Kursed: Darkness Amidst (COMPLETED)

[Guest Para Astaroth]

Don't think I have forgotten about the next chapter.  I've just been a little too busy to ACTUALLY finish it and post it, so just give me a little more time :wink:

[Hatsworth III]

whoa! i read all the other chapters, great fanfic para!

good luck with the next chapter!

[Chitty-Chitty-Bum-Bum~]

whoa! i read all the other chapters, great fanfic para!

good luck with the next chapter!

yea what he said! i wish id readen it earlier!

[Guest Para Astaroth]

whoa! i read all the other chapters, great fanfic para!

good luck with the next chapter!

yea what he said! i wish id readen it earlier!

Thanks! 

It might another week or so before the next chapter is released.

[Guest Para Astaroth]

Chapter 13

Off in the distance, far away from the battle ensuming with Kursed and Meta, the commander and his squad were rallying up the remaining Darius City forces to evacuate the vicinity, and let Kursed and Meta fight it out without having lives taken in the process.  He looked down at his communicator, showing a timer that was winding down with the last few minutes before the whole city would be nuked and decimated.  He looked up, then around, and saw the other squads rushing back to him; stopping and the seargants jogging up to him.

"The whole place has been evacuated as planned, sir!"  One of the Seargants said, and the emergency shuttles were shipping off Darius City in the tens and twenties. 

"Good,"  He calmly responded and looked off in the direction of the fight; seeing a few flashes and earth flying up.  "They're still at it, aren't they, Seargant?"  He asked, still looking in the same direction.

"Err, yes sir, they are.  They have been at it for a complete thirty minutes."

"...That's too long..."  He mumbled, looking back down at his communicator.  "...You've got to speed this up, Kursed...!  You don't have that much longer...!" 

"Sir?"  The Seargant curiously asked, tilting his head.  The commander turned to him, then looked at the rest of the squadmates that were with him. 

"Alright.  LISTEN UP!!"  He announced.  "We've done all we can here but it's not enough to stop KAM-4 now!  So, we are going to leave it in Kursed's hands to get the job done!" 

"What if she fails at doing so, sir?"  One of the privates asked through the croud.

"If she fails, then the city will be assimilated by an orbital nuke strike!"

"Are you REALLY planning on going with that plan, sir?!"  Another private asked.

"If it gets the job done and kills KAM-4, then yes, I am!  End of discussion!!  Now, get your gear together, heads and eyes up, and report to your shuttles.  We're leaving Darius City!"  He ordered and the soldiers started rushing to the shuttles, which were about two miles away from their current position.  The commander, however, just watched them run and turned his head half way in the fight's direction. 

You only have ten minutes left, Kursed.  He thought to himself.  After that, the order is initiated and...  You will be taken down along with Darius City.  If you manage to get out before then... Well...  Then you're one lucky son-of-a-vixen...  He turned and began walking in the direction the soldiers were going, never looking back, and his helmet's visor slid over his eyes.

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Meanwhile, where the fight was going on, an explosion erupted and a wall of smoke broke out, and rose up in the sky.  Kursed staggered to her feet, wiping a simmer of blood from her lip, and rushing back out; meeting Meta through the smoke, and slamming a fist to her stomach.  Meta groaned and stumbled back, holding her stomach, and shot her head back up; firing out laser beams from her biotic eyes.  Kursed gasped, and dove out of the way just in time.

"C'mon, Meta!  Is this the BEST you can do?"  Kursed angrily taunted to Meta, rising to her feet.  Meta cocked her head and grunted; raising her hand to her side and forming a small energy orb.  "So predictable you are, Meta..."  She chuckled and got ready.  "...Whenever you're ready... Go for it."

"Without remorse!"  Meta said, raising her voice, then raising the orb over her head.  She slowly started ascending up into the sky, over the building, and above the skyscrapers, until Kursed looked like a dot from Meta's perspective.  "If you think you're so TOUGH, then try and stop THIS ONE!!!  I'm going to DESTROY THIS WHOLE CITY!!!  And there's NOTHING YOU CAN DO!!!  She yelled down to Kursed, and started emitting enormous amounts of energy into the orb; forcing it to grow, and grow, and grow, and grow, until it was three times the size of Darius City (Which is about thirty to fifty miles wide, fourty to fifty-five miles long).

