Things were starting to go smoother for the group as Takashi had made the jump to the Humvee and gotten the girl into the tank-like car. They were about to drive off until they all heard the roaring of something. It was coming from the direction that Haruto had flown. Kohta turned his head and once more saw the monster coming at them. Only this time… it was doing back flips as it flew through the air. Everyone was either at a window or squeezing in to see by Kohta.
The thing looked like a missile as it flew by them with a deafening roar. Everyone's eyes were clenched shut as they clapped their hands over their ears. When they were sure that the ringing had stopped, they all opened their eyes and ears to hear another sound. And everyone's sweat dropped at the sight of Haruto running after the thing. "THAT'S RIGHT BITCH! DOESN'T FEEL SO GOOD, HUH?"
They all turned their heads in unison as Haruto went blasting past them. Saya palmed her forehead as she looked down in mock-shame. And I'm in love that guy… She looked back up and out the window and saw that there was now a massive cloud of dust. She turned to Shizuka. "Shizuka-chan, Hurry up and get after him!"
The doctor in training nodded and restarted the engine of the Humvee before she slammed it into reverse and they were off down the street towards Haruto and the Behemoth. Everyone else was wondering where "Shizuka-chan" came from.
Haruto had caught up to the Behemoth and had slammed his fist into its stomach, sending it the extra foot into the ground and causing a cloud of dust to explode from the point of impact. He had then gotten on top of it and began his beating.
He was on its chest and was continually smashing his foot into the Behemoth's face, getting sickening crunches every single time. After about a minute of pounding Haruto was beginning to get angered. "Why? The Fuck! Won't? You're Head? Break?" He kept it up for another five minutes until, finally, the monster's head caved in. Haruto, standing on the things chest, felt all of the muscles relax and his own nerves were calmed by it. He huffed as he stepped off of the Behemoth. "About damn time!"
He turned and was about to walk towards where he saw the mechanical monster parked until he heard the familiar roar of its engine coming towards him. He knew that it was them and jumped and landed on the roof of the monster car. Shizuka felt the car rumble when he landed and kept going down the street. He dropped into the hole when Kohta moved out of the way and landed in a crouch inside.
Haruto, exhausted, fell back onto his butt and leaned against the right side of the back area. Saya smiled and crawled back to join him. He cracked an eye open and smiled as he wrapped an arm around her as she leaned into him and curled up at his side. Everyone's eyes widened at this except for Kohta, who saw them in bed on his way down. He simply smiled and closed his eyes as he turned. At least she's happy and not scared.
Takashi started to point between the two. "Uh… Haruto-san… when did this happen?" Haruto cracked his right eye open again as he looked at Takashi. "Just this morning if you go by day." Takashi sighed and simply took it. "Oh well... Anyway, do you know just what the hell that thing was?" Haruto was wide awake now but he still held his arm around Saya, who was now looking to Haruto for the same answer.
"I'm not sure… I've never seen anything like it, that's for sure. It was… hmmm… 'mutated' I guess is the best word for it. It was bigger than any infected that I've ever seen..." Takashi nodded as he turned and leaned back in his seat. "You're right… considering how these things are… that definitely wasn't normal. But… are you sure that it's dead?"
Haruto looked at him with his lidded eye. "By dead what do you mean?" Takashi spoke back in a slightly louder tone. "Well I mean what I mean. Is it dead?" Haruto sighed. "Well I guess the question you should be asking is whether or not it will stay dead. The fucker was dead to begin with and it wasn't very easy to kill again. I sure as hell hope it stays dead, that's for damn sure!"
Saya giggled as she closed her eyes again and began to drift. Haruto spoke up slightly. "Shizuka-chan, how long do you think it would take to get across the river?" It took her a minute until she answered him back. "It will take us about two hours to get across." Haruto nodded even though she couldn't see him. "Thank you, Shizuka-chan."
Taking into account the time that he had, he began to close his eyes, before he did, though, he spoke into his mind. If you say one damn thing, Alter, you get the bunny treatment! "What's the bunny treatment?"I will put an army of ninja bunnies in the mindscape and give them the powers to shoot rainbows from their hands and blow sugar out of their asses! "You wouldn't..."
