Description: Difficulty: Low. Primary Attack Style: Striker. Primary Defense Style: Inconclusive. Non-Combat Threat Index: None. / Secondary Target: Hotaru. Combat data is inconclusive to make a futher assessment of this target's abilities at this time. Further engagement will be necessary.
"..Hm.. right on.. Main and Second.." The map tilts fourty five degrees one way.
"..No no.. Left on Third and Front Street! Yeah.." The map tilts ninety degrees another way.
"Oh! Here! DeLong and Thirteenth!" The map flips 180' and spins about.
Kentou slowly frowns, "...But.. where's Texaco?" Pulling the crumpled tourist map a little closer as he squints over the fine print.
The youth stands amidst the urban cesspool of Southtown, ignored completely by the passing populous save for a few stray glances. Wondering why a little kid is out alone at this time of the early afternoon. Especially in a town like this. But then again.. with Gedo High not far away, people have long since stopped questioning the strength of children roaming the streets.
With a grunt, the boy closes the uselessly out of date map to the tune of crumpled paper. Puffing at a stray bang with pouted lips upturning in frustration. Stupid town. Why did they have to make it into some kind maze? How in the heck is he supposed to find 'Crazy Shindo's Hella Extreme Karate Dojo' in this part of town?
..M..maybe he should just give up the ghost and ask directions..
NO!
The boy's fist pounding into his palm, lips pressing into a tight line as his resolve strengthens.
A man never asks directions! >.< He just.. knows precisely where he is needed most! ..He shall wander, like the great Masters of Old!
The boy, nodding with his own renewed convictions, immediately turns a corner and begins striding...
..Straight into a wall. *bonk* ...
..Grumble. ._. Stupid dead end alleys..
Like a meteor of old, the fireball in the sky is an ill portend of doom.
Flaming smoke and heat trail in it's wake as the drop pod that is Jaeger falls quickly through the atmosphere, launched from God-knows-what from God-knows-where. The machine's reign of terror seems to be fairly random, and there doesn't seem to be much rhyme or reason to his attacks.
They, like him, just are. And he'd have it no other way.
The drop pod smashes into the end of the alleyway, concrete and asphalt tossed up in burning chunks as the tremendous impact craters the earth. Jaeger is an affront to humanity, and his malignant entrance only announces his intent long before he actually even moves.
But stir he does. Like some Martian invader, the droid slowly uncurls from his compact travel configureation into his more armored form, weapons gleaming against the evening sky. Red eyes pan around to take in his surroundings. And then comes the announcement. It's audible, tempered, and about as disturbing as an axe-murderer grandpa. "Greetings, citizens! I am Jaeger: The last word in life form destruction. For a sample of my wares, simply cover your eyes and count to three."
The youth grouses as he gently pinches his nose, checking himself out to make certain he didn't bonk himself too hard there.
Of course, those concerns evaporate entirely as the -massive- explosion at some point behind him causes the boy to hop a few inches into the air from the seismic shockwave alone. o_o
Eyes bugging out as he -immediately- whirls around. Out of sheer reflex his fists are up and at the ready in raw animal response to something loud and scary..
..But as the boy's attentions focus towards the end of the alleyway ahead.. the youth blinks once, twice. Completely confused by this strange cargo from the sky. Thoughts swirling as he peers skywards, wondering if perhaps some passing plane broke a piece off.
Kentou's curiousity dissolves away just as fast as the armored bud.. blossoms. Unfolding its wares in the form of an eminantly destructive vaguely robotic-looking.. thing. With guns..
Lots of guns.
What does Kentou do? That bastion of courage and irrational bravery in the face of all things dangerous? Always eager to test his might against all those who would dare show themselves against him?
"..H..Holy CRAP.." The boy squeaks. o_o Half-hiding around the corner of the alleyway.. Completely petrified in fear.
The announcement made, Jaeger pauses, checks his weapon loadout, and quite simply begins to open fire.
Bullets begin to fly down the street as he marches out into the urban wasteland that is downtown Southtown, blasting away at innocent bystanders, shrubbery, fruit carts, parked cars... you name it, he's shooting it.
It doesn't seem to matter what he's attacking, either. The storm of shot and shell is relentless, and when the ammunition runs out on his assault rifle, she switches out to a pump action shotgun.
The deafening reports of the 12 gauge blowing apart a delivery boy's scooter and the familiar 'ch-click' sound of it being reloaded can be heard from the alleway as Jaeger attempts to make the Holocaust look like a border skirmish.
The Kenpo Kid has decided to find an excellent tactical position from which to launch his masterful counter attack.
Er.. Well.. Hiding underneath a parked car is certainly a tactical option!
The youth had all but lept beneath the parked Honda, hiding low as can only watch those heavy armored boots clomp around on the pavement outside. The sounds of terrible, blood curdling screams fill the air to the tune of assault fire and all manner of weapons.
Some kind of terrorist attack, must be! That lunatic probably has explosives hidden in his armored vest and everything for a final showdown when the cops show up!
The youth keeps his hands clamped over his ears, wincing at the hellaciously loud weapons fire alone. Teeth rattling from every echoing blast.. And also in a vain bid to keep out the screams.
Oh God.. the Screams..
S..shouldn't he.. do something?
So far, Kentou's been a little less than heroic. It's this sort of thing that discourages Jaeger, really. He likes exuberant, hot blooded heroes to come charging to the fore, with bright eyes and ideals. He's rather unused to his prey actually hiding in the shadows, afraid of him. This is rather unusual of a development, and so he turns about to look down the dark alleyway.
"Honestly, I go through all this trouble for your benefit, and all I get is hiding and cowardice? How many people do I have to shoot in order to get your attention?" Is the calm, rather quizzical question that's issued down the alleyway.
"Honestly, children today have no apprication for the effort some people bring to their work. I expected my exuberance to be met in kind... but this. This is really quite upsetting." With that, he raises the tactical shotgun, which blasts a thundering storm of pellets down the narrow alley. The high velocity shot blows apart an adjacent dumpster.
"Come out of hiding, you little gopher, Or I will be forced to flush you out!"
HIS benefit?
Wait a sec.. does that thing.. know him?
