Day Five: Morning

[Burter]

Face to Face

Koola, King Cold

Reijin, Bra

There was an akward moment between the two changlings as the story ended. Koola had backed out of telling the truth about a dream he had, and King Cold was none the wiser. While the elder of the two was quite content at the moment, Koola remained nervous and unsure of his position and his relationship with his father.

Things were quiet, but they were unstable. The two had been in the game for five days now, and it was starting to become tiresome. Just two changlings waiting for the shit to hit the fan.

And it did. Hard.

When Bra the Vegeta-Sei Princess saw changlings, she didn't even let her partner know. She just raised her gun on instinct with completely hostile intentions, and opened fire.

The top of the boulder Cold was leaning on exploded in a churray of gravel. "Shit!" He shouted, rolling off of it and onto the ground as he grabbed his rifle. "Incoming!"

Koola snapped out of his gaze, reaching for his own gun. With one of his legs almost completely unusable, he could only move on his good leg to hide behind one of the other boulders on the battlefield. "How many?"

"Two," Cold answered as he saw the two coming at them. "Saiyans! On your side!"

The younger changling pumped his shotgun and slid out of his hiding spot. Bra and Reijin both stopped, not realizing that a second opponent was waiting for them. "Head's up!" Rei shouted. "Another!"

"Fuck!" Bra grunted as she and Reijin lept in opposite directions. The shotgun blasted into the hill behind them, missing them both. Bra raised up, holding her shotgun with her good arm. Koola had to pump his shotgun, losing time. "Fucking changling!"

That was when King Cold stepped in front of his son, holding up his shock rifle with the only arm that was still attached. Koola's face lit up in shock as the shotgun and the shock rifle exploded in unison.

The powerful Icer known as King Cold's chest blew apart in a flurry of blood and organs. His son behind him was covered in his father's insides as he caught him from falling.

Meanwhile, Reijin shoved Bra aside just in time to get shot with the shock rifle. The blast did minimal damage overall, but his left arm became burned at the sudden pulsation.

Bra was already up and ready to fire, but Reijin grabbed her. "We're leaving," he told her.

"What!? Fuck that! I'm killing him!"

Reijin looked back to see Koola's eyes lit up with rage, holding up both his shotgun and his father's shock rifle. "He just lost his father!" Reijin shouted, "We don't want to fuck with a pissed off changling! We leave and we fight later!"

Bra couldn't argue with that logic, mainly because Reijin had already yanked her away at full speed.

They were gone before the crippled Koola could give chase. Instead, he stayed there, cradling the corpse of the man he had recently lied to. He knew it was a fake death. He knew his father lived elsewhere.

That didn't make him feel any better. His father was dead, saving him, and he didn't even get to say goodbye.

The Abyss wins again.

#18 King Cold DEAD

09 Remain

Reijin is burned a bit. Minor injury

Koola can take the shock rifle, but if he takes it and keeps his shotgun, he's going to be very slow due to his injury (but have two good ranged weapons)