Capítulo 235: Monster Rising
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"Well… that worked out better than expected…" Lidia said casually as the forest burned around us.
"Well the whole 'burn the forest down' thing seems excessive…" Lala declared, and frowned. "…And it's a good thing this is a skintight suit I'd hate to feel swamp water in my boots…"
"Yes, that's not pleasant." Nerri noted sloshing in the water.
"Anyone seen Kal?" asked Oriana descending from a far tree with a sniper rifle as I made myself known.
"Here…" I declared as they seemed relatively pleased to see me, despite the fact that I was covered in blood that wasn't mine.
"Are you alright?" asked Oriana as I glanced down.
"I'm fine… anyone hurt?"
"No." Lala smiled, "We're all good…"
"I appreciate your help Kallus." Lidia noted, her lightsaber hissing off as she took a breath. "Now. There is the matter of negotiating my fair for your ship."
"How about a blowjob?" Lala asked suddenly as Oriana slapped her face.
Lidia however seemed remarkably unphased. She raised an eyebrow at Lala, "…What would you do if I said yes?" she asked with a hint of playfulness and 'never going to happen'.
"Watch." Lala declared flatly as Nerri smacked her purple backside with the flat of her recently cleaned spear. "Hey!"
"Keep it in your pants, she's a Jedi." Nerri snarled softly.
"But it seems Kallus isn't opposed to the idea." Lidia replied playfully.
"…I wasn't sure I'd have to say anything." I noted, as Lidia chuckled, Only Oriana seemed annoyed. "Eventual credits is fine." I added.
"Or at the very least get you to some sort of-" Oriana paused, gazing up at the sky. "…Are they coming back?" she raised her sniper rifle to her eye. "…More ships are coming…" she said.
"More?" I asked as I turned up, "…Those look smaller." I said as they got closer and closer.
"…Isn't one of them Oswin's ship?" Lala asked.
"Are you fucking serious?" mumbled Oriana, "He shows up NOW?!"
Lidia stared up at the ships as they landed not far away. "…One of those ships is giving me serious cause for concern." She sighed, "That would be Sawtooth?"
"Yes." Oriana noted, "Let's get into the air, and blow his ship to hell."
"Great idea." Noted Lala, "…Where's Kal?"
"…MOTHER FUCKER…" growled Oriana.
...….
I was not thinking clearly… my blood was running hot and I was in the mood for a fight. I wish I could say that justified it but it didn't. I stalked through the dark, swampy terrain. "Kallus you get your ass back here RIGHT NOW! We're going to plan B! Blow up his ship and leave him to die here! All the traps have been set off we need to-"
…I was not thinking clearly. I turned off the com and kept moving.
I kept in the shadows, the darkness of the trees and the swamp barely hid the ships before me. There ramps were open, Sawtooth and Oswin. Sawtooth sniffed the air as Oswin kept his distance, but he too looked around. I waited in the shadows, watching intently…
"…He is HERE…" sniffed Sawtooth with a vicious grin on his trandoshan features. "I can sense him. SMELL him!"
"…Goody." Oswin mumbled, "…Will your… sister? Be joining us?"
"She will stay on the ship… our battle will be GLORIOUS…"
"…Goody." He repeated in response. The original plan was to lure Sawtooth into a duel, double dealing on double dealing Oswin was supposed to snipe me… according to Sawtooth's own insane plan… Now… now I was going to settle for an ambush and gut the lizard before anything would happen… simple…
…Something always nagged away at the back of my mind every time the plan was discussed and rediscussed… something told me that it wouldn't work, or we wouldn't be able to make sure… after that fight with the mercenaries… I was off the leash… and I wanted a challenge…
It was like a drug I haven't had in a long time and now I was relapsing…
Sawtooth and Oswin, keeping a good distance away from Sawtooth trudged through the swamp water, we had an agreed upon location but unfortunately now most of that was on fire and possible still occupied by the rest of my crew… I would not let Sawtooth near them.
I climbed the tree, getting out of the water. It would be impossible for me to follow them properly without making a sound. I stalked through the canopy, keeping my eye on the albino trandoshan as he sniffed the air… Oswin had his hand on his blaster at all times, watching the trandoshan more than anything…
Sawtooth slipped soundlessly through the waters, then stopped… "SNIIIIIF!" he reptilian head twisted, gazing around slowly. "…He is CLOSE…" he declared, "…I smell blood in the air…" Oswin heisted, then as if trying to 'smell' me himself he sniffed. "…I just smell swamp… and a hint of smoke and napalm…" he blinked. "…Why do I smell smoke and napalm?"
There was a moment of contemplation on Oswin's face, then a realization crossed it and he cringed. "…There's been a fight." He said, his hand went from resting on his blaster to gripping it silently, pulling it slowly from his holster.
"…Indeed…" declared Sawtooth with a predatorial grin and a low, ominous… HISS.
A blaster bolt zinged into the air as Sawtooth immediately closed the distance on Oswin, one hand around the hunter's throat the other on his blaster wrist sending the bolt into the trees as he fired. "GACK!!" Oswin choked as Sawtooth squeezed, twisting Oswin's blaster hand so hard he gagged in pain and dropped his blaster limply into the murky waters.
