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Life as
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FM: That the kids? Uh...yeah...sure. Um...wait a minute. *with a little manuvering manages to get his wallet out, without droping Rw* Here's for the extra tonight, and um...tommarrow. See ya then I guess.
Vile headed out
with taking the money,he stopped as he reached the door and looked back at FM,he
thanked his helmet so he couldn`t tell the armoured warrior was
smiling.
"hey don`t worry about it,just paying back a few favours,keep
your cash"
FM looked on as Vile left and then at the scene around him. With a deep sigh he set to work. First he dumped Rw off in their room and got the children clean, dress, and tucked in their beds. After padlocking the top in of the twins' bed, he gave another deep sigh and got the popcorn cleaned up, the pillows and blankets put away, threw out the bags of cold water and went to bed himself.
Vile shrugged his
shoulders up and put his hands in his pockets,walking through the streets,his
shoulder cannon swivelled and hung down his back,he let out a sigh and a mist of
cold breath came out from under his helm,with a smirk he finally reached
Dragoon's apartments,he headed up the stairs after buzzing in,place was in good
condition except for a few doors but that was the tenants problems,he finally
walked into his apartment,the place was a mess with armour plates and ammo
chains around the place.
".....damn must`ve got broke into again..ah left
the window open,grah.."
He headed over and checked his mattress,still has
his cash,he looked over at a few pictures sitting on his drawers,one of Naga,Es
and himself,the crew picture and finally one of RW and her kids.
"I`ll be
able to pay back what shes done for me eventually..but even so,those brats are
growing on me..like a fungus heh"
---
Tom tossed and turned on the
couch,before kicking the blanket off,Riko and Steven looked over at him as he
headed into the bathroom,several minutes passed and he didn`t come out.Steven
put his ear to the door.
"wonder what hes doing..."
Tom looked up
from what he was doing and faced the door.
"I`m making a few
changes"
Sokket made as if to answer Dragoon's question, but then his visor flashed red again before beginning anew a steady glow. His head swung around in one jerking motion to face the door where the drunkard had just departed. Mind blanked once more, and crackling with electricity, Sokket dashed outside. Into the night. And into the terror.
Dragoon scratched
the back of his head and sighed,then looked over at Fault Zone.
"...well
just you and me but I take it your off to chase after
him?"
---
Tom finally came out of the bathroom,Riko had her hand
over her mouth on seeing what he`d done,from jetblack to a pure blue.
Tom
: "well what do you think?"
As Sokket dashed out the door, he grabbed his beam staff. As he continued his pursuit, and the resulting mayhem, he ignited the blades. Unlike their normal appearance, these energy blade glowed a fierce red. Mirroring the fury in his visor.
She nodded and took
off after him.
" I can't let that kid spazz every time someone
curses."
Lyra smiled.
"Okay...don't be out too late, though..." she winked and
giggled.
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Riko
smiled. "Y'know...one more adventure really wouldn't hurt, I guess...but we can
talk about that in the morning." She kissed him, and headed towards the bedroom.
"Shall we?"
Steven looked at
Riko heading into the bedroom, and his face became shaded a light
red.
"Yeah..." He said to Riko, then walked towards the bedroom. Before
he did close the door, he turned to Tom and said, "Nice job...what did you do,
by the way?"
"permanent hair
dye,er...you two go ahead to your room,I`ll ah...go somewhere I can`t overhear
heh.."
He smirked and headed out,his fishing rod over his
shoulder.
---
Kor nodded as he put on the rest of his clothing and
grabbed Ensui from the bedside,kissing Lyra before he headed out.
"I
won`t,don`t worry"
He walked back down the streets and pathways,finally
getting back to the studio,after switching off its security,IE taking off the
duct tape on the handle and headed to the cloning tanks.
"time to
practice again,this time I`ll fight meself"
(Gleep... ^_^;; I
diddit again... frelling writing assignments...)
