On the outskirts of Zach's home state
Underneath a large oak tree laid the five original female prisoners. The twins Heaven and Nevaeh, Lola, Hyena Girl, and Isabella. In the midst of the four sleeping. Isabella was still very much awake, contemplating on her very next move.
Heaven said it herself, it shouldn't take no longer than three days to complete Master Nem's task. Yet how could she do anything with all four of these girls constantly by her side? Especially since both Lola and Hyena Girl that are always feeling the need to protect her.
Sitting herself up from the group she stretched before standing up and walking off by herself. Isabella had been fascinated by the city lights that illuminated during the night. Walking further away she came across yet another tree. Isabella's hair sprung to life grabbing numerous branches with it and began pulling herself up. She kept going till finally she was at the very top to get a far better view. "Couldn't sleep either huh?" The sudden voice questioning her almost made Isabella lose her balance and fall out of the tree as she used her hair to grab on. To her left she saw that Heaven was sitting on a branch.
"You weren't there a few moments ago..." Isabella said.
Heaven smirked at her, "you think you can walk away without me noticing? You know me better than that Isabella. Truthfully, I couldn't sleep either not until we complete our mission. I am assuming you are thinking how this will play out once we go over there yes? Or, is there something else you are thinking about?" She asked.
All Isabella could do was smile back at Heaven, "you know me too well Heaven." She said, "A little too well." Both girls had prolonged eye contact with one another. Eventually, Heaven had stood up and began walking towards Isabella slowly.
For years, without anyone even coming close to knowing these two girls had a discreet relationship with one another. Heaven's own twin sister didn't even know about this relationship and it was unknown why these two had kept their relationship a secret despite inhabiting a society that is widely acceptable of the same sex relationships because they all were the same. Now, only within a foot apart of one another Heaven combed her hand through Isabella's hair. Hair that was soft like no other and described to be like touching a rodent known as the chinchilla. Moving one another's head closer to one another the two would soon lock lips with each other sharing an intimate kiss. As they never got time to do this on the regular this moment lasted an extended period of time before finally releasing from one another. "Will you ever tell me why we just can't tell the others?" Heaven asked with a soft moan right after it.
Before Isabella could respond, the device went off in her pocket making Isabella descend so Master Nem couldn't see her. "Yes Master Nem?" She responded.
"I have some interesting news to share with you Heaven, are you alone my young sweetheart?" She asked.
"Yes Master Nem."
A brief pause would take place before Master Nem began with a soft growl, "Hyptant was not killed by only those five boys. There were more that had to do with his death and these individuals were from one of the other islands. Two were boys and the other was a girl from our island." Hearing the last sentence from Master Nem's lips had made Isabella's heart jump into her throat. In the midst of all that chaos and destroying that entire place Master Nem still managed to figure out there were more individuals involved.
"Yokozuna, Tobias, and as for the girl I still haven't come to the conclusion yet unfortunately. I may say that it may be from the other two remaining islands."
"Master Nem, how did you figure out that Yokozuna and Tobias were involved with this."
"Tiers my daughter, tiers." She responded.
Tiers was way of gauging just how powerful individuals were when entering the void and receiving their unique gifts assuming they didn't fall to their deaths. "What I mean by that is this. All the boys on Hyptant's island were powerful as all their gifts have something to do with purely physical and brute force. Take Zach for example, with his newly learned gift and if were to let's say had the amount of time you had with yours I would firmly believe there would be nothing left of that place. Meaning he is at most a tectonic tier or a severe threat to the surface of planet earth. Yokozuna on the other hand is a different matter, thanks to that absurd gift he has. The size, the mass, the pure raw brutality of that creature leaves me to know for a fact he is responsible for the destruction of that place. Tobias being not too far behind him those two monsters are going to pay for what they done. As for the girl, I will find out soon enough and when I do I will see too it that Hyena Girl and I have our own personal treat."
Placing her hands over her own mouth Isabella nearly gasped out loud. "There is an insider to all of this though. Yokozuna, Tobias, and Big Bubba. How is it that they all know? No matter, you girls need to get a move on. I just received orders from my superior and he is getting very impatient. My planet needs to eat and with the significant shortage on the human processing farm they hunger every minute. Now tell me something, do I need to come down there and do everything myself Heaven? You know what happens when I need to accomplish a task yes?"
"No, I have everything under control Master Nem... We'll be on it right now!"
"Good, then get going my daughter. I need Zach and Kirk here and now." The conversation between them had ended. Heaven leaped from above onto the same branch that Isabella was standing on. "Get the girls up, we are going to Anthony Johnson's mother house."
