-Cheng Wu-
"Acknowledgment of your words," Cheng picked up the bokai and he took out the silenced pistol in his pocket and threw it towards Reid. "Creating a pun about silent weapons with silent masters."
Stephen walked down the aisle. One particular shelf was lined with what looked like throwing knives. He felt a sort of pull towards them. "I... I think that I've found my weapon of choice." He reached out towards them, as though in a dream. The bandolier almost seemed to put itself on him. Stephen came out of the aisle with it around his shoulder, ready to fight.
Reid caught the silenced pistol and gave a smirk. "..But a gun dosen't appear in that equation..." The teen turned towards the end of the long, expanding aisles.
"Several of It's underlings have appeared." As he spoke, 12 black puddles started to rise out of the ground...
Three different masks surfaced to three of the creatures. As if seemingly in squad commander fashion, they led three of the other creatures, now with matching masks, seperating them into groups of four. The moment one made eye contact with Reid, his eyes widened. He was having a headache just being in the same room as these creatures.
"Shadows." He said with a hint of anger. The monsters started to skulk towards them.
"We each take on four." He charged towards his chosen group, and started shooting. His bullets all somehow hit on target, as if something was helping his perception.
edited 28th Aug '10 11:07:14 AM by lightdarkhero250
I'm a ghost, you didn't see me.
"Makes sense." said Stephen, taking several knives between his fingers and throwing them. "Wait, what?" a force seemed to show him how, like it was doing the fighting and not him. Stephen pulled out another knife and whipped it at the lead shadow.
-Cheng Wu-
"Acknowledgment," Wu said as he pulled out his semi-automatic and proceeded to aim it in a position that Steve Carrol would only call a 'Kill Shot'. After emptying a clip into his four designated enemies he reloaded his gun and, oddly enough, put it back into his pocket.
He ran towards them with his bokai and held the fake blade as if it was a gwun (or staff if you don't know what a gwun is). Cheng advanced towards the group and had a brawl that can be summed up as a fight scene one would see Jackie Chan or Jet Li in.
-Cheng Wu-
He constantly hit his enemies, which were trying to overrun him, with great finesse and style as if he knew exactly where the shadows were going to attack. It seemed like something was notifying Cheng of every strategy he should use against his opponents.
After 96 hits, the shadows surrounded Cheng and were about to simultaneously attack him. Wu moved the bokai behind himself where it'd be easy to maneuver around a circular attack.
Reid smirked. The monsters were now riddled with pullet holes, knives, and sliced into proper pieces.
"Mission accompli-" He heard an intense scream from the insides of his mind. this wasn't over.
The Shadows started to regenerate. Those shot up by Cheng and then beat by his brawling started to re-form back into one piece, and retaliated, him now in their range. Those Stephen attacked absorbed his knives and actually shot them back him. Reid had a similar predicament as Cheng, his bullets ineffective.
"?!" Showing an expression akin to 'Oh, Crap!', The Shadows facing Reid now were racing towards him. He pulled out his sall pen, holding it as if it was a sword.
edited 28th Aug '10 11:46:51 AM by lightdarkhero250
I'm a ghost, you didn't see me.
-Cheng Wu-
"Warning!" Wu fearfully yelled to Reid as he hurriedly raced towards the shadow. Wu was unable to match the shadows speed, so he took out his gun and tried his best to distract the large shadow.
Reid, even knowing he was outmatched, charged towards the large Shadow he was facing. The bullets barely distracted any of the monsters, and several were now attacking Cheng. Reid jabbed his pen at the beast, of course doing nothing as his hand was now being sucked into the black, liquid creature.
"What...What the hell?!" Was the last thing he said as he was engulfed by the Shadow in front of his comrades.
I'm a ghost, you didn't see me.
Stephen quickly whipped out a knife and batted some of them out of the air, jumping to the side of the other projectiles. "Jesus christ!" Then he saw Reid get swallowed by the shadow. "Reid!" Stephen whipped yet more knives at the shadow.
"Main protagonist's name!" Cheng bellowed as he jumped and made a flourish with his weapon upon the beast. However, it didn't free Reid and Cheng's bokai was latched onto the body instead.
