After several days of travel, Tiny, Burst, Wing, Blade, and Shot had just arrived. Rushing into base like a pack of wolves chasing their prey, without a hello to the teammates who attempted to greet them, they barged through my room door.
“WE WERE AT-” Screech placed his right palm out in front of me, immediately recalling what happens when he does this, they all silence themselves as Screech wipes his eyes.
“Can only one of you say what happened, please.” He sighed. “Realize that you all barged in at” Screech gazed at the digital clock. “… six in the goddamn morning… Wing what happened.” He placed his head in his hands.
“We all were attacked by the Zodiacs.” Screech head had shot up from his hands and his eyes widened at the response. “We did learn some information about them, they are different versions of them. We each had encountered a Zodiac variation.”
“Tiny and I had fought against two Variants, an Aquarius and Taurus.” Burst takes a step forward. “From what she had said, Variants are the lesser or incomplete Zodiacs, but they do have different abilities, or at least some of them do,” Burst recalls her smile and frozen tears. “The Aquarius Variant had the ability to freeze the surrounding area and control ice.” He remembers her laugh. “She actually was really kind.” His eyes begin to tear up as her frozen body shatters in his arms once more. “She was forced into this, her only choices were to fight for them and get her life back or die where she was…” Tears leave his eyes as he replays the moment she shattered.
“…Go rest Burst…” Screech advised him, causing him to leave down to his bedroom. “How about you Tin-” The sound of buzzing fills his ears as Tiny steps forward.
The hell is that noise
“I fought a Taurus Variant who gets angered easily and loves to brawl, we didn’t talk much, but I enjoyed beating him… I didn’t stick around to see if he lived through it but, I feel like he didn’t.” He smiled as he left the room and the ringing went with him.
“Looks like he can act his age.” They all shared a laugh before Shot walked forward.
“Well… We encountered a Scorpio Variant” He nervously laughed as he felt Blades eyes burning into the back of his skull. “She lured me in and tried to kill me, she would’ve too if it weren’t for Blade finding us.” He smirked as his face lit up. “We defeated her…but she escaped through the window before I could deal the final blow.” He sighed.
“You’re both ok, right?” Screech glanced around Shot to see Blade, smirking and slowly sliding her pointer finger down his spine. “…And that explains the smiles… Go get a room you two” He laughed as they walked out. “Wing, how was your fight?” He asked as he sat down on the stool.
“Well, we didn’t say much till after the fight, she was able to create air currents at will, using them to toss me around.” His left trapezius slit open, allowing for his shoulder blade to protrude outwards a form itself into a wing about the size of his upper body, half the size of it was before.
“It’s much smaller than it used to be?” We laughed as he stood up.
“Well, I’ve learned to change my wing size to help with speed, control, thrust, weight, drag and more. Also, if I want to send myself in one direction at a breakneck speed.” The ends of his wing slowly hollow out and become similar to a turbine. “If I activate it, it’ll send me 558 mph and above in the direction I’m flying… but I can’t dodge or turn sharply, I can only pull up or slowly descend.” He sighs “If I did try, I’d end up ripping my own wings off and falling from the sky.”
“Whoa, that’s extremely dangerous but it can be useful when pursuing an enemy.” Screech scratched his beard. “What about the Zodiac?” Screech added asked as Wing yawned
“Well, since she was able to stand in the air, controlling and balancing out the air currents, I think she’s a Libra type.” He looks away “I feel a little sorry for her, she looked like she was in her early 20s, and I dragged her body through asphalt and into a tree… I did go and fix her broken arm and leg and left soon after.” He got up and began to leave out the room. “I’m sure that she’s alive, took time to fix her body after all.” He smiles as he turned the corner.
Well at least they still have their humanity, taking another’s life… does have an effect on a person.
An Image of a Screech’s own blood-drenched face fills his mind before he erases it.
So you’re still here…
In the training facility, Coil wraps his arms around Tail’s right leg and tosses it into the back wall causing it to crack.
“Nice use of your body” Tail laughed as he scrambled back to his feet.
“Are you done trying to beat me.” Coil smiled as he cocked his arm back, his arm resembling a compressed spring. Tail throws himself back at Coil, just barely dodging the wallop, swiftly planting his fist into Coil’s gut.
“Gotcha!” Tail screamed as he forced his tail into the ground, using it to brace himself for the recoil, Tail was than immediately hit with the force of his own strike as Coil’s body rebounded.
“Finally, after two hours you finally figured out a new way to use your tail other than launching yourself at me.” Swiftly, he maneuvers around Tail and contorts his body around the appendage, slowly tightening until he can no longer move it.
“Fuck…” Losing his main form of attack, Tail takes in a deep breath and concentrates.
“What are you doing?” Coil laughs “You’re trapped by your own tail, exactly what are yo-” His eyes widen as Tail detaches the appendage from his body.
