Night 41: Recreational Field

[perfectrecord]

[From here]Just as in the hallways inside the building, the field looked completely deserted. von Karma saw not a single person nor creature upon it. Far to the northwest was his destination: an old supply shed that contained items that he would find marginally useful to defend himself -- at least until he could acquire something better. As much

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[ruthless_hunter]

Lockdown wasn't sure exactly what had happened just recently. However, he was the happiest he had been since he'd been here.

He remembered being dragged away from his room and injected with needles, and HK-47 telling him to "have fun". Once they had taken him upstairs, everything went fuzzy and he barely registered anything after that. The only thing he knew was that when he was coherent again, he was back in his real body and had orders to guard the Recreational Field. Lockdown had happily obliged.

A lone human wandered onto the field, oblivious to his presence. His stealth mode had done the job perfectly. Time to move in and do what he had been ordered.

The muscle car revved his engine loudly, came out of stealth mode, turned on his red high-beams, and quickly drove towards the human with the intent to hit him. He wasn't going fast enough to kill the human, but it would certainly cause the man a great deal of pain.

[perfectrecord]

Halfway there. As von Karma stalked along the side of the building, the outline of the second doorway came into his field of vision. Instantly, memories of what happened the last time he had entered it flooded his mind. That fleeting sense of imminent victory -- the prospect of finally obliterating the entire Edgeworth bloodline right in his very hands -- only to have it completely wrenched away from him by a certain spiky-haired nuisance. As he thought on his, his jaw clenched, and his eyes narrowed in stifled anger

[ruthless_hunter]

Lockdown sped right past the human as he darted out of the way, cursing silently to himself. Had that human reacted a second too late, Lockdown would have had him.

The muscle car slammed on his brakes and turned his steering wheel hard, skidding against the ground and sending grass and dirt flying. He then hit the gas hard and sped in the direction the human was now heading. The human had gotten a good head start, though, which made Lockdown internally snarl. He revved his engine threateningly for good measure.

[perfectrecord]

von Karma just barely darted out of the path of this reckless driver as he headed for that door. The scorpion attack from last week had been bad enough, but somehow, this attack seemed infinitely worse, especially since there were no other possible targets to distract the offender. No simpering, idiotic detectives to run unwitting interference this time. It was just him and this lunatic, whose road rage rivaled that of the imbecilic motorists he usually encountered on a daily basis in Los Angeles.

Blotting out everything else around him but the insane driver, von Karma continued his mad dash for the door. He felt a whoosh of air just right behind him as his gnarled hands grasped onto the doorknob. There was no time to check for danger inside the building; as soon as the door opened, he rushed inside and slammed it shut behind him.

As he stopped briefly to catch his breath, he thought, Once I escape this hellhole, I shall see to it that that fool gets the book thrown at him for reckless driving. The fines his estate shall pay

[should_be_dead]

[From here]

Tenzen opened the door at the end of the hallway, and quickly discovered he had indeed reached an outside area. His eyes looked over the field, noticing the strange structures with the netting and the small shack a little further up ahead. Like the courtyard, this area was also surrounded by walls. Most likely to prevent anyone from escaping, but a wall wouldn't stop one of the ten chosen Iga.

The ninja decided that the little shack might be worth paying a visit too before trying to climb the walls. He headed into it's direction, all the while keeping watch of his surroundings. Even if he remained skeptical about the nonsense he had heard, the ninja was no idiot. Monsters or not, it'd be foolish to let his guard down in such an alien place.

And he couldn't help but think this had been incredibly easy thus far...

[ruthless_hunter]

Oh, what was this? Yet another inmate had wandered onto the field. Two inmates in just a short while. The night was just getting started and already Lockdown was having the time of his life.

Lockdown thought about trying to run him down like he had the last man, but then decided to shake things up a little. Doing the same thing over and over would get repetitive.

The muscle car revved his engine loudly, came out of stealth mode, and flashed his red high-beams. He quickly drove towards the dark-haired man, slamming on his brakes right before hitting him, hoping to get a good scare out of him.

Lockdown revved his engine threateningly again, and growled, "I'm only gonna say this once, so listen up. Go back to your cell and I won't grind you into pulp." The threat was half-empty, of course, since he was under strict orders not to kill. Didn't mean he couldn't scare them, though.

[should_be_dead]

What? Someone had to be joking.

Reaching this field had been too easy indeed, so meeting some sort of guard should be expected. Human, perhaps. Or even some sort of monster as those madmen were so keen on believing. Tenzen might have expected some sort of Oni, or possibly even an animated corps. There were many things that could be defined as a monster, after all.

He did not, however, expect this large, roaring thing made of metal to suddenly appear on the other side of the field. More importantly, said large, roaring thing made of metal was heading into his direction, and he was doing so fastThe ninja didn't have the time to reach the shed, one of the walls or even get back inside the building. At this rate, it was going to run into him and the impact would hardly be pleasant judging from the thing's speed. He could only mutter a curse before

[ruthless_hunter]

Oh, a wiseaft, huh? Well, Lockdown knew just how to deal with his kind. He was also a little disapointed that the human showed no obvious fear. Well, the muscle car would now show him true fear.

"Yes, and like I said, it was the only one you were ever going to get," Lockdown turned his lights off, and there was the sound of gears and cogs turning, along with the sight of metal parts shifting and sliding as the muscle car transformed. Within a second, the giant, imposing form of Lockdown's robot mode loomed over the dark-haired man.

Smiling cruelly down at the human, Lockdown reached down with one massive hand to grab him.

[not_rly_fai]

[[from here]]

Yuuhi pushed open the door and slipped outside, glancing around the field. It seemed empty, but one never knew when those birds might come down and attack. It was best to stay near the building and be as unobtrusive as possible. He debated turning off his light, but left it on, just in case.

