>2 am, abandoned warehouse....
>
>Akisame sat there, crouched low to the ground, deftly flicking a beaded braid
>back and forth in front of his eyes. He knew that if this guy could do what
>he promised, his dream would come true, he could finally be...normal.
>
>"He's late" he spoke quietly into the air.
>
>[[No, your early. Don't get to excited over this, I have a bad feeling]]
>
>Akisame chuckled lightly in response, "yeah, you have a bad feeling because
>you know you might get deactivated. Then I might actually have some piece
>and quiet in my head."
>
>[[No...it's something...else...]] before Nac could say anymore the huge door
>of the warehouse opened, and three men walked in. The warehouse was dark and
>moist from a previous storm. Water stains and large amounts of dust showed
>that it hadn't been taken care of properly for quiet some time. Akisame's
>eyes strained to make out the men clearly, having nothing more then the moon
>for light.
>
>Akisame whispered, "Nac, activate the light amplification on my BLADES. I
>can't hardly see these guys."
>
>[[You got it]] Quickly his surroundings lit up enough for him to make out
>the well dressed, clean cut men standing by the doorway. The man in the
>middle was older then the ones at his sides and also wore a heavy overcoat,
>where as the other two men wore only black blazers over their shirt and ties.
>
>Slowly Akisame stood up, eyeing the three men as they approached him. The
>two at the man's sides were much bigger then Akisame, but since the man in
>the middle lead them he figured he was the boss.
>
>He rose an eyebrow at the approaching men, "Mr. Drazic I presume".
>
>The older man smiled slightly, leaning forward on the cane he had, "you
>presume correctly. And you must be young Akisame, yes yes very good."
>
>Akisame smirked and held up a briefcase, "right...here's the money. 3
>million. You get your money, I get the junk removed from my body, right?"
>
>"Yes...that's right" said the man, adjusting his glasses, "but I have an even
>better deal".
>
>Akisame let the briefcase drop by his side, "really?"
>
>"oh yes." He spoke, as he slowly approached Akisame, "How about you keep
>your money, you do a few chores for me, then we remove the cybernetic
>enhancements from your body. I still can't fathom why you'd want them
>removed however, I assure you, being...average is quite boring. By the
>information we received from the...late Dr. Namahs I could tell that a few of
>those implants could indeed come in very handy given the correct situation.
>After all, there's not too many people who could learn the Shinsei Kinkou
>style of martial arts in the amount of time you did. In fact as I understand
>it there's only two people in the world who know it, you and the man who
>taught you. Come come now my boy, what do you say?"
>
>"Hmm..." Akisame pretended to think it over, "let me think...uhh no. I think
>we should stick with the original plan".
>
>Drazic sighed at this remark, "always so stubborn. Ok I have a new deal, I
>just take you, you work for me and you DON'T get the enhancements removed."
>At this the two men at his sides drew out their weapons.
>
>[[Told ya]]
>
>"Shut up Nac. Ok so what, your going to kill me? Then you lose. After all
>I can't work for you when I'm dead".
>
>Drazic snickered at this, "oh come now, you don't really think I'd want to
>harm such a precious investment of the good Dr. Namahs do you? No no...these
>weapons don't fire bullets. Instead they fire an electronic field disrupter,
>putting you out of commission just long enough for us to reprogram that
>stupid neural network in your head to work for us. I know how that RAGE unit
>on your heart works, and I know just how to neutralize it".
>
>Akisame gritted his teeth and began to take a loose stance, "I guess you also
>know the Apache in me isn't going to make that very easy for you." He then
>spoke inside his head to Nac, "put RAGE at 20% and try to keep my body
>temperature down. Boost up my adrenaline also."
>
>[[Right, RAGE unit activated and at 20%, body receiving extra adrenaline,
>body temperature currently at 98.6 degrees.]]
>
>"MEN FIRE!!" cried Drazic. Quickly the two men began firing at Akisame,
>aiming specifically for the heart.
>
>"Here we go" Akisame said to himself as he quickly did a back bend, watching
>the charges of pure energy shriek past his upper body. Luckily the darkness
>effected the men's shooting to an extent, while the BLADES were doing their
>job for Akisame, providing him with superb night vision.
>
>Drazic was now furious watching Akisame dodge the charges, "Gah! set the
>blasted things on rapid fire! I tell you if one of you doesn't hit him
>you'll both pay!"
>
>The men both flicked a switch on the side of their weapons and waiting as
>they began to charge up for a rapid fire assault. Slowly, blue flickers of
>energy began building up at the nozzle of each weapon, and the men stood
>unblinking, waiting for the weapons to be ready to fire.
>
>"Nac what's going on!" Akisame quickly yelled at the computer in his head.
>
>[[The weapons...the stored energy is building up so they can fire several
>charges quickly, without having to recharge between blasts.]]
>
>"Perfect! Hey Drazic, let's see how much you read about these from Namahs!"
>Akisame began to concentrate, while Drazic stood where he was puzzled. Soon
>his attention was draw to the gnarled, twisted rings on Akisame's fingers.
>They were growing...or not growing...but sprouting wispy tendrils all over
>his hands and fingers. Soon the tendrils laced themselves together, encasing
>his hands completely in a type of alien armor.
>
>"What the hell!" was all Drazic could say, "This wasn't in the read out!
>What are those god awful things!".
>
>Akisame grinned, and with a little more concentration, the tendrils formed
>inch long claws on his fingertips and then stopped moving, "your worst
>nightmare, you back stabbing double crosser. Nac boost RAGE to 35%! "
>
>[[Consider it done]]
>
>With a howl, he rushed toward the men wielding the weapons with blinding
>speed, using the synthetic claws to tear through the nozzles, dispersing the
>stored energy. After an astonished look from the men they took to trying to
>attack him in hand to hand combat. Akisame's hands were a blur as they
>blocked and parried the barrage of fists and feet coming from two directions.
> Quickly he sent a palm blow to one of the men's stomach's, causing him to
>sprawl several feet backwards, wheezing in order to catch his breath.
>
>He began walking toward the other man, who was instinctively backing away.
>Finally the man drew back a fist and swung as hard as he could only to come
>in contact with one of Akisame's. The man winced and brought his hand close
>to his body, holding it tightly.
>
>"AAArrggg!! His hands are like iron. You want him Drazic, you get him!"
>shouted the man as he quickly headed for the door. His partner follow the
>example without delay and also abandoned Drazic.
>
>Drazic also began backing away, chuckling lightly, "so hard to find good help
>these days..."
>
>[[Akisame! Your body is running at 103.7 degrees, you need to shut down RAGE
>soon!]]
>
>"Just keep it going for a little while longer" Akisame said through clenched
>teeth.
>
>He dashed at Drazic and picked him up by his overcoat, "I guess I shouldn't
>hit the elderly...the wouldn't be nice."
>
>Drazic smiled at this remark.
>
>"So I'll just throw you into a wall" with one arm, he hefted the man up over
>his head and tossed him into the wall, watching him slide downward
>unconscious. After that Akisame dropped to one knee, sweating profusely.
>The tendrils unraveled themselves from his hands and formed back into the
>twisting rings, and his hands began to shake...his whole body began to shake.
>
>"S..ss....status.."
>
>[[RAGE deactivated, adrenaline disabled, body temperature 104.3 degrees...you
>sure know how to cut it close, but you can thank me later]]
>
>"Shut up" was all Akisame could stay as he stumbled his way out the door,
>leaving Drazic, his dreams and the money behind.
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