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originally posted in:The New Dojo
5/25/2017 2:34:18 AM
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[i]Raising her pistol calmly, Victoria looked over at Vance, oddly...recognizing the look that he had upon his face. Recognizing the look upon the woman's face. The screams, the pleads to die...she had heard it all. Their screams - Eldar screams - rang in her ears, as if this was some sick coincidence that she had been placed within.[/i]
[i]Heavy breathing now exited the Sister of Battle's helm, before a final, fatal shot rang through the air, colliding with the woman's skull and ending her misery then and there. Smoke rising from the barrel of the Bolt Pistol, Victoria released a shaky sigh, shaking her head in remembrance: of the battlefield, the bloodshed - all of it, even as her face was hidden by the black helmet.[/i]
"...I shouldn't have killed her, I.." [i]The Sororitas muttered, sighing to herself before turning back towards the bodies of the three. She had slaughtered two - the man, she had not given a care for. But after the woman's execution, she had realized the murder that she had committed. And that would haunt her forever.[/i]
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"There'll be more...." [i]Vance breathed, not looking back at the woman's body nor at Victoria. The expression he had before was gone, replaced with a stony, forced emotionless one. It was evident that he didn't approve of Victoria's decision to kill her; in his mind he knew that that woman could easily have been him. In fact, it almost was him; memories surfaced, of a time when Vance himself wanted nothing but death, to end his own suffering. Then, there was nobody to either grant his request or help him through. But all this was hidden everywhere in his bodily expressions besides his eyes. This was because now, on the streets, there were dozens of other Contractees. They hadn't noticed the two yet, but they were bound to. Vance slowly reached his right hand up to his greatsword, drawing it. He rested the blade on his shoulder, ready to begin using it, but first examined Dojoville's situation. All Contractees were in small groups of about 3 - 5; all likely had some sort of magical and physical enhancement. All likely had strong attachments to each other. All likely had individual backstories and their own suffering, and all likely had one goal; and that goal did not call for either Vance's or Victoria's continued existence.[/i]
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[i]Shaking her head calmly, Victoria sheathed her sword after she had deactivated it, following up with holstering her pistol as she picked up the Bolter upon the ground, reloading the massive weapon as she looked upon the patrols of Contractees. She followed up with a calmed, serious voice, still muffled by her helmet.[/i] "We need to get moving towards a better location, unless you believe that we could survive their onslaught?" [i]Why Victoria would work with this man...she didn't know. But he was the closest thing that she had to an ally - hell, he was the closest thing she had to an actual person that she could depend on. Her friends, her Battle-Sisters? Dead, slaughtered by one that would come in later..[/i]
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Edited by Diase: 5/25/2017 4:00:59 AM"It's not a matter of [i]we[/i], miss," [i]Vance responded as he swung his greatsword up, jamming the tip into the ground.[/i] "It's if [i]I[/i] can survive it. I see no reason for you to risk your life for a stranger such as myself." [i]With that, his cybernetic left hand blazed to life in green flames and black electricity; what he was saying was rather clear. That he appreciated Victoria's help, but he would prefer her to save her own skin... for he'd seen his ally's deaths too often. Part of his decision was pure suicidal madness, part of it was kindness, and part of it related the other jumbled emotions in Vance's head. Vance turned to face Victoria. He had a feeling she wouldn't be the kind of person to run from the situation alone; if that were the case, and she still didn't wish to attempt to kill all of the Contractees–an impossible feat, truly–then Vance would do his best to bring her to safety before throwing himself into the mosh pit. It was clear that Victoria would have to be the sensible one here... but how could she talk to somebody driven by some sort of hatred for these Contractees?[/i]