“Took me a bit, but I can detach it now instead of pulling it back in.” He laughed as he kicked Coil in his neck, causing him to unwind and jump back a few feet.
“That’s great and all but you didn’t have to kick me in the throat!” He gripped his throat and fought to gather air through his airway. “I’m done fighting you right now.” He sighed just as he forced it back into place.
“Yea, let’s get back.” Tail laughed as another tail sprung out from his tailbone. “Aye, it’s back!” He smiled as they walked out of the training facility and back into base only to be greeted by the screams of two little demons.
“SHUT UP BABY HULK”
“GET OVER IT YOU CAPTAIN AMERICA WANNABEE” Shield and Tiny confront each other and almost immediately slam their heads into each other like two bulls fighting over dominance.
“Who do you have your bets on?” Everyone huddled together and began making bets. Within 27 secs, everyone had made their bets except for Screech, who had gone back to sleep after listening to them argue about why Tiny decided to swipe the last piece of cheesecake away from her just before she bit into it.
“LET’S MOVE THIS TO THE TRAINING FACILITY” Shield screamed at him as she stormed out. Most of Union followed her into the building and then separated into two groups, those who bet on her winning stood on her side while those who were with Tiny stood on his. They have never seen these two fight before and were ready to bargain over who’s stronger.
“Hope you make it interesting.” Tiny immediately began to taunt her. “Don’t let me blow that shield of yours away.” He sighed as she immediately rushed forward to attack him head on, creating two spiked shields as closed the distance.
She’s moving faster than she was when I saw her last… but!
She slams her right shield into Tiny’s stomach. “Thanks for that.” He smiled as she attempted to slice him, but he dodges under it and knocks her back with a fist to her chest.
“WOAHHHH” The crowd cheers as the two opponents examine each other.
“I’ll make sure that you can’t look down on me like that anymore!” She stands back up and stares at Tiny who began to chuckle.
“You think that you can equal up to me.” His laughter slowly turns into a condescending tone. “Don’t make me laugh.” His eyes turned cold. “You’re way out of your league.” He lost smile and began to stretch.
“DON’T YOU DARE LOOK DOWN ON ME” She screamed at the top of her lungs as her bones immediately protruded and formed her armor just as before. “I’m going to make sure you eat those words.” She created a giant shield, about the size of her body, on each arm; swinging them around with ease to try and frighten the boy.
“And you’ve made me bored” He sighed “All you can do is handle your shields better and move a little faster. That’s nothing special.” He dashed forward and dodged under both her shields, she quickly turns around to meet him but he is already above her. “You know, you need to move faster.” She brings her shields above her. “Think about your blind spots and protect them.” He appears on the ground and just as their eyes meet, Tiny swipes her legs out from under her. “Now, take a seat.” He forces 15 percent of his left-over energy from his previous battles into his leg and slams it into her, shattering her armor and forcing her body onto the ground.
“I lost to you…” She sighed as she stood back up and brushed the dirt off her body.
If I hadn’t armored up…
“Don’t beat yourself up about it” He laughed “You’re not used to fighting someone who’s faster than you, so you stick to defending.” He smiles as he stretches “But, your defense can only last for so long, so instead of only defending, think of their battle pattern and then make one decisive strike.” He laughed as those on his side cheered while those on the opposing side sighed.
“Well, I’ll keep that in mind while I’m beating you down.” She smiles as she got back into position. “Are you read-” Tiny stops her and stares at the back wall.
“Somethings happening.” Burst takes position next to Tiny and readies his cannon. Tiny’s ears twitch as he watches Shield leap ahead of him and puts up her shield. Immediately, two tentacles break through the concrete walls, shattering them completely and retreated into the smoke.
“Was that really necessary?” A women’s voice emitted from behind the smoky veil.
“Of course!” A man laughed. “This kid is a lot smarter than he seems.” The smoke clears, revealing five characters each wearing a mask, one of which who glowed a bright and nearly clear blue.
“Hey, Brothers.” The glow faded as he took the mask off, revealing a face that Tiny and Burst knew all too well.
“Lenny…” Burst and Tiny took a step back.
“Looks like you two didn’t forget about your big brother after all.” He smiled as he brought his left hand up and clenched it into a fist, causing the opposing squadron to immediately disperse themselves around the base. Understanding the weight of the situation, Union fled the training facility to intercept the other Zodiacs. Who remained to face Lenny was the now baffled and confused brothers along with the tenacious Woodsman Trio. “Let’s see what the Demise gene can do against us Zodiac, shall we.” He laughed as the water-bearer sign appeared on his forehead, emitting a blackish blue glow from his body.
“Guys… let’s show him just how powerful we are.” Burst, getting rid of his doubt and fear, takes a step forward to face his “thought-to-be-dead” older brother. “You should’ve just stayed dead.” He smirked while taking aim.
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