Post by cross on Aug 18, 2015 16:48:38 GMT -5
Ultimate Guardian
Vacancy Part 2
The bank alarms rang as the thieves burst through the front door of the bank. All four masked men held one duffle bag filled to the brim with stolen Hub City National Bank money. They ran to their get away car and got in ready to flee the scene.
"Where you guys going?" Ambush Bug popped his head up from the back space of the rust bucket station wagon. All four men turned their heads, almost inflicting whiplash on themselves. "Woah! Calm down! I'm only here to stop you all." Ambush Bug smiled.
BAMF!
Suddenly, the green suit wearing hero was gone. "What in the hell was that?" The driver of the car turned his attention back to the road in front of him.
SMASH!
The Siberian roared into the passengers front end and spun the get away car like a toy. The men screamed in fear of the mammoth vehicle as it spun around to face them.
BAMF!
"Guy's, this is where we start having fun at your expense!" Ambush Bug sat in-between the driver and the front seat passenger and grabbed the dashboard of the vehicle.
BAMF!
The car flew through the air. One minute they were all on the ground safe and sound ready to escape, and the next minute they were in the sky looking into the clouds. "AAAAAHHHHHHHH!" Their screams made Ambush Bug laugh.
BAMF!
Irwin was gone again. They couldn't see him in the sky but could hear a faint 'BAMF' underneath their falling car.
BAMF!
"I'm back." He suddenly was in-between the passengers in the backseat this time and grabbed the seat in front of him.
BAMF!
The driver of the falling car opened his eyes to see the roof top of the bank that his crew had just robbed. No more sky, and no more falling. He breathed heavily. A man in military looking armor stepped up onto the hood of the station wagon and waved at the four criminals. "Gentlemen, My name is Guardian. My sidekick-"
"I'm your associate!" Ambush Bug chimed in from behind the parked car.
Guardian cleared his throat. "Sorry, My associate, Ambush Bug and I have just stopped your heist. I would like to inform you that once the HCPD arrive you will be arrested and then sent to Van Kull Maximum Security Prison once it is finished being built. I can only imagine what this experience has taught you all but I would recommend not doing this again." Guardian stepped off of the hood of the car and nodded to Ambush Bug.
"Not again." The driver began to breathe heavily with anticipation of what was to come next.
BAMF!
***
Thomas stood at the edge of the balcony looking over the top of the forested valley. He watched as the sun began to set marking the end of the day. The two wooden doors behind him opened and a very pleased looking Onyx walked out to join him. "At least I'm wearing a robe out here."
"I like being nude in the forest. Helps me reconnect with nature and center myself." Thomas smiled and continued to stand there unabashed about his nudity.
"You just like being out here alone and nude, freak." Onyx took a drink from her small wooden cup. Thomas presumed it was her homemade tea she loved to make.
"It's exciting right? I can be out here naked to the world and the only one who will see it is you." Thomas pulled her into his grasp and stared into her eyes. "Pure freedom."
Onyx leaned in and kissed him. "Come back to bed my love."
Thomas kissed her back. "You know I get twitchy before a hunt like this. I cant calm my body like you can."
"Bamboo Monkey will be there tonight and you will do just fine like you always do. Now let me relax you." Onyx pulled away from Thomas and walked back into the cabins master bedroom. As she passed through the balcony doors she dropped her robe revealing her naked body to Thomas.
"Well okay then." Thomas followed her into the bedroom.
***
Guardian waited on top of the bank building watching Ambush Bug handcuff the thieves to their car. He backed up and got ready to teleport with Irwin when a cord snapped around his left leg and whip him face first to the ground. William scrambled to get up but the cord was still wrapped around his leg. He turned enough to see what was happening. In front of him stood three men, one of which held onto the cord around his leg. "What's up fellas? Sorry, but the job's already done. If you want to wait for the police you can but I'd suggest you get out of here. They're not too keen on capes recently."
All three men stood there silent. Guardian tilted his head in confusion. "You don't even know who we are do you?" William looked to the farthest left man. Decked out in light armor and a pure white mask, He held up twin pistols aimed at Guardian. "We're the V.A.T.F. you dense mother fucker."
"Seriously, Watch your language Mad Dog." The man farthest to the right now spoke up. "Do you need to cuss in this situation? It takes the seriousness out of everything and makes you sound like an idiot."
The man called Mad Dog turned to face his antagonist. "Fuck you and your 'holier than though' attitude, Black Spider. It gets old."
The middle man still holding tight to the cord around Guardians leg wrenched back on the cord and strained the ankle joint of William. "Both of you shut up. We got our guy. Lets get back to HQ for our money." Both men stopped their bickering immediately and turned their attention back to William.
"So he's the leader of V.A.T.F. huh?" William twisted his hips to the right and freed a knife from his holster.
SNAPP!
The cord once wrapped around his leg fell to the roof top limp. Guardian got his feet and charged the three men. "I'm not going anywhere."
THOKK!
His fist made contact with Black Spiders mask. The hit sent him straight to the ground face first. Guardian twisted and went for a roundhouse kick to Mad Dog but the leader grabbed his leg before it could make contact. "Nice grab Cableman. Try blocking this!"
