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| Shapeshifter Isle Special - The Expedition; (This is a special therefore I won't be numbering the chapters as to avoid confusion) | |
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| Black Ice | Oct 17 2013, 12:25 PM Post #1 |
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Time - Sometime close to noon. Location - Deep in the forests by the camp ![]() The dead leaves crumple and crackle as my bare feet stomp on them while traversing the unknown terrain. I walk while taking a long magnificent sip of the bottled water I had brought along with me as I stepped ahead of everyone. Wild and Fishfreak were casually chatting about something as they trailed behind keeping up barely. Zero is silent as he looks in awe at the lush green tropical setting, trees as tall as skyscrapers littered every direction of your eyesight as a mixture of pleasant, repulsive, and unknown aromas filled your nose. Sunlight dotted and crached between the tree canopy every here and there before striking the ground in a luminescent ray of sunshine. Birds could be heard chirping through the leafy trees yet they remained hidden under the thick foilage. A vibrant array of all shades of green colored everything in sight while the ground remained multiple shades of brown as the dead leaves covered the floor of this beautiful forest. We trek through the forest for ages it seems before I finally decide to speak. "Alright guys listen up." I speak in a warm tone as I scale a nearby tree and cradle myself inbetween a thicket of branches and leaves looking over the group. Wild and Fishfreak stop talking to each other before looking in my direction while zero squats down before sitting and looking up at me. "As you know I have willingly offered to lead this expedition as we map more of this unknown island, let it be known my word is law now, do what I say and I promise you will come out of this unscathed, ignore my commands and I cannot promise I shall be responsible for whether you get injured of killed alright?" I speak clearly still looking down waiting for a reply. Wild nods no questions asked, Zero gives me a thumbs up, Fishfreak is the first to talk back. "Black Ice, if I may ask....." He says in a forceful tone, as if he was scared to ask the question. I give him an odd look before answering. "Well? Spit it out! Or would you have me read your thoughts?" I laugh in a sarcastic tone. Everyone gives a slight chuckle before he replies. "Well, I just wanted to know... I understand why you picked Wild, and Zero, but why did you pick me instead of Rashido? You have never once ever picked me for anything involving you... so why now?" He asks as he braces himself for a colorful reply from me. I just stare at him for a moment before hopping down from the tree and walking over to him. As I get closer he lowers his head looking at the ground before I stand infront of him. "Fishfreak, are you scared of me?" I ask him in a dark humorous tone. He glances up at my face but never looks me in the eye. "Me? No... no it's not that I'm scared.. I was jus-" "AAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!" I interrupt him as I scream like a mad man in his face. He screams and falls back on his ass, Wild jumped several feet up from shock while zero leaped from his sitting position tensed. I speak again. "Hahahahahaha dumbasses!" I laugh as I mess up the boys hair and help hi9m up before walking off. "Let's get going guys! The sooner we end this thing the better." I mumble taking a sip of my water again as the others follow behind me. My acute hearing catches wind of fishfreak calling me an ass but I allow that insult to slide without telling him. We trek through the jungle for another half hour it seems as wild sketches a map of everything we came across to scale on the piece of paper.... "How's that map coming Wild?" Zero finally speaks as he peeks over Wilds shoulder as we sit in a clearing in the forest. Wild a little creeped out from Zeros sudden outburst backs away a little from him before speaking. "It's coming along good, I shaded in everything to scale here." he says pointing to the shaded area in the map then to a isolated circle. "If by my general sense on direction by the sun, we started at the camp here... and trekked for about 2 hours... then all this is forest." He finishes as he draws a small key on the upper right corner of the paper. He then urges Zero to leave him in peace as he finishes his work. Meanwhile several yards away I'm having a sparring match with Fishfreak. A loud thud is heard as his face hits the dirt as he coughs before getting back up. "what's the matter dude you can't take a punch?" I mock him as I lunge foward slamming him into the base of a tree before grabbing his neck with my right hand. He gasps as he tries to pry my hand from his throat. I slap him with my free hand before slamming him back into the ground and ramming him back into the tree. "Why were you focused on my hand? Why didn't you hit me instead of futilely trying to loosen my grip? Offense is the best defense Fishfreak! I could have killed you!" I say annoyed at how he was so self preserving about his body and reluctant to fight me. He tries to get up but I slam