Operation Malice
Kai grabs his wallet, and leaves his house. Kai clicks the button on the elevator and gets in. He watched the floors go down, and then the elevator stopped a couple floors before the bottom. A short girl walked into the elevator. She was wearing A grey button-up crop-top and jeans under a fur coat. Her hair was completely let down. She had no shoes on.
???: Hey, you're Kai, right?
Kai: Yeah, who are you?
???: Like, six months ago we beat EOL together! How did you forget who I am?
Kai: You're forgettable.
???: I guess you haven't changed since last time I met you. I'm Terra.
Kai: Now I remember you. You got captured by Stick too.
Terra: Yeah, that's actually what I wanted to talk about. Are you going to Bibble and Sip?
Kai: Sure, I wanted a coffee anyway.
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They walk to Bibble and Sip together. Kai orders his coffee and Terra orders a tea. They sat down across from each other.
Kai: What did you want?
Terra: I saw you in the newspaper. The "Crimson Dragon."
Kai: Mind not saying that in public?
Terra: Oh yeah, sorry. Bad habit. What happened to you since we last met?
Kai: I chilled. Then all my friends died, and now I'm here. The rollercoaster of life, am I right?
Terra: Uh...Sorry. When did that happen?
Kai: I don't know. Like a week ago.
Terra: Uh, you see that thing about Metas and mutants going free?
Kai: It was all over the news. So… yes.
Terra: Shit… It was really everywhere? Well long story short, I freed them.
Kai: Millions of mutants were freed. Of course it would be everywhere! Wait, did you just say you freed them?
Terra: I know, I know. It sounds like a joke, but I did.
Kai: No, it sounds stupid.
Terra: Why?
Kai: For one, me believing that you freed millions of Metas. Second, releasing millions of Metas onto the world is about the dumbest idea I have ever heard.
Terra: They were locked up like dogs! You can't say the innocents shouldn't be allowed to go free!
Kai: Did I say that? You release, what, forty million Mutants? Now they have no homes, and nothing to lose. What else are they going to do? They're going to try and get money. Cops can't take them down. So they are just going to rob banks.
Terra: Yeah, Repulse and I are working on that.
Kai: I just fought Repulse. She was kind of an asshole. Now you have dragged me into helping stop the problem you caused.
Terra: I guess we're all trying our best. I'm working on bringing down the meta crime rates, but there's another problem I think we both want to resolve.
Kai: Nah, I'm good. You seem to cause a lot of problems.
Kai tries to get out of his seat.
Terra: Wait!
Kai: What?
Terra: It's the Chaste. Their back in town. I just want to get them out of the picture. I bet you do too.
Kai sighs and sits back down.
Kai: What were you planning?
Terra: I don't necessarily have a plan, but I have info!
Kai: Should have expected as much. Let's go somewhere that chaste members aren't listening in.
Terra: Do you have a white board at your house or something?
Kai: No I don't have a white board!
Terra: Alright, your house it is. I'll grab my armor and spear on the way.
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Terra had a backpack and laid her spear against Kai's couch.
Terra: Wow, your apartment looks way different than mine.
Kai: What floor are you on?
Terra: Floor four.
Kai: Oh, your poor.
Terra: That's the long and short of it.
Kai went around and shut all his curtains. He shut the doors.
Kai: Onto the important stuff. What information do you have?
Terra: There's a chaste member called Sae. I fought her, and by the end of our fight she said the Chaste was back in town. I also saw a mysterious blonde guy talking to her.
Kai: That's Az.
Terra: Oh, and she said that they were back for us.
Kai: Is that it?
Terra: Yeah, what else did you expect?
Kai: What you're telling me is there are ninjas after us. We have no idea where they are, or how many there are. Let me guess, you just wanted to charge in?
Terra: When you put it like that it sounds bad. That may or may not have been what I was thinking.
Kai: You're absolutely useless. Can you even fight? Why should I even keep you around?
Terra looked at her armor and spear.
Terra: Wanna spar?
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Terra and Kai stood across from each other on the rooftop.
Terra: Can I use my spear?
Kai: What if you lose it? Fist to fist.
