Crusaders III: The New Age 1.47

8.2.          The Event Half – Geranium

Geranium saw the two riders approaching her; it was Black and Yellow. They split up to come from different sides. Or that was she assumed, but she was wrong. Black stopped short on the move, while Yellow went on to the rear of Geranium. They were now in the front and back of her position.

Black then stepped off her bike and approached Geranium. She then spread her wings out as if in flight. She flapped it gradually while increasing the momentum. It was then Geranium felt the pressure pressed against her by the flapping of the wings. It was a like a large fan blowing at you. She turned to look at Yellow who was still standing there not moving. Her wings were curled in to the back.

Black spread her arms, and from her fingers the talons appeared. The talons looked like scimitars blade but half its length. She rushed at Geranium but the later had stepped back while she swung her whip. That stroke made Black jumped up and thrust her talons out. Geranium took the cue to run to the left, and swung her whip to cover her flank.

But Geranium did not expect the next move.

Yellow had rushed in stealth from the rear and had leapt up. She had the same talons like Black. She had intercepted Geranium without her knowledge. Yellow had first strike; her left talons cut into Geranium at the back of the shoulder. Geranium rolled over on the strike, and dropped the whip. She kept on rolling for a distance.

Geranium saw Black had moved in on her right, and Geranium reached for the rapier. She thrust the rapier up towards Black who saw it coming. The other had stopped in mid-stride but it was late. The rapier thrust into the left kidney of the Harpies.

Geranium sat up and pushed the rapier in. Black hit out with the talons, but Geranium had hit out with her left leg to push the Harpy off while releasing the rapier. She rolled over and then stood up. Black was limping from her wound, while Yellow had rejoined her partner.

Geranium held onto her rapier. She noticed Black had collapsed to her knees, while Yellow was holding her up. That time, Geranium went into action. She rushed towards the duo but Yellow stood out to face her. That time, Yellow waited for Geranium, but she was not in the same league. Yellow spread out her wings and leapt up. She kick out with her right leg at Geranium into the face.

The kick dropped Geranium backwards.

“Damn!” Geranium cried out. She saw the next attack; the dropkick towards her face. She waited for it and at the last moment, she turned away and grabbed the leg. She pulled it down and caused Yellow to land on her back. When Yellow was down on the ground, she land a punch into the ribs. With that blow, she rolled Yellow over on the back and pulled at the wings.

Geranium yanked the wings off the Harpy, and lashed out with her legs for leverage to pull the wings off. Yellow screams out, but Geranium did the unexpected. She twisted the wings together and snapped it. She did the rollover before rushing towards Black. The other limped away but Geranium had closed the distance. She leapt up and did a kick on her own. The kick land on Black’ chest and was followed through with a punch in the face. Geranium moved in later with the rapier. She thrust the rapier into the Harpy face.

“It was the way to kill you demons.” Geranium cursed at the Harpy. She pulled the rapier out and approached Yellow. It was about the same time, Helmut killed his share of the Harpies.

8.3.          The Event Half – The Calvary

Helmut shouted to Geranium when he saw the other Vampires moved in upon the death of the Harpies. The hounds were released and the Vampires pacing behind it. Geranium saw the new threat and ran to the nearest bike. She boarded and rode it. She trained the cannons on the approaching hounds, giving them a spat of the cannons power. She traversed the wheel and sped towards Helmut.

“Jump on.” Geranium told the other. It was then she heard the firing of the other cannons and phaser from the far side of her position. She looked over and saw the few vehicles with the cannons blasting away. It was Major Burnside with his mercenaries, on the ten vehicles. She saw more of the mercenaries firing from their high points at the Vampires. Helmut refused the bike offer and rushed himself at the Vampires.

“Damn fool!” Geranium cursed out while she rode the bike to attack the Vampires. She went for the nearest Nephilim; blasting at the lower half of the body causing the giant to drop down, before she laid her fire on the giant upper body. She then rode the bike on top of the fallen Nephilim while firing the cannons. At her high vantage point, she ditched the bike onto another Nephilim at the back. The giant went down while Geranium dropped on top of it, and thrust her rapier into the back of the Nephilim neck.

Helmut swung the sword at the Vampire at the neck, while his left arm punched at the other one rushing towards him. It was then he felt the machete struck his back, but his chain mail protected him. He turned his back and used his elbow to hit at the Vampire.

The mercenaries are skirting the boundary to lay fire on the enemies, but the speed of the later was allowing them to hit hard on the mercenaries. Major Burnside saw two of his vehicles were overrun by the Vampires with the hounds. They were laying their fangs into the already dead mercenaries. He took out the grenades and lobbed it over onto the vehicles.

“Die, you freaks!” Major Burnside shouted out while he fired with his phaser. He was then pushed down by the hound that jumped on his back. He fell down but managed to roll over. He fired at the hound in the jaws at point blank.

“Move~” Major Burnside shouted, but his command was cut short when the Vampire chopped down on his left knee with the machete. The blow caused him excoriating pain while he pulled away for safety. The Vampire shopped down once more and severed his lower leg but he fired then at the Vampire in the head. He tried to sit u[ but the pain forced him to lay back. He looked and then saw Helmut.

“Retreat~” Major Burnside shouted out, but his command was stifled once more; that time by a hound who snapped at his wounded leg stump. He screamed out and then shot the hound in the head. He knew it was all over for him. He would not be fed on. He took the remaining grenades on his web belt and detonated it over him. That explosion caused Helmut who was nearby to thrown off his feet, and landed unconscious on the ground. It also killed some of the Vampires, and hounds, but the surviving ones continued their attack. Geranium saw him fall, and rushed over. She checked his body but he was still alive. She looked for the broadsword, but it was not there. It could had been taken, or destroyed.

Geranium pulled him up and led him to the bike nearby. It was Blue’ and she rode it off with Helmut slumped on her back. She rode off to the Stadium.