"…Did your trap not work?" Sawtooth asked innocently. "…I was going to kill you later but I suppose I can do so-UGH!!"
Wordlessly I dove out of the trees as he released Oswin. Oswin fell into the water, hissing and clutching his apparently broken wrist. "NNGh!!"
Sawtooth, sensing my attack caught me and hurled me away into the water before my claws flicked out. Gleaming in the slightly illuminated darkness as the fire began to make itself more known. There was a berserk madness in Sawtooth's eyes, a gleam of pure bloodlust as he brandished his own naturally clawed hands, forgetting about or perhaps ignoring altogether the tri-barrel blaster he carried.
Oswin collected himself, and scrambled to where he hoped to find his blaster. "Shit SHIT!" he growled before finally he reached for his spare but Sawtooth turned his attention from me to kick Oswin into the water and stomp on his face as he gurgled.
"RAAAAGH!!" I roared and hurled myself at Sawtooth. He seemed unconcerned with drowning the bounty hunter, in fact he looked delighted that I was coming at him. Drawing a Vibro knife and clashing with my claws… monster or not, not even HIS flesh could stop my gauntlet claws if I Managed to rend him.
Oswin sat up from the water heaving for breath as Sawtooth and I exchanged and parried blows, hacking and slashing at each other before he managed to pin me to a tree, glaring at me as the fire loomed behind him like an ominous demon, grinning at me.
"Where is the honor in THIS?" he sneered, gripping my wrist tightly and pushing on his vibroblade as my claws caught it, gazing back at him as the tip vibrated towards my throat. "Knives? BLASTERS? Tools, toys…" that mad glint was blazing like the fires behind him. "You want to FEEL my fists upon you… you want to kick, punch and break me…" I glared into his eyes. "FIREMANE…" he hissed it like a challenge.
"…KANE." I replied coldly and headbutted him he stumbled back grinning as my claws… snapped back on my gauntlets. My hands raising up in fists… that instinct, that urge that I felt… he felt it too and he tossed away his vibroblade into the water.
CLICK! We turned our attention to a very annoyed Oswin, holding a flooded blaster as he pulled the trigger at Sawtooth. "…God damn it…" he sighed resignedly as Sawtooth smashed his face. I was on him from behind, gripping him around the middle before hurling him over my head in a perfect Echani Suplex.
Slamming him head first into the water as he kipped-up laughing, raising his foot and stomping down on me as I rolled and slammed my fist into his knee joint, "Gah!" still grinning his tumble as I got up, slamming my fist into his jaw, feeling his saw teeth scrap the protection of my gloves.
"Ah!" his fist came like a cannon ball to my face, blood spurt from my mouth before I blocked his second oncoming blow before sending a barrage of punches into his side before he grabbed my wrist and twisted. He had monstrous strength… but so did I… I summoned it up and RAMMED my knee into his gut again as his mouth opened in a gasp. He clutched reflexively to it as I brought a haymaker to his open head as he went spinning into the water.
I approached him but a slurry of mud splattered into my eyes and… it was not pleasant. The mud itself stank and stung like burning ash but then the blows came. It was like he was everywhere, with a speed that belied his size and strength but I should've known he was fast from the way he fought Oswin.
But I wasn't thinking clearly.
So THINK CLEARLY…
I took a breath and a blow to the face… I heard the sloshing of water, and struck, hearing the satisfying grunt of Sawtooth as I got his stomach and followed up with several blows and a heavy splash. I wiped my eyes quickly, backing away as my vision cleared up and Sawtooth loomed… grinning madly as we readied ourselves again…
We roared and dove at each other, slashing, punching kicking grappling. I hurled him into the air and slammed him down only for him to grab my leg underwater and amazingly bringing his foot up to my head with a crash that rattled everything. My teeth were still rattling as I stumbled away. His foot lunged forward again as he stomped towards me catching me in the gut but I caught it with my hands then leapt forward, wrapping my legs around his into a lock. Pummeling his face into the water as his hands lashed up to slam against my face.
"Aaargh!!" distracted just long enough for him to get up from the water he sunk his teeth into my arm, getting mostly armor but some of it was unprotected. Two teeth managed to sink into my flesh as I ripped my arm from his sawteeth which didn't help my situation…
With a burst of rage and strength I brought the same hand back down and SLAMMED it into his teeth.
An ominous CRACK echoed from his jaw as one of his iconic sawteeth spiralled away, clattering into the roots of a tree. He hurled me away with his foot and stood up, glaring at me. A noticeable gap in his teeth as he half grinned, half SNARLED at me.
"DIE." He snapped, before tackling me with both hands lifting me and slamming me into the water, trying to drown me. "DIE. DIE. DIE…" the were no anger in his voice, just the simple mechanical word. Over and over as I struggled for breath from his strangling, finally slamming my fist into his open body as his iron hard arms continued to squeeze tightly around me. "DIE. DIE-AAAGH!" his hands shot from my throat as I gasped, Oswin sunk Sawtooth's own vibroblade into his shoulder, the monstrous trandoshan swatted Oswin away in a fury but that was enough.
