Fractured

Chapter 49: Who is the Monster?

An intense pain burned in her eyes as she clutched onto her face in pain. Vesper was then quickly hit with multiple stabs on various points on her body as the pain kept her senses distracted allowing for Julia to take advantage. She was quick with her movements as she struck her Achilles forcing Vesper to fall to her knees as she gritted her teeth as even more pain overtook her body.

Vesper attempted to lash back forcing Julia to float out the way as Vesper took her hands of her face revealing her slit eyes.

"Stay calm. Sight isn't your only sense." Vesper thought to herself as she gritted her teeth through pain and took a breath to calm herself down.

"Let's finish this quickly." Julia thought to herself as she rushed forward blades coming from her gauntlets as she went straight for Vesper's neck.

Vesper wasn't able to move due to his Achilles being cut. The pain was simply too much and so instead she embraced and waited for Julia's strike.

As Julia came swinging for her neck she was filled with surprise as she saw a portal open up directly in front of Vesper.

"You bitch!" Julia's last words before she vanished through the portal as she was unable to stop her momentum.

Julia found herself flying into the ground creating a large cloud of sand. She forced herself up in an instant looking around trying to figure out where she was. Eventually she looked outwards to notice the dazzling blue ocean in front of her.

"That bitch sent me all the way back to the coast." She began to float as she looked at her hud to figure out the direction to head to reenter the battle. "Fuck that's far!" Without hesitation she zoomed through the forest making her way back to the battlefield she has been casted out from.

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Vesper slowly stood up as the cuts on her Achilles began to seal up. Her vision slowly came back as her eyes began to heal. She looked up to the sky for a brief moment noticing the colours beginning to change into a darker shade as evening began to approach them. "We're about two hours off from dusk. We have to hold out until then."

Her ears twitched as the sound of loud mechanical footsteps approached her. She quickly flipped into the air as one of Alex's Violet mechs came charging under her heading straight towards the edge of the battlefield.

As she landed on her feet she looked and knew exactly where the mech was headed. "Fuck I can't let that thing get in the way taking those things out."

She looked back briefly as she noticed Makya and Ano fighting each other as she noticed another mech running towards the opposite direction. "Shit!"

"MAKYA!" Vesper called out.

Makya looked over for a brief moment as he blocked an attack from Ano. "I'm kinda busy here!"

"Those Mechs are heading towards Fume and Ulima!"

Makya gritted his teeth as he dodged two elemental shots from Ano and looked to notice the Mech Vesper was talking about. "Fucks sake." He attempted to line up a shot to take out the mech but Ano quickly rushed him down forcing him to give her all his attention.

"You know you should really give a woman all your attention on a date." She said with a cheeky grin.

"I guess it's on me." Vesper disappeared through a portal exiting out back at her sniper vantage point. She looked out noting the specific position of the two mechs.

One had just leapt towards Ulima as the other was preparing to fire on Fume. Who were both oblivious to their approach as they were busy dealing with Hunters who had them pinned on their approach to the pillars.