Dante's Abyss Finale 2008

[Burter]

Finale: Part 1

Aero, Android 18, Bardock, Burter, Kirano, Reijin

They hadn't even gotten to the stairs of the temple when trouble began to brew. The only alliance left in the game consisted of two unlikely friends: The optimistic Aero and the murderous Kirano. One had thrived in the strategy of the game, while the other fell into the darkest pits of the Abyss.

Kirano stopped walking as the two headed right next to the path leading into the main entrance of the temple gates. Trees were surrounding them, giving them great cover as they stalked the path. "This is it," he declared.

Aero turned, confused, limping on his sore thigh. "What? What's it?"

He began to get 'that look' in his eyes, as if he were smiling without moving his lips. His dirtied blonde hair rustled in the wind as it passed under the treetops. "I think we're done here, Aero. I think our partnership is at an end."

The blue-haired man raised an eyebrow and gripped the handle of his weapon, feeling the tension suddenly fill the field. Kirano raised his pistol up at his former partner, and just as quick, Aero had his shotgun poised against the man. "I always knew you were a little off," Aero declared.

"We both knew what we were expecting coming into this alliance," Kirano responded. "I got mine. You got your's. But the benefits are over. It's end game."

"Then bring it!"

At Aero's urging, the bullets fired. Kirano backflipped in the air after firing two shots, dodging the shotgun shell by planting his feet on the tree behind him and leaping off. As he fired two more bullets, he noticed Aero spinning in the air, almost horizontally in the air before landing perfectly on the ground like Kirano.

The two lept forward at each other. Aero blasted the shotgun twice, both times causing Kirano to spin, each time in different directions. Aero managed to get close thanks to the distraction, only to get pegged with the butt of Kirano's pistol. Once he hit the ground, Aero's foot came up and smashed Kirano in the stomach.

Again, the shotgun came up and the pistol came down. They were held there, by one hand each, locked close to see who would shoot first.

Suddenly, something yanked them sideways. The weapons flew out of the two warriors' hands and landed in two blue palms.

Burter stood there with the scythe on his back, holding the shotgun in one scaly grip, and the pistol in the other. "Sorry to break this up," came the hiss from the grinning Abyss veteran, "But the warm-up is over."

As the two guns came down, both fighters followed their immediate instinct. Aero ran to the side to retreat, leaping on his bad leg and letting out a grunt. As he rolled, he could hear the shots of the shotgun blasting on either side of his body, causing dirt to rise up. However, regardless of how he tried, Burter couldn't stop Aero from rolling away.

The pistol fired at Kirano, but the blonde man wasn't to be scared off. His first reaction was to leap forward, throwing his feet in front of him and his head back to dodge the bullets. He managed to kick Burt in the chest, sending him stumbling, and then grabbing the shotgun as he landed on his feet.

Kirano fired the shotgun and blasted the blue scales off of the bone to Burter's right arm. The blue bone was barely holding on, sending shocks of pain into Burter's brain. He hissed, firing the pistol at point blank range, pegging Kirano several times with his own weapon.

"Nice shot," Burter complimented. "But you failed. You should have gone for the head."

At that moment, blood spurted out of the side of Burter's skull. His head cocked as if slapped, and then his huge, muscled body leaned to the side, slamming onto the dirty ground.

From behind the scope of the sniper rifle, Eighteen recocked the weapon. "Thanks for the advice, old friend," she mused into the gun.

#24 Burter DEAD

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