Sword smirked once more and teleported above Techbot. Bringing his feet around as he started to fall, his heavy armour bringing him down fast. "what Hailey wants is for me not to fight her battles for her. What she doesnt understand is the battle im fighting, is the one for her heart!" Sword cried as his body formed the shape of a downward falling rocket, aiming for Techbot, and Omega beneath him.
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Sword smirked once more and teleported above Techbot. Bringing his feet around as he started to fall, his heavy armour bringing him down fast. "what Hailey wants is for me not to fight her battles for her. What she doesnt understand is the battle im fighting, is the one for her heart!" Sword cried as his body formed the shape of a downward falling rocket, aiming for Techbot, and Omega beneath him.
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"Maybe if she's resisting so heavily, thats a sign she doesn't actually want you fighting for her heart? That ever occured to you, or is this one of those 'She's my soul mate, I will go the ends of yadayadayada' special snowflake tirades?" he shot back, swiftly followed by an actual shot from his carbine. It was accompanied by a full on volley from all six robots, the air becoming a haze of lasers and plasma aimed at Sword.
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GG, I would tell you that "I am killing you with my mind", but I couldn't find an emoticon to properly express my sentiment.
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Sword teleported away agian as the robots opened fire, but not before Techbot's shot punched into his shields, denting his armour as his shield strength dropped just before the teleport. damn, gotta focus on fighting and not talking now. Sword appeared below Omega, gripping hold of the robot's legs and teleporting again, appearing above Alpha and letting go of the robot. Sword hoped the mech didnt have a rocket pack stored somewhere as he pulled his blades free from the machines grip and he started to fall, spinning towards the ground with his blades pointed out, heading for one of the smaller drones. The teleport had drained Sword's shields and he would have to hope he could dodge their shots until his energy recharged.
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Sword was to be dissapointed, however. The room took on a glowing orange tint, as the jets in Omegas backpack and feet roared into life.|
Originally Posted by Blade Racer
Sword appeared below Omega, gripping hold of the robot's legs and teleporting again, appearing above Alpha and letting go of the robot. Sword hoped the mech didnt have a rocket pack stored somewhere as he pulled his blades free from the machines grip and he started to fall, spinning towards the ground with his blades pointed out, heading for one of the smaller drones.
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It was also now that the seeker drones chose their moment to whirr into life, spinning across the room into a mass beneath and around Sword, before exploding in a mass of shrapnel, smoke and, most of all, immensely bright light and chaff shards, designed to blind and disorient anything nearby, organic or otherwise. Unless it happened to have the exact right shielding, of course.
And then Omega took aim, the flamethrower bursting into livid, firey life with a throaty roar, dousing the area in a white-hot inferno.
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Sword fell to the floor, half his face a black burnt mess, his armour dented and scareed from the shrapnel and the flames. His swords however continued their flight, Sword's aim true as the swords conectted with the drone, hitting it in the head and chest. Sword was still breathing, but it was faint and slow, his eyes closed and life slowly leaving him.
Three figures dropped from the roof, landing next to the now nearly unconcious Sword, the three looked almost identical except for their clothes and color of their hair and eyes.
One had red hair and glowing red eyes, wearing a leather jacket and leather trousers, another wore a strange blue suit with a gem in the middle, his hair was green as were his eyes. the last wore a mostly white Ninja costume with his arms and legs being blue, a darker blue than his glowing blue eyes, the only part of his face that could be seen as his head was covered in a helmet and his face in a mask.
The trio stepped in front of Sword, the red one at the front, the green behind him while the white one kept to the back, standing over Sword, there expressions were vacant showing no emotion at all while strange veins seemed to bulge from their faces, oddly enough the same color as their eyes.
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Alpha gestured curtly, the rest of his minions regrouping around him as one of the Protector bots set to the damaged drone with nanites and an arc welder.
"Who in the name of all frag are you three? Whats this becoming, a travelling attraction?" Alpha growled, levelling his carbine as the rest of the squad levelled their collective mass weaponry. "If you're here for the waste of space, take him and shove off. If you want to make an issue of anything, I hope hot plasma death is in your avenue of inquisition!"
