The Rasoul Saga
Chapter 9: Vice Again
"So, what would آپ like it do? Is there anywhere that آپ would like to go?" Mancer asked Kyle, now walking down the streets and sidewalks in the middle of the Northern District of Freedom City.
"Hm... Maybe we could go to the mall? It's a great place for just walking around and looking around," Kyle said.
"That would be fine with me if آپ want to walk around the mall for a while," Mancer said, nodding his head slightly as he walked down the sidewalk with Kyle.
"Alright! Is that ok to go there?"
"Yes, it's alright with me. Let's go."
"Ok!" Kyle started off down the sidewalk, heading deeper into the city with Mancer. Not too far from where they started walking from, they arrived at a large eight-story mall.
"So... This is Freedom City's mall?" Mancer asked Kyle once they were insider of the large mall, walking down one of the big open hallways that led that was lined with various different stores. "It's pretty big."
"Yeah, it's a pretty big place! Freedom City is a HUGE place. So, it's got large stores and LOTS of them," Kyle said, continuing to walk with Mancer. "Anyway, is there anything آپ would like to do, Mancer? Do آپ want to go into any of the stores and look around?"
Mancer thought for a moment, trying to think of a place that he would like to go, until a thought came back to him. "Wait, I thought we were going to go look for Vice and his team."
"Well, we still can... I just kind of wanted to walk around for a bit and just relax a bit..." Kyle said, looking down slightly. "I... I just don't know if I'm ready to jump right back into the villain fights just yet..."
"It's alright... I can understand why آپ don't want to jump right back in. It's alright if آپ want to relax for a short time," Mancer said, continuing to walk with Kyle. "So, is there any of the stores that آپ want to look in?"
"Hm... I don't honestly know..."
"You don't know? There's not a certain store that آپ would like to go to?"
"Well... I DO like video games..."
"Alright, then would آپ like to find a video game store?" Mancer asked, slowing down slightly to look at all of the stores as they passed them.
"Would that be ok, Mancer?"
"Of course it would. I کہا it was fine if آپ wanted to relax for a while and do things that آپ like to do." Mancer continued looking around, until he stopped in front of a large store. He looked inside, seeing shelf after shelf of video game cases. "This would be a good place to look, don't آپ think?"
"Yeah, I think it would. Are آپ sure it's ok, Mancer?" Kyle asked while walking into the store with Mancer. He felt almost at ہوم while he was near video games. He really loved to play them, and watch them.
"I've already told you... It's perfectly fine, Kyle. آپ don't have to worry about it," Mancer said, looking around at all the video games shelves. He walked away from Kyle just slightly, looking at one of the nearby shelves in curiosity. "I hope آپ don't mind if I don't stay with آپ the entire time... I want to look around myself if that's ok."
"I don't mind if آپ look around yourself. I think I'm going to look around, too," Kyle said, looking at one of the nearby shelves. He was looking for any sort of video game that contained action, adventure, یا shooting. Or, if he was very lucky, he might be able to find one that had all three. He circled around the shelf, before running right into a white furred wolf. "Oh, I'm so sorry!" Kyle said, quickly stepping away from the wolf. He was slightly surprised to see that the بھیڑیا was none other than his friend Cas Mackentire. "Oh, Cas! I didn't realize it was you!"
"Hey, Kyle. It's alright that آپ ran into me. I should have been paying مزید attention myself," Cas said, laughing a bit. He straighted his black vest slightly. "It's no surprise to see آپ here."
"Ha, it's not surprise to see آپ here either, Cas. We're both gamers," Kyle said, laughing a bit himself. "Is anyone else here? Any other دوستوں that I should know about?"
"Well, yeah, SCP-000 is here," Cas said, a smile on his face. He turned towards the right, looking at a short, skinny white and red male fox. The لومڑی wore a sleeveless dark red shirt, and thin grey jeans. "Hey, SCP! Kyle's here."
"Wait, really?" The لومڑی boy asked, a lot of surprise in his voice. He turned slightly away from the shelf he was looking at, and saw Kyle standing near Cas. "Oh, hi, Kyle! It's great to see آپ again!"
"It's nice to see that you're doing great, SCP," Kyle said, a smile on his face. "I'm glad that you're getting some fresh air other than staying at ہوم all دن long."
"Yeah, Simon and Cas کہا that, too. That's why I came with Cas. He really wanted me to come with him to get out of the house for a little while. I'm really enjoying it, though," SCP-000 said, a smile on his pale face.
"That's great, SCP," Kyle said. He turned his head slightly, looking around for Mancer. "I actually brought someone else with me... I'm just not sure where he went. He's a new friend of mine, and he's been teaching me new ways to use my powers."
"Really? Cool! Can we meet him?" Cas asked.
"Yeah, if I can find him," Kyle said, continuing to look around for Mancer. He walked around the shelf slightly, and waved to Mancer once he saw him. "Hey, Mancer! Do آپ want to come and meet some of my friends?"
"I suppose I could..." Mancer said, walking over towards Kyle. "Who am I going to meet?"
"Mancer, these are two of my دوستوں named Cas and SCP-000! They're very friendly," Kyle کہا with a big smile on his face.
"Hello!" Cas greeted, a smile on his face. "Kyle کہا that you've been teaching him a few new things with his powers."
"Yes, I have. There's new villains in town, so I've been helping him learn how to use his powers better."
"New villains?" SCP-000 asked, fear in his voice. He trembled slightly, wearing a look of panic and fear on his face. "There's new bad guys in town...?"
"Yes, there is, SCP. His name is Vice, and he has a small team made up of himself and five other people. They seem tough, but I'm still not going to give up the fight without trying to stop them if they try to do something bad," Kyle said.
"You know, I would be willing to help too, Kyle. Simon might be willing to help as well," Cas said, nodding his head slightly. He leaned close to Kyle. "I'm afraid to have SCP help, though... I'm afraid he could get hurt..." He whispered, close enough to Kyle that no one else could hear him but Kyle.
"I don't want to get him hurt, either... But... I don't want to be mean to him if he DOES want to help..." Kyle whispered back so only Cas could hear him.
"True... I would feel bad telling him no over and over again..."
"...What are آپ two talking about?" Mancer asked, curiousity in his serious voice.
"Oh... Um... Just talking about Vice and stuff. Cas کہا that he wants to help fight Vice and his team, and he کہا that one of his دوستوں might be willing to help as well," Kyle replied to Mancer, turning his head to look at the black-helmeted hybrid.
"Oh..." Mancer turned his head to look at Cas. "You really want to help fight Vice and his team?"
"Yeah, I've helped Kyle fight villains before, so I thought that maybe I could help آپ two fight against this Vice guy," Cas replied. "I can hold my own in a fight. I know how to fight villains."
"...Well, alright then. I suppose آپ probably could be of some good help," Mancer said, walking over to Cas. He held his hand out to Cas, offering a hand shake. "So, my name is Mancer. It's a pleasure to meet you, Cas."
"It's nice to meet آپ too, sir," Cas replied, shaking Mancer's black-gloved hand. His ears layed back just slightly at Mancer's firm, powerful grip. "You have a good grip."
"Oh, sorry. I know my grip is firm," Mancer apologized, quickly letting go of Cas' hand. "I apologize if I hurt you."
"No, آپ didn't. I was just noticing that. It's probably a good thing that آپ have a firm grip, though. I don't have a very good grip myself."
SCP-000, not wanting to invade the conversation, waiting until Cas and Mancer were done speaking with each other before he added his own question. "Hey... Can I maybe help? I wanna be a hero, too..."
Cas' eyes immediately widened just slightly, trying to think of something to say to SCP-000 without hurting his feelings. "Um... Well... I'm afraid that you're going to get hurt, SCP..."
"But... I still wanna help..." SCP-000 said, his head hanging down slightly. "This is about my... issues... right?"
"Well... I just don't want آپ to get hurt یا someone else to get hurt..."
"I can keep it under control, Cas... Please trust me..." SCP-000 کہا quietly, giving a کتے dog-eyed look towards Cas. He layed his large لومڑی ears back against his head. "Please..."
Cas released a heavy sigh, raising his hand and pressing his fingers against his forehead in frustraition. "...What do آپ think, Kyle...?"
"Well... I don't know Cas. I know SCP-000, but I don't know him as well as آپ do, Cas. He lives with you, and he's like a brother to you, so آپ should be the one to decide," Kyle said, shrugging his shoulders slightly. "Sorry I'm not مزید help."
"No, it's fine..." Cas said, releasing another sigh. "I just don't know what to do..."
"Wait a moment, what's the problem here?" Mancer asked, trying to figure out why everyone seemed upset یا frustraited. "What's the problem, Cas?"
"Well..." Cas paused for a moment, turning to look at SCP-000. "Is it ok if I tell him about it?" SCP nodded his head slightly to say yes to Cas' question.
"Tell me about what...?"
"The reason I don't know if I can let SCP-000 help us fight یا not is because... well... he has 'issues'. Um... psychotic disorders. I'm afraid that he could hurt himself یا someone else if those issues kick in because of all of the fighting," Cas explained, trying his best to say it in a way that wouldn't offend SCP-000.
"Oh... I understand." Mancer crossed his arms slightly and tapped his fingers up and down slightly on his arm, before deciding to speak again. "...Perhaps that would be a good thing if his disorder kicks in."
"Wait, what? How?" Cas asked, his eyes widened سے طرف کی quite some amount. سے طرف کی the tone of his voice and the look on his white hair-covered face, everyone could tell he was fairly shocked سے طرف کی what Mancer had just said.
"Perhaps we could use that to our advantage. If his disorder 'takes over', maybe that would be good for fighting the villains. If he went berserk on them, he might be able to actually do a little bit of damage," Mancer said. He released a very quiet sigh. "...Not that I want to hurt the villains..." He کہا quietly to himself, releasing another heavy sigh. He almost seemed as if he was thinking of something.
"Mancer? Are آپ alright?" Kyle asked, feeling just a bit concerned.
"No... But I will be alright," Mancer کہا quietly, shaking his head a bit.
"You're not alright? What's wrong?" Cas asked, also feeling concerned.
"I'm just... thinking of something." Mancer released a heavy sigh. "Maybe... Maybe I should just go ahead and tell you. I... I'm not too big on the idea of hurting Vice and his team horribly. I want to stop them, but I don't want to hurt them مزید than we have to."
"You don't...? Then why have آپ been teaching me all new, powerful moves with my Rasoul if آپ don't want to hurt them...?" Kyle asked, feeling fairly confused.
"One, I'm teaching آپ all of that so آپ can use your powers better. Two, I'm teaching them to آپ JUST in case آپ have to use them. I don't want to hurt them, but I will hurt them if it means protecting everyone," Mancer said, releasing another sigh.
"Oh... I understand..."
"...Anyway... Did آپ see anything آپ like here, Kyle...?" Mancer asked, looking at Kyle slightly. His eyes were closed just slightly, as if he was still sad. "...They just didn't use to be like this... What could have made them act like this..." He thought to himself, apparently thinking about someone he knew.
"Mancer, are آپ still upset? What's wrong?" Kyle asked, ignoring Mancer's سوال to ask what was wrong.
"It's nothing, Kyle... Just don't worry about it, please. I'll be fine. I just have things on my mind... I'll be alright. There's nothing to worry about," Mancer said, attempting to assure Kyle that he would be fine. "Now, again... Did آپ see anything that آپ really want to look at here? یا do آپ want to leave?"
"...I suppose we can just leave... I didn't really see much," Kyle said. He turned his head to look at Cas and SCP-000. "You guys don't care if I leave, right?"
"No, I don't care at all. I don't think SCP cares either..." Cas replied to Kyle, turning his head to look at SCP-000. "You don't care, do you?"
"No, I don't mind. It was nice to talk to you, Kyle," SCP-000 said, giving a small wave towards the golden hedgehog.