Well perhaps the immediate and most troublesome issue is that the terrorist killing machine knows the boy is there. Which.. of course.. terrifies him to his core.
As the gunfire dies down, leaving now only moaning and crying from the survivors in the street beyond.. The youth trembles in his spot. Slowly, veeeery slowly peeking from beneath the parked car at the end of the alleyway. Just enough to glimpse at the stalking madman..
..Arn't there any police in this town?!
With a hearty swallow the youthful voice lilts from beneath the already preforated Honda, "..I...uh.. s..surrender?" Maybe that'll get him to stop shooting people at the very least..
If the killer is here for him, or at least someone LIKE him, maybe taking that away will help someone here? ... Maybe..
/SURRENDER?/
The /insult/.
"I shall not have surrender," grates the voice, sounding more irritated than it's ever sounded in a long time. "I travel across this world great distances, enduring the indignities that humanity seeks to heap on me for one purpose: to find and kill the most powerful people on the planet."
The shotgun is reloaded once more, the 'chak' sound echoing as he pumps the weapon with a single smooth motion. "Where is the fire? Where is the indignant rage? Where is the self assured taunts and jibes? I desire to see power in it's most raw form."
"Young boy, I am a being created to wage war, and wage war I shall. Atrocity upon atrocity towards humanity until I no longer function, or every last fleshling lies dead at my feet, ichor pouring fromt he very wounds I inflict!"
"And you seek to deprive me of that glory? That purity!? That is an outrage, my dear progenitor species. An /outrage/. And so I say to you: fight, or die. I leave you no choice in this matter!" And with that, Jaeger is once again opening fire on the partially covered boy, the defeaning sound of the shotgun blasting yet another shell filling the world like a thunderclap.
COMBATSYS: Jaeger has started a fight here.
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COMBATSYS: Kentou has joined the fight here.
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COMBATSYS: Jaeger successfully hits Kentou with Strong Shot.
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Fwew! The Killbot is monologuing.
Always an excellent time to.. get the heck out of here. o_o;
The youth slowly, painstakingly begins to crawl backwards. Maneuvering backwards on his stomach, crawling towards the opposite end of the car while gritting his teeth in effort. Desperately trying to make as little as sound as possible. In truth, the killing machine's words are going in one ear and out the other, only grateful that he's still talking rather than shooting for a few moments more. Hopefully.. maaaaaybe he can slowly stand up behind the car and make a break further down the street and break line of sight to those smoking weapons.
Uuunfortunately, the youth doesn't quite get that far. Having just barely managed to squeak out from under the vehicle, but unfortunately the shooter takes notice and opens fire. The windshield and door window beside him -explodes-. Shattering to the tune of thunder as the boy only leaps down after the fact. The car takes most of it.. But a number of buckshot finds purchase into his arm and shoulder. Not that the youth feels it.. oh no. Combat and terror has a habit of masking pain as raw adrenaline surges through his veins.
His first inclination? Get the heck outta here!
With a yelp, the youth rolls along the pavement and behind a mailbox. Quickly planting both feet against the dented metal surface before -shoving- with all his panick-augmented might! Attempting to send the clumsy thing towards the shooter and delay him further..
COMBATSYS: Jaeger overcomes Large Thrown Object from Kentou with Long Shot.
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The odd, tumbling object is little more than a shooting gallery target to Jaeger as red eyes track the slow moving, oddly tumbling object. With a single smooth motion, the shotgun is slipped back into the groove along his dorsal plating and his hand is raised. Panels slide back, and the sound of a motorized release announces the arrival of the .50 caliber revolver sliding into his steel grip.
The handcannon's trigger is pulled, and the steel jacketed bullet punches stright through the mailbox at a high velocity, the sheer force stopping it dead in it's tracks while a second armor peircing bullet is hastily snapped off in a second shot.
Both bullets streak towards Kentou, ripping through the air.
"Callow child. I have fought in the sands of Iran. Burned down the forests of Lebanon. I have made hardened SPETZNAZ agents die weeping, and MOSSAD agents have begged for mercy at my hands." The voice is chilly, the normal warm and friendly tones gone from his voice. Kentou has made him /angry/.
"And you seek to destroy me with a /mailbox/? Does your hubris no know bounds?"
COMBATSYS: Kentou dodges Jaeger's Long Shot.
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Thankfully, the boy's hastily crafted 'shield' manages to serve its purpose. While the .50 Cal shells pierce the thin steel of the mailbox completely unhindered, the bulky thing makes a great diversion to allow the youth to keep moving. Rolling across the ground swiftly as bullets strike pavement and kick impact clouds in his wake.
The mailbox itself is pierced through, the backside exploding as dozens of paper letters flutter through the air and tumble to the Earth like confetti.
A few more seconds bought.
The boy keeps moving, gaining momentum and never letting it go. A still target is a dead target here.. His heart racing a hundred miles an hour as he makes a break for it down the sidewalk. In a bid to keep that killer's aim off, the boy quickly leaps over an overturned cart of fruit that was blasted earlier. Spins on his heel as he -kicks- a nice, ripe Orange in a careful wide arc. Hoping to smash all that citris goodness right in that machine's red blinky eyes.
Just a few more seconds.. a few more seconds..
COMBATSYS: Jaeger overcomes Thrown Object from Kentou with Quick Shot.
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Oh, the indignities Jaeger faces.
The machine seeks to battle the most powerful warriors of the day. Frail humans, with their revolting biological processes fully dependant on water, sloshing, squirting, emitting and oozing from their bodies at random intervals... somehow they manage to coordinate their power into ways nearly unfathomable to him. Power enough to destroy him.
In that risk is there a simple pleasure. Kill or be killed, and through the overcoming of statistically long odds, Jaeger seeks to perfect his deadly hobby.
But this?
The boy isn't taking him seriously at all. Fruit! /FRUIT!/.
Swiftly, he removes one of the 9mm pistols from his left hip. The droid cracks off a simple rapid fire burst from the weapon, annihilating the orange and sending juice spraying everywhere as he sends another quick salvo towards Kentou. "Fight, fleshling! I can only derive so much entertainment from slaughter!"