Both of them got into fighting stances. Kai walked towards her and threw a roundhouse. Terra parried and ducked under a spinning back kick from Kai. He threw a straight punch at Terra. She dodged and kicked Kai in the stomach. She threw a couple punches at his head. He dodged under and kneed Terra in the stomach. She flinched and grabbed Kai by the neck and chokeslammed him. She punched her hand into the ground. Kai did a back handspring, kicking Terra twice in the chin. She wiped the blood off her face and backed up. She threw a superman punch and let out an energy blast. Kai dodged under and hit her clean in the stomach. She went flying in the air and landed on the ground with a back roll. Kai teleported above her and fell into a flying axe kick. Terra put her hands above her head, caught it and slammed Kai on the ground. She held him by the leg.
Kai: At least you're good for something.
Kai kicked up with his other leg and got it behind Terra's shoulder. He threw her off of him. She landed and rolled to her feet.
Terra: I'm not done! Let's go!
Kai: That's all for now. Use your mind for a second. Do you have anything we could use to trace the Chaste?
Terra: Uh...I have calls that I got from Sae. She worked with people called T.H.O.R.N. But was obviously working for the Chaste undercover. Can you like, track the calls?
Kai: I got a guy for that. Give me a minute.
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Kai and Terra are back in Kai's house. Max knocks on the door, and Kai lets him in. Max takes his laptop out of his bag and sits on Kai's couch.
Max: Give me your phone.
Terra gives Max the phone. Max plugs the phone into his computer and starts typing.
Terra: How do you even do that? You're just clicking keys on a keyboard!
Max looks annoyed and starts speaking slowly.
Max: Because I'm coding your phone.
Terra: You don't need to talk to me like a lost kitten.
Max: I'm not. Lost kittens don't speak english.
Terra: Why are all you guys assholes?
Kai: Because you ask dumb questions, and make stupid decisions.
Terra: I had no idea I was being judged by god himself.
Kai: Thanks.
Max: Alright, call your friend.
Max hands the phone back to Terra.
Terra: Call her? Wouldn't she be suspicious. I told her to skip town!
Max: Who would expect someone like you to be able to track someone off a phone?
Terra: Fair enough.
Terra opened her phone and called the number.
Someone picked up the phone. A distorted voice picked up.
Sae: Terra? I thought I was skipping town?
Terra: Uh…
She looked at Kai.
Terra: I wasn't able to find the guy you were talking about. Kai. Do you have any more info about him?
Sae: Is this a joke? He's the Crimson Dragon. Fights with a staff. He can teleport. High 30s power level.
Terra: Hmm. Found him.
Terra hung up.
Terra: They know a lot about you Kai.
Kai: They're stalkers.
Max: I found their location.
Kai: Where?
Max: 3419 48th St.
Kai: Thanks Max. You're a lifesaver.
Max: No. I just found an address.
Max gets up and leaves.
Terra: Alright. Let's go.
Terra put on her fragments of armor. She put on gauntlets and half of a chestplate. Kai put on his suit and grabbed his staff. Terra grabbed her spear.
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They headed to the address.
Kai: Come on, let's go around back. We're not walking right in!
They snuck up to a window.
Kai: Look.
They saw a group of ten people in a circle.
Terra: I thought there would be more. How are we gonna go in?
Kai: I can teleport us in, but I need to know a room without anyone in it. Then we can start taking them down one by one.
Terra: That's a better plan than I could come up with.
Someone teleported right behind Kai. He swiftly grabbed Kai's head and slammed it against the wall. Kai drops to the ground. Azazel knees Terra in the stomach. An extremely high pitched sound came from Azazel, and shattered the pair's eardrums. Azazel took out two needles and stabbed it into their necks.
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Terra opened her eyes. She tried to get to her feet. But hit her head on the top of a dog cage. And she was electrocuted.
Terra: Goddamnit! I guess I do bring trouble wherever I go.
Kai: I know, and you took forever to wake up.
Terra: How long has it been?
Kai: Like two hours.
Terra: Ugh, where are we?
Kai: I think we're on a ship or something.
???: Correction! The Notorious Nautical, and you can call me Mr. Notorious!