After the Librarian (the
orangutan) left, Dylath sighed and pulled up a chair. "Actually, there's a bit
more to it than that. You see, it has to do with the fact that AX has very
little direct control over his author powers. He began creating characters long
before he had any sort of outlet for them. Kuchi, Arthur, and I were the first
ones, unless you count Fred, and we're the most developed. But, because of this,
his author powers became stronger without him actually using them. When he did
find an outlet and began writing, we were all created proper. Unfortunately,
this only spurred him on, and he continued planning on, and he continued
planning more, doing redesigns, making more characters and adding subtle nuances
where he could... and always unable to find the time or opportunity to express
them. As a result, his power continues to grow considerabley fast than it can be
set to use. In other words, he would have a character ready, and subconciously
create enough energy to create it, but then that energy would be unused and pent
up. I suppose there are a few analogies I could make, but none come to mind off
the top of my head. In addition, even with outlets, he wasn't nearly skilled or
practiced enough to wield this pent-up power, and so it continued building,
leaking out occasionally, especially when he got angry. When he realised what
was happening, he modified his power armour to draw directly from author powers
in the hopes that it would use some of the excess. Unfortunately, it wasn't
enough, and he ended up creating this whole lab in his head as an idea of where
to put all of these stored characters, where they could interact. As with
Arthur, Kuchi, Fred, and I, the more detailed his thoughts and mental designs
became, the more real the lab seemed, until he created it with his author powers
without actually trying. It was a huge drain on him, and had the opposite effect
as what he had desired, because he had too little energy left to sustain any
creations that draw off of his own powers or life force like the characters. So,
while I still could, I modified the lab to use conventional power, and rigged
some generators. Because of his power, he recovered quickly enough, though, and
still couldn't properly tap or control his author powers directly. Using the
same methods as his power suit, we managed to create pods like the ones in
Megaman X that would use his power to create a character according to the input
on the interface, and later automatically when he formed a character in his
head. Still, after a while, he began to be drained again with too many
characters drawing on him, which is why we created the cryo chambers. While in
"storage" in there, they don't draw on his life-force. Hence why only so many
characters can be active at once, and why he usese the robotic ones when he
needs more - they have their own sources of energy."
"..."
San and Skye
glanced at Cremo, who waved one hand over his head in the way that suggested
"way over my head.[/i]
Dylath continued, "wait, what was my point
again?
OOC: that...reminds
me of me...I have like over 40 characters still in limbo
lol.
----
Skye blinked. "Well you were SUPPOSED to show us the
kitchen." She looked at Cremo and sweatdropped.
OOC: CRACKABOOM! OHHH!
LIGHTNING! Im RUNNIN to my car this mornin!! ^-^
OOC : I got more
than 40,dang blasted studio crew.
San cracked his knuckles and fingers
before looking back up at Dylath,well we had seen the kitchen Skye,we were
asking them for a lift to get actual food to cook"
(Ah, but I'll bet
you don't have that many unique ones with full, interconnecting backstories,
spreading across 2 or 3 generations, and plans as to how this would be revealed
to the reader in a comic... and that's just my MMX faniverse ^_^)
Dylath
nodded, "Oh, right, I was explaining the camels and the librarian," everyone
mentally groaned, "well, even though Author X still has no concious control over
powers besides falling up, when they're not too taxed they can leak out through
his subconcious. Because of this, nearly every obscure reference he could come
up with is realised whenever the opportunities come up within this laboratory.
Those camels are from an episode of the old Beetle Juice cartoon, where that
same thing would happen if anyone said the name of the kindgdom they were
visiting out loud. You know... a lot of camels."
Arthur walked in, "hey,
sorry guys, but I couldn't find the Boss anywhere in the lab."
Dylath thought
about it, "That's odd... he was in the storage room, working on more
characters and doing some more repairs with me when I left. Did you check
Callista?"
"Sleeping like a log."
"It's not a hologram?"
"Please, give
me some credit, that was the first thing I checked."
"Well, he probably went
back out for something."
Tom whistled an old
tune as he walked through the streets,vaulting over an overturned dumpster
before arriving outside the studio,he headed in,but then his solace was broken
by the sound of clashing blades and finally something falling to the
ground.
"...what the hell.."
He ran round the corner and found Kor
putting his clone back into the tank to be dissolved,his pal covered in bleeding
cuts,with a dominent one running down his back.
