South Blue: Chapter 1 Left and Forgotten

Ikari's dislocated arm missed.  This was expected to happen.  As Kaizen ducked under, a large smirk spread across Ikari's face as the rocket in her right arm activated.  Her right arm fired forward as Kaizen tried to punch her.  She could finally hit him.  He's not going to dodge.  This is perfect.  A sudden shot is heard.  Ikari stops in place, looking to where the sound of the shot came from.  A man began to talk about Tax Collectors.  The fight had been stopped because of these men.  Standing straight up, Ikari looked at her left arm for a moment.  Grabbing her shoulder and gritting her teeth, Ikari slowly try to find the correct alignment between her arm and shoulder.  Feeling certain she had the correct place, Ikari slammed the arm back into place.  Grinding her teeth, Ikari bore the pain and began to exit the arena.

Stopping by the entrance, Ikari turned her head to the man that brought her in, her left eye having a small fire brewing behind it;
"So much for getting paid.  Now I have no money to buy some metal and I now have two broken cheek bones.  Thanks."
The man glanced at Ikari before simply shrugging and leaving the arena.  Now she had to find some way to get money.  If not for the metal she wishes to have, then at least for a better doctor than she.  All she knew how to do was take away her own living parts of herself and replace them with cold hard metal.  A feat by itself, but not one that can help with the repair of a broken living part. Ikari calmed down slightly and began to leave the arena.

Kaizen walked out of the underground fighting ring, with his black coat and fedora, and tipped his hat to the two gentlemen outside the door making sure everyone left. Bob counted the heads of the people moving through, he had an act for memorizing every face that went inside. The main investors, the three men in suits, walked out of the fighting arena some time after everyone else had left. They walked out of the room in the order of least powerful to most powerful, the first one was a big man with a cigar in his mouth. He wore a striped white suit with black stripes moving horizontally through it. He wore a red vest and a light blue tie. The business suit underneath the coat was black. The man was no more then 5'2". Next was a woman with a feathered scarf around her neck. She had white gloves that went all the way up to her mid-humerus. She had a black dress and looked older then the other two underworld men, she had many grey hairs that were confined and tamed by a metallic pin. The pin had a snake on it. Her shoes were black high heels that made her height 6'4", which is very tall for a woman. Without the heels she is 6'1", still very tall for a woman. She wore stalkings that had a darker brown color. The last man that walked out of the door was a young man with blue hair that he slicked back. He wore a light brown coat (cacky) and a black long sleeved and buttoned shirt. His suit was slim fitted and with shades that covered his eyes and eyebrows completely (think of that guy from CSI Miami). The glasses were black and with gold sides holding it on the ear. His pants were also cacky colored, and his shoes looked very expensive (Italian style).

The big man, with his expensive shoes as well, walked to the half giant that waited next to one of the run down buildings in the area. The other two 'Big shots' continued walking to their directions with other men following them. They each had around 4 guards with them, the woman had them all either wearing masks of painted men or without masks but handsome looking. The masks all looked like men with delicate features. The other man had bulky people around him, two of them, and a woman with a katana next to her. The last of his four was a man with a very large object covered in wraps on his back. he was smoking a cigar. The fat man, now speaking to the half giant, had two little girls with briefcases and one man with very tall legs. The tall legged man as 18 feet tall. The half giant looked at the small man, but even while looking down the tall man showed fear. The small man spoke,

"You had me lose some good money today. I told you to take the fall." The half giant remained quiet, and gulped. The smaller man then continued to speak after a brief pause, although it was obvious he wasn't expecting a word to come out of the half giants mouth. "I'll let you redeem yourself. Suits brought in a decent fighter this time. She took many kicks to the face and didn't falter. Even with a dislocated arm it looked like she might have won. I need you to take care of her. None of my guys can do it or it would look suspicious. But.. if you do it, it will look spontaneous. Just make sure to beat her to the ground. I put in a bet that if Suits lost his next match I would gain 50 million belli. I would rather not lose that." The half-giant had a sigh of relief. He wore dark blue sweat pants and steel toed brown boots. His body looked very well ripped, he had a six pack on his abdomen. The half giant spoke, "I'll do it.. Oscar. I'll take care of your problem." The short man responded, "Good, I'll give you a little something as a reward. Five hundred thousand should be enough." The half giant nodded, and walked away in the direction he remembered seeing the woman heading. He cracked his knuckles. He knew she needed a doctor, and there was only one in the town.