him back into the tree before punching him in the chest and flipping him back over my shoulder before pulling him back to his feet. I can see blood starting to trickle from his mouth as he coughs. I punch him again in the gut before dropping him. "Get up! You can't always expect me to protect you! When someone touches you with the intent to hurt you, you MUST fight back, even if it kills you! Fight me!" I yell as I kick him again in the stomach tossing him onto his back. He moans in pain, by then Wild and Zero have rushed over to us. Wild runs over to a beaten and bruised Fishfreak while Zero stands between me and them. "Are you mad Black Ice!" Wild growls as he helps the boy to his feet. Fishfreak was beaten bad. I speak again. "Calm down, I didn't hit him hard enough or beaten him long enough to really injure him, he just looks a mess. See he can still walk and only has a bloodly lip." I chuckle pointing to them. Wild prepares to scold me but Zero cuts him off. "You guys can't really expect Black Ice to hold back all the time and go easy on you when he's training can you? How else are you supposed to learn to defend yourself if you don't have anyone really trying to hurt you?" Zero laughs folding his arms across his black zipped up jacket after taking of his sun shades. "Thank you " I laugh looking at Zero approvingly however he doesn't return the glance. Instead he begins to speak to me. "However Black Ice you take shit too far, I've seen how you train people and I feel that you do it more for the thrill of proving your superiority rather than actually helping teach about self defense. I pity your actions if that is the case dude." he says sucking his teeth before looking at Wild. Wild looks dumbfounded at what Zero just said. Fishfreak is still rubbing his face. I speak again ready to defend my point. "Look Zero, I don't care how you feel about me or what I do, I'm the only one really even attempting to teach these guys how to fight. I may go overboard sometimes, and may sometimes only do it to flaunt my superiority. But I don't see you teaching them all your Kung Fu mumbo jumbo! Huh? If I'm so bad at teaching, why don't you take my place then? I'll gladly step down from the plate." I laugh giving a stereotypical bow to him before tossing my hood back on and walking off. Zero doesn't reply but instead sighs and shakes his head before helping Wild get Fishfreak up and walking again. "Lets go bitches we still got a lot of walking and mapping to do!" I yell back to them as a cool breeze tosses up leaves and dust into the air. We all soon leave the clearing and head back into the forest. An hour later..... I dissapear into the trees trailing behind the group walking on the forest floor... I hear everything they say... "How you holding up Fishfreak?" Zero speaks warmly as he looks at the boy. Fishfreak replies soundly. "I'm good, I have toughened up a little due to the over the top beatings Black Ice gives me, though he is right, I'm always scared to hit him back for fear he might really go off. Have you seen some of his spouts of rage?" Fishfreak laughs as he catches up to us. "They can't be that bad can they?" Zero laughs sarcastic. Wild scratches his head before sighing. "Just be glad you weren't here the time we were on another Island when Black Ice went psycho and tried to kill us all violently...." Wild mumbles before fishfreak lunges over and smacks him in the head. Wild lets out a painful gasp. "What the hell was that for?!" He asks still holding his head. Another breeze ripples through the leaves covering the sounds of me hopping through the trees behind them. Fishfreak speaks. "We aren't supposed to talk about that!" He says before playfully smacking Wild again. The walking suddenly stops as Wild and Fishfreak begin play fighting and wrestling in the leaves which wounds up with wild getting fishfreak in a lock before slamming him using a takedown he learned from me. "See, this is what Black Ices training gets me hahah, I think if I fought him again I could land more than a punch now!" Wild laughs before sporting a victory dance. Zero walks over and helps Fishfreak to his feet before he starts laughing as well. "Can't touch me son! You want dem paws again?! Huh son?" Wild chuckles as he throws his fists up again ready for another round. Fishfreak nods before rushing him again. A short struggle ensues before Wild once again brings Fishfreak to the ground with a takedown. He jumps up in glee. "Dem paws win again son! I now see how Black Ice feels when he beats someone!" Wild laughs stunting another victory dance. Fishfreak rolls his eyes. "I just slipped is all!" He blushes turning his head towards Zero, who has his arm folded and is enjoying the peace. Fishfreak speaks up again. "Zero you think you could takedown Black Ice more often then not?" he says dusting off his clothes before leaning his arm on Wilds shoulder in a friendly manner. Zero chuckles before shrugging. "I don't care for boasting, I'm not Black Ice. Though I think I'd do better than most." He finishes before rolling his shoulders and popping his neck as he kicks his barefoot into the leaves hurling them towards Wild and Fishfreak. They growl and laugh before they both rush at Zero. Another struggle