still sore, but I managed to keep moving well enough. I started to run towards the elevator of Training, thank god Information has two floors... I really don't think Yesod's mood would have gotten better by seeing me.
"Trigger, Yang seems to have an aura of great calmness around it, none of the current Employees trying to suppress it seem to even want to harm it."
The Manager? He rarely talks to me through comms... then again, he dislikes me just as much as I dislike him, so it shouldn't surprise me. He really doesn't have many options then.
"Any ideas?" I asked while entering the elevator, the bird on my shoulder chirping loudly and angrily. Guess the little guy hates the Manager too.
"If opposites attract one another, just like Yin and Yang, I'm betting in your ability to interact with Abnormalities here. How many negative thoughts can you muster?"
Well... that's not nice, I sighed and thought of the only thing that could really get me to that kind of state, my past or better said... my lack of it.
"I think I can manage." I commented in a despondent manner. For some reason, I felt as if the man on the other side understood what I thought, like he had seen this feeling before.
Must have been my imagination.