Gary’s hand was shaking as he looked at his phone. He had to be a bit careful in case he gripped around it too hard, otherwise that would be the second one he had thrown down the gutter.‘What is this, NIRV are the ones behind the gang, they are the ones that have been hoarding and claiming all of these beast crystals?’ Gary thought. It was starting to make sense. Without the system, Gary also wouldn't have known the value of the crystals, and there would only be a few people who would, one of them being a company based around turning people into Altered in the first place. The thing was, he didn’t have fond memories about NIRV. He remembered when he had met a few of their scientists while he was in the AFA. The way they acted, the way they treated the students, it was as if only what they were doing was the most important. ‘I remember that contract I signed as well. It allowed them to call me for any special reason, as a retriever was it? If I remember correctly, past students of
Bursting through part of the stage on one side of the room, an Altered could be seen in its full form. Looking like a mix between a giant insect and a beast, while covered in a mist of shadows that lingered on its body. Immediately seeing this, the other gang leaders, who were watching by the side, had little reaction. “What is going on, is this part of the show, to show us how strong their Altered are?” One of the leaders commented.“It better be if this is part of the act, otherwise it will show how incompetent Nox is, how could he allow such a thing to happen right in front of us. Either way, it should be dealt with quickly.” Unlike the other leaders, both Herbert and Killer knew exactly what was going on, as they looked at the Altered in front of them. ‘So this was their big plan?’ Killer thought. ‘No way was that kid an Altered before. They must have stolen one of the solutions.’ Immediately, Vlad was looking at the table where Nox was, sitting with the others. Vere was tryi
In one of the largest and most expensive buildings in the world, a tower that stood at a great height, taller than any other building, in a tier one city, a man was sitting in his office chair. He was surrounded by glass on all sides giving him great views all around. He placed the phone down by his side, and placed both of his hands together. His deep sunken eyes were looking ahead while thinking of something else.This man was the current Chairman of NIRV, and in front of his desk the name plate stated who he was clearly, Rickle Epmen. Not only was he the current Chairman but also the founder of NIRV and had been at the head for as long as it existed.The timeline for which corporation, which country was the first to create Altered was fairly vague. It seemed like quite a few companies had managed to have a breakthrough at the same time. However, it was clear that NIRV was one of the leading companies. Having come up with great advancements, such as the injected Altered solution.
The entire Phantom Brawl was chucked into chaos. At first, many of those that had been watching were still extremely calm about the whole situation. Believing it might just be an act and even if it wasn’t an act that it would be dealt with quickly. It seemed to be the case with the intruder being grabbed and teamed up on by the many Altereds. The other gangs were starting to see the strength of the Scavengers, and they had made a decision in their heads that they wouldn't try and go against them, it would be their death if they did. That was until a large bull looking Altered had seemingly appeared from the sky, to pound one of the Altered’s head so hard that their head was now stuck in the ground soaking in its own blood. Whether the Altered was dead or not, they were unsure, but it was clear that they were no longer moving. “Crap! Someone has a grudge against the Scavengers, we're all going to die!” One of the gang members shouted. The whole room felt the same way, as they trie
The Shadow Fighter was blocking Nox’s way from escape, but he had no clue who this person was. He wouldn't involve himself with the affairs of kids, even the recruitment of the delinquent students were handled by the other gangs that were under the Scavengers. So he had no clue who the Shadow Fighter was, or anything about them, but from looking at their uniform, a memory did enter his mind. “Oh, I see, you were one of the ones that interrupted the last fighting tournament. I did get a report of that, what is wrong with you people? Why do you have a grudge against me!” Nox shouted. “Do you want money, are you one of the factory workers! I’ll let you go and give you what you want, just get out of my way!” Nox shouted. Frustrated, Vere ran forward and went in for a strong kick toward Nox’s head, but he had swiftly avoided it as he ducked down, and then with his own leg kicked the Shadow Fighter in the centre of her body causing her to stumble and fall over. Rolling from the ground,
Vixen and Vlad were face to face with each other. For Vlad, he had been hit by an acidic green liquid from Vixen's hands. It looked like they could do a lot more than just inject venom and stretch. However, gritting his teeth, the liquid burning through his body just exploded memories in his head, memories of how much pain his father must have been in. Standing up, the energy was channelling through his body.His eyes turned a shade darker, and with it, his back wings started to repair themselves. Although when finished, they didn’t look the same as before. They looked mangled with parts of the wings missing as well. “What interesting results, it looks like this has been quite a nice little experiment for NIRV.” Vixen said to himself, as he stretched out both of his hands. Vlad tried to move as he flapped his wings, he had a short burst of speed in one direction but it was only momentary and the snake hands were going after him, like they were some type of homing device. Turning h