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The red haired mans eyes narrowed, his fists clenching slowly, as they did a light red mist seemed to seep from his clothes, turning his head slightly to the left the green haired man nodded, opening his mouth he looked up at the hole in the roof they had come in to.
Slowly a whistling sound began to fill the air, growing louder and louder until it became a full on shriek, filling the air, as it grew louder the roof began to crack, then shatter, pieces of debris breaking off and falling down towards the robots below.
The white clothes man kneeled down besides Sword, placing his hands on either side of his head his eyes glowed slightly brighter, a blue glow overshadowing Swords face, casting a small healing aura of Sword.
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Alpha and Omega exchanged a glance.
"Light 'em up!" Alpha shouted, aiming a shot of his own at the prone figure of Sword. He didn't really need to bother; the rest of the team had almost instantaneously opened fire, Omega unloading both swarm and incendiary missiles into the clustered figures while also letting rip with his flamethrower again. The Beta drones opened up with full auto fire from their laser cannons, while the Gamma twins took the time to shield the rest of the squad before firing a pair of photon grenades to add to the onslaught.
"Under increasingly heavy attack. Three new hostiles engaged. Hurry the hells up!"
-was the closed band transmision Alpha sent on to Hailey, Game and, if she was hooked up to the Corperation network, Kimi.
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The skin on Sword's face began to heal as the healing aura hit it. His breathing stayed shallow and weak, and his armour was still damaged, but his power cells were recharging quickly. Though Sword failed to move, tears continued to flow over his face, which was healing nicely, save for a scar where a piece of shrapnel has enter his face.
As the missles and Plasma fire hurtled towards them, Sword's suit regained full charge and its shields reactivated, protecting Sword and the three unknown entities near him from the blasts, reflecting the shots back at their origin with equal force.
With Sword seemingly in the all clear the white clothed man turned around, reaching behind his back with his right hand he unclicked something from the back of his belt, as he did so it began to unfold, unlocking bits and pieces until it formed a metal bow with no string, using his left hand he pulled back as if he was pulling back an arrow, his hand began to glow a slight blue, as it did a metal arrow formed, aiming it at one of the bots eyes he fired, and then another, and another, aiming for all of the robots eyes he fired continuously, each arrow firing at a greater pace that any normal man could have fired them.
The green haired man began focusing his scream at the robots now as the red haired man remained stationary, staring at the biggest robot.
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A larger bubble that covered the entire team seemed to pulse for a moment, the already weakened reflected blasts absorbed by it.
"Great. You couldn't just do the decent thing and stab yourself, could ya?" Alpha growled at the prone form of Sword, before glancing at the trio. "Alright, fine. What do you lot want? 'cos if your ALL after Hailey, you're gonna have to form a quiet, orderly queue while waiting to have your @sses kicked..."
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The white clothed man stepped next to Sword, the red haired and green haired turned and almost instantly appeared just in front of Sword, turning around to face the robots they simply stared again, blank expressions of their faces.
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The green haired man looked upwards again, his sights on the already broken roof, opening his mouth once more his sonic scream pierced the roof above like a knife, for the briefest second it seemed to ripple before an enormous chunk broke off in one single piece, directly above the robots.
As he did this the red haired man rushed forward with lightning speed, reaching one of the smaller robots he aimed a punch at it as hard as he could.
The blue eyes one remained watchful, standing by Swords side.
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Sword awoke, his face and body in agony, but he pushed himself up and teleported his swords to him. Then he looked up at his rescuers. Deciding they could handle them selves, he yelled a quick "thanks" over the noise of the battle, and teleported to the other side of the room, heading for the door behind which Hailey and Shop remained.
Negotiating like this wasnt good for Big Game. During their talks hed spent as much time looking back at the door as he had Kimi. This constant wavering of attention making it difficult for him to get the upper hand. Kimi on the other hand seemed to thrive on the chaos, and seemed confident that between her defences and Big Games own guardian angel Techbot Alpha the pair would remain undisturbed.
Big Game paused for a moment as another message came through his ear piece from Techbot Alpha.
