Shadow Fangs

Chapter 43 Noiz route pt.14

      Aoba glances around the corner of a building, spotting two guards standing by the door.  They were trying to figure out a way to get inside without being seen but so far they have nothing...Noiz seemed especially adamant about saving Zorakuba. After all, he felt like it was his fault that Zora got captured or hypnotized or whatever it was! All he knew was that he needed to get him back....right now.

Eventually, the guards seem to get a call on the coils. Seeming concerned, they rush back inside as alarms go off......what?

"What the hell is going on?" Koujaku mutters to himself as they make their move, quietly sneaking inside the entrance which wasnt locked for some reason.  Everything seemed...suspiciously wrong like something bad was happening. Suddenly, the power cuts off in the building before the entire city does the same.

The group seemed more surprised before hurrying inside. Whatever was going on...Noiz had the nagging feeling that it was Zorakuba's doing...or rather...something much more sinister.

The group searched quietly and peered around. It was like...no one was there. The halls and rooms they saw were empty...until they came across a door to another hall way. It was massive and locked multiple times. Behind it, there were faint sounds coming from inside.

"What...is this?" Aoba asks and glances at the others but they all shrug. Noiz walks to the door and begins to type on the keypad, trying to break the code.  It surprisingly doesn't take him long...because the door opens on it's own despite it being locked before. 

As the door swung open three guards ran past while screaming, not even paying attention to the now confused group of heros. They hurry inside despite most of them having high levels of fear and search. This...this was a much more horrifying scene. Guards lay scattered across the room (thought to have been a hallway but it was a massive room.) dead with claw marks on their necks.  Very few seemed to have escaped the monster in front of them.

It was Zorakuba...well...the shell of Zorakuba holding up a guard by the neck, licking his now razor sharp teeth. A terrible crunch is heard as he crushes his neck and tosses him aside like a rag doll. This was much worse than that time at the warehouse. This time...he was killing.

As they entered, Zorakuba growled lowly and faced them, a wide unnaturally large grin on his face. "Ahh...welcome friends...I was wondering when you would arrive...so..." he cracks his neck. "Who wants to die first?" He didnt sound like Zorakuba at all. This...thing spoke with a much deeper, layered voice. His eyes were a deep black with red slits for pupils and black veins were at the corners of his eyes. He finally lost it..the control over his power he was desperately trying to hold.

However, Noiz steps forward and glares. He felt almost no fear...but rather anger at what the thing has done. "Where is Zorakuba!? What have you done to him?" He shouts slightly, for once showing emotions.

"Zorakuba" only cackled maniacally and smirked as he took a step towards him.  "I AM Zorakuba...but better.  Think you can face me? I'd like to see you try..." just as he said this, a door in the corner of the room cracked open a tad, Sei peaking out and seeming frightened. He motioned for the group to enter while "Zorakuba" was distracted by Noiz. Noiz noticed this and kept talking.

"I know this isnt the real Zorakuba. Zorakuba has feelings and cares about people.  He doesnt like to kill like this at all." He argues back as the group slip behind the door, Sei turning to them and whispering.

"Thank goodness you're here...Aoba I need to speak with you. As for your friends...i need you to go to the main control room and find Toue. He is hiding there...and if he can get the power back on they could kill him." He refers to Zorakuba as he frowns.