Solar Knight: Star Dust -book 2-

chapter 43: Gekkan vs Avarian

"Smokey missile barrage!! " I shouted as I inhaled and puffed out around five explosive projectiles at Qrow. With his plasma sword drawn, he swiped and deflected the projectiles however, it appeared to be a little difficult to him. What I didn't expect, was for him to counter it so quickly and fire a plasmatic shotgun blast at me. I used my smoke I already had conjured to shield myself, but it wasn't enough to compete against friggin plasma.

I yelped in pain as several stray shots hit my unprotected legs, due to me channeling the smoke around my vital areas. Using my tail, I flipped over some furniture and hid behind it, before he could unleash another blast. Apparently, his table, which I was hiding behind, was plasma proof and probably lazer proof.

"My shot connected huh Sven?" He taunted.

"What's it to ya, you old fart! " I retorted, applying ointment and bandages to my wounds hastily.

"I've been shot so many times, that I am resilient to the pain! " he said laughing.

"Well good for friggin you! " I shouted in aggravation.

I had to think fast, I won't be too mobile with these hurt legs. If I fire smokey missiles behind and around the table, I'd still be blind firing and that would put too much strain on my lungs from the amount of breathing I'd have to do, and that would make me a sitting duck. I could create a smoke screen so I can direct my shots better, we'd both be blind, but I might just get a solid enough body shot to knock the wind outta him, then go in for the knock out!

Going through the plan, I inhaled deeply and created a cloud of smoke big enough to cover my area and his, blinding both of us. I then stood up, inhaled and blanketed the area I last seen Qrow in, hoping to land a shot. Over the explosions, there was a distinct sound of Qrow grunting and cursing out loud in a disgruntled tone.  Once I seen his silhouette, I made a mad dash to him and laid into him with my tail in hopes it would knock him out in one hit.

On impact however, I would soon realize I had forgotten a very important detail. He had that damned body shield active. On impact, I got electrocuted and fell to the ground convulsing as he was sent across the room and crashing into a book shelf. Once the convulsions were over and I could move again, I tried standing up,  only to see a bomb of sorts roll in front of me. I then seen everything distort and was then sent flying into some cabinets with my ears ringing.

"THAT WAS DIRTY! " I shouted, mainly because of the ringing.

"What do ye expect? I'mma pirate... " he said, firing a plasma bolt into my shoulder, to which I screamed in pain.

"I'm not done yet... " I said as a smokey clone formed behind him. My smoke was still in the air and I made sure that it was still connected to my mouth by inhaling a little and connecting it to my lit whisper wood.

"Tch, you're too hurt to-" he said, before the smokey clone tail whipped him into his desk. On impact, it hit the  shield hard enough to break it. He then rolled across the desk and fell behind it, groaning in pain.

"Owwww..... My back! " he cried.

I knew I had to think quick before his shield rebooted itself. My smokey clone was already expired and dissipated into nothing after that tail whip attack. To be honest, I didn't know I could do that. Purely experimental, pretty neat attack though. Gotta remember that one.

With all the planning, I'm still severely injured and in a crippled state. My legs were still burnt and hurting, in fact, the bomb blew off my bandages. The last of my bandages at that, meaning I can't medicate my new wound or cover my old ones. This is bad all around for sure.....

I struggled to stand up and get out of the cabinet, my feet, hands, and tail having several splinters in em, as well as my hair and clothes covered in broken pieces of wood. Suddenly, a cabinet door from the top opened up and a bottle of what appears to be water fell and busted over my head.

I grunted in pain, but it immediately subsided. To my amazement, the splinters pushed themselves out of my hide, my burns, and even the indentions of where I got shot, started to rise as if I weren't shot at all. However as amazing this was, there wasn't a moment to waste, immediately bolting to Qrow, I readied a knock out attack.

Almost as soon as I got close however, he lashed at me with his razor sharp talons I forgot he had. Before he could spill my guts, I back dashed away and tried to fire a smokey missile at him, to which it hit him square in the face, nearly knocking him off balance. Trying once more, I lashed out with my tail, which would be more than efficient to knocking him out. However, he caught it with his talon, then pinned it to the floor. He then pointed his plasma shotgun at my face.

"Ye forget already? I'mma pirate lad.... I resort to every trick in the book... No matter how dirty of a tactic it be.... " he said with a devilish grin.

"And you forget.... I'm a slippery gekkan! " I said as he just noticed that the floor was covered in smoke.

"So?......wait... "

"Oh yea.... "

I then launched a smokey fist from under him and nailed him in the groin, before dealing an uppercut to what I assumed is his jaw. The blow lifted him in the air a bit before flopping onto the ground, knocked out cold.

"Stay down already!.... Geez... " I said with a growl, before tying him up.

Setsuna and hanzo would soon come in after I disengaged the hallway seals.

"Well well well! You bagged and gagged the captain! Nice job! " hanzo said slapping my shoulder lightly and patting my back.

"Thought you'd be dead lizard boy, but I was mistaken! You truly are a knight to the Queen.... Might just outdo snow head. " she said with a chuckle.

"Nah, I don't aim to.... " I said.

I'd call this mission complete, all there's left is the travel home....