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[spoiler][url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AigmfbNjuY0]Que the epic music.[/url][/spoiler] "...The only reason that I have to battle alongside you, [i]sir[/i], is unfortunately because these men and women will soon be after my head. And I will personally not allow one such as yourself waste your life away by being thrown into that mess, while I walk off unharmed. I've seen enough people die for my survival, and I don't need you to die as well. Are we clear?" [i]Vance was right - the woman was considerably stubborn, refusing to leave him to fight the horde of Contractees on his own. Perhaps it was out of valor, violent intention, showing him just how capable she was in combat - Victoria personally didn't know, but she couldn't leave him to die against the men and women after their heads.[/i]
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[i]Vance turned his head to look at Victoria for a moment, his expression solemn. Finally, he sighed.[/i] "I'm dying first," [i]He said simply, before proceeding to stroll into a crowd of 4 Contractees with no plan whatsoever. He simply hoped nobody had a healing factor. Vance gripped the greatsword's handle with his cybernetic hand, as well, the one coated in firetricity. It was channeled through the blade, until the sword was infused to with strange energy, coating it with green flames and black electricity. Two Contractees, a man and a woman, lifted swords of their own, not nearly as fancy. As they approached each other, Vance swung horizontally; the greatsword cleaved straight through the male's sword, but was somehow blocked by the woman's sword. Upon closer examination, the woman... had absurdly enhanced muscles. She could probably pick both Vance and Victoria up and throw them like pebbles. The other two Contractees, also a man and a woman, slowly approached Vance from behind the first two. The woman was another pyromancer; this much was true when she formed a fireball in her hand. However, instead of throwing it at Vance, she had noticed Victoria. The fireball was launched at Victoria with terrifying velocity, at which the previous fireball had not been. Vance was used to these variations in attack power between Contractees, but Victoria might have been; as such, Vance turned his body and reached, extending his right arm to block the majority of the fireball. It struck his arm, immediately burning through the entire right sleeve of his trench coat, and burning up and charring his flesh; he let out a single yell of pain, before gritting his and forcing himself not to feel it. Instead, he continued to wield his greatsword as he fended off the man and the woman, showing remarkable swordsmanship.[/i]
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"Why, you-" [i]Victoria swore to herself as she kneeled down, the remaining piece of the fireball slamming into her armored shoulder and burning her armor as she took position behind Vance, beginning to rain firepower upon the pyromancer and her male counterpart. In truth, she would be gunning down the entire group, purposely attempting to miss Vance - he was her only ally here, and a problem that she'd have to take care of afterwards.[/i]
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[i]All of Victoria's bullets hit Vance and he died. As Victoria gunned the Contractees down, they began falling; it looked as though there was no defensive Contractee in the group. Soon, one man and one woman were dead, and it was just one man and the unbelievably strong woman. When the bullets struck the man, he literally did not feel a thing; didn't even know that Victoria was there. Basically, with good aim, an easy kill. The woman, however, was causing huge issues; her unbelievably strength was pushing him back. What the woman didn't account for was when Vance rapidly pulled the handgun from its holster, he placed the barrel on the woman's temple. And then she dead, she got dead after 'my adventure' Now it was just the annogying and stuff.[/i]
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[i]Victoria didn't waste any time to end the man's life, placing some rounds into his skull before rising up and looking over at Vance, sighing as she studied the mangled bodies of the Contractees.[/i] "That went considerably well. Next?"