A fat dark skinned man in a business tuxedo, a fedora, and khakis smoking a blunt walked in.
Mr. Notorious: The Crimson Dragon took down my biggest competition. And this little girl turned him into the monster he was painted as! Everythings too easy! No competition!
Kai: Isn't that a good thing? He would have stayed richer than you.
Mr. Notorious: It's boring. I'm halfway to owning all of New York by this point!
Terra: You picked the worst time to knock us out and capture us though.
Mr. Notorious: I have connections. Stick knew you were coming from a mile away. So I had my boys take you out and bring you here. We're going out to sea. We'll probably dump you there too.
A girl in a lab coat and white hair tied into a ponytail walked into the room.
Kai: Hey, it's the Blood Surgeon.
Terra: Her real name is Kuzu.
Kuzu: Oh yeah, I remember both of you! How are we planning on killing them?
Mr. Notorious: Don't worry, I have many options. Go put it up to vote with the rest.
Mr. Notorious: Here's some food, it'll be your last meal.
Mr. Notorious sat down two bowls of cat food in front of the two.
Kai: These are dog cages. At least get the food right.
Mr. Notorious: Something about cats spoke to me.
Mr. Notorious left the room.
Terra: These should be pretty easy to get out of, right?
Kai: Just bend the bars open.
Terra kicked the cage hard enough that the cage's front fell over. Terra rolled out of the way of the rest of the cage falling on her. She only got electrocuted a little bit.
Terra: That was stupid.
Terra unlocked Kai's cage and let him out.
Kai: That's why I wanted you to do it.
Terra: Don't you have regeneration?
Kai: Who wants to get electrocuted?
They went to leave. But a red laser system appeared. And it sensed both of them. The entire room was sealed with metal walls.
Kai: Shit.
Terra: Hmm...You can teleport right?
Kai tried.
Kai: Dampeners.
Terra held out her hand and threw a punch. She extended it with an energy blast.
Terra: Not for me.
Kai: And let me guess. You can't teleport.
Terra: Nope.
Kai: I expected as much.
Terra: I have an idea. It's kind of stupid.
Kai: Looks like we don't have much of a choice. What is it?
Terra: What can you do? Powerwise?
Kai: What does it matter?
Terra: Just get your head out of your ass and tell me!
Kai: I can teleport, regenerate, and I can use my spiritual energy to do all kinds of things.
Terra: My power must not be dampened because I use olympian power. It's called the power of Olympus. Creative right?
Kai: Sure. What do you want to do?
Terra: I wonder if I can like, transfer my power into you for a second. Enough time for your powers to be sparked.
Kai: Don't put anything in me.
Terra: Have any better ideas?
Kai: Fine. Let's try it.
Terra held her hand out to Kai. He grabbed it. Terra focused her power on her inside. She thought of Amala. Letting it channel through her. She brought it up to Kai's hand.
Kai: It feels like spiritual energy, but different.
Kai quickly teleported out of their prison. They teleported into a parlor room. Where two guards were setting the table. They immediately pulled their guns and started shooting. Kai did a flip off the table and kicked a guard in the face. Knocking him out. Terra tackled the other person. She quickly punched him out.
Kai: Come on.
Kai went to leave.
Terra: Hey, look.
There was a closet door that was labeled "breaker room". Kai and Terra quickly snuck in there.
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Mr. Notorious walked into the room. He had a group of familiar faces walking behind him. Lefty and Righty, two identical huge, muscular guys in tuxedo suits. Azazel, he had a red mask along with a black cloak lines with some red. He wore black boots with red tape around them, and he had his hands fully wrapped in hand wraps. There was Mr. Jelly Time. A happy man in a jumpsuit carrying a plate of jelly. Jin Girkew, a man in a speedster suit and tight jeans. Along with glasses. His hair was slicked back. Phoenix, a man in a big red power armor suit with wings to his side. Megalodon, a huge shark-man. Smiley, a white haired man with dark skin, he had an everlasting smile on his face. The Chemist was also there. He wore a lab coat and had goggles on. Along with gloves. Kuzu followed behind next to the Chemist. Saber, An innocent looking girl walked behind everyone. She had a pink sweater on and blonde hair. Along with warm-up pants.
