40 Yawms Domain (1/2)
With a dash, the three of us didn't waste anytime getting towards the quarantined zone. Kessiah couldn't really take a soft step. Her sheer weight forced her to stomp into the ground, tearing roots and stones apart.
Althea leapt through trees, using her ever changing limbs as grappling hooks. She swung as fast as we ran, laughing at the sudden surge of strength. I used a little bit of augmentation to keep up with both of them. Branches snapped when I passed by them as did any rocks or briar brambles. The forest was more of a playground than a struggle.
Since we could cut through the forest, we left the legion behind us. They'd no doubt catch up and use our entry point in the barricade for follow up. When we reached the barricade, Kessiah didn't have to scare the shit out of the guards anymore. They all already knew who we were by now. That meant they knew to move out of the way.
We passed by, the three of us jumping over the barricade with ease while Althea flipped and laughed. She was relishing the new, sudden surge of strength. When we reached the first house, she rushed through a window, tearing the wood apart. She smashed through two walls before exploding out of the front door.
Her health was down over an eight as I shouted,
”Try not to kill yourself.”
Kessiah jumped off the wall of a house,
”Why don't you try it then big boy?”
I rolled my eyes before charging the runes on my hands. The rush energy flowed up my limbs before I sprinted straight into the wall of a house. A detonation of dust followed me into a kitchen before I ripped through a countertop made of granite. Another wall crumbled as I passed through to a den. A couch dragged with me before splintering in half as I passed by.
I spread out my arms as I rushed into the last wall of the building. The door and both walls collapsed before I rushed out. As I crushed forward, the building wobbled before falling sideways. Althea and I had left it with little to keep it standing. Unlike Althea, my health regen more than outpaced any damage the shock of the impacts could do to me. Compared with her, I was invincible.
I crashed into an empty car before ripping the metal apart. The glass splintered against my armor, and the steel bent like tin foil against it. Like I was kicking a door down, I stepped forward and heel stomped the car, knocking it backwards. It flew backwards before flipping. I turned and grinned at Althea,
”See? I didn't even take any damage.”
Standing on a roof, Althea frowned and kicked a chimney apart. Kessiah turned to me, ”Not bad. I'll show what I can do though.”
She leapt off the house, flying high into the air. After a full five seconds of falling, she crashed into the middle of the road. A crater formed under her weight before she ran and squeezed the top and bottom of a truck. The metal squealed and the glass shattered as she lifted the truck with ease. She stepped forward before using her own weight to toss the red four door truck.
The car flew like a metal bullet, going far faster than I imagined it would. The ground under Kessiah's feet tore apart at the force of her toss. When the car crashed into the house, the walls smashed inwards. The car's momentum kept it going until it flew out the other side of the building, before crashing into another house. The impact was loud enough to crack your teeth.
The first house looked like a bomb had detonated the middle of it. The car carved it out, leaving little left besides the sides of the house. The other house held up better, but Jesus Christ she fucked that first house up. It was crazy.
Kessiah glanced at the ground, ”Man, this shit is soft as putty. It's like trying to throw something while balancing on a surfboard in the ocean. Can't get any balance.”
The difference in the way she looked at the world was telling. Pavement was like to putty to her. I'd noticed something similar too. Wood wasn't near as hard. Neither was steel. It wasn't anything like putty though. It was ridiculous. Utterly insane.
Althea just started giggling at the sheer might of Kessiah. After a moment, I followed suit. Each of us let out a long winded laugh before Althea even started snorting a bit. As she snorted, I couldn't help but laugh harder. That made her laugh harder, making her snort even more. The cycle continued for a bit.
I laughed till a tear or two fell from my eye. It'd been so long since I'd laughed like that. I didn't realize just how much I needed it. As we finished, Kessiah had joined in a little before we walked up together. Kessiah crossed her arms,
”Now what's so funny?”
Althea wiped a tear, ”I just forgot how much stronger you were than us. It's easy to forget when you're so petty.”
Kessiah's eyes narrowed, ”I'm not petty.”
I rolled my eyes, ”We all are. Come on. Let's go fuck some zombies up. Enough messing around.”
Althea nodded her head, ”I swear I'm not petty.”
I rushed out in front of the others before turning on oppression. I shouted back, ”It's not one of those things you can argue. Saying that you aren't petty is being petty. If you agree with Althea, then you are petty. You lose either way.”
She raised an eyebrow, ”It's like a trap with words then.”
I nodded, ”Another good example is if I say you argue too much. Either you accept the statement or you tell me it's not true. The problem is, you're arguing with me if you deny what I said.”
Althea pressurized her biotic rifle. She raised it, ”And that proves the point of her arguing too much.”