Kursed stood shocked at the sight, and a huge gust of wind started blowing down onto Darius City; making Kursed hair flap wildly and her ripped clothing flap widely, also, and small parts tearing off.  She gritted her teeth and slightly crouched over, looking back up at the orb as it got bigger and bigger.  I don't know if I have enough power to reflect or match that orb power for power...  To be honest, I don't even know if I can use any energy based attacks, other than psychokinetic ones...  But that's a totally different ball game...  She wearily thought and looked down to the ground.  If only I learned that ability earlier then I wouldn't be in this situation!  BLAST my stubborness!!!  She angrily shook her head, accusing herself, and looked back up at Meta. 

Meta had finished gathering the energy she needed and looked up at the orb.  Glowing a menacing green, She evily chuckled, then it went into an uproar of laughter.  "Oh, how so DELIGHTFUL this will be, Kursed!"  She yelled down to her foe.  "Seeing this orb hurtle down towards your feeble self, you trying to stop it but failing, and watching Darius City EXPLODE into millions of pieces!!!!  OH, it will be SOO SPLENDID!!!" 

"Just shutup and get on with it..."  Kursed sighed to herself and just stood up straight.  "There's nothing more that I can do.  You have me at a point to where I can't do anything else.  You have energy based attacks, I do not..."  Kursed said to Meta and lowered her head.  "...I guess this is where it ends..."

"YOU'RE QUITE THE BRIGHT ONE, KURSED!!!  NOW, PERISH!!!"  She screamed and reared back.  "REVENGE KARMA BALL!!!!"  Meta threw her hands down and began laughing evily as the gigantic energy ball started racing down to the surface; emittitng a loud, but low, humming noise, and debris flying up.  Kursed just watched as the orb got closer and closer to the surface, destroying the skyscrapers, and buildings, and it closed in on Kursed's position.  She slightly smiled and closed her eyes, letting everything settle in.

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As the commander was boarding his ship, all the soldiers in his ship, and the others, started murmuring and yelling as the orb triple the size of Darius City was descending down onto the city itself.  "By god...  GUN THE ENGINES!!!  GET US THE H*** OUT OF HERE!!!! NOWWWW!!!!!!!!"  He yelled to them, and the hatch shut behind him.  He dove to his seat and the soldiers strapped theirselves in.  "How much longer???!!!"  He horrifically asked the pilots.

"Time nearly expiring, sir!!"  The pilot to the right responded, looking around to the commander.

"DOUBLE TIME IT TO HQ!!!  QUICKLY!!!"

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As the massive ball kept getting closer, a figure rose up behind Kursed and staggered about to his feet.  Arm to his left shoulder and bleeding profoundly, he stumbled closer to Kursed; ignoring the enormous ball that was closing in on the city.  He stopped behind Kursed and gently rested his hand on her shoulder.  "D-duh... Don't t-tell me... You're giving... u-up so easily...K-Kursed..."  He voice cracked out and Kursed shot around to him.  Her eyes grew wide and the vulpine's appearance became known.

"Scarr??!!!  You're... You're...."  She stammered out, shocked to see him.

"No time...  All you need to worry about is trying to send that ball back up to that metal doppleganger..."

"Yeah, no kidding... But I lack the knowledge of energy based attacks...  There's no way I can even try to stop that thing..."  She wearily exclaimed looking away.

"Then, that's...  Where I come in..."

"What?"  She curriously asked, looking back to him.  "What are you saying?"

"My race was taught about using energy based attacks, mostly element style.  Mine, along with my cousin, learned the element fire, but I soon taught myself other abilities...  So just relax and I'll give you what all energy I have remaining in me..."

"NO!!  You'll die if you give me all of yours!!"  She said, resisting the offer.  Scarr just shook his head and gave her a serious look.

"It doesn't matter right now... All you need to do is get into this position:"  He said, and showed her the stance he did for one of his energy attacks.  "Then you bring your hands behind you, like so, and gather as much energy as possible.  After that...  Then you thrust your hands in front of you, at the target of course, and say the name of the attack, and push everything you have out of you into one single beam."  He explained to her and stood straight up.

"...Are you sure this is going to work...?"  Kursed asked, a little unsure about the idea.

"Trust me on this one...  I know it sounds a bit whacko, but it's probably the only way I can think of to send that ball straight back up."

"Ok, whatever you say..."  Kursed said and mirrored his stance he did before.

