Chapter 18 - End of the line! The Duel between Men! (Part 2)

Story by Eurasia M on SoFurry

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#51 of Book 2 - N.D.'s Reign

The assault on the Ploho HQ has begun. Can a human and shark work together despite the reputation the horrible group has amassed?


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_The things we do, we were told it was supposed to be for the better of all humans and dragons. I didn't think it was as true as it could be. Mike wants to protect everyone, which is pretty much impossible...but hell. Not going to let the odds scare me. _

Date - December 31st, 2055

Location - Otchayanie, Center of the City at Ploho HQ

Time - 2:05 pm

The dark clouds blocked out nearly all light, a storm starting to move on in with the sound of thunder and flashes of lightning brightening the sky. Ruru managed to find where Tatyana was located, though he was awaiting on his Shark accomplice as she needed a bit of time to get ready. He flew high above the ceiling, though he knew that being so far up was a bad idea with the impending storm. One thing he noticed that there was a helipad at the top of the skyscraper, which made sense since it was a building nearly 100 stories up, making it the tallest building in the city. One odd thing about the skyscraper was a big F adorned on the west side of it. Whatever it meant, the dragoon didn't care, quickly flying down to ground level a few blocks away.

He pulled down his hoodie and wondered how to get in, holding up the P.I.C. he took from the late goon squad taken out by Nika and wondering the best COA, "Not much external security...but makes sense. To them, no one has the balls to mess with their group. I'm guessing inside is where the real fire power is.", thought Ruru, turning to the side once he heard the very faint sound of footsteps. Someone sucked their teeth as they moved forward, though probably expecting it considering the reputation a dragoon has for being a mighty warrior, "That's impressive. Usually by the time someone hears me, it's after the target's friend hearing the body fall. Guess you are the real deal dragoon.", complimented the shark, having adorned her battle armor since she was expecting to go in and bring along a rain of blood and bullets.

She was outfitted with the most advanced battle suit on the military market, something that was not cheap at all. Her feet and legs were re-enforced with gray armor, all the way up to her thighs, which were still visible but properly shielded by the strongest portable shield you can buy, making sure that any unguarded areas were safe from fire. Her breast plate had a familiar symbol on both sides of it, "..Abu brand armor. Weird..I thought he said he didn't make things for war or fighting anymore.", muttered Ruru, seeing that her arms, and hands were completely armored up in a darker sleeker black, even her shoulders. Only thing not armored was her long blue tail, but it had a string of glowing lights going down the sides of it, showing where the shield's power sources were and ensuring that no part of her body was unprotected.

On her back was her D.M.R., for mid range, and the shotgun she acquired earlier, with a pistol in a holster on her hip for just in case, "Well I'm ready...You must be tough not to consider having protection. Did you scout the area as you said?", she asked, getting a nod from the dragoon. He quickly explained the basic layout he saw, coupled with the map inside the P.I.C., it was all up to getting in the front door. From what he gathered, the two pieced together that Tatyana would be close to the top floor, where the top dogs would meet and discuss business. From the looks of things, she was unharmed, but for how long was a thought the two did not want to think about, "Pretty much they have cameras and such outside, with all of their forces inside. With no one left to oppose them, guess they didn't figure anyone not part of them to visit.", commented Ruru, seeing Nika grab her D.M.R. and screw on a silencer on it.

The shark pulled down her holographic sights which were on her head like glasses, which covered her eyes and gave her real time information such as wind speed, elevation, and friendlies nearby. Her eyes locked on the camera and shot it, breaking it down without making a sound, aside from light sparks coming from the bullet piercing the metal. The two waited a few minutes and two guards came out, both dressed in black shirts and both large brown bears probably well over 10 feet tall, having to squeeze in from the door since they were the biggest species in the organization. Both of them muttered something, which Ruru couldn't understand, though not that it mattered since both were taken out quickly with a single shot to the head.

Her aiming and speed were quite impressive, the dragoon giving a complimentary whistle from how good her shots were, "Well, guess they didn't see that coming, nor will they ever. Let's go, before they find out.", remarked Ruru, running forward ahead while Nika had his back. The two walked around the bodies, Nika stopping as Ruru was about to enter the door, "Wait...", ordered Nika, hearing a voice coming from the pants pocket. Seems that the late lackey's superior officer was looking for them, their sneaking mission compromised if nothing was done. Nika put her D.M.R. back on her back and kicked one of the Bear's body over, ripping out the P.I.C. from his pocket and clicking the button.