With any luck, Ururu and her friends would be out here soon and he could leave her to them. She'd probably be safer there anyway.

[not_rly_fai]

This was not looking like the best place to be. There was no sign of those birds, but something else was out and about. At first it'd looked like one of the vehicles from Piffle World, but this one had wheels and was trying to hit people, not win races. Who was driving it?

He turned off the flashlight, hoping he hadn't been spotted already. He couldn't leave until Ururu or her friends showed up.

When the car transformed into a big robot though, it looked like it might be a lot more troublesome. Since Yuuhi wasn't trying to cross the field or pass it by, maybe the big metal robot wouldn't come after him? He could always hope.

[ruthless_hunter]

[moving over from here]

Well, now that those two were out of the way, there was only one person on the field now. Lockdown had seen this one earlier, and part of him wondered why the human hadn't fled yet, since he had clearly seen what Lockdown could do. Oh well, he supposed some people were just that dumb or incapable of learning.

Lockdown revved his engine and drove towards the last remaining human. Upon reaching said human, the muscle car transformed without braking, and dug his heels into the dirt to decrease the momentum.

The bounty hunter smirked down at the human, "You've been here long enough to overhear why I'm out here. So, let's just skip the formalities." He reached down with one massive hand to grab the human.

[not_rly_fai]

It was too little, too late, as was so often the case. A giant metal creature like that shouldn't be able to move that fast, but logic and didn't always go hand in hand with this place. Still, he knew well enough that he didn't want to be caught by whatever this guy was.

And if there was one thing Yuuhi still did well, it was slip out of reach. He twisted away from the giant's hand, missing by mere inches. His tailcoats almost snagged on the large metal fingers. No, that definitely didn't look like it would be fun.

"I'm just waiting for someone," he explained, putting his hands up helplessly once he was out of immediate danger. "I'm not trying to pass you."

[scintillatingly]

[From here.]

At this point, Sora wasn't too surprised to see that the field was completely empty. It hadn't looked like many patients had been coming this direction, though the fact that he was out here on his own was still pretty eerie.

He strained his ears, trying to detect the sound of any monsters that might be moving around beyond his field of vision, but there was nothing.

Allen also wasn't here yet, obviously. Sora really hoped that the boy would show up. Even if Allen was mad at him, Sora still wanted the chance to say he was sorry and try to explain himself.

Still, all he could do was wait, and so Sora leaned himself against the side of the building, taking as much strain off of his wounds as he could.

[scintillatingly]

Sora had felt a little better when he saw that there were other patients joining him on the field, though it was disappointing when he kept turning at the sound of the door opening and yet seeing people who weren't Allen

[broken_exorcist]

[[from here]]

It was a straight shot from the hall outside, so he ran the rest of the way, pausing only when he got to the door. There was a lot of noise, but then, that was quickly becoming the usual. He opened the door and crept outside, looking up to see the giant robot on the field.

As he turned to see who else was already outside though, at least it looked like he hadn't missed Sora. Though Allen had no desire to mess with anything that looked like one of Komui's inventions. The last giant robot that man had created had been a disaster and he'd nearly been operated on!

"Sora!" he called out as he ran over. Hopefully they could make it over the wall while that thing was still talking with the other people. Then again... maybe it would be better to take a different route.

[scintillatingly]

Just as Sora was really starting to get worried, he heard a familiar voice and turned to see Allen running over to him. The boy looked well enough, though it was pretty hard to tell when they were in the dark and Sora was half-distracted by the big robot thing that was chasing two other patients off of the field

[arc_wrench]

[From here]

After much wandering through the unlit corridors with absolutely nothing to kill, they were finally outside. Which he usually hated in his meatbag state, (the germs!) now...

The first thing he noticed was the havoc that had been caused to the grass. Marks that matched those of a four-wheeled vehicle. He had guessed right! Unfortunately, he couldn't see anything, even in infrared. He ventured a little out onto the field itself, scanning the immediate area. There might be heat trails that he could detect, if nothing else...

[quickdrawbkiddo]

Beatrix's eyes flickered across the field, also noting the treadmarks and catching a subtle whiff of ozone in the air. Something wasn't quite right. Why would there be a vehicle in this location. Sure, there might have been a lawnmower in the nearby shed, but it most certainly wasn't the type to leave this kind of evidence.

She brought her hand up to her katana, ready to draw the blade from across her back if necessary. She did not move beyond the immediate area surrounding the doorway. "What do you see?"

[ruthless_hunter]

Ah, more humans were starting to come onto the field. Good. Lockdown was starting to get bored.

He flicked his sensors over the three of them. One was all alone, the other two seemed to be traveling together. Lockdown contemplated which ones to go for. He thought about picking off the lone one, but then decided to go with the pair. Perhaps he would get paid extra for getting two at once.

For the third time that night, Lockdown revved his engine, to give fair warning, and then deactivated his stealth-mode and activated his red high-beams. The muscle car sped towards the two humans at an alarming speed. Like before, he went fast enough to only cause injury, and not kill.

[arc_wrench]

"Statement: Nothi--" He was cut off as the sudden lights and quite visible infrared signature appeared out of nowhere. Stealthed? How interesting! "Correction: I see my roommate!" HK didn't have much choice but to dive out of the way at the last second, rolling and coming to his feet in a position ready to dodge again, taking a moment to make sure this would be burned into his memory core before shifting almost all of his processing power to reaction time.

He knew he wouldn't get any favorable response, but he couldn't help opening his mouth. "Greeting: Hello, Lockdown!" His tone was oddly cheerful for one addressing a being who had just nearly run him over.