NPF Avatars: Pain and Amazement

[Raiden]

Raiden looked down at the knife protruding from his neck. He reached up and pulled the blade from his neck. The large gash began to heal, but it took longer to heal then it normally would. He had begun talking before it had finished healing, which made his voice come out raspy and breathless.

"You got -huh- your own door -huh- because I thought -huh- that you would be -huh- smarter than that."

He stood up from the table and gently put his paper down. The gash in his neck healed, making his voice much cleaner. He still held the knife in his hand.

"If you were alone, then you would think through attacking the puppet. But I guess I was wrong, Mauve. You wouldn't just wait around and let things happen to keep safe."

He raised the knife up, making sure Mauve could clearly see it. Then, with a clenching of his hand, he crushed the knife into a worthless piece of metal. Blood dripped from his hand onto the floor, but that was quickly healing.

"I suppose under different circumstances, I should be proud of that. However..."

He grabbed the counter, and with a flex of his muscles, ripped the large heavy object from the ground. A hissing sound was heard as pipes and foundation was ripped apart.

"That Raiden is gone. And you just got in my way."

He tossed the giant object with relative ease in Mauve's direction.

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Raiden looked at Krylo in their close combat.

"I know how many of my friends have died."

He pushed Krylo off and sliced up, then down. The mod's free hand cleanly fell from his arm, but was already regenerating before the Thunder God moved. Raiden stepped back a bit to give himself a little more room.

"None."

Without even entering a stance, the puppet attacked.

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Raiden looked with a bit of pity upon Mesden. He had placed her in a place where all of her fears, no matter how slight, were exaggerated and enlargened, making even the tiniest thing feel like a paralyzing phobia. It was for her own good.

She had used the basic Rune he had taught her to drown out the sound. She was being smart about this. All he had to do was keep her here a bit longer.

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Raiden looked at Rhiya as she pulled out her twin blades.

"Ah. The swords. Wonderful, wonderful."

Suddenly, he appeared behind Rhiya.

"Now, how are you going to hit me?"

Before she even had time to turn to him, he had moved again. He was now on a completely different rooftop.

"I'm over here!"

*zoom*

"Now I'm here!"

*zoom*

"Oops, moved again!"

Raiden was using his speed to zip all over the place.

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Raiden was standing where he was, looking down at Ecurt and Fenris.

"Such a pity. I honestly thought you two could do better."

Raiden was holding Gleipner in his hands. He had grabbed the blade before it struck him. For a moment, it looked like he was about to attack the two, then hesitated.

"You know what? Not even worth my time."

His lips pursed, and he whistled. Suddenly, a large electric wildcat emerged from a wall.

"Raiju. Keep those two busy while I arrange for some people to keep them company."

The electric cat gave a small nod, then turned its eyes on Ecurt and Fenris.

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The receptionist pressed a button on her desk, and a door behind her opened. Through the door was an office. The office was a very large and lavish one, with priceless art and sculptures lining the walls. At the far end of the office, the entire wall seemed to be a giant window. Sitting in a plush chair, looking out the window, was Raiden. He turned in his chair and looked over at Pedro.

"Ah, my 3:00 is here. Good, good. What are you doing just standing out there? Come in."

Pedro walked in, and before he could take more than a couple of steps, he was whisked off his seat by a moving chair. The chair carried Pedro through the length of the office, and stopped right by Raiden's desk. The Thunder God looked over at Pedro.

"According to my receptionist, you're a manipulative son-of-a-bitch that tries to alter a person's mind to get what you want."

The god reached into his desk, and pulled out a thick folder.

"You're just the person we need here at Electric Takeover, Inc."

Not even giving POS the chance to speak, he opened the folder.

"Now, I know your industry hasn't been doing so well, and you're in debt up to your ass. However, wouldn't it be wonderful if all those red numbers in your taxes just...went away? Join Electric Takeover, Inc., and the pay you recieve here will make any debt you had seem like paying the candy man for a chocolate."

The Thunder God was already signing a small slip of paper. When he had handed it over to Pedro, he realized that it was a check. A check with a LARGE amount of zeros in it.

"That's just your monthly starting salary. You'll also get a corner office, a house in the 'burb's, a vacation spot at the coast, and a puppy. Now, for all of this, you only have to do one thing."

Raiden pointed through the door to the sleeping Arhra.

"Get rid of the riff-raff."

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Raiden continued to play the guitar as he looked over at Pyros.

"I'm sorry, little brother. I'm here to slow you down. If I told you where Raiden was, how would I be doing my job?"

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Raiden didn't even move himself when the fireball flew at him. Electricity seemed to jump from his body as it enveloped the flame and put it out. Raiden gave out a chuckle.

"I know what you're thinking. That this is all an illusion. Don't forget, boy, I can read your mind. Electric synapsis, and all that junk."

The Thunder God got off the ground and sat in a cross legged position.

"And what I want is to keep you here. That's all. Simply stopping you from moving on, or at least slow you down."