DESTINY FACTOR CHAPTER 3; the Cheshire Cat

DESTINY FACTOR CHAPTER 3; the Cheshire Cat

Full Burst Mode, the most popular melodic death metal bands in the Land of the Rising Sun, ascending from the humble beginnings of a small gothic cafe in Kyoto into the status of rock gods. Their very existence forever immortalized in the great mountain of Olympus that is the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. They have had nothing but great momentum as their ever busy careers have been at a high note for years, there is no sign of them ever slowing down. It is clear at this point they are not going anywhere, they are here to stay.

They just released their sixth and possibly their best album yet, Black Metatron. Right now they are touring alongside fellow metal bands Uniscorn and the Blackthorn Organization and plan to hit every last inch of Japan as they possibly can. At this point in time of their tour they are letting out their famous brand of tasty guitar solos, mind-blowing drum rifts, silky smooth bass lines, group banshee screaming and the angelic voice of their lead singer in the city of Okinawa, it is currently 10:09 pm on the twenty-ninth of February, 2064 A.D.

Full Burst Mode Lead Singer; (singing/screaming in the microphone)
“I close my eyes,
And I try to imagine the pain they feel,
A pain that’s too hard to bear,
A pain that for them is just too real,
At first I see nothing,
Darkness all around before my very eyes,
But then as I think deeper,
I finally see it,
A horrible vision that makes me want to cry,

They are descending from the Sky,
Plummeting like Falling Angels towards the deep below,
I gaze upon their final destination, the very sight of such a place,
It grips my heart and chills me to my very soul,
Sitting here alone inside my little wooden Boat,
I watch as they start to drown,
I can see the despair in their cold, dead faces,
Forced to low and behold them going dowwwwwwwmn!!!!!!!!”

His voice speaks ever so heavy off a most grievous and grim topic, all the while accompanied by the brutal guitar rifts that echo throughout the great big concert hall with stands literally packed all the way to the top, many more people fill the ground floor in a lively mosh pit. And amidst the hundreds of head-banging fans, there is a beautiful blue-haired goddess who pulled out all the stops to get her current travel companion to this show.

Terry Jones;
“THIS IS SO FUCKING AWESOME^-^!!!!”

Virus;
“FUCK YEAH^-^!!!!”

Their voices ever being deafened by the loud blaring metal, they have to give it their all just to get out a few words to one another.


Terry Jones;
“THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING ME HERE^-^!!!!”

Virus;
“YOU’RE MOST WELCOME!!!! I KNEW YOU WANTED TO SEE THESE GUYS LIVE^-^!!!!”

Terry;
“THIS SONG IS SO BADDASS^-^!!!!”

Virus;
“I GOTTA GO TAKE A PISS!!!! YOU GONNA BE ALRIGHT?!?!?”

Terry Jones;
“I'LL BE FINE!!!! PLEASE BRING BACK A SODA, DR. PEPPER!!!!”

Virus;
“OKAY, BE RIGHT BACK!!!!”
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She has just went to the little girls room and has proceeded to the indoor concessions bar, there she gets a large cup of Dr. Pepper straight from the tap, it cost quite a pretty penny much to her dismay as is always the case at these concerts (ridiculous really).

Now she heads back towards the main hall, even down the hallway she can here the loud blaring metal which is a bit muffled behind these walls but not by much. But as she walks down the hall, the music is pretty much nonexistent the moment she hears a voice speaking behind her.

???;
“I have to say, that biker suit looks really hot on you^-^.”

That voice was all too familiar to her, an echo from her past that finally reached her. She turns to find a tall man garbed in a full-covering black-hooded cloak. He just stood there as he reached for his hood and let it drop down and reveal his face, a face that Virus knew all too well...

He had a rather wicked looking beard as well as a large dreadlock mane that very much looked like a lion's mane, both his beard and mane were golden as a lion's fur. He turned out to be very much dark-skinned, almost as dark-toned as Wesley Snipes. He had a pair of stylish Ray-Bans but still she could see his piercing demonic red eyes of darkness and pure malice behind them, glaring coldly at her. He had a rather snarky grin on his face (yes it's a real word, Goggle magic my friends), it was as if he was the kind of guy who was always so sure of himself. His very presence was enough to send a deathly freezing chill up Virus' spine...and it wasn't a chill of fear either, it was a literal sensation of cold, the very air around the two was freezing even as the sun shined high in the sky on this spring day. There was a small potted tree next to them that was now covered in a thin film of ice, the leaves were frosted.

Virus;
“Long time no see Gonzo.”

Gonzo Faust;
“It's been too long hasn't it?”

Virus;
“Perhaps not long enough.”

On the outside, it looks like it's merely just two people catching up with witty banter. But there is a fierce tension emitting between them, a brewing storm of colliding auras ready to erupt at any moment. It was like the calm before the storm, the brief moment of peace before the very second the two duelists would suddenly draw their guns and fire at each other.