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Sounds like things are getting too hot out there. Al wants us to hurry up. Tell the truth I wouldnt mind getting the hell outta here too. Big Game said with a cringe as a particularly loud crash came from the other side of the door .| "Under increasingly heavy attack. Three new hostiles engaged. Hurry the hells up!" |
Big Game turned back to Kimi. Look I said all Im gonna say. You got my offer. Are you gonna let me have Shop, and we all walk away happy bunnies or what?
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Shop worked frantically. His fingers practically a blur as he used his pocket tool kit to tear apart and reorganise the components in Haileys emergency porter and electronic key card. It had been lucky his captivity with Kimi had been so unconventional as any normal captor would have never allowed him to keep the tools on him.
You done already? Asked a clearly agitated Hailey.
Dont rush me. Mistakes with teleporters tend to involve turning people inside out.
Shop pulled some spare wiring and a couple of other electrical parts from a pocket in his very scruffy pants. He then popped a stick of gum into his mouth and started to chew.
Whats the bet as soon as I get this thing working Kimi and Dad would of sorted things out, and she just ports us out herself?
Tearing a piece off the gum hed been chewing he then started to use it to hold pieces of the teleporter he was working on into place.
Almost done. Its only going to be good for the one port, but at least well all be able to use it... I hope...
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Big Game turned back to Kimi. Look I said all Im gonna say. You got my offer. Are you gonna let me have Shop, and we all walk away happy bunnies or what?
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With those words she moved quickly, grabbing hold of Game's hand and setting off through the warehouse at a brisk pace. Only now that she had finished her negotiations and that she had the cover of the sounds of fighting behind her did she let a small sad sigh escape her. She'd put so long into her hideout, and more than that, the robots that had undoubtedly been cut down by now were like family to her. Her metallic cat ears sank a little, pressing sadly against her head as she spared a thought for Knox, the robot she'd built to deal with people at the door who undoubtedly would have been the first victim.
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"Like hell you're going out there!" Kimi objected as she and Big Game burst quickly into the room. Grabbing the material of Hailey's small shirt at the scruff of the neck with her free hand she tugged the teen away from the door "You've got no armour and they're throwing around powers. Besides Carl would hate it if anything were to happen to you."
Hailey squirmed free with only some ripping to the back of her shirt "Y'say that like've not taken on metas b'fore! I ain't helpless! An' neither you'r Carl are my parents! I don't need parents"
Sighing to herself Kimi shook her head, she didn't have time. Without further pause she dropped the scrap of Hailey's shirt and claimed her pistol aiming it squarely at Hailey's head. "So, you think I'm crazy. Question is do you think I'm crazy enough to pull this trigger to stop you going off and being stupid?"
After teleporting to the door, he heard Kimi's words threaten Hailey on the other side. Bracing himself, his shields close to shutting down for a third time that night, Sword pushed the door open. Seeing Kimi with the gun pointed at Hailey, and Big Game with Shop, Sword took a deep breath before shouting with all his might "KIMIKO!"
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Hells knew it would be an insult to harm the bounty hunter any further while in the presence of his pacifist team leader. The best manoeuvre then would be to overpower the wolf quickly and efficiently. As it charged for him claws outstretched, Hells teleported out of the way and reappeared behind the now bleeding werewolf. "Alright cut it out Snoopy" he suggested. "You're already hurt and since I'm not allowed to kill you right now and damn you straight back to hell, I would advise you to stand down and play nice."|
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Adrian confidently stands there, taking both bullets, doesnt really seem affected for a moment, before letting out a furious growl as he feels the silver sting. He clutches the wounded area and despite the pain, charges forward at the detective's back, claws first, growling "Bad move *******"
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Hells pulled out a pair of handcuffs and made to arrest the would-be saint killer. As he did so, he began spewing out his status report as requested. "I been tailing your man past couple weeks boss. There's been a few developments involving Big Game in this 'Open Season' story. I first caught on to Game in St. Martial, during his trip to the Store. That crazy wizkid Tomb runs the joint but my visit wasn't altogether too welcomed. I latched back onto Game's trail after he left. His empty ammo pouches were now filled, sporting various kindsa grenades and other more conventional munitions."