Kuzu: There's fresh bodies here.
Chemist: They're not dead yet.
Saber: Emphasis on yet.
Chemist: Who are you again?
Saber: Doesn't matter.
Saber smiled. At first it was a normal smile you'd see. But her teeth widened, and so did past her lips and into her cheeks. She revealed gigantic sharp teeth all throughout her mouth.
Mr. Notorious: No! Not here. My suit is too fresh to get blood on it.
Mr. Jelly time: You promised free jelly samples!
Righty: And you promised meat samples!
Mr. Notorious: Settle down everyone. I have something even better than jelly and meat. Two people all of you hate for one reason or another.
Mr. Notorious clicked a button. And a camera feed came up on a TV. Of Terra and Kai's cell area. Lacking Terra and Kai.
Jin: You think we hate empty metal rooms? What kind of racism is this?!
Mr. Notorious: Dammit! How did they escape?!
Phoenix: Maybe you didn't plan for everything.
Mr. Notorious brought pictures of Terra and Kai up on the TV.
Mr. Notorious: Do any of you know these people?
Lefty: Yeah!
Righty: Kai! I really want to beat him up!
Mr. Jelly Time: He is a jelly murderer!
Chemist: Both of them caused me trouble. It would be useful to be rid of them…
Phoenix: I beat him last time I saw him. I think I'm good.
Mr. Notorious: What about killing him? Even better!
Jin: I hate that girl's speedster friend! I suppose killing her would cause the suffering of others. That's enough for me! Plus she broke my glasses!
Kuzu: Looks like we're all in agreement that we hate them.
Chemist: Well, let's split into groups and track them down.
Mr. Notorious: I thought you were supposed to be a mad genius. Go in a big group!
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Terra: Ready?
Kai: Let's do this.
Terra punched the breaker switches. They made a sputtering out sound. And the small light in the breaker room went off.
Kai: The Chemist is there. And he has a paralyser. I say we sneak up to and slow down as many as possible, and then take out who we can.
Terra: I hope this works.
Kai: Don't worry. It always does. Take this.
Kai gave a gun from one of the guards they had knocked out to Terra.
Terra: A gun?
Kai: We need to slow them down. Make them panic. I hope you have a good aim.
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Jin: Where'd the lights go? Now I'm blind!
Chemist: Don't worry.
Chemist activated something on his suit. And lights shown out of his goggles.
Kuzu: That's a little better.
Jin: Why did he make us stay in a group?! I could check this boat in not even a minute!
Saber: I wouldn't expect to do that in the pitch dark.
Jin: I've mastered the art of radar sense. I can't ever see!
Lightning coarsed through Jin's body. Just as this was happening Kai teleported behind the Chemist. He did a strike to the side of the neck to make him fall down. He swiped his paralyzer. He jumped back and shot Jin, Megalodon, and Azazel. Everyone scattered into rooms to their sides. As they scattered Terra aimed down from far away. She hit Saber right in the chest. Blood flew off of her and she went flying back from the hit. Kai took out his staff and pinned down Saber. She opened her huge maw and bit down on Kai's staff. Hitting both of Kai's hands. He jumped back. She stood up, the shot had healed. Kai got slammed in the head by Lefty's fist. He had punched through the wall next to him. Kai dropped the paralyzer. Smiley came into the aisle and took out two electric whips. He swung one at Kai. Kai flipped back and slammed his foot down. Trapping one of the whips. He drew his staff and slammed it on the whip. Smiley fell on his face. Saber jumped out and slashed across Kai's side. Kai dodged a second swipe. But got hit by a gigantic Jelly fist. He fell back into Lefty and Righty's arms. They grabbed him and threw him at the ceiling. Kai rolled backwards. Surrounded by the group. Terra shot Lefty in the shoulder. And jumped in with her spear. She slashed Righty across the back. Her and Kai stood, surrounded by the group. They came out into a restaurant section.
Terra: Kai, duck!