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[i]As the blood of the Contractees flooded the ground, Vance looked down for a moment, his eyes filled with sorrow. He shook his head, clearing it; now was not the time. He turned to look at another group, this time of three. Deciding that he'd simply barrage them, Vance momentarily stowed his greatsword, and his hands ignited with firetricity. He punched midair, facing the group, then punched with the other hand. He quickly alternated hands between multiple punches, and each one sent a blast of firetricity towards the group. As each blast of firetricity struck the Contractees in the group, an explosion was caused; their flesh was torn away, charred, and Vance did not relent. Blast after blast, and they couldn't fight back. Finally, he seemed to be charging a final attack; in both his hands he formed a massive blast of firetricity, larger than any previous one, and let it fly. It met the ground, and the resulting explosion blasted the three Contractees into smithereens. Vance cracked his knuckles, and he had a feeling that attack had attracted attention of another group. It did, a group of five. Coming from their left, the group of five consisted of three men and two women. Vance, needing to regenerate his MP, drew his rifle from his left side, reloading it.[/i]
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[i]Victoria would find herself mildly disturbed by the electrocution of the four beings, although that hadn't stopped her from planning for the next group that they came upon. In a blur of motion, Victoria brushed ahead of Vance and began releasing round-after-round into the five's group. She had begun to clear her mind of thinking about the backstories and personal lives of the Contractees in general - a thing that would haunt her later on.[/i]
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[i]Victoria's first few bullets found themselves lodged in ons man, who had thrown himself in front of a woman to protect her; from the woman's expression, a lover. Another man–or actually, a mere boy looking to be around 13, made a gesture with his hands; the remaining for faded until they were invisible, and dispersed. Now, with their locations unknown, Vance had his rifle readied and aimed at any movement that wasn't his or Victoria's. They could attack at any moment.[/i]
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[i]If Vance could see Victoria's facial expression at the moment - well, he could see the despair in her eyes, and would probably realize why she looked the way that she did. First she had gunned down a man that wished to save what looked to be a lover - now she would be facing against a mere teenager?[/i] [i]This wasn't right. At least, not to her. Yet she would carry on.[/i] [i]The Palatine kept her firearm raised, although her intention was to bash it into the face of the first one that attacked, assuming that she would even have the ability of seeing them. She was more concerned about Vance, anyway. [/i]
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[i]The boy's invisibility spell was working like... well, a charm. Not a single sound was heard, not a single Contractee sighted. That was, until a sudden, extremely painful looking wound appeared on Vance's right arm; it looked like a stab wound, from a rather long weapon. He yelled out, looking around for the invisible attacker, but they were gone. A few moments later, the invisibility spell wore off. The attacker was the woman, who was about twenty yards away; the stab wound was a three foot long javelin, which was thrown at Vance. The woman held another javelin, readying it. Meanwhile, behind Victoria was the boy, holding a wooden club; he raised it, and aimed a slammed towards Victoria's head.[/i]
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[i]Victoria had turned to fire upon the woman, managing to release two rounds from her Bolter before the club contacted with her skull: a yell of pain escaped her mouth as she was forced to one knee for a moment, as the helm dented from the impact. She felt the warm drizzle of blood fall from the neck of her head, draping her neck and the side of her face.[/i] [i]Victoria remained quiet as she suddenly swung her clasped fist in a spinning move, targeting the child's jaw if anything. She would not allow herself to be beaten and killed so easily - and she would not allow the same for Vance.[/i]
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[i]The bullets struck the woman, exploding; she fell, her flesh scorched and torn, to the ground. Suddenly, the boy screamed.[/i] "MOM!" [i]He cried, before Victoria's fist met his jaw. He was knocked back, sent skidding on the concrete ground of the Dojoville streets. His young face was in shock, his skin pale, staring at Victoria in horror; unable to speak. Meanwhile, Vance turned his face momentarily to look at the situation. His expression was unreadable as he turned back to the conflict; there was still one man and one woman left. From the holster at his left, he drew his handgun, so there was dual wielding guns. With slow, precise aim, he fired a bullet from gun, then another from each, for two bullets in each Contractee; they died simultaneously, so neither could grieve for the other.[/i]
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[i]Victoria went suddenly still, her clenched fist shaking as her heart pounded.[/i] [i]...He said something else, he had to have said something else. But not "Mom" - anything other than "Mom".[/i] [i]Victoria shakily rose, her head shaking as deep breaths emitted from her helmet. She was a murderer, was she not? She was no better than those that she condemned: first the woman who begged for death, now the mother and soon, the son. While her face was hidden by her helmet, a silent tear streaked down from Victoria's eye, making its way down her cheek.[/i] [i]There was nothing that she could say. There was nothing that she could do to make the situation any better.[/i]
