Laid to Rest Screaming

[Chewy Rabbits]

"I kind of figured you wouldn't be up for the idea. But that's okay! I'm not giving you guys a choice!" With that, Ghostface tore off his mask and pulled out his pistol. Most people who adopted the Ghostface moniker kept to using knives but he couldn't just run down and stab all of these guys. Best to just shoot them all in the head or if failing that let them bleed out. But before he could pull the trigger and presumably slay a good chunk of Kido's friends, he felt his attention suddenly turn towards the one who had screamed.

"Well well, looks like we have a volunteer-I...I..Can't...Move!" Mickey cried out through clenched teeth as his finger-no his entire body seemed to lock up before he could pull the trigger.

Watching Mickey's dilemma from the ground floor, ChromeSkull sighed.

TOLD HIM THAT HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE CAREFUL. SHOULD HAVE JUST SHOT THEM RIGHT OFF THE BAT. THESE AREN'T NORMAL KIDS. THEY'RE FREAKS, GIFTED WITH SOME KIND OF POWER. BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE HOW FAR THEIR POWER GETS THEM WHEN THEY'VE GOT A KNIFE STUCK IN THE BACK OF THEIR HEAD.

As ChromeSkull raised his knife to strike however, he didn't hear or see Kido approaching from behind. That was until Mickey glanced down and saw the girl sprinting towards the other killer.

"CHROMESKULL SHE'S BEHIND YOU!"

Turning at the last second, ChromeSkull cursed in his thoughts. He had just berated Mickey for not being careful enough and now this kid had gotten the jump on him! He'd strike out with the knife to slash right across Kido's chest but even then the teen had gotten too close and down ChromeSkull went, crashing into a pile of boxes. It seemed like the teens had the edge for now.

@Kaykay​

 

[Kaykay]

"Kido?" the other teens asked, turning around in shocked unison.

Narrowly avoiding the knife, Kido crashed with her target into some boxes. She hadn't actually thought beyond the "tackle him away from my friends" step. Maybe she should try to knock him out now? Could she even do that past that metallic mask of his?

Probably not. So she'd try to do some more of that "Kung Fu Girl shit" Ghostface so hated. Moving to grab the hand with the knife, she'd try to hold the arm down to prevent him from swinging the knife about.

Shintaro in the meantime took some time to glance at Ghostface. Yup, seemed he was paralyzed. Neat.

"Hey, Marry's power worked. You can help the scary one out, now."

"Hmm, you finally stopped shaking. Told you there was nothing to worry about, Master!"

"Shut up..."

"KIDO!!!"

The one who was impersonating Kido shed his disguise, moving in to try to help her out.

"Kano! Switch!"

With that, she slammed her elbow into ChromeSkull's helmet, only hoping to rattle him a little bit for now. Then she let go of the arm, the boy in the black hoodie rushing to grab it. Ignoring her aching elbow, Kido stood up and raised her leg.

You won't try to hurt my friends again!

Without another word, she attempted to slam her foot down on the aggressor's throat, hoping it was less protected than his face.

@TheSpringwoodSlasher​

 

[Chewy Rabbits]

ChromeSkull couldn't believe this. All of his talent, all of his kills, all of his snuff films. They were all running down the drain thanks to one Japanese girl with her gang of friends with super powers. Shoving the boxes off him, he'd fail to notice that his knife had accidentally carved one of the boxes open. What was within this box you may have asked? Why nothing more than vials of hydrochloric acid to be used for scientific purposes such as chemistry training and the like.

No, ChromeSkull's attention was focused on the teen who gripped his knife-wielding arm and prevented him from simply tearing her throat open. Shrugging his shoulders, he'd lash out with his free hand and closed it around Kido's throat and began to squeeze. Maybe if he could just crush her windpipe, he'd be able to get back up and murder the rest of her pals. Then possibly off Mickey for being such a failure.

But before he could do so however, one of her friends approached and held down his other arm, allowing Kido to smash her foot down right onto his throat. The sudden jerk of his head upwards caused his mask to pop off and for the vial hydrochloric acid to descend down towards ChromeSkull's face.

No...
NOT AGAIN!

The vial smashed onto ChromeSkull's already disfigured face and although he did not scream out, his body began to flail as if he were having a seizure of some kind. Boxes were knocked down left and right as ChromeSkull staggered to his feet and glared towards Kido and her friends, his face a mess of exposed muscle tissue and burn scars as he grit his teeth and blindly slashed in the air before his strength finally gave out and he collapsed to the ground and a beep could have been heard coming from his camera.

It'd run out of battery power, just as ChromeSkull met his defeat.

Still paralyzed up in the office booth with his pistol aimed at Kido's head, Mickey wished he could have winced after seeing what remained of ChromeSkull's face after the acid ran into him again.

"Shit, shit, shit! You guys think you've won!? Once I can move again, you're all fucked!"

@Kaykay​

 

[Kaykay]

"Huff, huff..." Kido panted, a hand on her previously squeezed throat.

Between the whole being choked thing and everything else that happened today, Kido was rather exhausted. The Mekakushi Dan often took on dangerous jobs. But not this dangerous.

Kido and the others were prepared to celebrate their victory. After all, they all turned out to be safe and managed to avoid not just one, but two murderers without sustaining any serious injuries. But despite the almost overwhelming joy from that, the grotesque sight before them seemed to sap away at it.

"Uhh..."

"Yeesh."

The rest didn't have much to say, Kido quickly turning away and holding her gag reflex. The rest of the gang had a strangely similar reaction, aside from Kano. Even Ene, who existed in a phone, was suddenly quite silent. It was...gross, to say the least. Not quite what was planned here.

The guy may have had it coming, but it was an unpleasant sight nonetheless.

The group was broken from their shock at the sight as Ghostface shouted at them. They all turned around at once, with almost eerie coordination, to look at the paralyzed killer.

"...You really think we're going to let you move again?"

"Master! Lemme at'em!"

"...How?"

"Hey, you! Aren't you the least bit sorry for what you did?!"

"You talk big for someone who can't even move."

Poor Ghostface wasn't being taken all too seriously, being paralyzed and all. Just for good measure, Marry gave him another glare. He...wouldn't be moving for a while. Kido took out her phone and called the cops. They quickly arrived at the scene, coming to pick the incapacitated ChromeSkull and paralyzed-for-now Ghostface up. The effect would probably wear off pretty soon, but with the cops around it wasn't like it mattered anymore.

Kido sat down on a box in the warehouse to rest her injured leg. All that sprinting around and going back and forth around town hadn't been good to it, but she didn't complain.

"I'm...glad you guys are safe. Turns out we were lured by a pretty stupid tr-"

"That's our line, Commander!" Kisaragi came forth and grabbed Kido by the shoulders.

"H-hey..."

"We thought the killers were going to find you and then they told us that they'd...they'd...do awful things to you! And and we thoug-" She was shaking Kido around now, who wasn't exactly appreciating it.

"Th-th-thanks for the concern, but can you please stop shaking me?"

"Oh! Sorry!" she apologized, pulling away from Kido.

"It's fine. As long as we're all safe."

"Yes! As the Mecha Shuki Ban!"

"You said it wrong, Kisaragi."

"Hahaha! Alright, alright. How about we head back home now, then? No need to stick around this dreary warehouse!" Kano suggested, a wide goofy grin on his face.

"Mm. Yeah, let's go."

A happy end for the Mekakushi Dan, it seemed. At least, for now.

@TheSpringwoodSlasher



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