"KILL YOU! KILL YOUR FRIENDS! KILL YOUR MATE!!!"
…I wasn't thinking anymore… I was just BERSERK.
WHAM! My fist slammed into Sawtooth's face again but I didn't let up, mounting him into the muck as I rained down blows over and over, mindlessly pounding his face regardless of the muck. Roaring bloody murder as I saw nothing but red and battle. Soon my fists weren't even punches they were flaying pounds of childish anger, but with enough force behind them to break bone.
"Kal! Kallus!" I breathed heavily, panting as my fist seemed to be planted into purr muck up to the elbow. "KALLUS!" Oriana grabbed me concerned, looking into my eyes and clutching to my muddy face. "Kal… Look. At. Me." She said softly…
"Haa… haaaa…" I stared into her ruby eyes as the angry lessened… I was so tired… I think my fist was broken… both of my fists were broken… "…How long was I punching him?" I asked as Oswin spoke.
"…At least five minutes after he stopped moving…" I turned to the bounty hunter, cradling a broken wrist, bruises, and a prominent black eye. "…I would've tried to stop you… but I didn't want to get anywhere near you…" he said as I breathed heavily, clinging to my head with my broken, bleeding, bloody hands…
Still sitting on Sawtooth's corpse, his head pulped beyond recognition, little more then a stump and a single remaining tooth of his iconic sawteeth. "Helesh…" I snarled, remembering the monster's sister as Oswin shook his head.
"…Gone… Gone already… she blasted the powerlines on my ship and took off." no love lost apparently
"…We have someone who can help you fix that… and some spare parts." Oriana noted, she shook me so I was looking at her beautiful face again.
"I appreciate that… do you have someone who can fix my wrists?"
"We have a jedi and a Nelvaanian with moderate medical training…" Oriana replied.
"I'll take it." he groaned, "…Also do you have a blaster I can borrow?" he asked as I got off of Sawtooth's corpse, dragging it towards a tree and slamming him against it. Seeing the tooth I had knocked out earlier and taking it. Oriana glanced at Oswin suspiciously, but handed him a blaster…
He immediately emptied it into Sawtooth's corpse, half a dozen shots… paused… then the other half of the dozen. Before handing it back to Oriana. "…Thanks."
"You're welcome." She replied, taking my face in her hands again as she made me look at her. She was examining my face now. "…What were you thinking?"
"…I wasn't." I replied as she scowled at me, squeezing my head… which didn't help the pain.
"THINK… Kal…" she said firmly, ordering me…
"…Yes Ma'am…" I replied apologetically as the look of hurt on her face made me want to hug her, but the mud, dirt, and broken hands… might have made it more difficult.
...…
Later. With much less fire around.
Rattletrap glanced over my power line broken ship as Athena watched him closely, "Okay… I can fix this up no problem. He said. "I just need some parts from Lidia's wrecked ship, some chewing gum, and about an hour."
"Chewing gum?" Noted Athena curiously.
"…I want some gum." He replied getting on a Dawnstar Speeder bike and driving off as I groaned, my arm in a sling as I glanced my sexy, sexy cather over.
"I can't believe you let her shoot the ship lines." I said, following her up the ramp as she went to our food station.
"I didn't let her shoot ANYTHING." She snarled at me with a warning growl, "The crazy bitch came out, peppered the ship and took off!" she replied indignantly, "I didn't even get time to react…" she searched several of the cabinets, "Where's that gum?"
"Third cabinet behind the blue cookies." I said sitting down on the seat.
"So… convinced yet?"
"What that the guy is nuts?" I replied, "Yeah… he's a monster." I replied with a sigh, "…Not only that… but there's something off about him."
"What? Like the force or whatever?"
"…No. Mentally… you didn't see him fight like that in the ring he fought like Sawtooth… berserk, no sense for self-preservation." I stared at her red eyes… then blinked, remembering how the Chiss acted, Oriana…
She made him look into her eyes and he called down. I couldn't even get close to him as he juiced Sawtooth's head with his bare hands. "…What?" she asked, smiling playfully. "You're staring at me like you want me to take you to the bedroom… might be awkward with the little guy running around but-"
"…That blue girl Oriana, she's a Cipher right?"
"…Looks like one." Athena replied irate, apparently, SHE certainly wanted to go to the bedroom. "Shoots and fights like one, why?"
"…MMn… Eh…" I wiggled my head around, "…Nothing… maybe, I'll talk to dad about it later…" I replied. She scoffed as I grinned, "…Want to go fool around?"
"Hmph…" she grumbled, holding a pack of gum. "…Later… that little guy's going to be back and I don't feel like giving him a free show… however long that'll be." She walked away as I sat back in my chair, thinking hard about Kallus Wolf… or perhaps Kallus Kane might be a better title for him… that mask of his fizzled out more than once during the fight and I'm not so dumb as to not recognize the green eyes and red hair of the Kane family…
…Which is what makes my theory a little less believable… and a little more at the same time.
End of chapter.
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