"It was nice to see آپ and Cas, SCP. I suppose I'll see آپ at school tomorrow," Kyle said.
"Oh, right... Today is Sunday. Tomorrow is Monday," Cas said, snapping his fingers. "I forgot what دن it was."
"I forget sometimes, too... Anyway, I'll see آپ guys later!" Kyle کہا with a wave, walking towards the entrance of the store. "Are آپ coming too, Mancer?"
"Yeah, I'm coming," Mancer said, his voice back to normal. He must not have been upset anymore. He followed Kyle towards the entrance of the store, walking out into the hallway with the golden hedgehog. "Is there anywhere else that آپ want to go now...?"
"Well... Are آپ hungry? If you're hungry, then we could go to the food court while we're here," Kyle said.
"No, I'm not really hungry... If I was, though... I would rather just go ہوم and make a ترکاریاں, سلاد یا something such as that. I'm vegetarian," Mancer said, turning his head to look at Kyle.
"Oh, آپ are? Does that mean آپ hate meat?"
"Well, I don't HATE it... But I do prefer vegetables and fruit over it. However, I will eat meat if I it's cooked and دیا to me as a gift, یا if someone is kind enough to take me out to eat. Otherwise, I like to make myself things like salads and other things such as that," Mancer replied.
"Ah. Ok, then. That's kind of cool."
"How is that cool?"
"I don't know... I just thought it was kind of neat."
"Alright then..." Mancer suddenly turned his head towards the entrance of the mall, his body suddenly tensing up. "...Did آپ hear that?"
"Did I hear what...?" Kyle asked slowly, his ears standing on end. He was afraid that something bad could be happening.
"Come on," Mancer کہا instead of replying to Kyle's question, grabbing Kyle's arm firmly. He quickly began running towards the entrance of the mall, making sure to dodge all of the crowds so he wouldn't run into them, dragging Kyle along with him.
"Mancer, where are we going?! What did آپ hear?!" Kyle asked, total shock and confusion in his voice. He struggled to stay on his feet as he ran beside Mancer, who was quickly beginning to run over Kyle's running limit.
"I'm pretty sure we've got company," Mancer replied flatly, still running and not slowing down for Kyle. He dashed outside into the parking lot, quickly skidding to a stop. His piercing red eyes glared at a black-robed figure that stood before them. "I knew it."
"What did آپ even hear?!" Kyle asked, not noticing the figure that stood before them.
"A voice in my head, to be honest... We've got company," Mancer said, letting go of Kyle and turning him to face the figure.
"A voice in your head-?" Kyle's eyes imediately narrowed at the figure in front of them as his ears layed back against his head when he noticed the person that stood before them. He knew it was one of the Dark Horses members, he just couldn't tell which one due to the shadow that was cast over the figure's face سے طرف کی their dark hoodie. "...Which one is that...?"
"I can't tell, either." Mancer looked at the Dark Horses member with a straight stare, expecting them to make a اقدام at any time. "Which one are you?"
".....Azarika....." The figure replied in a quiet, almost disorted-sounding voice. The figure pulled their ڈاکو, ہڈ off, revealing the face of the green-yellow لومڑی that had neon white eyes. He was the tech genius of the Dark Horses.
"Let me guess... Vice sent you?" Mancer asked flatly, still keeping his eyes locked on Azarika.
The alien fox's long green-yellow antennas on سب, سب سے اوپر of his head twitched back and forth as he slowly nodded his head, his neon white eyes glowing brightly. "......Yes....... Vice has sent me to find you......" He said, his voice sounding almost like a whisper. He raised his hand slowly, causing the very long sleeve of his روب, چغہ to fall down. With his sleeve fallen down to his elbow, his hand was completely visible. Instead of having a normal hand, he had a gloveless hand with THREE fingers instead of the normal five. However, it didn't look like he was missing fingers. It looked like his hands were SHAPED to have only three fingers and not five. He pointed one of the fingers towards Mancer slowly. "...You."
"Wait, ME? Vice sent آپ to look for ME?" Mancer asked, quite a bit of shock and confusion in his voice.
"What does Vice want with Mancer?" Kyle asked, releasing a quiet growl of anger. He clenched his fists together tightly, ready to try to stop Azarika if he made a move.
"I do not know the answer to your question, yellow hedgehog... All I know is that Vice has sent me to find him..." Azarika کہا flatly. "I do not know for what reason..."
"...I feel like I know why..." Mancer کہا flatly under his breath, feeling slightly angry. He narrowed his eyes at Azarika. "You can tell Vice that I want nothing to do with him. If he wants to speak to me that badly, he can come get me personally."
"Mancer, why are آپ telling him something like that...?!" Kyle asked, a wide-eyed look on his face. He was very shocked سے طرف کی Mancer's statement to Azarika.
"It's not like Vice is actually here, Kyle. It's not like it really matters," Mancer کہا flatly, looking at Kyle with a very small glare due to that fact that he was still angry at Azarika.
"Oh, aren't I?" A heavy, deep but familiar voice mocked Mancer, sounding like it was right behind him and Kyle. They both whirled around quickly, and were shocked to see that Vice stood directly behind them. "Hello." The hooded Dark Horses boss greeted with a snicker.
"Vice!" Kyle had no idea what to say to Mancer, to Vice, یا to anyone else who was around him. He squinted at Vice, once again attempting to figure out what kind of animal he was just out of pure curiousity. Vice had bright glowing red eyes, which seemed very unnatural, and his face was a solid light black color. He didn't appear to have a muzzle یا a nose, so Kyle had no idea what kind of animal Vice could be. He had a giant bushy black tail, but it didn't appear to be a fox's tail یا a wolf's tail. "What do آپ want from us?!"
"The same thing I wanted the moment I captured you, Kyle. I کہا I wanted your Rasoul powers," Vice replied in a heavy voice. His mouth turned into an angry snarl, revealing large snake-like fangs. Kyle noticed this, but he didn't think that Vice could be a snake because of his bushy tail. What was he? "Mezame!" He spoke, swinging his arms out to the side as his hands once *again became giant claws (*Vice used this power once before in Chapter 3, and again in Chapter 4*).
"Be careful, Kyle. Here he comes," Mancer کہا flatly, standing in front of Kyle protectively. He quickly got himself into a battle stance, raising his arms as they quickly became covered with Rasoul energy.
"Indeed, here I come!" Vice کہا through his teeth with an angry growl, quickly getting into his own battle stance. He quickly dashed towards Mancer and Kyle, moving at quite an alarming speed. Because of this, he was quickly right in front of them before either one of them could really react. "Show me what you've got!"
Mancer, being quicker to react than Kyle, quickly grabbed Kyle tightly سے طرف کی the arm and LEAPED over Vice, doing the splits as he hurdled over the Dark Horses leader. "Kyle, آپ take care of Azarika! I'll deal with Vice himself!" He said, landing roughly on the ground behind Vice. "GO!" He کہا to Kyle, shoving Kyle away from Vice quickly as he put himself back in his battle stance.
Kyle stumbled سے طرف کی quite some amount from the sudden shove, stumbling quite some distance from Vice and Mancer. "Whoa!" He quickly tried to regain his balance, quickly turning to face Azarika. He waited, expecting Azarika to make a اقدام at any moment.
Azarika stood still and slowly reached inside of the sleeve of his robe, slowly pulling out what looked like a sword made of Rasoul energy. "...Commence attack, young yellow hedgehog..." He کہا slowly, slowly getting into a battle stance with the sword. He stood still, as if expecting Kyle to make the first move.
Kyle formed Rasoul energy all around his arms, slowly making Rasoul blades form on the sides of his arms. "Alright then..." He charged straight at Azarika, but as he did, what Mancer had کہا in the store came to his mind. Mancer didn't want to hurt Vice and his team مزید than he had to. Kyle realized that he should respect what Mancer wanted and try to wear Azarika down, not harm him.
Azarika quickly swung his sword at Kyle with quick reflexes, causing the yellow hedgehog to بتھ, مرغابی very quickly to avoid being struck. "...Very intelligent..." He pulled his sword up over his head quickly and swung it downward, attempting to strike Kyle quickly.
Kyle quickly rolled out of the way, just barely missing Azarika's sword. "He's fast! He didn't look like he was very fast, but he has really quick reflexes!" He thought to himself, quickly trying to prepare himself for Azarika's اگلے attack.
Meanwhile, with Vice and Mancer, Mancer was having a VERY difficult time dodging Vice's very quick, تیز رو, سوئفٹ attacks.
Mancer quickly did a backflip to flip himself backward a bit, just barely dodging a very quick slash from Vice's claws. "Vice... I'll tell آپ right now, I don't want to fight with you."
"Oh, really now? Well, too bad! You're stuck dealing with me anyway," Vice said, a quick smirk growing on his face. He quickly charged foward towards Mancer once more, swinging his claws at a fairly quick speed.
Mancer, being unable to dodge Vice's quick attack, was struck firmly in the head سے طرف کی Vice's claws. Mancer was knocked down roughly onto the ground, his black square-shaped ہیلمیٹ actually flying off as soon as his head slammed into the ground. With his ہیلمیٹ now off, his face was revealed. He was a black-dark grey لومڑی with slightly wild dark red hair that was mostly on the BACK of his head, but it curved towards the front of his head. He had a greyish-colored muzzle. His teeth appeared to be very sharp, his fangs sticking out of his mouth. They appeared to be almsot snake-like in appearance, almost similar to Vice's teeth. Mancer's eyes were slightly strange as well, however. The whites of his eyes were a very light red tint, and his normal eyes were very dark red and snake-like in appearance. Mancer just stayed laying on the ground, feeling very dazed from the sudden blow to his head. "Ugh..."
"I see your ہیلمیٹ has come off," Vice said, releasing a snicker. "I honestly think that old thing doesn't look right on you. I don't even know why آپ wear that thing any more."
Mancer released an angry growl, quickly trying to force himself to stand up as quickly as he possibly could. "I don't care, Vice... I don't care." He quickly raised his arms, giving a very cold glare towards Vice. "I don't want to hurt you, either... But I will if I have to."
"Oh, come on, now. There's no fun in fighting آپ when آپ don't fight back," Vice said, quickly raising his claws. "There's just no fun in fighting a target who doesn't fight back."
"Wait, what...?" Mancer stood there with a look of pure confusion on his face. He even dropped his guard slightly, utterly stunned سے طرف کی Vice's words. "...What was that...? I've only heard one other person before in my life who would talk like that..." He squinted at Vice's red eyes, attempting to see the details and looks of his eyes, which was very difficult due to the fact that the eyes were glowing with a very bright, intense red light.
"Pay attention, pay attention!" Vice mocked, quickly charging towards Mancer with his claws raised. He quickly swung his claws at Mancer, easily knocking the normally black helmeted hybrid away and doing a fair amount of damage.
Mancer landing roughly on the ground, landing on his neck and bending it in ways that probably shouldn't be possible. He fell down roughly onto the ground, feeling dazed once again from getting slammed onto the ground. "My neck...!" Was the only thing that he could really say due to the pain that surged all throughout his neck and the surrounding areas of his body. His neck wasn't broken, but it sure hurt.
"Stand up. I'm not finished with you, yet," Vice said, raising his claws once مزید with a smirk. "Show me what آپ can do. یا is that all آپ can do, Mancer...?"
"I told آپ I don't want to fight you! I don't care about دکھانا what I can do!" Mancer کہا angrily, slowly pulling himself to his feet once more. He didn't really feel like holding back any مزید due to his anger. "I can already say now... You're not the person I remember." He released a very angry growl, feeling like his anger had probably just snapped in some way. "Mezame!" He held his arms out to the side as his hands became giant red claws much like Vice's claws.
"Aha, I see آپ know the Mezame Rasoul spells," Vice کہا with a snicker, quickly getting into his own battle stance. "You make the first move."