"Kor,what the hell are
you doing?"
"training...urghn..."
"training is meant to make you
stronger..not almost kill ya pal"
"everyones got their own style
alright,this just happens to be mine"
"...look grab your shirt and lets
patch you up"
"no,no I`m fine...barely even feel anything from them now
anyway,just leave me be"
Kor knelt down and picked up his ruined shirt
and as he straightened up Tom slowly paced towards him,but before a comforting
hand could reach his shoulder Kor lashed out,flinging the wirey frame of his
friend against the cloning vats.
"No,back off Tom,I can do this without
you easily"
The blackhaired teen held his side and watched as Kor limped
out,heading back to the resturant.
"..what the hecks gotten into you
Kor..."
---
A perched skinny figure watched Sokkets rampage,along
with the girl close at his heels,a clawed elongated hand stroked its pointed
chin with a cruel smile.
"mosssssst,interessssting"
---
San
took out a harmonica from his pocket and started to wipe it down,since this
seemed to be going nowhere.
"so...we gonna head out to get food today or
not?"
"Eh... probbly not, I'm gonna have to ask him first before I can hire you.
Lyra was startled
by a loud impact,then someone groaning in pain,Kor had arrived home and was in
the bathroom,cleaning up his multitude of wounds.
"that`ll do it for
tonight,but tomorrow I have to try harder.."
He grimaced and winced as he
ran a damp cloth over the cuts on his face,slowly removing his shirt,the blood
sticking to it.
---
Tom walked out of the studio,resuming his
peaceful walk,but thoughts flooding into his head as he tried to make sense of
everything.
"....man what a day"
There was a slight whistling
sound and he let out a quiet yell of pain,felt like a bee stung
him.
"whats this?"
As he ran his hand down the back of his neck he
yanked a dart out of his skin and looked at it,he didn`t feel drowsy but the
stuff probably didn`t work immediately,he snapped off the needle and put the
dart in his pocket and headed over to Lisas,hopefully Washu would still be up.He
started to lose his balance,making his way there by leaning against walls before
he finally fell unconscious in the street,a lone figure staring at
him.
"now the experiment beings heheheh"
Author X, walking down the street humming "Anything you can do" from Annie Get Your Gun, had sighted Tom from a distance down the street. Instead of rushing to help, however, he stepped into an alley and watched curiously from the shadows.
Toms hair started to grow and spread over his body,now becoming a short spiky fur covering his form,the nails of his hands becoming longer and yellowish,his face turning into that of a wolves as his eyes changed from hazel to a green,finally as the change was almost finished there was a sickening crack as his knee joints reversed and finally a tail slowly began to grow,his t-shirt was torn apart as his body began to expand with more muscle tissue and finally it was done,leaving him comatose but a new feral side beginning to take control.
AX, who wasn't wearing his helmet, scanned Tom briefly his visor, and seeing he was unconcious, walked out to him and kicked lightly a few times, cautiously. "What the f***...?"
The werewolf slowly rose,knocking AX off his feet before bounding off down the streets,the mind confused on wether to run on two or four legs.
AX looked around, then continued walking toward the bar as he had been, trying to act as though nothing had happened.
India pushed open
the door to the second half of MMAS. She was troubled...and since it was a warm
night she couldn't really sleep. She had just tossed on a coat over her pajamas
and headed out to check on the heater for her many animals.
Her ears
caught the sound of something running awkwardly, and she looked just in time to
see a werewolf?
"What...?"
It didn`t stop to
look at her,following a scent placed specifically for it,the animal mind had an
iron grip on what used to be Tom as the creature tore down the streets,anger
surging through it.
---
Moore sighed as he walked around Indias
apartment,dressed in his jeans,picking up a collection of
pages.
"huh..bills bills....outstanding...third warning..why didn`t she
ever show me this?"
---
Tom finally lept into an alley,heeling on
command from a lab coated individual,a brown haired woman smiled cruely as she
took out a few small vials,opening them.
"you are to hunt down this
woman,understand,good boy,now go!"
With the smell of Reine fresh in his
mind and an unknown desire to carry out this womans orders he ran into the
backstreets and alleys searching for his target.
