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The Dragon Sabre Part Ten: Bloodshed
Sirens Call, Paragon City
Wednesday, 24th January 18:13
Do as you are told and hand over my swords commanded Wu Long, but Sabrina stayed silent and immobile. Her breathing deepened and her heart raced, in her minds eye she was predicting the fight she was about to engage. Suddenly, she struck at the tall man with a palm-heel to the chin. Wu Long effortlessly dodged the attack, but the girl was persistent. Within seconds she had thrown nearly twenty strikes aimed at Wu Longs head area, but he simply dodged it all.
If you try to hit me, you will not succeed. Visualise your follow-up before an initial strike said Wu Long, taunting her. Sabrina sped up her attacks, lunging in with focused palm strikes. Youre not trying hard enough
Sabrina stepped back quickly to re-focus her chi. After executing a series of swift movements using both arms and hands; she adopted a crane-like posture. Wu Long however, remained rooted in his spot. For several seconds, the two exchanged a tense gaze. The winter breeze whistling past, carrying bits of snow with it, everything seemed to be deathly quite. Suddenly, Sabrina exploded into action. Her hands moved so fast they left behind a trail, as she executes swirls and twists to daze her opponent, meanwhile building up energy. Gradually, she danced closer and closer to Wu Long. At a close enough range she balances on one foot and lifted her whole body high up in the air as though suspended by a think rope, then stays there, frozen and open to attack. Wu Long meets the invitation with a single strike of his fist but faster than the eye could see, she collapsed to the ground and leapt up high like a frog, somersaulted over her opponent, and spins into a blazing roundhouse kick aimed directly at Wu Longs ribcage. The blow connected with shocking strength breaking every bone in the immediate area of impact. As though in slow motion, Wu Long fell to the ground, clutching at his ribs.
Is that better sensei? Sabrina asks sarcastically. She stood directly over him with a strange look in her eyes. Wu Long gasped desperately for air. His vision began to swim as he clambered across the icy earth only to meet a crushing blow to the skull. Stay down. Ive won. Ive won you she muttered, absent-mindedly. The swords are mine. Nobody can take them away from me. Nobody! Nobody
nobody can
Can take them away from me For several minutes, she watched his body for signs of movement, nothing. A thousand thoughts raced through her mind, but eventually she arrived at the realisation of what she had done.
Oh god
Damn it. Oh my god she muttered, nervously. What am I gonna do? A hundred ideas swam across her mind, she thought about dicing his corpse in the hope that it would wash away with the snow once it melted. No. Bad idea; stupid idea she told herself, still staring at the body in the hope that it would re-animate.
I got it. I got it she muttered. Slowly, she produced one of her swords. It was extremely long and thin, with an iron hilt sculpted in the shape of a wingless dragon curled around the handle like a snake. This was the Soaring Dragon katana. She executed a short sequence of hand movements so fast that the blade seemed to slice the air. A sudden red glow emanated from the eyes of the dragon as Sabrina pointed the tip of the sword at Wu Longs motionless body. The sword ignited into flames and shot a single ball of fire at her masters body. She stood and watched him burn to ashes seemingly without emotion.
When the heat cleared, Sabrina sighed in relief. Well. That takes care of that, phew. With a single twirl of her hand, the swords flames died out. She produced the second blade, similar in appearance to the Soaring Dragon katana but the hilt here is sculpted in pure gold to resemble a sleeping dragonfly whose crystal eyes glowed blue when handled. This was the Golden Dragonfly katana.
Sabrina began an incantation in the Chinese language, while performing a complex sequence of hand movements involving both swords. Blood which flows through my veins. Love of my heart, heir of San. I summon the power of the Dragon Sabre. She somehow clips the two glowing swords together, forming one large broadsword almost six feet long, with three sharp hooks along its serrated teeth. The hilt, sculpted as a winged dragon in mid-flight completed the fierce look of the mythical weapon. Sabrina performs a complex dance with the monstrous sword during which she undergoes a magical metamorphosis, evolving into a winged version of herself.
Well, that took longer than usual she muttered, before flying off into the midnight, apparently without regards to what she had just done.
