Point-of-View: Arisu Kimura
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Uh-oh...this is really bad, I’m up against two of Harmony’s Category 0s, and both highly experienced ones at that. Viktor Gusev and Ravi Iyengar, from what I’ve heard, they’ve been a thorn in Eden’s side for a couple of decades or so.
The forr has the Dark, Electro and Physical Skills, while the latter has the Terra, Aqua and Physical Skills. Despite only having three Skills each, they’re both extrely skilled at using their powers.
Defeating them alone won’t be easy by any stretch of the imagination, especially considering the trail of dozens of Eden ta-Human bodies littering the corridor behind them, the stench of blood heavy in the air.
"Only one left in this area, it would seem," Remarked Viktor icily, as he ford a bolt of powerful black lightning.
"Okay, then I will go and look in another area, you can catch up after you kill this one. Her Aura is quite imnse, so maybe she is a Category 0," Replied Ravi, as he turned around and began to walk away.
Tch...don’t underestimate , you old farts! I shot forward and pressed my palms together, firing out a Negative Slash at Viktor, who swiftly evaded in response, before I closed in on him and unleashed a shockwave of wind, knocking him off-balance before blasting out a Negative Blast at Ravi from behind.
Without turning around, he raised a wall of earth to block my blast, before the wall crumbled and ford several sharp projectiles that burst out towards .
I quickly countered with several Wind Bullets, wincing as one of the projectiles gashed my right shoulder, leaping forward and flying up as Viktor burst out several streaks of black lightning in my direction, narrowly avoiding getting struck, before closing in on Ravi.
He swiftly spun around with a swirling water blast in his hands, driving it towards the left side of my head.
I managed to grab hold of his face right as his water attack began to close in, and activated the Aero Skill technique Asphyxiate, eliciting a sharp gasp from him as I sucked the air out of his throat and lungs, the shock causing his water attack to dissipate, but his palm still struck the side of my head and dazed , my grip on his face weakening as a result.
Before I could regain my grasp, he slamd his knee onto my midsection and sent flying back, earth spikes forming on the ground by where I was about to land.
I quickly used Flight to halt myself in midair, the tip of one of the spikes piercing into my upper back, right before a black lightning blast struck painfully and sent crashing onto a wall, dislocating my left shoulder as I slumped to the ground.
As I began to get back up, I let out a scream of pain as earth spikes burst up beneath both my feet, piercing through them agonizingly and causing my knees to buckle.
Ravi then approached with an enraged look on his face, coughing hoarsely as he rubbed his throat gingerly...damn it, fighting in these narrow corridors is too difficult, let alone against two of the most experienced active Category 0s.
I can’t defeat them, I need to escape...fortunately, I know the structure and layout of this place way better than they do. I’ll have to use that to my advantage and get away before they can kill .
"Prepare to die, bitch," Growled Ravi, as he ford a swirling water drill and drew back his arm, aiming to pierce my chest with it.
Right as he got within a couple of ters of , I blasted out sharp, powerful wind blasts from the soles of my feet, which tore through my shoes and collapsed the ground beneath , the spikes piercing into my feet breaking apart.
I then slamd my palms together with a loud clap and fired out several Negative Slashes as I plumted through the ground, a cry of pain ringing out as I fell in.
I caught a flash of blood splattering onto the ground as I plunged into the opening...did I manage to hit one of them? Hope that buys a bit of extra ti to get away!
Without wasting a second, I then flew across as fast as I could, before they could drop down after ...there’s a secret exit not too far from here, I need to get there before they can catch up with !
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Point-of-View: Aurora Pretorius
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"Did you hear that?" I frowned, as my ears twitched.
"Hm? Hear what?" Responded Mike uncertainly, as he turned his ears forward with his hands.
It sounded like an explosion or sothing...
"This way, co on!" I exclaid, as I raced in the direction it ca from, forming my Shadow Cat arm and using it to cut straight through the walls in that direction.
Mike followed after , and it wasn’t long before we ca across a corridor littered with corpses, and further up ahead...ugh, were the two old, annoying Category 0s.
Oh, but the Indian guy was on his knees, clutching his right shoulder in agony, his arm severed and blood gushing out from it.
There was a hole in the ground, and so blood splatter on so of the broken chunks of concrete around it.
"Oh, it’s Viktor and Ravi. Hey, what happened here?" Inquired Mike with a frown.
Ah, right, that’s what their nas were.
"One of them managed to get away...likely a Category 0, a young woman with long black hair," Replied Viktor, as Ravi ford a block of ice around the stump of his arm to stop the bleeding, looking pale and light-headed from the blood loss.
A young woman with long black hair, huh? That sounds like the one who was in charge of the people who attacked in Namibia...I felt the urge to jump in and follow after her, but that would probably be futile.
Based on how much blood Ravi had lost, and the amount of ti since I heard that loud crash, she’s probably long gone already.
"Co on, let’s go, there’s no point in sticking around here," I said to Mike, who nodded after a brief pause, and the two of us headed away.
Neither of us are healers, and honestly, even if I could heal, I probably wouldn’t have bothered wasting my Aura healing that asshole.
"You sure look grumpy," Noticed Mike, as we headed up so stairs.
"Those guys just piss off...well, at least they were useful and killed a ton of Eden’s ta-Humans," I replied with a grumble.
"Well, most older be people tend to be kinda close-minded and wary of change, and with ta-Humans, things have been more or less then sa for centuries, so they’re having trouble accepting everything that’s happened lately," He reasoned in response.
"Yeah, well, I say that doesn’t excuse them for being total dickbags."
"Wow, Inoka and the others have really influenced your vocabulary, haven’t they? And I wasn’t trying to excuse or justify their behavior, just explain it," He inford , before halting as footsteps echoed out from up ahead.
What the...?
"Weird, these footsteps sound like they’re being caused by soone or sothing really huge," I frowned warily.
"Huh? What do you-...oh," He responded, as a figure ca into view.
It was a massive man, at least seven feet tall, and extrely bulky, with a large axe on his back. He had short black hair, and thick facial hair, with a scarred, blinded right eye and black left eye.
"Hm? Who the hell are you people?" He frowned as he narrowed his eyes at us, before drawing his axe, "I don’t recognize you, so you must be enemies. I see, that must be what all the commotion is about."
Huh? Aren’t there a few thousand people here, is he seriously attacking us solely on the basis that he doesn’t recognize us?
"Careful...he’s John Therr, a Category 0 with absolutely ridiculous physical strength," Mike warned warily.
"In that case, let’s finish this quickly," I responded, as I swiftly ford my Shadow Cat arm and sent it rapidly extending out towards him with the claws poised to strike.
Without moving, he raised several earth walls between us to slow down my shadowy arm, before lifting his axe up high, the veins on his arm popping as he tightened his grip on it.
Uh-oh...I quickly drew back my arm and ford a shadowy do around Mike and as quickly as possible, right as he let out a grunt and swung the axe down with imnse force.
The impact shook the area as a deafening crash echoed out, the sheer force bursting out a shockwave and rattling my bones, as I felt the ground collapsing beneath rapidly...
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