COMBATSYS: Jaeger successfully hits Kentou with Quick Shot.
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Clearly, the robot avenger has perhaps made a slight miscalculation in choosing an appropriate target for his quest of annihilation and rancor.
The youth tries to get a little more distance, not even bothering to look behind him as he just races forth in a dead run. Bare feet pumping over the sidewalk as he pants and heaves. Only hoping, praying that his brief diversion will let him get to the street corner and get away..
The sound of gunfire and the odd thumping sensation in his opposite shoulder lets him know that didn't work out so hot.
The boy -crashes- to the ground. Skidding several more paces on his stomach. Wondering who just let out that terrible screech of pain..
..Oh.. that was him.. huh..
Knowing subconsciously that he can't just lay there, exposed to open gunfire.. the youth quickly rolls away again. Moving up against a doorway as his back presses against the wooden finish. Only barely breaking line of sight for a second.. As a hand quickly moves to his shoulder..
He's shot?
Hand moving forth.. staring at all the crimson on his palm..
..He's shot...
Wide eyes just staring.. stunned.. face pale.. Completely shellshocked..
COMBATSYS: Kentou takes no action.
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Jaeger 0/-------/------=|====---\-------\0 Kentou
Unlike those that get upset when they're challenged without reason, or assaulted without purpose, Jaeger is the kind of being that fully expects rapid retaliation. The fact that Kentou is just stopping to watch himself bleed lets him know that the boy is just a rank amature.
If this is true, then Jaeger has every right to eliminate the child before he reaches any power level worth considering. Safety locks disengage. Jaeger won't have to hold back any longer if he doesn't pose any kind of threat, and therefore no interest at all to the NESTS masters that he's beholden to.
"Prejudice," he says in his normal tone of voice, level, calm, and even, "Set to maximum." With that, a long razor cord is unleashed from his arm as he seeks to whips the child with flesh rending steel, the sharp-toothed cable seeking to slice away easily at flesh to the bone.
COMBATSYS: Kentou interrupts Shadow Hawk from Jaeger with Tekkoudan.
-* CRITICAL HIT! *-
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Jaeger 0/-------/----===|====---\-------\0 Kentou
There's really never any kind of reason to head toward the sound of rampant gunfire, explosions, shotgun pellets being blasted through metal, wood, and sadly at times, flesh. Hotaru has heard that chilling cacophany of sound in the past during a very difficult few weeks in the war ravaged nation of Thailand. But to hear them in Southtown itself?
Hotaru Futaba was out doing errands for the Kyokugen Dojo - Laundry to be precise. Also known as Dance of the Cleansing Kata according to Ryo-sensei. Hotaru is pretty sure doing laundry has nothing to do with dancing and even more sure that there is practically no definition of kata out there that would match up with it. But she also never really questions the actual chores she's given. It's all part of getting training from one of the most famous dojos in town!
Which is why she ends up missing all of the initial explosions... in the basement laundromat, headphones on in order to drown out the sound of washers and dryers and crying kids and screams of panic... - Wait, what? What is going on? Opening her eyes, distracted from her quiet reverie, Hotaru begins to look around. The place has emptied out, she's the only one sitting there in a chamber of rumbling machinery and steaming vents. Slipping the earphones from off her head and placing the little ipod in her pocket, the girl walks out into the street in a bit of a confused stupor.
Eyes squinting as she steps into daylight, it's with shock that the girl takes in her surroundings. Buildings with holes in them, cars upturned, the public fleeing in a panic from one focal point in particular. And it is toward there that the girl looks, trying to figure out just what terror it is that she should get to fleeing from. An invasion? A military strike from some hostile nation?
It's with a rapidly paling complextion that her eyes settle on the robot and the boy. She can't even figure out what Jaeger is at first, really, especially from a distance. But Kentou she recognizes immediately. Oh dear, what's that kid gotten himself into now? Everything is happening so fast, people pushing their way past the girl who finds herself rooted in place while a small boy wrestles for his life against the metal monstrosity.
Which is about when Jaeger's internal systems notice something peculiar.
Is that ventral armored plate supposed to disengage like that?
Lets back up.
The boy's eyes all but glaze over as he stares at the blood on his hand. This is real.. He just got shot. He's going to die.
..O..Oh crap..
A snap. While flight was his first option, clearly that's no longer on the menu. Which leaves the second option...
Fight.
The razored cord slashes out with deceptively deadly grace. Whipping forth to circle the stunned and quickly sinch close, effortly slicing the boy in..
..Gone?
A half second later the Youth can be seen within arm's reach. Channeling all the adrenaline and terror into pure action as his screeching voice screams, "TEKKOUDAN!!"
A single hopping step is taken, both fists drawn back before -thrusting- forth together, channeling all the kinetic energy into the ends of his fists, impacting the Killing machines armor with surprising force and vigor that the little youth certainly didn't seem CAPABLE of...
..Well well.. maybe this is worth his time after all?
At this point, judgment has laready been made. Despite the considerable impact to his armored shell, Jaeger seems unmoved. A few plates fall to the ground, broken. Very little else seems to have occured. Hotaru's not even in his detection range, either, so alarms haven't gone off to alert him of another potential combatant.
"Your retaliation comes too late," comes the cold, mechanical reply as Jaeger steps back to survey the damage. Forceful... but minimal in the end.
Time to switch gears, then.
The horrible sound of a buzz saw fills the air as the machine produces another weapon from the seemingly endless array he has available. As NESTS Cybernetics is mostly left to their own devices, Jaeger gets to test out many of the wonderful inventions they have available. The whirling saw blade from his forearm is raised high in the air, and then brough down with merciless force. The jagged, toothed edge of rapidly spinning steel attempts to brutally slash it's way through the young boy's body, guaranteed to leave a hideous wound in it's wake.
COMBATSYS: Kentou dodges Jaeger's Fierce Punch.
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The boy would love to debate the finer points of how late can retaliation be to the party, but at this point he's working on raw adrenaline and no small amount of terror. The pain.. driving him. Keeping him focused oddly enough, not really minding the wounds he's already recieved.. and that in itself is troubling. Shouldn't it hurt more than this?
