Scrapped Stories

Re;birth Apocalypse [Original] Ch. 12: Unlucky Streak

I leap out of the path of the fireballs, as the balls of light change their determined path and fly after me. Equipping my PM-63 RAK, which I've come to call it 'Puma's Rack'. Why? Because PM-63 RAK is too long to say in conversation, that and it looks more like a Puma. Nothing like a warthog... I aim towards Spade, who was surrounded by the flaming orbs and the homing light orbs. "Who are you?!" Spade looks to me and points down at my feet, as the sand underneath me shoots into the air, multiple arrows of light piercing my skin. I aim towards Spade and pull the trigger, firing off a hailstorm of bullets. Spade just floats there, as the bullets make contact. "Yes!" The bullets drop to the ground, all of them cleaved in half. "$#!%!" Spade raised his katana to the sky, as it gains a bright silver glow. The katana creates five holographic copies of itself, as they launch towards me. I backflip over the first katana, ducking back as the second soars over my head, landing on the ground and ducking as the third tries to cleave me in half, jumping into the air as the fourth and fifth slam into each other. "Heh, that all you~..." I look back as the sixth pierces straight through my midsection. Spade swoops down and retrieves his katana from my stomach, blood spurting out of the wound as some intestines fall on the ground. "*cough* Damn, that hurt..." Spade looked down at me, as his katana disappears from his hand. "Any last words before you die?" ~ "Yes, since I'm going to die anyways. I want you to tell me 'everything about what you are and what you're doing." It's an obvious bluff, but it seemed to have worked, since Spade has folded his wings back into his body and has disarmed himself. "I'm apart of a group called 'Apocalypse Callers.' We appear when a dimension is in the midst of an Apocalypse. We are also the ones to set the Apocalypse into Phase Two." ~ "What's Phase Two?" ~ "It's the time when we spread the virus even further, attacking the entire dimension itself. Once that has happened, the entire dimension's population will be nothing but the undead." ~ "Uhuh...? Well... This Apocalypse Caller group... How many of them are there?" ~ "As for the group itself, there's only one. The members, however, there are four of us." ~ "And what about those other members?" ~ "We all represent ranking among playing cards. I'm of course the Ace of Spades. There's the Jack of Clubs, Queen of Hearts, and King of Diamonds. Each of us have our own special abilities." Spade whips out his katana again. "With that said, I think this little conversation has gone on long enough. Prepare to die." ~ "Wait, wait, wait! Before that... Do you want to see something cool?" ~ "...Now I know you're playing me... And I do." I grab my dagger and stab it into my stomach wound, as Dark Aura explodes from my body, the wound healing completely. Spade just stares in awe. "Oh, that is hardcore!" ~ "But wait, there's more." I equip my bonerod and activate ADV, my bonerod turning into a scythe. Spade extends out his wings and readies his katana, as wings rip out of my back. I dart towards him, cleaving my scythe across his chest, which results in him disappearing and reappearing behind me, drop kicking me to the ground. I stand up and form miniature black holes in my hands, throwing them towards Spade as he slashes them to bits. "So this is the famous Anti Drive Vitality form... It certainly does live up to its name. But sadly, it's not nearly enough to stop me." Spade's katana creates five holographic copies again, and this time, they fuse together with his katana, growing into a sword longer than the No-Dachi. I create a massive gust of wind, as Spade cleaves through it, striking my ankle, completely slicing it off. "Gah!" I roll onto the ground, the loss of a foot limiting my movement. I take the dagger and stab it into the wound, the Dark Aura taking over and regenerating my foot. I slowly stand up, as I'm batted into the air by the back of the blade. Spade reappears above me and brings down his sword onto my midsection, just as I create a mini black hole, causing the midsection of the sword to get sucked in, as the top goes flying off into the distance, leaving Spade with a shortened sword with a broken tip. I stab the dagger into my midsection, to stop the bleeding from the lower section of the sword which cut across my leg. Spade's sword reverts back to its Katana form, as he drop kicks me to the ground. I create a gust of wind to slow my descent, as I raise my scythe to the sky. The scythe glows a cyan light as the blade gets longer and turns into the shape of a crescent moon, with the blade coming out the other side of the scythe as well. Spade looks towards me and then summons five cards to his hand. The cards shoot out of his hand, as they pierce into my arms and legs. "Royal Flush. I think it's about time I finish you off." The cards piercing into my skin sent an electrified shock through my body, forcing me to drop out of ADV. Spade approached, as his chest armor splits down the middle. The armor shifted over onto his arms, and revealed a skeletal design from his chest down to his waist. Metal and wires run throughout the bones, missile ports were indented in his rib cage, and the skeletal frame of the wings could be seen attached to his spine. The wings extended out, as bones ripped out from the wings, curving into sharp claws. His Spade shaped mask split down the middle, as it raised up in the shape of a 'V.' Underneath the visor was a pair of purple flames that replaced his eyes. A sinister grin with a purple glow appeared in the darkness that was underneath his mask. "What the hell are you?!" Spades voice came out distorted and multiplied, almost like how ADV sounds. "This is my Trump Card. It's known as 'Death Card.'" I try to get myself out of the paralysis card trap, but to no avail, as Spade slowly approaches. "I guess this wasn't your lucky day, kid. I'll be sure to make this slow and painful." Spade raised his Katana, which was now cloaked in a purple light. "Say goodbye!" A playing card struck the ground between us, before Spade was able to finish me off. Upon looking at it, Spade reverted back to normal and quickly left. "What was that about?" The cards holding me captive disintegrate, as I'm dropped onto the ground. "Ow... Dammit... stubbed my toe... Huh?" I pick up the card that was sticking out of the ground. "What's this?" The symbol on the card was blurred out, almost as if they didn't want me to know who this belonged to.

I continue on my trek towards Leanbox, finally arriving in the green nation. "Ah yes, finally. I've arrived." Thinking about it now, this is actually the first time I've been in Leanbox... It's a lot more... Peaceful, than I thought it would be. There were citizens walking around town, some were shopping at the market, and there were even some who were sword fighting with wooden swords. "This place is nothing like I'd expected..." While walking around town for a bit, I found the pharmacy that I came for. I made my way towards the door, but just before I entered, I felt a prick on my arm. "Huh?" I look down, and saw a massive gash running down my arm. Blood dripping off my fingertips, and the skin had turned purple. "T-That's not good..." My visions starts to blur, as I fall to the ground. The card in my pocket falls out and lands in a puddle of blood. The symbol that was once unreadable, started to clear, revealing the Queen of Hearts.

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