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[i]Vance had grown tired of it, really. The endless mindless slaughter on his own part, destroying families, friendships, relationships... breaking hearts. Being a complete monster. Part of him no longer wanted to do it, was sick of seeing the same look on people's faces when their loved ones died before their eyes. And so, he walked up to the boy, gripping the handgun by its barrel, and struck him in the back of his head, knocking him unconscious. Slowly, Vance picked the boy up, looking at his young face. Something in his expression said that he wanted to... help him, in some way. Meanwhile, the Contractees continued to roam; they'd noticed Vance and Victoria, but seemed unwilling to approach them just yet.[/i]
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"...Get the boy to a safer place. I'll hold them off, just...find somewhere that he won't get caught between our fighting." [i]Victoria spoke with a sterner tone than beforehand, not bothering to speak anymore as if it would be a waste of words. She had seen enough - killed enough for the night. She knew the child would hate her for the rest of his lifetime, however long that would be.[/i] [i]She sighed, batting away the tears in her eyes with quick blinks as she studied the groups of Contractees that were nearby and locatable. She would have to fend them off, and was more than willing to - even if that meant delving deeper into insanity.[/i]
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[i]Vance looked over at Victoria, his expression conflicting. For a moment, he looked to be almost in admiration; on the the other hand, a tad bit jealous. But these appearances were wiped out soon after as he pondered what to do; he couldn't leave Victoria there to continue the slaughter he began. He couldn't let another person die.... He shook his head at the Sororitas in disagreement.[/i] "You're coming with, or nobody's leaving," [i]He said flatly, eyes meeting Victoria's. His own eyes were dry, no longer capable of crying in the current situation they were in; he had grown far too used to it. Vance would've extended a hand, if both his arms weren't preoccupied.[/i]
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[i]After an odd silence, Victoria nodded calmly, holding her Bolter tightly while still looking upon her only ally in the situation.[/i] "Then we should begin to move, sir." [i]"Sir" was...a complement from Victoria, if anything. She had been taught to address higher beings with politeness and elegance, but since she was quite far from said higher beings, and Vance was both her only "friend" and unknown name-wise, she would refer to him as "Sir" until she could identify him by name.[/i] [i]At any rate, she was more than ready to keep moving.[/i]
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[i]Vance looked around at the massive amount of Contractees, a pained, conflicting look on his face.[/i] "... goddammit, I feel like a coward," [i]He muttered before looking towards the Dojo, sitting on its mountain.[/i] "Alright. Let's move." [i]Still carrying the unconscious boy, he waited to sprint to make sure Victoria was still around, wanting to make sure she wouldn't do anything courageous while he sprinted away. Vance, of course, was not used to being addressed formally; he was taught differently from Victoria; to him, everybody who wasn't a Contractee was to be addressed as though they were some sort of god, and as though he himself was a rat; he had since broken this habit, but almost always used honorifics when addressing people who were not Contractees like himself.[/i]
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"Just go, I'll follow.." [i]Victoria murmured, signaling Vance to get moving towards the Dojo with sudden hand motions. She wouldn't be pulling anything ridiculous, least unless the horse of Contractees actually caught up with her. Then, it would be a bad situation - but she would still ensure that Vance and the child escaped.[/i]
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[i]Luckily enough, the HORDE of Contractees owner no horses. And so, Vance nodded at Victoria, and began sprinting towards the dojo with rather clearly enhanced speed; he was sprinting at a good 35 ft/s, and that was with a child in his arms. Once every few seconds, Vance would turn his head to check of Victoria was alright. It wasn't long until he was approaching the dojo gates, sweating and panting.[/i]
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[i]Victoria had kept up somewhat with Vance, although she was a considerable distance behind him still: she was moving at a rate that was above average, especially for a woman wearing full armor. She had looked back at the approaching Contractees, her speed still enough to provide a proper defense for Vance.[/i]
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[i]Momentarily, Vance set the boy's feet on the ground to support the boy with only one hand, using the other hand to open the gates. He looked back at Victoria; for a moment, a sense of urgency and terror was in his eyes, but that soon faded when he saw that Victoria was alright. He held the door open for the Sister of Battle, while laying the boy down on the ground to free his other hand. That hand drew his handgun, and with near pinpoint accuracy he began firing the handgun's .50 caliber bullets at the Contractees that had follower Victoria.[/i]