Gonzo Faust;
“So...you took him to see Full Burst Mode? Interesting.”

Virus;
“You not a fan of metal?”

Gonzo Faust;
“Well, I was never fond of loud music. I'm more of a bluegrass man myself.”

Virus;
“No you’re not, you hate all kinds of music.”

Gonzo Faust;
“Oh yeah, that's right.”

Virus;
“To what do I owe the pleasure of this visit from the infamous Cheshire Cat? You finally here to take him away?”

Gonzo Faust;
“Not quite yet, first I gotta see what he is capable of. For that I've made a little arrangement.”

Virus;
“Excuse me?”

Gonzo Faust;
“I don't suppose he's ever told you about that night, the night he 'awoke'?”

Virus;
“......”

Gonzo Faust;
“Has he told you about that little punk who tried to rape his sister before his very eyes?”

Virus;
“How could you possibly know that?”

Gonzo Faust;
“Well, I've done a few investigating back at Shibuya, a bunch of eye witnesses from the night of his 'awakening' pretty much told me the same story.”

Virus;
“What does this have to do with this little 'arrangement' you’re going on about?”

Gonzo Faust;
“Well it seems that the punk had an older brother, a very nasty piece of work by the name of Sho Tenkaiyah. I invited him here to meet the Human Dragon, they should be becoming good friends right about now^-^.”

It didn't take much for Virus to put two and two together, especially after she noticed the loud blaring metal suddenly stop and started to hear the sound of people screaming and running out of the building, rapid-paced gunshots echoing. But as she was distracted, she felt the sensation of cold in the air drastically increase faster than the speed of light, her entire body went silent and still in a flash, the world around her turned black.

She was now encased in a giant pillar of ice, ice that had a dark black hue to it, it reached from the floor all the way to the ceiling and was about ten feet thick in diameter. The man in the black cloak smirked as he tapped the ice...

Gonzo Faust;
“Hopefully you won't get out of there too soon, I don't want you to interrupt the show^-^.”

He then starts to walk away, heading towards the source of all the commotion.
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It's amazing what the sound of a gun can do, especially a semi-automatic gun. The very sound of it has so much power over the very minds of humans, it can instill total fear in the mind and heart of any person not holding the very weapon that made the sound in the first place.

Hell Kaiser Enforcer;
“THAT'S RIGHT, EVERYBODY GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE!!!!”

The moment the gunshot started to echo, everyone within the facility began to pour out into the streets outside like a river of sheer panic. Amidst the flood of frantic people was the young lad Terry caught up in the raging waves. But just then, he can feel something wrap around his waist, a chain guided by a flying hook that now had a firm enough grip to keep him from being washed away in the flood of people. He is now suspended in mid air like a fish on a hook line. He then tried to just fly away in mid air, but then out of nowhere came a screaming bolt of electricity that turned his body numb on impact. He plummeted downward, once again dangling on the chain now like a limp fish on a hook line.

After a few minutes, the entire concert hall was cleared out of all civilians. After dangling there for a while Terry found himself quickly plummeting to the ground, the chain now falling and piling on top of him. His body was only numb for a few moments, the feeling in his arms and legs now returning he forced himself back up steadily but surely, but as he was looking about he saw that there were now five unusual, unsightly characters standing before him. And coming up from behind him was a sixth being, a man with silvery short hair and dressed in a large black coat. There was nothing but an ominous malice in his eyes as he glared at the boy before him.

Sho Tenkaiyah;
“Hello there, you must be Terry Jones.”

Terry Jones;
“......”

This man, he didn't just have malice in his eyes, he had malice emitting all over his body. It was a nasty black aura that reeked of death like poison, it didn't feel human at all. Somehow Terry knew right then and there that this man was a being just beyond normal men, this was a serious pickle he was in now.

Sho Tenkaiyah;
“What's wrong kid, seen a ghost or something?”

Terry Jones;
“......”

Sho Tenkaiyah;
“Hmmm, it seems a cat has got your tongue. Perhaps if I introduce myself you'll not just stand there all silent like that. I am Sho Tenkaiyah, the true leader of the Hell Kaisers.”

Terry Jones;
“And what does that have to do with me?”

Sho Tenkaiyah;
“Well, I was just wondering if you knew anything about what happened to my younger brother Kyosuke, he was in Shibuya last time I heard from him. Do you know what might have happened to him Terry?”

Terry Jones;
“I ain't got time for this shit, I'm outta here.”

He bursts free of the chain that has bound him, the snapped individual links scatter and shoot in all directions. But he soon finds that his attempt to get away by blasting into the air is for naught, this guy cannot fly but is able to jump a good distance and at an incredibly fast speed, this man has already made a firm grip of Terry's leg by the time he descends back to the ground. The young lad's face is soon greeted by the hard floor, the slamming impact sends him bouncing twice and now uncontrollably bleeding out the mouth and nose, a tooth or two have most likely been dislodged from his jaw. He is still gripped with pain in his nose and jaw as he gets back up. The many hoodlums watching this happen just laugh and mock him...