Kai ducked down, and Terra swung her staff around the crowd, backing them up. Kai did a back roll and tripped Jelly Time. Kuzu made a scythe out of blood. She swung it at Kai. Kai dodged and kicked Kuzu twice. Kai looked at Terra like he had a plan. And Terra was ready for something. Kai jumped past Terra, and handed his staff to her in midair. She grabbed it and spun Kai around like a top. As Kai spun he hit every member surrounding them. Lefty and Righty jumped back and locked arms. And started spinning like a helicopter.
Righty: Can you beat our super move!?
They collided. And Kai jumped high. He spun his staff and slammed it onto Lefty's head. Terra ducked under and charged a punch. She punched Righty straight in the stomach and knocked him to the ground with an elbow from said punch. Phoenix flew in and knocked Kai to the ground. Terra jumped up and uppercut Phoenix. He violently hit the ceiling. A bunch of turrets came from his shoulders. Terra and Kai ducked under dinner tables. Saber punched through the table and grabbed Terra by the neck. She slammed her against the back of the table. Kai grabbed Terra's staff and slashed off Saber's hand. She jumped back. Smiley threw in both of his electric whips. Terra and Kai dodged. As Phoenix flew through the room. Kai kicked up and slammed him into Smiley's electric whips.
Mr. Jelly Time: It's jelly time!
Jelly Time punched with a gigantic fist. Terra punched as well, and collided with the fist. She let an energy blast go into it. And the fist was destroyed. Kai ducked under and hit Jelly Time in the stomach. He fell down on the ground with a thump. A bunch of clones of Kuzu surrounded the group. The two quickly dispatched the fakes. Kuzu slammed her staff into Terra's side. She put up her gauntlet. And blocked it. She felt how devastating it would've been. Kai came from behind and kicked her in the side. She slid back just a bit. Saber came from beside Kai and bit into his arm. Terra stabbed her spear straight through Saber.
Kai: This is going to hurt.
Kai kicked Saber further down Terra's spear.
Terra: Yeah it is.
Terra punched Saber in the face. So hard it shattered the teeth in her mouth. She flew off of Terra's spear. Down for the count. Terra got hit in the shoulder by a couple shots from Phoenix. Smiley wrapped his whip around Terra. She started to get electrocuted. Kai went to slam his staff down. But Kuzu slipped it out of his hand with her scythe. Phoenix came from behind and stabbed his wing across Kai's back. Terra grabbed Smiley's whip with one of her hands and pulled him towards her. She spun and threw a kick. He fell down. Kuzu swung her scythe at the pair. Terra ducked, and Kai jumped up and knocked down Phoenix. Terra blitzed Kuzu and punched her in the face. She broke into a pool of blood. Phoenix took out his turrets again. He shot at both of them. Terra jumped behind a wall quickly. Kai jumped up, tanked the shots and broke both of his turrets. Terra took the chance to jump up and punch him in the face. He fell down. Both of them were out of breath.
Terra: Come on, that was pretty fucking awesome.
Kai: I'll give it to you this time.
Kai went back and picked up the paralyzer. Jin ran in. Megalodon and Chemist did too. Kai unloaded on them with the paralyzer. Azazel came from behind. And let an extremely loud pulse out. Terra and Kai both covered their ears. Terra struggled to stand up. Azazel threw a punch at her. She dodged under and took out her spear. She stabbed it behind her. Right through Azazel's stomach.
Kai: That was quick.
Terra: That was a lot easier than spending months tracking them down.
Mr. Notorious walked in the door.
Mr. Notorious: I didn't think I'd have to do this. But I have no choice! You muthafuckers are dead!
Terra socked Notorious in the face. He fell down with a hard thump.
Mr. Notorious: No! My awesome glasses! And my blunt!
Kai stood above him and knocked him out with a hit from his staff.
Kai: I wonder where we were headed.
All of a sudden, the boat shook like an earthquake. Both Kai and Terra lost their balance and fell down. They both struggled to their feet. The windows in the room had been blasted open. They crawled through there. To see they were on land. An island.
Kai: Shit. They drove us off the coast of New York.
Terra: Who do you think crashed the ship?
???: I hear you were looking for me.