"Yes?", she answered, her voice changing to a deep low voice. Quickly her visor scanned the P.I.C. and two bodies, getting the info from the other bear's P.I.C. and understanding who they were. She was asked where she was, finding out that "he" was not at his pose, "Just a malfunction at camera 001. Seems one of the birds took a shit on it. Thought me and Esper should stand guard until one of the repair bots take care of it boss.", she answered, getting a positive response and being ordered to report any suspicious activity. Ruru whistled from the skill of this female shark, seeing her put the P.I.C. down and join him inside, "Nice. You are definitely prepared...though not sure how long we have until they're found out."

Nika smirked and held her pistol in hand, putting on a silencer and following close to the dragoon. It seemed to be the parking area, being at the lowest level of the skyscraper. Nika pointed out four cameras at each corner, the two being directly under on as they entered. Quickly she took out two on the left and right corner before shooting the one above them. Ruru easily just waved a hand, cleaving the final camera in two, Nika nodding and carefully moving forward. Luckily the parking area was rather dead, an elevator at the far end, with stairs as well. The shark pointed silently with two fingers towards the stairs, knowing that elevators weren't a good idea. As the two were going to enter the stairs, Ruru heard footsteps, very loud footsteps coming down, and the elevator was also coming their way. It was rather empty and only two Vans in the area side by side, meaning that there was little to hide behind.

Thinking quickly, the dragoon of wind grabbed Nika, who gave a light eep and lifted her up in the air, flying high above in the middle of the area. Out came a trio of brown bears, talking something that Ruru did not understand, nor did he care. Silently he kept the shark safe, who was a bit uncomfortable with how she was held but dealt with it until the bears got into a van while laughing, then driving off into the city. It took a few minutes but once the area was clear, Ruru flew down and in front of the stairs, "Close one...sneaking around isn't easy when there's nothing to hide again.", he commented, turning around and getting a slap to the face. It wasn't a hard one but with her strength, it made a decently loud slap.

"Warn a gal before you do that! Sheesh...", she scowled at the human, not used to being handled in such a way. The dragoon chuckled and opened the door carefully to the stairs, rubbing his cheek lightly and seeing that it was a very close quarters stairs, though large and wide to accommodate the ones under the Ploho's employ. The red carpet over the stairs, and the black marble walls showed how much money they were handling, even something as simple as the stairs looking elegant. The duo continued up quickly and quietly, thankful for the lack of cameras before reaching the 12th floor, where the stairs ended.

The halls were thin, from a closer look it seemed more like an office building than the HQ of an evil organization. Though with the things they traffic and such, it was probably needed for the insane amount of information stored here. Quickly the two sneaked into the gray colored halls with more red rug, wondering who had the fetish for so much regal design. Quickly they moved to the next set of stairs, quietly going up the stairs until coming up to the 24th floor, where it ended. Seems like the stairs had a pattern of ending every 12th floor, requiring them to go to another set of them. Though to their luck ended once they reached the end of the second flight of stairs, the door to the 24th floor suddenly being opened by a big brown bear in the same outfit the rest of the grunts had.

"Ah crap!", shouted Ruru, quickly dismembering him with a flick of the wrist, the wind slicing through the door as well and knocking him back. The blood splatter made the shark step back, the walls being stained and the bear's scream quickly silence once he fell back with a thud The bear was silenced before he could stir up any trouble, but the alarm suddenly sounded, the door in front of them quickly being sealed shut with a metal blast door, "Damn...must have been a camera there...", Nika commented, grabbing her shotgun and preparing for action. Though the door in front of them was a problem, the shark not bringing any explosives for the mission. Ruru thought for a moment, walking forward and examing the metal shielding, "Can you cut through it with your wind mumbo jumbo? I can't risk breaking my fists on that door...gotta keep the trigger finger safe.", she asked, seeing the dragoon step back.

He swiped his hand towards it, seeing that his wind barely was able to nick it, "...this is top quality stuff. My normal wind can't cut it...", he thought, knowing that being stuck in an enclosed area was a bad idea. It was then an idea came to mind, not expecting to use his new technique so soon, "Stand back Nika. Things are gonna blow up.", ordered the dragoon of wind, the sharkess wondering what he had in store. She went down to the lower part of the stairs, peeking out from behind a corner and seeing the dark colored human holding his arm straight to the side while keeping his hand balled up. He started to swing it around, keeping his arm straight and gathering the wind in the area to start spinning around his hand.