Hell Kaiser Enforcer A;
“Man, this is just sad^-^.”

Hell Kaiser Enforcer B;
“Well what did you expect? He's just a fucking little snot-nosed brat.”

Sho Tenkaiyah;
“What is this? I was told that my younger punk of a brother was 'vaporized' by some kid, and yet here I see just a meager child. I'm more than disappointed.”

Terry Jones;
“*COUGH* *SNIFF* What makes you *COUGH* think I even care?”

Sho Tenkaiyah;
“......why are you not disgusted with yourself for being so weak?”

This man's words are already starting to get on Terry's nerves and it actually worries him. He is already starting to feel something stirring up from within, a deep fury that he has come to recognize since he last left Shibuya, he can practically see and hear it coming around the bend now.

Terry Jones;
“Why are you so concerned with my fighting ability? Is that all that matters to you?”

Sho then goes right for the boy before him and clocks him in the mouth, the brute's fist surging with a powerful sparking green energy that leaves a green residue on Terry's face amidst the spurts of blood coming out of his lips, after rolling back like a bouncing wheel he finally hits the wall hard and flops down on the ground. The displeased Sho just looks on as he shakes the blood off his hand, looking at this kid try to pick himself back up.

Sho Tenkaiyah;
“Where is he?! Where is my brother's killer?! I came here to collect his head but it seems I have yet to find his neck to strike at!!”


Hell Kaiser Enforcer C;
“Goddamn, this shit is dull, let's just kill the kid already!”

The hoodlum brings up his semi-automatic and is about to pump Terry full of lead.

Sho Tenkaiyah;
“Stand down Haigyu! I will not allow my brother's killer to perish in such a pitiful manner!”

Hell Kaiser Enforcer C:
“Begging your pardon sir, but we came here to kill him right?”

The look in Sho's eyes quickly shuts his subordinate up pretty fast.

Sho Tenkaiyah;
“I came here to face the one who erased Kyosuke from this plain of existence with a power beyond human understanding. What makes you think I'll allow him to die by measly gunfire?”

All this talk about “his brother's killer” is now really starting to piss Terry off. In turn, he can feel the true murderer of Sho's younger brother trying to force his way out of Terry's subconscious. Terry's right arm started to pulse slightly with energy, small blue electrical sparks surged in and out of his fingers. Sho has taken noticed...

Sho Tenkaiyah;
“That's him isn't it? The one who killed my brother. He's finally deciding to show his face isn't he?”

Terry Jones;
“N...nooo...not...now...!!!”

Sho Tenkaiyah;
“You're not seriously thinking of holding him back are you? You can't just hide him away from me, not when I intend to make him answer for what he has done.”

Terry Jones;
“Shut...up...!!!”

He tries to just block out the outside world, the more he is exposed to this hoodlum general's agitating banter the more he feels the beast within clawing at the prison walls that box it in hoping to break out. But within his own little world, Terry just keeps grabbing more chains and plywood planks laying about in his own mind and just keeps boarding up and reinforcing the box-like prison, frantically trying to keep the beast in. He can still hear that Sho guy's words but at this point they are nothing but blurry muffles too foggy to even comprehend or make out, he no longer focuses on what is happening around him. To the people looking at him, he just seems like he is in a null trance, but then after a bit he finally comes back out of it somehow much more calm then a few moments ago. The energy that was appearing around his arm has disappeared.

Sho Tenkaiyah;
“What is this now? Where is the one who killed my brother?”

His face is still bleeding at the mouth and nose, but the pain has dispersed for the moment, he just stands up and faces them with a great big smile on his face and a mocking look in his eyes.

Terry Jones;
“He's in the shower right now and can't come to the phone. He asked me to pass this message...”

He then sticks up his middle finger towards the people before him.

Terry Jones;
“...GO FUCK EACH OTHER WITH YOUR SMALL JAPANESE COCKS^-^.”

And thus he stood in clear defiance of this brute's demands. He was not gonna allow this thug to make the beast within him come out. This man known as Sho Tenkaiyah has come all this way to find his brother's killer and give him an execution worthy of a creature beyond human, but as the boy who harbors the creature within his being just refuses to let it out Sho is now himself starting to get pissed off.

Sho Tenkaiyah;
“If you’re going to hide him from me, then it seems you'll have to die for him. I trust you'll be able to show the same strength you are showing me now through your fists?”

Terry Jones;
“Sure, but only if you kiss my ass, Fuckwad.”

