Chapter 10: The Man on Fire
The team has found the hideout for The Red Dawn, a dangerous terrorist group lead by Vulcan Faust a.k.a. The Man on Fire. The team launched a surprise attack on the men inside main hall and engaged Faust in three on one combat with Bianca, Autumn, and Ken facing the Man on Fire. Meanwhile, Lock makes his way down into the basement. Along the way, faces more of the Red Dawn members and hurriedly slashes through all of them. Upon arriving at the vault, four more members of the Red Dawn appear inside the vault and start shooting at Lock. He ducks behind the corner and takes a deep breathe as he peaks out slowly.
"They just had to take cover inside the vault. If I detonate my Ember Knives in there, it'll blow my face off along with them."
Lock begins to notice that although the bullets are still flying, their numbers are decreasing. "Wait a minute. If I can catch them while they're reloading, I can get up close and take them out. And now I play the waiting game....."
While Lock is downstairs, the girls in the main hall are occupied with Faust. After Bianca launched him into the second floor balcony, she calmly waits for Faust to emerge from the smoke.
"Hey! Can someone get me out of this wall?!" Ken asks with impatience.
Autumn runs down the stairs and regroup with them. "Hang on. I'll get you out of there. That was really reckless just charging at him like that." Autumn stated.
"While I'll admit he's tough, I gave you guys an opening. Pretty slick huh?" Ken says with pride.
"Oh yeah...You do an excellent job as a decoy..." Autumn says as she pulls Ken out of the wall. Immediately after Ken is pulled out of the wall, a fire ball heads towards Ken and Autumn. Ken grabs Autumn and dives out of the way of the attack.
"You okay?!" asked Bianca.
"Still here..." Ken responds.
Faust suddenly runs out of the smoke and jumps off the balcony in between the girls. As Ken moves herself and Autumn out of the way, Faust kicks her in the head and into another wall. Bianca draws her rifle and shoots at Faust. He dives out of the way and dashes towards Bianca. He swings his fist at her but she dodges, making him hit a column instead. She then transforms her weapon into sword mode and slashes at Faust with amazing speed. Faust produces a flame aura around himself and swings at Bianca. She defends but is punched so hard that she skids across the floor and into a wall.
"Hmm. White hair, blue eyes, and your skills are quite impressive. You saw my attack coming and managed to defend with your weapon in order to reduce the damage. On top of that, you manipulated whatever air you could in order to soften the hit and the impact with the wall. There's only one other person who fights with that much intuition. You're a Snow, aren't you?" asked Faust.
"Who cares?" says Bianca in irritation.
She stands up and forms a sphere of air around her blade. She charges at Faust with great speed and jumps into the air. The weapon extends and transforms into a lance as Bianca swings her blade downwards with a mighty roar. Faust engulfs himself in an aura of heat and catches the blade, withstanding the air pressure created by the sphere and the striking power of Bianca's attack. Suddenly Faust is shot at by arrows that proceed to cover his legs in ice. On the side, Autumn shoots her arrows continuously at Faust and covering him in ice.
"Ken! Now!" Bianca shouts.
Ken appears above Faust, covered in red flames and her sword glowing an intense bright blue. She kicks off the ceiling and down at Faust with great speed. Bianca shoots Faust in the face, forcing him to let go. Bianca jumps back as Ken dives at Faust. Ken let's go of the trigger on her sword and an eruption of cold air releases from the sword, freezing the ceiling and the air that touches it. Ken swings her sword and a big cloud of steam fills the main hall.
Meanwhile in the basement, Lock finally manages to get past the men that were guarding the vault and enter. He gazes upon the large amount of Dust containers and manifests six Ember Knives. He then proceeds to place a knife in every corner of the room and seals the vault up tight. Lock grabs the four men and drags them to a safe distance and detonates the Ember Knives once everyone is safely behind the wall.
"Well that takes care of the vault. Now to go help the others and dispose of the rest."
Suddenly Lock hears an explosion and the ceiling begins to shake. "That can't be good" Lock hurriedly runs up the stairs while hearing the sound of gunfire and explosions. "Please let that be the army!"
Lock makes it to the main hall and sees that the room is a wreck. The containers of Dust were destroyed, pieces of rubble were scattered all over, and dust clouds and steam were slowly disappearing from the room.
"What happened..." Lock looks around and sees Ken passed out on the floor and her sword broken in two."Ken!" he shouts in horror as he runs over to her.
He kneels down to examine her and in the distance sees Autumn passed out as well. "Autumn....Where's Bianca?"
As if on cue, Bianca comes flying out of the smoke and into a column, breaking it in half upon impact and falling onto the ground. "Bianca! Watch out!" Bianca looks up and barely manages to dive out of the way of the falling column.
"Damnit!" Lock says in anger. From within the smoke, Faust walks out of the smoke with a burning aura and a smug smile on his face. "The Man on Fire. I see now. Autumn said you were strong but I guess my imagination was lacking a bit." Lock says as he stands and faces Faust.
"Oh? A new challenger has entered the ring. And who might you be, young man?" asked Faust.
"Lock Noire. I'm the one who's gonna dropkick you into Hell where you belong." says Lock as he draws his gun.
"Noire? You don't say. I met your dad a few times. Clancy Noire, private investigator and legendary huntsman. Didn't know he had a son." says Faust in amusement.
"Learn something new everyday." says Lock.
"The daughter of Ivory Snow, CEO of the Snow Arms Corporation and the son of Clancy Noire, a member of the legendary group of Grimm slayers known as the Zodiac. I don't know what star in Heaven brought you two together but I've gotta say, it's an honor and a privilege to be able to savor your destruction ." says Faust.
