zaterdag 17 december 2011

Chapter 9: The final showdown

'Everybody ready?' Ramses asked. As a result, he saw the other four people nodding. The werewolf that they had killed lay under the tree where it had died. After killing it, the warriors had spend a day to create a plan of attack. The plan was ready now and the warriors, ready for action.
The small group moved towards the castle with Joan and Cochise in front, Ramses and Sun Tsu in the middle and Aves closing the line.
Joan opened the big doors and peaked through but saw only a deserted hallway. The warriors made it in and then walked past some big white stairs into a long and dark hallway.
Joan suddenly stopped and pointed towards a door. 'I believe this must be a servantexit.' She spoke. She had explained to the others already that the vampire lord might be hiding in the big room and the others could figur out that this was the best way to enter that room.

Ramses nodded and the only female in the group kicked the door open. The warriors stormed in, their weapons drawn. As they entered, the fighters saw a vampire and a large group of zombies standing in the middle of the room. 'Welcome' A voice came out of the dark.' It was a dark voice that gave each warriors shiffers in their spine. The ancients looked suprised and tried to find the place where the voice came from when it was sounded again. 'You thought your attack would suprise me? The howl gave you away' The voice spoke. 'Severus attack!' came the command suddenly.

The vampire that had been standing in the middle of the room, suddenly acted and walked towards the group with ancients, followed by the zombies. 'Aves and Joan, take care of the zombies. Sun Tsu and Cochise, fight with me' The pharaoh commanded. The others reacted on the command and two seperate fights started out.
Ramses, Cochise and Sun tsu surrounded the vampire and the Egyptian swung his kopesh sword.
The vampire named Severus blocked the attack and stepped aside to avoid the polearm of Sun Tsu. He then grabbed Ramses and threw the warrior into the Apache.
Before the monster could grab either of the warriors, Sun tsu unleashed a crossbow bolt that hit the vampire in the stumach. The monster cried in pain and kicked the crossbow out of the hands of the user, breaking it. The chinese warrior bowed down and grabbed his Ji but he got kicked in the side before he could stand up again. The powerfull kicked send the warrior rolling over the flour and the smiling vampire walked after him when something hit the back of the vampire. Severus turned around and saw the Egyptian holding a piercing axe.

The Spartan and knight were fighting the zombies on the other end of the room. Altough their weapons and armour were perfect for these things, the zombies kept attacking. Aves had found out that hitting their heads with his shield worked perfect while he tried to stab them in the head. Joan had another approach and kept on beheading the zombies. The two of them fought hard but could not see an end on this zombie horde when a japanese looking zombie appeared, holding two swords.

Sun Tsu blocked an clawed attack with his jian sword while Ramses tried to attack using his kopesh. The vampire stepped away from both of the warriors, only for the Apache to suddenly attack the vampire with his tomahawk. Cochise managed to hit monster in the neck but Severus grabbed his wrist.
Before Severus could attack, Sun Tsu slashed the vampire across the chest. The angry Severus dropped the native and grabbed Sun Tsu. 'You are going to pay' the vampire hissed as he threw the Chinese warrior away with all of his strenght.
Sun Tsu hit a wall and got unconscious. two zombies noticed the warrior and walked towards him.

Joan was fighting two zombies. One was bald while the other had a small beard and glasses. She allowed her armour to absorb the attacks of the zombie while she swing her sword and managed to behead the bald one. As the head fell on the ground, the woman turned her attention to the other one. She moved away from an attack and thrusted her sword in the face of the body.
The spartan warrior was busy fighting a zombie version of Miyamoto Musashi and blocked the simple hacking attacks with ease. 'I never thought our duel would be so dull.' Aves commented as he pushed the zombie away with his shield. The zombie Musashi tried to attack again but the Spartan stepped aside and used his xiphos to stab the samurai from under the chin in the head.

The vampire was fighting Ramses again and got an upperhand when Cochise used his tomahawk to smash the knee of the monster. Severus kneeled down and yelled in pain as Ramses acted. The Egyptian pushed his opponent down again and used all of his strenght to behead the vampire with his kopesh. The head fell on the ground and seconds later, the body fell also.

'NOOO!' Nostro yelled as he saw the body of his last general on the ground. He stood up from his seat and walked towards the Egyptian.
Cochise tried to attack the master vampire but he got grabbed and thrown across the room. The pharaoh walked towards the final boss, ready to settle things. He moved to attack but Nostro grabbed the arm of the warrior, twisted it and finally broke it. Ramses yelled in pain and was forced on his knees seconds later.  Without saying a word, the vampire twisted the neck of the Egyptian, killing Ramses.
Joan, who saw the vampire killing the warrior, got angry and ran from the zombies and attacked the vampire. Her blade ended in the side of Nostro, who made a fist and rammed her in the face. Joan fell down with a cry as the monster stepped towards her.