[Blackout]
My new favourite!! O.o
Writer's Note: For future chapters, I have decided to stay with one thread. Here are links to the previous.
Chapter One - Militia Escort
Chapter Two - Return of the San
Chapter Three - Great Wall of China
Chapter Four - Test of Faith
Chapter Five - Demon Shoutu
Chapter Six - Wu Long
Chapter Seven - Heartbreak
Chapter Eight - Soaring Dragon
The Dragon Sabre Part Nine: Heart of Kimone
Sirens Call, Paragon City
Wednesday, 24th January 18:04
What was left of a city-turned-war zone seemed like the perfect place to meet an old friend turn enemy. Sabrina had been the one to call him first, and he was eager to meet her, if she came alone. Sabrina was a small girl, about five-foot eight, very slender. The winter night was cold as ever, hailstorms, rain and even snow on occasion so she had decided to dress appropriately. As she walked down the war-torn streets, her footprints etched deep into the snow, leaving a trail too easy to notice. She bit her lips in an attempt to warm them, wrapping and rewrapping her fur coat. Underneath which she had on her skin-tight metallic battle armour, just to be safe. Hovering along behind her where the two enchanted swords of Kimone, invisible under their own magical power. Should she need them, they would obey her touch.
You came said a hoarse voice, in the Chinese language.
Dude, what is wrong with you? You dont just jump out of the dark like that; you scared me half to death! Sabrina fumed, responding in Chinese.
How dare you address me so, have you forgotten who I am? Sabrina fell silent at once. It seemed for a split second she had forgotten who she was speaking to. She quickly adopted her morals and knelt.
Master, accept my apology said Sabrina, bowing her head completely low as the man stepped casually out of the shadow. His head was a hollow skull and his body was nothing but a silhouette drenched in a mysterious black mist. A long, tense silence ensued.
Stand up he commanded and Sabrina obeyed. Where are my swords?
Theyre with me, master said Sabrina and Wu Longs head involuntarily jerked aside. They are safe with me.
This isnt how it was meant to happen. You have not earned the rights to the Dragon Sabre. You were supposed to fight me and prove yourself worthy of its power. That is the tradition.
But master
Silence! I have trained you the best I can and before my own eyes I have seen you do the impossible, but still you do not deserve that sword. You do not deserve it at all. You are a shame to your mother and your mothers mother. By your behaviours you have turned out to be more like your grandfather than anything.
Sabrinas face turned bright red. She made the effort to contain her rising anger.
You have always had an uncontrollable temper. You should learn to channel it better. What worries me most of all, however is your selfishness. Li Mu Kimone stole the Soaring Dragon out of the exact same sense of selfishness, dont you think? And you have done the same, Im sure of it. There was a boy scout called Corle or something, who confiscated it from me. How has it come to be in your hands?
He gave it to me
Is that so?
Yes, but master
Give them to me
Sabrinas heart skipped a beat. Im sorry, what?
You heard me
But why? I am the last remaining San; the swords belong to no other person. None, other than my destined life mate
I sent you and Xing-Li to Kimones hideout. Your mission was to eliminate the zombies and you didnt. You didnt.
Sabrina chuckled silently.
Why are you laughing?
I caught onto you. I caught onto your little test. Xing-Li told me after a little persuasion. You are the Necromancer. You re-animated the corpses of Li Mu Kimone and his Devils so I decided the destruction of Xinyiang is not actually my problem at all. Its was all your doing. So I did what my heart told me to and I came back to America, to continue living my life. If thats selfishness then I plead guilty, but dont you try and blame Xinyiang on me. No way.
You never seize to disappoint me. Youre far stupider than I thought and what a shame it is that the legend of the San Clan dies with a fool like yourself. Give me my swords.
Oh now the swords are yours? What because you did a little alikazaming here and there, you think theyre yours?
Speak to me like that again and youll loose your pretty little head, I swear to god. Sabrina fell silent. Do as you are told and hand over my swords
Sabrina stayed silent and immobile, her breathing deepened and her heart raced, in her minds eye she was predicting the fight she was about to engage. Suddenly, she struck.
[Blackout. To be continued]