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Scene: Security Control – City Governor's Mansion
"Huh...? There's a disturbance in Sector 7—construction site perimeter," a woman murmured, eyes narrowing at a flickering holographic feed. One of the drone cams above her station crackled with static.
"Probably a default glitch?" she added, shifting her attention to another screen.
"Don't know," a man beside her replied. "Just... call the authorities. They've handled worse. And get the tech division to replace that drone."
"On it," she nodded, tapping a crystal disk that hovered with interface lights. The man pressed on another disk.
"Dialing Security Department."
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– Riverbank
"HRRAAAAAAGH!!!" Kaido's voice pierced the air, raw with fury as he doubled back, launching himself at Grace.
SHHRANG!!! — Metal slamming into a hardened surface
Kaido tore through the defensive spike Grace had hastily raised, knocking her back several paces.
Wasting no time, he blurred forward again.
"Tch!" Grace hissed, twisting to evade his blade and delivering a fierce kick to his chest.
WHUMP!!! Kaido received a big kick to he's chest
"Urrgh!" Kaido staggered... but his hand shot forward, seizing her leg mid-air.
THOOM!! Graces Body slammed into the earth with sheer force
Grace hit the ground hard. As she flung her hand outward—
[Sound: FWISSSSHH!! — Spikes slicing through air]
"Tch!" Kaido tilted his head, narrowly dodging the deadly barrage.
She dashed back toward the riverbank, weaving past boulders and construction debris. The area was muddy, unfinished, with a shallow current glistening near sharp rocks and broken scaffolds.
"That kid… he's still moving? He should be paralyzed! Was the poison diluted? A droplet was enough for paralysis—how is he still going? Damn, he's stubborn… and he thinks he's got the upper hand? He was trained by a beast…" Grace thought as she observed the mad kid approaching her.
"She's clearly holding back... but trying to paralyze me? And now escape? I'm not some weakling… good thing I tightened my muscles—slowed my blood flow. Poison didn't reach full effect."kaido worked with he's inner mind as he closed the gap between him and her.....
He flexed his fingers, his left arm twitching.
"Alright... enough running!" Kaido shouted, hurling his blade at her.
[Sound: SWOOSH — THUNK! — Blade thrown, handle caught]
Grace spun mid-run, grabbing the blade's handle and flinging it back at him.
"Hm? Cool," Kaido smirked, reaching to catch it—
[Sound: CLAAANG! — Blade deflects a spike attack mid-air]
"Nice diversion," Kaido grunted, blocking her sneak strike. Two blades in hand.
"Wait—he had a second sword?! And the poison… it's gone!?" Grace thought clearly looking surprised....
Kaido moved to swing. Grace stepped back in surprise.
"At least she looks surprised…" Kaido thought, grinning.
Grace spoke:
"I just wanna know… who trained you?"
"Ohhhh… I can't sa—"
SHUNK!!! SHHLLK!!! SHHRIP!!!
Was the next sound made as Spikes made their way into kaidos flesh
"GghhAAAHH!!" Kaido gasped, eyes widening. Blood leaked from fresh wounds across his torso, arms, and thighs.
DRIP… DRIP…
Flicker — A soldier in Kaido's memory flashed before him.
"Sheesh… you should've let me go, boy," Grace muttered, lowering her leg. The spikes had emerged from her bare calf.
"She… used her leg to launch those?!"
Another memory flickerd—A knight raising a blade over a woman and two children.
"Stop..." Kaido muttered.
"Huh?" Grace paused.
"They're almost here. The authorities. They'll care for y—"
"Stop!!" Kaido barked louder. Another image—The sword descending.
"NO!!! NO!! NOOOOO!!!" Kaido erupted in agony, shredding through the spikes that pinned him.
CHRRRKKK!! Sound made as he's Flesh ripped...
Woah now! You're bleeding like mad! Are you insane?!" grace exclaimed stepping back a bit...
"I told you not to kill them!! I told you!!" Kaido cried, stumbling forward, eyes now wild.
"This kid… he's breaking... He's not even here mentally…"
Kaido's blade twitched. His aura twisted.
[Sound: WSSSHHHHH!!! — Bloodlust manifesting like a wave of pressure]
[Sound: THUNK! — Stabbing]
[Sound: GHHRRGK!! — Coughing blood]
"Gah—!!" Grace looked down. The blade had pierced her lower back. She turned—
Kaido looked like a demon.
WHAMM!! — Kaido's body slammed through the stream bank
Grace (thinking): "I didn't even see him move... Gotta escape. Now!"
CLASH!! CLANG!! Kaidos swords made raw impact with graces spikes mid air
He rebounded toward her again, both blades spinning as he aimed for her neck.
SKRRAAANG!! Blade crashing into stone
Grace leapt from the boulder—
FWIP! FWIP! FWIP! Spikes fired
! CRACK! Two pierce his shoulder and thigh
Kaido spiraled in mid-air, blades cutting through space.
KRASSHHH!! ....the sound made as a boulder split in two
"He's… relentless! And still moving with all that poison! What is he?!"
WHRRRSHHH!!
Grace ducked—barely missing it.
"You sure love losing your swords!" she mocked.
THUNK!...a spike was stabbed into her thigh
YAAARGH!
She stared. Two spikes in her thigh. One in her arm. Kaido had grabbed her wrist.
She was paralyzed.
"Shit… I can't move!"
SKRRAAACK!!!
"I will kill you!!" Kaido snarled, his eyes unhinged.
Sound: BOOM!!
Kaido collapsed. Knees first. Then flat on the ground—bloodied, unconscious.
Haaaahh...haaahh...grace gasped
Standing beside her Raymond looked down at her, face stern and unreadable.
"You're quite lucky," he said, lifting Kaido onto his shoulder.
"You... you're part of that group...?"
"Yes. And I suggest you leave."
"Aren't you... going to fight me?" Grace asked shakily.
Raymond turned, pausing with Kaido slung over him.
"Oh, that? No. But here's something you can do—leave Frank alone. I'm letting you live to pass that message on."
He walked off toward the deepening twilight.