Shit Just Got Real.

Nox could feel the sweat build up on the back of his neck. This was his first time having to deal with a bomb threat, even worse a bomb threat that involved him. It took him 5 minutes to reach the floor, five minutes that felt a lot more like 20 minutes.

Once on floor 56, he took no time scouring every tiny inch of the floor. The thoughts of running out of the pit keep crossing his mind, but the longer he stayed on the floor the more his thoughts started to change.

He understood their anger at the king. From the few moments of meeting with him, he could easily see why they would want to destroy the place that they used to build shit. But he couldn't just let innocent people die in some terrorist attack. It took Nox five more minutes of searching before he found the bomb.

Almost instantly did he smack his head, realizing that the bomb they planted was

a glorified box of TNT, fit with the fuse that you had to light on fire. Grunting about

how he had just wasted his time he quickly stomped the flame out.

"The bomb. how did you know we had a bomb on this floor?" A voice asks,

pressing a knife into his back. Nox holds his hands up and shrugs his shoulders. "Well that's the floor the elevator stopped at for you to get on Shiki..." The figure

behind him smiles and kicks him across the room. "Wrong person." The voice sneers.

Nox lets out a cry of pain as he picks himself off the ground, blood coming out of his mouth. He took a glance over at the man who had just kicked his ass.

The man only wore a nice suit and tie, the craziest thing about him was that he was doused in blue flames. "Man, you know you are on fire right?" Nox asks, wiping the blood from his mouth.

The man narrows his eyes, or that's what nox assumed he did as they Sood about ten feet away from each other. "Yes... and every moment is full of agonizing pain. Even worse the power I got only makes that worse." He says Trough gritted teeth, his body suddenly surrounded by small thin lines of lightning

"Shit. I didn't realize I was going to be beating the shit out of some anime wanna-be." Nox eyes the area around him and was surprised to see a monumental amount of things he could use to fight with. Grabbing a small hammer off the table he pointed it at the man. "May I ask the name of the Dumbass in front of me?"

"Zel, a commander of black rose." The man says, the static around him only growing stronger. "Yours?"

"Nox. A man who will bring this world to a golden age." The man only Chuckles and charges at him. Nox runs at him, closing the gap and swinging the hammer at Zel's arm. He easily dodges the swing with a side step and places his arm onto Nox, delivering a shock into his body.

Nox lets out a cry of pain and smashes the hammer into his shoulder, eliciting a cry from the man who returns a punch to his face. "Fuck man. That shock was no stronger than what I would get if I rubbed my socks on a carpet."

"Compared to your weak ass swing? I'll take what I can get." He says, building up his static. "Don't matter, all it takes is one hit to the head and your down." Zel only laughs and delivers a swift punch to Nox's face again. Nox attempts to swing the hammer down again but the shock from his punch causes his muscles to tense up and not move.

Zel takes this chance and roundhouse kicks him, causing him to land on his back. "Well, I guess this is the end of the show huh? Any last words?" he Says, stomping on Nox's chest almost cracking his ribs. "Yah... I hope you like your knees." Nox cries out as he slams the hammer into his knee, crushing the bone and causing Zel to let out an ear-piercing scream and he hobbled over to The railing.

"Y-you shit! You broke my fucking knee." He cries, trying to stable himself as to not fall into the pit. "What did I say," Nox asks, as he picks himself off the ground and slowly walks over to the man.

"You think you have won?" Zel's body starts to crackle faster and faster. If I deliver a strong enough voltage I can kill you and light that bomb." Nox stops and his eyes look over at the bomb. "You won't, you'll kill yourself in the process." Zel lets out a laugh as the crackling speeds up more. "Not when your fireproof dumb ass."

Nox's hand tightens around his hammer and he slowly walks over to Zel. "No... you'll die here." He says as he raises the hammer above his head.

"W-wait!" Zel cries out as he holds his hands up to defend himself, but it was too Late. Nox quickly brings the hammer down onto his head. His head gave with almost no resistance, Nox could hear every crack and squish coming from him as

Zel let out an ear-piercing scream. "M-My daughter! I'm sorry," he screams as his body topples over the edge of the railing and he falls into the pit.

Nox stands there for a few seconds before finally throwing up. The warm Blood on him quickly turned ice-cold as the realization of what happened set in. He had just taken a man's life, a man who had a daughter and whose goals were most likely similar.

Nox dropped the hammer and started the trek back to the elevator. He only stopped when he saw a photo of a girl on the ground. With shaky hands, he bent over and picked it up from the ground. He took a few moments to look at the smiling face before putting it into his pocket and walking over to the elevator. He had one last job to do for the day.

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Tori arrives at the battlefield in the middle of the night with no fanfare. It was incredibly easy for Tori to slip into the girl's dorm and find herself a bed. As she lay on her bed she couldn't help but wonder if she could turn the tide of battle, but that worry was washed away as she fell into a deep sleep.

Her nap was quick as she was shaken away by another soldier. "Get up, we're under attack." Tori quickly shakes herself awake and gets up and quickly dresses in her armor. "When did they attack?" She asks, strangely calm.

"It was a sneak attack." He says, peaking out of the tent. "Somehow they managed to off our scouts. Ready?" He asks, looking over at her. "Tori smiles and nods her head. The man only shakes his head and opens the door and charges at a man whose back was turned to him.

Tori's eyes open wide as she quickly realizes just how bad they were outclassed they were. Bodies littered the ground, their blood staining the grass to a dark red, their intestines littering the ground. Quickly trying to erase the image from her mind she draws her sword and runs at a man wearing armor and a dark blue bandana around his neck. She was surprised at how easy it was to thrust her sword through the soldier's chest.

He couldn't have been any older than 16, and so simply she was able to take his life. Her hands start to shake as she pulls the sword out of his chest, letting him fall onto the ground with a thud. Tori attempts to turn of her mind as she mercilessly slashes through the men and women running at her.

She was disgusted at how easy she was able to take their life. Even if one managed to strick her it was chilled play to the damage she was able to inflict on the untrained soldiers. After a moment of calm, she decided to look around to truly see what she had done. Bodies littered the ground around her to the point a young girl played on her knees grieving over a young boy that she had cut in half. Tori wanted to stop, she wanted to run back to her room and read her manga. She wanted to tease Nox over his love of robots, but a voice echoed in her head.

The voice started small but she could hear it get louder and louder. It screamed for blood, it wanted her to cut the girl down in front of her. She tried to ignore the voice but the voice quickly changed its tune. "You're a hero." It whispered. "All you need to do is finish her off, and you'll finally be loved,"

Tori studied her hands and raised the blade over her head and brought it down, cutting into the girl's head like butter. The voice seemed to scream in pleasure as she falls to her knees. It was like Silver had said. She had single-handedly managed to turn the tide of battle, but there was no fan fair. Only her and the screaming voice in her head.

She picks herself up and walks back to her tent. Soldiers watched her in abject horror at what they had seen. Sigle handily she had slaughtered an entire battlefield, and with little to no emotion, she walks back to the room. A man dressed in a nice suit and tie walked into the room after her and led her to the car.

Tori sits down in her seat and looks at the man who gives her a thumbs up. "You did amazing Miss hero, your blessing was so much greater than what we could have ever thought. Silver has decided to send you to another battlefield. if you agree." He asks. Tori opens her mouth to object but the voice slowly convinces her to say yes. The man nods his head and signals to the driver to lead them to the next stop.