Post by Andy Jammer on Aug 21, 2010 23:48:37 GMT -5
The trip through the portal was short and brief, it was different than the passages through Profeta's portals, which had a slight pause in the middle of taking someone to Allorum to Earth, or vice versa. Like the internet switching pages, there's always a brief pause while the page loads to the next. With this portal it was almost...too fast, no lingering moment, no tingling feeling, it was like a finger snap: the sound is fast and the movement barely felt. Before Andy realized it he was staring at a familiar blue sky, a pristine sea and below him were familiar buildings and allies he had lived on. He was in L.A. No, correction: he was floating above L.A. Andy felt his stomach swoop as he braced himself for a fall, fortunately for him the fall never came. He floated there in the air, but actually it didn't even feel like floating. It felt more like standing, it was as if the air beneath Andy was solid and inflexible. He took a tentative step forward and was met with the same solid air he was standing on, as soon as he got used to the mindset that he was not going to fall he looked and saw his Other floating there. Looking down on the busy streets below.
“Do what know what this place is?” his Other asked.
Andy looked around the area and scoffed, “It's Earth, dumbass.”
“Yes this is Earth...one dimension over,” he continued.
Andy didn't speak again so his Other took it as sign to continue talking, “You see. Allorum is several dimensions thicker than Earth, when Trucido and Profeta use their portals here the magic in it adjusts its travelers to the right dimension. Otherwise when they come out they come out in the sky...and invisible to everyone below.”
It made sense, he thought the portal ride between there and now was unusual. However this brought up another question.
“Why are we in a different dimension, why not just merge with Earth?” Andy asked.
“Well, for one reason: this dimension is unaffected by Earth's magic limit, and for second reason” he paused as the portal behind Andy shut. “Because it's a trap.”
Andy grabbed his sword and held it in front of him, “Trap or not, doesn't matter. I came here to beat you!”
(Playing: Vanitas Battle – Yoko Shimomura (Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep))
Andy's Other laughed as he pointed the clawed black and red sword at him, “You can try...”
Andy's Other charged for him, for a split second he looked like he was flying. Andy raised his sword and blocked the attack, pushing him back and swinging his sword at him. His Other effortlessly dodged his big sword and attempted to jab at his side, Andy dodged that and slammed at his sword, causing the black and red blade to swing away. Andy took the opening and swung his sword for his enemy's chest, he ended up missing his chest but managed to get his cheek. His Other yelled out and began attacking in a flurry of swings, Andy couldn't hit them all due to the weight of his blade so he held it up as a shield and managed to block them. However this put him in a corner, with his Other slicing at him furiously and he doing nothing but defend, and even that wouldn't last long. In a quick, and desperate, move he thrust the side of his sword forward and managed to push back his Other. While he was recovering from the sudden blow Andy launched a swing, the attack connected and tore the shirt his Other was wearing and managed to cut his chest.
His Other blocked Andy's follow up swing and they were in a sword lock, both sides attempting to push the other into submission. They both pushed each other back and charged at each other again, this time Andy's Other leaped over his head and aimed his sword at him: which extended out in an attempt to stab him in the back.
“No go!” Andy yelled, turning around and using his sword to block the second attempt to kill him. Before the sword could retract he lifted his own blade and slammed it down, causing the sword to dangerously veer off to the side and his Other to lose balance over the blade.
“You little...” Andy's Other roared, retracting the blade and his body flared with energy. “Enough of this shit!”
The aura covered him and when it dissipated he was wearing a long white coat lined black on the inside, Andy recognized it despite the color change: it was his speed form. Andy's Other returned with his cruel grin and sped towards Andy, who barely got time to blink before he could see his monstrous self in front of him swinging his sword. Andy side stepped the swipe, knowing full well he couldn't lift his sword to block that attack. He attempted to swing at his side but his Other sped away again, reappearing at his side. Andy changed mid-swing and was able to block the sword strike, barely. Andy struggled against the sudden boost of his Other's power.
