Post #97 (Zero X. Diamond)

Posted by Zero X. Diamond (Member # 654) on : 
  
The wind around Virus soon picked up tremendously.

"So little girl, are you afraid?"

[I'm gonna venture Crypha has yet to understand fear or anxiety at this point.]

She turned away from Bob. Her personality immediately changed. She lunged at Virus, who stepped aside with ease.

"I don't know who you are, but your threats cannot deter me! You will perish as quickly as you came!"

"Not if I kill you first!"

["I'll kill you!" "Nuhuh! I'll kill YOU first!" :P]

Virus's winds by now had reached full potential. He unleashed them against her. They blasted her in all their fury. She was shaken, but not harmed. A blast of lightning knocked Virus to his knees.

[Well, there goes her weakness to wind/pressure. >.>]

"Ugh... I underestimated you, Cry-"

"Shut up, I'm not done beating on you yet!"

["I fancy myself a nice Virusicle!" :D]

She reached a now primarily icy hand out, and was about to turn him into a popsicle. A familiar voice called out.

"Wait! Stop! Don't hurt him!"

["But I want a Virusicle!" D:]

"Wha?" she gasped, turning to see what was amiss. "BOB! Give me a big-"

"NONONONONONONO! NOT ANOTHER HUG!"

She giggled and wrapped her arms around Bob, sending yet another shock through him. Virus looked at this in astonishment.

"This is... odd. To say the least."

[You have no idea how much we're in agreement right now. :P]

Crypha turned around and glared at him.

"SILENCE FOOL! YOUR TOUNGE WILL BE THE DEATH OF YOU!"

"Nice one!" complimented Bob. "But I think you should leave him be."

[Bob seems to getting a bit too brave around her. >.>]

"Aww, but it's so much fun beating on strangers!"

"Yeah, I know the feeling Crypha. But I don't think this guy, or in fact anyone else here realizes how nice you can be."

"You think I'm being nice? How sweet!" she giggled.

[Bob, make up your mind, do you like Sandra, or Crypha? o.O]

Bob held up his arms in defense. Everyone else ran over to the scene.

"Bob, are you crazy? She killed Brett! Killed him!"

"Yeah, that's right!"

[Techincally, while she might have had some indirect responsibility for Brett's death, it's not like she actually landed any actual HIT on him. Brett kinda... well... killed himself trying to take her out. >.>;]

Crypha looked at Bob, hoping he could offer an explaination.

"Well, uh... I kill people! Does that suddenly make me some kind of horrible monster?"

"Well, yes."

[BAD BAD example, Bobby-boy. I hope that doesn't turn those guys against you. On the other hand, I supposed this is a reason Crypha and Bob can connect. Which makes a lot of sense really. :P]

"... Bad comparison. Look, she was sent by the Nomad, this we can safely say, right? Yet, she walks over to me and gives me hugs and tries to be friendly. What can we assume here? She's merely misunderstood! Like in the classic novel and B-Movies of Frankenstein!"

Everyone looked to one another, mumbling idly. They were rolling the idea over again and again inside their heads. Virus, however, wasn't thinking anything pleasant.

"Ok Bob, I guess that she can come along."

[I kinda wish that ZXD would state who was talking to Bob here and in some of the comments above. I guess it was for the sake of anoymonity.]

Virus leapt into the air, quite dramatically.

"Not if she's dead she won't!"

[Virus is a hard-head sometimes. :P]

Crypha looked up at him and her mood changed yet again.

"Haven't been beaten hard enough, have you? Well, we'll see about this!"

Bob reached out to stop her, failing to remember that she was thunderous, shocking himself again. Flares of wind were sparking up around Virus. He was going all out. Friendly or not, this thing was sent to threaten Earth, and he wasn't going to stand for it.

[Fair enough point for Virus, he doesn't know much on this newborn weapon. o.o She could be manipulating Bob to turn evil again for all we know, or have a even more sinister motive in mind.]

On the opposite end of the spectrum was Cyphra. She liked Bob, and felt like she was rejected by the Nomad. All she wanted to do now was fit in best she could. If he was going to stand in her way, he'd have to be eliminated.

[Rejection sucks though, on her hand. Again, this connects a lot with Bob, but trust me we'll get more into exactly what that means later in the IF.]

By now, Virus's wind force was at hurricane level. He was planning on ripping her apart. He probably would have, had a rocket not whizzed past his head. It lowered his concentration a little, but he still had enough left to let the wind go.

"Oh man, my beautiful X13 Special! It's gone..." Bob cried, tears running down his face.

[I wish I could tell you what an "X13 Special" is, but I'd have to assume it's one of Bob's weapons, or WAS. :P]

The wind had ripped out, but was not strong enough. It did moderate damage to Crypha, but not enough to even slow her. She struck back by releasing an enormous ball of electricity. It struck Virus head on, sending him into the bridge.

Virus struck back with a hastily prepared fire attack. It smashed into her, but was simply absorbed. She let out an insane laugh.

[Yeah, not a great retort there. x.x]

"What's the matter? Running out of ideas? Time to end this, NOW!"

A sharp icicle began forming at the end of her arm. It hovered in front of her palm, gaining size by the second. It took 2 minutes to reach the final size. The icicle was big enough to destroy half the bridge. Virus cringed, awaiting his meeting with it. He'd die, but with honor.

[This also reminds of me of Gurudo in DBZ and what he nearly does to Kuririn and Gohan with the tree. x.x]

"That is ENOUGH!" shouted Bob, eyes red from crying and the fury he was building up. "Look Crypha, he was simply trying to help. He just couldn't understand the fact that you have goodness in your heart too. As for you Virus, you shouldn't have agitated her. I hope you two are DONE NOW."

Everyone looked at Bob, wide eyed. He hadn't said anything so intelligent in a long time. It hit them like a bus. Noone had expected it.

[Thank you Happy Bob the Intelligent Maniac. ;D]

"Oh fine. But I'm watching her. She slips up and I'll make sure it's her last time."

Crypha looked at him bitterly, wanting dearly to launch that spike. Instead, however, she blasted it into the water. It was painful for her not to take out Virus, but as long as there wouldn't be anymore misunderstandings...

With that, Crypha joined the resistance.

[DUN DUNN DUNN!! It's official now. o.o]

Back on the Nomad, a man by the name of Nole was extremely pleased.

Ah, so she's turned to the resistors... very good. All the better for the mutiny...

[Yes, Nole seems to not be too concerned about the ACs at the moment, his mind is dead set on taking out Jamar right now. Probably gonna be a mistake though. :P]

(oto, forgot to mention. Read an IF's rules before posting. It specifically says you are supposed to come in without knowledge of what's going on.)

[Okay yeah, ZXD didn't come off too angry from the comment here, but I do recall when we discussed the post on AIM, he was a bit less polite. I think this is also where he begins taking the role of "IF Punisher", an inside joke between us two. :P]

[ June 23, 2002, 10:28 PM: Message edited by: Zero X. Diamond ] 

[AC/Post Count: 20/97]