Zodiac Hell
He looks you over and smiles, "You're okay." He breathes. You blush slightly and shake your head, hearing the Taurus coming back you swiftly move him against the wall and wait for it to pass before pulling him out into the hall only to freeze as another Taurus comes around the corner. It gives a roar and I glance back as the other one turns at the sound.
"Get down!" A call sounds and you push Law back into the room, ducking down before an orange beam shot through both of the monsters' chest. Law swiftly pulls you into him as one collapses onto the spot where you had got down. You peer out of the room and smile in surprise at Drake and Baby5.
"You two..." You breathe standing up with Law and going over to hug their necks. "But I thought I told you take the other route?"
"You wouldn't leave us behind, and we're not going to leave you behind." Drake smiles. You smile back before looking at Law.
"What are you doing here? I thought you knew how to avoid him..." You murmur. Law offers a shrug and smirk.
"Apparently not... Anyway we should move before more show up." Law says looking to Baby5 who nods and leads the way. You frown a bit, falling behind with Drake.
"Something wrong?" Drake murmurs.
"I'm happy to see him... But I really wish he wasn't in this place with us." You mutter to him watching Law's back.
"I understand, but don't worry, it should be fine." Drake puts a hand on your shoulder, drawing your gaze to him as he offers smile. You blink and let yourself smile as well. Law glances back then and frowns.
"Is there a reason you're not wearing any pants Drake?" He inquires.
"I think he's trying to blind the creatures with his amazing white legs." You smirk nudging Drake.
"Yes, and I think it's working because the monsters are targeting you instead." He chuckles back.
"You know I just think monsters and creatures don't like me." You sigh.
"Maybe they find you appetizing too." He winks. You giggle at that and Law puts himself between you, frowning at Drake. ".... I'll catch up to Baby5 now." He adds going to join her. You shift feeling nervous now. Law looks at you and rubs his neck.
"So... Are you well?" He inquires.
"Yeah, I mean, as well as I can be in this place... What about you?" You ask carefully. He blinks and shrugs.
"I'm well.... Looks like we'll be hanging out again like old times." He muses.
"You mean like when we got abducted." You huff.
"You're the ones that got abducted, Luffy and I were the ones that had to come save you." He shoots back with a smirk. You scoff and look away, walking into Baby5 who had stopped at the next hall. You blink and follow her gaze to the platforms that sat amongst the murky dark water. Two platforms had switches on them.
"Shit..." You and Drake curse together.
"That's Capricorn biome..." Baby5 murmurs uneasily.
"I'm not sure what that means but I'm pretty sure we need to trigger those switches to open the doors... I'll go first." You decide stepping forward but Law stops you.
"I'll go." He breathes when you look at him. You frown at that.
"No. You stand back doctor." Drake pushes him back lightly, giving you a nod before jumping to the platform. He carefully hops from platform to platform reaching a switch and triggering it. It was at that moment did three small creatures launch out of the water, biting and clawing at him. He staggers trying to rip them off, nearly falling off the platform.
"Drake!" You call jumping onto the platforms.
"Get the other switch!" He calls shooting one off before throwing the other two off. You shoot the other two as you dodge the creatures that leap out at you. Reaching the other switch, you pull it and the door opens.
"Let's move!" Law gasps, moving forward with Baby5. Capricorns leap out of the water at them but Drake swiftly shoots them back while you keep the creatures off of him. You jump for the next platform only to get knocked into the water mid-jump. "___!" Law calls out.
You try to swim back to the surface but something wraps around your leg, pulling you down you try to look down to shoot whatever it is but a Capricorn barrels into your face, clawing and biting at you. Trying to shake it off proved useless so you shoot it in the head. The tentacle drags you down deeper into the murky darkness. Leaning down you grab the tentacle and shoot it off, ignoring the scratching and biting of the other Capricorns. Breath running low you swim for the surface again, the creatures trying to drag you back down until they're shot off. Law and Drake grab your arms swiftly swimming for the surface with you.
Your head breaks the water and you cough and gasp for air, Baby5 helps you onto the platform and the guys follow. "Come on, let's get out of here!" Drake breathes leading the way swiftly Baby5 goes after him as Law nudges you forward gently. You follow the other two out the door swiftly and Law slides in just before the door slams shut. You fall to your knees and hands catching your breath, scratches and bites burning.
"___?" Law kneels beside you, touching your back.
"Im okay... Just haven't been swimming since the water park... And I wasn't expecting there to be something else down there..." You breathe starting to relax and get back up.
"That was probably an Aquarius... Where did it grab you? They have poison barbs in their tentacles." Baby5 tells you. You look at her as you become aware of the burning that wrapped around your leg. You swiftly take Drake's knife, cutting off your pant leg and removing it to find red star like marks covering it.
"Oh... That's fucking peachy." You growl with a tight smile passing the knife back to Drake. "Is this going to kill me?"
"I don't know... A human has never been attacked by one." She frowns seeming worried.
"Then I'm sure the burning will go away. Let's keep moving." You assure going past.
"If it's like a jellyfish sting then shouldn't we pee on it?" Drake inquires. You and Law freeze. You slowly turn and look at Drake.
"Only if you wish to be shot." You say calmly. He raises his hands swiftly.
