章節 6: Full Panic

Age 1991

Hero let out a loud yelp of pure panic as he jumped back narrowly avoiding a massive clawed hand from the monster in front of him.

"Why the hell is it targeting me!" Hero screamed in horror as the monster lept towards him again!

However, before the Beast could reach him Jackson suddenly appeared next to the monster and crashed into the beast, as his electricity flew off of him, and crackled the area around him as he sent the monster flying straight back.

"I have no clue why it seems to utterly hate you so much?" Jackson said shrugging, as he pointed his greatsword at the monster. "Maybe it has something to do with you being a Seraphin? I dunno though? Seraphin's are weird? Or maybe it could be something else. Honestly, there is no telling with this thing... It is nothing more than a mere beast at this point..."

"Oh, that's bull crap! I have enough problems being an evil science experiment! I don't need giant killer monsters after me too!" Hero whined out as he folded his arms up and glared at the beast. It responded to his glare by opening its mouth and firing out a beam of blue energy that Hero just barely ducked under. "I wanna go home!" The teen whined out as he jumped back once more.

The beast charged forward jumping past Jackson as it landed next to Hero and tried to rip the teen apart. Hero sucked in his gut as he compressed his body actually making himself slimmer as he seemed to go flat like a piece of paper! Then he fell back dodging the swipe.

"I hate to say it... But I'm really glad it's not focused on me anymore..." Kitsune said shivering slightly as he watches the monster try to rip into his friend. "After it got its hands on me earlier, I honestly thought it was all over. So I'm pretty glad that it isn't focused on me now..."

"Hey! Screw you Kitsune, this isn't fun! It also isn't funny!" Hero shouted as he jumped back avoiding another slash from the monster. He sucked his gut in, just barely avoiding the clawed hand that tried to rip into him. Jackson swung at the monster but it dodged his sword easily as it appeared around Hero and slashed its claw down on him!

"Don't worry kid? I got you!" Anga yelled out appearing next to the monster and slamming his fist straight into the monster's face.

"You're part of the problem!" Hero yelled out jumping away from everyone as he neared the back of the cave. "Okay! Guess it's time to hot this thing with my new super attack!" Hero announced as he brought both his arms back. "Big-"

"Hero," Ken said turning to the sixteen-year-old boy. "You should stay in the background where it's safe. I dunno why this thing is targeting you, but who knows what'll happen on the off chance it gets you."

"But I wanna fight it to-"

"She's right," Kitsune said cutting Hero off. "But we should all stay in the background and let the adults handle this..." The Fox Noble stated as he eyes the monster up. It was currently staring at them again as if deciding how it would act. "I honestly doubt any of us new recruits could even harm this thing... Much less kill it."

"I hate to say it but Kitsune is right..." Irene said with a sigh folding her arms.

Cloud let out a hum as he jumped back. "Big Brother we may want to stay with the others."

"Not helpful Cloud!" Hero yelled.

"Yeah, you kids would just get in the way!" James announced.

"Shut up James!" Everyone shouted.

The man frowned as he crossed his arms. "Why the hell does everyone like picking on me..." He whined as he puffed his checks out.

Zero raised his blade up pointing it at the beast. "Well, Enforcer Storm... Shall we dance with this beast."

"That was worded really weirdly, but sure. Let's kill this thing." Jackson stated nodding his head.

In a flash, the two suddenly disappeared before reappearing on either side of the monster. Jackson swung his sword to the left, and Zero swung to the right, however, neither blade did any damage as the monsters arms fired out catching the two blades easily. Its body began to glow a bright blue once more as it was suddenly cloaked in a blue aura.

"Mantra?" Zero said in confusion.

"No!" Jackson said quickly shaking his head. "Mantra is only white! This is something g different? It must be their Attribute-"

The beast let out a roar as it twisted both it's arms up, still holding the blades of the two men! The force was actually strong enough to pick up both Jackson, and Zero and throw them into the air!

"Fifteen-Steel-Bars-Break!" Anga announced slamming his fist straight into the monsters head, with enough force to easily break through fifteen solid steel bars.

The fist slammed straight into the monster with enough force to actually lift the thing off of the ground and send it flying straight back. The monster let out a howl the entire time that it flew.

"My turn..." Yang said smirking slightly as he slammed both his hands together. The ground suddenly exploring forward taking the shape of a giant stone fist that slammed straight down into the monster. The creature would have been smashed into the ground, but instead, it caught itself and placed it's feet back onto the ground as it raised its hands up and easily held back the rock fist as if it was nothing. "James, Seth! Continue the combo!"