Half Giant Stats:

Ikari, leaving the underground fighting ring, would rub her temples. It was bad enough that she felt the need to fight for money, but now that she has fought, she didn't even gain anything from it. All she got was a dislocated shoulder, which was crudely, temporarily fixed, and two broken cheek bones. Continuing to walk around, Ikari took roughly five minutes to find the local clinic. Looking at it from the outside, Ikari began to miss the clinic at her home. The clinic was on a single floor and seemed to be slightly deteriorated. The roof looked as if it could fall with a single touch. The walls seemed strong enough to hold the building up but not much stronger. With a dejected sigh, Ikari opened the front door and walked into the clinic.

Once inside, Ikari looked around once more. The waiting area was completely open, with chairs backed up against the walls. At the far side of the open space was a desk with what seemed to be some sort of receptionist. To the receptionist's left was a door, most likely to the doctor's room. There seemed to be at least a dozen people here already, not including the staff. Two of these people waiting to be seen were children. Ikari could hardly imagine that they were getting the best medical treatment here, but I guess it would have to do. Walking to the desk, Ikari sighed. Stopping in front of the desk, Ikari looked at the receptionist and asked to see the doctor. She explained that she had a dislocated shoulder and two broken cheek bones. The receptionist nodded and told her to take a seat. With any luck, she'll be the first to be seen due to the fact that she seemed to be the most severe case.

The half giant asked the villagers for the direction of Ikari. He explained to them how she looked like down to her clothes and hair and they happily pointed him in her direction. To the villagers the half giant was a gentle giant.. and he was, when he wasn't threatened. Now he had to take care of the woman, or HE would be taken care off. It didn't hurt that he got money for his farm as well. He needed to take care of himself, since nobody else would do it for him. Eventually he made it to the clinic. He originally suspected that she would go there to see the doctor, but he wasn't certain. The people that he asked never pointed in a direction that would say she wasn't heading to the clinic.

When he made it to the clinic he peaked inside through one of the faded windows. He could spot at least eight people inside. One of them was the one he had to beat up/kill. The half giant picked up a nearby axe, for wood cutting in winters, and started whistling a very ominous tune while chopping side of the building that looked like a very important part holding the ceiling up. It was thick, and looked old. The more he swung at it the more he took chunks from the thick pole. Eventually the people inside recognized the whistling as the one lumberjacks in the area hummed while chopping trees. Using this as a warning the people started to walk out of the building without showing panic. The front desk clerk went to the back and sneaked out with the doctor from a back door that is unnoticeable from the front desk area. The half giant continued to chop, until a minute later the thick pole broke and the entire half of the ceiling fell to the ground followed by the entire clinic shortly after.

"That was easy." He explained holding the axe over his right shoulder.

People began to live the clinic slowly, one after one. Ikari would stay sitting, thinking it was odd but nothing other than that. It was when the receptionist left, Ikari started to wonder. Perhaps she was just checking in on the doctor to see if they could take the next patient. Ikari continued to sit there for roughly a minute before getting up. This was just too weird. Heading towards the door, Ikari heard a low rumble. This building was deteriorated, but not enough to rumble. Another rumble and suddenly the roof collapsed. Ikari fell to the floor, the rubble from the roof atop her.

Ikari slowly pushed herself up. Her left side gave way. Looking at her left arm, it had become dislocated once again. Blood trickled from the back of Ikari's head to her face. Slowly, Ikari got up, pain surging through her body. Once stood up, Ikari looked around. Her vision was fairly hazy, but she could make out the figure of, what seemed to be, an extremely large human. Ikari rubbed her temples with her thumb and middle finger to let her eyes clear up. The man was indeed large. He was holding an axe and was standing next to the rubble. Due to his size, he could have easily caused the roof to collapse. A fire burned in the back of Ikari's left eye. This man was going to burn. Ikari, still in a slightly hazy state, slowly walked towards the man. She clenched her hand into a fist. He shouldn't be able to dodge a punch aided by her rocket punch. At least, that's what Ikari thought at that moment. Standing in front of the man, Ikari lifted her arm and went to punch the man in the gut. When the arm was drawn back, Ikari activated the rocket in her elbow to aid her punch.

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Fuel: 50

Kaizen watched the rubble and fight from some dozen feet away. His green eyes looked almost like an animals while watching the two brutes fighting each other. Ikari was already hurt from the fight she had with Kaizen, so he knew she was at a disadvantage from the beginning. The half giant, whom Kaizen knew only as 'Duke', was already about to get punched by Ikari whom survived a collapse of a building. Although the building was pretty light compared to the average building, it was still somewhat heavy. The collapse of the building could have killed an average person. Kaizen had his fedora well placed on his head, and straight, so he could see the entire fight without much problem. His well fitted attire consisted of a black tie, coat, and silk-like pants. his shoes looked Italian style as well and clicked whenever he walked on hard ground. Kaizen continued to watch the fight from afar.