After a fierce game of tug-of-war Cheng ferociously pulled his weapon out of the shadow and put his weapon in a defensive position. "Questioning the status of the situation?!" Cheng shouted as he saw there being no trace left of Reid on the shadow.
Both the groups that were facing Reid and Cheng were now grouping up, combining into a bigger Shadow that was now trying to absorb Cheng as well. Stephen's group was now all formed into a slightly smaller version of the giant one and now racing towards him as well. The knives just served as more firepower to shoot back at him.
Deep inside the largest Shadow, the only thing that kept Reid even slightly conscious was the intense beating of his head. It was becoming to much to bear...
edited 28th Aug '10 5:11:51 PM by lightdarkhero250
I'm a ghost, you didn't see me.
-Cheng Wu-
A black puddle made by the shadows started to appear under Cheng. As if it was quicksand, Wu was unable to step out of there. After seeing the shadow heading towards Stephen, he noticed a tall wooden rack holding glass bottles, presumably holding alkali metals since there was a sign there saying that, and plastic water off to the side of the two.
"Recommendation for Stephen to get away from dangerous explosives," Cheng advised. Suddenly, Wu held his gun with his left hand and shot the beams holding the elements and water so it would fall to where the shadow was about to be. Cheng then switched hands, making a fifty degree angle difference in aiming, to shoot at the plastic bottles of water. The water splashed onto the floor as the glasses holding the elements such as Lithium, Sodium, Potassium, Rubidium, and Cesium fell down onto the puddle of water. Creating an explosion that can only be explained by the movement of electrons.
"Questioning the morals and ethics of this store and how it was stocked."
After that ordeal, Cheng finally remembered that he was sinking into a pit of horrendous despair. Shooting and hitting the shadows weren't helping out his situation at all. Wu settled down as he realized he wasn't getting out of this. Wu made his way towards the shadow in front of him and started to smack the sides where Reid was last seen. It probably wasn't going to do anything, but he can't give up.
Cheng's desperation tactic unforunately did nothing more than get him stuck in an even worse situation. The Shadows now were engulfing him in darkness as well.
The Shadow facing Stephen was now blown all over the aisle, it's mask laying in the middle of all the carnage...
Reid felt rumbling as Cheng hit the shadow currently coontaining him.
"Why did he stay here?...I couldn't get out of this myself...so why do they care about me so much?...Shouldn't they be angry? I got them into this mess...they could've ran..." He thought quietly to himself.
I.....thou......art.I.. A faint voice spoke into his mind. The teen's head felt like it was ready to explode...
I'm a ghost, you didn't see me.
"heyheyHEY!!" yelled Stephen, "HIT THE WEAKPOINT..." he leaped towards the mask, pulling out a pair of throwing knives, and stabbed them down on the mask. "FOR MASSIVE MOTHERFUCKING DAMAGE, BITCH!!"
The mask somehow turned into an angry expression as the Shadow grabbed on to Stephen, starting to absorb him as well.
I'm a ghost, you didn't see me.
"YOU MOTHERFUCKERS!" he screamed, stabbing the mask several more times. "BREAK BREAK BREAK!!"
The knife did nothing, almost like the mask was too hard to break. The Shadow pulled Stephen in. The battle was lost. But the war goes on.
"I..can't take anymore...what do I do? Everyone..we're all screwed...how could we lose to these things?! Was all these feelings of energy complete bullshit?! I..though I had a chance..." Reid felt like screaming. He felt like a true fool, going this far, diving head-first into a journey without any plans, running from home with nary a thought...
I am thou, Thou art I...
A voice kept him from falling into eternal sleep. He felt immense anger. He wouldn't just give up like this! He may be a fool sometimes, but if there was thing he knew, he wouldn't give up on his goal!
A card appeared in his mind. He want to break it into pieces, hejust felt the sudden urge. He dreamed of ripping it to shreds, and releasing what was contained inside.
"PERSONA!" His mind released itself. The darkness turned to light...
The Shadow that contained Reid suddenly made an inhuman scream as it grabbed on to it's mask. It suddenly exploded, revealing the once ingested human, with a spiritual knight protecting him.
"THE REST OF YOU! WAKE UP!" He yelled loudly to the rest of his teamates.
I'm a ghost, you didn't see me.