At the factory, the workers were getting a little impatient. A lot of them were pacing back and forth, on their phones frantically contacting their family members, and some were biting their nails. Minutes felt like they were taking hours to pass. Now with both Gary and Elijah gone, any moment they felt like members of the Scavengers were going to come in and punish them for what they had done. The sound of the front door was heard creaking, and some of the workers screamed as they quickly moved and went into hiding. Going first through the door, they could see a blonde haired young adult, wearing a face mask. It was a normal face mask that one would wear when they were sick. Just from what they could see and mainly from his eyes, one could tell he was a pretty boy. “I come here on behalf of a troublesome green haired teenager!” Kai said, entering the room, and he wasn’t alone. Olivia was by his side along with Marie, and entering the room behind them, were a few more of the Howl
The team had burst out from a wall close to the back stage, and had made quite the entrance as they had thrown the Shadow Fighter onto the floor. The clothes that the person was wearing was well known, and all of the fighters who were school students knew it well. “What the, hey isn't that the Shadow Fighter? Were they here as well?” “I guess they finally decided to show up at one of these things, man I'm glad to see that guy got his arse beat. He would go around just beating up on everyone thinking they were hot shit.” Nearly all of the students were talking about the Shadow Fighter which just showed how infamous this person was, and it seemed to be news to their bosses. The students from other schools didn’t exactly inform them that they had been beaten.From the group that had come in, a man with straight black hair that was parted to the side stepped forward. He was dressed in complete black from head to toe, with only a black leather jacket that revealed his abs. It wasn't ju
Xin had already expended a lot of energy in her Altered form, and holding her breath during her combat had worn her out quite a bit. Her single wing sticking out from her back was still there, but the lightning power that sparked from it was dwindling.“Big guy, be careful; this one’s tough,” Xin commented.Austin stood strong, looking at Gil getting up on his feet. As he did, Gil’s body muscles were flexing in and out. The smoke that was lingering from his body was starting to grow as well.“I know. I hit him with a pretty big shot, and I know I’m not weak,” Austin replied.After just getting back out from the hospital and recovering, the first thing Austin didn’t expect was that he was going to have to get into a fight, but from a single look, he could tell this person was strong.Not wasting any time, he had jumped out of the window and knew what he needed to do.“You're a bigger hitter than me, so I’m going to have to support you!” Xin said.As soon as she finished her sentence, G
With Xin being who she was, she had faced many different types of Altered, but going up against Gil was the most unique one yet. For one, he was a rare Mythical type. These had great power and a chance of great elemental ability as well.Not only that, but she had seen something somewhat unique to an Altered which she hadn’t seen before. The fact that Gil was able to transform his body, and in doing so, it affected his powers.Being large in size, he was strong and durable, while being smaller in size he had incredible speed. It was because of these transformations that Xin had felt like she had already seen it all.They had been fighting for a while now, so he had to have used either his partial or full transformation. There was nothing left for him to show, with no surprises, it was time for her to finish off the fight herself.The one wing that extended out from her back, the same size as a hand, was covered in yellow sparks that continually went off. They were condensed in size, g
Sparks from Xin’s Altered form couldn't stop flying off from her body. The strange hardened feathers constantly were shooting off small bolts of energy from one to the other. Even just standing still, her elemental power was activating.“You think things are going to change just because your appearance is now a little different!” Gil shouted as he lifted both of his hands up, locking them together. He was in his large form, having shifted from the smaller one.Doing so allowed him to pick up more strength than he usually would. The attack was going to be a big one. Gil’s hands smashed against the ground, and the whole building started to shake again.The people from above fell from their seats. Shelves tumbled down from the vibration, and it looked like the building was warping from within itself. However, the shaking had eventually stopped.With it stopping, the people on the second floor could see that they were now okay, and it was the same for Amy and White, who were close to the
