Two loud knocks thud on Lukz's front door.
He slouches forward on an old tattered brown leather recliner sofa, "Just a minute." He shouts out, "Die bi**h, die!" He murmurs to himself, forcefully smashing a multiple of buttons on a game controller.
Another two thuds immediately slam onto his door, followed by a loud, furious voice, "Lukz! Let me in! And stop playing Death Fighter! I'm Freezing!" Kevin calls out, shivering in his tar black jacket, from an icy breeze rolling around outside.
"Just a minute." Lukz calls back, keeping his eyes glued to a large, curved OLED screen, mounted on his wall, while a couple of overly muscular creatures battle against one another.
"Almost theeeere.", he growls, shifting his whole body to one side, Imitating a super ripped half human, half bull character.
"Jump, Jump!" Lukz yelps out, as his bull horned centaur leaps into the air, dodging a green lizard monsters sliding leg attack. Lukz's character spins in mid-air, aiming its horns down towards a helpless lizard man. Plummeting to the ground, he pierces its horns through the lizard's shoulders, trapping it underneath him! The Bull man starts pummelling thousands of punches into the Lizards body!
"To the Death!" A loud, dramatic voice calls out from some surround sound speakers.
He smiles from ear to ear, causing all his scars to bunch together as he stairs ominously towards the screen. The Lizards body starts ricocheting limply against a desolate tarmac road, while Lukz's character batters it beneath the solid concreate underlay. Suddenly, a giant tidal wave of blood spurts over the screen, completely covering it. Slowly dripping away it reveals,
"You Win!" A dramatic voice calls out, as his bull man stands proudly with one leg on the lizards crushed body.
Lukz throws his controller down, slamming it against his old torn up sofa.
"GET IN! Still unbeaten!" He says playfully, jumping to his feet and whipping out a quick hype dance move.
*BANG BANG!* Kevin smashes the door with his large, buckled black boots, "LUKZ!!" He calls out.
Lukz quickly glances over, then walks the opposite way, going straight into a small open plan kitchen, nestled in between a large wall which separates his living bedroom from the kitchen. He swings open the fridge door, then piers inside, "I think I deserve a victory pint." He smugly remarks.
Another three huge thuds crash onto his door, shaking its entire frame,
"Lukus! for Christ sake, I'm still out here!" Kevin wails out, when the door suddenly flings open! He stops shouting, his eye's burst wide open as he stares towards an expressionless Lukz. He smears his hand across his face, wiping away Kevin's spit. Kevin stays completely still, trying to hold back a small chuckle, almost as if he has just been told off. Lukz finishes wiping, then grabs Kevin's hand. He closes his eyes, clinching in fear, until feeling something being placed firmly into his grasp.
"Ahh! That's so cold!" He looks down to see a freshly poured, ice cold, pint of beer, brimming the top of a crystal-clear glass. He looks back to Lukz, confused. Staring directly at his exposed face, a huge smile creeps onto both pure and broken sides of it. Lukz Lifts up his spare hand, ready to shake,
"Thanks for saving my life, man." He softly responds.
Kevin stands startled, slowly lifting his hand, gently grabbing Lukz's,
"Ermm. No problem, I guess?" Kevin hesitantly replies, startled by Lukz's kind gesture. A brief silence passes by, then Lukz turns around and heads over to his turd brown sofa, followed shortly by Kevin.
"Sooo, how was the helicopter ride?" Lukz says, trying not to smirk.
"Ow, I knew you was going to do this! Go on, get it all out your system? But, keep in mind, they thought I was some sort of extremist?" Kevin crudely adds.
"Hahah, you?! Really! What did they do to you!" Lukz says, edging closer, "Did they hang you by your sack, asking you to say where you leader was hiding?"
Kevin slightly tilts his head, "no." He replies unamused, sipping his beer.
Lukz edges forwards again, "Oh, oh, what about the old, strap your hand to a table, break all your fingers until you told them where your group will next attack!"