"I know them only because my big brother spent months upon months teaching them to me," Mancer replied flatly. He raised his claws, and quickly dashed towards Vice to attack.
Back with Kyle, Kyle had finally managed to start matching Azarika's speed. Everytime Azarika swung his sword, Kyle would turn his own arms into small blades to stop Azarika's sword, but not hurt him.
"...I do not understand, yellow hedgehog... آپ سوئنگ, جھول your Rasoul blades... But yet آپ do not strike..." Azarika said, quickly jumping away from Kyle. He formed Rasoul energy all around his sword, and then threw it straight at Kyle.
Kyle released a scream as the sword came flying at him with quite a bit of speed behind it. He quickly کبوتر to the side, landing flat and hard on his stomach and chin on the ground. He watched in shock as the sword sailed over him, then stopped and flew backwards into Azarika's hands. "What in the world was that?! The sword flew and then flew back to him!"
"...Make another move, hedgehog... This is not entertaining to me... So far, I do not understand why Vice wants anything to do with you..." Azarika said, once again waiting for Kyle to make a move.
"Believe me, I have no idea what he wants from me either, Azarika..." Kyle said, growling through his teeth slightly out of anger. "I can't tell if he wants my powers, یا if he just wants to drive me crazy. I don't know anymore." He held his arms up, forming Rasoul blades on his arms yet again. He stood still, waiting for Azarika to make a اقدام first.
Azarika, realizing that Kyle waiting for him to make the first move, quickly charged towards Kyle once مزید with his sword raised. He swung his sword quickly, causing the yellow hedgehog to jump to the side to dodge the attack. "...I still do not understand why آپ are not attacking..."
"Won't this guy EVER get tired?! I'm getting tired myself from all of this dodging! Is he ever going to get tired from all of the attacking?!" Kyle asked himself, releasing a heavy breath. He quickly turned around, holding his Rasoul blades up quickly to block Azarika's swings.
Azarika's sword struck Kyle's Rasoul blades firmly, blowing them both away from each other just slightly. Kyle landing roughly, but on his feet. Azarika also landed roughly, and wound up stumbling backwards just slightly. Azarika released a quick breath, seeming to begin to become slightly tired. "...Are آپ just trying to tire me out, yellow hedgehog...?"
Kyle quickly turned himself to face Azarika, noticing that he seemed to be releasing tired breaths. "Maybe I am, maybe I'm not..."
"...I have a feeling that آپ are..."
"Alright then, I AM trying to tire آپ out."
"...Why is that...?"
"There's no important reason... Well, it's important to me and my friend, but it's not going to be important to آپ if I even told you," Kyle said, waiting for Azarika to strike again.
"...Let me guess... It's important to the black-helmeted hybrid Nighless...?"
"To the WHAT?" Kyle asked in shock, very surprised at what Azarika had just said. Was he talking about Mancer? Surely he couldn't have been. "...What in the world is a Nighless...?"
Azarika didn't respond. He just instead fell back into silence, once again preparing to attack Kyle. He quickly charged towards Kyle, swinging at him with his sword once more.
Back with Mancer and Vice, even though Mancer was now using the same claws as Vice, he didn't seem to be able to match یا even keep up with Vice's speed and power.
Mancer flipped backwards quickly, starting to feel quite worn down from trying to stop all of Vice's quick, strong attacks. He released a heavy breath, starting to feel tired. "Vice, there's really no reason to fight like this..."
"That's what آپ think... I don't care what آپ think. I have my own mind set. آپ don't control me," Vice کہا flatly, releasing a quite growl.
"I remember a time when you-" Mancer was imediately silenced سے طرف کی Vice's hard, تیز رو, سوئفٹ مککا, عجیب الخلقت directly to his face. He collapsed onto the ground, nearly seeing stars as a mix of dizzy and pain shot all throughout his face and upper body.
Vice walked over to Mancer slowly, quickly putting his large black boot down on Mancer's back to keep him from getting up. "Getting overpowered, are we?" The Dark Horses leader mocked.
Mancer tried to push himself up, but he couldn't do to the weight and strength that was now pushing down against his back. He couldn't get up no matter how much he kept trying. "You should know good and well that I'm not the stongest person here..."
"I know that. I can tell because I just overpowered آپ single-handed," Vice replied with a snicker. "I thought that آپ would have been a better opponent. Sadly it looks like I might have been mistaken."
"Vice..." Mancer attempted to get up once again, but still was unable to move. He clenched his teeth together tightly in pain as Vice slowly began to press his foot down on his back, sending pain all throughout his body. "GAH!"
"Face it; you're not nearly strongh enough to teach that Kyle boy. آپ won't have enough time to teach him everything that آپ know, یا to train him to defeat me and my team," Vice said, slowly bending his body down to get close to Mancer's face.
Mancer clenched his teeth together even tighter, closing his eyes just slightly in pain. He felt like a چھری had just been stabbed through his emotions from what Vice had just said. He slowly managed to turn his head, looking up at Vice. "I'm... I'm surprised at you... Saying something like that... to me..."
"Deal with it. I can say whatever I want to say about you," Vice replied flatly, leaning down enough to where he was right in front of Mancer's face. "I don't care what آپ think."
Mancer looked straight at Vice's face, looking straight into his eyes, and suddenly froze. Because he was so close, Mancer could now see past the bright red glow in Vice's eyes and see what they really looked like. The whites of his eyes were almost pinkish-reddish in appearance, as if his eyes were very, very irritated. His eyes were also snake-like, but Mancer didn't really care about that feature. His eye color was a cloudy grey, but Mancer skipped over that as well. He mostly stared at Vice's pupils, which were BRIGHT red instead of another color. "T-Those eyes...! They look familiar to me... Wait a minute, they belong to...! That means that this isn't the real...!" Mancer's thought was soon quickly cut off سے طرف کی Vice taking a strong hold on his neck, pressing him down onto the ground even مزید than he already was.
"What did آپ decide to stare at?" Vice asked with a snicker, keeping his hand firmly wrapped around Mancer's neck. "Are آپ looking at my eyes?"
Mancer struggled to talk. He could breathe, just barely, but he couldn't seem to talk with Vice's hand wrapped around his neck. "...T... is... using..." He attempted to speak in a full sentence, but his voice was horribly wrecked because of the hand holding his throat. He attempted to say a name that started with a T, but he couldn't finish it.
"I could take a guess at what name you're trying to say, but no. I'll pass on that," Vice said, his voice almost sounding like it was mocking again. He held onto Mancer's neck tighter, causing the black and red hybrid to release a loud gasp. "If آپ know what's good for you, you'll stay out of my way..." He said, his voice almost sounding like it shifted to a slightly مزید high-pitched, creepy joking voice. However, the shift seemed to disappear almost as soon as it came.
Mancer gasped for air, struggling to breathe due to Vice's firm grip on his neck. "V-Vice... Stop..."
"Too bad," Vice کہا with a laugh, tightening his grip around Mancer's neck. He moved his foot off of Mancer's back, and lifted him off of the ground using the strong grip around his neck. "I'll see آپ some other time, Mancer."
Mancer struggled to breathe, but found himself unable because of the tight grip on his neck. He gasped, already beginning to feel lightheaded. Soon afterward, he began feeling like he was about to pass out due his lack of air.
Vice wore a twisted grin on his face, slowly loosening the tight grip on Mancer's neck so he would be able to breathe. He turned his head slightly to look over at Kyle and Azarika, who were still fighting their own battle. They both seemed to be very tired. "Oh, Kyle!" The Dark Horses leader called in a almost sing-song sounding voice.
"Vice?! What do آپ want?!" Kyle looked over at the black-robed leader in confusion, his eyes imediately going wide as soon as he saw the passed out Mancer. He was also fairly shocked to see Mancer's face since he was no longer wearing his helmet. He couldn't help but notice that Mancer's face seemed to share a lot of the same features as Vice. "Mancer! What did آپ do to him?!"
"I've done nothing too important to him. I simply just forced the breath out of him until he passed out. That's all I did," Vice replied with an almost evil grin on his face. He pulled his free arm back, and slammed his fist right into Mancer's face, actually letting go of him and letting Mancer right into Kyle, knocking the golden yellow hedgehog down onto the ground and knocking Mancer into a passed-out state. Vice must have had one powerful مککا, عجیب الخلقت to be able to مککا, عجیب الخلقت Mancer and send him straight into Kyle.
"AGH!" Kyle flew backwards and landed hard on the ground, feeling pain shoot all up and down his body. He released a quick breath, quickly trying to sit up. He pushed Mancer off of him, letting the black and red hybrid gently fall just slightly onto the grass. "Vice!"
"Come along, Azarika. We'll come back for these two some other time," Vice کہا while ignoring Kyle, waving his hand slightly at Azarika.
"...Why are we not dealing with them now, sir...?" Azarika asked, slowly putting his sword away سے طرف کی sliding it up the sleeve of his robe. It seemed to disappear as he did so. He slowly made his way over to Vice.
"Because I want to wait until they can give me مزید excitement. Sure, we could deal with them right now, but I want to wait. I enjoy excitement during a fight. Finishing them off right now would give me no excitement یا satisfaction whatsoever," Vice replied, turning his head to look at Azarika. "Understand that?"
"...I suppose so, sir... I suppose I understand..."
"Good." Vice turned his head to look back at Kyle and Mancer, who were still down on the ground; Mancer knocked out, and Kyle sitting down just staring at Vice and Azarika. "It's been fun, Kyle. I suppose we'll just have to see آپ some other time."
"Wait a minute...!" Kyle attempted to get up, but pain shot all throughout his body. He couldn't understand why he felt so sore, however. He couldn't tell if it was because he had gotten knocked down hard onto the ground, یا if it was because he got hurt and tired out in the small fight with Azarika.
"Bye bye," Vice mocked just slightly with a grin. In a sudden بادل of what looked like Rasoul energy, Vice and Azarika were hidden from sight. After the بادل was gone, Vice and Azarika were nowhere to be seen.
Kyle just sat there on the ground, not really knowing what to say یا do. He was fairly surprised that Vice and Azarika had just disappeared without trying to do anything else. "...They confuse me..." He thought to himself, shaking his head as he looked down at Mancer. He was shocked to see Mancer's large red claws. "Mancer can turn his hands into claws just like Vice...?!"
Mancer still didn't move; he still just laid passed out on the ground. As he was laying there, his giant red claws slowly turned back into his normal hands.
"...What am I doing? I don't need to be just sitting here! Mancer is obviously hurt! I need to get him some help!" Kyle thought to himself, forcing himself to stand up. He froze for a moment, feeling sore pain shoot all up throughout his body. "...Ow." His ears suddenly stood up when he heard the sound of someone nearing closer to him behind him. He whirled around quickly, fearing that it could be Vice again, but was surprised to see that it appeared to be just a normal yellow hedgehog. He also noticed the yellow hedgehog was using crutches to stay standing up.
"Hello... I couldn't help but notice your passed out friend on the ground there... What might have happened?" The yellow hedgehog asked, appearing to be a male from the sound of its voice. The hedgehog was a light yellow color, and he had pale skin on his muzzle and on his arms. He wore a very baggy black t-shirt, very baggy black jeans, and black boots. He also wore very dark sunglasses, which hid his eyes entirely from view. He leaned on his crutches, still appearing as if he couldn't stand on his own.
"Oh... It... It was nothing. Just... a fight..." Kyle کہا quietly, looking at the hedgehog. He didn't want to tell the hedgehog about the villains that had just been there a few moments ago.
"A fight with a villain?"
Kyle stood there for a moment, feeling slightly shocked at the hedgehog's perfect guess. "Um... Yes... How did آپ know...?"
"It was just a simple guess... Plus, to be honest, I saw what happened. Those two black-robed figures... I saw them attacking you," The hedgehog replied. "I guess no one got too hurt, right? I mean, that guy got knocked out, but I suppose I don't see any fatal damages."