But the world almost slows down for the kid, movements becoming much more fluid and graceful. Perhaps out of raw and total desperation more than anything. Life has a habit of only showing itself when its almost over..
As the hideous weapon extends forth in a screaming, metallic torrent promising complete agony. The youth twirls. One hand briefly touching the strong forearm for use as a fulcrum. Whole body arcing over the swinging limb as the youth neatly flips over that terrifying weapon.
Once his feet land on the ground, the boy spreads into a low stance, arms sweeping widely, "Shinsoku.."
Then SPRINGING with incredible speed. The ground impacting from the force of his vault in a blast of dust, his fist outstretched in an extention of the lancing strike, "YARI!"
His speed.. very impressive..
COMBATSYS: Jaeger endures Kentou's Shinsoku na Yari.
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Fast? Yes. The amount of damage that it does, however, is largely questionable. Hard fists pummel into harder armor, and the thick plating barely even dents under the rapid assault. The machine doesn't even emit a noise of irritation. The only thing that does happen is instant retaliation.
So the child is fast. Jaeger understands the importants of a rapid assault. Hunkering down, the hiss of deployed micro jets along his back herald his rapid shift backward. Making some room, it would seem.
And then he's off like a shot. Hurtling towards the boy at his own phenomenal pace, Jaeger's hoverjets propel him along the ground at a pace that seems almost unreasonable for his titanic weight. Hands are outstretched to catch the lad in uncompromising metal fingers as he seeks to casually fling the boy into a building at full speed.
Frozen with panic at first, Hotaru's feet only begin to move after she sees the small boy take on the metal beast in a fight for his survival. At first he looked panicked, out of control, about to be snuffed out as just another minor speed bump in the device's rampage. But now he's fighting it back?
Her steps started out slow but before long Hotaru's pace has turned into a dead sprint, closing yards with extreme speed. What is that boy doing now? He's fighting it back /and/ actually holding his own? As he goes springing for the assailaint a second time, Hotaru literally slows down in her advance, coming to a complete stop a half dozon yards away, mouth hanging open as Kentou tries his fate against the contraption from hell.
Wind blows down the length of the street, scattering dust, debris and torn papers, smoke and the smell of gun powder. And for a long moment, Hotaru waits.
COMBATSYS: Jaeger successfully hits Kentou with Wasp.
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The boy's fist strikes true. A loud metal CLANG rings out across the street as the impact reverberates through his smaller frame. For a moment the youth just stands there, fist outstretched and connected to the machine warrior.. Eyes slowly widening from their narrowed determination as just how futile the attack was against that armored frame..
..."..Oh crap."
With a brisk leap, the boy tries to flip backwards and way from the oncoming retaliation.. but completely unable to get out of the way in time. His defenses way over extended after that thrusting punch. His shoulders easily snatched as the boy is yanked out of the air in mid-flip and -driven- into the plasters of the building across the street. The impact shattering windows on eitherside of the crumbling edifice as air is -blasted- from the boy's lungs. Along with a small gout of blood. Hrk..
Just keep moving.. just keep moving.
Without a single breath of air left in his body, the youth moves on panic alone. Wordlessly writhing from his position as he keeps his hands on the machine's own grip. Getting just enough distance to run -backwards- up along the wall, using his gigantic foe as leverage. With a soundless grunt, the boy then flips over the monsterous armored beast's shoulder and attempts to carry the momentum juuust enough to try a half-judo throw. Hoping to perhaps at least bowl him to the side or knock the giant thing off balance..
COMBATSYS: Kentou successfully hits Jaeger with Nadare Kudaki.
- Power hit! -
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Like a massive tree, Jaeer's armored form creaks, totters, and goes crashing to the side. The boy seems to be getting some licks in, it would seem. This prompts Jaeger to recalibrate his systems. So far, the boy's avoided several attacks that would have likely squashed him outright.
However, things are about to change fairly soon.
Boosting himself up from a prone position, Jaeger whirls about to take a better look at his target. "Congratulations. You've earned yourself a decent death instead of one that consists of merely laying there, squalling at my feet." Hunkering down once again, he steadiex his systems and goes into full targeting mode, tracking the swift moving little boy.
This should be over fairly shortly.
COMBATSYS: Jaeger focuses on his next action.
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Death is not so good.
The boy rolls along the sidewalk after barely managing to topple the massive warrior. Grunting from the effort, Kentou scrambles to his feet and hops a few short steps away. Prancing backwards in something of a moving stance as wide eyes take Jaeger's measure yet again.. Until gaining a sinking feeling that, perhaps, he shouldn't have just ran out into the open without some measure of cover.. o_o;
Oh crap.. oh crap..
With only seconds to react, yet again attempts yet another delaying tactic. Catching a slight gleam of what may well be some manner of laser targeting, just like in those movies..
Gritting his teeth the boy -dives- forwards, hopefully confusing the Machine Killer's expectations of where he would naturally be most inclined to go.. Nominally AWAY from him.. Shoulder-rolling forth as he grabs ahold of a purse, discarded in the earlier panic as many fled as fast as they could, and -flinging- it towards the Robot's head. Hoping to smack the heavy handbag just hard enough to jar whatever targeting systems its bringing to bare..
COMBATSYS: Kentou successfully hits Jaeger with Thrown Object.
- Power hit! -
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Two things happen.
The bag successfuly hits Jaeger in the head. The delicate systems that were preparing for an assauly go off for a moment or two as he backs up, attempting to compensate. The boy is getting very lucky.
Then the unfotunate part.
Jaeger disengages the electronic locks on all his heavier armor plates. The heavy chobham armor clatters to the ground, blasting from his body with considerable force as he reveals a second form underneath the slower armored visage. A gaunt, deadlier looking being emerges from the drab, gray coccoon within, all chrome and shining metal as it almost seems to glare at Kentou, readying it's systems.
Like a bullet, Jaeger is suddenly nothing more than a streak of silver as he races towards Kentou, intent on simply tearing the boy to peices now. Metal fingers are outstretched to grab the young man by the head, and twisting it violently off his shoulders.
COMBATSYS: Kentou blocks Jaeger's Quick Throw.