As the shadow engulfed Stephen, he felt like he had simply... lost. He had failed Reid. He was supposed to help Reid! He could have gone on an adventure, become a magician! No, no, no, no, NO! This was not supposed to happen! He's Stephen Shaw, so many things! Murderous Pyro! Defeater of Lavos! Grand Magician of Oblivion.
That song, that familiar song,
started playing. But it had... lyrics... I art thou and thou art I and I art thou and thou art I and I art thou and thou art I and I art thou and thou art I... Stephen saw the image of a small snowman creature, in a hat. It wagged its finger at him, leaning back on its heels, and throwing a card into the air. He reached into his knife belt, fumbling with a knife, then whipping it at the card. It pierced the knife, which then shattered like glass. Stephen stumbled to his feet, the Shadow exploding from the inside. Stephen turned to face his foe, Jack Frost standing valiantly in front of him despite coming up to his waist. "Pose as a team, guys, because SHIT JUST GOT REAL!"
-Cheng Wu-
Cheng was slowly sinking into his pit of despair. But his demeanor actually seemed calm; he was meditating like a Buddhist monk and had his eyes closed.
"Making equivalence between thou and I, along with I and thou," a voice rang through Wu's head. He raised an eyebrow. "Just kidding. I am thou, and thou art me."
A card appeared before him and floated to where his hands were clasped. "Justice is nothing without freedom. Now you will be given freedom to enforce our Justice." Suddenly, Cheng's bokai struck down on the card and through an opening his hands made. Piercing through the card and breaking it into pieces.
A fire started all over the shadow, surrounding Cheng in flames. As he opened his eyes he saw a figure before him. It looked like a man in complete black; a cape covering everything under him, a hat that seemed like it belonged to Abraham Lincoln, and a most peculiar mask that held a Cheshire Cat Grin oddly resembling a man named Guy Fawkes. The figure held out his gloved hand to Wu, making a dark opening between the cape and its body. Cheng, perhaps too trusting, reached for the hand.
The figure pulled Cheng out of the puddle and as he fell on the man's chest, the man swiftly waved his arms around. He was controlling the flames to attack the shadows. "Remember, remember, the Fifth of November, the gunpowder treason and plot. I know of no reason why the gunpowder treason should ever be forgot."
edited 29th Aug '10 6:35:33 PM by ckretaznman
Manifesting into a form of giant, spiritual, knightly armor, Reid's Persona protected him from harm. He reached out his arm holding the pen, and the spiritual armor held out a western longsword. he raised his other hand in the shape of a fist, and it raised up a giant shield. Reid had a disturbingly cheery grin on his face as he stared at the Shadow's, now being mercilessly beaten by the trio.
The masks showed a sign of sheer terror as the Shadow's split from their individual giant form's, instead trying to re-group with each other. As the got all together, they did one last fusion, now mixing every single one of themselves into one colossal form, big enough to reach the ceiling of the giant grocery store.
"Ready?!" Even facing a colossal beast like this, Reid was still determined.
edited 29th Aug '10 7:15:01 PM by lightdarkhero250
I'm a ghost, you didn't see me.
Stephen nodded. "Let's do this shit motherfucker." He looked at Jack Frost. "Um... I CAST ICE!" He flung a throwing knife at the massive Shadow. A magician tarot card appeared to intercept it; the card shattered it, the pieces growing and reforming into massive icicles that circled the knife as it soared towards the shadow.
-Cheng Wu-
"Stating my willingness in the situation," Cheng slyly said to Reid.
"Name of a deadly type of chemical," Cheng called as the dark figure threw mustard gas onto the shadow.
Jack kicked Stephen in the shins. He jumped up and whispered something in his ear. "Ooohhhhh. By Ice, I meant Bufu!"
Reid stared at the pen he was currently using, then looked at the aisle of close-combat weapons.
"...The pen's mightier than the sword..." He grumbled, wondering whether to get an actual weapon or just go ahead with this.
"Hm. It's strange for a grocery store to have an aisle for weapons..." Reid was wondering about this, when he suddenly turned his head to a direction.
"Whatever weapons you plan on getting...get it quick." He pushed his pen to get ready.
I'm a ghost, you didn't see me.