Aves was still fighting the zombies but when a zombie version of Sun Tsu suddenly appeared, the spartan got taken by suprise and four zombies managed to grab both of his arms as the Sun Tsu zombie walked towards him.
Out of nothing, an explosion was heard in the hall and seconds later, a man with black hair and a black beard appeared. 'Sorry that i left you guys' Pete spoke as he aimed his pischal and fired it at the zombie Sun Tsu. He then used the back end of the gun to push the zombies away. The pirate dropped the gun and took his blunderbuss. He aimed it at the master vampire and fired. Nothing happened and Pete knew that his weapon had misfired. The attack did get the attention from Nostro, who walked up to the pirate.
Pete let go of his weapon and drew his cutlass but got disarmed after a first attack.

While Aves and Cochise were fighting the zombies again, Joan knew she had to react. The female warrior took her dagger and stabbed the vampire. Nostro turned his head, grabbed the woman and slammed the dagger out of her hand. He then took a hold of her throat and started choking her. Now it was time for Pete to act. He took his final flintlock from his belt, jumped on the back of the vampire, aimed it at the temple of the monster and fired. The explosion threw Pete on the ground Nostro himself fell seconds later.
As Pete tried to stand up and Joan was gasping for air, the other two warriors were still fighting the final zombies.
After Cochise and Aves succeeded in killing the last of the zombie swarm, both fell tired on the ground.

It was sometime after the battle that the old man came walking into the room. 'Hello' the man spoke in a happy tone. His happyness was not returned as four warriors looked at him angry. 'You whoring sun of a bitch' Pete spoke as he aimed his empty pistol at the old man. 'You have something to explain' Cochise said with a sturdy voice. The man kept on smiling and finally said, 'Very well' 'Then tell us who you are first' came the voice of Aves. The old man nodded, sat down on the ground and started. 'I have a lot of names, most of which i have not used in ages. But you can call me Kyle if you need a name, I would like that.' After introducing himself, Kyle started to speak about Nostro. He told the warriors how Nostro fought and dissapeared, only to show up and attack the world again. 'That is very well and all but what do we have to do with it?' Joan asked. 'As an old god, i could not fight anyhting in the mortal realm and I needed the heroes of old to do the fighting for me. Not being able to summon them, I collected special crystals and send them into history to summon the decendents of the old heroes. You guys'

After hours of talking, Kyle stood up. 'Now that the lord vampire is defeated, you can go back home, but I ask you, consider something else. Even though Nostro has been defeated, there are still vampires, zombies and werewolfs on this world that need to be taken care off. I ask you, stay here and destroy every single monster so that the threat will never rise again.' Kyle knew that the warriors would complain but to his suprise, this did not happen. Joan raised up to speak first, the inprints of the fingers still visible on her throat. 'I know that god send me here and when an angel of god asks me to stay, i can only obey.' 'I will stay also' Cochise suddenly spoke. 'During our last fight... I have been bitten by a zombie. Would i return to the plains, i would pose a danger. Besides, I will enjoy killing every last one of those monsters that took my three new friends.' Even though Kyle was concerned by the news that the Apache would become a zombie when he died, the old god did not show it. 'I guess i can stay also.' Pete spoke. 'My crew will have chosen a new captain by now and you need my gunpowder to stay alive.' The pirate spoke, not mentioning the real reasons he stayed; regret for leaving earlier and Joan.
Aves spoke as last. 'I would prefer to go home.' The other warriors looked suprise. 'Why?' Joan asked. 'My heart belongs to Sparta and when I get the opportunity to go back, I cannot reject that.'

Joan, Cochise and Pete left the castle moments later. When they were gone, Kyle took a crystal and gave it to the Spartan. 'Aves, this crystal will bring you home as promised. Keep it with you and you may return if you ever get tired of Greece.' ' Thank you' The warrior spoke. Not bothering to ask who Greece was. A sudden light appeared and the warrior was gone.
Aves opened his eyes. He saw the forest, he had been in before falling into the adventure and heard the birds he grew up with. When he heard the voice of his good friend Chilon, the Spartan knew that he was finally home.


FIN!

4 opmerkingen:

  1. A great end to a great saga! I'm surprised to see all 4 survived. I thought there would only be a single survivor. But it was still awesome!

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  2. i wasn't expecting 4 people to live but its a very welcome surprise! I was surprised Joan made it; she has the least amount of experience of all of them.

    Great story and nice ending. No its time for your matchups, something I have missed and look forward to.

    And nice cameo by the way ;)Never expected HE would have any bit of divinity!

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  3. Man, wonderful finish to the story :) You've done a brilliant job and you are now counted as a legend among the Deadliest Warrior online community :D

    Just one question though, Monopolyman made reference to a cameo, by whom?

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  4. hahaha by himself. I used his name for the old god because he was the reason the old god got some story time.

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