Chapter 2: “Allover Again”
Nico felt a pressure upon his chest, slowly opening his eyes, rubbing them as he looked up, a woman on her knees sat ontop of him.
"Get up, already! You're supposed to be somewhere already!"
The woman spoke, she was pretty fit by first look, well dressed in dark, tactical clothing, her face concealed by a mask. Nico reacted abruptly, swinging his hand forth towards her, as she flipped backwards, avoiding the attack well throwing a device to Nico's arms, the device shooting out a wire, tying his wrists together.
"Hah..! Can't get me that easy, Ryoto!"
She laughed cockily, before her eyes widened. Nico had dashed to her side in a flash, his hands tearing through the wire as he swung his hand to her head, sending her out the window.
She was launched into a tree, coughing as she slowly stood back up, Nico following her out the window as he threw a punch towards her.
She quickly redirected his attack, following with a punch to the gut, stunning Nico as she ended with a powerful kick to his chest, sending him back, and winding him.
He landed on the floor, holding his chest and coughing heavily, looking up to the apptoaching woman, as she pointed a small device to him.
"Could've just cooperated! Geez.."
The device fired a taser to his chest, the elctricity shocking him, as well as deactivating his prosthetic's explosives, as she then chopped down at his neck, knocking him out.
Nico woke up in a seated position, his hands restraint as his sight was blurry, though he could indicate a light from the ceiling, as well as many dark figured staring down towards him.
He attempted to break his hands free, though it appears the handcuffs restraining him were far too thick to do such, his explosives still deactivated, as he struggled around.
"Where the hell am I!?!?!"
He was interrupted by one of the figures approaching him, wearing a bright yellow mask with a smiley face onto it. The figure was a tall man, who lifted Nico up by his shirt slowly, staring down at him as Nico only continued to struggle.
"You ignored our message, be thankful we don't just kill you right here. We'll give you a second chance, but screw up again and you're gone."
The man dropped him back in his seat, stepping a few steps back, the woman from before stepping forth as she removed his handcuffs, though then quickly placing a pistol to his head.
Nico felt hesitant? Slowly standing up, keeping a stoic face, his hands raising before he kicked his seat into the woman, ducking the instinctual fire of her pistol, before snatching it from her.
"Alright, I'm not doing this shit with a gun pointed at me, why am I here..?"
The woman stood back up, seeming upsetted though she contained herself, the man taking the gun from Nico, crossing his arms as he nodded.
"As you've read from the letter we sent you, I've decided to hire you as our new member towards a horrid threat. This threat being.. Demons."
Nico looked in confusion, tilting his head before shaking his head in disbelief.
"Alright, enough of your little jokes, demons aren't real, jackass."
The man looked over to one of the others, signaling them as they flipped a switch, a wall opening, as on the other side was a horrid creature, their skin red as their body was thin to the bone, they had long claws and fangs, jumping towards the glass barrier, scaring Nico as he backed away from it.
"The hell!? What kind of fucking disease does that thing have!?"
The wall was clickly reclosed as the creature was cracking the glass, screeching now heard from behind the wall, followed by gunshots until the creature's noises ended.
"Now that you've seen these demons, you have no choice but to join. You can call me 'Leader' as I lead your new team. I'll be sending you on a mission immediately."
Nico carried many questione, attempting to get a word out, though two others quickly lead him out the room before he could, throwing him into the back of a truck as they quickly got to driving, Nico simply sitting in the back.
"What the hell, man..! I don't wanna do this crap, I just wanna retire.."
He looked into the back window, seeing the two seated in the front. They removed their masks, one being an older woman, looking mature with her glasses and blond hair, the other being a young man with brown hair, placing a dark blue cap on his head.
Nico clicked his finger on the glass, the woman looking back as he then tore the window off, staring at the two with an upset expression on his face.
"Who the hell are you guys!? What's with this all!"
The woman pushed her glasses back up, lending her hand out as she offered a handshake, though Nico would reject the offer, causing her to frown.
"I'm Mari."
The woman spoke, turning back towards the front, as she poked on the man's shoulder, then pointing back to Nico once she gained his attention.
The man would look back at Nico, randomly glancing back forth, considering he was driving, eventually not paying attention at all, as Mari had to take care of the wheel, swearing at him in the background.
"Uh, yeah I'm Royce. You're gonna go kill some demons, just a weak few to see if you're a fraud or not, best of luck!"
He suddenly punched Nico in the face, knocking him off of the truck as he landed in an alleyway, Mari sticking her head out of the window, pointing to a manhole.
"Go in there and.. just try not to die. You have three minutes before we'll have to butt in and save you."
Nico held his forehead, gritting his teeth as he pulled the manhole cover off, looking down in the complete darkness, before dropping in.
Once he landed, he took out a lighter, the subtle light barely helping him see, the sounds of pest and critters heard well he walked forth through the area.
A sudden created attacked, pouncing towards Nico as he held it back with his arm. The creature was the ugliest being he's ever seen, truly a thing out of hell as it bit at his arm, trying to chee through the metal.
Nico attempted to use his explosions, though it seemed they were still deactivated. He grabbed the creature by their forehead, ramming it into a wall as it was easily crushed, it seemed these demons weren't as bad as he first believed.
More of the demons approached, all running and pouncing at him, as he'd punch the heads off of each one, finding a bit of fun out of it.
"Man.. This is kinda like being in a game!"
He grinned, pixking up a broken pipe, swinging demons back like baseballs, stabbing the pipe through one's chests, as his explosions finally reactivated.
He'd put his palm to one end of the pole, shooting out consecutive tiny explosions, as they fired through the pipe like a gun, firing them at the remaining demons as he laughed.
Once he was finished, he dropped the pipe, wiping the sweat off his forehead as he caught his breath, before looking up, yelling out to Mari and Royce.
"That was eas-"
He was suddenly hit, sent into the wall. He groaned before looking forth, a much larger demon standing across from him, eating the smaller demons as it slowly stepped towards Nico.
He ran towards the demon, boosting up with his explosions, as he threw a punch to their head, causing them to stumble back a bit, but they got right back into returning an attack, slamming Nico down into the floor with their fists.
Nico coughed, looking up as he quickly rolled out of the way, the demon stomping sown to where he would've been crushed as he got back up, boosting off the wall as the demon looked up at him above.
Nico put his wrists together, his hands out and his fingers spread, as he shot consecutive little explosions out, like a large firecracker, as they stunned and blinded the demon, allowing Nico to then land down, kicking the demon's jaw into dislocation, before slamming his fist down it's throat, explosing them from the inside.
Royce and Mari looked down into the manhole, staring at Nico, covered in blood as gusts were everywhere, Royce speaking.
"Hey, you're only supposed to dye your hair red, not everything else..!"
Nico growled, throwing a chunk of the demon's flesh at Royce's face, then jumping out of the manhole as he climbed back into the truck.
"Alright, let's go back now.."
Royce wiped his face as Mari looked to Nico, shrugging. The two got back in the truck, driving him back to the Leader.
"Y'know, since you've already accepted that you're stuck with this, you might as well quit being moody about it! We heard you having fun an laughing down there."
Mari looked back at Nico, kindly smiling, as Nico was merely being pissy, laying back with his arms crossed. Mari sighed, looking back and forth, reading through a magazine.
They had returned to the factory, the three getting off as they were greeted by the Leader, a slow clap heard from him.
"Well, well. It seems you've done just fine, disregarding the mess.. You've completed your first mission, it's time you get a proper introduction to your team…"
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