"I was just saying! I'm concerned about you." He quickly tells you. Relaxing you look away.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to snap... I just really hate this place..." You breathe moving to turn the corner only to pull back swiftly and nudge them all back. "The fuck was that..." You whisper pointing your gun at the passage way, Drake doing the same as a clicking noise sounds. Your eyes narrow and the crab like humanoid scuttles into view. You fire at its head as Drake shoots it in the chest. It just collapses on spot.
"Nice." Drake chuckles nudging you. You smile and ease ahead again.
"Alright Baby5, any er... Zodiac monsters that we should worry about?" You ask curiously heading down the next hall.
"That was a Cancer... Which means the ones left are Libra, Gemini, Scorpio, Leo, Virgo, and Sagittarius... Gemini have two heads and doubled vision so their attacks usually miss but they're fast. Leo's are really dangerous because they're basically humanoid lions, but there's few of them so we should be okay. Sagittarius can't make hard turns but they're fast and have deadly aim with their bows. Scorpios are armored and highly poisonous. Libra's use their scales as weapons and tend to toy with pray. And Virgos can fly, which is a big problem..." She names off as you turn down another corridor that opens up to a small arena looking place.
"Boss room?" You ask.
"Not big enough. And since he gave us the option to bypass the boss, whatever it is... It's gonna be huge." Drake says looking around warily.
'Thats right! Fufufu! Welcome to my little coliseum! Good luck surviving these four beasts!"
"I hate you too!" You shout at the camera, flipping it off. Law and Drake join you with smirks.
The only response comes from the gates opening all around. You ready your gun along with Drake and Baby5. Drake hands Law his knife as the Leo lunges at you. Firing swiftly you only graze the side of it's head before it pounces you, making you fall back, gun flying from your grasp. The Leo goes for your throat but Law kicks it off and stabs it in the head. You jump to your feet, swiftly going after your gun.
Air brushes over your back as you stoop to pick it up. Swallowing, you glance up at the two headed creature as it swipes at you with its four arms. You jump back, firing into its chest. It falls back and Drake crashes into your back. You fall over with him.
"Drake?" You gasp he doesn't move and you swiftly move him off of you. You check him over and relax finding him just unconscious. Glancing over you see Baby5 take out the Libra, as Law is backed into a corner by the Scorpio. It's three stingers get ready to strike him, but you and Baby5 swiftly rush over and grab it's tails, pulling it back a bit. It shrieks trying to turn to snap at you with its pinchers.
Law swiftly plunges the knife into its chest, slashing it open before swiftly moving out of the way as it collapses. You relax and swiftly go back to Drake's side. "Drake. Drake wake up." You tap his cheek.
"He got hit in the head by one of the Libra's scales." Baby5 says as Law kneels on his over side and checks Drake's head.
"Is he going to be okay?" You ask Law quietly.
"Yeah, he'll be fine." He assures softly. You nod and move under Drake's arm as Law does the same.
"This way." Baby5 breathes, leading the way into another open door. You and Law half carry, half drag Drake down the corridor.
"You're a lot stronger than I remember..." Law murmurs.
"Eh... Blame Earth for that... And the mutants..." You shrug looking ahead.
"Right..." He frowns slightly. "Do you really enjoy living there? Away from... Away from everyone?" You glance at him as you step into a passage way.
"I guess... I mean it's something...." You tell him checking your gun.
"We miss you." He blushes lightly. You blink and look at him blushing as well.
"You do?" You inquire. He meets your gaze and smiles giving a nod.
"Of course." He rumbles. You smile and open your mouth to reply when you hear galloping up ahead. You look over and swiftly break away to run and tackle Baby5 as an arrow skims over both of you, almost connecting with Drake's shoulder if Law hadn't fell to the side of him. You shoot at the Sagittarius swiftly, taking it down, skidding to a stop right in front of you and Baby5.
"That was close." She whispers as you both get up. You swiftly go back to Law, helping him with Drake again. Picking up the pace, you follow Baby5 down another corridor. Drake stirs, eyes easing open.
"Drake? You okay buddy?" You murmur softly.
"What the hell hit me...?" He mutters.
"You my friend, got knocked out by a giant scale." You inform him.
"That hurts." He mutters taking his arms back. "Where are my pants?" He looks around.
"I got them." Law says handing them over as you all stop so he can pull them on.
"Mostly dry." He comments and you all continue, stopping at the end of the hall to look at the pathway suspended in midair.
"I have a bad feeling about this one..." You murmur trying to peer at the ceiling.
"Virgo zone... We should stay low and shoot them if they swoop at us." Baby5 whispers readying her gun.
"You lead the way, I'll follow at the back." You tell her quietly. She nods and starts out, Drake and Law after her before you go, keeping an eye above as you all rush for the door. The first shrill cry makes all of you wince and speed up as the white, angel like creatures diving at the group. You shoot down any of the creatures that entered your view. You feel wind at your back and one plucks you off the platform. You cry out in surprise, swiftly shooting it and making it drop you back onto the platform.
"Run!" You and Law shout as they swarm. Baby5 and Drake shooting as many as you can. One grabs Law and tries to yank him off the platform. You pull him back, shooting the Virgo and taking Law's hand, running faster as Drake and Baby5 reach the door, opening it and jumping in as you and Law zoom past so the door can slam shut. Law suddenly yanks you back swiftly before you could fall into giant pool. You gasp as something large breaks the surface of the water.
"It's the boss..." You whisper as Baby5 steps back.
"I can't believe it... He actually caught one..." She whispers shaking.
"What? What is that?" Drake inquires carefully.
"Ophiuchus..."
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