by Victoria Sheridan 7th April 2020, 10:09 pm
When the remaining four reptiles of the first wave came bounding in for what they thought was a free kill, Abigail was ready for them. She leaned down and suddenly dashed towards the reptiles, then stopped and performed a spinning slash that made her do a full 360-degree revolution. Mere moments later a thin silver afterimage of the blade appeared at the waist level of the reptiles.
"HURRICANE FANG!" Abigail said. Spurts of blood issued from the wounds and seconds later all four mutants screeched in pain and fell apart where they stood. Victoria was impressed by what she saw Abigail do, but they were not out of the woods yet. More screeches echoed from down the hall as Victoria picked up her Grenade Launcher... Abigail saw her do that and quickly scurried away as the brunette hefted the launcher into position just as she saw the first of the new wave of reptiles rush onto the scene.
Victoria aimed and fired a high-explosive grenade, missing the feet of the first reptile and two more who were right behind it but causing the grenade to settle in place and go off three seconds later, shredding the legs of another mutant that charged towards the pair. It flopped to the ground on the stubs of its legs and screamed pathetically as its colleagues rushed by it without even attempting to help it.
Victoria set down the Grenade Launcher and took careful aim with a Beam Cannon spell, aiming for the skull of her target. Once she had a clear shot she fired and punched through the skull of her intended target plus the forehead of a second mutant who was following close behind, giving the brunette a two-for-one kill for the magic power used to cast the spell. Abigail leaped into action with her Sky Blade and severed the arm of a reptile who raised it for a one-handed strike on the blonde. She then did a spinning slash that saw her bring the Sky Blade down in a two-handed slash that cleaved it in half from shoulder blade to hip.
Abigail quickly retreated before the onslaught of five more scaly enemies moving in for the kill and Victoria brought out her Submachine Gun for a close-quarters fight, clutching it in her right hand. Three of the enemies moved to engage Abigail while two hurried towards Victoria, who drew back her left fist and focused golden energy into it, then punched forward towards the closer of the two reptiles. The Shockwave Punch enveloped it in a concentrated burst of light and sound, dazing it and causing it to scream in agony. The second lizard continued towards Victoria and she formed a Flashbang in her left hand.
It drew close and Victoria tossed the device in its direction. It went off and blinded the beast, giving her an opening to jam the weapon against the roof of its mouth and pull the trigger. It screamed before falling over; Victoria dispelled the empty weapon and brought out her Shotgun to finish the remaining lizard, which was still dazed from the Shockwave Punch. She jammed the barrel of the Shotgun into its mouth, pointed the barrel towards the roof, and fired a Solid Slug that punched through its brain and made it flop backwards.
"Um, Victoria, a little help here!" Abigail called out plaintively, ducking under the swing of one mutant before being hit in the chest with a powerful blow that sent her flying backwards and past the brunette all the way to the elevator door. Victoria looked back for a moment, then faced forward to deal with the three lizards who rushed at her simultaneously. She ducked under the slash of the first one and jammed her Shotgun under its chin before firing a Solid Slug that punched through to its skull, dropping it on the spot. A slash from the second lizard caught her on the left pauldron and knocked her to the right wall, forcing her to drop her weapon and setting her up for a two-handed downward slash from the third.
Victoria jumped back and avoided the worst of the damage, but the front of her pants were shredded by the claws and caused her to feel a jolt of pain. She answered by preparing another Beam Cannon and firing it into the skull of the offender, killing it on the spot. She turned and prepared another Beam Cannon, then firing into the skull of the last mutant standing. Once it was dead Victoria looked down and saw that she was bleeding from the cut.
"Damn. I liked these pants too." Victoria dryly commented on the loss of her pants. They had been cut and they had been bled on, making them useless once this job was over. She focused golden magic into her hands and closed her eyes, then cast a Medical Bag spell on herself to heal the wounds on her legs. They began to close up before her eyes and the bleeding stopped, but what was left of her pants legs were already ruined. Victoria ignored that and dispelled both her Shotgun and her Grenade Launcher, then hurried to Abigail's side.
"Man, that hurt. So m-much." Abigail wheezed. The wind had been knocked out of her and she was undoubtedly bruised from the impact, but she was not bleeding because the armor she was wearing had absorbed the worst of the damage with three nasty gouges to show for it. Abigail looked towards Victoria's legs and commented.
"Vickie, you... your legs!" Abigail gasped. Victoria waved it off.
"I healed them already, Abby. I can bleed on my own time." Victoria remarked with action hero bravado, dismissing the severity of the wounds. They were already healed and the only thing left was the pain, but she could power through that. They needed to get to Kerwes and shut him down for good.
Abigail slowly got to her feet and picked up the sword that had been knocked out of her hand. She then rejoined Victoria and the pair slowly made their way down the hall towards a closed metal door with an intercom grill. Not this again. The pair eventually reached it and were met with more comments from their host.
"It got kinda rough there near the end, but I never doubted you for a moment, Lapdog!" Kerwes complimented Victoria for her determination and her handling of the reptiles. The brunette did not deign to speak and instead waited for the doors to be opened. Abigail wordlessly crossed her arms and tapped her right foot against the floor while waiting for either more verbal barbs or for the door to be opened.
"Not in the mood for banter, I see. Anyway, you did what I wanted, so I'll open the door for you ladies. I'm bringing you straight to the thirtieth floor so that we can end this." Kerwes told them before the door opened to show the elevator doors waiting approximately 150 meters on the other side.
Abigail and Victoria walked through the doors and to the elevator, where they boarded quietly and took stock of their situation.
Abigail was starting to get her breath back after being knocked backwards into the elevator door while Victoria's legs still tingled with pain. After all of the fighting to get this far Victoria had a little over half of her magic power reserves left, but that should be plenty to deal with Alexander Kerwes. Her Beam Cannon and Shockwave Punch were powerful enough to justify their use, but they still cost a lot of power to use, so she had to make each shot count.
-On board the elevator-
"Gooooing down!" Kerwes announced cheerfully as the elevator began its final descent to the thirtieth floor. Both girls were anxious about the upcoming fight with the scientist behind all of this. They did not know what tricks he had up his lab coat sleeve, so they would have to be careful because his back was to the wall and he had nothing to lose.
The elevator slowed down and stopped smoothly on the thirtieth floor, permitting the duo to disembark and stare down a bare concrete corridor that only had fluorescent lights on the ceiling and steel double doors at the end.
"I'm waiting for you just down the hall." Kerwes said to them.
The pair took one last breath before stepping off the elevator, which closed behind them. There was no way out but forward. It was time to finish this.
"Ready?" Victoria asked Abigail.
"Ready." Abigail answered confidently. Together the two mages strode down the corridor and towards the steel double doors. They would need to work together for the final battle, but the two of them could handle whatever Kerwes had waiting for them. They were sure of that.
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