The CoDas: Reboot [By Hex]

Chapter 34: Wrong Place, Wrong Time

Somewhere nearby, in this dark, cloudy night. There was a boy walking in the quiet, isolated streets with sounds of soft snow crushing under his boots. His thoughts were filled with multiple thoughts flowing in and out of his head, but they all centered around one thing that which he didn't like, there was a sense of jealousy within his heart as he was lost in thoughts. He had no need for a hat and only wore a scarf, showing his messy short brunette hair. 

He enjoyed the cold that shrouded him as he strolled near a construction building. He stopped as he looked up at the building, feeling unnerved by the sight of it in the darkness. Strangely, he felt allured by it but at the same time there was a sense of danger, he never felt that way before. It was just a simple building, there was nothing to be truly creeped out about, but to him personally, it was disturbing.

The Distant Storm Arc: Wrong Place, Wrong Time

At the roof of the building, the dust ceased to settle, every time the gray smoke would begin to fade, another pack of smoke would erupt. The fray had become disorienting as Shiro went left and right, taking down the mobs of Colorless with great agility. Her morphed legs were structured in the sense that the moment the feet would touch the ground, she would have a complete grip on the ground and the strength to move in any direction she so desired. 

Her arms were rigid with stone crystals featured on her skin, Shiro's fist had the impact of an accelerating vehicle. She trudged upon the black liquid which came from the fallen enemies as she danced vigorously on the battleground. 

Shiro felt like there were a decreasing amount of Colorless as she continued her skirmish and so her mind transitioned to me, she jumped back then took a look down at the hole to see where I could have been, but she didn't see a sight of me. Shiro called out, "Nathan! There's an opening now! We can escape!"

There was no response, Shiro waited for movement, I slowly came across her sights, limping towards the gaped hole. Shiro figured I couldn't hear her and shouted out for me again, "Nath-"

Her call was interrupted by the shaking of the concrete around her as something had suddenly landed nearby. More Colorless had appeared before Shiro, taking her by surprise, she figured that they would have been decreasing by now but that seemed to be a false assumption as the Colorless leaped towards her in a synchronized attack. Shiro evaded with a back roll, with the 3 Colorless missing their mark, they rammed upon the ground as they shook their heads in confusion. 

More Colorless stood by the ceiling hole as if they were guarding it, they weren't going to allow Shiro to interrupt Nathan and BruteWolf's battle. 

Shiro cursed under her breath as she stood up to face the oncoming horde, she was worried for me but she knew that she could not save me if there were so much Colorless occupying her. She could only hope for my safety as she did her best to clear away the hordes by herself. Shiro was uncertain if there would be any backup coming for them so all could do at that moment was to fight, but she had to get out of this situation as soon as possible.

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When I was hit with the beasts swinging claws, I was thrown off to the side and hit the wall. My right gauntlet had become broken and I had little Xorlaz left in me. With one glance at the structure of the building, an idea was brought to my mind as I stood up weakly. 

The BruteWolf strolled towards me with heavy pants, I could see thick vapor of air blowing out of its grinning lips in the darkness of the floor. I started limping towards the open hole in the ceiling as the beast slowly followed me from behind, Its footsteps sounding like thunder.