The air around Nika began to get stronger and stronger, feeling like being inside a storm once the dragoon gathered enough around his fist, pounding right into the lower right of the door. Sparks flew, enough to make the shark turn away from the blinding light. Ruru closed his eyes while his wind cut through the door like a welding torch, grinding though the tough metal in a matter of seconds as he cut a hole big enough for them to go through. Using such a technique was somewhat taxing, his spiritual power being quite low so techniques as power heavy such as that were not easy to pull off, "There we go...good ole fashion Forage Vent to get through tough defense. But...it still needs work.", he thought to himself, slipping in first to see if there were any badguys coming. Nika was rather impressed, crawling through the hole and seeing the dragoon cut through a camera, the one that got them caught.

"Wow...such power. I can see why N.D. put that price on you. I'm guessing that other dragoon...Eurasia was it? Must be even stronger.", she remarked, Ruru feeling like a vein popped in his head. The difference in their bounty was unfortunate since he was physically stronger than his best friend, but since Michael was a bigger pain in the ass, he was more recognized, "Don't let the bounty amount help you come to such a conclusion Nika. Just to say.", commented the dragoon of wind, seeing the elevator heading their way. There were two large elevators, enough to fit at least 3 of the brown bears they had seen. There was also the sound of men coming up the stairs behind them, and coming down from the other stairs that lead to higher floors.

"Alright alright. They're coming!", she shouted, aiming right at the elevators and greeting the enemy Bears and Boars with the gift of buckshot to the face. Her shotgun was an auto-shotgun, taking no effort to blow brains and limbs onto the walls of the elevator. Their screams were muffled by the blood in their throats from her amazing aim, Ruru doing his part and making sure no enemy got in their way. He heard orders in that language he had no idea, then seeing a gas grenade go off as it was thrown up the stairs. Tear gas made to inconpasitate their victims quickly filled the stairs, the dangerous gas soon starting to head towards the hall they were in. Unfortunately for them, they were up against a master of air molecules, pushing all that air back down the stairs and hearing the sounds of pain echoing in the room. Coming from upstairs, another Bear smashed the door down, only to find himself being pushed right back in with so much force he flew though the wall, having been killed from internal injuries long before hitting the ground below.

To clean up, Ruru held his palms up, blasting directly up and completely demolished the stairs going to their floor from above. As the debris rained down on him, he followed up by destroying the area below, seeing screaming thugs plummeting to their doom below. Nika turned on her infrared, and saw movement starting to come from below, as well as others on the same floor but not taking action just yet, "Ruru, coming from downstairs!", she shouted, salvaging some grenades from the bodies and cooking one immediately. She waited a few moments, before tossing it and turning away. The dragoon jumped away from the door as the loud explosion shook the whole floor, hearing yells echoing again. An arm flew out from the door, Ruru quickly going over and blowing the smoke back down the hall.

Nika looked around with her infared once she reloaded, having killed 6 mobsters and taking their ammo from the bloodied bodies, "Ruru, we have to move! They're trying to pincer us and 7 shots isn't enough to deal with 30 people!", she warned, seeing on her thermal vision that bodies were coming down from the higher floors via the other elevators on the other side and the nearby rooms on their floor. Ruru quickly ran at her, knowing that he could probably take them out, but the risk of their bullets hitting him and his temporary partner was rather high, "Right...Nika, what's above us?", he asked, the shark looking up and wondering why he would ask that.

There wasn't much of anything above them, aside from more baddies, "Uh, just pretty much more floors. Why----eeeek!", she shouted, feeling herself being grabbed once more and being spun about in the dragoon's arms. The air once more grew turbulent, with the wall starting to peel off and the rug getting ripped from the ground, "Because it's time to tatsumaki outta here!", he shouted, causing a tornado to appear and blast through to the floor above. The shark had to hold on to her shotgun closely once she felt her feet leave the ground, flying through floor after floor, before stopping at a floor where his wind was unable to break the ceiling. Sparks flew against a dark looking metal, showing that whatever was above, was made of tougher stuff. Nika jumped off, again blushing since she was not used to being in a male's arms in such a fashion.

