Friday, April 2, 2004

Phase 12
Face-off




Spike stopped by Zero’s apartment, while on the way to get the bounty. He knocked at the door nervously. A young girl answered the door.
“Hi, I am Spike. Is Zero in?” Spike greeted the young woman.
“Yeah, Zero, someone is here to see you,” She called to the back of the apartment.
“Who is it, Sindalla,” Zero said.
“It’s Spike,” Sindalla said. Zero walked out of the bedroom and into the front doorway.
“What do you want?” Zero said.
“I got this big bounty head, and I was just asking if you want a piece of it,” Spike said.
“How big is it?” Zero asked.
“Big enough for you to buy another car, even better than the one you have. And still have a lot left for your girl,” Spike said persuasively.
“Yeah, I’ll do it, but don’t think that we are bonding. I am in this for the business” Zero implied.
“I knew you would say that. You remind me of someone I used to hunt bounties with, but I don’t know where she is now,” Spike said with a slight smirk.
“Whatever, lets go,” Zero says as Sindalla passes him his guns.
“Goodbye Zero. Hurry back and be careful,” She said before hugging and kissing him. They left in Zero’s car.

“Now, how are we going to find this bounty?” Zero asked.
“We are going to set up a stake out in front of the Red Dragon Headquarters. He robbed the bank to get money for the Red Dragon Clan so he can revive it,” Spike said.
“Who is this person?” Zero asked.
“A man named Vicious. He has terrorized my life over and over again. He is like a nightmare that I can’t wake up from,” Spike said with a bit of anger on his face. “I don’t intend to kill him like I did before, I am going to make him suffer. He needs to rot in prison for life.”
“Damn he must have pissed you off badly,” Zero said.
“Long story I will tell you while we are staking out. That will take hours even days,” Spike said as they neared the building.

The mansion was filled with chandeliers and ancient artifacts. The walls were draped with paintings in gold framing. The bed that Melanie lay in was huge with the finest sheets. Vicious 2 stared at Melanie’s angel like features while she slept with such serenity. He left in one of the rich man’s cars; it was a red Porsche with some nice mileage on it. Vicious2 could tell that the man never drove the car, but what did he care that bitch was dead. He rolled down to the headquarters and checked out the building to see what damages needed to be fixed. He entered the building and came out about fifteen minutes later.
“There he is, lets follow him,” Spike said.
“That is not the Vicious you are talking about. I know this person, his name is Vicious 2,” Zero said.
“That is Vicious,” Spike argued.
“No that is Vicious 2, he is Vicious’ nephew. I think,” Zero said.
“I don’t care who he is, let’s just get him,” Spike said as Zero stepped on the gas. They followed Vicious 2 to the large mansion. They waited until he was well inside of the house until they made their move.
“Zero, you go around back, and I will go in front,” Spike said. Spike and Zero got out of the car and proceeded to their plans.