"Now, repeat after me:"  He said and Kursed nodded.  "DEEEEEOOOOO..."

"DEEEEEOOOOO..."  She said also.

"XIIIIITROOOOOOO...  now you bring your hands behind you, but say it as you're doing so."  He explained.

"XIIIIITROOOOOOO..."  Kursed brought her hands behind him like so.  Scarr walked up behind her and bent down behind her.

"Now... Yell: 'KOOOOMAHHHHH!!!' and send your hands straight out; sending everything you have in out serging out of you!!!"

Kursed groaned and then growled, sending her hand straight out up to the ball and screamed, "KOOOOMAHHHHH!!!!"  A massive beam fired from her hands and slammed into the ball; haulting it's descent.

[Guest Julius Quasar]

cool! nice job!

[Guest Para Astaroth]

cool! nice job!

Thanks  :)

[rainfyre66]

Woo! VERY exciting chapter! I was wondering when you'd continue this :wink:

[Hatsworth III]

very goood job! very good! keep it up!

[Guest Para Astaroth]

Woo! VERY exciting chapter! I was wondering when you'd continue this

Heh.  I thought the same thing, so when I got bored one day, I decided to do the next chapter.  Sorry if it's sounding a little 'Dragonball Z'ish. 

very goood job! very good! keep it up!

Thanks!  I sure will  :wink:

[Guest Para Astaroth]

I'm planning on posting the next chapter either tomorrow afternoon (I have my brother's 25'th birthday party right after Worship Service at my church and I've got the first round of my Soccer Tournament at 4 P.M.)  or, maybe, during the weekdays, or highly on the weekend.

[Guest Para Astaroth]

Sorry for the delayments, but I'm caught up in other things to even focus on the next chapter.  I'll get it up when I can. :wink:

[Guest Para Astaroth]

Chapter 14

The sea-blue colored beam stopped the gigantic energy ball from descending upon Darius City and debris from uprooted earth haulted in midair as the two energy forces were at bay.  Kursed held the beam with all the strength she had left and Scarr stood behind her, slightly bent over from his wounds and the wind blowing violently around him, and Meta, still high above Darius City, tried to send shockwaves down to the gigantic energy ball, but it came to no avail in descending further.  She sent out several more shockwaves but it was only rebounded off the energy ball and into space.

Back on the ground, Kursed struggled to keep the beam at a constant rate but was fulled by small bursts of Scarr's own energy.  She gritted her teeth while invisioning Darius City being destroyed by a flourescent green glow and followed by a large explosion that would be heard miles upon miles away, but soon snapped to her senses and was hit by a huge burst of adrenaline which caused her to blindly send out a more powerful beam; yelling while sending the more powerful wave out.  Scarr staggered about very little, but kept his balance while feeding Kursed small bursts when she needed it the most.  He could feel the anger Kursed had been holding back the years she's been a lone wolf bounty hunter, also the grudge for the GPF, until they needed her help.  When Scarr looked up, he saw that the gigantic energy ball was slowly, but surely, ascending back up, but at very small intervals. 

"C'MON, KURSED!!!  YOU'RE ALMOST THERE!!!"  He yelled over the howling wind and loud roar of the beam, and energy ball, as Kursed kept the beam at a constant rate.  "JUST KEEP SENDING OUT CONSTANT BURSTS AND I'LL SUPPLY YOU WITH ALL THE ENERGY I CAN GIVE!!!"

"EASIER SAID THAN DONE, SCARR!!!"  She yelled back, not even looking at him but concentrating on the beam flow.  "HOW MUCH LONGER OF THIS DO I NEED TO DO??!!!!"

"JUST KEEP PUSHING A LITTLE MORE AND IT'LL ALL BE OVER!!!"  He yelled back and gripped her shoulder, sending a medium burst of energy into Kursed.

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Back in the command chopper, the commander was standing in the infantry haul and keeping his balance by holding onto one of the roof handles that were extending down.  The helicopter rocked back and forth as gusts of wind from the battle on Darius City would collide with the choppers and rock them slightly.  The whole trip was silent; even the sound of a penny could be heard, but the only that was heard was the fapping of the propellers and the equipment banging against the hull.  As soon as the helicopters were two-thirds of the way from Darius City, an alarm sounded in the cockpit and the commander turned around, walking into the cockpit.