Kyle just stood there, listening to the hedgehog's voice. He couldn't help but notice that the hedgehog had a somewhat similar voice to Vice's voice. "...Yeah, I suppose no bad damage was really done." He looked down at Mancer, still noticing that Mancer didn't seem to be waking up anytime soon. "You really saw that we were being attacked?"
"Yes, I did. I only saw when the tall black-robed one threw your friend into آپ and disappeared with the other robed figure. I didn't see anything else before that," The hedgehog replied. He turned a bit to the side using his crutches, looking like he was about to walk away.
"Wait a minute! آپ just talk to me and now you're going to walk away...?"
"Well, yes, I suppose so. I was mostly just seeing if آپ were ok. Didn't want to see آپ hurt if آپ were hurt sevearly," The hedgehog replied, turning his head to look at Kyle. "I guess I mostly talked to آپ to offer my help if آپ needed it."
"Oh... Alright, then. Thanks for checking on us then, I suppose..." Kyle said. He looked at the hedgehog's crutches. "...Do آپ need any of my help? Can آپ walk alright on those crutches...?"
"Yes, I can walk fine. I have a physical disability in my legs, making them very weak, so that's why I use these crutches to help me walk and stand. It's not exactly easy, and I'm not exactly pain-free while moving... But I can still get around," The hedgehog replied.
"Oh... Well alright then. Try to be careful on your way home..."
"I will. Don't worry about me, kid... I'd worry مزید about your friend. آپ might want to get him ہوم so he can rest," The hedgehog pointed out. He turned away, and then began walking away, using the crutches to hold himself up as he kept walking.
Kyle turned away from the hedgehog, looking back down at his mysterious passed out hybrid friend. "I'm sure you'll be ok later, Mancer..." He gently slid his arms under Mancer's neck and tail, gently picking him up off of the ground. Kyle noted how light Mancer was, also noting how skinny Mancer was. "...Well, at least he's really light... That makes him easy to carry..."
Kyle laid his ears back against his head slightly, releasing a quiet sigh. He walked over to Mancer's ہیلمیٹ slowly, which was still laying in the dirt where it had landed after getting knocked off. Kyle bent down slightly, using his long tail to grab the ہیلمیٹ and set it down on Mancer's chest. "I'm sure he'll want to put his ہیلمیٹ back on when he wakes up..." Kyle turned towards the west, and began walking towards the direction of his house, carrying Mancer and his ہیلمیٹ firmly so he wouldn't drop them.
Vice had appeared back at the Dark Horses HQ, stepping out from a بادل of Rasoul energy that had formed in front of the building. He turned his head back slightly, looking back at Azarika as he also stepped out of the بادل slowly. "I'd say that we put that black-helmeted joke out of commission at least for a few hours," The Dark Horses leader کہا to his لیموں, چونے green لومڑی subordinate with a crooked grin on his face.
"...Yes... I suppose we did, sir... I could tell that the golden yellow hedgehog was worn down as well..." Azarika added quietly, attempting to avoid Vice's stare. He always felt uncomfortable when he looked his boss in the eye.
"Yes, I saw that, Azarika. I'll see that آپ did a great job at wearing Kyle down like that. I'm sure he won't be able to get any training with the hybrid in at least for a short while. He'll need to recover his stamina, and his teacher will need quite a bit of recovery himself after his little bout with me," Vice said, letting a very quiet snicker escape his throat. "He should have thought twice before deciding to attack me head-on." He snickered again, beginning to walk towards the entrance of his HQ. "Come along now, Azarika."
"...Yes... I do agree with you, sir... The hybrid should have thought twice..." Azarika کہا quietly while slowly beginning to follow Vice towards and into the Dark Horses HQ.
Once inside, both of the boys were quick to see that the black-robed female بھیڑیا in the Dark Horses team, Astra, stood near the doorway, as if she was waiting for Azarika and her boss to get back to the HQ. "Sir, I'm glad to see that you're back," Astra کہا firmly, nodding her head in a respectful way to Vice. "I also have news to inform آپ of, sir."
"Ah, Astra, no need to be so formal," Vice said, walking close to Astra with a smirk on his face. "What do آپ need to inform me of, my dear?"
"We have a visitor, sir."
"Someone is here?" The Dark Horses leader asked with quite some surprise in his voice. He turned his head to look at Astra. "Who is it?"
"Well, um... It's a little hard to explain, sir. It might just be better that آپ meet them for yourself," Astra replied, turning her head to look Vice in the eye.
"Really now? How exactly is it hard to explain?" Vice asked, slight confusion in his voice.
"It's just... They're just... I don't know, sir... But, they're waiting for you. I believe that they want to speak to you," Astra said.
"Alright, then. Where might this visitor be?" Vice asked, turning his head to look around the room.
"They're in the private meeting room, sir," Astra informed, stepping to the side slightly to allow Vice to walk by.
"Alright... Then let's go see who this person is, shall we?" Vice walked across the room, moving past each of his team members and workers as they moved aside to let him past. He turned into a large, dimly lit hallway and began walking down it, heading a large metal door at the end of the hallway. Once reaching the end of the hallway, he stopped and pulled the door open to walk inside of the meeting room.
The figure behind the door was a black-suited female, about the height of an average mobian. She wore a black hood, with green details on the sleeves and ڈاکو, ہڈ itself, and black gloves and boots. Her eyes were bright, but a darkly colored green. She had no sign of ears, یا tail, یا even nose. “Greetings.” She کہا with a slight tilt of the head, دکھانا that she did in fact have a mouth at least.
Vice closed the door behind him, turning himself to face the black-suited female. He froze for just a moment, observing the figure's lightly strange appearance. "...Hello to آپ as well..." He shook his head just slightly, stopping himself from staring at the female again. "Are آپ the visitor I was informed of? I assume that آپ are."
She nodded.
"Alright then... آپ can take a نشست if you'd like," Vice said, gesturing towards a row of large couches and chairs. He walked over to one of the couches, sitting his own self down. "Well, I suppose I welcome آپ to the Dark Horses HQ. I am the leader Vice."
The woman took a moment before sitting down, as if a bit untrusting, but gradually did so. “I am Device. I’m here with a matter of business.”
Vice nodded his head slightly as he leaned back into the couch, attempting to relax. "Alright. آپ bring a matter of business? What might that be, if آپ don't mind me asking?"
“Why would I mind?” She laughed lightly. Calmly she answered “You command quite an… organization. My employer wishes for آپ to capture a subject, and if possible, control.”
Vice listened intently to her words, his long thin ears twitching just slightly underneath his dusty black robe's hood. He nodded his head slightly, the red glow in his eyes dimming just slightly due to the fact that he was now curious. "Alright... What kind of subject?"
“A dangerous one.” The lady called Device laid out her hand and a holographic image appeared.
Vice's red eyes studied the image intently, leaning foward slightly on the سوفی, لٹانا he was sitting on. "...What exactly is so special about this person?"
“This person is like six different nuclear bombs, each meant to do something different. If controlled it can be extremely invaluable, but we can repay آپ if آپ are able to acquire this individual.”
"Hm..." Vice stayed quiet for a short moment, not really knowing how to reply to this mysterious Device woman. "Well... I believe I can take this person on my own. آپ gave me enough info. I don't need any help from you."
“My employer would not like to hear that.”
Vice kept his eyes on the mysterious Device, not moving his eyes. He remained silent, almost as if he was waiting for something.
Being as silent as possible, the other five members of Vice's team silently opened the large door just a crack and silently entered, all silently standing in the room, trying to stay out of Device's sight.
Vice turned his eyes to the side just slightly, noticing all of his team. He turned his eyes back to look at Device. "I suppose we can just keep آپ as a prisoner so آپ can't go tell your employer about what I said," He said, slowly standing up from his chair.
Device’s eyes changed from dark green to dark purple. She sighed loudly while rising from her chair. “You’re not going to keep anyone a prisoner.”
"I suppose we'll just have to see about that, shall we?" Vice said, slowly raising his hand up. He quickly snapped his fingers, darting his eyes towards his team members.
Vice's team quickly attempted to surround Device, trying to prepare themselves for any type of counterattack that might come from the strange woman. They all tensed up, preparing to attack on command.
Device’s eyes changed back to their dark green as she let out an eerie laugh. “Fine then, attack! It’ll give me a good idea of how threatening آپ really are.”
"Well alright then," Vice کہا flatly. He swung his hands out to the side, quickly turning his hands into his giant red Mazame claws once more. "Attack!"
Each of the Dark Horses members quickly closed in, quickly attacking with their own versions of Rasoul energy. Vice with his Mezame claws, Azarika with his Rasoul sword that was used apon Kyle, the bat Devin with blasts of Rasoul energy from his hands, the hedgehog Sniper with her sharpshooter guns that were outfited to shoot Rasoul energy, the بھیڑیا Astra with double Rasoul swords, and the cat Willow with Rasoul claws quickly moved in to attack Device with everything they could do on a short notice.
Device did not react. She simply stood there. There was no sign of pain, only a continuing chuckle before she vanished from sight in a large green light.
Vice quickly called off his team, fearing that they would all wind up taking down each other if they continued. He looked around quickly, noticing that Device had disappeared. "...Now what was that all about..."
Chapter 9: Vice Again
"So, what would آپ like it do? Is there anywhere that آپ would like to go?" Mancer asked Kyle, now walking down the streets and sidewalks in the middle of the Northern District of Freedom City.
"Hm... Maybe we could go to the mall? It's a great place for just walking around and looking around," Kyle said.
"That would be fine with me if آپ want to walk around the mall for a while," Mancer said, nodding his head slightly as he walked down the sidewalk with Kyle.
"Alright! Is that ok to go there?"
"Yes, it's alright with me. Let's go."
"Ok!" Kyle started off down the sidewalk, heading deeper into the city with Mancer. Not too far from where they started walking from, they arrived at a large eight-story mall.
"So... This is Freedom City's mall?" Mancer asked Kyle once they were insider of the large mall, walking down one of the big open hallways that led that was lined with various different stores. "It's pretty big."
"Yeah, it's a pretty big place! Freedom City is a HUGE place. So, it's got large stores and LOTS of them," Kyle said, continuing to walk with Mancer. "Anyway, is there anything آپ would like to do, Mancer? Do آپ want to go into any of the stores and look around?"
Mancer thought for a moment, trying to think of a place that he would like to go, until a thought came back to him. "Wait, I thought we were going to go look for Vice and his team."
"Well, we still can... I just kind of wanted to walk around for a bit and just relax a bit..." Kyle said, looking down slightly. "I... I just don't know if I'm ready to jump right back into the villain fights just yet..."
"It's alright... I can understand why آپ don't want to jump right back in. It's alright if آپ want to relax for a short time," Mancer said, continuing to walk with Kyle. "So, is there any of the stores that آپ want to look in?"
"Hm... I don't honestly know..."
"You don't know? There's not a certain store that آپ would like to go to?"
"Well... I DO like video games..."
"Alright, then would آپ like to find a video game store?" Mancer asked, slowing down slightly to look at all of the stores as they passed them.
"Would that be ok, Mancer?"
"Of course it would. I کہا it was fine if آپ wanted to relax for a while and do things that آپ like to do." Mancer continued looking around, until he stopped in front of a large store. He looked inside, seeing shelf after shelf of video game cases. "This would be a good place to look, don't آپ think?"
"Yeah, I think it would. Are آپ sure it's ok, Mancer?" Kyle asked while walking into the store with Mancer. He felt almost at ہوم while he was near video games. He really loved to play them, and watch them.
"I've already told you... It's perfectly fine, Kyle. آپ don't have to worry about it," Mancer said, looking around at all the video games shelves. He walked away from Kyle just slightly, looking at one of the nearby shelves in curiosity. "I hope آپ don't mind if I don't stay with آپ the entire time... I want to look around myself if that's ok."