"I followed him back to Darwin's Landing, to a boat I believe he owns. He approached it real cautious like, spent a lot of time staking it out before going in. Clear sign he was expecting or had previously faced trouble there. Some time passed by before I saw any action. Strange looking guy wrapped in rags stepped out and made off into the darkness. I hadn't seen anyone else go in except Game so the natural assumption was, he'd donned a disguise."
"It worked 'cos I eventually lost his trail. I tasked Sister Altair to help me track him down. When I put myself in Game's shoes, it didn't take long to work out where he was heading. But the Bar of the Damned had a number of branches dotted across the Rogue Isles, so we hit every single one. At the last branch I met the Countess's puppy Jack Wolfe. I couldn't pass up the chance to leave him a message for Bathory. Game was there too in his disguise, using a false moniker; Wraps. He left after a couple vampires started getting heated. So I followed."
"Not much else happened for a few days. But Game had gotten wind of the Corporation's arms auction; the Mercenaries Ball on Sharkhead Isle, once held by the Immorality League. I thought the Corporation's stance on the open season was wholly financial and in league with Bathory but I figured Game might reach out to his old allies anyway, so I trailed him. As always, my hunch was true. Game arrived in disguise, a cautious measure that suggests he originally attended to siphon Intel. But during the gathering he announce as Wraps, his intention to hunt Big Game which drew a reaction from Techbot Alpha, the Corporation's sentient artificial intelligence. Another member, Iron Alligator scratched Game's name off the copy of Bathory's bounty posted there. As a detective, I detected this was a sign of at least one Corper either claiming Big Game or not supporting Bathory's bounty."
"After a lengthy discussion with Techbot Alpha, both robot and Big Game or rather 'Wraps' left together and quickly disappeared. I noticed the pair had a brief but casual conversation outside before suddenly drawing weaponry and sneaking off. Techbot went to air and Game followed, stalking something or someone. The two of them together was hard to follow, the trail went cold."
"Today has been a little more frantic, lots of movement here in Saint Martial. I thought I had caught hold of Game's trail in an apartment block not too far from here. Latched onto a clue laying on the floor; one of Big Game's rifles sliced in half. Obviously there'd been a scuffle of some sort. This followed a transmission intercepted by Sister Altair. She identified the owner of the voice as one Sword Runner, member of the Court of the Blood Countess. That right, Silver Wolf? Bathory sent you to ambush the Priest and this Sword Runner to take out Big Game, didn't she?"
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"Not this freakin' nut!" Big Game shouted as he drew the Model 36 Smith & Wesson he kept as a back up in his holster. Not naive enough to hope any bullets fired from the pistol would actually penetrate Sword's armour he atleast hoped the force of impacts would at least distract him long enough for Kimi to port them away, or somebody else to do something productive.
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Kimiko quickly scanned the room and her eyes lit up as she saw the cobbled together device still held in Shop's hand. Moving with grace and ease she wrapped her arm around the slightly stunned Hailey's waist, gun still pointed at the other girl's head. "Now would be a really good time to get us out of here hun" She called out to Shop as she kept her gaze on Sword, her finger gently squeezing the trigger of her pistol just a little to stop him making any stupid movements.
Even with Sword bursting into the room Shop continued with his work. By time he fixed the last piece making the porter functional Kimi had just said something about getting out of there. Not needing to be told twice he leapt up amongst 'Game, Kimi, and Hailey and pushed a loose wire down onto an electrical contact...
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Hells knew it would be an insult to harm the bounty hunter any further while in the presence of his pacifist team leader. The best manoeuvre then would be to overpower the wolf quickly and efficiently. As it charged for him claws outstretched, Hells teleported out of the way and reappeared behind the now bleeding werewolf. "Alright cut it out Snoopy" he suggested. "You're already hurt and since I'm not allowed to kill you right now and damn you straight back to hell, I would advise you to stand down and play nice."