“Why do you even try Andy? Really? You are nothing, your powers are my powers remember!” he taunted, pushing against Andy who was forced a few steps back. “You can't do anything without me! You may take all the credit but it's ME who wins your fights!”
He shoved Andy back, who tried to kept his balance but ended up falling over, sliding on his back through the invisible floor in the sky. Andy's Other laughed and rushed up to him, thrusting his clawed sword down at Andy. The young warrior rolled aside, the sword striking empty air, getting up quickly he shoulder rammed his Other as he was pulling his sword out of the ground. As his Other stumbled back he followed his shoulder ram with a sword slice. Cutting across his Other's chest, tearing the cloth of his coat and cutting his chest.
Andy's Other stared at the cut in shock and at Andy, who smirked at him. “Whose the one winning now huh!?”
Andy could swear his Other's pupils contracted when he said that, he let out a roar of rage as his form changed. Now he had the clawed sword and a large black snake with a crimson head being controlled by the handle in his hand, his old Power form. He directed the snake to rush in and chomp down on Andy, who stuck his sword in between the open jaws to keep it from chomping down on him. The large snake kept trying to shake the sword out of his mouth, but to no avail. Andy had his hand on the sword handle, ready to pull it out and make his attack. Once he saw the snake's jaws open wider he wrenched the sword out, and grabbed the front of the snake's nose, using it to pull him out of it's mouth and onto it's head. He ran down the snake's body towards his Other, whose eyes widened and he made a jerk motion on the handle. The snake's segments separated and rushed in from all sides to attack Andy, his Other jumped on the head on the snake and watched. Andy swung his blade and knocked aside most of the snake segments, two of them bashed into his side and back. Causing him to fall to the ground, leaving him open for three of the segments to rush at him and attack him from behind.
Not yet! Andy thought, tightening his grip on his sword, waiting for the segments to fly in closer. Once the steady hiss of the pieces got closer he swung his sword out, the blade stopped two of the parts mid-air. The third part he raised his sword up and held it back, gathering his leverage he pushed forward and the piece flew backwards and hit the head of the snake. Andy's Other wobbled on the head as it was knocked aside from the sudden attack, he managed to keep balance though. Andy took advantage of this and charged at him, he jumped in the air and made an overhead slash on the head. Which caused the floating head to capsize over and cause him to fall off, he sailed through the air until he crashed on solid....um, air. Andy had a moment to add more damage, and seized it, he pulled his sword back and swung it like a baseball bit at the floating snake head. It sailed towards his Other, it didn't hit him directly, but it slammed near his side and sent him sprawling through the air.
(End: Vanitas Battle)
He got up on his feet and his form vanished to his normal form, holding his shoulder as Andy touched down on the solid air. His Other's eyes were flaring and the grip on his sword tightened.
“This isn't happening!” he growled, shaking his head in disbelief. “You couldn't even beat Lilith without getting your ass kicked, why...why can't I hit you!?”
“You believe yourself to be better than me, to fight my battles for me,” Andy said, walking towards him. “But if that's true, and if the powers I have been using are yours...then I was never getting my ass kicked, you were.”
Andy's Other glared daggers at him, stepping back a bit to put some distance in between them. “Look at you...acting like some big hero. You...why do you get to be the hero! I'm stronger than you...I know I am! I'm the one who should be the hero, I didn't get this far to go down now...
“What are you saying?” Andy asked.
“I should be the hero! I'm tired of being a shadow...shadows never lead others into battle, they always follow...I wanna be the hero! I wanna lead my comrades into battle! I want to come out with the glory! I want people to praise my name, warriors to wish to challenge me! ME!” he yelled, a fierce aura lifting him into the air. Andy stepped back in surprise, it appears his Other is not quite done with their battle. “I'm so sick of it...do you know what it's like? To be trapped? To watch someone else be famous and powerful? Well I did something about it! I finally got my own body, powers, and fighting skills to be a real hero! But...I need to get rid of you first, then...then I can deal with Trucido, and be a bigger hero than you could ever be!”