"Status report?"  He ordered looking down at the two pilots and at the radar inbetween them.

"Wind gusts picking up, sir.  Just some minor ones.  Nothing to worry about."  The co-pilot quickly responded pressing a few buttons while maintaining the chopper's altitude.  The command patted on the seats and turned but was soon halted by yet another alarm.

"Status report?" 

"...Uhh, sir?  You might want to hang on to something!"  The pilot said, looking down at the readings, which read, "INCOMING WIND SPEED:  120 MPH".  The commander dashed back into the hull of the ship and looked out the window, seeing a wall of wind closing in on their position quickly.  He stood shocked at the wall, then quickly spun back around, and activated his comm-link; setting the channel to all of his soldiers.

"Attention all soldiers and heli-pilots!  BRACE FOR IMPACT!!!"  He ran to his original spot and buckled himself in, grasping onto his safety belts, and harness.  The soldiers in all of the hulls strapped themselves down as well, and gripped onto their harnesses; pilots putting their choppers into auto-pilot and bracing themselves as well.  The wall of wind howled and sent out several sonic booms as it approached their position, picking up speed.  The wind was soon upon the helicopters and they were soon fishtailing back and forth, while inside them the men were leaning and bumping against their seats, as the choppers fishtailed constantly.  The wall soon blew by them and their choppers then aligned back up in formation, and the men unbuckled themselves; a bit stunned and dazed from the violent fishtailing, and a few suffering from whiplash.

The commander staggered out of his seat and shuffled to the cockpit, holding his head, and spoke up, "Status... ugh, report..."

"-cough, cough-...  All systems are go, commander... ughhhh...  At least until another gust like that strikes the chopper again..."

"Yeah....  -huff-...  -hufffff-...  I agree with you there... Ugh...  Resume post..."  He ordered and made his way back to his seat, sliding his hand along the hull just in case he was about to fall over.  He soon seated himself, after taking a brief moment looking outside, and looked at his communicator; which had one unread command.  He opened it and slowly rested his head against his seat and gently shut his eyes, sighing under his breath while saying the command to himself:

"...Aerial Nuke Strike...  Has Been Initiated..."

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Meanwhile, back at Darius City, Kursed was still pushing herself to her physical limits, with the help of Scarr's energy, and the energy ball kept inching back up to Meta.  The was constantly shaking and rumbling due to the massive energy release that both opponents were unleashing.  Meta struggled to control the energy ball, but with every ounce she was giving, the ball kept coming back up towards her.  She growled under her breath, trying to keep it under her control, but slowly it was breaking it's bond with her.  Kursed send yet another wave up to the ball, bigger this time, and Scarr gave her a little more energy.  Sweat was constantly running down her furr as she also was struggling to keep her own attack under control.

"C'MON!!!  JUST ONE MORE FINAL PUSH AND IT'LL BE THROUGH!!!"  Scarr yelled to her and she tried to send out one more wave, but with arms shaking from exhaustion, she slowly started losing her balance, and soon was on one knee; keeping the beam at bay while lowering her head in exhaustion and gasping for air.  "GET UP, KURSED!!!  YOU CAN DO THIS!!!  YOU HAVE TO UNLEASH ANOTHER WAVE!!!  JUST THIS ONCE!!!"

"I... I... I-I CAN'T, SCARR...!!!  I...  I'M STRUGGLING TO KEEP ME FOOTING AS IT IS...!!!"  She yelled back, her voice crackling up from yelling so much.

"DO YOU WANT DARIUS CITY TO BE DESTROYED BY A GENETIC COPY OF YOUR OWN SELF???!!!"

"I COULD CARE OTHERWISE...  I'M TOO EXHAUS--"  Before she could finish, Scarr placed his other hand on Kursed's other shoulder and started to emit a scarlet aura around himself; his diamond shaped eyes glowing a ruby red and hair flying up.  He leaned in and whispered into her ear:

"I don't care if you don't want to save this city; I'm going to make you finish what you've started.  End of discussion!"  And with that said, he braced himself and his head hunkered down, aura violently pulsing and surging around him, then he shot his head up and yelled as loud as he could; sending all the remaining energy he had left flushing into Kursed.  She, eyes wide with her mouth slightly open by the enormous amount of energy she was recieving, glared up at the energy ball and with one hand she sent a wave about two-thirds the size of the energy ball, then stared down at Scarr's knelt over body. 