"S-stop doing that without warning a gal!", she yelled, seeing that everyone was scrambling to get upstairs. Unfortunately there was no way up that high aside from the elevators, but with only 3 people at a time, it would've been too slow. Ruru flew up and checked the ceiling, seeing only small nicks in the metal, "I did what I had to get us out. Though...this stuff is even stronger than the door I cut though. We need to go around.", remarked Ruru, seeing that they went up quite a few floors. Nika looked at the stair case, though destroyed, saw the number "51", on it. They were still a few ways off, but Nika saw a blip on her visor. Ruru walked over to the stairs he destroyed, seeing that he took out quite a bit down, but like the cieling above, he couldn't break through. It seemed the half way point was completely made of the same metal, considering another course of action before being tapped on the shoulder by the shark.

"Ruru, I found Tatyana. She has a P.I.C. on her, though only the close range frequency is on. I'm fairly sure she's right above us!", she exclaimed, meaning that they were that close to their goal. All that was left was to find a way up there, which seemed to only one possible way, the elevator which Nika pointed out. Ruru clenched his fist and punched the elevator doors down, seeing that it ended just on the floor above and was an easy way to get up there. Nika saw that she probably had to be carried again, the dragoon this time not immediately grabbing her, "You mind?", he asked, the shark sighing and climbing into his arms one more time. The dark elevator shaft still had the cables attached, Nika wondering if she should fix that.

The dragoon lifted them up and flew up to the next floor, the closed elevator doors no match for the wind dragoon's slicing, keeping the shark held in one hand while using the other launch an X shaped slash. Such power would be very useful, but also if he were to ever turn sides, it would be devastating as well she thought. She considered asking him something, though suddenly as the elevator doors fell apart, the sound of the elevator moving caught their attention. Nika glanced down, seeing that it was indeed moving upwards towards them, "Gah...they don't learn...allow me this honor.", she asked, pulling out a rather sharp combat knife from her right hip. The luster of the silver colored blade with a black handle was quite impressive, though it wasn't until she squeezed tightly that it began to glow.

"Oh? The Ohm Master High voltage combat knife...that's rather illegal tech you got there Nika.", he remarked, seeing her quickly cut the steel line as if it were wet paper, quickly flying into the opening created by him to avoid the falling structures from above. They were fairly high up, barely seeing the flash but definitely hearing the crash from the elevator dropping over 40 floors. The shark jumped out of his arms, sheathing the knife and looking at him with an annoyed look on her face, "You dragoons are still responsible for letting loose so many criminals...so it's best not to tell me what is illegal and such. If it gets the job done in putting down the corrupt and evil in this world while keeping the innocents safe, then I'll use it.", she remarked, Ruru understanding what she meant.

Whatever her story was, it must really must have been something to drive her this much against the bad guys, "Hey...we didn't do it on purpose. We're more focused on taking out N.D. before sweeping up the rest. But that takes time. Just understand, dragoons like me and Eura fight for the good of all. Kinda like you, just with less bullets.", he remarked while clenching a fist, getting a slight chuckle out of her, before focusing back on the matter at hand. Nika was getting a strong reading in a room to the side of the elevator shaft they came from, the entire floor having a different vibe from the earlier ones. It seemed like before, the lower floors were simply offices and the such, but the floor they were on now had completely metal walls and floor, a dark black lit up by bright white lights on the ceiling.

"That explains alot...this whole floor...it's not the same.", commented the dragoon, stomping the floor and seeing that it would not crumble like the other floors. There was only one door, and the door itself was a shutter type door, the two walking towards it, with Nika trying to look through it, "....I can't see what's inside. In-fact I lost the signal....something's jamming my equipment.", remarked the shark, seeing nothing but static now, lifting it up and holding up a pistol. Whatever was behind that door, was probably the ones behind the kidnapping. Ruru put a hand to it, feeling something behind it before it opened up, seeing that inside was a dining hall, a large one at that.

Now that they realized, they'd only been on the outer sides of the building, the inner sections not on their mind, but it was quite a large room, adorned with red and yellow curtains, crystal chandeliers. With so many tables, even a small stage on the left side, this had to be where the thugs relaxed. The light music playing from the speakers eased the mood, seeing that there was no one in the room made things even more uneasy for them. Slowly they walked in, going up the small bit of steps while keeping on their toes, "...Nika, you sure that she's here? Unless Tatyana is invisible, though I wasn't briefed on that.", he asked, getting a pistol smack to the back of his shoulder for that wise crack.