“Deceit and murdering in cold blood do not make a hero!” Andy roared. “It's not because you were in my shadow or not fighting any battles, it's because you're cold and uncaring! No one worships a hero who doesn't care for the people he saves!”
“Stop it! Stop acting like a hero![/b]” he roared, a black ball surrounded him and spread out, covering Andy as he fell through darkness.
“I'll end your hero charade once and for all!”
((There you have part 1 of 3, which should hopefully be finished very soon.))
“Do what know what this place is?” his Other asked.
Andy looked around the area and scoffed, “It's Earth, dumbass.”
“Yes this is Earth...one dimension over,” he continued.
Andy didn't speak again so his Other took it as sign to continue talking, “You see. Allorum is several dimensions thicker than Earth, when Trucido and Profeta use their portals here the magic in it adjusts its travelers to the right dimension. Otherwise when they come out they come out in the sky...and invisible to everyone below.”
It made sense, he thought the portal ride between there and now was unusual. However this brought up another question.
“Why are we in a different dimension, why not just merge with Earth?” Andy asked.
“Well, for one reason: this dimension is unaffected by Earth's magic limit, and for second reason” he paused as the portal behind Andy shut. “Because it's a trap.”
Andy grabbed his sword and held it in front of him, “Trap or not, doesn't matter. I came here to beat you!”
(Playing: Vanitas Battle – Yoko Shimomura (Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep))
Andy's Other laughed as he pointed the clawed black and red sword at him, “You can try...”
Andy's Other charged for him, for a split second he looked like he was flying. Andy raised his sword and blocked the attack, pushing him back and swinging his sword at him. His Other effortlessly dodged his big sword and attempted to jab at his side, Andy dodged that and slammed at his sword, causing the black and red blade to swing away. Andy took the opening and swung his sword for his enemy's chest, he ended up missing his chest but managed to get his cheek. His Other yelled out and began attacking in a flurry of swings, Andy couldn't hit them all due to the weight of his blade so he held it up as a shield and managed to block them. However this put him in a corner, with his Other slicing at him furiously and he doing nothing but defend, and even that wouldn't last long. In a quick, and desperate, move he thrust the side of his sword forward and managed to push back his Other. While he was recovering from the sudden blow Andy launched a swing, the attack connected and tore the shirt his Other was wearing and managed to cut his chest.
His Other blocked Andy's follow up swing and they were in a sword lock, both sides attempting to push the other into submission. They both pushed each other back and charged at each other again, this time Andy's Other leaped over his head and aimed his sword at him: which extended out in an attempt to stab him in the back.
“No go!” Andy yelled, turning around and using his sword to block the second attempt to kill him. Before the sword could retract he lifted his own blade and slammed it down, causing the sword to dangerously veer off to the side and his Other to lose balance over the blade.
“You little...” Andy's Other roared, retracting the blade and his body flared with energy. “Enough of this shit!”
The aura covered him and when it dissipated he was wearing a long white coat lined black on the inside, Andy recognized it despite the color change: it was his speed form. Andy's Other returned with his cruel grin and sped towards Andy, who barely got time to blink before he could see his monstrous self in front of him swinging his sword. Andy side stepped the swipe, knowing full well he couldn't lift his sword to block that attack. He attempted to swing at his side but his Other sped away again, reappearing at his side. Andy changed mid-swing and was able to block the sword strike, barely. Andy struggled against the sudden boost of his Other's power.
“Why do you even try Andy? Really? You are nothing, your powers are my powers remember!” he taunted, pushing against Andy who was forced a few steps back. “You can't do anything without me! You may take all the credit but it's ME who wins your fights!”
He shoved Andy back, who tried to kept his balance but ended up falling over, sliding on his back through the invisible floor in the sky. Andy's Other laughed and rushed up to him, thrusting his clawed sword down at Andy. The young warrior rolled aside, the sword striking empty air, getting up quickly he shoulder rammed his Other as he was pulling his sword out of the ground. As his Other stumbled back he followed his shoulder ram with a sword slice. Cutting across his Other's chest, tearing the cloth of his coat and cutting his chest.
