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All Hallows War

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******Halloween night 12:30 AM Western edge of Angel Falls******

In the backyard of an abandoned house the sounds of movement could be heard as a boy was finished drawing a circle in the dirt, within the circle were various small animals that he had killed and arranged along with some sticks into the rough shape of a pentagram.  All the while he was muttering under his breath.

"I'll show them, they won't be able to make fun of me after this.  Who do those jocks think they are anyway?  And those stupid cheerleaders egging them on, I'll show them."  The boy was barley 5 foot 6 inches tall and rail thin, the yard he was working in showed evidence of how clumsy he was from the spots in the dirt where he landed after tripping over the debris strewn about the place.  Finally he finished drawing the circle and went over to where he had propped up a book around some candles.  Once he sat down he made sure he was on the right page and started to recite the ancient words on the page, as he was halfway through the circle erupted into a column of flame that shot into the sky and he could see the fire starting to take on a humanoid shape.  As the form took shape the boy smiled and double checked his plans to make sure they were fully ready.

******30 minutes later, downtown Angel Falls******

"We need to evacuate downtown, it looks like we're dealing with another demon invasion."  The officer had been in Angel Falls for a little over a year and remembered the chaos of the first demon invasion.  He also silently cursed city hall for losing interest in citywide defense plans due to so many heroes being around.  He was also cursing himself for being where he was when the demon landed in the middle of the street.  He hoped that enough SWAT teams would get to his location in time to back him up since he was pretty sure he wouldn't survive if this thing took enough of a liking to him.

"Backup is on the way; however we are having multiple emergencies all over town.  I can't say when we can get someone there for certain."

"Ah hell Gloria, I'm facing down a demon with a pop gun.  I lost count of the blades and spikes poking out of it at 75."

"I know, I'm adding it to the list of zombies, werewolves, vampires, and the random personality switches that are happening all over town."

"Oh great, I'm going to die out here aren't I?"

Suddenly before the person at dispatch could respond a modulated voice cut into the frequency.  "Don't worry dispatch, backup is on the way.  The SWAT teams won't be needed but a few more uniformed officers could be useful for crowd control."

"Wait who is this?  And why are you breaking into a police frequency?  Clear this line now."  The officer was getting mad at whoever had cut him off and was issuing orders to the police department of all groups.

"You can blame his Dishonor the mayor for why I'm breaking into a police frequency, approving a communications link between the cops and the Guardians cut into his golf schedule.  As for who I am Stranger Industries project QF-7661 would be my official ID, although Warbuster works as well."

"Warbuster?  OH yeah, I heard about you!  I have a demon heading towards city hall on Elm, I have no backup, and I can't take him on at all."

"So I've heard, Polygirl picked up your radio calls and sent me.  Although I figured a guy with burns over all of his body and a clawed glove would've been your problem tonight.  By the way, dodging would be good, NOW!"

"What do you mean dod…oh no…"  The officer looked up and saw the demon standing over him, 8 feet tall and possibly solid muscle.  As a taloned hand started to swing on the officer the roar of small jet engines could be heard as a large grey human shaped lump of metal slammed into the creature's chest knocking him back half a city block onto his back.  After landing between the demon and the cop car Warbuster turned to face the guy he was talking to over the radio.  "Pleasure to meet you…"  The cop said looking a little faint.

"Please, please, hold the fainting until later.  I think you have some crowd control to do don't you?"  Warbuster replied as the officer's face looked a little annoyed at himself for letting himself get caught up in the scene too much.  "Don't worry, I'm just like you.  I have to put my armor on one sub-assembly at a time."

"Who dares to strike my royal person?"  The demon was struggling to his feet as his voice boomed out over the landscape.  "I am a prince among demons; you mortals should be bowing down at my feet begging to be slaughtered."

Warbuster turned and started walking towards him.  "Oh I'm sorry your uptight-ness, if I had known you were royalty I would've fired on you as I was coming in."

The demon looked at Warbuster amusingly.  "How cute, even the golems here have an attitude.  You will be the first to fall, and this city will house my new throne as I become the human's new god of war!"  As he made his proclamation the air started to warp around him as several smaller demons shimmered into view around him.  "Combat minions, tear that golem apart.  But bring me what looks like its brain so I can amuse myself with it."  He said with a smile on his face expecting this to be a brief battle.

As the hoard started towards him the rotary cannon on his shoulder locked into place as he targeted the screaming crowd coming towards him.  "Bullet minions, find their armor and…um…pierce it I guess."  He replied shrugging his shoulders as best he could before the rotary cannon spun up and starting spitting bullets at the smaller demons coming towards him.  As the smaller demons surged towards him Warbuster could see them getting very ventilated and turning back into smoke after two or three hits to each demon.  After a very short time the demon horde was gone as Warbuster looked over at the main demon again.  "Sorry bubba, your mook squad there wasn't too effective."

"YOU WILL ADDRESS ME AS PRINCE!" The demon roared as he charged his armored opponent lowering his left shoulder showing he intended to plow through his prey.  Warbuster stood there watching him charging in not moving until the last second when he raised his arm and fired a cryogenic grenade right into the demon's face.  As the ice encased the demon's face and he started to falter Warbuster started to run forward and punched the demon in the shoulder smiling a little when he felt it dislocate.  Between the ice on his face and his shoulder getting knocked out of joint the demon howled in pain shattering the ice as he landed on the pavement on his right side.