William smashed a flash grenade into the mask of the Leader knocking him backwards with the bright explosion. Guardian was now free and took his chance to run. He reached the edge of the bank roof and leaped as hard as he could. He sailed from the tall building and landed with a hard 'thud' on the adjacent building. After rolling to his feet, the chase began. Black Spider and Mad Dog pursued Guardian in his escape leaping from the bank's roof. Cableman fired a cable from his wrist mounted gun and slid down the cable to the roof. guardian didn't wait to find out what these guys could do in a three on one fight. He ran hard as he tried to stay ahead of them. Without warning, Black spider flipped in front of him, causing him to stop. "Where you going Guardian? It's against this city's law to be a vigilante and the V.A.T.F. is here to arrest you." Black Spider's appropriately colored armor could be the reason he was so fast. He possibly had enhancement pieces in there. His helmet showed off eight 'eye' lenses. William wasn't sure if they were for show or not. More than likely they served no purpose other than cosmetic.
BLAMM!
BLAMM!
BLAMM!
BLAMM!
William dropped behind an air conditioner unit trying to stay out of the way of the bullets flying by him. Black Spider back flipped away from the hail of bullets and perched up on a satellite dish. "Seriously? Are you trying to kill me or him?"
The annoyance in Black Spider's voice indicated that he knew Mad Dog wasn't aiming to kill but none the less he was frustrated from his recklessness. "I'm trying to take this bastard down. Get the hell out of my way!"
SWIPP!
A cable wrapped around the air conditioner unit and straight across the throat of Guardian. Cableman sprinted past Mad Dog and leaped over the machine to face William.
"Breathing is still possible but you aren't going anywhere." He stepped forward and stopped at the sight of Guardian smiling.
BAMF!
Ambush Bug grabbed the arm of William and was gone just as fast as he had appeared.
BAMF!
Black Spider looked around seeing nothing. Mad Dog looked back towards the bank and could hear the Siberian roar to life. "How in the hell did they pull that off?"
THOKK!
Cableman knocked Mad Dog to the ground with the punch and stepped over him to watch the two heroes speed away down the police crowded street. "Read the case files dumbass. Ambush Bug is a Caucasian Meta in his early thirties with teleportation as a power. He regularly works with Guardian and Catman. All three have been active under one year in Hub City."
Cableman turned and watched as Black Spider helped Mad Dog up to his feet. "We catch those two, we get to Catman."
***
Thomas finished putting on his suit and gauntlets. The Ashram blacksmith had made them especially for him. With the built in claw tipped fingers, he could climb trees easier and had built in weapons if need be. Onyx finished dressing herself and turned to see Thomas tie his 'Stray Cat' mask on. "Why do you still wear that thing?"
Thomas turned his attention to her. "It reminds me of why I came to Ashram and what I left at home."
"Nostalgia can cloud your thoughts and ruin the training you have done these past few months." Onyx sheathed her sword and opened the balcony doors. The view was incredible. Only natural light could be seen through the dark night forest.
"If I don't remember what I'm doing here, I'll be more lost than I was in the first place." Thomas ran past Onyx and leaped into the dense trees. He gripped into the large trunk and slid down to the ground safely. Onyx landed safely behind him moments later. The small cabin behind them lay dark and uninhabited. Thomas turned around to give it a once over.
"I really liked that place." Onyx began to run through the trees towards their prey.
"Ashram has hundreds more all over this land. It's nothing more than a common outpost for hunters." Her coldness to the 'home' Made him uneasy.
"Well, I liked it a lot." Thomas began to chased after her.
***
The Siberian pulled into the garage almost silently. William had been working on the engine for the last month to quiet the transport down so as not to draw attention to their activities. Irwin exited the drivers side of the car mid-sentence.
"So those three are the V.A.T.F.? I figured there would be more of them." William Got out of the car and began to remove his gloves when a black figure slid underneath the closing garage door.
KONNK!
Black Spider spun and leaped into the air in one fluid motion, slamming his knee into the face of Ambush Bug. He tumbled over the roof of the Siberian and wrapped his legs around the neck of Guardian. He shifted his body weight and slid off of the car, flipping Guardian into the drywall and smashing an imprint into it. William dropped out of the drywall onto his head. "IT'S BLACK SPIDER!"
Ambush Bug took action and jumped.
BAMF!
BAMF!
Ambush Bug was suddenly inside of the Siberian. He slammed the door open as hard as he could into the hip of Black Spider. He fell into the wall of the garage and rebounded into the vehicle with Irwin. The two smashed punches into each others faces. Irwin grabbed the passengers side seatbelt and locked into place, still taking multiple stiff punches into his face. He back rolled out of the car and slammed the eject button on the steering wheel.
CLANKSH!
The roof of the Siberian exploded open and Black Spider, still sitting in the passengers seat, flew right through the ceiling of the garage and into the living room of William Cayce's apartment.
"We don't have time to fight it out here! Teleport Black Spider way the hell out of here before the other two-"
BLAMM!
William spun in place and slammed into the drywall shoulder first. "FUCK! He hit my shoulder!"