And with that, Terry just stands there, not flinching as he watches Sho and his men start to move towards him. Terry knew that he was about to get the beat down of his life, but it wasn't the coming pain he was concerned about as he just closed his eyes.

Unbeknownst to them all, there was still someone high in the stands, a big man in a black hooded cloak. Sipping on a soda he watched as the young boy was now being savagely manhandled by the very dogs sent after him by this spectator. This man was expecting a different turn of events, he was expecting the young boy to be the one spilling the blood of these punk hoodlums...

Gonzo Faust;
“Goddammit, I hate it when the good guy gets beaten up at the end.”
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Outside the massive building housing the concert hall, there were two peculiar beings that were going into the facility through the back door, only to be met with small resistance from hoodlums calling themselves the “Hell Kaisers”. They proved to be a formidable nuisance, up until this cyborg war veteran with a mechanical arm and his massive monk comrade finally stopped fucking around and got serious. Now there are several unconscious thugs under the banner of Hell Kaiser lying about the building's entrance, beaten to a bloody pulp and barely even breathing.

Bulk Factor;
“You didn't have to be so incentive Jack.”

Jack Chaos;
“You had your fair share of thugs to smack down and smack them down you did.”

Bulk Factor;
“I wasn't so incentive as you were, I just knocked them out with one hit while you just kept pounding them and pounding them over and...”

Jack Chaos;
“Jesus, Bulk, your starting to sound like my damn mother. Sheesh.”

Bulk Factor;
“Well maybe if you weren't so incentive I wouldn't have to scold you as such^-^.”

Jack Chaos;
“Up yours dude>_<.”

They continue down the hall, trying to find what it is they are looking for in this place. The small GPS-like tracking device has a good lock on the very presence that led the two of them to this area but at the moment it is not very helpful in navigating the hallways, they were like mice trying to navigate through a maze. Then they came upon a peculiar sight...

It looked like a great pillar of black ice that reached from the floor straight to the ceiling, or at least it would if there wasn't a large gap in the lower section. It looked like something had been encased inside and somehow broke out from within with such a violent force, there were several cracks that spread out across the ice's surface in all directions. Bulk did not hesitate to take out his small camera and take a shot of the whole peculiar sight to behold.

Jack Chaos;
“Just what the fuck is going on here?”
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It's been a good half hour since the beating began. By Sho's very hands the young boy he sought to destroy was forced to endure pain that would have easily crushed a normal man, but this kid was not exactly human yet his uncanny physical endurance prove irrelevant has he eventually succumbed to the pain that was dealt to him, he just laid there seemingly unconscious as these hoodlums hovered over his battered body like vultures about to pick the freshly dead meat of a corpse's bones. Sho was not satisfied, his prey didn't even put up a fight for reasons that just confounded him...

Sho Tenkaiyah;
“I came all this way to avenge the death of my younger brother, but instead of his killer I get this puny swine laying at my feet. Now how will my brother rest in peace?”

Hell Kaiser Enforcer A;
“Never mind that shit boss, let's just put him out of his misery and get on with our lives.”

Hell Kaiser Enforcer D;
“Sounds good to me.”

They cocked and locked their automatic weapons, ready to put lead in the kid, but then Sho spoke once more.

Sho Tenkaiyah;
“Any of you who pull that trigger will answer to me.”

Hell Kaiser Enforcer B;
“Oh c'mon man! Why shouldn't we just kill this kid?!”

Hell Kaiser Enforcer E;
“We wanna be done with this already!”

But they could feel the fury of their leader baring down on them as he glared at each and every last one of them with those malice filled eyes.

Sho Tenkaiyah;
“Just how many times do I have to repeat myself? I told you little pissants not to kill this kid and you'll do as I say, got it?!”

Hell Kaiser Enforcer;
“Y...yes...sir...O_O”

Virus;
“Unusually merciful for a merciless thug!”

This new voice now echoing through the concert hall had caused every last Hell Kaiser Enforcer to turn about face and unleash a hell storm of flaming rounds towards the new presence, but it seems that even flaming lead is vulnerable to the fearsome woman's magnetic personality...or more specifically the invisible aura barrier of intense magnetic energy that was emitting around her body. From going at an unfathomable speed to coming to a complete and utter stop in mid air, not a single semi-automatic round could touch her, every last bullet the thugs fired just ended up raining down to the floor at her feet.

Virus;
“You organics and your puny guns.”

And as they could all hear a strange chime echoing in the hall, the semi-automatic weapons were suddenly gripped by an unseen force and ripped right out of the hands of their handlers, then right before the eyes of the Enforcers each and every last one were literally dismantled piece by piece in mid air until they were nothing but disassembled parts piled on the ground.

Sho Tenkaiyah;
“Most impressive, it seems that I'm not the only force to be reckoned with here.”

Virus;
“You? A force to be reckoned with? HA! You certainly are a funny little fucker, aren’t you?”