"No, no, I don't think Prince works for ya."  Warbuster responded as he walked over to where the demon lay on the pavement.  "Did I knock you out with that one punch?" He said as he started to move a bit closer to see if his opponent was still moving at all.  When he got close enough he gently nudged him with one armored foot, just as soon as he had done that a massive hand with insanely sharp talons hit him and knocked him into the nearest building.  "Okay, not out cold.  I'll have to be a little more careful next time.  Armor status."

"Armor integrity at 87%, ammunition reserves at 57%, all systems operational."  The computer responded to the inquiry in its flat, monotone voice.

"I see the golems of this age have only gotten moderately more intelligent."  The demon was back on his feet as the outline of wings started to frame his back.  "Ah excellent, I can feel my power in this realm growing, your end is fast approaching man of metal.  Do you have any last words before I destroy you?"

"Sure, you know what a plasma cannon is?"  Warbuster replied to the question as the large cannon on his back snapped into position and sent a lance of energy right into the demon's chest.  He staggered back under the force of the blast for a second or two before putting one of his wings in the way of the shot deflecting it.  Now that the wings had fully formed they looked like several blades placed next to each other welded to sawblades and were more than capable of deflecting an energy shot.

"You are sorely trying my patience little toy, if you surrender now I'll…" The demon started to test Warbuster again but a low yield shot from the shoulder mounted plasma cannon cut him off.  "What was that?  That didn't even…ZAP!  What are you trying…ZAP!  Those don't even hur…ZAP!  STOP DOING THAT!!"  The demon finally roared again after being shot four times in the face by Warbuster.

"Oh I'm sorry, did I break your concentration?"  Was Warbuster's response as he started to lift off the ground.  "Come on Bubba, you use those wings to attract sheep or do they actually work?"  He quipped before flying off.

"You will eat those words toy!"  The demon leapt into the air after the armor and was starting to close the gap with the armor a lot quicker than was expected.

"Oops, divert all power to propulsion and sensors; leave enough life support so I won't run out of air."  Warbuster ordered the computer to change the power distribution to at least let him keep his current distance if not speed up.  "Oh he's still gaining, this is going to hurt."  Was the last thing he said to himself before the demon grabbed a hold of Warbuster's right leg and then started diving towards the street.  "No we're not going your direction."  Warbuster was finally able to get enough thrust generated to throw the demon off of his planned impact into the ground, as he was regaining control he brought up his machine gun arm and unloaded it into the demon's back, as the last bullets were emptied out of it the left wing of the demon ripped free which Warbuster caught as the demon turned into dead weight hanging off of the leg.  Warbuster looked down and aimed his grenade launcher at the face and let another cryogenic grenade go at the demon, once it hit and his face was covered in ice again Warbuster's free leg moved over to hit the arm holding on for dear life and melted holes in the flesh with the boot jets.

As the demon hit the ground Warbuster landed a few feet away from the crater still holding the wing in his hands.  "What do you know, I have a trophy now.  And in a pinch I can melt this down and make enough daggers for half the city.  What do you think of that Prince Bubba?"  Warbuster had to get a jab in right before he fired his plasma cannon at the slightly smoking hole in the demon's back.

"Why am I feeling so weak?"  The demon lamented as he looked up at the moon.  As he looked up at the moon he noticed it was losing the reddish tint it had when he was summoned.  "Why am I losing my strength?  The moon is changing color, how often does that happen toy?"

"Oh that?  It's a lunar eclipse; first time I've seen the moon turn red like that though.  That's your power source ain't it?  Whoever summoned you must have screwed up something up huh?"  Warbuster mused as he stomped over to where the demon was laying in the street.  "Ah well, let me give you one last thing to remember me by."  As he finished that line he hauled back and punched the demon in the face knocking him out and speeding up his dissolving into mist.  In short order the demon had disappeared along with the wing that had been shot off.  "Ah hell, first combat trophy I got and it went poof.  I guess I'll have to deal with the guy who summoned whatever the hell that was."

******5 minutes later******

"Oh man I can't believe one of the heroes showed up.  I also can't believe that demon was going to destroy the whole city, why did he laugh at my idea to scare my high school class?"  The kid who watched the scene unfold was running away even before his summoned creature was fully defeated.  He paused when he heard the sound of a rocket flying overhead, looking up he saw a familiar humanoid figure flying overhead.  As soon as the figure flew past he started to run in a different direction.  He kept running for what felt like forever looking over his shoulder until he collided with a very solid object he could swear he didn't see there a minute ago.

"Hope you got your insurance available, you know that collision was all your fault since you weren't looking."  Warbuster reacted dryly to the kid hitting his armor and landing on his back.  "Come on, I know some nice detectives that want to discuss a very large demon rampaging through downtown since you act like you know something." He said hauling the kid to his feet and carrying him to a nearby squad car.

After the kid was put in the back of a squad car and all but a few cops were left Warbuster walked off to the next block and opened a comm line.

"Guardians HQ."

"Hey Polygirl it's Warbuster, can I get a teleport back to the base?"

"Can't you fly back?

"12% power and I think a relay got damaged."

"Alright I'm locked on, beaming you back now."

"Thanks Poly."  Was the last thing he said before being engulfed in a bright light then disappearing into the night.
I hate being rushed...

There is a Halloween art jam of all types going on in :iconangel-fallsda: centering around some goofy object on one of the islands there and here's my contribution to it. I just literally finished it earlier tonight and if it reads like I kinda half-assed it along there's probably a reason for that.

The old business just got cut-rate house insurance too:
Writing, Warbuster, and Polygirl by :iconlonestranger:
Editing by... no one yet
Polygirl's character creation rules by Green Ronin
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