"I don't mind if آپ look around yourself. I think I'm going to look around, too," Kyle said, looking at one of the nearby shelves. He was looking for any sort of video game that contained action, adventure, یا shooting. Or, if he was very lucky, he might be able to find one that had all three. He circled around the shelf, before running right into a white furred wolf. "Oh, I'm so sorry!" Kyle said, quickly stepping away from the wolf. He was slightly surprised to see that the بھیڑیا was none other than his friend Cas Mackentire. "Oh, Cas! I didn't realize it was you!"
"Hey, Kyle. It's alright that آپ ran into me. I should have been paying مزید attention myself," Cas said, laughing a bit. He straighted his black vest slightly. "It's no surprise to see آپ here."
"Ha, it's not surprise to see آپ here either, Cas. We're both gamers," Kyle said, laughing a bit himself. "Is anyone else here? Any other دوستوں that I should know about?"
"Well, yeah, SCP-000 is here," Cas said, a smile on his face. He turned towards the right, looking at a short, skinny white and red male fox. The لومڑی wore a sleeveless dark red shirt, and thin grey jeans. "Hey, SCP! Kyle's here."
"Wait, really?" The لومڑی boy asked, a lot of surprise in his voice. He turned slightly away from the shelf he was looking at, and saw Kyle standing near Cas. "Oh, hi, Kyle! It's great to see آپ again!"
"It's nice to see that you're doing great, SCP," Kyle said, a smile on his face. "I'm glad that you're getting some fresh air other than staying at ہوم all دن long."
"Yeah, Simon and Cas کہا that, too. That's why I came with Cas. He really wanted me to come with him to get out of the house for a little while. I'm really enjoying it, though," SCP-000 said, a smile on his pale face.
"That's great, SCP," Kyle said. He turned his head slightly, looking around for Mancer. "I actually brought someone else with me... I'm just not sure where he went. He's a new friend of mine, and he's been teaching me new ways to use my powers."
"Really? Cool! Can we meet him?" Cas asked.
"Yeah, if I can find him," Kyle said, continuing to look around for Mancer. He walked around the shelf slightly, and waved to Mancer once he saw him. "Hey, Mancer! Do آپ want to come and meet some of my friends?"
"I suppose I could..." Mancer said, walking over towards Kyle. "Who am I going to meet?"
"Mancer, these are two of my دوستوں named Cas and SCP-000! They're very friendly," Kyle کہا with a big smile on his face.
"Hello!" Cas greeted, a smile on his face. "Kyle کہا that you've been teaching him a few new things with his powers."
"Yes, I have. There's new villains in town, so I've been helping him learn how to use his powers better."
"New villains?" SCP-000 asked, fear in his voice. He trembled slightly, wearing a look of panic and fear on his face. "There's new bad guys in town...?"
"Yes, there is, SCP. His name is Vice, and he has a small team made up of himself and five other people. They seem tough, but I'm still not going to give up the fight without trying to stop them if they try to do something bad," Kyle said.
"You know, I would be willing to help too, Kyle. Simon might be willing to help as well," Cas said, nodding his head slightly. He leaned close to Kyle. "I'm afraid to have SCP help, though... I'm afraid he could get hurt..." He whispered, close enough to Kyle that no one else could hear him but Kyle.
"I don't want to get him hurt, either... But... I don't want to be mean to him if he DOES want to help..." Kyle whispered back so only Cas could hear him.
"True... I would feel bad telling him no over and over again..."
"...What are آپ two talking about?" Mancer asked, curiousity in his serious voice.
"Oh... Um... Just talking about Vice and stuff. Cas کہا that he wants to help fight Vice and his team, and he کہا that one of his دوستوں might be willing to help as well," Kyle replied to Mancer, turning his head to look at the black-helmeted hybrid.
"Oh..." Mancer turned his head to look at Cas. "You really want to help fight Vice and his team?"
"Yeah, I've helped Kyle fight villains before, so I thought that maybe I could help آپ two fight against this Vice guy," Cas replied. "I can hold my own in a fight. I know how to fight villains."
"...Well, alright then. I suppose آپ probably could be of some good help," Mancer said, walking over to Cas. He held his hand out to Cas, offering a hand shake. "So, my name is Mancer. It's a pleasure to meet you, Cas."
"It's nice to meet آپ too, sir," Cas replied, shaking Mancer's black-gloved hand. His ears layed back just slightly at Mancer's firm, powerful grip. "You have a good grip."
"Oh, sorry. I know my grip is firm," Mancer apologized, quickly letting go of Cas' hand. "I apologize if I hurt you."
"No, آپ didn't. I was just noticing that. It's probably a good thing that آپ have a firm grip, though. I don't have a very good grip myself."
SCP-000, not wanting to invade the conversation, waiting until Cas and Mancer were done speaking with each other before he added his own question. "Hey... Can I maybe help? I wanna be a hero, too..."
Cas' eyes immediately widened just slightly, trying to think of something to say to SCP-000 without hurting his feelings. "Um... Well... I'm afraid that you're going to get hurt, SCP..."
"But... I still wanna help..." SCP-000 said, his head hanging down slightly. "This is about my... issues... right?"
"Well... I just don't want آپ to get hurt یا someone else to get hurt..."
"I can keep it under control, Cas... Please trust me..." SCP-000 کہا quietly, giving a کتے dog-eyed look towards Cas. He layed his large لومڑی ears back against his head. "Please..."
Cas released a heavy sigh, raising his hand and pressing his fingers against his forehead in frustraition. "...What do آپ think, Kyle...?"
"Well... I don't know Cas. I know SCP-000, but I don't know him as well as آپ do, Cas. He lives with you, and he's like a brother to you, so آپ should be the one to decide," Kyle said, shrugging his shoulders slightly. "Sorry I'm not مزید help."
"No, it's fine..." Cas said, releasing another sigh. "I just don't know what to do..."
"Wait a moment, what's the problem here?" Mancer asked, trying to figure out why everyone seemed upset یا frustraited. "What's the problem, Cas?"
"Well..." Cas paused for a moment, turning to look at SCP-000. "Is it ok if I tell him about it?" SCP nodded his head slightly to say yes to Cas' question.
"Tell me about what...?"
"The reason I don't know if I can let SCP-000 help us fight یا not is because... well... he has 'issues'. Um... psychotic disorders. I'm afraid that he could hurt himself یا someone else if those issues kick in because of all of the fighting," Cas explained, trying his best to say it in a way that wouldn't offend SCP-000.
"Oh... I understand." Mancer crossed his arms slightly and tapped his fingers up and down slightly on his arm, before deciding to speak again. "...Perhaps that would be a good thing if his disorder kicks in."
"Wait, what? How?" Cas asked, his eyes widened سے طرف کی quite some amount. سے طرف کی the tone of his voice and the look on his white hair-covered face, everyone could tell he was fairly shocked سے طرف کی what Mancer had just said.
"Perhaps we could use that to our advantage. If his disorder 'takes over', maybe that would be good for fighting the villains. If he went berserk on them, he might be able to actually do a little bit of damage," Mancer said. He released a very quiet sigh. "...Not that I want to hurt the villains..." He کہا quietly to himself, releasing another heavy sigh. He almost seemed as if he was thinking of something.
"Mancer? Are آپ alright?" Kyle asked, feeling just a bit concerned.
"No... But I will be alright," Mancer کہا quietly, shaking his head a bit.
"You're not alright? What's wrong?" Cas asked, also feeling concerned.
"I'm just... thinking of something." Mancer released a heavy sigh. "Maybe... Maybe I should just go ahead and tell you. I... I'm not too big on the idea of hurting Vice and his team horribly. I want to stop them, but I don't want to hurt them مزید than we have to."
"You don't...? Then why have آپ been teaching me all new, powerful moves with my Rasoul if آپ don't want to hurt them...?" Kyle asked, feeling fairly confused.
"One, I'm teaching آپ all of that so آپ can use your powers better. Two, I'm teaching them to آپ JUST in case آپ have to use them. I don't want to hurt them, but I will hurt them if it means protecting everyone," Mancer said, releasing another sigh.
"Oh... I understand..."
"...Anyway... Did آپ see anything آپ like here, Kyle...?" Mancer asked, looking at Kyle slightly. His eyes were closed just slightly, as if he was still sad. "...They just didn't use to be like this... What could have made them act like this..." He thought to himself, apparently thinking about someone he knew.
"Mancer, are آپ still upset? What's wrong?" Kyle asked, ignoring Mancer's سوال to ask what was wrong.
"It's nothing, Kyle... Just don't worry about it, please. I'll be fine. I just have things on my mind... I'll be alright. There's nothing to worry about," Mancer said, attempting to assure Kyle that he would be fine. "Now, again... Did آپ see anything that آپ really want to look at here? یا do آپ want to leave?"
"...I suppose we can just leave... I didn't really see much," Kyle said. He turned his head to look at Cas and SCP-000. "You guys don't care if I leave, right?"
"No, I don't care at all. I don't think SCP cares either..." Cas replied to Kyle, turning his head to look at SCP-000. "You don't care, do you?"
"No, I don't mind. It was nice to talk to you, Kyle," SCP-000 said, giving a small wave towards the golden hedgehog.
"It was nice to see آپ and Cas, SCP. I suppose I'll see آپ at school tomorrow," Kyle said.
"Oh, right... Today is Sunday. Tomorrow is Monday," Cas said, snapping his fingers. "I forgot what دن it was."
"I forget sometimes, too... Anyway, I'll see آپ guys later!" Kyle کہا with a wave, walking towards the entrance of the store. "Are آپ coming too, Mancer?"
"Yeah, I'm coming," Mancer said, his voice back to normal. He must not have been upset anymore. He followed Kyle towards the entrance of the store, walking out into the hallway with the golden hedgehog. "Is there anywhere else that آپ want to go now...?"
"Well... Are آپ hungry? If you're hungry, then we could go to the food court while we're here," Kyle said.
"No, I'm not really hungry... If I was, though... I would rather just go ہوم and make a ترکاریاں, سلاد یا something such as that. I'm vegetarian," Mancer said, turning his head to look at Kyle.
"Oh, آپ are? Does that mean آپ hate meat?"
"Well, I don't HATE it... But I do prefer vegetables and fruit over it. However, I will eat meat if I it's cooked and دیا to me as a gift, یا if someone is kind enough to take me out to eat. Otherwise, I like to make myself things like salads and other things such as that," Mancer replied.
"Ah. Ok, then. That's kind of cool."
"How is that cool?"
"I don't know... I just thought it was kind of neat."
"Alright then..." Mancer suddenly turned his head towards the entrance of the mall, his body suddenly tensing up. "...Did آپ hear that?"
"Did I hear what...?" Kyle asked slowly, his ears standing on end. He was afraid that something bad could be happening.
"Come on," Mancer کہا instead of replying to Kyle's question, grabbing Kyle's arm firmly. He quickly began running towards the entrance of the mall, making sure to dodge all of the crowds so he wouldn't run into them, dragging Kyle along with him.
"Mancer, where are we going?! What did آپ hear?!" Kyle asked, total shock and confusion in his voice. He struggled to stay on his feet as he ran beside Mancer, who was quickly beginning to run over Kyle's running limit.
"I'm pretty sure we've got company," Mancer replied flatly, still running and not slowing down for Kyle. He dashed outside into the parking lot, quickly skidding to a stop. His piercing red eyes glared at a black-robed figure that stood before them. "I knew it."
"What did آپ even hear?!" Kyle asked, not noticing the figure that stood before them.
"A voice in my head, to be honest... We've got company," Mancer said, letting go of Kyle and turning him to face the figure.