The half giant felt the fist slam against his abdomen. The half giants immediate reaction was to grab hold of the arm that tried to punch him. Because of his natural speed the hand would normally be too fast for an average person to dodge. If the hand grabbed on to Ikaris arm immediately after she connected he will act like a normal person would act if he got punched by another average person. He shrugged off the punch basically, but he felt pain from it. He knew that the rocket aided punch had done damage to him.. but it shouldn't do as much damage without the rocket. If he grabbed Ikari he will then start to swing her around in a circle with the right hand that grabbed her and continue to increase in speed as he swung her around. Eventually he'll throw her back in the rubble where a hard wall waited for Ikari to meet her back. He'll then, right afterwards, grab his axe and hurl it at the woman. The axe was aimed at her chest. The half giant then ran towards her. His speed at that moment would be shown because he ran at his full speed. His aim was to kick the opponent while she tried to get back up or avoid the axe. Even if the axe hit her he'd still kick her to finish her off.

Ikari would see her fist connect.  This guy, by any normal person standards, should have been sent several metres in the direction of Ikari's punch.  However, it was clear by the sheer size of this man that the standards set by normal humans shouldn't be used.  The fist would begin to sink into the abdomen.  It was not clear to Ikari if the attack had even injured the man.  The man, faster than any normal man, would grab Ikari's right arm.  She was lifted up, though probably not with any ease compared to a normal human.  After being picked up, the man would continue by spining Ikari around.  Faster and faster.  It was a sudden shock when Ikari stopped spinning, heading in a single direction.  

Ikari would slam heavily into the wall.  Ikari's head would slam backwards into the wall.  As she pulled her head down, Ikari could see the man pull back to throw the hatchet in his hand.  She had to act quickly or most likely be split in half.  Dodging to her left, Ikari narrowly dodge the hatchet that was now buried in the wall.  Using her right hand to wipe blood from her mouth, Ikari would step away from the wall towards the extremely large man.  Suddenly, Ikari's right hand would fall to the floor as she brought up her arm to align to the man's face.  Ikari would have a look of sheer determination of her face, though slightly apologetic.  From her wrist, a missile would shoot forth, straight towards the man's face.

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Fuel: 45

Duke ran towards Ikari with killer intent. Eventually he got within kicking distance, all he saw was her pointing at him with her arm. He pulled his leg back and was about to swing. The power behind the kick was evident by his other leg planting itself in the ground. Just then, however, he saw a missile come out of the woman's wrist. The missile hit his face, and a large explosion took place centered around his face. The explosion should hit Ikari as well, but it hit the half giant the hardest. He fell to the ground almost instantly with a thud. The missile literally knocked him off his feet. The half giant was knocked out, which could be seen by the white in his eyes and the burns in his face. His chest was still moving slightly, however.

Kaizen watched this and smiled. He walked forward from behind the building and headed in the direction of Ikari. His green eyes looked directly at hers. He took his time pacing with a wide smile that spread cheek to cheek. His eyes are half closed and almost daggering. As he walked his footsteps made a noticeable noise even through the dirt. He was very glad the fight had ended, and he was even gladder that she was the victor. Now he knew she was a cyborg, and he knew she had a missile. She could have defeated him in the underground fight club if they weren't.. underground. It could have caused the entire area to cave in. Kaizen walked up to Ikari with new found respect towards the woman. He kneeled down in front of her when he got near enough to keep away from reaching distance but still close enough to speak to her.

"So I guess this is a bad time to ask you out on a date?" Kaizen said chuckling. "If I help you, you'll owe me, btw. The date will cost extra."

The missile fired out of her wrist.  The shock from it's explosion sent Ikari off of her feet. Her eyes were blurry from the blast, having giving her a mild concussion. Also, due to the blast, Ikari's ears rang in a high-pitched tone. Her missiles weren't to be trifled with.  Not just that, but those were the safe ones.  Ikari dreaded to feel the power from one of her unstable missiles at point blank.  Even with her tolerance to taking a hit, she doubted that she would stay concious from one of them.  Ikari took her face out of the floor and slowly crawled towards where she dropped her hand.  Finding it among the rubble, Ikari placed the end of her wrist to the end of her hand.  Lucky for her, the hand managed to connect correctly.  Flexing her hand, Ikari looked up as a figure loomed overhead.