Hells pulled out a pair of handcuffs and made to arrest the would-be saint killer. As he did so, he began spewing out his status report as requested. "I been tailing your man past couple weeks boss. There's been a few developments involving Big Game in this 'Open Season' story. I first caught on to Game in St. Martial, during his trip to the Store. That crazy wizkid Tomb runs the joint but my visit wasn't altogether too welcomed. I latched back onto Game's trail after he left. His empty ammo pouches were now filled, sporting various kindsa grenades and other more conventional munitions." "I followed him back to Darwin's Landing, to a boat I believe he owns. He approached it real cautious like, spent a lot of time staking it out before going in. Clear sign he was expecting or had previously faced trouble there. Some time passed by before I saw any action. Strange looking guy wrapped in rags stepped out and made off into the darkness. I hadn't seen anyone else go in except Game so the natural assumption was, he'd donned a disguise." "It worked 'cos I eventually lost his trail. I tasked Sister Altair to help me track him down. When I put myself in Game's shoes, it didn't take long to work out where he was heading. But the Bar of the Damned had a number of branches dotted across the Rogue Isles, so we hit every single one. At the last branch I met the Countess's puppy Jack Wolfe. I couldn't pass up the chance to leave him a message for Bathory. Game was there too in his disguise, using a false moniker; Wraps. He left after a couple vampires started getting heated. So I followed." "Not much else happened for a few days. But Game had gotten wind of the Corporation's arms auction; the Mercenaries Ball on Sharkhead Isle, once held by the Immorality League. I thought the Corporation's stance on the open season was wholly financial and in league with Bathory but I figured Game might reach out to his old allies anyway, so I trailed him. As always, my hunch was true. Game arrived in disguise, a cautious measure that suggests he originally attended to siphon Intel. But during the gathering he announce as Wraps, his intention to hunt Big Game which drew a reaction from Techbot Alpha, the Corporation's sentient artificial intelligence. Another member, Iron Alligator scratched Game's name off the copy of Bathory's bounty posted there. As a detective, I detected this was a sign of at least one Corper either claiming Big Game or not supporting Bathory's bounty." "After a lengthy discussion with Techbot Alpha, both robot and Big Game or rather 'Wraps' left together and quickly disappeared. I noticed the pair had a brief but casual conversation outside before suddenly drawing weaponry and sneaking off. Techbot went to air and Game followed, stalking something or someone. The two of them together was hard to follow, the trail went cold." "Today has been a little more frantic, lots of movement here in Saint Martial. I thought I had caught hold of Game's trail in an apartment block not too far from here. Latched onto a clue laying on the floor; one of Big Game's rifles sliced in half. Obviously there'd been a scuffle of some sort. This followed a transmission intercepted by Sister Altair. She identified the owner of the voice as one Sword Runner, member of the Court of the Blood Countess. That right, Silver Wolf? Bathory sent you to ambush the Priest and this Sword Runner to take out Big Game, didn't she?" |
He then lets out another fearsome howl and change back into his human form, a white haired man wearing a fedora and black daddy'o shades, a scar running from his mouth and up his cheek, clad in a grey coat and baggy trousers, tucked intno leather biker boots "I wasnt ordered by anyone to ambush anyone, i kill for money and Rev here have a bounty on his head" He smirks mischieviously while adjusting his fedora
Hells looked to the priest and whispered a thought over his amulet. The two men exchanged a look. Then the priest rose high and flew off with a sonic boom.
"No hard feelings Snoopy" the detective began. "But you're a killer. That means you'll be wanted by Police, which means I gotta take you in. Boss is gone, come quietly and you get prison time. Resist and you'll spend the rest of your miserable existence eating barbequed turd with the Devil. Cuffs or silver, choose."
"Uhuh, sure," he quipped, opening one of the pouches on his belt and tossing something between his hands. "So, run it by me again; You're chasing Hailey. You claim to love her. She doesn't want to be chased. Am I the only one who's seeing some major conflicting interests there?"
He pulled the pin on the grenade, before hurling it at Sword with a sharp flick of his wrist. The device popped, a large web of sticky mesh and micro-filliment expanding as it flew towards Sword on his upward journey.