"A voice in your head-?" Kyle's eyes imediately narrowed at the figure in front of them as his ears layed back against his head when he noticed the person that stood before them. He knew it was one of the Dark Horses members, he just couldn't tell which one due to the shadow that was cast over the figure's face سے طرف کی their dark hoodie. "...Which one is that...?"
"I can't tell, either." Mancer looked at the Dark Horses member with a straight stare, expecting them to make a اقدام at any time. "Which one are you?"
".....Azarika....." The figure replied in a quiet, almost disorted-sounding voice. The figure pulled their ڈاکو, ہڈ off, revealing the face of the green-yellow لومڑی that had neon white eyes. He was the tech genius of the Dark Horses.
"Let me guess... Vice sent you?" Mancer asked flatly, still keeping his eyes locked on Azarika.
The alien fox's long green-yellow antennas on سب, سب سے اوپر of his head twitched back and forth as he slowly nodded his head, his neon white eyes glowing brightly. "......Yes....... Vice has sent me to find you......" He said, his voice sounding almost like a whisper. He raised his hand slowly, causing the very long sleeve of his روب, چغہ to fall down. With his sleeve fallen down to his elbow, his hand was completely visible. Instead of having a normal hand, he had a gloveless hand with THREE fingers instead of the normal five. However, it didn't look like he was missing fingers. It looked like his hands were SHAPED to have only three fingers and not five. He pointed one of the fingers towards Mancer slowly. "...You."
"Wait, ME? Vice sent آپ to look for ME?" Mancer asked, quite a bit of shock and confusion in his voice.
"What does Vice want with Mancer?" Kyle asked, releasing a quiet growl of anger. He clenched his fists together tightly, ready to try to stop Azarika if he made a move.
"I do not know the answer to your question, yellow hedgehog... All I know is that Vice has sent me to find him..." Azarika کہا flatly. "I do not know for what reason..."
"...I feel like I know why..." Mancer کہا flatly under his breath, feeling slightly angry. He narrowed his eyes at Azarika. "You can tell Vice that I want nothing to do with him. If he wants to speak to me that badly, he can come get me personally."
"Mancer, why are آپ telling him something like that...?!" Kyle asked, a wide-eyed look on his face. He was very shocked سے طرف کی Mancer's statement to Azarika.
"It's not like Vice is actually here, Kyle. It's not like it really matters," Mancer کہا flatly, looking at Kyle with a very small glare due to that fact that he was still angry at Azarika.
"Oh, aren't I?" A heavy, deep but familiar voice mocked Mancer, sounding like it was right behind him and Kyle. They both whirled around quickly, and were shocked to see that Vice stood directly behind them. "Hello." The hooded Dark Horses boss greeted with a snicker.
"Vice!" Kyle had no idea what to say to Mancer, to Vice, یا to anyone else who was around him. He squinted at Vice, once again attempting to figure out what kind of animal he was just out of pure curiousity. Vice had bright glowing red eyes, which seemed very unnatural, and his face was a solid light black color. He didn't appear to have a muzzle یا a nose, so Kyle had no idea what kind of animal Vice could be. He had a giant bushy black tail, but it didn't appear to be a fox's tail یا a wolf's tail. "What do آپ want from us?!"
"The same thing I wanted the moment I captured you, Kyle. I کہا I wanted your Rasoul powers," Vice replied in a heavy voice. His mouth turned into an angry snarl, revealing large snake-like fangs. Kyle noticed this, but he didn't think that Vice could be a snake because of his bushy tail. What was he? "Mezame!" He spoke, swinging his arms out to the side as his hands once *again became giant claws (*Vice used this power once before in Chapter 3, and again in Chapter 4*).
"Be careful, Kyle. Here he comes," Mancer کہا flatly, standing in front of Kyle protectively. He quickly got himself into a battle stance, raising his arms as they quickly became covered with Rasoul energy.
"Indeed, here I come!" Vice کہا through his teeth with an angry growl, quickly getting into his own battle stance. He quickly dashed towards Mancer and Kyle, moving at quite an alarming speed. Because of this, he was quickly right in front of them before either one of them could really react. "Show me what you've got!"
Mancer, being quicker to react than Kyle, quickly grabbed Kyle tightly سے طرف کی the arm and LEAPED over Vice, doing the splits as he hurdled over the Dark Horses leader. "Kyle, آپ take care of Azarika! I'll deal with Vice himself!" He said, landing roughly on the ground behind Vice. "GO!" He کہا to Kyle, shoving Kyle away from Vice quickly as he put himself back in his battle stance.
Kyle stumbled سے طرف کی quite some amount from the sudden shove, stumbling quite some distance from Vice and Mancer. "Whoa!" He quickly tried to regain his balance, quickly turning to face Azarika. He waited, expecting Azarika to make a اقدام at any moment.
Azarika stood still and slowly reached inside of the sleeve of his robe, slowly pulling out what looked like a sword made of Rasoul energy. "...Commence attack, young yellow hedgehog..." He کہا slowly, slowly getting into a battle stance with the sword. He stood still, as if expecting Kyle to make the first move.
Kyle formed Rasoul energy all around his arms, slowly making Rasoul blades form on the sides of his arms. "Alright then..." He charged straight at Azarika, but as he did, what Mancer had کہا in the store came to his mind. Mancer didn't want to hurt Vice and his team مزید than he had to. Kyle realized that he should respect what Mancer wanted and try to wear Azarika down, not harm him.
Azarika quickly swung his sword at Kyle with quick reflexes, causing the yellow hedgehog to بتھ, مرغابی very quickly to avoid being struck. "...Very intelligent..." He pulled his sword up over his head quickly and swung it downward, attempting to strike Kyle quickly.
Kyle quickly rolled out of the way, just barely missing Azarika's sword. "He's fast! He didn't look like he was very fast, but he has really quick reflexes!" He thought to himself, quickly trying to prepare himself for Azarika's اگلے attack.
Meanwhile, with Vice and Mancer, Mancer was having a VERY difficult time dodging Vice's very quick, تیز رو, سوئفٹ attacks.
Mancer quickly did a backflip to flip himself backward a bit, just barely dodging a very quick slash from Vice's claws. "Vice... I'll tell آپ right now, I don't want to fight with you."
"Oh, really now? Well, too bad! You're stuck dealing with me anyway," Vice said, a quick smirk growing on his face. He quickly charged foward towards Mancer once more, swinging his claws at a fairly quick speed.
Mancer, being unable to dodge Vice's quick attack, was struck firmly in the head سے طرف کی Vice's claws. Mancer was knocked down roughly onto the ground, his black square-shaped ہیلمیٹ actually flying off as soon as his head slammed into the ground. With his ہیلمیٹ now off, his face was revealed. He was a black-dark grey لومڑی with slightly wild dark red hair that was mostly on the BACK of his head, but it curved towards the front of his head. He had a greyish-colored muzzle. His teeth appeared to be very sharp, his fangs sticking out of his mouth. They appeared to be almsot snake-like in appearance, almost similar to Vice's teeth. Mancer's eyes were slightly strange as well, however. The whites of his eyes were a very light red tint, and his normal eyes were very dark red and snake-like in appearance. Mancer just stayed laying on the ground, feeling very dazed from the sudden blow to his head. "Ugh..."
"I see your ہیلمیٹ has come off," Vice said, releasing a snicker. "I honestly think that old thing doesn't look right on you. I don't even know why آپ wear that thing any more."
Mancer released an angry growl, quickly trying to force himself to stand up as quickly as he possibly could. "I don't care, Vice... I don't care." He quickly raised his arms, giving a very cold glare towards Vice. "I don't want to hurt you, either... But I will if I have to."
"Oh, come on, now. There's no fun in fighting آپ when آپ don't fight back," Vice said, quickly raising his claws. "There's just no fun in fighting a target who doesn't fight back."
"Wait, what...?" Mancer stood there with a look of pure confusion on his face. He even dropped his guard slightly, utterly stunned سے طرف کی Vice's words. "...What was that...? I've only heard one other person before in my life who would talk like that..." He squinted at Vice's red eyes, attempting to see the details and looks of his eyes, which was very difficult due to the fact that the eyes were glowing with a very bright, intense red light.
"Pay attention, pay attention!" Vice mocked, quickly charging towards Mancer with his claws raised. He quickly swung his claws at Mancer, easily knocking the normally black helmeted hybrid away and doing a fair amount of damage.
Mancer landing roughly on the ground, landing on his neck and bending it in ways that probably shouldn't be possible. He fell down roughly onto the ground, feeling dazed once again from getting slammed onto the ground. "My neck...!" Was the only thing that he could really say due to the pain that surged all throughout his neck and the surrounding areas of his body. His neck wasn't broken, but it sure hurt.
"Stand up. I'm not finished with you, yet," Vice said, raising his claws once مزید with a smirk. "Show me what آپ can do. یا is that all آپ can do, Mancer...?"
"I told آپ I don't want to fight you! I don't care about دکھانا what I can do!" Mancer کہا angrily, slowly pulling himself to his feet once more. He didn't really feel like holding back any مزید due to his anger. "I can already say now... You're not the person I remember." He released a very angry growl, feeling like his anger had probably just snapped in some way. "Mezame!" He held his arms out to the side as his hands became giant red claws much like Vice's claws.
"Aha, I see آپ know the Mezame Rasoul spells," Vice کہا with a snicker, quickly getting into his own battle stance. "You make the first move."
"I know them only because my big brother spent months upon months teaching them to me," Mancer replied flatly. He raised his claws, and quickly dashed towards Vice to attack.
Back with Kyle, Kyle had finally managed to start matching Azarika's speed. Everytime Azarika swung his sword, Kyle would turn his own arms into small blades to stop Azarika's sword, but not hurt him.
"...I do not understand, yellow hedgehog... آپ سوئنگ, جھول your Rasoul blades... But yet آپ do not strike..." Azarika said, quickly jumping away from Kyle. He formed Rasoul energy all around his sword, and then threw it straight at Kyle.
Kyle released a scream as the sword came flying at him with quite a bit of speed behind it. He quickly کبوتر to the side, landing flat and hard on his stomach and chin on the ground. He watched in shock as the sword sailed over him, then stopped and flew backwards into Azarika's hands. "What in the world was that?! The sword flew and then flew back to him!"
"...Make another move, hedgehog... This is not entertaining to me... So far, I do not understand why Vice wants anything to do with you..." Azarika said, once again waiting for Kyle to make a move.
"Believe me, I have no idea what he wants from me either, Azarika..." Kyle said, growling through his teeth slightly out of anger. "I can't tell if he wants my powers, یا if he just wants to drive me crazy. I don't know anymore." He held his arms up, forming Rasoul blades on his arms yet again. He stood still, waiting for Azarika to make a اقدام first.
Azarika, realizing that Kyle waiting for him to make the first move, quickly charged towards Kyle once مزید with his sword raised. He swung his sword quickly, causing the yellow hedgehog to jump to the side to dodge the attack. "...I still do not understand why آپ are not attacking..."
"Won't this guy EVER get tired?! I'm getting tired myself from all of this dodging! Is he ever going to get tired from all of the attacking?!" Kyle asked himself, releasing a heavy breath. He quickly turned around, holding his Rasoul blades up quickly to block Azarika's swings.
Azarika's sword struck Kyle's Rasoul blades firmly, blowing them both away from each other just slightly. Kyle landing roughly, but on his feet. Azarika also landed roughly, and wound up stumbling backwards just slightly. Azarika released a quick breath, seeming to begin to become slightly tired. "...Are آپ just trying to tire me out, yellow hedgehog...?"
Kyle quickly turned himself to face Azarika, noticing that he seemed to be releasing tired breaths. "Maybe I am, maybe I'm not..."
"...I have a feeling that آپ are..."
"Alright then, I AM trying to tire آپ out."
"...Why is that...?"
"There's no important reason... Well, it's important to me and my friend, but it's not going to be important to آپ if I even told you," Kyle said, waiting for Azarika to strike again.
