บท 24: The Hero Versus The Robots

Age 1991

"Back off!" Hero screamed punching with his good arm. He slammed it into the face of one of the Automatons as he jumped back dodging a swipe from another one. "Take this! Gungnir!" A bone spike stabbed out of his palm as he punched forward, then without warning his arm stretched out shooting across the battlefield, and stabbing the spike through the head of one of the Automatons! Hero simply pulled back causing his arm to the get reeled back in and become normal size once more. "Ha! I got bone weapons now! What do you got-"

'Threat Level Five.'

The Automatons folded open as a wave of blades, guns, buzzsaws, flamethrowers, and pretty much every other deadly weapon known the man jutted out of them.

Now each Automatons was fitted with its own deadly weapon. And they were still all locked onto Hero...

"Ahh... I see. So that's what you got... Well damn-"

'Eliminate target!'

Hero let out a panicked yelp as he jumped back. A hail of flames followed after him as the Automatons tried to burn him alive.

"Would be really handy right now if I could use both arms..." Hero said through clenched teeth as he dodged a hail of projectiles and kicked out with a leg knocking the head off of the robots.

His feet slammed into the wall as he kicked off of it and bounced around the battlefield. More of his pipes poked out of his body as he went up, and down, left and right, all the while getting faster, and faster as he built up even more speed. It took only a few jumps before Hero's body became a blur as he bounced.

"Super-Eventuful-Impact-Gungnir!" Hero shouted launching forward as he began to rapidly spin literally kicking up a tornado around him as his spikes stabbed out reaching four feet. Then in a flash Hero appeared in front of one of the Automatons as he slammed his leg into the thing's chest in a devastating kick drilling into it. There was a massive boom as the sound barrier exploded, and the Automaton was sent flying slamming into all the other Automatons that were behind it. There was a wave of broken robotic parts, as several of the Automatons smashed into the back wall ripping a hole through it and a tornado fired off from him, from his spinning.

Hero crashed into the ground face first as all the Automatons were knocked to the ground by the force.

"I think I dislocated my knee, and broke one of my legs!" Hero hissed out grabbing his leg as a wave of pain hit him.

'Threat level Fourteen!'

"Threat level what now..."

More Automatons suddenly appeared as the walls opened up once more showing off a massive swarm of them. These ones were different though...

These Automatons weren't made of scrape or falling apart. They were completely clean, unharmed... Brand-new... These Automatons were made for war.

'Eliminate target...' They all said echoing out in the room.

'Eliminate target...' All the rusted and busted Automatons all got up still ready to rip Hero apart.

In a flash, they rushed the downed Enforcer as Hero gave a hiss in pain. One of the Automatons brought down a massive hammer narrowly missing Hero who managed to kick forward with his undamaged leg.

Hero slid forward under one of the Automatons avoiding their attacks. He brought his hand down stabbing a bone spike through the floor as he twisted his body using the spike to stop him from going in further. Then in a flash, he pushed down on the spike using it to kick himself up and stand on his good leg. With a powerful pull, he yanked the spike out of the ground and stabbed it into the neck of one of the Automatons twisting it around and ripping the things head off its body.

There was a loud smacking sound as one of the Automaton's hammer slammed into the back of Hero's head throwing him forward and sending him into the blade of another Automaton, that stabbed its sword straight into Hero's side causing him to gasp out in pure pain.

The sword cut into his side leaving a gash but Hero managed to slam his arm into the head of the Automaton and push himself off of the blade. Unfortunately for him, he slipped on his own blood, which was pouring out of his massive wound, causing the teen to slip back and smack his head against the metal wall.

Hero gave a small cry of pain as he pitifully fell to the floor defeated and badly beaten.

The Automaton raised its weapon up stabbing it down. There was a loud cry of metal breaking as the Automatons body was ripped in half by a red tendril.

"What?" Hero said in confusion.

'Threat Level forty-seven!'

Threat Level fifty-nine!'

Another red tendril slashed up ripped the computer out of the wall. That was when Hero, and the Automatons saw it.

