One in Twelve Thousandth Percent

Chapter 22:

Going up Fifth, we pass Corporation Blvd. Honor Street comes up with nothing too. Justice Blvd was a totally different story. Rounding the corner puts us head on with the current security detail. Three people are there, one armed with swords and the other two with guns.

"Can we help you? Normal people don't usually just stroll around this area." The guy in front, with the swords, says.

I shrug, then wink. "Well, we're far from normal."

"Well, then I'll have to ask you to clear outta here. Normal or not. Most people steer clear of this area." They all draw their weapons.

"I really don't think this is a decision you want to make." I say, then I smile. "Ladies?"

Kazumi draws her pistol and holds her other hand out. However this time a visible ripple appears. Annabelle charges up her Energy Shot. Misaki appropriates several chunks of scrap from the area. I snap my fingers and pluck a piece of scrap out of the air, transmuting it into a shield that I immediately equip to my left arm.

The three of them stand there slightly stunned. "I told you we were far from normal."

"Oh, just a bunch of girls." The front guy said.

"The last one who said that is under a building back on Silverstone. Be careful how you throw that phrase around." Belle says. I smile. He spits at the ground then they rush us.

The sword guy comes at me full force. Swing. Block. Swing. Dodge. Swing. Crap, that one clipped my arm. He comes at me again. He needs to be within a certain range. Wait...wait...wait... Snap. Buzz. Next thing he knows, his left sword is now a chair. He tosses it aside. "Damn you, woman."

Dodge. "Sorry. I don't take well to people trying to kill me." I parry with my shield and duck his right. Just then he's tossed aside by... ironically the chair that used to be his sword. Misaki slides over to me. "You okay, hon?"

"Yeah, babe. It's just a scratch."

"Please, be careful."

"Of course, babe." We hear a shout and turn around.

"Ahhhh, why can't my shots hit her?" Shooter 1 is wasting his ammo on Kazumi's shield while 2 is thrown away by Belle's Shot. "Ahhhhh!" I see Number 1 and nod in his direction. "Give me a boost?"

"Sure, what do you want to turn it into?"

"I dunno... something completely useless. OH, I know!"

"Haha... go ahead, hon."

I snap and flick my wrist, she boosts it. Number 1's gun turns into one of those old 1900's door knobs. We both laugh as he tosses his new door knob to the ground and runs.

Sword guy comes back. He runs past a guardrail. I snap, Misaki boosts again. That rail becomes a giant hamster wheel and this guy keeps rolling past us. Number 2 gets up and fires at me from behind. Misaki, facing him, lifts her hands, then swinging them outwards, veers the shots off to my right. I turn just to see this happen. "Damn, babe. I didn't know you could do that."

She shrugs. "Me either." I smile at her then hear the sword guy coming back again. "Ok, I'm ready to finish this."

She shrugs again. "Fine by me." Then she lifts the guy by his sword and flings him and his sword at a building. In order to not hit the wall, he's forced to let go, letting his sword impale itself about 6 meters up the wall. Now disarmed completely, the three of them just stand there looking at us.

"Shit, I've seen some powered's come through this area, but you four take the cake." Sword guy says. I shrug. "We've been at this a while."

"Alright, fine." Sword guy points to a large double door that none of us saw because we were occupied. "There's the door in. I don't know what you girls are looking for, but you can go ahead and give it a shot. I'm sure the guys inside would love a shot at you."