"...Let me guess... It's important to the black-helmeted hybrid Nighless...?"
"To the WHAT?" Kyle asked in shock, very surprised at what Azarika had just said. Was he talking about Mancer? Surely he couldn't have been. "...What in the world is a Nighless...?"
Azarika didn't respond. He just instead fell back into silence, once again preparing to attack Kyle. He quickly charged towards Kyle, swinging at him with his sword once more.
Back with Mancer and Vice, even though Mancer was now using the same claws as Vice, he didn't seem to be able to match یا even keep up with Vice's speed and power.
Mancer flipped backwards quickly, starting to feel quite worn down from trying to stop all of Vice's quick, strong attacks. He released a heavy breath, starting to feel tired. "Vice, there's really no reason to fight like this..."
"That's what آپ think... I don't care what آپ think. I have my own mind set. آپ don't control me," Vice کہا flatly, releasing a quite growl.
"I remember a time when you-" Mancer was imediately silenced سے طرف کی Vice's hard, تیز رو, سوئفٹ مککا, عجیب الخلقت directly to his face. He collapsed onto the ground, nearly seeing stars as a mix of dizzy and pain shot all throughout his face and upper body.
Vice walked over to Mancer slowly, quickly putting his large black boot down on Mancer's back to keep him from getting up. "Getting overpowered, are we?" The Dark Horses leader mocked.
Mancer tried to push himself up, but he couldn't do to the weight and strength that was now pushing down against his back. He couldn't get up no matter how much he kept trying. "You should know good and well that I'm not the stongest person here..."
"I know that. I can tell because I just overpowered آپ single-handed," Vice replied with a snicker. "I thought that آپ would have been a better opponent. Sadly it looks like I might have been mistaken."
"Vice..." Mancer attempted to get up once again, but still was unable to move. He clenched his teeth together tightly in pain as Vice slowly began to press his foot down on his back, sending pain all throughout his body. "GAH!"
"Face it; you're not nearly strongh enough to teach that Kyle boy. آپ won't have enough time to teach him everything that آپ know, یا to train him to defeat me and my team," Vice said, slowly bending his body down to get close to Mancer's face.
Mancer clenched his teeth together even tighter, closing his eyes just slightly in pain. He felt like a چھری had just been stabbed through his emotions from what Vice had just said. He slowly managed to turn his head, looking up at Vice. "I'm... I'm surprised at you... Saying something like that... to me..."
"Deal with it. I can say whatever I want to say about you," Vice replied flatly, leaning down enough to where he was right in front of Mancer's face. "I don't care what آپ think."
Mancer looked straight at Vice's face, looking straight into his eyes, and suddenly froze. Because he was so close, Mancer could now see past the bright red glow in Vice's eyes and see what they really looked like. The whites of his eyes were almost pinkish-reddish in appearance, as if his eyes were very, very irritated. His eyes were also snake-like, but Mancer didn't really care about that feature. His eye color was a cloudy grey, but Mancer skipped over that as well. He mostly stared at Vice's pupils, which were BRIGHT red instead of another color. "T-Those eyes...! They look familiar to me... Wait a minute, they belong to...! That means that this isn't the real...!" Mancer's thought was soon quickly cut off سے طرف کی Vice taking a strong hold on his neck, pressing him down onto the ground even مزید than he already was.
"What did آپ decide to stare at?" Vice asked with a snicker, keeping his hand firmly wrapped around Mancer's neck. "Are آپ looking at my eyes?"
Mancer struggled to talk. He could breathe, just barely, but he couldn't seem to talk with Vice's hand wrapped around his neck. "...T... is... using..." He attempted to speak in a full sentence, but his voice was horribly wrecked because of the hand holding his throat. He attempted to say a name that started with a T, but he couldn't finish it.
"I could take a guess at what name you're trying to say, but no. I'll pass on that," Vice said, his voice almost sounding like it was mocking again. He held onto Mancer's neck tighter, causing the black and red hybrid to release a loud gasp. "If آپ know what's good for you, you'll stay out of my way..." He said, his voice almost sounding like it shifted to a slightly مزید high-pitched, creepy joking voice. However, the shift seemed to disappear almost as soon as it came.
Mancer gasped for air, struggling to breathe due to Vice's firm grip on his neck. "V-Vice... Stop..."
"Too bad," Vice کہا with a laugh, tightening his grip around Mancer's neck. He moved his foot off of Mancer's back, and lifted him off of the ground using the strong grip around his neck. "I'll see آپ some other time, Mancer."
Mancer struggled to breathe, but found himself unable because of the tight grip on his neck. He gasped, already beginning to feel lightheaded. Soon afterward, he began feeling like he was about to pass out due his lack of air.
Vice wore a twisted grin on his face, slowly loosening the tight grip on Mancer's neck so he would be able to breathe. He turned his head slightly to look over at Kyle and Azarika, who were still fighting their own battle. They both seemed to be very tired. "Oh, Kyle!" The Dark Horses leader called in a almost sing-song sounding voice.
"Vice?! What do آپ want?!" Kyle looked over at the black-robed leader in confusion, his eyes imediately going wide as soon as he saw the passed out Mancer. He was also fairly shocked to see Mancer's face since he was no longer wearing his helmet. He couldn't help but notice that Mancer's face seemed to share a lot of the same features as Vice. "Mancer! What did آپ do to him?!"
"I've done nothing too important to him. I simply just forced the breath out of him until he passed out. That's all I did," Vice replied with an almost evil grin on his face. He pulled his free arm back, and slammed his fist right into Mancer's face, actually letting go of him and letting Mancer right into Kyle, knocking the golden yellow hedgehog down onto the ground and knocking Mancer into a passed-out state. Vice must have had one powerful مککا, عجیب الخلقت to be able to مککا, عجیب الخلقت Mancer and send him straight into Kyle.
"AGH!" Kyle flew backwards and landed hard on the ground, feeling pain shoot all up and down his body. He released a quick breath, quickly trying to sit up. He pushed Mancer off of him, letting the black and red hybrid gently fall just slightly onto the grass. "Vice!"
"Come along, Azarika. We'll come back for these two some other time," Vice کہا while ignoring Kyle, waving his hand slightly at Azarika.
"...Why are we not dealing with them now, sir...?" Azarika asked, slowly putting his sword away سے طرف کی sliding it up the sleeve of his robe. It seemed to disappear as he did so. He slowly made his way over to Vice.
"Because I want to wait until they can give me مزید excitement. Sure, we could deal with them right now, but I want to wait. I enjoy excitement during a fight. Finishing them off right now would give me no excitement یا satisfaction whatsoever," Vice replied, turning his head to look at Azarika. "Understand that?"
"...I suppose so, sir... I suppose I understand..."
"Good." Vice turned his head to look back at Kyle and Mancer, who were still down on the ground; Mancer knocked out, and Kyle sitting down just staring at Vice and Azarika. "It's been fun, Kyle. I suppose we'll just have to see آپ some other time."
"Wait a minute...!" Kyle attempted to get up, but pain shot all throughout his body. He couldn't understand why he felt so sore, however. He couldn't tell if it was because he had gotten knocked down hard onto the ground, یا if it was because he got hurt and tired out in the small fight with Azarika.
"Bye bye," Vice mocked just slightly with a grin. In a sudden بادل of what looked like Rasoul energy, Vice and Azarika were hidden from sight. After the بادل was gone, Vice and Azarika were nowhere to be seen.
Kyle just sat there on the ground, not really knowing what to say یا do. He was fairly surprised that Vice and Azarika had just disappeared without trying to do anything else. "...They confuse me..." He thought to himself, shaking his head as he looked down at Mancer. He was shocked to see Mancer's large red claws. "Mancer can turn his hands into claws just like Vice...?!"
Mancer still didn't move; he still just laid passed out on the ground. As he was laying there, his giant red claws slowly turned back into his normal hands.
"...What am I doing? I don't need to be just sitting here! Mancer is obviously hurt! I need to get him some help!" Kyle thought to himself, forcing himself to stand up. He froze for a moment, feeling sore pain shoot all up throughout his body. "...Ow." His ears suddenly stood up when he heard the sound of someone nearing closer to him behind him. He whirled around quickly, fearing that it could be Vice again, but was surprised to see that it appeared to be just a normal yellow hedgehog. He also noticed the yellow hedgehog was using crutches to stay standing up.
"Hello... I couldn't help but notice your passed out friend on the ground there... What might have happened?" The yellow hedgehog asked, appearing to be a male from the sound of its voice. The hedgehog was a light yellow color, and he had pale skin on his muzzle and on his arms. He wore a very baggy black t-shirt, very baggy black jeans, and black boots. He also wore very dark sunglasses, which hid his eyes entirely from view. He leaned on his crutches, still appearing as if he couldn't stand on his own.
"Oh... It... It was nothing. Just... a fight..." Kyle کہا quietly, looking at the hedgehog. He didn't want to tell the hedgehog about the villains that had just been there a few moments ago.
"A fight with a villain?"
Kyle stood there for a moment, feeling slightly shocked at the hedgehog's perfect guess. "Um... Yes... How did آپ know...?"
"It was just a simple guess... Plus, to be honest, I saw what happened. Those two black-robed figures... I saw them attacking you," The hedgehog replied. "I guess no one got too hurt, right? I mean, that guy got knocked out, but I suppose I don't see any fatal damages."
Kyle just stood there, listening to the hedgehog's voice. He couldn't help but notice that the hedgehog had a somewhat similar voice to Vice's voice. "...Yeah, I suppose no bad damage was really done." He looked down at Mancer, still noticing that Mancer didn't seem to be waking up anytime soon. "You really saw that we were being attacked?"
"Yes, I did. I only saw when the tall black-robed one threw your friend into آپ and disappeared with the other robed figure. I didn't see anything else before that," The hedgehog replied. He turned a bit to the side using his crutches, looking like he was about to walk away.
"Wait a minute! آپ just talk to me and now you're going to walk away...?"
"Well, yes, I suppose so. I was mostly just seeing if آپ were ok. Didn't want to see آپ hurt if آپ were hurt sevearly," The hedgehog replied, turning his head to look at Kyle. "I guess I mostly talked to آپ to offer my help if آپ needed it."
"Oh... Alright, then. Thanks for checking on us then, I suppose..." Kyle said. He looked at the hedgehog's crutches. "...Do آپ need any of my help? Can آپ walk alright on those crutches...?"
"Yes, I can walk fine. I have a physical disability in my legs, making them very weak, so that's why I use these crutches to help me walk and stand. It's not exactly easy, and I'm not exactly pain-free while moving... But I can still get around," The hedgehog replied.
"Oh... Well alright then. Try to be careful on your way home..."
"I will. Don't worry about me, kid... I'd worry مزید about your friend. آپ might want to get him ہوم so he can rest," The hedgehog pointed out. He turned away, and then began walking away, using the crutches to hold himself up as he kept walking.
Kyle turned away from the hedgehog, looking back down at his mysterious passed out hybrid friend. "I'm sure you'll be ok later, Mancer..." He gently slid his arms under Mancer's neck and tail, gently picking him up off of the ground. Kyle noted how light Mancer was, also noting how skinny Mancer was. "...Well, at least he's really light... That makes him easy to carry..."
Kyle laid his ears back against his head slightly, releasing a quiet sigh. He walked over to Mancer's ہیلمیٹ slowly, which was still laying in the dirt where it had landed after getting knocked off. Kyle bent down slightly, using his long tail to grab the ہیلمیٹ and set it down on Mancer's chest. "I'm sure he'll want to put his ہیلمیٹ back on when he wakes up..." Kyle turned towards the west, and began walking towards the direction of his house, carrying Mancer and his ہیلمیٹ firmly so he wouldn't drop them.