She can suddenly feel something clock her on the right side of her face, then jam right into her right breast with a pile-driving force. It was in fact the surging green fists of Sho Tenkaiyah that had just unleashed such strong blows, but the sheer fury and strength behind them was proven irrelevant, such tremendous punches only mustered enough force to move her about twelve inches from the very spot she stood. Her feet didn't even shift and instead slid across the floor leaving noticeable streak marks. For some reason Sho was not taken by surprise by this woman’s virtually impossible resistance, he was instead impressed.

Sho Tenkaiyah;
“Interesting, and impressive.”

Virus;
“......”

Sho Tenkaiyah;
“Much more so than that snot-nosed little brat who killed my brother...or so I was told...”

As far as Virus could tell, this man was about to make another incredible attempt at serving her a knuckle sandwich, but instead he went and took a bow in front of her.

Sho Tenkaiyah;
“My apologies for the trouble, I was wrong to seek this young one out so soon.”

Virus;
“Come again?”

Hell Kaiser Enforcer D;
“WHAT THE HELL YOU TALKING ABOUT MAN?!”

Still bowing before Virus, the leader of the thugs turned his head to the left and glanced a single malice filled eye back at his men, silencing them.

Sho Tenkaiyah;
“We are leaving, don't even think about questioning me!”

Hell Kaiser Enforcer D;
“Y...yes...sir...”

Virus;
“You're not serious? You just made that boy suffer with those horrible fists of yours and now you’re just leaving?!”

Sho Tenkaiyah;
“Perhaps he wouldn't have suffered so much if he at least fought back, he just took every last bit of it. How can I pay him back for the life of my brother that he took...if he won't even defend his own life?! It's disgraceful, a waste of time for a person who wields power like myself!”

Virus;
“......you......”

He then walks right past her, as do the other Hell Kaiser Enforcers under his command. But as he walks away he conveys a few more pennies for her thoughts.

Sho Tenkaiyah;
“I trust you'll help that swine become stronger, perhaps he will be more willing to bring out my brother's killer by the time we meet again. Either way, I am not finished with him just yet.”

Such words have seem to bring out a different kind of beast, one that dwelled behind the serene beauty of this vision of a goddess who deep in her heart called for the doors before Sho and his men to slam shut, the very metal edges were now pulsing with a static discharge as they turned out to be completely magnetically sealed. On the other side, several metal objects were now piled up against the door. As the thugs realized that they weren't going anywhere...

Hell Kaiser Enforcer A;
“W...WHAT THE FUCK?!?!”

Hell Kaiser Enforcer E;
“WHY WON'T THE FUCKING DOOR OPEN?!?!”

Hell Kaiser Enforcer B;
“IT...IT MUST BE THAT BITCH DOING THIS!!”

...there was an icy chill running up their spines as they turned back to see the goddess of magnetism looking right at them with eyes burning with a murderous intent, the very retinas of her eyes turning pitch black.

Virus;
“You will never avenge your brother's death, not when your brother deserved to die for being the horrible little piece of shit he was...just like you do.”
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We now find ourselves looking elsewhere, deep in a desert region of the world's Arabian territories. Though to be specific it is in the middle of nowhere, some random village that at the moment is completely desolate and void of life...save for a slim figure in a black-hooded cloak boasting curiously long sleeves just gazing out in the horizon. This figure is completely silent, seemingly listening to the gentle winds shifting softly threw the sands on this hour of an approaching dusk.

Then along comes yet another figure in a black hooded cloak, one who was slightly taller, his cloak had only one short sleeve on his right side while a small black cape draped over his left shoulder, his skin was dark hued.

Zin;
“Oi, Red...”

Z-Red;
“......”

Zin;
“Hey man, I'm talking to you. Where's Gonzo?”

Z-Red;
“...hey just upped and left, leaving us to sit here with our thumbs up our asses 'til he comes back.”

Zin;
“Why would he do that?”

There was a large lizard crawling near where the two figures stood. It was currently on the prowl of what turned out to be a big dragonfly of sorts buzzing about. The reptile's tongue had then shot out and instantly ensnared its target with perfect pin-point accuracy.

Z-Red;
“Isn't it fucking obvious?”

But just the lizard proceed to swallow its prey whole, it's head was suddenly sliced clean off by what appeared to be thin air, as its head was sent flying the very bug it was gulping just flew out of the head's new gaping hole, luck was apparently on its side...

Z-Red;
“He's gone to see that back-stabbing bitch...WITHOUT US!”

...but then it too fell victim to a similar fate as what appeared to be nothing but thin air took both its wings off. It plummeted to the ground and was now crawling along the ground, until a giant black boot came crushing down putting it out of its misery. All that was left was a glob of gooey bug guts stuck to the bottom of the cloaked guy's boot like sticky, recently chewed gum.
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The smell of blood was now strong and potent in the air of the very concert hall, it was now the final resting place of the man known as Sho Tenkaiyah.

