Saturday, November 19, 2005

   Fake Wings, Chapter 13!!
Sorry!! I meant to post them earlier today, but we went to the Santa Claus parade and saw Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire... which sucked, btw. Anyways, enjoy!

Chapter 13

Their progress was slow; if Merope actually WAS making the sandstorm, she could’ve at least let up. Unfortunately, the rushing sand caused visual problems, but Merope led Ian and Minoru to a secret entrance in the base. She lifted the panel easily, her camouflaged helmet almost falling off as she did so. Once the panel was removed, she took off her goggles and set them up on her helmet, moving out of the way.

“Get in, quick.” Merope said, looking around, “their guards have heat vision stuff that’ll pick us out if we don’t hurry.” She ushered the older men inside, then crawled in behind them and sealed the gate. Minoru found it rather cramped; he was a bit too muscular and had to struggle to get through the tunnel. Of course, being behind Ian, he had a nice view of his butt. Minoru must have stopped, because Merope punched him in the calf and told him to get a move on.

Eventually, the three found themselves in the docking bay. It was unusually still; the air was far calmer than the three had been expecting. They didn’t trust it. It seemed completely strange that there were no hunters in the vicinity. Then, an alarm began to blare, and a young man’s voice boomed over the intercom. Merope, the only one who had been there before, recognized the voice to be Otomaru’s.

“To your stations!” Otomaru shouted, “the Alters are here! Protect Hadden at all costs!” As soon as the announcement was finished and the alarm ceased blaring, several hunters spilled into the room. Merope noticed the sand that littered the floor, and she grinned. Minoru and Ian got their weapons ready, while Merope raised a glowing hand. Some of the hunters, who had seen the little girl before, screamed and ran out of the room.

“I’ll cover you two!” Merope shouted, forming the sand into two serrated chunks, “I’ll take the guys in the middle, Minoru will take the guys on the left, and Ian will take the guys on the right! Move out!” She ran into the group of men in the middle, her giant chakram, normally too heavy for most to wield with both hands, in her right, swinging it and decapitating many. The sand chunks slipped in and out of the bodies of surprised hunters.

Minoru’s scythe slashed and heads rolled; quite literally, actually. Ian had torn many to pieces with his torashuko, and eventually, there was not a hunter left standing. Merope grinned, allowing the sand to replace itself upon the blood soaked ground. Ian and Minoru high-fived one another, then Merope, who had to jump to reach. She walked up to one of the doors, and pushed a few buttons, unlocking it.

“Voila!” Merope grinned, “there are a few more chambers before Hadden’s, but his strongest lackeys are there.” She dropped her grin and ran into the room, slicing a few more guards to pieces. Then, she’d realized the room was all clear. The progress continued as such, until the got to the chamber that came before Hadden’s.

“Hadden’s strongest guards are in here… be careful.” Merope said, punching in the code.

***

Izayoi stood behind the final door, ready to take on the challengers. Krad was safely in the last room with Hadden and Otomaru; how safe, she did not know. Tenji was in the bunker a few rooms down, but the intruders hadn’t gone there. Izayoi grinned; at least she would be able to take them out. Then, once they were dead… she would take out Otomaru and Hadden.

“No one kills you but me, Hadden-sama.” Izayoi breathed, her white eye staring at the door as it slid open. She found herself looking at three Alters; all three were familiar as well. She held her nodachi threateningly and swung it at them, feeling rather surprised when Merope blocked her strike. Grinning, she shrunk back towards the last door, allowing all three alters into the room.

“I didn’t expect to see any of you again; secretly, I was hoping you’d all died in the desert.” Izayoi said, blocking Minoru’s scythe strike when he tried to teleport and hit her, “you’re rusty, Experiment #789. I’m glad I freed you before Hadden could exact his better experiments on you.” She grinned and kicked him in the stomach, remaining in her same position. Next, Ian tried to hit her, but almost was cut in half. He barely blocked her nodachi’s strike. She kicked him back as well and watched as Merope tried her luck. The child was also beaten off, as though the three alters were mere flies.

“You all had your turns.” Izayoi said, a deadly edge in her voice, “now it’s mine!” She shouted something in Japanese, and ran towards the group, swinging her sword around. Blood flickered onto the ground. She looked over her shoulder, eager to see who she had wounded.

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