She looked up one final time before mumbling to herself, "...And yet again...  I owe you one..."  Raising both hands into the air, she planted her feet and yelled at the top of her lungs, and sent out a wave bigger than the energy ball; hurtling up towards Meta.  Meta stood shocked as the bright blue beam was humming loudly and closing in on her position more quickly than her energy ball, that she sent down at her foes.  She somehow couldn't force herself to move and was frozen in place while shielding herself from the beam and braced herself for the impact.

"AAGGGHHHHH!!!!  NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!  THAT'S IMPOSSIBLLLLEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!" Meta screamed as she was swallowed up in the beam.

[rainfyre66]

Whoa, excellent chapter! So exciting, I could really picture the action! This has been an awesome read.

[Guest Para Astaroth]

Whoa, excellent chapter! So exciting, I could really picture the action! This has been an awesome read.

Glad you like it, rainfyre!

Be on the lookout for chapter 15 sometime this week!

[Guest Para Astaroth]

Chapter 15

(Before I begin, I've been listening to this song, audio to this song, and this one)

The beam roared into outerspace after Meta was swallowed up and it decipated into heat waves of energy which slowly rained back down on the planet.  Everything was eeriely still and the surrounding buildings, and structures, were destroyed and chunks out of them were missing from the conflict earlier between Kursed and Meta.  Kursed, hands still raised up at the sky where the enormous energy ball once was, was gasping for air as sweat trinkled down her furr and she soon succomed to her wounds.  She grunted under her breath and collapsed onto one knee while staring up in the sky, then her hands limply fell to her sides, and she put her hand to the ground; catching her breath as best as she can.  She glanced once over at Scarr, whom was still knelt over and not moving, then smirked through her exhaustion. 

"We...  We did it..."  She huffed out, wiping sweat from her forhead and staggering to her feet; getting a little light headed while doing so.  She looked up and rotated her body around while staring at the devastation she had caused along with Meta.  She walked around for quite a bit, limping a little, and happened to see a small freedom flag flapping in the wind, then walked up to it.  She reached out to get it, but it slipped from her hands and blew into the wind.  She just watched it painfully as it disappeared from her sights.

Everything was destroyed:  Statues, hotels, resturants, busness towers, everything.  Even all of the trees around the vicinity were uprooted and tossed out of the city.  Glass was everywhere, too:  All over the streets, scattered inside buildings, chunks still falling from highrised windows.  It was all just a huge mess, in Kursed's point of view, that she had created with her own hands.  Still huffing from exhaustion and fighting to stay conscious, Kursed swayed a little and fell onto her back in the street; crushing glass under her outfit and her body.  She stared blankly up at the sky as torn newspapers and other debris flew about above in the wind past her, and her vision soon started to blurred up as she got extremely relaxed, then passed out in the street.  The wind howled as she remained motionless on the ground, hair slightly flapping in the wind and torn pieces of her clothes doing the same.

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Arriving at the GPF Headquarters, the commander and his troops hopped out of their choppers, tossing gear down to one another, and setting it all down in front of the choppers.  The troops were unloading their unused equipment from their backpacks while the commander stood at the edge of the building staring off in the distance as the sun was soon setting.  He kept a straight face while holding his backpack over his arm and his rifle down in his other hand.  "Kursed..."  He began to think to himself.  "Theres no more time left...  You fought off KAM-4 for far too long and the Aerial Nuke Strike was initiated...  Just sure as hell hope you get out in time..."  He placed his hand on the side railing, then turned; walking back to his soldiers.  After he had stopped to set his luggage down on the side of the chopper, his communicator went off and he flipped down his mike, "This is Commander Raiso, go ahead."

"Commander, this is Colonel Makenhov of the Galactic Strike Force.  We've been monitoring the battle back on Darius City and we called to inform you that KAM-4 has disappeared off our scanners."  The voice spoke through the commander's comm.  He just stood shocked and slowly walked around to the side of the helicopter while starind down at the ground.  "As you may have already known, we have also launched our Aerial Nuke Strike prior of the final moments of the fight.  As soon as we saw, and heard, that KAM-4 had vanished off our radars, as well, we soon took into action and called off the strike."

"Then...  What became of the missle that you launched?"  The commander choked out, a bit stunned at what he was hearding.

