AKAME ASSASINATION (10)
"What do you mean there's an accident on the ground floor?" Angel was suddenly on the phone with their pseudo employer, the chief of police back in Kisumu (If you remember him).
"That's the kind of intelligence I have received, whether its true or not that's for you to decide. The other seekers have been informed and are currently on their way, I suggest you do the same."
BZZ!
He hanged up his phone, Angel gave a slow sigh, She saw it more fit to avoid conflict rather than to randomly engage in it.
"Justine wouldn't cause that much commotion by himself and Ted isn't necessarily the agro type which means… Jericho what have you done?"
***
In Jericho's defense, she didn't start this conflict, rather it was Nina who engaged first with the intention of fighting her and seeing what her true strength was. Whether that was the plan that Donovan had laid forth for Nina still remains to be seen, for now all they cared about was having a bit of fun with their new friend.
QUEEN OF HEARTS: LOVE ZOMBIE!
From the cloud of smoke that covered the ground men and women jumped out at Jericho hoping to snag a kiss from her. Jericho couldn't tell you why, however, she had a strange feeling that if she were to kiss one of these people then it would be wraps for her.
Her fear was warranted on the count that this was actually true.
"Love zombie is a virus, a disease of sorts. If your kissed, then your infected to love the person you hate the most. Not to mention you'll become a slave to them and not think about anything else." Is what Nina had explained prior. Why she didn't make the virus make the victim infatuated with her was a question I myself I cannot answer even now. Which ever the case, getting kissed would be a bad thing for Jericho, very bad indeed.
'I don't need any civilian casualties right now.'
CLINK!
Hitting her rod on the ground she generated a pillar of sorts to get her off the ground leaving the zombies craving her attention back on the ground.
SLICE!
Nina didn't let up with her attacks either, as she threw cards enhanced with F.E cutting parts of Jericho's outfit. The leather her clothes were made of were made by the finest Vatican tailors embedded with sorcery that protected against F.E. Nina easily bypassing that strength while not even using her technique shows the level of physical mastery she was capable of.
In any case Jericho suddenly decided she wouldn't be outshone by the likes of them. Despite knowing Nina was a Blight, Jericho's ego wouldn't stand down.
'You people from the Vatican always think everything's about strength.'
"I'm not listening to anything you have to say. You hear me!" (She was referring to Akame's words.)
"I hear you, but I haven't said anything." Nina responded, they still hadn't moved from their original location. Which was good but…
'I have to make her move just a tiny bit to the left.' Jericho thought to herself.
"KISS!"
To Jericho's horror the time she had spent wondering how she would move Nina, the love zombies began climbing the pillar she had made.
"Are you gonna do something about it?" Nina's digital face displayed a pixilated smile.
"Goddamn it."
There were so many of them now, at the base of the pillar she could count at the very least 20.
"KISSSS!" And it would appear they were getting restless as well.
"Why not give the poor things a little smooch?" Nina teased, "Surely it wouldn't be that bad."
"You are annoying."
It was about time Jericho took the offensive, and in this case she leaped off of the pillar swinging her carbon rod and letting hit where she thought Nina was. But they had moved back just a little bit to avoid the impact.
'Her physical capabilities have dramatically shot up since she last attacked. It would appear I'm not the only one with conditions necessary to activate my technique.'
Jericho left the rod and attacked with her hands, she was a master at basic martial arts, something they taught all knights.
"?" Nina blocked the first punch but didn't really attack back, Jericho saw this as an opportunity to move her feet trying to step on Nina who moved as well. From afar it would seem as though the two were dancing, a very deadly dance for whoever missed even one step. But it would have mostly been a deadly dance for Jericho who had already been affected by Nina's second technique.
JACK OF SPADES: SAD MAJORITY
'Anger is just an extreme version of sadness, so is anxiety.' In her mind anyway, 'My sad majority acts as a catalyst to bring forth all these big beautiful emotions welling up inside someone. Dread, fear, anger, extreme sadness.'
This technique was so potent in fact that Nina themself had no idea how to turn it off once the person they used it on were already under the effects of sad majority. In short what I'm saying is from the moment Nina activated Sad majority (When she met up with Jericho the first time), Jericho had already lost.
But she kept punching, maybe because she had no idea she was already afflicted with this ability. Although she did feel much angrier than she normally was, mostly at the thought of that mass murderer Akame existing out there meanwhile so many people have died under his feet.
This rush of anger made her movements sloppy, and she couldn't pay close attention to her surroundings. As such she ended up forgetting that there were still people who wanted to snatch her lips.
"Kiss, kiss!!" A woman in a red dress screamed running after Jericho, who was still in a tangle with Nina.
LOCK!
In one swift motion Nina ended up sinking her nails into Jericho's skin through the leather, blood slowly gushed out as Jericho gritted her teeth.
"Where do you think your going?"
***
Angel dashed through the West wing moving towards the center of the station where the elevator was located, one that would take her towards the lower floors of the aquatic blue. Her black heals echoing through the empty halls now that most people had been evacuated from the station.
"Hey ma'am!" She heard someone calling her from a distance. He wore a black uniform with a name tag.
'Must be security.'
"Its not safe here… please come…"
"Keep everyone on the upper levels, I hear the problems coming from down below. Get all security and amp them up down there."
"Hey ma'am wait a minute…"
Angel walked passed him, "DO it now or I'll do something I might regret."
Her cold expression told him that whoever this woman was she wasn't joking.
"All immediate personnel head over to the ground floor." His voice was raspy and he was a bit shaken up by the entire thing, 'How did I even become head of security?'
This situation shouldn't and wouldn't get out of hand, simply because she was there, and she was the leader of the group.
I'm the leader, I'm the leader… "I'm the leader."
BAM!
She collided with something, actually two somethings, as she made her way to the centre.
"Sorry." Teddy apologized as Angel had run into his stomach.
"Jeez man have a little bit of backbone." Justine scolded, "Be a man."
"You two." Angel got back up, "Heard there's…"
"Trouble on the ground floor?" Justine finished off her sentence, "Yeah we got the memo boss lady."
She counted them, "Where's Jericho?"
"How should I know where that Gremlin is?" Justine answered.
"Didn't she go to the south wing though?" Teddy tried testifying for her, "How did she end up on the ground floor?"
"Goddamn if I know, let's just move."
The group nodded as they all headed to the lobby of the Aquatic blue, Whatever it is that awaited them down there would perhaps be the lead that they were looking for or perhaps it would be the end of them.
LET'S WAIT AND SEE.
TO BE CONTINUED!