"Oh yeah?" Lock transforms his gun into sword mode and takes a stance. "Well then let me make sure I'm tasty for you!" Lock says as his eyes glow yellow.
"They just had to take cover inside the vault. If I detonate my Ember Knives in there, it'll blow my face off along with them."
Lock begins to notice that although the bullets are still flying, their numbers are decreasing. "Wait a minute. If I can catch them while they're reloading, I can get up close and take them out. And now I play the waiting game....."
While Lock is downstairs, the girls in the main hall are occupied with Faust. After Bianca launched him into the second floor balcony, she calmly waits for Faust to emerge from the smoke.
"Hey! Can someone get me out of this wall?!" Ken asks with impatience.
Autumn runs down the stairs and regroup with them. "Hang on. I'll get you out of there. That was really reckless just charging at him like that." Autumn stated.
"While I'll admit he's tough, I gave you guys an opening. Pretty slick huh?" Ken says with pride.
"Oh yeah...You do an excellent job as a decoy..." Autumn says as she pulls Ken out of the wall. Immediately after Ken is pulled out of the wall, a fire ball heads towards Ken and Autumn. Ken grabs Autumn and dives out of the way of the attack.
"You okay?!" asked Bianca.
"Still here..." Ken responds.
Faust suddenly runs out of the smoke and jumps off the balcony in between the girls. As Ken moves herself and Autumn out of the way, Faust kicks her in the head and into another wall. Bianca draws her rifle and shoots at Faust. He dives out of the way and dashes towards Bianca. He swings his fist at her but she dodges, making him hit a column instead. She then transforms her weapon into sword mode and slashes at Faust with amazing speed. Faust produces a flame aura around himself and swings at Bianca. She defends but is punched so hard that she skids across the floor and into a wall.
"Hmm. White hair, blue eyes, and your skills are quite impressive. You saw my attack coming and managed to defend with your weapon in order to reduce the damage. On top of that, you manipulated whatever air you could in order to soften the hit and the impact with the wall. There's only one other person who fights with that much intuition. You're a Snow, aren't you?" asked Faust.
"Who cares?" says Bianca in irritation.
She stands up and forms a sphere of air around her blade. She charges at Faust with great speed and jumps into the air. The weapon extends and transforms into a lance as Bianca swings her blade downwards with a mighty roar. Faust engulfs himself in an aura of heat and catches the blade, withstanding the air pressure created by the sphere and the striking power of Bianca's attack. Suddenly Faust is shot at by arrows that proceed to cover his legs in ice. On the side, Autumn shoots her arrows continuously at Faust and covering him in ice.
"Ken! Now!" Bianca shouts.
Ken appears above Faust, covered in red flames and her sword glowing an intense bright blue. She kicks off the ceiling and down at Faust with great speed. Bianca shoots Faust in the face, forcing him to let go. Bianca jumps back as Ken dives at Faust. Ken let's go of the trigger on her sword and an eruption of cold air releases from the sword, freezing the ceiling and the air that touches it. Ken swings her sword and a big cloud of steam fills the main hall.
Meanwhile in the basement, Lock finally manages to get past the men that were guarding the vault and enter. He gazes upon the large amount of Dust containers and manifests six Ember Knives. He then proceeds to place a knife in every corner of the room and seals the vault up tight. Lock grabs the four men and drags them to a safe distance and detonates the Ember Knives once everyone is safely behind the wall.
"Well that takes care of the vault. Now to go help the others and dispose of the rest."
Suddenly Lock hears an explosion and the ceiling begins to shake. "That can't be good" Lock hurriedly runs up the stairs while hearing the sound of gunfire and explosions. "Please let that be the army!"
Lock makes it to the main hall and sees that the room is a wreck. The containers of Dust were destroyed, pieces of rubble were scattered all over, and dust clouds and steam were slowly disappearing from the room.
"What happened..." Lock looks around and sees Ken passed out on the floor and her sword broken in two."Ken!" he shouts in horror as he runs over to her.
He kneels down to examine her and in the distance sees Autumn passed out as well. "Autumn....Where's Bianca?"
As if on cue, Bianca comes flying out of the smoke and into a column, breaking it in half upon impact and falling onto the ground. "Bianca! Watch out!" Bianca looks up and barely manages to dive out of the way of the falling column.
"Damnit!" Lock says in anger. From within the smoke, Faust walks out of the smoke with a burning aura and a smug smile on his face. "The Man on Fire. I see now. Autumn said you were strong but I guess my imagination was lacking a bit." Lock says as he stands and faces Faust.
"Oh? A new challenger has entered the ring. And who might you be, young man?" asked Faust.
"Lock Noire. I'm the one who's gonna dropkick you into Hell where you belong." says Lock as he draws his gun.
"Noire? You don't say. I met your dad a few times. Clancy Noire, private investigator and legendary huntsman. Didn't know he had a son." says Faust in amusement.
"Learn something new everyday." says Lock.
"The daughter of Ivory Snow, CEO of the Snow Arms Corporation and the son of Clancy Noire, a member of the legendary group of Grimm slayers known as the Zodiac. I don't know what star in Heaven brought you two together but I've gotta say, it's an honor and a privilege to be able to savor your destruction ." says Faust.
"Oh yeah?" Lock transforms his gun into sword mode and takes a stance. "Well then let me make sure I'm tasty for you!" Lock says as his eyes glow yellow.