"We've rerouted it's course to soar about a hundred and thirty miles above our planet's atmosphere and explode after it reached that distance.  There's no need to worry, Commander.  It's all under control."

"Y...  Yes, sir.."  The commander stammered out, glancing up at the horizon.  "Err...  What about the evacuees that were evacuated from Darius City?"

"Just keep them away from that area; there's still a large amount of 'trash' that we still need to clean up.  Given that Kursed and KAM-4, along with an unknow accomplice, were unleashing some energy beam at each other, that 'trash' has grown in an even bigger amount of it."  The Colonel spoke answered back.  The Commander nodded at the response and sat on the side of the ramp of the helicopter.

"Thank you, sir.  Commander out."  He signed off and removed his helmet.  "Well, I'll be danged...  You actually made it out of there alive, Kursed...  VERY well done...  I'm extremely impressed..."  He murmured under his voice and smirked while looking up.  Some of the soldiers were murmuring to their squadmates whenever they saw the victorious grin that had stretched across their commander's face appear immediately whenever he took off his helmet.

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Everything was still back in Darius City, except the loose debris flying around and swirling in the wind.  Papers would flap by as the wind carried it on random paths, while small chunks of debris from the buildings would land on the ground below, and heavily damaged buildings would moan as their supports were giving way.  Moments passed and Scarr grumbled a little bit and slowly opened his eyes.  His hearing was earshot, vision was blurred at the moment, wounds dried up, ripped clothing flapping in the wind, and stumbling to his feet.  He caught himself on the side of a trunk as he sat a hand down on his knee, hunched over, and huffing from all the last remnance of energy he let go.  Summoning a little more of it, he slowly made his way out into the street and collapsed onto both knees in the middle of the street, then stared off to the side; seeing Kursed laying down on her back, unconscious, then smiling peacefully in her direction.

"...See?  You can finish...  What you started after all...  You...  Just needed a little push...  That's all..."  He huffed out, then started chuckling at the thought that the threat of Meta-Kursed was over. 

But that was shortlived!  For Meta as the beam swallowed her up, it severed her left arm, exposing wires and flesh that hung out a little, legs also blown off, right ear completely severed, chunks of her metal suit torn off showing were it was placed with flesh ripped off and hanging, and she was tumbling quickly to the earth.  Soon, Scarr sensed a faint life force and shot his head up, only to see Meta lifelessly hurtling down to the ground, and slamming into the street; kicking up dust, smoke, and throwing debris.  Everthing went still for a few moments, even Scarr was frozen still, then as the smoke cleared, a half metal covered hand rose up and slapped down on the pavement.  Meta painfully growled and pulled herself up, coughing up blood from her exposed mouth after the metal part was torn off, and she dragged herself to the curb of the road; blood left a long trail in her wake.

Meta weezed and twitched from the tremendous amount of damage she had taken, a warning on her mask that read, "WARNING!!!  FULL BODY DAMAGE CRITICAL!  ALL JOINTS RESPONSE IS 0%!  WEAPONS SYSTEM OFFLINE!  INTERIOR GENERATOR OFFLINE!  LIFESUPPORT CUT-OFF!"  Meta rolled herself over onto her back, then painfully stared up at the sky.  "I... I-..  I've be....  Been beaten...  By my... my own...  self..."  She gargled out, as blood was running down the side of her furr and stained it red.  "*COUGH*...  Damn...  It...  Damn it... All...  Hurghh...  uuuUUURGGHHH!!!  KUUUUUUURRRRRRRRRSSSSSSSSSSEEEEEEEDDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!"  She screamed and painfully yelled, breathing her last.  Her body soon fell limp on the sidewalk, as a huge puddle of blood was growing bigger around her dead body.

The fight has ended with Kursed as the victore, but it came with a small price.  While trying her best to prevent it, the GSF and GPF, along with other supporting systems, could not restore Darius City to it's original state.  So, they were forced to leave it be and level the whole entire area; starting from scratch.  But this idea was planned to start two weeks after Kursed and her partner were safefully evacuated.

Until then, all the commander and the others can hope is that she and Scarr are alive, and that they didn't give up their lives in vain.

[rainfyre66]

Uh oh, is this the last chapter? If so, I demand a sequel!  Very cinematic (a good thing)!