Dawson Blight, The Red Demon, clad in his demonic red tendril armor.

"Hero!" Dawson barked out his voice coming out as a loud roar, through the fanged mouth of his armor. "You're in big trouble when we get back!" He howled as he launched himself forward into the horde. Several of his tendrils fired out of him as he ripped the robots apart very easily, absolutely destroying them.

Dawson grabbed on the Automatons and literally ripped it in half. Then he used its upper half to beat another Automaton straight into the ground.

There was a quiet buzzing sound as the Automatons suddenly froze up. Their lights went out as the room went silent.

"What's happening?" Hero gasped out.

Dawson let out a small sigh as his red tendrils pulled themselves back into his body and he reverted back to normal. "We managed to get the attention of the man who owns this place," Dawson muttered as he reached down grabbing Hero. He threw the boy over his shoulder as if he was a sack of Bestia Macht Tongues. "Let's hope he isn't too mad... I really don't wanna have to explain this to Katrina..." The Red Demon said as a shiver went down his spine.

A few minutes later...

The two Enforcers now found themselves in the Nobles room. Along with Dawson, and Hero, Ken, Sera, and Rem were all also in the room. Ken and Sera were both frozen under the disappointed gaze of Dawson. Rem was staring at the ground unable to meet the man's eyes. And Hero. Well, he was still thrown over Dawson's shoulder completely unconscious. A wave of steam was rolling off of him as his wounds were slowly closing and healing up. His healing really was amazing.

The metal door to the room slowly opened as Sirius Báthory, the Noble who owned this mansion walked in. Behind him a young eight year old boy, and an older woman followed after the man.

The boy had a cold uncaring look in his eyes. He stared at the five Enforcers in front of him as if they were foul-smelling trash. Like them just being there displeased him. The older woman didn't look much better. The both of them were clearly Báthory's...

"Sir Báthory-" Dawson began but was cut off by the Noble.

"Please. Call me Sirius." The man said. He still had a smile on his face, but it was clear that was just for show. His cold red eyes were locked onto the unconscious body of Hero.

"...Sirius..." Dawson said again. "I know that what Young Ken, and Mr. Otoko did was wrong but-"

"Did you say Otoko? As in Okami Otoko? The previous first Captain?" Sirius said letting out a small laugh. "No no... Okami is cursed with Infertility. I was the one who gave him that wound, insuring he would never be able to have kids. That boy can't be related to him. Still though. For him to have such a name... And to be a Seraphin on top of that as well." He gave a small smirk but his eye still twitched. 'What a bother... Knowing Reaper he won't outright kill this boy. After all, that brat isn't a pretty girl. Still though maybe I can convince him to take over the boy's body, and kill that small girl over there...' He thought as he let out a small sigh.

"Right... Well as I was saying." Dawson said letting out a nervous gulp. "Please forgive Mr. Otoko, and Young Ken, for what they have done. If you wish to punish them then please punish me on their behalf-"

"No no..." Sirius said letting out a small laugh as he gave a half-wave. "It is quite alright. I rather enjoyed the company. I've always been a big fan on the Enforcers after all... Besides. That boy showed off just how well my new security system is. I spent a lot of Bells on that thing after all. And of course, there was no real harm done. It isn't like we had anything to hide, and any damage can easily he payed for. Trust me. There is no need to get legal matters into this..." He said rather too quickly...

Dawson gave a small frown. "Well... If you really feel that way."

"I do," Sirius said giving a half-smile.

"But father." The boy said giving a heavy frown. "I wanted them to meet Reaper-"

"Now Remus what have I told you about talking about your new toy." The woman hissed out grabbing her son's ear. "Sirius dear we'll get out of your hair." The woman left dragging the boy away with her. She left in a hurry seeming to want to get out quickly.

"Reaper?" Ken said in mild confusion.

"It's my son's new toy. A special thing made specifically for him." Sirius said shrugging the question off.

"We should be going ourselves," Dawson said quickly, not wanting to anger the man more than he already was.

"Of course..." Sirius said giving a small smile full of a sinister intent... "Please. Do come again."