His body had been all but mutilated and ripped asunder just about beyond recognition, resting on top of a ragged pyramid-shaped, blood soaked arrangement of large support beams of iron and steel had pierced his flesh and bone. It's hard to determine if he even had a look of mortifying despair and anguish at the time of his death, it was pretty much just a mess of skin holding what little of his skull was intact. As for his followers, well, they were too insignificant to die as their leader did, the demonically brutal goddess just forced them to watch their leader die horribly...then tore their heads clean off with her bare hands afterwards. Not one of them was left alive. And as she stood there with blood soaked hands, she could hear the applause of the very spectator who sat in the stands above, now standing right behind her with a smirk on his face.

Gonzo Faust;
“Nicely done Zyonex, you always could throw one hell of a going away party^-^.”

Virus;
“......that is not my name...”

Gonzo Faust;
“Last time I checked it was, and frankly it seems you haven't really changed one bit.”

Virus;
“...enough...”

Gonzo Faust;
“I guess even though you seem more human than before your still just the murderous killing machine you were always meant to be...”

Virus;
“...shut up...

Gonzo Faust;
“And once again, the Queen of Hearts has lost her temper and sentenced another bunch of foolish naives to death...by beheading^-^.”

Virus;
“Shut your damn mouth...!”

Gonzo Faust;
“Although it is quite refreshing to see you kill someone like this, the way you just turned that Sho guy into a Muriel of death instead of just chopping the guy's head off as usual^-^.”

Virus;
“SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!!!”

It was as if the very environment was alive and at her beck and call, reacting to her murderous intent directed at this man in black. The entire massive room started to shift slowly and violently towards him, the very spot he stop was like a small but powerful black hole sucking everything towards it. Every last bit of loose metal within the place, be it soda can or metal pole, became devastatingly fast projectiles that flew straight at their mark. Metal beams burst from the ground and ceiling with an intense crushing force and shot towards him like giant spikes thirsty for blood. But as every last ounce of every possible metal in the entire chamber was gonna bury him alive, the mysterious man's deathly freezing aura came alive and lashed out, he just stood there motionless and calm as his power acted on it's own freezing everything dead in its tracks. Everything that just tried to execute him at Virus' command was now covered in a smooth film-like layer of ice, silent ands still, even the flying objects were rendered completely immobile and suspended in mid air. He just stood there in the center of all of the matter distortion, smirking...

Gonzo Faust;
“Damn...touch...ey. Is Aunt Flow staying for the weekend at your place or something'^-^?”

Virus;
“Cute.”

Gonzo Faust;
“I'll take that as a no. In any case, I think it's best we stop now.”

Virus;
“And why is that? Don't tell me that your actually afraid of me?”

Gonzo Faust;
“Aren't you forgetting something?”

He turns his head to his left, he now looks over to the half conscious young lad who was beaten to a pulp and laid on the ground like a slab of meat. Virus sees him too, it actually makes her shutter a little bit that Terry is now watching this happen.

Gonzo Faust;
“I'm afraid that if we go ahead and try to kill each other right now...he'll see just what kind of monster you really are^-^.”

Those words struck a nerve, she looks back towards where Gonzo is standing with a vile glare in her eyes, only to find that he has upped and vanished. Only a villainous cackle can be heard echoing throughout the hall.

Gonzo Faust;
“I'm not the only one who wants to see you again Zyonex, a few of us are here and we would like to catch up some time! See you later Zyonex!”

She is left standing there, left with her now frantic thoughts. She takes a moment to try and bring peace to her troubled mind, but even after a moment she is not at ease. It seems that what she feared would happen has started to come to pass...

Terry is still lying there, trying to stay awake as he is still laying there, for some reason he cannot gather the strength to move. But that is not what concerns him, in fact the serious smack down he was just dealt is of little concern to him, he is more concerned with this uncomfortable stirring in his chest, the slight burning sensation of rage and malice trying to get out that he has been trying to suppress deep within the whole time. Then he is slowly flipped over, the soft and warm arms of a goddess lifting him up off the ground. She now has him in her arms and is saddened by the severity of his wounds and bruises.

Virus;
“Hey there Tough Guy.”

Terry Jones;
“...h...hey...Virus...”

Virus;
“How do you feel right now?”

Terry Jones;
“...well......like hammered shit...but...I'm also...feeling pretty good......”

Virus;
“Why is that?”

Terry Jones;
“......I...didn't fight...back......”
Virus;
“How is that any reason to feel good? You do realize they had their way with you? After all I taught you, those neat little tricks, they would have had those meager organics pissing their pants! Why didn't you fight back?”

She is a bit displeased with how he is saying he's happy that he didn't fight back, but then she sees the way he is looking back at her, the very look in his eyes of sadness.