Her visor definitely got a signal from this room, only seeing a bar, many many round tables, and a stage. Only thing that caught her eye was the open door on the other end, which was supicious enough. Ruru thought for a moment, before seeing his shark comrade fall back in pain, "AHHH!", she screamed in pain, blood flying from the wound before falling on the ground. Her visor was destroyed from what seemed like a gunshot, making the dragoon look around and find himself under the sights of about 30 thugs with laser sights pointed at his whole body, "Fuck..I knew it...", he remarked, seeing that they were hiding up in the ceiling, behind the bar, and under tables. They scrambled all electronics to prevent themselves from being seen by her equipment, one of the thugs who managed to survive telling the higher ups about the technology the shark was using.

Nika rubbed the side of her head, seeing that it wasn't anything too serious as the shield took the brunt of the force. Only a headache and a slight cut, not moving too much upon seeing that they were ambushed. The doors behind them were shut tight, Ruru holding his ground and glancing to gauge the distance between him and Nika, and other possibilities. With thirty or so guys, pointing their rifles, machine guns and snipers at them, it would be hard to dodge even for him, "Well you got my attention now. Any of you gentlemen know where Tatyana is?", asked the dragoon, raising his arms up since he was clearly outmatched.

Quickly he moved his head to the side, a bullet grazing his cheek and almost exploding on impact behind him, one from a sniper up in the ceiling. Ruru's kept a calm look on his face, keeping note on who fired at him. To his surprise, everyone one in the room were either a tiger or a fox, none of the bulky muscle bears or wolverines they encountered earlier, meaning that this was a strike force who excel in weapons, not just their size and strength. Out from the other door, a wolf came in clapping, though a grey wolf that had seen better days. A good comparison would be his shark comrade, who had enhancements on her arms and legs, though this guy had it from the neck down, and part of his face, "The dragoon of wind, Ruru. I'm actually quite happy to see. QUITE HAPPY. HAHAHA!", he laughed, the maniacial laughter creeping out the dragoon.

Least Ruru's fame was getting higher, not even being recognized a month ago, "Ooooookay. I'm not gay just to say but....You know where Tatyana is?", he questioned, the wolf feeling like he popped a vein in his forehead. He cracked his knuckles, even though he had no knuckles to speak off, just metalliac arms and legs, having no need for clothing either since the only flesh was his head and part of the neck, "That bitch, she's already outlived her usefulness. Honestly I want to make you suffer as you're affiliated with that pesky Eurasia. But a little birdy told me that he's surfaced once again. I'm going to be quite busy getting my revenge. Boys, show him how you greet people in your country.", he ordered while raising a hand, grabbing P.I.C. from one of the cronies and vanishing in a flash of light. One of the foxes said something to the tiger, cocking all of their weapons and aiming at the shark, then back at the human. That wolf mentioning his friend couldn't have been good news, but now he had to focus on the situation at hand.

"They said..kill the human first...they'll use me how they see fit...then finish me off as well.", remarked Nika, Ruru knowing that what they were talking about was nothing good. Ruru saw that the biggest threats were the ones from the ceiling, counting three snipers and noting with their high vantage point to be a big problem. The dragoon notice that Nika had two grenades left, and there was one table beside him. There wasn't much time left, knowing that in a few seconds, he'll be rained on bullets of the highest speed and caliber, "Nika...cook your grenades...and toss them up...then...hide behind the cover I'll make for you. Those snipers...are a real threat.", he muttered while glancing back, the shark giving a nod and carefully reaching down for the grenades at her waist.

"5 seconds...starting...now", she replied, Ruru quickly counting off a second, before jumping to the right side and kicking the table to the left, "Hey assholes! Over here!", he shouted, that action brought everyone's attention onto him. Machine guns and rifles all barely dodging the barrage of bullets heading his way. Only the snipers focused on the shark, who saw her move her hands. Before they could fire, their view of her was obstructed by the table, seeing her vanish once it flew past where she would be. Luckily their attention was enough to not notice the grenades flying at them, Ruru having helped them fly towards their targets. Shrapnel ripped through their flesh once it blew it up in their faces, the last fox sniper trying to find her, "Damn it. That dragoon...", he muttered, his scope about to move before being pushed back by a gust of wind. It was a good enough to slam the back of his head against the ceiling, knocking him out and having him drop his sniper.

However on ground level, Ruru was rolling from table to table, getting the full focus of the machine guns aimed at him. It was close but he was avoiding getting turned to swiss cheese. On the opposite end, Nika had rolled to the bar table, everyone not noticing her after vanishing from sight using the table as a cover. Ruru had completely gotten their attention, the rest not considering the shark a threat in the least. That was their downfall, grabbing her knife and sneaking up on a tiger who trying to fire at the dragoon as well. She grabbed him from the side, quickly disarming him and stabbing him right in the neck. The blood splatter landed on a comrade, the only reason why he turned away only to get a bullet between the eyes.