"NO!" Kevin blurts out.
"Okay, okay." Lukz glances around his flat, scratching his head, "Ah! I got it, I bet they tied you up, put you in a pitch-black room, then played Nyan Cat on repeat?" Lukz asks, glaring right against Kevin's face.
"NO, you idiot!" He replies, pushing him away.
Lukz sits back into his seat, flipping out it's footrest, "Because, that's what I would do?" He adds, bobbing his head up and down while singing, "Nyan Nyan Nyan Nyan, Nyan Nyan Nyan Nyan Nyan, Nyan Nyan Nyan Nyan Nyan Nyan Nyan Nyan Nyan''
"Lukz, shut up!" Kevin shouts! "Seriously, that would never happen, and you know it?" He says, eyeballing him.
Lukz grabs one game controller, flicking on his tv screen, "Well, it would if I was chief!" He replies, smugly.
"Well you're not, so quit whining. All they did was revoke my gun licence and give me community service." Kevin states, gulping down a mouthful of beer.
Lukz shrugs his shoulders, "Fair enough. It's not like you going to stop carrying a gun around though? You're more in love with those things than I am with triple B?" Lukz replies, selecting a two-player option on the screen.
"Ha, true." Kevin replies, fist bumping him.
Lukz flings a controller over, staring blankly, "wanna see if you can finally beat me?" he says as it lands in Kevin's lap. He grabs it, then immediately clicks a few buttons, selecting the next couple of options on the screen, without even looking. "Alright, you're on. Let me just boost my concentration levels?!" He reply's, downing his beer, then slamming his empty glass onto Lukz's malted grey carpet.
Lukz chuckles to himself, picks up his pint, downing his as well. "Ha, let's do this!"
The TV screen fades to a blanked-out page, rapidly spiralling around until turning into a blistering sunny desert scene with two fighters standing poised, locked in the desolate surroundings together. It zooms in towards a bulging muscular older gentleman, with Long crystal white hair tied backwards, exposing his pointy full-face beard, glued to his old leathery skin. Crouching in a mantis like stance, his decorative gold and red kimono sit's loosely over his shoulders, swaying in a gentle roaming breeze, with a pair of baggy styled fabric trousers rippling beside it.
Kevin turns towards Lukz, bobbing his head. "Let's see if you can actually beat, Master Chou?" He Gloats. Lukz grins childishly towards him, as the screen hurtles across a sandy sea, stopping dead as it peers upwards to show a colossal, 10ft tall man, with arms and legs doubling an averaged sized humans, all draped in an iridescent white suit, gripping to its body from what seems to be strings of thread sewed within its skin, even its facial features are all tied together, with his mouth, nose and eyes all wound shut by the same thread which binds its disbursed suit. It's only dominant characteristic between its charcoal black skin, is ruby red blood smears painted across its suit.
"Needle is the best, get ready to have your head chopped off." Lukz replies, playfully.
Kevin winces from the disturbing sight, "Who the hell is Needle!", he calls out, twitching his face away.
Lukz smirks, "Needle is a character I created from the myth of Chango?"
Kevin scowls towards him, "I'm probably going to regret this… but, what or who is that?" he asks, fearfully.
"Ha! You've never heard of Chango Chunk, aka, Needle? The drug lord who use to kill anyone who stepped foot within his turf with the smallest of puncture wounds?" Lukz replies, excitedly.
Kevin cowardly shakes his head, "no."