Vice had appeared back at the Dark Horses HQ, stepping out from a بادل of Rasoul energy that had formed in front of the building. He turned his head back slightly, looking back at Azarika as he also stepped out of the بادل slowly. "I'd say that we put that black-helmeted joke out of commission at least for a few hours," The Dark Horses leader کہا to his لیموں, چونے green لومڑی subordinate with a crooked grin on his face.
"...Yes... I suppose we did, sir... I could tell that the golden yellow hedgehog was worn down as well..." Azarika added quietly, attempting to avoid Vice's stare. He always felt uncomfortable when he looked his boss in the eye.
"Yes, I saw that, Azarika. I'll see that آپ did a great job at wearing Kyle down like that. I'm sure he won't be able to get any training with the hybrid in at least for a short while. He'll need to recover his stamina, and his teacher will need quite a bit of recovery himself after his little bout with me," Vice said, letting a very quiet snicker escape his throat. "He should have thought twice before deciding to attack me head-on." He snickered again, beginning to walk towards the entrance of his HQ. "Come along now, Azarika."
"...Yes... I do agree with you, sir... The hybrid should have thought twice..." Azarika کہا quietly while slowly beginning to follow Vice towards and into the Dark Horses HQ.
Once inside, both of the boys were quick to see that the black-robed female بھیڑیا in the Dark Horses team, Astra, stood near the doorway, as if she was waiting for Azarika and her boss to get back to the HQ. "Sir, I'm glad to see that you're back," Astra کہا firmly, nodding her head in a respectful way to Vice. "I also have news to inform آپ of, sir."
"Ah, Astra, no need to be so formal," Vice said, walking close to Astra with a smirk on his face. "What do آپ need to inform me of, my dear?"
"We have a visitor, sir."
"Someone is here?" The Dark Horses leader asked with quite some surprise in his voice. He turned his head to look at Astra. "Who is it?"
"Well, um... It's a little hard to explain, sir. It might just be better that آپ meet them for yourself," Astra replied, turning her head to look Vice in the eye.
"Really now? How exactly is it hard to explain?" Vice asked, slight confusion in his voice.
"It's just... They're just... I don't know, sir... But, they're waiting for you. I believe that they want to speak to you," Astra said.
"Alright, then. Where might this visitor be?" Vice asked, turning his head to look around the room.
"They're in the private meeting room, sir," Astra informed, stepping to the side slightly to allow Vice to walk by.
"Alright... Then let's go see who this person is, shall we?" Vice walked across the room, moving past each of his team members and workers as they moved aside to let him past. He turned into a large, dimly lit hallway and began walking down it, heading a large metal door at the end of the hallway. Once reaching the end of the hallway, he stopped and pulled the door open to walk inside of the meeting room.
The figure behind the door was a black-suited female, about the height of an average mobian. She wore a black hood, with green details on the sleeves and ڈاکو, ہڈ itself, and black gloves and boots. Her eyes were bright, but a darkly colored green. She had no sign of ears, یا tail, یا even nose. “Greetings.” She کہا with a slight tilt of the head, دکھانا that she did in fact have a mouth at least.
Vice closed the door behind him, turning himself to face the black-suited female. He froze for just a moment, observing the figure's lightly strange appearance. "...Hello to آپ as well..." He shook his head just slightly, stopping himself from staring at the female again. "Are آپ the visitor I was informed of? I assume that آپ are."
She nodded.
"Alright then... آپ can take a نشست if you'd like," Vice said, gesturing towards a row of large couches and chairs. He walked over to one of the couches, sitting his own self down. "Well, I suppose I welcome آپ to the Dark Horses HQ. I am the leader Vice."
The woman took a moment before sitting down, as if a bit untrusting, but gradually did so. “I am Device. I’m here with a matter of business.”
Vice nodded his head slightly as he leaned back into the couch, attempting to relax. "Alright. آپ bring a matter of business? What might that be, if آپ don't mind me asking?"
“Why would I mind?” She laughed lightly. Calmly she answered “You command quite an… organization. My employer wishes for آپ to capture a subject, and if possible, control.”
Vice listened intently to her words, his long thin ears twitching just slightly underneath his dusty black robe's hood. He nodded his head slightly, the red glow in his eyes dimming just slightly due to the fact that he was now curious. "Alright... What kind of subject?"
“A dangerous one.” The lady called Device laid out her hand and a holographic image appeared.
Vice's red eyes studied the image intently, leaning foward slightly on the سوفی, لٹانا he was sitting on. "...What exactly is so special about this person?"
“This person is like six different nuclear bombs, each meant to do something different. If controlled it can be extremely invaluable, but we can repay آپ if آپ are able to acquire this individual.”
"Hm..." Vice stayed quiet for a short moment, not really knowing how to reply to this mysterious Device woman. "Well... I believe I can take this person on my own. آپ gave me enough info. I don't need any help from you."
“My employer would not like to hear that.”
Vice kept his eyes on the mysterious Device, not moving his eyes. He remained silent, almost as if he was waiting for something.
Being as silent as possible, the other five members of Vice's team silently opened the large door just a crack and silently entered, all silently standing in the room, trying to stay out of Device's sight.
Vice turned his eyes to the side just slightly, noticing all of his team. He turned his eyes back to look at Device. "I suppose we can just keep آپ as a prisoner so آپ can't go tell your employer about what I said," He said, slowly standing up from his chair.
Device’s eyes changed from dark green to dark purple. She sighed loudly while rising from her chair. “You’re not going to keep anyone a prisoner.”
"I suppose we'll just have to see about that, shall we?" Vice said, slowly raising his hand up. He quickly snapped his fingers, darting his eyes towards his team members.
Vice's team quickly attempted to surround Device, trying to prepare themselves for any type of counterattack that might come from the strange woman. They all tensed up, preparing to attack on command.
Device’s eyes changed back to their dark green as she let out an eerie laugh. “Fine then, attack! It’ll give me a good idea of how threatening آپ really are.”
"Well alright then," Vice کہا flatly. He swung his hands out to the side, quickly turning his hands into his giant red Mazame claws once more. "Attack!"
Each of the Dark Horses members quickly closed in, quickly attacking with their own versions of Rasoul energy. Vice with his Mezame claws, Azarika with his Rasoul sword that was used apon Kyle, the bat Devin with blasts of Rasoul energy from his hands, the hedgehog Sniper with her sharpshooter guns that were outfited to shoot Rasoul energy, the بھیڑیا Astra with double Rasoul swords, and the cat Willow with Rasoul claws quickly moved in to attack Device with everything they could do on a short notice.
Device did not react. She simply stood there. There was no sign of pain, only a continuing chuckle before she vanished from sight in a large green light.
Vice quickly called off his team, fearing that they would all wind up taking down each other if they continued. He looked around quickly, noticing that Device had disappeared. "...Now what was that all about..."
Name: Tyler Andrew سونا
Nickname: فالکن the Vamphog
Attire: Black, blue, and red sneakers
فر, سمور Color: سونا and brown
Eye Color: Green
Bio: When فالکن was young, he was turned into a vamphog. The reason he became a vamphog was his father came ہوم from work with some sort of chemical. When his father wasn't looking, he took it, and accidentally broke the bottle it was in. The chemical got all over his fur. Once his parents realized, it was too late. It got into his blood stream and made him a vamphog.
Nickname: فالکن the Vamphog
Attire: Black, blue, and red sneakers
فر, سمور Color: سونا and brown
Eye Color: Green
Bio: When فالکن was young, he was turned into a vamphog. The reason he became a vamphog was his father came ہوم from work with some sort of chemical. When his father wasn't looking, he took it, and accidentally broke the bottle it was in. The chemical got all over his fur. Once his parents realized, it was too late. It got into his blood stream and made him a vamphog.
I've never been used to death...
Tension in the workplace, a jealous ex-boyfriend...
All I have to do is to piece together the evidence and finally close the case file...
But what's bothering me?
I know I'm missing something! There's something else here!
There's a strange fluid in her lungs...I don't buy the claim that she died in the tub.
The stage was set...
...the poor girl was murdered...
[AUTHOR NOTE: Hello everyone! I am going to be writing a new story and I would like to know if I should continue یا abort the idea. So please critique and tell me what آپ think. I appreciate it. :) ~Juli]
Tension in the workplace, a jealous ex-boyfriend...
All I have to do is to piece together the evidence and finally close the case file...
But what's bothering me?
I know I'm missing something! There's something else here!
There's a strange fluid in her lungs...I don't buy the claim that she died in the tub.
The stage was set...
...the poor girl was murdered...
[AUTHOR NOTE: Hello everyone! I am going to be writing a new story and I would like to know if I should continue یا abort the idea. So please critique and tell me what آپ think. I appreciate it. :) ~Juli]
G-Sil was chokeing Silhouette, holding her above a pond. Shock, V2, Claws, Prime, and Rico stood about 5 feet from them. One step closer, and G-Sil could've dropped Silhouette into the pond. Silhouette was bleeding oil, which made it look مزید disgusting than blood. Her oxygen supply was running low, and she could barely move. Her ears were releasing smoke. And her eyes looked red and tired. It was like her own personal hell. The sky was red and cloudy. The sounds of sirens filled the air. But I'm starting at the ending, let's start at the beginning, shall we.........?
Stay tuned for part 2!!!!!!!
(FC's belong to original owners!)
Stay tuned for part 2!!!!!!!
(FC's belong to original owners!)
~Have a good Christmas, everybody!
(To the tune of "Jingle Bells")
Madjin: *wearing a Santa Claus hat*
Drexel: *Holding a present*
Chris: *wearing a سٹار, ستارہ on his nose and covered in clorful lights*
Madjin: Chris is such a hoe.
Chris: Well, Madjin is so gay!
Drexel: And I think آپ all should know... Madjin's too scared to pray!
Chris & Madjin: HA HA HA!
Madjin: * frustrated* I'm not gonna say one thing.
Drexel: Are آپ also scared of the light?
Madjin: I don't think آپ should say that if آپ want to live tonight!
Chris: OOOOHH, You're life fails!
Drexel: Yes, he fails!
Madjin: I've had enough today!
Drexel: But It's fun to tease آپ so... Will I listen? Naaaaayyy!!
(To the tune of "Jingle Bells")
Madjin: *wearing a Santa Claus hat*
Drexel: *Holding a present*
Chris: *wearing a سٹار, ستارہ on his nose and covered in clorful lights*
Madjin: Chris is such a hoe.
Chris: Well, Madjin is so gay!
Drexel: And I think آپ all should know... Madjin's too scared to pray!
Chris & Madjin: HA HA HA!
Madjin: * frustrated* I'm not gonna say one thing.
Drexel: Are آپ also scared of the light?
Madjin: I don't think آپ should say that if آپ want to live tonight!
Chris: OOOOHH, You're life fails!
Drexel: Yes, he fails!
Madjin: I've had enough today!
Drexel: But It's fun to tease آپ so... Will I listen? Naaaaayyy!!
Midnight:It's my birthday!Im finally 10!
Platinum:Can I come in?
Midnight:Sure!Come on in Platinum!
Platinum:Happy Birthday!
Midnight:Thanks!
Platinum:For your present It's something I couldnt wrap...
Midnight:Thats okay what is it?
Platinum:I found out the location of a Chaos Emerald!
Midnight:OMG!
Platinum:For your birthday,we are going to get the Chaos مرکت, ایمرلڈ together!
Midnight:Awesome!Thank You!
Platinum:Im your bff.It's my job.
(Downstairs)
Midnight:Mom,Dad?
Midnight's Mom:What is it?
Midnight:Platinum is going to take me to get a Chaos Emerald!Can I go?
Midnight's Mom:I dont know?What do آپ think hun?
Midnight's Dad:She can go I trust Platinum.
Midnight and Platinum:YAY!
Then Platinum and Midnight had set out on their adventure for the Chaos Emerald.
The End I HOPE آپ LIKED IT!
PLEASE READ PART 2!