With all five of the girls up they were all standing behind their target's house. The elderly woman was home currently in bed resting underneath her blankets. "She's an old and fragile woman she shouldn't be much of an issue. Lola, you go restrain her and I will make the call to Johnson."
There was nothing that could be done by Isabella at this moment. They were going in and there was no stopping now. Looking all around she desperately tried to think of any distraction would give Miss Johnson a warning. "Hey!" All the girls stopped in their tracks from the high pitched voice coming from their right. "What are doing at Miss Johnson's house?" It was a young girl, no older then ten years old with her head peeking over the fence.
Hyena Girl's interest had been peaked immediately and that was only because she thought of the girl as an appetizer. As crazy as it may have seemed, Isabella was actually relieved by this as the lights of Miss Johnson's house turned on and her shadow was seen approaching the
window. "Wait.... look at that shadow." Nevaeh commented.
"That isn't a woman..." Heaven said as suddenly she reeled her hand unleashing a powerful lightning bolt blasting through Miss Johnson's house effortlessly. Isabella's eyes widened with horror as the lightning continued traveling through houses in its path. The little girl who had witnessed this monstrous power let out a horrifying scream before she ran off.
"You are quite clever sweetheart...." The five girls had turned around seeing that it was Kirk who had been perched on the top of the wooden fence. With full bloody eyes leaking down his face Kirk could only smile at the five. "Fighting for someone who is going to only stab you in the back at the end. I actually feel sorry for you."
Nevaeh leaped into the air opening her palm to let out straight fire at Kirk only for him to dodge it with one swift head movement. At the same time, Hyena Girl had already gone to Kirk's flank to attack him from behind. The girl's jaw had became fully unhinged and very sharp canines had protruded from all sides of her mouth. Lounging at Kirk he had leaped forward rolling through Lola's legs who had already tried grabbing him. "Catch me if you can..." Kirk whispered before running off down the street at high speeds.
"After him!" Immediately Hyena Girl had went into a savage chase down the street. She had been on all fours running at over one hundred miles with ease. However, Kirk steadily went faster only ever being just barely out of reach. He had been doing this on purpose to just taunt Hyena Girl and her frustration had grown. The two zipped across the neighborhood into an open field going up and down hills at over three hundred miles an hour and they only continued to go faster. From above, the twins had been carrying both Isabella and Lola individually while following the chase. "This could be another distraction..." Heaven said.
"I was just about to say the same thing. If that Big Bubba character was a distraction then more than most likely this is nothing more than an illusion we're chasing after. Nevaeh, switch courses and go back to the original house with Isabella. The two of us will keep up with Hyena Girl to see where he'll take us too." Listening to her twin sister Nevaeh had changed her direction going back to Miss Johnson's house.
The two were back to the same location only to be surprised with the local law enforcement and fire department at the pure carnage of the neighborhood. Ambulance had arrived on the scene also with news report trailing right behind them. The two girls had no choice but to stay completely air born out sight of even the helicopter that was nearby.
"Ma'am, I have no time for your daughters fairytales. Please, take her inside she doesn't need to be seeing all of this." The officer had asked politely as the young girl who had seen the five girls was dragged away by her mother so she didn't have to see the multiple bodies being loaded onto gurneys.
"But mom! They were right there in Miss Johnson's house! I saw her do it! You have to believe me!" She tried to convince others who had been around but no one had paid her no mind. Isabella and Nevaeh had shared a glance with one another both nodding simultaneously before taking off into the distance. They could no longer go to that area if they were still wanted to remain anonymous. Landing on top of a house, Isabella and Neveah retreated downwards landed in the bushes below as the helicopter flew overhead.
"Didn't take long for the news to spread did it?" Neveah asked Isabella who nodded her head.
Deep down inside her mind, Isabella was relieved with this outcome. This wasn't originally part of the plan. However, it seemed both Zach and Kirk had already covered this base. "You gotta admit, Heaven had done a little bit of overkill did she not? She destroyed several homes in an instant."
"Valid point Isabella." Nevaeh said before taking out the device and opening it open for a hologram of the city. "God if its an illusion I assuming it is an accurate representation of the real Kirk. He's well over 70 kilometers away from our last destination... that little boy can run."
Isabella and Nevaeh stood up and started making their way over back to the house. "If Kirk was in that house, then more than most likely the elderly woman that was in that house is somewhere else."
