Shad
Midnight
Joined: 25 Aug 2006
Post Count: 2684
Location: Lion's Maw
4252503 Potch
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Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2010 7:39 pm Post subject: 110 - Uncommon Power |
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[p:3liol6d3]Timed release. Serj collapsed on the ground out of shear relief. He'd shot out one of the lowest level spells he knew, which, coupled with the dispelling effects of the base's defense, caused a harmless puff, just barely powerful enough to deflect the grenade without detonating it. It bounced harmlessly off the loading dock, exploding on its way to the water below.[/p:3liol6d3]
[p:3liol6d3]Right about then Marcus's laser hit Ibaka with perfect precision, sending him flying off the dock too. Marcus ran into the room and over to Serj. "Are you ok? Let's get out of here!"[/p:3liol6d3]
[p:3liol6d3]"Ugh... my back, give me a second." Serj pulled himself to his feet and crumpled back onto Marcus's shoulder.[/p:3liol6d3]
[p:3liol6d3]"I called back the remote transport boat. We can leave here any minute," Marcus assured him, helping Serj limp down to the edge of the platform. "Just gotta jump into the water and then you can rest a while."[/p:3liol6d3]
[p:3liol6d3]Serj looked down over the platform. It wasn't that much of a fall. Heck, he'd been knocked off once before. But it was going to hurt.... No sign of Ibaka. He probably sunk like a ro---[/p:3liol6d3]
[p:3liol6d3]"Rrrrrrrrrraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh!!!!" A huge geyser shot up before them, and the armored man came flying back onto the platform, machine guns protruding from the plates on his arms. Marcus gave Serj a shove and blasted into laser form, shooting from one end of the bay to the other, back and forth, trailed by a barrage of bullets. They were bouncing off the metal sides of the room, flying everywhere.[/p:3liol6d3]
[p:3liol6d3]Ibaka rushed forward as he was firing and slammed into the air where he predicted Marcus would stop next. Sure enough, Marcus found his form broken as he went flying up against the wall. He kicked himself off the wall and back towards the monster of a man, his Lizarian reflexes able to shoot the head-on bullets out of the air as they sailed towards him.[/p:3liol6d3]
[p:3liol6d3]Ibaka swung his arm upward just in time to catch Marcus again, knocking him skyward. He kicked off the ceiling and came back down on top of Ibaka, producing a laser sword to sever his right arm.[/p:3liol6d3]
[p:3liol6d3]Ibaka's eyes flared red. "Weakness will not be tolerated!" he screamed, bringing his remaining fist down on Marcus hard. A second blow sent him back into the wall, this time too winded to get off of it. Ibaka charged him faster than he'd ever moved before. It was as if the man just kept growing stronger. He rolled out of the way, and Ibaka hit the wall with such force that he broke straight through it. At that point Marcus started firing everything he had into the next room. The ground started shaking, and the whole ceiling collapsed where Ibaka had landed, bringing down thousand-ton crates from a storage room above.[/p:3liol6d3]
[p:3liol6d3]Marcus fell to a knee, panting, staring at the rubble as the dust faded. "Impossible..." The huge pile of debris began to shake and rise up into the air... and then collapsed. Silence.[/p:3liol6d3]
[p:3liol6d3]Marcus hobbled over to the side of the bay, bruised but not broken. Serj was floating on his back, eyes open and staring up. He raised his hand meekly, and Marcus waved back. The remote controlled escape boat was sitting in the water next to him. Marcus panicked one last time, throwing his hand into his pocket and feeling a still fully intact thumb drive. "Thank God..." It was time to get back to Ohio.[/p:3liol6d3] |
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