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The youth takes another few hopping steps back as the purse slams against the killbot's head right on target, and then some!
Heart pounding in his chest, daring to feel something resembling hope out of all of this now.. As he hops another step back and prepares to make a run for it.
That is, until the sound of armored plates clattering to the ground makes the boy stop dead in his tracks.
Slowly looking over his shoulder, Kentou mouths the words, 'What. The. Fudge.' As eyes widen. Staring at what looks like.. a skeletal mini-machine within the already terrible beast.
Speed -clearly- increased, Kentou barely has enough time to -yelp- before his arms are thrown upwards in defense. Desperately -grabbing- that creature's wrists with what minor strength he can bring to bare, managing to knock its grappling claws off-course and clutch ineffectually at his cheeks. Nailtips slashing a cheek, and the other along his brow.
"HUP!" The boy is once again shocked into that previous rush of mind-numbed terror. The pain erasing once more from his body, already pushed to the limits of his endurance. Digging deeper as he keeps ahold of that things wrists and -leaps-. Hopping as he folds himself into a tiny ball, then -springing- forth. Using every muscle in his body in a bid to kick the thing in the head as hard as he can manage! "HUTAH!"
COMBATSYS: Jaeger parries Kentou's Heavy Kick!
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As the smaller boy leaps at him to kick, Jaeger's hand strikes out like lightning to yanks the boy aside. While that does no damage, it pulls him off track enough to keep Jaeger from getting struck by the incoming foot.
The machine whirls about, swiveling on one foot as he raises his right arm. The sound of metal on metal is heard as he deploys a dark carbon-steel blade, with a glimmering serrated edge. The massive two foot long combat blade catches the light for a moment, and then the robot is charging once more.
Seeking to jam the nasty weapon into his prey, he'll launch into the air in a full windmill turn before slinging the unfortunate lad back to the ground.
COMBATSYS: Kentou dodges Jaeger's Monster EX.
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The youth -squeaks- as the monsterous destroyer grabs his offending foot and throws him asside like so much trash. The boy's coiled strength mattering little against even this lankier version of the killing machine.
As the boy twists through the air.. thoughts pass through his mind. Vaguely recalling a day ago.. that teacher at the gym. Defeating his reckless attack in the exact same manner.
Huh.. she was right.. Kentou does over extend his reach. But.. maybe this thing does too..
The youth's thoughts snap back to the here and now as he realizes he's still in mid-air, his head moments from colliding with the ground as the metal beast is wasting no time either. Massive blade arcing through the air wickedly and singing for him with terrible strength.
"...Oh crap.."
In a heartbeat the youth's hands dart forth. Jabbing the ground just beneath his head with enough force to -shove- him back into the air. The abrupt handstand-kipup juuuuuuuust giving him enough extra airtime as the terrible lance screams past him. Slashing and whirlwinding a mere heartbeat from where he was moments ago.
Kentou is definitely not stopping to count his blessings, or how many lives he has left. Barely managing to recover as he arcs onto his feet, completing his flip.
"HUT!" Shouting with effort, the youth then reverses his momentum. Rebounding off pavement and leaping up and over the monster's side.. Attempting to very quickly -jab- at the thing's shoulder. Realizing that his hard hitting strikes do absolutely nothing against this metal behemoth's frame, perhaps now he had best hope for much more precise, careful attacks towards vulnerable looking spots.
Not that ANYTHING looks vulnerable on this horrific killing machine.. But it has to have a chink in its defenses somewhere.. anywhere.. It has to!
COMBATSYS: Jaeger blocks Kentou's Quick Punch.
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The machine doesn't seem too terribly interested in holding still for anything or anyone right now. Instead, a metal arm swings casually to the side, swatting the hand away from meeting it's mark with a disturbing casual grace that speaks of a being that's used to being punched at, and knows precisely how to deal with such a simple incoming attack.
Then, he leaps. It's an impossibly high, impossibly fast jump, his silver form seeming to practically disappear into a streak of silver as he reaches the apex of his jump.
The moment is still for a second. Then two.
The sensation, however, is that he's still here. Somewhere. Watching. The milliseconds crawl on like hours before the sound of impact sets off behind kentou. Metal boots strike pavement as he falls into a defensive crouch position behind Kentou.
Red lenses stare at the lad for a second, as a small rolling concussion grenade beeps once softly as it bumps into Kentou's feet, and proceeds to explode, tossing him into the air if he fails to avoid it.
COMBATSYS: Kentou slows Defender from Jaeger with Thrown Object.
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The boy grunts as knuckles ping on steel once more. Completing his leap as he rolls behind the thing, spinning about to face him once more with arms widely outstretched. Legs spread wide and low in a readied stance.. His senses aflamme yet thoughts perfectly calm. Eyes widen and attentive while his lips gasp for air, lungs pistoning their contents in and out as fast as it can to give his body that desperately needed oxygen. Unlike this monster.. his flesh is quite mortal, and just beginning to fail.
The creatures -LEAP- proves to be more than a little off-putting. Wide eyes staring into the sky as he prepares for the inevitable descending attack.. Except.. That it never seems to come. Stance beginning to relax.. the pacing of battle thrown off as aches and wounds once again make themselves known in the intervening seconds. His knees beginning to weaken..
Is it over?
*WHAM*
The massive impact startles the boy. Shrieking in surprise as he hops forwards into the air, away from the creature.. Hanging in the air a moment as the world slows down to the tune of a single.. *beep*.
The munition bouncing once near him.. Reflexes born of pure adrenaline, the youth's arm -whips- over. Grabbing a piece of debris from ground, broken away during the fight, and -hurling- it at the grenade with an off-the-hip pitching arm.
A -clink- sound rings out as the grenade just begins to deflect away.. Juuust getting out of range and nudging the weapon from something fatal into something.. just very uncomfortable.
The boy's scream is lost in the air-shattering explosion as his body is hurled away. Tumbling end over end in the air until crashing to a halt a short distance away..
So, he doesn't like grenades, eh? That's unfortunate, because as the kid lands in a heap, Jaeger's steadying his targeting systems once again. An arm is raised casually, the mechanical limb shifting, changing, re-forming into what looks like little more than a tube with several clips attached to it, feeling the weapon it's horrible surprise.
