Saturday, February 20, 2010

Chapter 26b
The next day, Nara and Ta sit in a truck weighstation just outside of Palatine.

"Was that really necessary?" Nara asks.

"Yes. You said we could do whatever t took to get our bodies back." Ta says.

"But killing them like that?" Nara says looking back at two unrecognizable corpses in the break room.

"All I did was hit them repeatedly with a steel fire door. They'll be fine." Ta says.

"I think not but whatever." Nara says adjusting his uniform.

A couple hours go by and Ta nudges Nara as a semi and a black SUV pull in.

"Driver please bring in your paperwork." Nara says into the microphone.

A couple minutes later the driver enters as Ta walks out.

Ta walks past the SUV and waves as he walks by.

The soldiers inside ignore him and watch the truck.

"He's been in there for too long." One soldier says and opens his door.

Ta comes running full speed and kicks the door shut which breaks the soldier's leg. The soldier's head also goes through the window and Ta grabs the soldier's gun.

"Weapons. Out the window now." Ta demands.

Nara walks out and picks up the guns on the driver's side.

"Alright, all of you are going to cooperate and not do anything stupid." Nara says.

"Just sit here in you car and chill." Ta says and Nara breaks the gun in half.

The soldiers stare in shock and terror as Nara and Ta make their way over to the truck.

Ta opens the back door and is greeted by a dozen heavily armored soldiers with shotguns.

"So much for just asking for our bodies back. Any ideas?" Ta asks hiding under the trailer with Nara.

"One." Nara says.

"Go for it." Ta replies.

The soldiers laugh to themselves as they think they have killed one.

One scientist points and says, "Isn't that truck coming to fast?"

"Yeah. Shoot the shit out of it, boys!" The commander says.

"Aye aye sir!" The others say before the semi rams the rear of the trailer sending everyone flying towards the front of the trailer.

A second later a second semi plows into the side of the trailer causing the bodies to fly.

"No one could of survived that." One soldier in the SUV says.

Nara and Ta both climb out of their wrecked semis with only minor injuries.

"Screw this. That don't pay me enough to handle that type of shit." The commander in the SUV says and floors the gas pedal.

Ta walks over to his body and smiles as tears fill his eyes.

"The great Ta with tears in his eyes?" Nara says walking past.

"Bite me. I am not totally emotionless. You tell anyone about this and you're dead." Ta says before a bright light absorbs him and his demon body.

Nara walks over to his body and the same thing happens.

The soldiers in the trailer slowly get to their feet and stumble out of the trailer.

Before they can even grasp what happened, Ta is all over them like a pirahanna with a blur of kicks and punches that land with so much force that their armor dents.

Ta stands at an even 6ft 6in with a slightly more muscular build then the Nara, Sessaru, or Shin. He has black and crimson hair that goes straight back in medium sized dreadlocks. The only article of clothing he is wearing is a pair of board shorts that go past his knees a couple inches.

Nara stands at a staggering 7 and a half feet tall. His white hair drawn back into a ponytail. The sides and back of his head is completely shaven and 8 1 inch horns protrude from the top of his head. They form a crown around his head and they are a beautiful crimson color. Covering his chest, arms, and back is a large black tribal tattoo. There are more tribal tattoos that cover his jaw and neck. These are a blood red color.

"Good to have it back." Nara says stretching and twisting.

Ta runs off and a couple minutes later an explosion is heard. Nara is still stretching and twisting when Ta returns.

"Couldn't just let them live could you?" Nara says.

A shotgun goes off and blows Nara's arm off completely.

"You bastard! And I was going to let you live." Nara says and puts his hand on heavily armored soldier's chest.

The soldier looks down and notices that Nara's hand is actually crushing the armor with ease.

"Be gone." Nara says throwing him into traffic.

The soldier nails the front quarter panel of a passing car, causing it to spin out of control and straight into a tanker truck that is hauling gasoline. In a matter seconds a dozen cars pile up and one car is on fire. The tanker stops rolling and explodes.