Andy's Other stared at the cut in shock and at Andy, who smirked at him. “Whose the one winning now huh!?”
Andy could swear his Other's pupils contracted when he said that, he let out a roar of rage as his form changed. Now he had the clawed sword and a large black snake with a crimson head being controlled by the handle in his hand, his old Power form. He directed the snake to rush in and chomp down on Andy, who stuck his sword in between the open jaws to keep it from chomping down on him. The large snake kept trying to shake the sword out of his mouth, but to no avail. Andy had his hand on the sword handle, ready to pull it out and make his attack. Once he saw the snake's jaws open wider he wrenched the sword out, and grabbed the front of the snake's nose, using it to pull him out of it's mouth and onto it's head. He ran down the snake's body towards his Other, whose eyes widened and he made a jerk motion on the handle. The snake's segments separated and rushed in from all sides to attack Andy, his Other jumped on the head on the snake and watched. Andy swung his blade and knocked aside most of the snake segments, two of them bashed into his side and back. Causing him to fall to the ground, leaving him open for three of the segments to rush at him and attack him from behind.
Not yet! Andy thought, tightening his grip on his sword, waiting for the segments to fly in closer. Once the steady hiss of the pieces got closer he swung his sword out, the blade stopped two of the parts mid-air. The third part he raised his sword up and held it back, gathering his leverage he pushed forward and the piece flew backwards and hit the head of the snake. Andy's Other wobbled on the head as it was knocked aside from the sudden attack, he managed to keep balance though. Andy took advantage of this and charged at him, he jumped in the air and made an overhead slash on the head. Which caused the floating head to capsize over and cause him to fall off, he sailed through the air until he crashed on solid....um, air. Andy had a moment to add more damage, and seized it, he pulled his sword back and swung it like a baseball bit at the floating snake head. It sailed towards his Other, it didn't hit him directly, but it slammed near his side and sent him sprawling through the air.
(End: Vanitas Battle)
He got up on his feet and his form vanished to his normal form, holding his shoulder as Andy touched down on the solid air. His Other's eyes were flaring and the grip on his sword tightened.
“This isn't happening!” he growled, shaking his head in disbelief. “You couldn't even beat Lilith without getting your ass kicked, why...why can't I hit you!?”
“You believe yourself to be better than me, to fight my battles for me,” Andy said, walking towards him. “But if that's true, and if the powers I have been using are yours...then I was never getting my ass kicked, you were.”
Andy's Other glared daggers at him, stepping back a bit to put some distance in between them. “Look at you...acting like some big hero. You...why do you get to be the hero! I'm stronger than you...I know I am! I'm the one who should be the hero, I didn't get this far to go down now...
“What are you saying?” Andy asked.
“I should be the hero! I'm tired of being a shadow...shadows never lead others into battle, they always follow...I wanna be the hero! I wanna lead my comrades into battle! I want to come out with the glory! I want people to praise my name, warriors to wish to challenge me! ME!” he yelled, a fierce aura lifting him into the air. Andy stepped back in surprise, it appears his Other is not quite done with their battle. “I'm so sick of it...do you know what it's like? To be trapped? To watch someone else be famous and powerful? Well I did something about it! I finally got my own body, powers, and fighting skills to be a real hero! But...I need to get rid of you first, then...then I can deal with Trucido, and be a bigger hero than you could ever be!”
“Deceit and murdering in cold blood do not make a hero!” Andy roared. “It's not because you were in my shadow or not fighting any battles, it's because you're cold and uncaring! No one worships a hero who doesn't care for the people he saves!”
“Stop it! Stop acting like a hero![/b]” he roared, a black ball surrounded him and spread out, covering Andy as he fell through darkness.
“I'll end your hero charade once and for all!”
((There you have part 1 of 3, which should hopefully be finished very soon.))