Calmly, he aims it at the moy from a few meters away. The massive bore of the gun would be ebough to accommodate the child's head, and within, multiple fluted launch tubes speak doom for anyone unfortunate to get in it's way.
And then he fires.
The air is practically filled with what seems like dozens upon dozens of the small, silvery orbs, falling from the sky and detonating in midair. The concussion grenades create no appreciable heate or shrapnel, but the hseer force is enough to upend cars, destroy pavement, and obliterate young fighters.
COMBATSYS: Kentou interrupts Veritech - Beta from Jaeger with Bakuretsu Tekkouken.
- Power hit! -
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COMBATSYS: Kentou can no longer fight.
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The boy remains prone for a heartbeat. Finally sliding to a halt from the earlier explosion.. the world lost in a stream of echoing white noise. The nearly point-blank explosion having rendered him deaf for the moment.. The concussive shockwave knocked him all but senseless. The image of the killing machine continues to blur in and out, dancing around in his swirling vision as he can barely make out what is coming to pass...
A gun of some kind.. A big one. Very big..
So. This is the end? Funny.. He didn't think it would be quite like this. Did he make Dad proud? He hopes so.. he hopes so.
..Except..
Wrapped hand clenching into a fist.
No.. not like this. If he's going out.. Kentou is going to make the world remember him!
"HaaaaaaaaHUP!" The boy's voice echos, fists -pounding- into the ground with enough force to push him into a sprinter's crouch. Time nearly seeming to stand still as the little mechanisms of that weapon cock and fire. Discharging sphere after sphere of annihilating death. Kentou is patient.. waiting just another moment. Looking for that eye in the storm.
The destructive holocaust washes down the street like rolling thunder. Breaking and shattering all it encounters like an all-devouring wall of mayhem.
"..Bakuretsu.." A hushed whisper, focused now as his hyper-real thoughts gain true clarity in what is most likely to be his last moment.
There.
Kentou is off like a shot. Running nearly as fast as the deadly shells that volley towards him, racing along the ground with enough speed to kick up a hissing trail of wind in his wake. Running through the oncoming fire as the wall of destruction passes over him.. Taking it's terrible toll as his body is raked by that terrible force. A careful, measured sacrifice. There is no pain anymore.. just that same soundless focus as his mouth screams words he cannot hear.
TEKKOUKEN!!
His open hand hovers an inch away from the offending weapon arm of the monster. Fingertips just brushing its cool, cruel surface. His momentum finally dying away as it took all he had just to push through the vicious siege.
In a remarkable, final display of force.. The boy's hand closes into a fist. His whole frame -jerking- forth precisely one inch. A deceptive blow with enough force to crack even armor as thick as this thing's! If Jaeger was a lesser man, he would have beent sent flying.
As is.. The boy can't even feel the ground anymore. The impact of the shattered pavement going unnoticed by a consciousness no longer there.. As his smoldering, youthful form slides to a limp halt just past the brutish monster.
She's been standing several yards away the whole time. Easily missed in the confusion - a lone figure on an otherwise rapidly deserting street. She was going to intercede right at the outset, but it was with a certain amount of awe that she stood by, watching the kid face the killing machine head on. She hadn't seen the panicked, frantic attempts to get away from the Ivasion of One at the start. All she sees is a small kid struggling to get by against impossible odds and... doing not too bad at it really.
There were moments where she literally held her breath, the precious little space that the boy was surviving by causing her heart to skip a beat, but he powered on all the same. But then the machine takes to the sky and the tide seems to turn for the worst as it leaves an explosive present behind for the boy and Kentou's speed starts to fail him.
"No-!" she cries out, starting to run forward even as the blastwave of the grenade rushes against her in the opposite direction. But there's nothing she can do about the subsequent rain of orbs that fill the air. The force of their small explosions slows her advance, causing the girl to bring her arms up over her face. She hears the boy's voice, nearly... but not quite drown out by the cacophony of destruction.
When the last sphere's detonation has completed, she lowers her arms, expecting the worst, having no idea how anyone could have survived. But when her eyes come to rest on him, he's no where near where she expected. How did he get closer to the machine through all of that? Alone on the street with none other to help, Hotaru takes more steps forward, her pace slowed now, a sinking feeling in her stomach that she had stalled far too long and left him alone beyond what she should have. "Oh no... no... what have I done," she murmurs, eyes focused more on the prone form of the boy than the machine that put him there.
Cold metal claws wrap around the boy's neck, and the machine lifts him up with a casual ease. The robot seems to have taken a particular pounding from the battle. Moreso than usual. Still, thought it all, Jaeger can recognize panicked, near feral luck compared to actual speed, strength and skill.
Some people do manage to demonstrate extrahuman qualities when pushed. Nevertheless, the droid has made his verdict.
"You failed. The outcome was inevitable, no matter how you delayed it. As much as I can appreciate the last ditch efforts of the condemned, they are often all for naught. You like the drive to truly be anything but cannon fodder. Fear is a survival trait... to an extent. When it paralyzes you, you're little more than another beast for the slaughter."
Of course, the lad isn't really thinking very much, so wide hands clamp over the child's slender ribcage. "War is chaotic. I very rarely get to observe the exact moment a human soul leaves the body. They say that it leaves like a cloud. Perhaps compressing your lungs every time you exhale until you simply suffocate will allow me the distinct pleasure of seeing this blessed event, yes?"
COMBATSYS: Jaeger gains composure.
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Perhaps the greatest gift Kentou's courage could have given him is that he no longer has the consciousness to despair over the torturous agony now certain to befall him.
The youth is lifted from the ground, still smoldering in places like a burnt ragdoll. Mostly intact as his own evasiveness and raw determination kept him from being blown apart. But still, the boy is clearly spent. Its hard to imagine such a small, delicate-looking thing being so strong when he needed to be.
As is, his head slumps to the side. Eyes closed with his form quite limp.. Utterly helpless.
Watching the limp child hefted into the powerful, metal hands of the robot is something straight out of a horror movie for the girl, her face paling, her mouth opening, her hands balling into small fists, "NO! STOP!"
