Chase
'Well this is exactly what I expected.' I thought as I looked as the congregation of CEO'S, royalty, nobility, and splicers. Everyone was huddled onto predetermined groups, most likely based on social status or the financial excess of their respective countries.
"I am already bored." Bo said, looking up at everyone.
"No causing problems or I'm strangling you." I warned. Both Bo and Indy shared a look before looking at me.
"We would never…" Bo said in a innocent voice. I looked at them drolly then raised a clenched fist at them threateningly. Jane looked at the crowd around us, many keeping their distance due to my evos regarding everyone with vicious hostility.
"There are a lot more members of royalty or nobility here than I thought." Jane replied.
"Well I'm going ta see what they got ta eat." Grandpa Seamus said then started walking towards the refreshment table, Colossus trotted with him. His flaming mohawk burning brightly. I glanced back at Empress and she nodded wordlessly then followed after Grandpa Seamus and Colossus.
"Now…point me to the Paragons." I said, mischievously rubbing my hands together.
"CHASE KINGSTON!" A voice bellowed. I turned to the sound of the voice and saw a oddly pudgy splicer stomping towards me and my group. All eyes turned to the obviously angry man then back at me. Many fearful or interested in what I would do.
"That guy a paragon?" I asked Alberto quietly.
"No, that's Lord Simon Caldifax." Alberto replied with a groan. My eyes widened as realization and recognition hit.
'The bastard that put the hit out on Sin and The Kestrals.' I thought.
"How do you want to play this?" Jane asked softly. I looked back at her and smiled deviously. She smirked at that and nodded. "Understood, those with common sense should step back."
With that Louie, Angie, KC, Indy, and Alberto all took a step to the side, leaving Bo, Damon, my evos and I huddled in a group. I shot Jane a look then turned my attention back to my still approaching nemesis; though that is a bit of a stretch to call that man my nemesis.
"Did someone lose their grandpa? I think he has dementia!?" I called out to everyone on the observation deck. Simon Caldifax froze mid-step about thirteen feet away from me. A look of utter shock on his face that was quickly replaced by seething fury.
"CHASE KINGSTON! YOU INSOLENT INSECT! HOW DARE YOU REFER TO ME IN SUCH A WAY AFTER HOW YOU HUMILIATED ME!" Simon barked.
"Insect, that's a new one." Bo said, snidely.
"I'm pretty sure my Father called him an insect a few times." Alberto piped up.
"The Morgan did too, gods rest her soul." Jane added. "Plus a few nobles too."
"Thank you, peanut gallery." I said in a deadpan tone then turned my attention to Simon. "Um, old man you'll have to be a bit more specific if you say I humiliated you. I do that a lot to uppity noble shit-heads like you."
"YOU….." Simon growled. With a sigh I walked over to Simon and got in his face in one fluid moment. I then spoke into his war with a soft voice.
"You should back down now Simon. This little showdown won't go well for you. It never goes well for anyone that I have my sights on." I warned. Simon Caldifax stumbled back and pointed a pudgy finger at me.
"You don't scare me Kingston! I know the truth about you. You're nothing more than a cowardly second rate splicer. Needing to catch splicers of true talent unaware to win!" Simon exclaimed then motioned to those around us on the deck. "He needs to beat up on two-bit gangsters and rely on underhanded actions in order to feel strong!"
"Wow…you really are misinformed." I said with a sigh then took a few steps back. "Since you're so sure of my abilities how about you test them now, I'll show you how wrong you are."
My words were accentuate with small sparks of electricity dancing across my palms thanks to me channeling shock attribute into both hands. Simon took a few tentative steps back then looked back over his shoulder. I glanced in the direction that Simon Caldifax did and saw Thomas and Logan standing near the railing of the deck, looking back at Simon.
"What's wrong Simon? Too afraid of getting your ass handed to you by a cowardly second rate splicer?" I mocked, much to the amusement of several nobles and royals standing nearby.