That had been precisely it the entire time. Both Zach and Kirk had anticipated this far before Master Nem even conceived this plan. A few weeks ago, while on the island Isabella had told the two young boys everything that they needed to know about Master Nem. She was both very clever and very cunning. She would do anything to get what she wanted and she didn't care who was in her way. However, being the gluttonous creature that she was, she had a huge setback and those boys were planning on capitalizing on it. Master Nem had a ferocious appetite that if not satisfied would speak more for her more than her own intellectual mind.
Knowing this, the plan was to always stay a few steps ahead of her no matter the cost. First, it was the Big Bubba that intercepted Hyena Girl's ability to track them down. Then, an false representation of a woman that lead o attracting more attention then warranted. Now, the real Kirk or a possible illusion has now effectively split the team up.
Seventy kilometers away Kirk stopped at a cliffside only inches away from the edge. Looking down at the severe drop he smirked and turned around to see that Heaven, Lola, and Hyena Girl were all blocking his only way of escaping. "Congrats ladies, you finally caught up to me. So, what are we going to do now?"
"You already know what is going to happen." Heaven said plainly.
"Hmph, I don't think you understand that I ain't going back to that hellhole to be some final entree. I'll destroy my own body purposely before I even let that fat slob get one tooth in me."
Insulted by the slander of their master, Hyena Girl was the first to lunge at Kirk with an unhinged jaw full of razor sharp canines. Instantly Kirk's eyes widened with blood beginning to fill up. Moving to the side with one swift movement Kirk hit the girl directly in the sternum with a raising uppercut sending her flying over several meters high. Landing on her back Hyena Girl grabbed onto her sternum coughing up blood immediately.
"My blood is considered unnaturally toxic. No matter how tough your bodies may be, I can bypass it. After all, at the end of the day we are all humans with ten percent of our body weight being only blood." Lola was now the aggressor as she stomped forward. She reached for Kirk with her massive hands only for him to leap back. However, she maneuvered even faster than him grabbing him by the clothing and pulling him forward. At the same time Kirk attempted to hit Lola in the jaw with a fist. She avoided him again but she was forced to let him go or he would have directly hit her arm.
Heaven's eyes widened at this short altercation as she wasn't use to seeing Lola actively avoid attacks. Lola's body was just like Jacan, however she had honed it to perfection over the long years and couldn't get hurt. Lola hasn't felt pain in decades and to see her dodging Kirk's strikes made it clear in Heaven's head that Kirk had was a very serious problem that needed to be dealt with immediately this very night and they couldn't afford for him to get away by any means.
Lola and Kirk had now been launching blows at one another. Both individuals had been avoiding both hits at all. During this ordeal Kirk had noticed that Lola was far faster than Jacan in terms of speed. He was narrowly avoiding her hits while she was easily avoiding his. Suddenly, Lola seen a small opening and without hesitation took advantage on her smaller opponent that was Kirk, landing a direct hit to the jaw causing him to stumble back. Using this is a opportunity Lola quickly shoulder tackled Kirk sending him skidding across the ground till he stopped at the edge of the cliff. "Ha, not bad..." Kirk said with a smile on his face.
Heaven was confused by the subtle comment from Kirk till she looked over to Lola to see her grabbing her fist in pain. "How..." Heaven asked.
"Didn't you hear me when I said that my blood is unnaturally toxic? Whether I hurt you or you hurt me... you will always get hurt."
"I don't understand!" Heaven shouted out till she looked far more closely to Lola's hand. That wasn't her blood on her knuckles. Looking at Kirk again, she finally released in that very moment what he actually meant by him saying his own blood was toxic. If even a drop of Kirk's blood made contact with the person's skin it would attack the nervous system in their body! "Lola! We can't even touch him either... if that blood gets on your skin it'll destroy you from the inside out!"
Kirk stood up with a hysterical laughter, "It's been far too long since I got to use a bit of my gift! Sam only got to see a fraction when I faced him because deep down I didn't want to hurt him. But you? You girls don't seem to know what side your own so what is the point of holding back if you aren't going to be our allies against a common enemy?!" More blood pumped out of Kirk's eyes. mouth, nose, and ears to the point that Kirk's entire body was covered in his own toxic blood. "Now, let's see how you are going to deal with me!"
Looking at Kirk from behind, Lola rushed forward while he wasn't looking. Feeling the ground slightly tremble Kirk turned around with a wide smile. Lola reeled her arm back only to slam into the ground causing it to crack apart. Seeing this, Kirk began to fall off the cliff side. With quick thinking, he started leaping on the falling rocks going towards the girls. Heaven sprouted wings from her back and took to the sky. "There was a reason why I wanted to go after you... Kirk Lakeland! I knew you would give me the challenge of a life time and once I capture you Master Nem is going to make me the captain of her forces!"
