When we last left our hero and his crew, they were working to bring down the fortress of Cain - a megalomaniac hell-bent on infecting Yamatai and Nepleslia with a deadly virus, turning people into gelatinous killing machines!
However - there have been a few setbacks, major injuries, a broken shotgun and an incorrect syringe, to name a few.
Now, Luca is locked in a showdown with an old fiend in Hitori's past - Michael!
Who has won the duel? Let's find out in another episode of ISC PHOENIX!!
MISSION 5.5 - START!!
Luca had come out of the brief exchange of steel and diamond kneeling at one end of the room, breathing deeply. On the other end of the room, with his back faced to the captain, Michael was in a similar pose, but he seemed confident.
"You see, I sliced you like an onion!" Michael boasted. Out of curiosity, Luca wiggled around a little to see if he would, but didn't.
Confused, Luca began patting his chest for cuts, coming up fruitless and asked: "Are you sure? Who cut who?"
He stood up and turned around to look at Michael, who wasn't responding, but quivering madly.
"I did." A somewhat computerised, masculine voice from nowhere said.
Surprised, Luca looked at Hitori, and her binding ropes had been cut to ribbons, but she was still sitting down, equally surprised as Luca.
"...bastard... lone wolf..." Michael muttered to himself before falling neatly and bloodlessly into a life-sized 12 piece puzzle with a few thumps.
"WHOA-Bugger me sideways!" Luca stepped backwards, but stepped into something he couldn't see, "AH!" He turned around with with his fists up and swung a left hook, but found that something had caught his hand mid swing, and it felt like a hand.
Luca froze and maintained his one-handed grab, looking at the crew around him.
"I thought I already fought you!" He scowled.
"Different person." The person responded, as his cloaking device wore off. It appeared to be a person in a sleek, navy-blue suit of land-based powered armour of Yamataian design, and a vibroblade katana was in his other hand. The armour's face was made up of 6 red eyes, effectively giving whoever was inside 180 degree vision.
"You've grown..." The man inside the armour said before pushing over Luca effortlessly and sprinting away, cloaked, and cutting through the door with a single swipe and disappearing as quickly as he came.
"Well how 'bout that..." Luca mumbled to himself as he put his handgun back in its holster and bent down to help up Arin, "A guardian angel with a katana..."
Hitori picked herself up and gave Luca a pat on the back with a smile, "Much appreciated," She commented with a nod.
"No worries," Luca replied.
The poison that Arin was infected with had subsided, and Vincent, with a helping hand, could stand up. Meanwhile, Luca got his headset back on and called Jimmy.
"Jim, I need a search for a guy named 'Lone Wolf', he just gave us a helping hand. Try looking in public SAINT databases or the Bounty lines..."
However - there have been a few setbacks, major injuries, a broken shotgun and an incorrect syringe, to name a few.
Now, Luca is locked in a showdown with an old fiend in Hitori's past - Michael!
Who has won the duel? Let's find out in another episode of ISC PHOENIX!!
MISSION 5.5 - START!!
Luca had come out of the brief exchange of steel and diamond kneeling at one end of the room, breathing deeply. On the other end of the room, with his back faced to the captain, Michael was in a similar pose, but he seemed confident.
"You see, I sliced you like an onion!" Michael boasted. Out of curiosity, Luca wiggled around a little to see if he would, but didn't.
Confused, Luca began patting his chest for cuts, coming up fruitless and asked: "Are you sure? Who cut who?"
He stood up and turned around to look at Michael, who wasn't responding, but quivering madly.
"I did." A somewhat computerised, masculine voice from nowhere said.
Surprised, Luca looked at Hitori, and her binding ropes had been cut to ribbons, but she was still sitting down, equally surprised as Luca.
"...bastard... lone wolf..." Michael muttered to himself before falling neatly and bloodlessly into a life-sized 12 piece puzzle with a few thumps.
"WHOA-Bugger me sideways!" Luca stepped backwards, but stepped into something he couldn't see, "AH!" He turned around with with his fists up and swung a left hook, but found that something had caught his hand mid swing, and it felt like a hand.
Luca froze and maintained his one-handed grab, looking at the crew around him.
"I thought I already fought you!" He scowled.
"Different person." The person responded, as his cloaking device wore off. It appeared to be a person in a sleek, navy-blue suit of land-based powered armour of Yamataian design, and a vibroblade katana was in his other hand. The armour's face was made up of 6 red eyes, effectively giving whoever was inside 180 degree vision.
"You've grown..." The man inside the armour said before pushing over Luca effortlessly and sprinting away, cloaked, and cutting through the door with a single swipe and disappearing as quickly as he came.
"Well how 'bout that..." Luca mumbled to himself as he put his handgun back in its holster and bent down to help up Arin, "A guardian angel with a katana..."
Hitori picked herself up and gave Luca a pat on the back with a smile, "Much appreciated," She commented with a nod.
"No worries," Luca replied.
The poison that Arin was infected with had subsided, and Vincent, with a helping hand, could stand up. Meanwhile, Luca got his headset back on and called Jimmy.
"Jim, I need a search for a guy named 'Lone Wolf', he just gave us a helping hand. Try looking in public SAINT databases or the Bounty lines..."