"You…you…" Simon sputtered. A man suddenly stepped between Simon and I, holding his hands up to try and diffuse the situation. That man was Hideyoshi Ascred.
"Master Kingston, Lord Caldifax, please! This is supposed to be a peaceful little party to cultivate peace and further relationships. There is no need for violence." Hideyoshi said firmly.
"If you wanted peace then why was I invited?" I asked innocently, iliciting a loud chuckle from everyone in my group.
"I'm beginning to wonder myself…" The secret Shogun muttered softly. Simon scoffed and his farm crystal started glowing, a crystalline structure forming.
"Scorlox!" Simon exclaimed and flung the crystalline structure into the air. It shattered and a titan landed behind him. "Scorlox, beat that brat into paste!"
I channeled accelerate attribute mana throughout my body and grabbed Hideyoshi by his collar and jumped backwards as Simon's titan swung a huge fist down and smashed a hole in the deck where Hideyoshi and I once stood.
"You nearly killed Hideyoshi, you ass!" I snapped as I skidded to a stop in front of Bo and the others.
Bone-lasher and Jiggles dashed around the group in a blur of lightning and flames and quickly assaulted the beast. Slashing it's arms off in one split second then it's legs before beheading it in a tandem with a upward slash from their claws. The large titan collapsed lifelessly on the ground in front of Hideyoshi and I, Jiggles and Bone-lasher standing in front of Simon with murderous glares.
"What was that about beating the boss into paste?" Bone-lasher growled while cracking the knuckles of his armored bracers.
"Sending pathetic weaklings against the Star Shaper! I'll slaughter you!" Jiggles growled while cracking his knuckles as well. Simon Caldifax stumbled back in a panic.
"Guards! Thomas Kingston, stop your son!" Simon exclaimed.
"Seriously?! Begging for my father to come and handle me after you tried to kill me and nearly flatten a member of a foreign military in the process? That's embarrassing." I said snidely. Despite my words Thomas and Logan as well as a few American soldiers started rushing over to Simon.
Jiggles and Bone-lasher both turned their attention from Simon and onto the new hostiles approaching. A simple growl and trumpet from Bone-lasher and Jiggles was enough to make all the approaching Americans freeze in place.
"Master Kingston! Remember my earlier words! While I am grateful for you saving me, my Lord Shogun would be gravely insulted by further violence." Hideyoshi said sternly. I looked over at the man then narrowed my eyes at him. He looked at me with a steely look befitting a leader. I sighed then snapped my fingers.
"Let 'em go guys." I ordered. Bone-lasher and Jiggles immediately jumped backwards to my side. I shot Simon a glare then looked down at the dead, headless titan. "Next time you try some bullshit like that I'll cut your head off just like your titan."
Simon scurried away from me and my evos, all but running as he pushed through a small crowd of splicers to get away. I glanced at the soldiers that had rushed to Simon Caldifax's defense. Most had tried to blend back in with the various crowds around the observation deck, while Thomas and Logan just glared furiously at me. I rolled my eyes at them and turned around to face my group and Hideyoshi.
"Well, that was tamer than what I expected. Only a evo died." Bo said.
"It would have been more if Bone-lasher and Jiggles had anything to say about it." Indy piped up.
"For once you showed restraint…I'm surprised." Jane said. I frowned and crossed my arms.
"That titan nearly flattened Hideyoshi and I. I think Bone and Jiggles acted correctly. I mean they didn't outright attack Simon after killing that titan." I defended. Jiggles and Bone-lasher both puffed their chests out at that.
"Yes, yes, they are very well trained evos. Leagues above any I've seen. I'm surprised I don't detect any mana coming from you to control these brutes." A voice said from behind me. I nodded in agreement and crossed my arms.
"Of course they are! They're my evos…wait…" I said then spun around and saw a tall and muscular middle eastern man dressed in holy garb standing behind me. He was regarding Jiggles and Bone-lasher with a calculating expression.
Everyone jumped at the sight of the newcomer to our group, including Bone-lasher who looked completely startled by the man's presence. Which should have been impossible with his electromagnetic vision. The strange man seemed oblivious to our surprise and continued to examine Jiggles and Bone-lasher.