Lukz's grin grows even larger, splitting between his face as he edges closer to Kevin. "Okay! So basically, this ruthless drug lord use to send all his victims to a crooked coroner, which made every murder look like a suicide or an accident, letting Chango get off free every time. However, one day Chango himself got murdered at the top of a 15 story high building, falling all the way down and *SPLAT!*. His body doubled in length from the impact, stretching it to a superhuman size! Next, rival drug lords sent his body to the same coroner which he used, making his death look like suicide? Yet, all the murders Chango had made the coroner cover up, turned him completely insane! So, once the investigation was over, the coroner experimented on Chango's body, sewing his blood-stained suit to his skin, resembling all the blood shed he had made the coroner ware. He sewed his fingers and toes together, showing the lack of choice the coroner had. Then, he stitched every facial feature together, marking all the times he made him keep quiet. Finally, the coroner applied calcium carbonate and liquid titanium to his crippled bones, solidifying his elongated body, replicating how Chango had stretched the coroner to insanity." Lukz chants.
Kevin's jaw drops, "that's sick!! Is it true?" he adds, intently.
Lukz nods, "Maybe. The only evidence there is, describes one day where the coroner's body was found completely mutilated by two huge blunt objects! Plus, Needle's body was gone?"
They both sit still, Kevin glances back towards the screen, cringing from Needles gnarled body, "Great. Another one of your sick fantasies is wedged into my brain! Can we please just start this game!"
Lukz simpers, "Sure." Suddenly, a large "3,2,1", countdown flashes on the screen, immediately followed by "FIGHT!", blaring out from some speakers, followed by some heavy drum and bass music!
The old man explodes towards Needle, causing sand to cascade behind him! His blistering speed crumbles the ground with every step, pluming more and more dust into the air. Forcing his palms together, Chou creates a bulldozer like scoop as he leans forwards with his legs hurtling behind him. Needle stands poised, gently swaying side to side, while the sun almost welds him to a thick sandy floor.
"Try and dodge Master Chou's, earth Nami." Kevin blurts out.
Lukz doesn't reply, his eyes stay fixed on the screen while he slightly moves his thumb stick left and right.
Still bolting towards Lukz's character, Kevin forces the old man's hands downwards, causing a momentary pause, instantly chased by a gargantuan wave of earth, soaring sky-high. It barrels forward, tearing towards Lukz's now, completely still character.
Kevin slowly turns his head towards Lukz, pulling a giant smirk. Suddenly, Needle bounds towards the earth wave, leaping left and right as he charges forwards. Kevin frowns, he knows this move would finish Needle in one hit. Lukz bite's his bottom lip, then starts rapidly spinning his right thumb stick. Twirling it immensely, Needle leaps into the air then spins uncontrollably! Needle flings his arms out in front of his head, almost into a diving position.
"No bloody way you're going to be spinning fast enough!" Kevin says, gawping with anticipation.
*Rizzzzzz!*, echoes through the speakers. Needle unfolds himself in mid-air, then plummets to the ground,
*Boom!* A thundering crash blares out, rippling the desert floor causing a plume of dust to rise up, then settles down to reveal Needle, unscaved.
Lukz turns towards Kevin, implanted with an even bigger smirk upon his face, "That's why you don't mess with Needle."
Kevin snarls while staring at the screen, his dropped jaw snaps shut, "Fine.", He shouts out, leaning closer to the TV, "No silly tricks! Let's do this old school, you're gonna get smoked!"
"HA, okay. Bring it on, jail bait." Lukz replies, gawping at the screen.
A sudden silence breaks out as Master Chou and Needle lock in eye to eye. Standing only a few meters apart the music promptly changes, blasting out more drum and bass! Needle coils his leg backwards, launching a gigantic kick! Smashing it towards the old man's face, Master Chou quickly barricades himself behind his arms, blocking Needles attack. He fumbles sideways, ricocheting away from the colossal blast, then softly lands back to his feet, flinging his draped hair away from his face as he stands poised. The old man instantly digs his hands into the ground, then immediately flings his legs over the back of his head, flipping forwards and launching a boulder of earth straight towards Needles head! Needles legs quickly split apart into a boxing stance as he flattens both hands,
"Slash, Slash", the bolder splits into four pieces, but one piece battering the gigantic man around his face, dazing its vision. Needle stumbles backwards until Master Chou charges towards the stunned giant, forcing a barrage of punches into the expressionless beasts elongated torso. Needle forces its hands in front of Master Chou's rapid fists, following his every punch, blocking, pushing, stopping dead, each lethal blow, until leaping into the air and swinging his leg around. Master Chou bends his body underneath the kick, causing Needle to spiral out of control! He lands facing backwards, so Chou batters the soul of his foot directly centre of Needles back, blasting an almighty, *THUD!* through his body! Shockwave's of energy sling him across the desert floor, folding him down to his knees.