Lyra sighed and got up, wrapping herself in a bathrobe and gently eased Kor into a chair. "Here, let me..." She started rubbing antibiotics into each wound. "Why do you pratice so much that you hurt yourself?" she finally asked, feeling a lil worried.
".....its just
something I have to do...",he winced as her hands reached a particular bruised
spot,he took a sharp intake of air before leaning his head forward,Ensui in his
hands.
"Lyra...do you think I`m...a proper
warrior?"
---
San sighed and nodded.
"alright,well should
we try to find him,can`t be harder to find than Speed
Demon"
---
Speaking of which....
Joe paced back and forth
along Speeds shoulders as the maverick let out a gulp,surrounded by men with
rifles.
"dis iz jus bluddy typical..."
Lyra blinked. "You
think you're not? Why?"
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Lisa
sighs as she looks outside the window. She hasn't seen her boyfriend Neil in a
while...and she felt all alone...
Suddenly, she heard the howls of...a
werewolf?
"Neil?" Her eyes lit up with hope. "Oh, it must be Neil!" She
changed into her Roll outfit and hopped out of the window, racing towards what
she assumes to be her boyfriend in wolf form.
He sighed and
shrugged.
"I don`t know...I just saw Steven again and hes a lot more than
I am..just.. want to be the best I can.."
---
As Lisa finally
rounded a corner she was thrown off her feet and as she landed there was a loud
thud as Tom also fell to the street,skidding from the speed he had built
up.
"Oh, I'm So--"
Lisa's eyes bugged out. "HOLY
SH--"
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Lyra
smiles. "You don't have to be the best, Kor-kun...you just have to be
honest...with yourself...and with all who loves you..." She kisses him on the
cheek.
He closed his eyes
and looked up at Lyra.
"but...thats the thing Lyra,my name isn`t even
Koryorto Ishida..."
The silver haired adolescent rested his head on his
hand,his eyes closed in thought.
---
Tom rose up slowly,the impact
had shaken him up a bit but he caught sight of Lisa and growled loudly,backing
up before taking off down the street.
Reine yawned and
picked up the ringing phone. "Hello?"
"Hey Reine?"
She nodded to
the voice on the other end. "Yeah?"
"I saw a werewolf running
about."
"And?"
"Go trap it...or kill it...or something. We don't
want to have the kids in danger like last time."
"got it. Silver bullets
work?"
"I think so."
"Alright." she hung up the phone and went to
get her shotgun.
Gato watched as the werewolf sped past Lisa. She could smell a scent that wasn't that of an ordinary werewolf. She decided to persue after it to see what was going on.
Lisa was shaking
like a leaf as she slowly got to her feet. She suddenly jumped as she whirled to
see-- "Neil!!"
Neil Coleman smiled and hugged his now-relieved
girlfriend. "Shhhhh...it's okay..." he muttered as he stroke her back thru her
hair. He held her gently, even lovingly...but deep inside, he was worried. She
hadn't been THIS spooked since a Ganon-possessed Moore whipped thru the Captain
N Fan community last year...
"...werewolf! I actually saw a werewolf
here, Neil-kun! Another one, I mean!" Lisa was telling him.
Coleman
froze, and sniffed the air. His extremely sharpened senses picked up the scent.
"...Here? I thought werewolves wouldn't go into the territory of another
werewolf...did he try and hurt you?"
Lisa shook her head. "No...I...I
guess we kinda surprised each other," she admitted, blushing
embarrassedly.
A frown appeared on Neil's face, puppy-dog-brown eyes
holding a look of determination behind his glasses. He still held Lisa in his
arms...but his mind was elsewhere...
"Koi...you're not going after him
alone, are you?"
Neil flinched a little. "Ah..."
"We've been
together for, what...4 years now?" Lisa smiled, then grew serious. "You know I
can be as anali--ano--as thoroughly observing as you are...and I know when your
body is around me but your mind ain't connected to that."
A slow blush
appeared on the face of the Harry-Potter-lookalike. Neil always forgets that
Lisa's mind is quite possible as sharp as his own--the only difference was that
he's at his best on science and math while she's the same way at...well, a more
personal level.