Ambush Bug didn't have time to turn around. The cable was wrapped around his neck before he knew that William had been shot. The cable tightened and ripped him through the closed garage door.
CLANKSH!
Cableman dragged Irwin by his throat out into the street in front of Williams home. "You think you could flee from the V.A.T.F.? We can track you everywhere you could possibly hide." He lifted Ambush Bug off of his feet and began reputedly punching him in the kidneys.
THOKK!
THOKK!
THOKK!
THOKK!
Irwin was lifted above Cableman's head and thrown into the damaged garage door, being smashed through it once more into the garage. He looked towards the parked Siberian to see Mad Dog being choked from behind by Guardian. "BAMF these fools!"
BAMF!
Ambush Bug grabbed the knocked out Black Spider from the living room.
BAMF!
Five miles away Black Spider fell into the local swimming pool from the sky.
BAMF!
Ambush Bug stopped dead in his tracks and put his hands up in surrender. Mad Dog held a pistol to the head of Guardian while Cableman gripped tight on his bound hands. "We just need three things from you hero wannabes. Guardian and Ambush Bug go into custody."
Ambush Bug looked for anyway not to get Guardian killed but still escape. "What's the third thing?"
"You tell us where Catman is." Cableman said coldly. Irwin was taken back by the demand.
"Haven't seen the guy in months. Looks like that third thing is going to hard to do." The door behind Irwin slowly opened as Kitrina walked through into the chaos of the garage. She stopped and her eyes grew with fear as she assessed the situation.
Cableman looked the girl over. "Kitrina?"
BAMF!
Ambush Bug spotted his chance and gripped the wrists of Mad Dog and Cableman.
BAMF!
The two V.A.T.F. members joined Black Spider five miles away in the public pool.
BAMF!
Irwin helped William up to his feet. Kitrina couldn't move from the shock of what she had just walked into. "What's happening?"
William wiped some blood from his chin and started to move towards the stairs to the apartment above. "That was the V.A.T.F. and they now know where we live. We need to move." Irwin grabbed William by his shoulder and stopped him for a moment.
"How did he know Kitrina's name?"
***
Thomas perched himself on a large limb of a tree and watched his target. A muscular man scraped together some sticks and rocks and began lighting a small fire. Thomas turned and spotted Onyx across the clearing watching the same thing. He nodded and she confirmed that it was time. The man struck two rocks together and a spark fell into the small pile of leaves and sticks. He leaned down and blew into the ember giving the oxygen it needed to spread its warmth and light. As he set down the fire and it began to grow he looked up to see Thomas in his full Ashram garb. He fell backward startled by his sudden appearance. As he crawled back away from his hunter he bumped up into the shins of Onyx standing behind him. She looked down upon his terrified face. "Bamboo Monkey. The Ashram has called for your presence and here you are fleeing like a coward. I bring an Ashram Hunter with me to bring you back for your trial."
Bamboo Monkey scurried away from both Onyx and Thomas only to stop a few feet from the two. "Please! I had no choice. The Monkey Fist Brotherhood would have killed me."
Thomas stomped on the small budding fire. The area plunged into darkness. "You know as well as everyone that the Monkey Fist Brotherhood is renegade faction born from the rejected customs of Ashram!"
Bamboo Monkey slowly grabbed ahold of his eight foot Bo staff and began getting to his feet. "Silver Monkey made it known what a traitorous pig your mighty 'Sensei' is. He broke the customs of Ashram first. Silver Monkey at least admits to his faults. What's your excuse? Blind loyalty? Open your eyes and actually look around at the Ashram and Sensei."
WHACK!
Onyx dropped to one knee as bamboo Monkey spun his Bo staff around over his head and readied himself for combat. "I will not face trial in that stained palace you call Ashram!" He ducked under a deadly swipe from one of Thomas' gauntlets and back flipped multiple times to safety. Thomas pursued him and slashed at his chest. Bamboo retaliated, smashing the end of his staff into the gut of Thomas. The hit had drained all of the air from his lungs. He gasped for air but could only feel the tightness in his chest. Bamboo Monkey reared back and swung down with all of his might with the Bo staff. The kill shot was suddenly stopped. Onyx gripped tight as her arm wrapped around the throat of the Monkey.
"You will not kill the hunter." Onyx twisted her body and pulled hard on the chin of the Ashram traitor.
SNAPP!
His head spun wickedly as his limp body fell to the ground. Thomas breathed slowly still getting air back into his body. "You're a Healer not a Hunter! You know that that was a act of death!"
Onyx looked down at the dead body on the floor of the forest. "This never happened. We found his body and burned it promptly. His trial is done." Thomas looked into the cold eyes of Onyx, trying to see any hint of emotion or guilt. He found none.
***
William helped Kitrina pack her belongings into a large duffle bag as Irwin loaded his computers into the Siberian. Kitrina stopped moving and stared unblinking at the front door of the garage. William looked up and froze.
"THOMAS!" Kitrina ran and leaped into his arms with tears racing down her cheeks. Thomas stood in the door way unmoving without reciprocating the joyous hug.
"He-Hey. It's been a while." Thomas slowly began to hug Kitrina back.