.hack//SIGN Fan Fiction / .hack//LIMINALITY Fan Fiction / .hack//Legend Of Twilight Bracelet Fan Fiction ❯ Episode Two: .hack//Legacy ❯ Horseman Three ( Chapter 20 )

Chapter Twenty- Horseman Three- The World

 

Injustice was pieced together from many skins. From those, Sircosgi could discern those of Boragia, Plong, and the remains of Joker.

It was the face that got him.

“Justice?” Orca asked. It was the statuette of Lady Justice, complete with blindfold.

“I guess this means that as Justice is Blind, so is Injustice.” Injustice wielded her Halberd. “And Power comes with Justice. That's Boragia's.”

“Aw CRAP!” Badger said. Justice laughed.

“Tsk, Tsk, Tsk. To even out the playing field, I select the Descendents of Fianna to be ejected from the court.” Sircosgi looked around at the field. It WAS taking the form of a courtroom.

“Are they getting THAT strong?” He wondered. Balmung and Orca were taken by monstrous bailiffs and were gated out. Sircosgi looked at Injustice. She was on the Dais.

“This is going to be tricky.” He said to the other two. Badger nodded.

Injustice banged her halberd on the podium.

“In the case of The World versus the Dothackers for Conquest, Chaos, and Injustice towards other players, how do you plead?”

“Not Guilty.” Sircosgi said, not sure of what else to do.

“Very well. The Jury will now deliberate.”

“There is no jury.” Injustice banged the halberd.

“ORDER! As you know, I am the jury, and I find you guilty. You are hereby sentenced to immediate execution.” Sircosgi looked as the field changed. It became the scene of a morbid French Revolution period. In front of them stood Injustice, her Grunty saddled. She smiled. She began to point her finger from one to the other. It finally rested on Pai. He groaned.

“What now?” Injustice made a fist and lifted it into the air. Pai was lifted accordingly. With her other hand, Injustice took off her blindfold. Sircosgi looked at the sign that popped up on his screen.

“Mene Mene Tekel uParsin?” Two beams of white light shot from her eyes, piercing Pai's body. He cried out in agony. Injustice then opened her fist and put the blindfold back on. Pai fell to the ground, slowly fading into nothing. The remnants of his body hit the ground. He looked at Sircosgi and Badger.

“The weights.” He croaked out before disappearing completely. Sircosgi looked up in confusion.

“Weights?” He looked around. On Injustice's Grunty was a set of weights she normally held, at least in the statue variation. Sircosgi looked at Badger and nodded. He then looked at Injustice.

“I'm a soldier, meaning that I'm both the defendant and the judge. I'm standing on both sides of the fire, going around turns, and overtaking death and life. I'm running to fight with the shadow of a lie.”

Badger pointed at Injustice.

“CAST IN THE NAME OF LIGHT, YE ARE GUILTY!” She screamed.

A light formed around her.

“Executioner.” A voice whispered from everywhere and nowhere. Badger looked at her skills list.

“Degeneration? I don't understand.” Sircosgi shrugged.

“We have to get that scale.”

“Okay.” Injustice, meanwhile, had pointed at Badger. She lifted her into the air.

“GO!” Badger cried out. “It's my time. GET THE SCALE!” Injustice took off her blindfold, the sign for Mene Mene Tekel uParsin popping up. Badger smiled as she pointed back at Injustice.

“I am a soldier, meaning that I am judge, jury, and executioner.” She said. “DEGENERATE!” A black and white spiral of light emitted from her index finger. It met Injustice's beam head on, and destroyed it. Injustice wailed in rage. She took her blindfold and began to whip Badger with it, each hit draining twenty life points.

Sircosgi had by this time reached the Grunty. He placed the scale on the ground. Raising Boragia's Valhalberd, he yelled at Injustice.

“Balance is restored.” He swung the halberd onto the scale.

The scale split in half.
Injustice screamed in pain. Badger dropped to the ground, recovered, and ran over to Sircosgi.

“That is one strong bitch.” Vanessa said.

“It's not over yet.” Injustice opened her eyes. They were gone. She wailed in anger. “That just made her ability a non-existent. We still have to kill her.”

“Ah. But how? We don't have swords!” Sircosgi picked up Boragia's Valhalberd again.

“Apparently, I can fight with other class weapons. I guess we all can. I will equip it.” He smiled.

“Get her!” Badger cried. Sircosgi rushed to Injustice and began to slash at her. Injustice fought back by swinging her blindfold, dealing Sircosgi fifty points of damage with each hit. Badger stayed back, healing mostly, but doing the occasional magic attack.

“Give me more magic points!” She yelled at Sircosgi. He threw a few mage's souls at her.

Injustice used that distraction to mount a serious offense against him.

“HELP!” Sircosgi cried out, his health getting low. Badger pulled out a scroll.

“SPEED SCROLL!” She used it on Sircosgi, and then gave him a few potions to heal his health. Sircosgi, with added speed, began to seriously hurt Injustice.

 

One hour into the fight, Sircosgi dropped to one knee. Injustice got an unhealthy purple glow around her.

“What's up?” Vanessa asked.

“Guess what?”

“What?”

“I have a death ray.” Badger gave a cheer.

“Use it!” Sircosgi smiled.

“With extreme prejudice.” He yelled at Injustice.

“With this, I bring ORDER to this world!”

“NOOOOOO!” Injustice cried out. “You can't. You only bring Disorder.”

“DESTRUCTION IS NECESSARY FOR REBIRTH.” Sircosgi said. “DEATH RAY!”

The halberd shot from his hands and planted into the ground, a point facing Injustice.

The wind died. All sound effects stopped. There only was Sircosgi, Badger and Injustice.

That is, of course, not counting death.

“EXECUTE!” Sircosgi cried out. A purple beam shot out at Injustice, a beam that matched the color of the aura surrounding her. Injustice cried out.

“What's happening?” Badger asked.

“It won't kill her totally, but it will do one thing.”

“What's that?” Injustice stopped screaming. It appeared that there were no mal-effects.

“You failed.” She said, a smile on her face.

“Not quite. Guess who's mortal?” Sircosgi asked. He charged at her and gave a long swipe of the halberd. Injustice cried out. Sircosgi smiled.

“Surprise.” Badger said.

“This, this can't happen!” Injustice cried out. Sircosgi equipped his staff, and he and Badger pointed their staffs at Injustice.

“JUK ROM”! They cried out at the same time. Injustice promptly exploded, the seams holding her together popping from the attack. Her head rolled close to Sircosgi.

“That's for Jas, Morgan, Lisa and Amanda.”

“And THIS is for us.” Badger said, slamming her boot into Injustice's head. It disappeared. Sircosgi looked at Badger, who sighed.

“Why is everything that was once so easy now so hard to do?”

“The truth is a hard ideal to uphold.” Sircosgi nodded.

“Find the book. That's our priority.”

“Gotcha.” They combed the field and found it where the Grunty, long gone from a prior attack, had stood. It was jet black.

“Don't open it.” Badger said. “At least, not before Helba takes a look at it.” Sircosgi nodded. “Listen, I'll take it to Net Slum.”

“I've gotta go act surprised when I find Jas comatose.” Sircosgi said.

“See you at the hospital.”

“Yeah.” Sircosgi hit his heart with his right fist and logged out. Badger logged over to Net Slum.

 

Casper gated back into the field.

“AW CRAP!” She said, upon finding the book missing. “Looks like our game is up.” She sighed. “Guess I have to report this one to the boss.” She shuddered. “This won't bide well.” She gated out.