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(Continued...)

Sector C:


BWIND22 hurriedly motioned to MISSMACABRE to lay down quickly. MissM did so without a second thought and looked up again, quizzically. Bwind jerked his head to the left, and MissM followed his gaze. A low, dark cave was near in front of her, and someone's silhouette could clearly be seen inside.

Bwind motioned to her to relax and sit back. MissM lifted her Sniper rifle and zoomed in at the figure. It was DESPARE!! She almost gave out a loud yell of happiness, but just then Bwind had started firing.

BLAM!! BLAM!! BLAM!! BLAM!! BLAM!! BLAM!!
BLAM!! BLAM!! BLAM!! BLAM!! BLAM!! BLAM!!

Despare's limbs flailed in all directions as he fell backwards. The bullets thudded everywhere into his body and he was helpless, a sitting duck inside the cave. He fell down heavily, grabbing at his HPs in desperation. He was halfway through his patch-up when the second round of bullets came flying through the air to punch through his body.

BLAM!! BLAM!! BLAM!! BLAM!! BLAM!! BLAM!!
BLAM!! BLAM!! BLAM!! BLAM!! BLAM!! BLAM!!

MissM smiled through the slight smoke of her now-empty Sniper rifle. Despare was blinded by the immense pain, but fought it off desperately as his HPs were being used quickly to patch various parts of his body. MissM looked at bwind to give him a thumbs-up, and froze at what she saw.

A trio of red dots had zoomed on bwind's back, and stopped. MissM opened her mouth to yell a warning at bwind, but it was too late.

THRACKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!

The plasma beam scorched its way through the trees and smacked bwind on his right shoulder plate from behind. Bwind fell down with a huge howl of pain, clutching at his HPs. MissM cringed at the sight, but then suddenly realised something and froze. Bwind shouted at her to run and duck behind a tree, but by the time MissM's brains had deciphered what bwind had shouted to her, the red dots had froze on her chest.

THRACKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!

The plasma beam's force threw MissM back into a huge clump of bushes. She smelled her own sizzling and burning flesh and yelped in pain, grabbing at her HPs. She groaned loudly and patched herself, just as the Predator moved out of the trees from somewhere behind her.


DEMON SEED heard the shots from behind him and turned around quickly. He knew there were some targets nearby and some of his fellow Slayers had found them. With a quick step of urgency, he hurried forward. Just then, he suddenly stumbled and went face down to the ground. He looked up angrily at the spot he had stumbled on, and froze. PAPILLON NOIR looked back at him, equally frozen. Noir recovered first, and jumped up to run. DS grabbed at his side, and came up with the ROCKET LAUNCHER he had bought at the BR II Goodies Shop, and aimed at her. Noir started running towards the right. DS took careful aim, and quickly pressed the trigger twice.

HISSSS!! HISSSS!!

Both rockets flew towards Noir, and exploded right in front of her, sending her flying into the trunk of a tree.

BOOM!! BOOM!!

Noir's whole body opened up into huge blotches of flesh and blood, and she grabbed at her HPs to heal herself. All her HPs were used up to seal off her bleeding wounds, and Noir leant back on the tree. Someone jumped in front of her, and Noir yelled in surprise.

It was Nightmare of Death.

Nightmare quickly brought some HPs out of her own bag and thrust them into Noir's hands. She then looked left and right, and ran forward. DS had his Sniper Rifle out by then, and had chanced across the scene. He pointed his Sniper Rifle at Noir and fired blindly.

BLAM!! BLAM!! BLAM!! BLAM!! BLAM!! BLAM!!

Noir was stuck to the base of the tree she was standing in. The bullets thundered their way into her already blown-apart body, and she rolled downwards to the ground silently, a weak hand patching her body with the ones Nightmare had given to her.

DS looked up, and saw Nightmare disappearing in the distance. He carefully aimed at her through the scope, and rapidly pressed the trigger again.

BLAM!! BLAM!! BLAM!! BLAM!! BLAM!! BLAM!!

Nightmare went reeling into the trees ahead, and DS smiled in utter satisfaction. He threw down his empty Sniper Rifle and feasted his eyes on the SLIGHTLY WOUNDED body of Noir, just as a trio of red dots centered themselves on his broad back.

THRACKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!

DS's eyes bulged out in sheer surprise. The plasma beam had struck him full blast on his side, and he went down with a huge roar of pain. As soon as DS reached for his HPs, the Predator's eyes dazzled in the distance for a brief second, then disappeared.


(Final Continuation next...)