Vicious 2 walked into the bedroom where Melanie was still sleeping. He carried her to the attic. He knew he was being followed, so after he had Melanie lying down comfortably she was a heavy sleeper. He left her there and grabbed his katana. Vicious 2 heard sounds coming from the front door, so he headed in that direction. When he got to the front door he drew his katana. He paused as a man entered the door. He began to have flashbacks and noticed that this man was the actual person who took Vicious from him.
“You,” Vicious 2 said sounding just like Vicious.
“Who the hell are you?” Spike said noticing that the person facing him wasn’t Vicious, “Are you a clone?”
“You took Vicious away from me. You must die; you crucified my hopes and dreams,” Vicious 2 said while remembering how Vicious used to play with him when his name was Julius. He remembered that he was the only one keeping Vicious from going completely over the edge. Julius was the only person that Vicious showed that side of himself to, because he was the only person that Vicious had left to actually care for. “I hate you!” Vicious 2 screamed aloud as he swung the katana at Spike violently. Spike moves out of the doorway before the blade could hit him.
“Wait kid, you are Vicious’ son?” Spike asked.
“No, I was more than a son to him. I am him,” Vicious 2 said with his voice beginning to go darker and deeper. Then Vicious 2 hears a scream from coming from upstairs, and he doesn’t notice the gun in Spike’s hand. Vicious 2 jolts upstairs with bullets flying at his back. He runs down the long hallway to find Melanie being held against her will, by Zero. Vicious 2 didn’t care who he was, and he attacked Zero savagely. They both fell to the floor. Vicious 2 dropped his katana, and his fists were doing all of the talking. His eyes were wide opened and he was laughing. Each punch that struck Zero was like a brick. Zero tried to cover his face, but that couldn’t even stop him. Spike came upstairs and saw the hellacious beating that his son was taking. A bullet hit Vicious 2 in the arm, but he still continued his assault on Zero, then another, but he still couldn’t stop him. Melanie jumped in front of the third one and launched herself at Spike. Melanie bared her fangs and went for Spike’s neck. Spike swiftly moved out of the way and knocked her to the ground. Vicious 2 jumped off of Zero and ran at Spike. Spike went for a roundhouse kick, and nearly stumbled on his feet when Vicious 2 ducked. Vicious 2 assisted Spike to the ground for a beating of his own. When they landed Spike kicked Vicious 2 in the air making him flip over on his back. Spike hopped up with his hand on his gun. He fired at Vicious 2 who was still on the ground. Vicious 2 hopped up while the bullets hit the floor. Vicious 2 kicked the gun out of Spike’s hand. They stood facing each other and about to square off.
“I am going to add those eyes of yours to my collection,” Vicious 2 said.
“Well come get em, but I will warn you one of them is fake,” Spike said. He punched Vicious 2 in the face and kicked him in the stomach with the blink of an eye. Vicious 2 fell back to the ground next to Melanie who was unconscious. He grabbed Spike’s arms while Spike tried to pull him up by his collar. He struck his torso with his knee and head butted him. Then he punched in the face repeatedly until the blood was on his fists. Spike was down and Vicious 2 eyed the katana. Melanie woke up and saw some officers running in the front door.
“Lets go Vicious!” Melanie screamed. Vicious 2 picked up the katana as Melanie grabbed him. They ran to passed Zero who was lying on the ground in a daze. They dashed to the fire escape. They jumped into the elevator that led to the basement. Melanie jumped in the fastest car she could find. Vicious 2 got in on the passenger side. She floored the accelerator and the car burst out of the garage speeding passed all of the police cars.
“How did they find us?” Melanie asked.
“They followed that greened haired guy,” Vicious 2 said.
“Which one?” Melanie said.
“The one that shot me,” Vicious 2 said, “He is a bounty hunter, and not even he knew that he was under observation by the cops. The police cars were in hot pursuit of the fast car that Melanie was driving. Melanie led the chase to the interstate.
“Shit!” Mel exclaimed when he saw more police cars coming in the opposite direction. Vicious 2 saw an exit coming up.
“Mel, hit that exit right there,” Vicious 2 said. She sped up and hit the exit causing a police car pile up.
“We have to get out of this car,” Vicious 2 said as Mel pulled up at a gas station. They saw a man walking away from his car. Mel and Vicious 2 walked to the man’s car and saw that his wife was in the car. Mel pulled her out of the car and Vicious 2 started the car. The man came running out of the store chasing after his car.
“What next?” Mel said.
“We have to change our appearances,” Vicious 2 said. They drove to a drug store, and got some hair dye and other things. They checked into a hotel afterwards. Vicious 2’s hair was black and wrapped up into a ponytail. Mel had cut her long hair and it was now reaching her shoulders, and it was no longer red, it was dyed blonde with some highlights in it.

“You look good with black hair, Vici, but I like you better with the whitish silvery hair,” Mel said then she looked at Vicious 2 and saw that there was something bothering him. “What’s wrong, sweetie? She soothed. Vicious 2 sat on the bed silently until Mel sat next to him and put her arm around him. “You can tell me,” She said as she rubbed her soft face against his.
“He has to die,” Vicious 2 said with a look of dark anger, an anger that has been inside of him for the longest. An anger that was no longer anger, it was now a sickness, a disease that had no cure. Only a treatment and that treatment was Spike.

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