ensues that winds up with zero on his back and the boys standing over him high fiving. "I know you let us win though. Thanks anyways, Black Ice would have never allowed that to happen." Fishfreak laughs panting. Their conversation continues while I hide from the thicket of the tree I was sitting in. I look down at them playing and talking. ....................... my brain is empty of thoughts as I sit trying to undertsand how to act towards everyone. I didn't enjoy getting referred to as a monster or some volatile beast, never have, yet I also don't like being referred to as friendly and kind. In my lifetime all the friendly and kind people always wound up finishing last. I watch them a little while longer before hopping out the tree interrupting them. Everything got quiet. "Bout time you showed up.." Zero said giving me a warm stare as if he was trying to be my friend. I look at him weirdly before glancing at Fishfreak. ".... I'm sorry fishfreak." I mutter before Wild swarms over to me and gloats about how he beat fishfreak and they together took down zero. I never saw Fishfreaks reaction to my apology. "Lets get going, we will travel a little more and then we will set up camp." I speak soundly as I lead the team further into the never ending forest. We cover a little bit more ground before the day starts to descend from it's peak. Wild guesses it's around 4 or 5pm. I plop down on the ground letting out a long exhale before inhaling the deep aromas of the forest. "Is all of this island forest? I haven't seen any other types of landscape." I think to myself before glancing over at the rest of the expedition group. Wild is wrestling with Fishfreak, he keeps pinning him in under a few minutes then laughs. Zero is staring off into the forest from a nook in the base of a tree as if he was daydreaming. The warm sun hits us all with a soothing feel to it as a cool breeze whizzes through the leaves with the speed of a tempest. We relax for a few minutes in silence before Fishfreak speaks again after being slammed by Wild for like the 8th time. "I wonder what everyone at the camp is doing right now, the suspense is killing me. Rashido is probably taking up all the beautiful girls for himself." Fishfreak scoffs in a pout. The next to speak is Wild. "Yea and Sectotl is probably still rambling about ripping off his eyelids and shit, he scares me." He finishes to which then I speak. "Does it make your bowels hot you weird fuck?" I chuckle glancing at him. Everything is followed by a loud laugh as everyone including Zero grabs their sides in an overdramatic way. I smile under the cover of my hood. "At least I'm still one of the funny guys." I think to myself before looking up at the trees. Next thing I see Wild and Fishfreak run over to Zero and start whispering something to him. The unpredictable gusts of wind and swaying of the tree limbs only allows my acute hearing to hear parts of their speech. "Yea do it...... he........ hahahaha........ I dare you......... no he won't." The words are picked up by my ears, I try to piece together what they said but I can't so i shrug and begin drifting off into sleep before Wild runs over to me in a fret. I look at him lazily as he begins to speak. "Black Ice Zero wants a rematch sparring session." Wild laughs with a big smile running the length of his face as if he was trying to hold back his laughter. I shrug then get up without a retort. "Fine where is he?" I spoke before leaping to the side right as a lunging Fishfreak attacks me from behind. I look in shock before I feel a hand begin to wrap around my neck. In a flash I grab the hand and pivot on my left foot to face my assailant. I hook their legs with my right foot before clipping them and slamming them into the ground. Wild lets out a shocked groan. "You guys are double teaming me? really?" I let out a slightly annoyed growl. Then an unknown voice rings in my head. "Duck." And in an instant I drop to the ground before rolling left and back onto my feet as zero leapt from the tree in an attempt to tackle me from behind. He gets up then laughs. "No, we're triple teaming you!?" He scoffs as he, Wild, and Fishfreak rush me at the same time. Wild is the closest to me, he tries to grab me by the waist but I catch his throat with my left hand before throwing his body in front of me like a shield as an incoming fishfreak runs head first into his gut. Wild lets out a moan as I topple his body on top of Fishfreak. I am then round house kicked in the chest by Zero, his kick throwing me into the ground. Reflexively I roll back onto my feet and we square off. "Round 2 then?" I mutter still clinging onto my chest, that damn kick hurt like hell. He nods before we rush at each other and engage in a grappling match. He throws a left handed hook that catches me square in the jaw. Damnit he's left handed??? I growl in thought as I intercept another hook from him before throwing him over my shoulder and backing away. I had always had a problem with left handers fighting me, I myself was ambidexterous yet I used my right side more when fighting, Zeros fighting style completely mirrored what i was used to, and it was a bitch trying to keep up even with my new found reflexes. His throws another roundhouse kick with