Needles blank face gradually looks upwards, focused upon Master Chou sprinting towards him! He quickly stumbles back to his feet, flattens his hands out once again, then rears back into his boxing stance. Master Chou bounds left and right, surging towards him. Needle swipes right, chou dodges while forcing an uppercut into his stomach. Needle folds into the air, quickly jabbing a right and left towards Master Chou's face! He catches both jabs, battering them away. Punch, kick, kick, spinning through kick, uppercut, both characters brawl under a blistering desert heat! Needle spins around again, splicing his hand through the old man's leg. Master chou's calf splits into two pieces, as he tramples the same leg onto Needles blade like arm, crushing it against the floor. Needle limply Jabs his other arm forwards, directing it towards Chou's heart, but the Master forces it away with his right forearm, flipping the rest arm around it, locking it in tight.
"FINISH HIM!" blurts out, flashing over the screen.
"NO, NO, NO!! Get up you idiot!" Lukz panics.
Kevin stays glued to the screen, then rapidly clicks a combination of buttons.
Master chou snaps one of Needles arms, then crushes his other, rendering him paralyzed. Chou flips away, landing softly into a tiger stance. He bows his head, then suddenly tares towards a motionless Needle, laying slumped on the desert floor. Jumping into the air, Master Chou folds himself into a pike position, while double flipping forwards he smashes down on to Needles body, flinging him into the air. Chou crouches down, then catapults himself upwards! He batters Needles sewn together face with an almighty uppercut, blasting them both higher into an luminous blue sky. Chou clinches the gigantic man's body, accelerates into a typhoons spin, then bombards Needle back towards the ground, causing a thunderous explosion to ignite!
"KO!", calls out from the TV screen, Master Chou gently lands back down, bowing forwards.
Kevin turns to Lukz, but without saying a word Lukz smashes his controller down, screaming out,
"WHAT MOVE WAS THAT!!" He shouts, in complete oar.
Kevin lets out a small smirk, then replies, "Typhoon Tombstone."
Lukz sit's back, speechless. "How. When. Where did you learn that!!" He babbles.
"Ha! Well, every time I carry you home from spoons, you lay passed out. Sooo, I practice special moves while making sure you don't choke on your own sick?" He replies proudly.
"You absolute cheat!" Lukz harshly shouts back, standing up and grabbing Kevin's empty glass, "Well, if Needle had immense speed, longer blades for arms and wasn't slower than Internet explorer, I'm sure I would have beaten your ass?" Lukz replies, walking towards his fridge.
"Ha! As if, Master chou is the best. You could modify your character all you wanted, but he still wouldn't win? Heck, I bet if Needle was even another few feet taller and had a longer reach, you still couldn't touch chou?" he says, folding his arms.
"Ahh, fine." Lukz replies in a strop. Do you want another can of concentration before we start round 2?" He calls out, swinging open the fridge door.
"Yeaaah, go on then. Don't want to make it too easy for myself now, do I?" Kevin replies, winking at him.
"Shut up." Lukz says, tossing Kevin a can.
Lukz slams the door with his ass, holding two more beers in both hands. He dashes back to his seat, "So anyway, how was the showers in jail", Lukz adds, sniggering.
Kevin shoves him, shaking his head, "Come on, best two out of three?"
Lukz Smirks back. "You're on!" He says, as the drum and bass kicks in, followed by, "ROUND 2!".