[Guest Para Astaroth]

Nope, it's not!  The next chapter, or MAYBE the next, is the last.  I've already planned a sequel and the plot so far will be 'someone' helping a bunch of other 'someones.'  I'll PM you what the sequel will be entitled.  Same goes for everyone who wants to know, so without further to do, I'm off to plot chapter 16!

[Guest Para Astaroth]

Chapter 16

Darius City:  Lieing in ruins after the massive conflict that had insumed a few hours ago.  Plumes of smoke rose up in the sky, buildings crumbling and collapsing, and the streets swallowed in dust, debris, and eerily quiet; broken by the sounds of powerlines popping and and debris hitting the pavement.

Back in the street where Scarr and Kursed sat exhausted from their battle against Meta Kursed, Meta's lifeless body sat on the pavement, overflowing with blood that seeped down the sidewalks and down drainage pipes.  Her face was expressionless as her dead eyes stared blankly to the sky with her mouth slightly open and blood stained on her fur going down the side of her mouth, neck, then to the large puddle on the sidewalk.

Scarr stared blankly up at the sky, sensing an eerie sense of peace in the air as he stared at the parted clouds that showed the beams path that it pierced through.  He smirked to himself and whispered, "It's over.  Now we can rest until the time being..."  Scarr staggered to his feet then glanced over at Kursed, whom was unconscious on the ground from energy exhaustion, smiling to her.  "You've done all you could, Kursed...  And I wish I could have gotten to known you better...  But I guess this is where we part ways.  May your own destiny lead you to great accomplishments."  After saying this, he turned and walked off into the destroyed Darius City, disappearing in the smokescreen still rising from it's ruins.  All was quiet afterwards except the wind that was slightly blowing, making Kursed's wrathled hair slightly flap with it.

"Alright!  Get your support gear, soldiers!  We're heading back to Darius City to retrieve Kursed and her accomplice!"  The Commander announced to his crew and they looked at each other dumbfoundedly.

"Err...  But, sir!  Isn't Darius City demolished as it is?  We can't just go back and expect--"

"Did I ask for you input on the situation, Corporal?"  The Commander interupted, glaring down at the soldier.  The soldier, a little shooken up by his Commanding Officer's response, took a step back and lined back up with his platoon.  "Alright.  Bring what you need to do a full-out search.  Helmet lights, flashlights, weapons, whatever!  Just bring as you need.  Dismissed!"  The Commander hopped back into his chopper, putting his helmet back on and attaching a flashlight to his rifle.

The other soldiers hopped into their choppers, seating themselves and strapping in, and the pilots took their seats in the cockpit, starting up the engines and the propellers humming to life until they started fapping in the wind.  "SEAL ALL DOORS!!!  ENROUTE TO DARIUS CITY!!!"  The pilots yelled to the crew over the propellers' loud fapping and all the doors of the helicopters shut simulaneously.  Soon, one by one they all started rising off the ground, turning back to Darius City's direction, and zooming off.  The Commander's chopper leading in the middle of the platoon of choppers.

Back at Darius City, Kursed remained lieing on the ground unconscious while envisioning things that showed peace on the planet and others around it.  She soon awoke to a fully demolished Darius City, pulling herself with her forearms, and staring at everything around her.  "Gosh..  I didn't know that beam struggle caused all THIS mayhem!  Well...  At least I'm alive and Meta isn't...  I hope."  She rose to her feet, holding her right arm and walked from around the corner; sensing a dead presence, then seeing Meta's lifeless body on the sidewalk.  Kursed cringed at the sight, then looked down at her feet, which were standing in a large puddle of blood.  She walked over to Meta's dead body, then knelt down to her; frowning uncomfortablely.  "You could have been something much more than a ruthless being...  You could have at least turned yourself in and let the GPF do what they wanted with you...  But you relentlessly ignored this possibility and chose the alternative route; which led to your improbable death."  She shook her head and slowly closed Meta's deadened eyes and lowered her head.  "...It's truly a shame it had to end as it was.  At least now you have learned the hard way of thinking before you act..."  Kursed stood up and walked wanderestly down the streets of Darius City, holding her muzzle from inhaling the smoke while coughing from breathing in a very small portion.  She came to a clearing with no smoke or destruction, but untouched ground with lush green grass and plants growing all around her.  She didn't compliment it but only shook her head at it.  "Of all the mayhem that ensumed here, this place was untouched.  The one that stands out from the rest, as some may say..."  She mumbled under her breath, then flopped onto the grass on her bottom, staring out at the sea which sparkled of the reflection of the sun.