The message sent out by Kai was heard loud and clear by everyone in the Howlers, and some of them took it to heart. Instead of trying to win their fights, they now were trying to last as long as possible.Raven had transformed his body; large heads had appeared and were in the air. Numba had been picked up by one of the Hydra Altered’s heads, its teeth biting down on his stomach and flinging him to the side until he hit a wall.“This Altered’s strength is crazy; does he have the same strength in each head?” Numba thought as he tried to get back up.Charging in were both Marie and Olivia at the same time. They struck from two sides, trying to hit the heads, but weren’t fully committing. They were carefully waiting for a strike and moved from side to side.Marie had avoided attacks from one of the Hydra’s long winding heads, while Olivia, as she jumped back, swung her hands and used her whip. It was effective in hitting the Hydra, but she didn’t dare try to wrap it around its head due t
There were a lot of decisions to make with the new stats and pawn points that Gary had managed to achieve, and it was best if he used them now because at any moment, he felt like something was coming.The fight against Ice was far tougher than the fight against the North and the South leader, but all of this was for more to come.‘First, I will allocate the stat points,’ Gary thought as he tapped his system, giving himself a few points in two areas.The first was his endurance.[Endurance 88 >>> 90]‘The strength difference at every ten is increased, but as the numbers get higher, the difference isn’t felt as much. Either way, as I’m fighting tougher enemies like that of Ice, Endurance seems to be a big factor in getting hurt less.’[Dexterity 82 >>> 85]‘With that, rather than being able to hit harder, I need to be able to hit more and get my attacks in, so I’ll increase my dexterity.’As for the pawn points, Gary then went ahead and used two of them on his health. Each pawn point at
---The final plan that Carter had, to try and turn those who had allied up against each other, had failed. Carter already knew about Ice’s past; there wasn’t much he could do with that.He was one of the few prisoners who knew what they had done. Through the extent of his own powers in a clash, he had killed those around him that had no involvement. He wanted to stay in the prison, but he suddenly had a change of heart.Then, there was Blackjack, the first man Carter was unable to get any information about, so he only had Gary, and now even that hadn’t worked.“What were you going to do?” Gary asked as he moved forward. “I bet if I was in here, and the Phoenix Gang wasn’t already targeting me, you would threaten my friends, my family, that are on the outside.”“You are a cruel person in this place; those that are already trapped, you force them to do your bidding by trapping them even more in this place. I can safely say that you are a person that I don’t mind getting rid of.”Gary n
---In the center of the prison, many had backed away from Ice standing in the middle. He felt like an unstoppable giant. No matter what attacks landed on him, they barely left a mark; if they did, it was almost as if it didn't affect him at all.His giant club was hitting the physical-type Altereds and overpowering them with his strength. Even those that were fast and could get closer were affected by his strong ice powers.He could block attacks with his ice, freeze those who came close to him, and create a number of unique attacks of his own. When a group of prisoners approached him, he slammed his foot on the ground. Ice grew from the floor in several sharp spikes, piercing those who took a step too far."What are we meant to do, Stinger? This guy is too strong!" one of the prisoners exclaimed.They looked around, waiting for an answer, but the prisoners themselves were struggling to even see Stinger. That was because he had hidden himself among the crowd of prisoners, waiting for
Blackjack was on the move to the North side. He was quickly going past the Altereds that were trying to attack him, ducking and weaving through them all at a fast speed. At one point, he leaned back, and one of the prisoners accidentally attacked another.‘It’s a good lucky day today, I knew it would all go well today.’ Blackjack smiled as he progressed further and deeper inside. As he finally got near the end, he threw out the last of his cards.They came out sharp, hitting four of his opponents on the head, causing them to fall to the floor, and that’s when he could see Calvin sitting on the floor, healing one of the prisoners.“Calvin, it has been a while, right?” Blackjack asked. “I’m surprised to see that you teamed up with the South Group. After going against them for so long, it resorted to this.” “I had invited you several times to join my side,” Calvin stated. “I had even healed your body after the fight with the Warden, and yet you still refused. So what else was I supposed
The fight continued with all three of them continuing to fight against the Altereds coming their way. Although most of them were relatively easy to deal with, there were a few tough ones.Those that knew how to fight either waited for the right time to strike and got a good hit in or were harder than just a single hit or two to take out. When this was the case, Gary would use one of his skills.He would use his Lethal Pounce, Claw Drain, and even once in a while, he even used his Claw Strike to attack them from surprise. When this was used, it seemed like next to no one could stop it.Blackjack had been keeping an eye on things that were happening around him, and when this happened, he would focus on just avoiding blows that he was able to do with ease.‘Is he conserving his strength?’ Blackjack thought. ‘That’s surprising. I don’t see many Werewolves fight like that. Is it because he’s worried about when he has to go up against the Warden? No, that can’t be it.’With a keener eye, Bl