She picks up speed finally, closing the distance that she should have closed long before things reached this point. There's no time for regrets now though, there's still a chance to save him if she's fast enough. That's the only hope she can rest upon now.
Speed pushed even further by the adrenaline of panic, Hotaru charges brazenly toward Jaeger, her arm out at her side as she scoops low in an attempt to literally clothesline him in what look to be his legs, completely misjudging the actual weight of the mechanized destroyer.
COMBATSYS: Hotaru has joined the fight here.
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COMBATSYS: Hotaru successfully hits Jaeger with Strong Punch.
- Power hit! -
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Caught off guard by the new assailant, Jaeger only has a split second to look up to see where the noise is coming from. Gears grind as he attempts to evade the incoming assault, but to no avail. Apparently the damage Kentou's final attack exacted managed to cause a failure in one of his secondary motivators. Instead of moving away at his usual breakneck pace, Jaeger stumbles, and is caught by a powerful blow.
Tossing the child aside, the best the machien can do is refocus his energies on targetting his new foe.
"Very good. Attack me when I'm not paying attention! Excellent! Excellent! Now, see how much damage you can do in the limited time that I have remaining int this sortie." With a snap, Jaeger's combat blade slides into existance once again as he tries to ram the metal killing edge into Hotaru's chest like a harpoon.
COMBATSYS: Jaeger successfully hits Hotaru with Tomahawk.
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Hotaru 0/-------/----===|=======\-------\1 Jaeger
Like a limp doll, Kentou's body is released. Flopping through the air and collapsing a short distance away. Rolling once before coming to a halt on his side.. limbs akimbo before him. Frighteningly motionless..
At this point all Hotaru can hope for is that he's burned through his /ammo/ by now. Grenades, bullets, shotgun shells are all things she's hardly had to train against before and she isn't eager to put her abilities to the test for it now. She's got his attention now though, and the boy has been cast aside. Discarded, no longer interesting enough to hold the speaking machine's attention.
She wasn't really sure just how much longer it can keep going. Even a cusory inspection of its exterior casing reveals a number of dents, scrapes, and other signs of damage that surely have to be adding up by now. Or so she hopes. Hope is kind of a universal sensation for her right now, since it's all she has to go on.
As it turns to speak to her, she becomes even more horrified. That level voice, computerized yet also sounding very much aware of nuances in word selection and context. Again, it would make sense in the movies. But right here in the streets of Southtown it makes no sense at all. "I only want to save the boy," she speaks, her tone heavy with worry. "If you simply go away, then nothing else needs to-"
And then he's upon her again. This time without any kind of munitions, resorting to a simple blade, deadly sharp, that he lashes out at her with. The hopeful heroine tries to step out of the way but the glinting metal sinks in, eliciting a pained cry. Her evasive step may not have gotten her out of the way, but it spared the lucky girl a piercing of a vital organ. Thus it is that even while she backs off the blade, sliding it out of her, leaving her blood on it and all over the front of her vest, she is able to continue standing.
Her left hand comes up to press against the wound while her right arm extends to her side, her forearm lighting up with a brilliant, blue aura that churns with a power waiting to be unleashed. "What is your purpose here?! All you've done is attack innocent people at random. Is there even a reason?" she asks, stalling as she charges up energy in her hand. Finally her arm rolls forward and the blue chi is put to use as a single, pulsating sphere of energy that goes hurling toward the battle hungry machine. "YA!"
COMBATSYS: Jaeger dodges Hotaru's Hakki Shou.
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Hotaru 0/-------/-----==|=======\-------\1 Jaeger
Out of ammunition? Absurd. Jaeger always has enough ammunition. Enough to take out a small country. That was the idea when the fevered minds that made him came together. A one being army. Cold, uncaring, unstoppable, completely devoted to their sole purpose of razing an entire country flat.
Quickly, the droid eyes the pulsating blast from the girl, and does a quick roll. There's no sense in prolonging this further. An arm begins to transform. Bereft of all the hard armor plating, the mehcanisms are free to work their magic as the already deadly arm transforms into a sigularly deadly appliance. Sliding back and becoming a shoulder mounted rocket launcher, the machine leaps back, landing cleanyl despite the lack of arm, and he hunkers down.
Targeting computers triangulate the young girl's position. "My purpose? My reasons? Nothing such children should concern yourself with. I have no explainations. Simply... beg the question, and rue the answer." And with that? Swarms of micro missiles blossom from his weaponized arm, whirling through the air and converging on Hotaru's position to blast her into a cinder.
COMBATSYS: Hotaru reflects Veritech - Alpha from Jaeger with Kobi Kyaku EX.
- Power hit! -
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The way it moves out of the trajectory of her attack causes Hotaru to balk slightly. She felt the weight carried by those legs when she struck him earlier and made the mistake of believing to be slow unless he wanted to expend the energy to use his jets again. But her little sphere goes sailing right by, impacting a wall, shattering a small chunk of it, sending brick dust into the air and chunks of it to the ground. None of which does her the slightest bit of good.
Her stalling let her get off the attack that takes her so long to charge up and now she lowers that right hand of hers, the blue aura that had set it aglow moments ago bleeding back into her skin. She winces ever so slightly, finally pulling her left hand away from the wound in her chest, a gouge on her right side, just below the shoulder.
So preoccupied with her own condition, she's helpless to do anything as his arm becomes something even more terrifying. She remembers shoulder mounted devices like that in Thailand, though never had one pointed directly at her. She saw them destroy walls, bring down builings, wreck tanks with those things. And now one is coming right at her.
His aim is flawless but her reaction is almost equally precise in its timing. A swift, reverse roundhouse leaves behind a swath of blue energy - a thick barrier created from the girl's inner strength. But it isn't enough. Snapping her foot down, she presses her right hand against the makeshift wall, sinking even more strength into it, giving it the durablity to hold against the incoming rockets. Many of them explode against it while others merely get stuck without detonating.
When the swarm is no more, the girl presses her hand harder against the barrier, shattering it outward back toward Jaeger. "KYA!" The chi itself dissipates before it goes too far, but many of those missiles that had yet to explode are sent hurling back through the air his way even faster than they had originated.