Lightning conjured in her hands as she saw Kirk land back to where Lola and Hyena Girl were now standing ready to fight once again.
"I believe I have already told you... You aren't going to take me down!"
Hyena Girl charged forward taking a quick slash far faster than before at her enemy only for Kirk to barely evade the attack. Kirk grunted as he struck Hyena Girl in the jaw sending her flying away from the group using all four limbs to skid to a stop. Letting out a deafening bellow indicating she was in pain she forced the blood off her face by rubbing it on the ground instead of simply touching it. After witnessing that Lola herself was in pain, she knew not too touch it. Lola was next to go into the attack however she had taken a far different approach than before. She was well aware that Kirk's blood could damage her even if he never touched her, so instead she ripped off pieces of her own jumpsuit and covered her knuckles in the clothing. When striking Kirk with her shoulder she realized that only her hand hurt simply due to skin contact with his blood. Since her body is covered with clothes she can hit him with covered areas without having to worry about hurting herself.
Despite learning this rather fast she still needed to be careful of Kirk. He was fast and covered in toxic blood. He can easily turn this fight around in a couple of hits to the right areas if she wasn't cautious. Lola with a fast left hand struck Kirk in the chest with her cloth covered hand and just as she thought there was no after effects of hitting Kirk. With her tremendous strength, Kirk was launched over several dozen meters into the air. "Think a little bit of clothes are going to protect you? HA! I'll just turn up the temperature!" Upon saying this, Lola noticed that her covered knuckles began to smoke. "I have always needed to hold back! I have so many abilities that you fail to know about!" The boiling blood made contact with Lola's skin once more causing her to grab her hands in pain once more.
Landing on his feet, Kirk looked at his opponents with his arms crossed and a arrogant smirk on his face. "I am not impressed."
"Hmph, neither am I... you imposter." Kirk's eyes widen as Heaven quickly struck Kirk with a quick bolt of lightning making him instantly disappear.
Back towards the house, police had still been surrounding the house with a helicopter overhead. Neveah and Isabella had managed to get a bit closer this time without being seen. The two were still unsure of how to get over there or if there was even a point at all of going to the house anymore. The place had been destroyed with absolutely no traces of it left thanks to the fire afterwards. On top of that, more than half their team are chasing after a possible illusion they had been separated from one another and this put their plans very far behind and this was going to upset Master Nem. "I know she's going to be upset with me but as second in command I say we leave this area. The longer we just sit around the more likely we'll get discovered and seen by unwanted attention."
Isabella nodded her head going along with Neveah's suggestions. "I won't be upset sister." The sudden voice intervening in the conversation made both girls startle as Heaven, Lola, and Hyena Girl reunited with them once more. "Just like we had all assumed that was an illusion. Pointless fighting but I have also gained knowledge for my future inevitable fight with Kirk Lakeland."
"Oh?" Isabella questioned.
"We should also take note on the person doing these illusions or we should now say clones. I've noticed that when fighting these clones they can't take too many hits. I haven't concluded everything just yet. But I'm willing to bet the person controlling them is using his own durability to keep them fighting and he isn't very strong either. That clone took only a few hits just like that Big Bubba clone. No matter, I'll figure the answer out here shortly."
In abandoned house several kilometers away...
"Damn it... those girls are strong as hell..." Kyzarian said as he revealed scorching his burned chest. Blood came out of his mouth as he struggled to his feet only to fall right back on his back.
Grabbing a hold of his hand Kirk pulled Kyzarian up to a sitting position and began to heal his injuries. "They are all fast, too fast for me to even keep up. Then Heaven... without hesitation hit me with a bolt of lightning. It was so fast, I couldn't even fully blink before she destroyed me. I also see their fight styles. Here I thought they were all just one dimensional but in reality they just take turns going in for an attack getting a feel of who they are going against. There is also another issue and I am sure you are already aware of this. They are far more wary of your abilities now."
Kirk would nod his head at Kyzarian, "They only know what you demonstrated my friend. Just as you mentioned before, I have yet to show all of what I can do. Reason why is because you guys are all my friends. But when it comes to enemies that try to hurt you..." Kirk paused his eyes filling with red blood that began to run down his face. "I'll make sure they experience the most unimaginable pain in their pathetic lives."