Terry Jones;
“How...can you...possibly ask me that...knowing what...kind of monster...is inside me...?”

And just like that it is clear to her why he chose to just let them manhandle him so cruelty. She had foolishly thought that Terry could just go all out and teach the fools a lesson all by himself, but now as she can see deep in his bottomless eyes slightly shimmering with gold it becomes clear to her. That man, that vile and disgusting Sho that came for Terry's head, he would have still died this night if Terry did in fact fight back...it would have just been an even more gruesome and slow death. And from there, it would have just ended up exactly like the incidents in Shibuya all over again, there is little chance that he would just stop after killing that Sho guy himself. The mere thought of it just made her shed small tears that ran down her face, she then cradled the young boy's head up against her bosom.

Virus;
“I'm so sorry Terry. I was wrong.”

Terry Jones;
“So was I...I...I really thought...I could fight back...without becoming a monster...”

She was now on her knees, holding the young lad closely and tightly.

She is unaware of the two eavesdroppers hiding behind a doorway of the grand hall, resorting to peaking over the railing since the double doors with see-through windows were literally torn off their hinges by this woman's magnetic powers. In fact, the very hinges were torn off as well.

Jack Chaos; (Whispering)
(“Jesus Christ almighty! I thought that kid was suppose to be the big, scary monster! Did you see what she did to that thug guy?!”)

Bulk Factor;
(“I got it right here on my camera...it's real nasty.”)

Jack Chaos;
(“...what makes you think I want to see it on your camera?”)

Bulk Factor;
(“Maybe we should get out of here while we still have the chance? We should probably not mess with her right now.”)

Jack Chaos;
(“Yeah, not right now...but we still have to confront her sooner or later...”)
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About two hours later, Virus returns to the hotel they are currently staying at, she dismounts and gets the still battered Terry into the room and lays him on the bed. He looks so peaceful laying there sleeping, and in her point of view he looks beautiful. She gently runs her fingers through his hair admiring his face, even as it is covered in blood and bruises she still finds it to be the most beautiful face she has ever laid eyes on. She doesn't quite understand why his face looks so beautiful to her, but somehow she just doesn't care.

But then she is brought out of it, the presence of two familiar figures approaching the hotel room from across the street and parking lot has her concerned, she walks right out the door and confronts these two men now standing across the parking lot. Their auras feel so familiar to her but only because she recognizes them as the same two presences that have been following her and Terry since the past three days...

Virus;
“So, you've finally come out of hiding have you?”

Bulk Factor;
“You knew we were following you?”

Virus;
“Pfph, you organics think you’re so sneaky, you shouldn't have even bothered to try and conceal yourselves.”

Jack Chaos;
“Well, we were on orders to merely observe you.”

Virus;
“Orders you say? And who exactly gave you such orders? Who are you working for?”

Jack Chaos;
“Sorry, can't tell you. Classified and such.”

Bulk Factor;
“All we can say is that we have no intention of fighting you.”

Virus;
“Perhaps...but then again, I'm the one who's harboring the one you were ordered to observe, right?”

They had no intention of going into a rumble with her, but they were on their guard ready to fight none the less, with the way this woman was looking at them they were certain that she was gonna be the one who throws the first punch. And after what they saw back at the concert hall, they were praying deep within their hearts that they could just get through this and be able to just walk away without getting into a brawl with this very scary chick.

Bulk Factor;
“Look lady, we're just here to gather data on the kid.”

Jack Chaos;
“If you want, you can just tell us who he is and what his side of the story is and we'll just leave.”

Virus;
“Oh, is that all? So that's what W.A.S.P. has you two following him for?”

Bulk Factor;
“.........”

Jack Chaos;
“......is it that obvious?”
Virus;
“Well it does explain your 'just gathering data' story, after all, those military cops pretty much know jack shit about this 'Human Dragon' who's been the talk of the town since he totaled half of Shibuya.”

Jack Chaos;
“That's right, and like it or not he is a Maverick, one that my superiors would like to know everything about so as to be better prepared next time they try to bring him in, they aren't gonna make the same mistakes as last time.”

They were keeping their posture and seemed to be cool and calm, but underneath their poker faces the two were now starting to sweat as they gauge this woman's hidden reactions, she is not liking what they are telling her at all. It's pretty much inevitable that she was gonna lash out at them and in their minds they were quickly calculating just how they were gonna get out of this scenario in one piece. Jack in particular was really hating his job right now.

Virus;
“What makes you think that the organization you work for will be able to 'bring him in' at all?”

Jack Chaos;
“Well no offense lady, but that kid is able to unleash unfathomable havoc and destruction that will claim countless lives in the long run.”

Bulk Factor;
“Even if he is trying to suppress that power and doing all he can not to be the monster everyone says he is, there is no doubt that the very power he has inside him will not be so easily contained. He is just a kid, how long do you think he could even keep that force at bay?”