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Several miles away, Shin and Sessaru see the smoke from the explosion.

"Guess they got their bodies back." Sessaru says.

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"And you said I went over board." Ta says.

"It was an accident. I didn't see that road there." Nara replies as he reattaches his arm.

"Lying sack of shit." Ta replies and the two of them run off.

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Sessaru and Shin stand on a bridge over a set of train tracks.

"What time is it?" Shin asks.

"Quarter after. Stop asking. There is a clock right over there." Sessaru says pointing to the clock.

Shin clears his throat and Sessaru looks at Shin. The railing Sessaru is leaning on is a couple inches above Shin's head so it blocks his sight.

"Well.... Grow faster." Sessaru says.

Shin looks at him and then kicks him in the shin.

About fifteen minutes later, Nara and Ta show up.

"Hey you. What are you doing to that little girl?" Ta shouts.

"So I am guessing that massive smoke column is your work?" Sessaru asks Ta.

Ta slaps Nara's back and shakes his head.

"That would be his work." Ta says.

In the distance, a train whistle blows and everyone looks.

"That would be the train." A man says as he walks by and smirks.

The train speeds by and the four of them hop on.

"What's the plan?" Shin asks.

"Plan?" Sessaru says extending his claws.

"Hang on. Let's find the bodies before you go slaughter happy." Nara says.

They all stand and the only one able to stay standing is Shin.

"Something wrong?" Shin asks looking back.

"How the hell are you staying up right?" Ta asks holding on to a bar.

Shin holds up his foot and shows a black sticky substance on the bottom.

"You didn't do any research about train walking?" Shin asks.

"Till yesterday I didn't know what a train was so.....No." Sessaru snaps.

"You guys haven't been here as long as I have so its no big deal. Just crawl on your stomachs. There is a passenger car just four cars up. I'm going to check it out." Shin says and walks easily up to the passenger car and slips in through the door between the cars.

The others make their way to the car as well and watch from the roof.

"Mommy? Are you here?" Shin says as a scared little girl.

At the rear door two soldiers dressed in civilian clothes guard the door.

"Sorry, sweetie. You aren't allowed past here." One says.

"But my mommy. Another man with a gun took her and went this way." Shin says and starts sniffling.

"Don't cry. Tell you what. We will go and look for her in the next car. Just wait right here." One guard says.

Shin looks up at them with big, sad, tear filled eyes.

"Thanks mister." Shin says in a sweet and innocent voice.

The guards open the door and exit the car but before they can even react, Shin slips through and does a jumping split kick that sends both of them flying off the train. One guard hits his face on a passing pole and decapitates himself.

"Tree." Sessaru says and he and Ta pull their heads in at the last second. Nara unfortunately doesn't and is knocked off the train.

(Just to remind everyone, Shin is in a young girl's body around 6 or so. It is very difficult to write his/her parts. Just bare with it a bit longer.)

Shin thinks for a moment and snaps his fingers when he thinks of something.

He tears his dress and ruffles his hair. He quickly opens the door and slams it behind him. Then leans against it with a terrified look on his face.

"What are you doing in her young lady?" The Commander asks walking over.

The car is filled with a dozen soldiers and a couple scientists.

"(Not here.)" Shin says to himself.

"There were two men who tried to touch my privates. They ripped my panties off and started to get naked. I tried to fight and ran from them." Shin says hugging the Commander.

"The two men watching the door?" The commander asks.

Shin nods with tears in his eyes. He also starts shaking.

"Those bastards!" One soldier says as all of them head for the door.

Shin grins and his katana is dropped into his hands from up above. In a flash all of them drop completely cut in half. Shin opens the door and Ta and Sessaru enter.

"Not here?" Sessaru asks.

"No. You try the last two cars. They should be filled with soldiers." Shin says.

"Empty." Sessaru says smiling and putting his sword away.

"Then we should check the front cars." Shin says.

Ta leaves and leaps up to the roof only to be bashed in the face by a passing railroad crossing light.

Without warning the entire train derails and plows through a residential neighborhood.