Her sight was blurred from the explosion and Ikari still couldn't see perfectly.  The figure seemed familiar.  Her vision began to clear and the figure slowly came into a better view.  Kaizen.  Ikari wasn't in any condition to fight him.  He said something, but the ringing in her ear made hearing his words impossible.  It passed quickly, allowing Ikari to catch the end of what he said.  Sighing, Ikari lifted her right hand towards Kaizen, speaking with an exhausted voice;
"Just take me a doctor.  One that can actually fix.  I swear, if you try to do anything odd, you'll be the next person on the end of a missile."

he watched her raise her hand up, indicating that she was going to get up. Kaizen put her hand down to the ground. This was to tell her not to move without needing to say the words. He walked away, whistling to an unknown tune to most. It sounded ominous, and never ending. He intentionally stopped at one point and continued in another for a never ending loop. Kaizen eventually made it to the home of an old man; the doctor of the clinic. Kaizen made sure to memorize the most important areas of the island the day he arrived. Among the important areas was the doctor's location. Kaizen looked around, noticing nobody was watching, and quickly turned into a snake. The black snake then slithered, very rapidly, into a hole in the home that Kaizen noticed when he arrived.
 
From Ikari's point of view she can only see Kaizen walking away. Twenty minutes later she'll hear a thud going on behind her. Since she was too weak to turn around she'll feel the body of a light person landing on her feet. Prior to that she'll hear the sound of tumbling and falling. The man was covered in juices and slime. He shook it off and looked behind Ikari. She wouldn't know who is behind her until Kaizen steps forward. "Take care of her. Put her in your home and make sure she survives, or you won't." The doctor nodded and commenced the procedure on her. He checked her vitals and snapped his fingers around to make sure she could hear. She seemed fine with vitals, what wasn't fine was the obvious dislocation of one arm. He felt her shoulder, using the best of his knowledge to guess the area the shoulder is supposed to be (knowing it will cause pain if it's dislocated). If Ikari screamed or felt uncomfortable then he knew he'd have to do the next step.
 
The doctor grabbed her shoulder and popped it back into place forcefully and skillfully. He then turned her around, carefully, and checked for cuts and bruises. She seemed to have two broken cheekbones by their swelling, those were a pain to heal. Her back was bruised, but her front seemed better. The attacks on her seemed more concentrated on her back and face for some reason. It was like someone kicked her in the face prior to getting crushed under a house. The doctor also noticed the anomalies in her body. She was a cyborg. He almost felt the fake hand pop out when he tried to palpate her wrist. The doctor came to the conclusion that she was fine to grab and place in his home. "I'll be taking her with me to heal. It should take her too long with my medicinal herbs, but she might need a skilled mechanic as well. Lucky for you, I know someone that can fix her. He can even upgrade a few of her weapons." Kaizen nodded and walked away. The doctor seemed relieved. His next step was picking up Ikari and walking to his home. A mechanic shows up soon after and started to work on her. Eventually she'll wake up and her cyborg half will be good as new, and her human half healing and better then before. Her cheeks were operated on, so she has tiny objects holding her cheekbones in place while they heal. Her back is patched up and with cream around it and her shoulder will be good as new.

Ikari's hand was placed back onto the floor. Kaizen walked away from Ikari, leaving her by herself and with the unconscious man she had just shot a missile into the face of. Did Kaizen plan to leave her here from the beginning? Ikari's head began to feel heavy. Perhaps the blast from the missile at that range did have more of an effect on Ikari than she had originally thought. Ikari's eyes became heavy. She rested her head upon the rubble beneath her as she let her eyes flutter shut. As Ikari drifted out of consciousness, the last thing she heard was a large thud somewhere behind her. Ikari was mildly aware of something being dropped on her feet and people talking around her. However, what they said was not clear and Ikari slowly drifted further away from consciousness.

Waking up, Ikari would spring straight up in the bed she was lying in. Looking around, Ikari would try to find something that would allow her to recognise the place she was currently in. Finding nothing, Ikari stopped searching the environment and moved her legs to step out of bed. Just then, Ikari realised she was moving her left arm freely. It seemed that she'd been fixed while she was out. Ikari let a slight smile escape her lips before shaking her head slightly, returning back to her usual sombre expression. Standing up, Ikari would walk towards the door. Looking about one last time, it would seem that several hours had passed. The doctor that must have operated on her was sleeping with his head on a desk. Perhaps she took his bed. Opening the door, Ikari spoke as she left:
"Thanks for the fix, Doc."

(With this me and Agthala end the thread. Zalton seems busy and his main storyline can't be finished without him.)

WIP edit

The crowd had formed a riot that resulted in police being brought in from the next town.  Using the distraction Leo framed the officers that had been stationed to keep the peace inside the town for the shooting of another officer.  Both local police were arrested for murder, causing a riot, disloyalty to the local goverment and although the  taxes were never recovered they assume that the police were involed with missing money.  The town had been thoroughly checked but it was never recovered.

Leonardo had framed the police officer buy stealing the officers gun that he had touched earlier and firing shots into the crowd before tossing it in the bushes as if it were trying to be hid. While the tax money was being transported

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(exits as well I was indeed very tied up)