Friday, March 27, 2009
New Girl In Town
Part 17
"Zaaahhnn!", shouted Leah from the lift entrance. Her voice reached the whole of the floor itself, getting full attention of the two strong fighters. Zahn could barely look up to her while Crocodile only gave a faint smile. Spotting a nearby heavy pebble belonging to a fish pond, she picked it up and took aim of the target.
"Crocodile! Here's my present to you!", she exclaimed while swinging her arm in one full circle. She locked on to his forehead and threw the pebble as hard as she could. It came towards Crocodile like a flaming arrow cutting through the thickest air. Unfortunately, Crocodile was able to dodge it smoothly just by shifting his neck to the side. Things then got worse as the flying pebble hit the timebomb which was directly behind the boss. In just a matter of seconds, the timebomb lost control and self-destructed.
"Boooom!" The explosion was loud that even the other friends could hear from outside SmartBrain. The danger was massive and it felt like no one could survive from it. The highest floor, especially, was already half-ruined as the ceiling was destroyed. Aeonex, Ryuuziq and the couple suddenly stopped their own activities and watched the tragedy. They were extremely disturbed by the scene that they just saw. A silent atmosphere surrounded them.
"Zahn..Leah..They're still in the building..", whispered Ryuuziq.
"D-Don't tell me..they're..d-dea...", Aeonex continued but was interrupted before he finished the whole sentence.
"Don't even think like that!", Tiqi stepped up. "I know that I just saw something really awful, but I believe that Zahn and Leah are still alive. They must be."
All eyes were on Tiqi for a moment. Mal even wanted to say something negative, but he was influenced by her powerful words.
"That's right. Guys! We must have faith in Zahn and Leah. We must believe that they are still in one piece", Mal supported Tiqi. Just by doing that, he was loved even more deeply.
He then continued, "But first..We must learn what the hell belief is!".
Back at Crocodile's lair, Leah managed to escape from death somehow and so did Crocodile. Both of them were covered with concrete rubbles. Leah then searched for Zahn, calling his name out loud, but it seemed that bulky concretes were everywhere. Leah did not want to give up and started digging out the concretes to find him. Fortunately, Zahn was conscious at the other end of the room, but he could not reach to Leah's ears about the danger that was about to happen to her. It was a double blow for him as he was badly injured and also trapped among the heavy concretes.
"Leah..*cough cough*..Behind..you!", Zahn tried to lift his voice. He failed as Crocodile moved towards Leah with a dagger on his left hand. Zahn could only watch while in vain. As Leah dug out small rocks for Zahn, a big shadow blocked her way. Realizing the shape of it, she turned behind slowly.
"Ughh". Leah stared at Crocodile while he pierced the dagger through her right kidney. Blood was dripping from it, causing her to feel the utmost pain.
Crocodile then went closer to her ears and voiced out, "You shouldn't have come to rescue your dead lover".
She stoned and thought for herself, "Is this..the end of me? I really wanted to be..with him..forever. I guess not".
Suddenly, Zahn, who was hiding from far, saw everything. That particular event got him extremely mad. "Noooo!!".
Crocodile, hearing Zahn's news again, then dropped Leah to the floor full of rocks and strained his eyes for Zahn. A pink flaming aura began to appear from Zahn's body, restoring back into his perfect condition. His hair became spiky and his skin turned slightly to red. An area of concretes were then smashed upwards as Zahn stood again. His eyes became fiery due to what he was seeing. Crocodile then took the dagger out from Leah's body and teased him, "You're still alive,huh. Too bad I killed her first".
Crocodile then ran towards the glaring Zahn and tried to stab him. Zahn could see everything in slow motion while he was in his furious form. Right at that moment, he gave a surprise to Crocodile, "Jet Puunnch!!". It was a punch similar to that of a jet's speed. The one-hit hot shot hit right at his abdomen. Crocodile was sent flying to the cracked walls.
"I-Impossible", muttered Crocodile. Being knocked out and blown through the walls, he had made his own company to collapse slowly.
Zahn hurried towards Leah and carried her like a newly married couple.
"Leah..Leah!", he tried to wake her up. Lady luck was at his side as she opened her eyes slightly. "Z-Zahn..I..I love you". She was too painful to be conscious and fainted. The building then was about to be destroyed. He had to rush.
Z.N { 12:55 PM }