Haruto's mind went quiet and he started to hear Alter speak. "Huh? What… what the fuck is that? OH SHIT! GET THE FUCK AWAY FROM ME! AAAAAHHHHH!" Haruto chuckled darkly to himself, getting freaked out looks from the others. Haruto then heard the sounds of battle coming from inside his head. "GET AWAY YOU FUCKING BUNNY RABBITS! NO ONE WANTS YOUR ASS SUGAR! Wait… is that… GRENADE!"
Haruto burst out laughing as he started to doze off. Takashi heard him and began to shiver. I swear… this guy's insane when he's tired. It's scary as hell… Takashi then closed his eyes as he fell asleep with Rei on his shoulder. Haruto himself soon drifted off into sleep.
Haruto was pulled into his mindscape not long after he fell asleep. What he came to see was a funny sight. He watched and laughed as he saw Alter being chased around the mindscape by tiny ninja bunnies. The land was riddled with craters and there were piles of sugar lying all over the place. Haruto began to roll over and over as he couldn't stop laughing at the state Alter was in.
Alter growled as he passed him with the caboose of bunnies following him. "STOP LAUGHING YOU ASS! GET RID OF THESE THINGS!" Haruto stood and tried his best to lower his laughter. "Hahahaha! Why should I?" Alter ran around again and came by and swiped at Haruto with his own version of Shukketsu Souru, only the colors were reversed as well. He missed as Haruto dodged back. "THESE FUCKERS HAVE EXPLOSIVES!"
His point was made as he dodged a flying green ball that blew up as soon as it touched the ground five feet in front of him. It sent tiny sparks of different colors and confetti flying everywhere. This only made Haruto burst out laughing again as he fell over once more. As he wiped a tear away from his eye, he fixed the problem and the bunnies disappeared in puffs of confetti. Alter stopped running.
The dark enigma stalked over to Haruto who was rolling all over the dead grass. He swiftly kicked his side and Haruto was up on his feet. "What the hell was that for?" Alter just stared at him with angered eyes. "You're an asshole, man..." Haruto scoffed as he crossed his arms and leaned back on his leg. "You're a bigger asshole, you fucker." Alter nodded as he turned to walk away. "Touché..."
Haruto started to follow him. "So why did you bring me here this time around?" Alter shrugged his shoulders and spoke without turning to him. "I was bored and wanted to be an asshole and not let you get a good sleep." Haruto scowled at this. "You aren't giving me much incentive to work on figuring out how to get you out of here. Alter laughed before he spoke. "You aren't doing shit! I'm the one in here thinking of all that shit! Fuck… do you realize how hard it is to think of a solution to this?"
Haruto laughed at him as they stopped and Alter turned to the river of blood that they walked along. "Why do you think I left it up to you to figure out how to do it? I'm too busy to think about it." Alter shrugged and Haruto raised an eyebrow. "Is something up? You aren't in as much of a fighting spirit as you normally are. The dark entity sighed as he turned to Haruto. "Even I know when things are starting to get serious. Serious times call for a serious attitude, Haruto."
Haruto's eyes got wide as he heard Alter. Not only was he being serious, he had actually called him by his name as well. "What do you mean 'serious times'?" Alter turned and put his arms behind his back, facing Haruto with a serious look. "That thing that you fought… the Behemoth… that wasn't a normal infected human… it had been mutated in some way obviously..."
He could only nod in agreement with Alter. "Knowing that it was mutated… that would most likely mean that this outbreak has been caused purposely. Someone, somehow, got a hold of whatever caused the outbreak in the Elemental Nations, I'm guessing. It would be one of the few possible reasons that that thing was even here. Mind you… it could just be some sort of mutation in the genetic makeup of whatever brings these things back to life or infects everyone else. Whatever it is, Haruto, you need to be careful. If it is making things like that Behemoth then it could more than likely create things far more dangerous than that..."
Normally Haruto would've been joking around with Alter, talking about him going soft on him, but even he knew when seriousness was called for. He nodded and spoke back to him. "I'll be careful. I guess that all we can hope for is that it's just a change in the makeup like you said. If it's not then someone has turned this into a weapon… and that would only make trouble for us..."
Alter nodded as he turned away. "You may go now, Haruto. Remember to watch your back from now on. God only knows what other things may lurk in the dark in this place." Haruto nodded in acknowledgement and turned as he faded once more from his mindscape.