Ryu and Gai hurried down the road after John and Victor. They joined in on the action, firing at the mass of aliens.
The Papa Smurfo Alien took serious injuries from John's sword strikes. It grabbed at it's bleeding wounds and roared at John. It turned to face him and prepared to lunge at him, claw-arms held high.
Haru was begining to recover. He felt like shit, but at least he could see and think straight now. Now that his life was not in any immeadiate danger, the blind urge to kill had subsided. The rest of the group was here. They had come to the rescue? Or had they simply come after the boss?
They actually made it...
"Thanks... John. Thanks Victor."
Haru saw that the Boss was distracted from him. It was more interested in John, and the other Smufo Aliens were preoccupied with the rest of the team. He jumped over the battlefield, landing in the yard where his swords had fallen. After half a minute of searching he found them, and he ran to join the others.
Victor's mighty sword attack sliced through a wave of aliens, cleaving a good deal of them in half, while nearby Gai and Ryu had exploded a few others. Haru's right Gantz Sword extended to ten feet, and he assisted Victor in taking out the survivors, slashing a good deal of them in two from behind in a single swing.
The Papa Smufo, who was still facing off with John, was enraged at the sight of his children dying around him. As John stabbed at it, it grabbed John's sword arm and squeezed it tightly.
"WEEEE OOOONNNLLLLY WAAAANTT PEEEEAAACCCCEEE... WHY YOOOOOUUU KILLLLL UUUUUSSS?!?!?!"
It ripped John's arm clean off, sword still grasped harmlessly in the hand. It then swatted him to the ground, stomping on him as it rushed towards Victor. It backhanded Victor as it charged forward, launching him high into the air and breaking a few ribs even through the suit's defenses. He crashed to the ground nearby. It continued it's charge right, right towards Gai, who wasn't even facing it, instead blasting away at more Smufos who had entered the fray from seemingly thin air. Ryu yelled at Gai, who spun around and desperately attempted to defend himself, taking aim at the stampeding monster.
Too late.
The Papa Smufo tore the X-Rifle from his hands and then headbutted Gai, roaring at him and he stood there dazed. It then grabbed his neck and with one hand ripped his head off. The body stood straight for a few moments, then toppled to the ground, spraying blood.
***
Back in the room, Gai's face appeared on the surface of the black ball, then was marked with a red X. There was an egg-timer ringing noise, and the picture faded away to be replaced by the remaining time.
"27:41:45"
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Haru and Ryu yelled and both swung at the mass of aliens, their blades extended again. The Papa Smufo jumped into the air and over the blades, but the remaining Smufos were all slashed in two. Haru had to roll out of the way to avoid being butchered by Ryu's wild strike.
Ryu's blade returned into the hilt. He ran over to see if John and Victor were still alive.
"They ripped his arm off... Oh my god..." Ryu grabbed his mouth, trying hard not to vomit at the sight. John was still alive and conscious, but he was loosing a lot of blood and was quite clearly and understandably in a lot of pain.
"When all the aliens are dead and the mission ends, Gantz will return us to the room and full repair our bodies and equipment. Can you two still fight?"
Haru offered John his second Gantz Sword, while Ryu ran to help Victor up. The boss stood ready for the next challenger, screaming at the top of it's lungs.
O.O.C: Next Update tommorow afternoon. It would be sooner but I have a class to attend that runs till 3pm. Go ahead and attack the boss. The mission will probably end tommorow.