DreamWorld
Elsewhere-Battlefield
Vade clears the sky and begins to jet the hovercraft towards the Tower Ledge where he can see bodies fighting one line person but as he gets ready to eject he catches something jetting up and at him, Vade dodging it at the last second but watched as he loses a wing and begins to lose altitude as the hovercraft begins to spiral and free falls, Vade quickly ejecting himself out as he watches the Hovercraft crash into the bottom end of the Tower and explode before dissipating as Vade free falls a few hundred feet before he sticks his hand out and waits till it nearly connects to the ground before he closes his eyes and he feels everything around him suddenly seem to go still as Vade looks about to see nothing moving from around him as he quickly moves his body and places his feet to the ground before he unfreezes time and finds himself perfectly on the ground on his own two feet. He seems impressed with himself before the clanking of armor snaps him from his daze as he turns to see the monstrous form of Tormentor walking towards him.
Vade: Chris…?
Tormentor: The vessel known as Chris is no longer in control. I am Tormentor. The harbinger of death and destruction.
Vade pushes his glasses up as he shakes his head.
Vade: Chris if you're in there...I am sorry. However...
Vade allears his bayonet blade, spinning the finger ring along his index finger before he catches the handle and gets into a stance.
Vade: If I have this correct... you're planning to stand against me...is that correct... Tormentor?
Tormentor: It is. For above all else I desire my freedom...and I will obtain it through your corpse.
Tormentor draws his long jagged and frayed blade as the monster charges Vade who anticipated as much and the two begin to slash and block each other's blows tho each blow from Tormentor is incredibly strong and forces Vade to lose his footing or is driven back as Vade realizes quickly that he can't match blow for blow with this beast. He ducks a wild swing and draws his pistol as he fires it into the armor, looking for weak spots but the bullets simple ricochet off as Vade blocks an attack and is forced to his left hard as Tormentor with incredible speed strikes with a quick flurry that nearly sends Vade careening off of his feet but Vade is able to roll away and gather himself as Tormentor turns and draws a second blade that was just as long and jagger as the first.
Vade: (inner monologue) Jagged gladius blades...sharp and efficient...his strength is probably three times as much as my own...and he's just as fast which adds its own problems...shit...he's tough…
Tormentor swipes at him with the left blade and Vade dodges it but has to block the right blades swift strike as Vade fires the gun point blank into Tormentor's left she, watching as the bullet strikes and causes Tormentor to shriek in anger and pain as it howl's and gives Vade an opening as Vade weaves in between the wild swings by the monster and stand his blade through a plate under the left arm, piercing the bayonet blade in deep before he quickly pulled it out as he fucked a wild swing that could've decapitated him.
Vade gets away quickly as the monsters left eye was closed from the gunshot and as Vade fires a few rounds to try and blind the creature he misses as Tormentor moved quickly enough to let the bullets bounce off of where it's nose would be as the extremely hard boned mask was glaring with hatred as it charges Vade and swings and slashes with wild but precises abandon as Vade ducks and dodges and blocks when he can but the relentless assault was too much and Vade could see that as he blocked one attack he miscalculated and was left wide open, Vade closing his eyes as he suddenly feels the air shift and go still as he opens his eyes and sees Tormentor frozen but the monster was still slowly moving and as Vade quickly stepped out of the way of the swipe he watched ad Tormentor seemed to speed up in real time as Vade was feeling fatigued as even stopping time for that second and a half was taxing. Tormentor felt his swipe hit nothing and he looked at his sword with his one good eye in confusion as he could see Vade a few inches away from where the blade had been.
Tormentor: Ah. So you're one of those...dreamers are you.
Vade: No. But I do possess the Awakened ability to slow time.
Tormentor: At a great risk to your stamina I see.
Vade spins the bayonet blade.
Vade: I've got more than enough to take you on.
Tormentor charges him and Vade meets the charge knowing he was outclassed.
Elsewhere-Tower Ledge
Kelsey watched ad Mario's blade passes right through her as she uses her intangible ability but as she struck at Mario's face with her dagger he simply smirked as he mimicked her power and let it pass through his skull as well as Alex takes a swipe at Mario's skull from behind but as Mario still was looking at Kelsey's the blade just goes right through as Hazel takes aim and waits for her shit but as she does Mario moves and kicks Alex in the chest, knocking him over as Kelsey throws a punch that Mario blocks before he trips her and runs at Hazel, Hazel frozen as Charles aims and fires but Charles kisses as he watches Mario spearing his blade through Hazel's chest, Hazel gasping as she spits up blood but as heboillsy the blade out he turns and blocks Alex's attack as Charles runs to her as she falls over but he catches her before she got the floor as she shudders and looks frightened as Charles doesn't know what to do as Mario trades and parries the other two's frenzied attacks. Hazel goes to speak but doesn't as she closes her eyes and as she does she suddenly glitches and she opens her eyes as Charles looks to see the wound is gone. She touched herself and she looked surprised as she looked at Charles who smiles, relieved.
Charles: That's gonna be handy.
Hazel: Hell yeah.
Hazel hops up and snaps her fingers three times as she glitches three times. Hazel draws her Arrow as she waits as Mario is facing away from her, Hazel looking at Charles as she smiles.
Bazely: Get his attention.
Charles: What why?
Hazel:I have a hunch on how we can best him…
Charles shrugs.
Charles: Hey asshole!
Charles fires and hits Mario in the back but nothing happens as Mario had been looking at Alex, Mario turning as he looks at Charles and the moment his eyes locked onto Charles Hazel fired an arrow into his right kneecap, Mario screaming as the arrow pierced through his knee and came out the back of his leg as it bleed as Mario quickly looks at Kelsey and the arrow falls out of his leg as he steps through it, Mario then looking at Alex as the sound suddenly closes but the scar of the arrow was there as Hazel smirks.
Hazel: Gotcha, bitch.
Mario glares at her as he snaps his fingers and glitches as he suddenly charges her, Charles moving her out of the way as Charles takes the Rapier thrust to his stomach.
Hazel: Charles!
Kelsey and Alex run and slam their blades into Mario as Mario spits up blood as he feels the blade piercing through his body as Alex's sword was sticking through his chest as Hazel pulls Charles off of the blade as he grabs his stomach as the wound was small but still bleeding heavy as Hazel holds her hands and applied pressure as Kelsey and Alex pull their blades out and watch as Mario feel over onto his face, Kelsey quickly running to Charles as Alex keeps watch on Mario's body as Kelsey and Hazel try and stop the bleeding as Alex sees Mario's body glitch like Hazel had as Alex tigthens his grip as he sneers as he can watched as Mario stands hot, agitation across his face as he glares at Alex and raises the Raiper as Alex charges him and the two begin their back and forth sword fight while Kelsey and Hazel desperately try and keep Charles conscious
Elsewhere
From very far away the dream share can hear and see the violence erupting from the Orion Industrial Tower as Lucifer stands with a nice view as he drinks from a bottle that he holds out to his side as Michael walks up and stands beside him as he takes it and drinks it without bothering you ask or see what it was as the two had the same stoic expression across their faces.
Elsewhere-Tower-Top Floor
Tobias and Ian stand side by side as the final Agent dropped dead after a hail of gunfire and smoke was filled with death curdling screams which made Valencia cringe and cover her ears as Tobias clenches his fist as he sees Xander appear from the opened doors as a trail of dead Agent's littered the ground by his feet.
Xander: And so it's come to this.
End of chapter.