COMBATSYS: Hotaru successfully hits Jaeger with Reflected Veritech - Alpha.
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Jaeger's reaction to the incoming attacks is simple. They're his. He knows what they're capable of. With ECMs in place, many of the scatter away from him, detonating harmlessly, or he just ducks or avoids them. However, one missile does manage to thread the needle, and impact against his armored frame. The blast sends him backward, tumbling end over end to skid into a heap.
Clearly, Jaeger's in need of a tune up, considering his miserable performance. Granted, he's going against a completely fresh opponent now, despite his low energy levels.
It would seem that retreat is in order, wouldn't it? At least, that's what a sane being would do. Nevertheless, Jaeger won't stop fighting until the automatic shutdown orders come in, and he's forcibly made to return to NESTS. Systems are already being shut down to preserve power and more vital electronics, and he knows that this last salvo will likely be the final assault he's allowed before the forced instructions come and his subconcious routines keep him from continuing.
The blade is once again deployed. This time, he goes in for something far less fancy. Shooting forward at full speed, the attack is a little off center, but he tries to leap at the last moment, catching the girl in the face with the horrible knife before landing behind her.
COMBATSYS: Jaeger successfully hits Hotaru with Monster.
-* CRITICAL HIT! *-
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Repelling a missile salvo is no small feat. The effort she poured into keeping that barrier strong enough to handle it leaves her hesitating, lowering her hand after what was left of his attack is sent back his way. The defenses he has for the incoming projectiles are another cause for concern, even if one manages to slip through. Is there anything his creators didn't think of to put into him??
And then he's coming at her again, the machine body moving with speed that seems so inappropriate for how heavy it felt. The raw momentum that must be behind such movement is incomprehensible for the small statured fighter. The blade is out again, perhaps still wet from the last successful stab, and now it's coming for her again.
Trying to move out of the way a second time, Hotaru's attempts to not get struck again prove horribly unsuccessful. The metel meets her flesh, tearing through her cheek in passing, striking with enough force to spin the girl right off her feet even with how sharp the edge of the blade is. Were this any kind of sanctioned fight, she would just give in right there. She's already been horribly maimed, bleeding from two grevious wounds now with the threat of more to come if she continues. But she also knows the stakes of this fight. She saw them in the way the device held the boy, intent on observing his death throes up close and personal. There is no giving in against this beast. There is only death.
Hands extend to her sides as the girl pushes herself up again, blood already pooled on the concrete from where she landed, her mouth clenched shut as she feels the crimson victory spilling out of the gash in her cheek, spilling over her tongue as well as down her side. She's going to need to get medical attention shortly before she bleeds to death even without any further aid from the robot.
Panting, forcing her breath through her nose in order to avoid the risk of choking on her own blood, the girl turns to follow the trajectory of the bot. Her legs, at least, go uninjured thus far, and it is to them that she gives her trust, leaning forward to chase after Jaeger and take to the air into a forward flip. It turns into a dive at the apex of her jump as she tries to strike the head of the robot with her boney knee first. If she can manage to do that, she'll swing her other leg around as well in order to deliver a second jaring strike before back flipping away to hopeful safety.
Her mouth stays closed now - no more questions, no more yells, only the gasps and panting necessitated by frail mortal limits.
COMBATSYS: Jaeger dodges Hotaru's Rengeki Shuu.
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Electric eyes track the incoming attack. The machine's capacities are starting to fail, and as he uses his last erg of power to evade the attack, jaeger can already feel his concious mind shifting into reserve mode as the automatic systems take over. Hardwired programming shifts in as he's forced to retreat from the area.
No angry fist shakes. No epitaphs. Nothing. The machine jolts backwards and away from the incoming assault, little more than a silver streakin in the air. The bright flash seems to trail off into the distance, and simply vanishes, leaving no trace of the machine.
All that exists to suggest that he was there is a wrecked city block, a wounded girl, and one thoroughly beaten young boy. Jaeger may not be a top tier fighter, but he definitely causes more destruction pound for pound than any World Warrior can just because of the wanton nature of his strikes. He simply doesn't care about who or what gets hurt on his rampages, and that might be why he's so good at taking down fighters that outclass him.
Whatever the case may be, the robot disappears, leaving more questions than answers.
Her knee dive misses as the deadly robot makes a tactical retreat, answering to programming she knows nothing about. She adjusts her dive into a sliding landing, feet touching down and one hand to help brace herself as she comes to a stop. And then all she can hear in the aftermath of the vanished robot is the sound of her own heart beating, her lungs laboring to keep her going as she feels herself growing weaker by the minute. Bowing her head a little, her dark hair blends with the red, sticky region that is her cheek now, forming a matted mess.
But in the end, she survived it. While she isn't certain, she at least knows she chased it off from injuring the- "Kentou," comes the whisper, blood flecking to the ground beneath her mouth. Her body begrudges her the demand to keep moving when all it wants to do is collapse. But Hotaru keeps going, rising back to her feet to stagger back over to the fallen boy, her left hand once again pressing over the stab wound inflicted earlier.
Dropping to her knees at his side, she realizes she lacks the strength to carry him further, leaving her only capable of bowing toward the ground, her forehead pressing against the concrete, her palms pressed against the sidewalk. It would seem ridiculous to die like this, she ponders, bleeding to death in the middle of a large, populated city. To fight so hard for something and then be left alone in the end.
Darkness closes, her vision going slowly as she succumbs to the limits that fighting machine would never have to understand. As she rolls over onto her side right next to Kentou the wail of sirens reveberates down the streets. Fire engines, ambulences, police cars, military vehicles all moving in to try and reclaim control over the disaster zone. Expecting a riot, a gang of well armed warriors causing all of this destruction, they find only an empty block and one very injured girl lying next to one very injured boy. Two survivors in the wake of a nameless nightmare given form and set loose on the city. Its reasons unknown.
COMBATSYS: Hotaru has left the fight here.
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Log created on 22:37:57 08/20/2007 by Jaeger, and last modified on 11:11:05 08/21/2007.