"I can't let that guy--whoever he his--run around like
this. For all I know, he could kill someone. I have to stop him,
Lisa."
Lisa nodded. "Of course...and, as a true wolf, ya hafta defend yer
territohry!" she teased, slipping into her unique accent, a blend of English and
"Kentuckian", as she proudly called the latter.
"Stop that!" Neil
chuckled as he playfully pushed her away...just a little bit. He then sighed and
took off his glasses. "Better pass the word around," he added as he handed his
specs to her.
Lisa nodded. Then, she remembered. "Uh, Neil--"
It
was too late, though. Her boyfriend transformed into a 6'6 werewolf with golden
fur and a silver gi with sandals. His regular clothing laid on the ground...in
shreds.
"...oops..."
"oops...my ass!" Lisa sighed. "Just...go
before I berate you in public!"
Neil nodded mutely--Lisa could get down
and dirty--and took off, now focusing on the new wolf-man in
town...
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Lyra
looked at Kor, completely confused. "...A lot of people change names during
their lives--sometimes out of pure neccessity. Why are you worried about
it...and...what exactly is your original name?"
Kor sighed
quietly.
"John..."
"John what?"
"thats it...I wasn`t
allowed to keep my surname thanks to the courts.."
"what?"
"didn`t
I tell you?....my parents took me to court when I was about 8 and legally
disowned me,changed my name to Koryorto Ishida and then I met Tom in the
orphenage.."
---
As Reine picked up her weapon there was a loud
growl as the black fur of the werewolf raised up,ready for the kill,his ears
picking up on her heartbeat before he growled slowly and lept at her.
During the middle
of the night, Steven awoke to hear noises in the middle of the night. He wasn't
quite sure what it was, so he stood out of bed, nearly pulling half the covers
off the bed. He simply straightened himself and simply looked through the blinds
of the window, not really wanting to get out of bed.
When Riko tried to
cuddle him, she nearly fell off the bed, realizing he wasn't there. She sat
straight up and asked, "Steven, what's wrong?"
"Oh, Riko. I thought I had
heard something happen outside...that's all."
"Ah."
Steven took
another look at the window and sighed real quick, parts of his mind focused in
many places. One half thought of his other half, the noise outside, and
something else he wasn't sure he had told Riko yet. The other half was on living
a normal life with his wife, but he was more focused on the 1st half
tho.
She smiled and wrapped her arms around him. "You've always got
something on your mind. What is it?"
"Well....remember
Opaque?"
"Yeah...."
"Well, right before that little adventure
started, me and Kor were going to duel that day, but Lisa stopped us due to
planning of our next steps. Well, after that, you already knew what happened,
but I just saw Kor today, and he seemed a bit...stunned, I guess."
"I
see."
"Well...before I do go, I would like to duel with him sometime
tomorrow or in the future. All I know is that I want to fight with him in what I
think will be an excellent fight for both of us. That's all..."
With that
said and done, Steven looked out the window, his mind now shifting towards the
noise that was heard a few minutes ago.
A white rat with
black spots on its body crawled out of a trashcan and onto Lisas head,squeeking
quietly and going rigid pointing in the direction his master had
went.
---
Vile let out a sigh and got out of his bed,walking over
to his window he slowly creaked it open and climbed out,sitting on the window
sill,it was a hell of a view but as he looked about his eyes caught another
figure sitting on the opposite building,as he locked eyes he could make out it
was wearing a weird oriental mask and the next second it lept down to chase
after the rampaging Sokket leaving Vile with his thoughts.
Reine snatched her shotgun, jumped back and fired at the beasts head with deadly precision.
The werewolf turned its head and the shot hit its neck and shoulder,it passed out from the pain and bowled Reine of the ground before landing with a thud.
She growled and got
up, slipping in a silver bullet to her shotgun. She aimed for the beast and shot
it for good measure in the left leg, before taking strong chains and locking
bangles onto its claws and feet. She shackled it up to a concrete beam, also
securing other ends to strong points and studs of the wall.
With that she
grabbed her cell phone and called Vile.
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