Ruru was running out of tables to hide behind, though he noticed the amount of bullets flying his way had been decreasing, "She wasted no time I see. Efficient fish isn't she.", he joked, seeing that his hail of bullets stopped for a moment after hearing a shout. It seemed that they hadn't noticed their comrades falling one by one immediately, a team of angry soldiers screaming shouts of revenge. Ruru peeked through a bullet hole and saw their focus going on towards the bar table and wearing away the wooden structure. Although pinned, she knew that the dragoon would do his part, the dragoon of wind kicking the table he was hiding behind with such force that it shattered on impact with two guys, splattering them to pieces and leaving a smear against the wall. It was then that the last 5 guys saw that they were out classed, backing up towards the other end and retreating, "W-we can't win! Send in the Kructoy Perens!", shouted the last surviving fox, the tigers growling that they were completely outclassed but knowing that living was important."

It was interesting to note that they were speaking english, something that caught Ruru's attention compared to what they were talking before, the same language Nika was able to speak. Nika peeked out from the bar, reloading her pistol, and dmr as she took out quite a bit of guys, "...Finally. Though if we were going to walk into a trap willingly, least don't let them shoot me. Not what a gentleman would do.", complained the shark, knowing that such a small location with interference was such an obvious trap though she went with the dragoon's instinct. Ruru gave a firm apology, not thinking that they had so much firepower in store for them, "Right, that was my bad all the way Nika. I expected machine guns, not..snipers of that caliber...those were .900, something that's very expensive to make and not easy to obtain.", commented Ruru, holding one of the sniper rifles that fell from the cieling. The barrel was incredibly wide, taking a moment to rip the weapon in two with his bare hands since he's had the displeasure of delivering a massive crate of these murder weapons in the past.

"We can't relax anyway...they're sending in more reinforcements. The "Tough Guys"...now I know who we're up against.", remarked the shark, taking a moment to see the status of her busted visor. The dragoon was unsure what else to expect, now starting to hear loud footsteps coming their way. It felt like the entire floor was shaking, Ruru getting a bad feeling for a moment. In came two bears, but they were completely armored up, if not looking nearly cybernetic. The gray metal on their chests, only thing that was visible flesh was their eyes and part of their muzzles, Ruru taking an offensive stance since they seemed to be a different league than the other guys.

"The Kructoy Perens are the ace in the hole of the Hirelings, mercenaries who...only care about whoever gives them the highest price. It's disgusting....", explained Nika, getting her shotgun ready and cocking it. As soon as one of them growled, they sprinted right over the bodies of their fallen comrades, the dragoon quite surprised at their speed as he dodged a punch coming at him. Nika jumped back and fired quite a bit of buckshot into her target, but seeing it was doing no damage in the least. The bullets only caused sparks to fly over her target's chest, making her rethink her strategy as he came back for more.

- Meanwhile...

Outside of the Slender slick pub, the quiet of the town was shattered by the sound of yelling, "Yea! I knew you wouldn't let him escape!", shouted Lager, his suit slightly ruffled from the issues earlier. On the ground, on his knees kneeled the dragoon, using his sword as a crutch as he held his stomach with the other hand, "....He's...he's so fast...and he...", he thought in shock, not having seen such a speed in some time. His shirt and stomach had a slight but long enough cut that enough blood was going down his body. The orange dark lizard, clad in armor stood about 10 feet away, both keeping in the middle of town for their battle. In both hands were his twin mystical blades, charged to the maximum and ready for battle.

Dullock however had a confused look on his face for a moment, seeing only one of his sword having tasted blood. Though his opinions hadn't changed on this human, glaring right at him, "Hmmph.....For such a small fry, you're worth big. Kind of waste if you ask me. But either way I'm not leaving without cashing in your ass!", he insulted, not seeing the challenge of the infamous dragoon of fire making headlines. This would be an easy job for him, seeing his opponent barely getting back on his two feet. Michael couldn't let this end so easily, especially from such a dirty trick. He willingly tore off the rest of his hoodie, showing that he was wearing a white t-shirt under it, "You want the bounty on my head...just like all the rest. I knew you were a big fat liar!", remarked the dragoon of fire, being backed into a corner since his P.I.C. was offline, against an opponent who was a serious threat.

To be continued