"Right!" Both men stated as they prepared their own attacks.

Seth reached into his pocket pulling out several tiny mirrors that he suddenly threw into the air! Each mirror fell surrounding the monster in a shard of glass as they all broke, and reflected the beast several times over. "Almighty reflection!" Seth said calmly throwing a dagger at the creature.

The knife flew forward and stabbed into the creature's side! Then suddenly the creature became riddled with holes as the knife passed overall the various reflections of the monster. It howled in utter pain as orange liquid began to pour out of it! Its legs wobbled but the creature still remained standing.

"Final Stomp!" James announced bringing his left arm up as the entire limb became a massive tree that he slammed straight down on top of the monster. The tree dropped on top of the monster slamming it straight into the ground as the stone around it exploded.

The before anyone else could react Yang raised both his arms up as several stone spikes shot up impaling the monster from all directions as the monster was lifted up off of the ground by the spikes as orange liquid oozed out of the many, many holes, as the beast's body slumped down, now unmoving.

"They... They're so in sync..." Kitsune said in shock.

"I know..." Irene said also surprised. "They worked so well together."

"So that's what professionals can do..." Cloud said nodding his head. "I'd love to have helped but without my cane, I doubt I could have even laid a finger on that thing..."

"They aren't so tough right Hero!" Ken said folding her arms as she rolled her eyes.

Hero stayed silent as he stared at the four men. Finally, he smirked slightly. "I have got to get a lot stronger." He said sheepishly as he scratched the back of his head. "Now that I know just how serious a threat is out there I want to be able to fight at that level! Also, that looked like a lot of fun!"

"Did they actually kill it?" Zero said in slight surprise as he stared at the body of the monster which still didn't move. Orange liquid was just gushing out of it, as its eyes stared blankly at the wall. Its arms fell down its side and the thing's mouth was opened slightly. A glowing orange crystal could now be seen attached to the creature's stomach.

"I'll be honest that seemed like it would be a lot harder than it actually was..." Jackson said letting out a satisfied sigh.

"You know what this means right..." Zero said eying the Enforcer up.

"There is something far worse in this cave, since fate clearly wouldn't just give us a simple challenge," Jackson asked.

"That's exactly what I was thinking..." Zero said nodding his head.

"Or..." James said rolling his eyes as he walked towards the monster. "Maybe we are just awesome." He said simply.

"Nah." Hero said shaking his head. "This entire mission has just been getting worse and worse, every day. It wouldn't stop now." He said nodding. Ken slowly moved behind Hero just in case something bad would happen. "What are you doing?"

"Using you as a shield."

"Why?"

"Because you can regenerate."

"...That...Is...A...Valid...Point..." Hero said nodding.

"Can I hide behind you?" Irene questioned.

"No!" Ken said placing her hands on Hero. "Back off! He's my meat shield." Ken announced.

"I'm not anyone's meat shield!" Hero yelled out jumping away from the two girls. "Kitsune protect me!" He yelled out jumping behind the fox teen.

"Screw you, Hero..." Kitsune said slowly.

"So... These are the kids that you are babysitting..." Zero said letting out a slight chuckle. "This is the next generation of Enforcers?"

"They may be young, and inexperienced, but they have potential," Jackson stated. "All of them." He turned slightly to look towards Anga. "But that's not important. What is important is you guys explaining? Preferably before I slam my sword into you."

Anga held his hands up slowly. "Look. You want an explanation. I'll be happy to tell you know that we've killed the monster." He said waving a hand in the direction of the monster.

"I'm a little disappointed," James admitted as he smirked slightly. He reached out placing a hand on the monster's head. "I was told the Corruption powers a person up several times. That crystal is the thing huh? I'll just grab it and-"

The monster sprung forward as it wrapped a hand around James's arm and yanked him towards him! Then in a flash, it punched a hole straight through the shocked man's chest! Blood splattered out as the creature ripped its claw out of the man's chest dropping the man to the floor and crushing his beating heart.

"James!" Anga and Yang shouted in horror.

"Idiot..." Seth hissed out grabbing his knife.

They weren't able to do anything for the man though as the creature got itself ready... Then it simply tore itself off of the spikes! Its body was ripped to piece as the monster tore the spikes out of itself. However, despite being full of massive holes it didn't seem bothered by it... In mere seconds the holes began to shut as the creature's body regenerated fully.

An ear-piercing howl filled the cave as the beast got ready for round two...