When the derailed train finally stops, two of them crawl out of the wreckage.

Shin looks at Sessaru and Sessaru looks back at Shin.

"What did you do?" Shin asks.

"Nothing. I cut the last car free from the car in front of it, then killed everyone, then cut it in half. I didn't do this." Sessaru says and then looks around, "Where did Ta go?"

Suddenly one passenger train car rips in half and Ta is standing there badly injured.

"How can the two of you screw things up this bad? I'm all for destruction and chaos but this?" Ta says.

They look back down to where the train first derailed and see nothing but carnage.

"Actually, this was my fault." Nara says sitting on some scientist.

"How did you..." Ta starts to say.

"Doesn't matter. This guy here is the only one that can open the chambers housing your bodies." Nara says smiling.

"Now we just have to find them." Sessaru says.

Nara points to the tree behind him and hands the scientist over.

Sessaru and Shin grab the scientist and force to open the chambers containing the bodies.

A blinding light envelopes the area and once it vanishes, Shin, Ashen, and Sessaru are standing there.

Sessaru stands at 5ft 7in tall and has an average build. He has long black hair that is down to the middle of his back and has dozens of blue streaks throughout it. He is wearing a dark blue ninja outfit and sandals.

Shin is the shortest member standing at a mere 5 foot even. He is also the scrawniest one. He is dressed in traditional Japanese clothing. His hair is done up into a high ponytail and his bangs cover his eyes which are closed. The rest of his hair stops at the base of his neck. Across his right eye is a scar that goes from the middle of his forehead to his cheekbone. He puts his sword on his left hip and cracks his neck.

"Koji said the research facility is somewhere here in Palatine." Nara says.

The others look at him and he sighs.

"Fine. I guess this can't be avoided." Nara says and Shin, Sessaru, and Ta all run off.

"What's going on?" Ashen asks confused.

"Look. Steal a car. Grow wings. I don't care how you do it. Just get the hell out of town." Nara explains and walks down the road whistling.

Ashen scratches his head and the tune Nara was whistling caught his attention.

"That's the funeral march." Ashen says and takes off running.

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Sessaru is running down the street and is stopped by several gang members.

"Yo! What you doin here, bitch?" One of them says.

"It don't matter. Just give us your cash and valuables before we have to fuck up your pajamas." Another says.

"Is that so?" Sessaru says summoning Surtanryu.

The gang members try to draw their guns but are cut to ribbons.

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Ta stands in the middle of a busy intersection rolling his shoulders and bobbing his head back and forth.

"You in the street. Come here." One officer says.

Ta doesn't say a word and continues to loosen up.

The cop reaches for him and is socked straight in the mouth. He quickly falls back and calls for back up.

Within 10 minutes the entire intersection is surrounded.

"Alright just lay down and you won't be harmed." The negotiator shouts.

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In the exact center of town Nara leans against a building. Shin approaches him and leans against the building as well.

"Not going to have any fun?" Nra asks.

"All done." Shin says, "Just waiting for the show to start."

Sessaru walks up drenched in blood.

"Humans are amazing. That pack themselves into such dense areas that they are so easy to kill in large numbers. Oh, one of them had this on them." Sessaru says and hands Nara a Desert Eagle gun.

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Ta grins briefly then punches the ground with all his might. The crater created by the punch is wider then all four lanes of traffic and is halfway down the block. Blood splatters line the buildings now and not a cop in sight.

"Pathetic." Ta says and heads back to Nara.

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Nara is examining the gun when Ta shows up.

The gun goes off and Nara drops to the ground.

Shin, Sessaru, and Ta look at him in shock.

A few minutes go by and Nara sits up.

"Interesting weapons they have." Nara says and puts the gun in his pocket and walks into the street where he is nailed by a passing bus.

"DAMN!!!" The three say together.

Nara gets back up and everything falls silent.

"Oh....... Shit........." They says together.

Nara's book bursts through the center of the street and opens.

Nara starts to read and an orb forms by his feet. The orb grows steadily and quickly covers the entire city.