Jack Chaos;
“And on top of all that, there's still the matter of your relationship with this kid. We know even less about you, and for all we know you’re the bigger threat.”

Virus;
“Excuse me?”

Jack Chaos;
“Well let's face it, your harboring a Maverick for intentions that you are probably keeping hidden even from him. What's to say you’re not just some villainous fiend who has a diabolical plan for this kid's power? And even if you say you’re not, why should we believe you, especially after we saw the way you butchered that punk back at the concert hall? I'm thinking that the Human Dragon isn't the one we should be worrying about...you are.”

She just glares at him as he pretty much fingers her as the real danger to humanity here. It is quite understandable why he would believe such a thing, but right now she wasn't appreciating it too much.

Virus;
“I think you gentlemen should leave now.”

Bulk Factor;
“You do realize we'll just keep following you two right? We're on a recon assignment after all.”

Virus;
“...yes, but I wonder...”

Jack Chaos;
“What?”

Virus;
“...I'm just wondering if you'd still be able to follow the two of us so easily after we get quite a large head start. Of course for that, I'll have to put you two in the infirmary, won't I^-^.”

It was just as they feared, this chick was now gonna mess them up, it was all too obvious she was going to do just that as she suddenly went straight at them in a ballistic rush. She just barely missed them as they plunged themselves to the sides. But Jack didn't just jump out of the way, in an instant his cybernetic arm's shoulder slightly opened up revealing a peculiar looking gun-like apparatus, a volley of small metallic darts shot out as quick as a flash all over the place. They scattered around Virus, impacting the ground at high velocity lodged so deep they were not likely to be pulled out, but then as if they were seeds planted in soil they suddenly sprouted out of the ground into long metal poles. As Virus looked on, she could suddenly fell a strange surge of energy entering her being, the very air around her started to distort before her very eyes, this strange sensation coming from these poles scattered about the parking lot. Her body was getting heavy now, her physical movement was slowing down, she could barely move from where she stood.

Virus;
“WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?!”

Jack Chaos;
“The big wind up, and now here's the actual pitch!”

Out of nowhere came this man baring a cybernetic arm, the arm itself had slightly reconfigured into a weaponized form and had a massive flow of energy swelling around it like a pocket-sized whirlwind. It was such an intense energy, the impact from such a hit proved to be enough to send Virus flying across the street and into the parking lot clear on the other side. Her collision left a huge trench. And then out of nowhere came the large hulking mass of muscle known simply as Bulk, pulling the prayer beads around his neck right off and sending the chain flying through the air towards her as she was just climbing out of the small trench, upon contact they twisted and wrapped around her arm like a boa-constrictor and immediately started surging with an intense light. And before she knew it, her own arm was now being pulled by an unseen force and her entire body with it, straight into a collision course with an incoming Jack who's cybernetic fist was primed for another devastating blow. But as he was just about to land another hit right on the kisser, he could feel his own arm being pulled by some unseen force, like a magnetic pull, and just as his own arm veered inches off its course he suddenly felt Virus' own arm clothesline his face as she passed by him. He was sent into a full flip and hit the ground hard on his back, left dazed and spinning in his own mind.

Jack Chaos;
“Ow ...”

And just like that, Virus forced her legs forward and her feet dug into the pavement, forcing her to come to a complete stop even as the unseen force in the beads wrapped around her arm continued to pull, a quick strike from her fist surging with an electrical pulse loosened the beads sure enough. She turned around with those beads in her hand, now seeing the massive Bulk and the cyborg Jack coming straight at her not waiting for her to deal a counter offensive. But they were already too late to stop her, she had already dealt a counterstrike as a hummer and a pickup truck miraculously flew in mid air and violently sandwiched the two incoming fighters at a ballistic speed far faster than their own charging. Somewhere in between the now crunched together vehicles were two guys now trapped inside trying to get out, Virus would not wait for the two to dig their ways out of this chunk of scrap metal she was now lifting into the air single handedly, she took off into the air and soared through the night sky to an unknown destination...
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A few hours later, the two comrades had somehow returned to that same hotel, walking along the same parking lot as they just did hours ago. They were both soaked to the bone in cold water.

Jack Chaos;
“I cannot believe that bitch wedged us up in some truck sandwich and then just dropped us in a fucking lake>_<!”

Bulk Factor;
“Thank God my camera is water proof, I have so many good pictures. And at least she didn't kill us.”

Jack Chaos;
“No she didn't, she just made total asses of us>_<!”

And on top of all that, she had already made tracks with Terry in tow, the hotel room had been abandoned long before they even got out of the lake just outside of town.

Bulk Factor;
“Well, this sucks monkey balls, doesn't itT-T?”

Jack Chaos;
“When we report back to the General, I'm so asking for a raise>_<...”
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To Be Continued...