Hours pasted and soon the helicopters of the GPF soon were hovering over Darius City.  Kursed's ears perked up as she heard the propellers fapping and she rose up, looking around.  Soldiers from the choppers dropped their support roped down and zipped down to the ground.  As soon as they landed, they flipped on their helmet lights and flashlights while walking in groups around Darius City; yelling out Kursed's name in the process.  Kursed, on the other hand, heard the yelling and dashed back into the smokescreen, blindly running to whatever was calling her name.  Soon, the Commander saw a silhouette of a vixen running then aimed his rifle in it's direction.  Kursed bursted through the smoke screen and the Command lowered his rifle, putting it back in it's harness.  He jogged up and reached a hand out to her, she took it and he motioned for the helicopters to land nearby.  The nearest chopper landed and the Commander helped Kursed in, nodding to her, "IT'S GOOD TO SEE THAT YOU'RE ALRIGHT!!!"

"ASTONISHING MYSELF...!!!  I SURPRISE MYSELF SOMETIMES!!!"  Kursed yelled back and sat in a seat in the chopper the Commander ordered his troops to report back to their choppers and to return to base immediately:  Their job was done and they needed the break they needed.

As the were thirty clicks from the HQ, the Commander looked over at Kursed and she tilted her head to him, "...Yes?  Is there something you want?"

"Yeah...  How in the hell did you manage to survive with just a few cuts and scrapes...?"  The Commander curiously asked, leaning in.

"Remember that 'accomplice' that you kept referring to?  Well, he's the one that he--  speaking of which, where is he??"  She informed, looking around.  "Last I remember, he was helping me defeat Meta."

The Commander shrugged and looked off, "We don't know either.  We searched the whole perimeter and no trace of him was left.  Vanished without a clue."  He looked back at Kursed, whom rolled her eyes at the remark. 

"Typical...  I should have known he would have done something like that."  She muttered and looked back to the Commander.  "So, do I get set loose or do I have to be interrogated like some pawn?"  She curiously asked and the Commander nodded.

"As soon as we arrive and return you to full health, you'll be set loose.  All ties that were strung to you and the GPF with be erased:  No trace of such will be found in our data files."  The Commander assured her and Kursed breathed a sigh of relief.

The sun was setting in the distance and the world was saved.  Saved by someone the world would have thought of the least and would just set them aside.  The GPF owe her for what she's done for them, for what they couldn't have possibly accomplished on their own.  For now, Kursed can only rest with ease as the next journey awaits her in the future. 

Until then, this is where Kursed is left off.  But off in space, a small frontier of flagships slowly passes the planet, followed by a small frigate of ships.  Inside, the leader taps on the side of his seat as the hologram of the planet is projected up in front of him.  "It's only a matter of time...  Before this planet...  IS MINE!!!"  It delcares with menacing laugh and the ships soon zip off into the deep depths of space.

[Guest Para Astaroth]

That's it for this story! 

I'd like to thank all whom have read this story and commented on this

- All rights of Kursed belongs to Nintendo

- People being patient in awaiting the next chapters of this fanfic

- And to the Spy who will always be found disguised as something.

[Guest Para Astaroth]

Any last thoughts before I start on the continuation? :?

[rainfyre66]

It definitely makes me want a sequel, this was an epic read!  :yes:

[Guest Para Astaroth]

It definitely makes me want a sequel, this was an epic read!  :yes:

Glad you enjoyed it

The next Kursed story will be up sometime in mid-January.

[Guest Julius Quasar]

Excellent job, Para!  Sorry I didn't read the rest sooner! :yes:

[Hatsworth III]

Cool! i'll read the next adventure of kursed, and well, if you like it you can use my character in the next story, if you want, but i will only let you use him (andrew d. hatsworth III, my character) if he dosen't die in the story, maybe he gets very hurt, but not dead!

his personality is: he is calm and kinda stupid on the most of the time, but if someone mess with his friends he will kick your butt! his most famous techinque is the sword blast (yes he use a sword to fight), he creates a beam using his enery and the sword to fire. And also he is a pollite guy.

well, i am ok if you don't want to use him as a character on the story, but any info you need, pm me!