"Hmmm…bi-pedal and seems to be modeled after the Liger shark and some titan varient…impressive work." The man muttered to himself while walking around both evos.
"B-Boss!" Bone-lasher grumbled as the man grabbed Bone-lasher's arm and turned his crystal gauntlet around to better inspect it. I could feel Bone-lasher's agitation growing with each passing second.
"Um excuse me!" I growled then grabbed the man's arm and yanked him away from Bone-lasher before the evo slashed the man.
I started to spin him around to face me when I realized I was only holding the man's ripped off sleeve. The man in question was standing in front of Bone-lasher again, examining him as if he hadn'ta care in the world.
"One moment child, I will address you as soon as I am done with my observations." The man said, holding up his arm with a ripped sleeve at me.
"Child…!" I growled and narrowed my eyes at the man.
"Haha! Not fun when someone calls you a child now is it!" Bo chuckled. I shot him a glare that made him cower behind Louie and Angie. I looked back at the strange and rude man then channeled shock attribute mana into my hands.
"Hey! Bastard, you got two seconds to step away from Bone-lasher before I electrocute you.!" I growled. Jane immediately grabbed my shirt and yanked me back towards her.
"Chase wait! That man he's Agni Paragon! The Paragon of India." Jane growled in my ear.
"I don't care if he's the Paragon of Eldorado! Stop grabbing my evos! You're pissing him off as well as me!" I snapped then pointed at Agni. He was looking at the runes that were inscribed on his gauntlet.
Agni sighed and looked away from Bone-lasher's gauntlet. He stood to his full height and fixed me with an annoyed glare. Like I was nothing more than a tiny bug that was buzzing around his ear.
"Look here boy, I know not who you are but it is the height of rudeness to interrupt a Paragon when they are working. You should be thanking the gods for your good fortune that paragon found your evos worthy of study!" Agni exclaimed. "Beside I'm sure a evo of such magnificence is wasted on one rude as you, child!"
"I'm gonna kill him!" I growled as lightning sparked off my hands.
"Chase!" Jane exclaimed and grabbed my arms before I pounced on Agni. Agni arched a brow when he heard Jane say my name.
"Chase…as in Chase Kingston. The whelp that embarrassed The Morgan and Loki?" Agni said contemplatively.
"Whelp!" I growled, my own anger getting compounded in with Bone-lasher, Jiggles, Fours, and Empress anger thanks to our mental connection.
"He's gonna blow!" Indy, Bo, and Louie exclaimed and took several steps back ongoing with Angie and KC.
"Not helping!" Jane snapped, then reared back and slapped me on the back of the head. "Chase no fighting Paragons! Selfish assholes yes! Paragons no! Our company cannot handle that much backlash!"
"Ow!" I growled then turned and shook a sparking fist at Jane. "Will you stop hitting me all the time! It's not very princess like!"
"Maybe learn to listen to something besides pain and I'll stop hitting you!" Jane snapped.
"B-b-boss this guy again…" Bone-lasher grumbled. I looked back to Bone-lasher and saw Agni looking him over again. This time poking his finger inside Bone-lasher's gills.
"LEAVE! BONE! ALONE!" I growled and stomped a foot down on the ground. Lightning sparked off my body and jumped into the sky. The display of sparks shocked everyone on the observation deck. Especially Agni who jumped away from Bone-lasher finally.
"Impressive, mana-nana manipulation spell usage if I'm correct." Agni said as if nothing had happened and nodded in contemplation. Bone-lasher and Jiggles took that chance to jump behind me for protection and eyed Agni with contempt.
"The fuck is this guy's deal?" I grumbled.
"Disagreeing with Paragons again I see…" A voice said from nearby. I turned towards the sound and saw Turak'Kahn and Viola walking towards us. Turak'Kahn smirked and shook his head at the spectacle before him. "I should have expected as much from the Revolutionary Paragon."