his let foot, instinctively I leap left and wound up running right into the kick. It knocks me flat on the ground and I get back up wiping blood from my cheek. His bare foot hit with enough force to make a cut on me. I growl in annoyance. "OOOOHHHHHH Black Ice he is trying yo LIFE!!!" Wild cracks up laughing. Fishfreak looks in shock. "I never thought I see the day BI actually got blood drawn from his body." He shakes his head. "Guess I'm not holding back." I growl as I rush at him and initiate a boxing style battle, I wanted him to fight on my terms. he takes up stance and tries to drop kick me, I leap to the ground and roll right into his other feet keeping him on balance and knocking him to the ground. We struggle for a moment before I overpower him and start wailing on his face and chest with cat like swipes to break his guard and full blown punches to beat him down. I landed a few punches on him before he threw me off. I immediately leap into his body like a wolf and knock us both down where we roll a few feet. "You can't fight on the ground can you?!" I laugh as I intercept one of his punch attempts and drive my open right hand into his face slamming it into the dirt. he frantically tries to get my hand of his face but I backhand him and pick him up by his jacket. Wild and Fishfreak are still cheering. "OHHH Black Ice got him now!? Fishfreak I bet ten dollars Black Ice is gonna win!" Wild says pumping his fists. Fishfreak speaks. "Nah i think Zero will make a comeback." He says lowly right aZero knees me in the chest. I flinch in pain letting him go before he delivers another kick at my face. My upper body reflexively lunges back away from the kick before I sweep him off his legs again sending him to the ground. He sure did like to kick a lot. He scrambles back to his feet before recieving another bullet like dive from me into his chest slamming him back into the ground where I proceed to overpower and get him in a joint lock hold. "Ahhhhh!!! Let me go!" He growls as I tighten my hold every time he moves. "tap out bitch!" I say in a cold voice. He shakes his head to which I bend his arm back further, a loud popping noise can be heard from his arm. Wild and Fishfreak suddenly run over and pry me off of him. "That's enough Black Ice you won." Fishfreak says in a serious tone as Wild helps Zero up. Zero thanks him. "Be happy though, of all the times I've seen Ice Man over there fight, you lasted the longest and fared better than everyone by a significant degree." Wild congratulates zero as he pats him on the back. Meanwhile I'm wiping blood off my cheek still thinking to myself. He actually managed to make me bleed.... I actually had to try to beat him.... what the hell? Am I getting weak?! Am I not as strong as i thought?" My train of thought is suddenly interrupted by an approaching Zero. I get ready for another confrontation but instead get a friendly handshake gesture from Zero. I look with a obvious surprised look at his hand and then at him. He begins to speak. "Good fight Black ice, you are very skilled. I hope I at least gave you trouble." He said with a sweaty smile. I am silent for a minute before i grab his hand and we handshake. I speak in a low tone. "Yea uh.. yea, you were pretty skilled...." And with that I turn away and start walking again. It's somewhere around 7 pm now. "Alright guys Wild we are setting up camp here, start a fire and prepare the clearing over there." I say pointing to a clearing over a few yards aways. Wild nods then begins walking with the group to the clearing. I stand alone amongst the trees for a long moment. "This is gonna be a long expedition......." I say with a heavy sigh before walking away to catch up to the group. Tomorrow the real journey began.... I just hope we were prepared for whatever this island threw at us. To be continued.............. Edited by Black Ice, Oct 18 2013, 10:33 AM.
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| Black Ice | Oct 18 2013, 04:25 PM Post #21 |
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Your not fighting your playing. |
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| Sectotl | Oct 18 2013, 04:58 PM Post #22 |
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My eyelids still hurt
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| Wild | Oct 18 2013, 05:08 PM Post #23 |
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I see Edited by Wild, Oct 18 2013, 05:09 PM.
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| Rashido | Oct 18 2013, 06:09 PM Post #24 |
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Adventurer
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O_O |
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| Wyvax | Oct 18 2013, 06:13 PM Post #25 |
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He should've blinked, he should've blinked...
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| Wild | Oct 18 2013, 06:15 PM Post #26 |
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OUCH! That sounds painful |
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| Fishfreak | Oct 18 2013, 08:13 PM Post #27 |
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, in reality i'm not a very "fighty" person either

7:31 AM Jul 11