This is 'Chapter 3 - "Metal Park"' from 'Destiny Wanderers'.
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Chapter 3 - "Metal Park"
Silence looms over the dark, sandy continent. A light appears from this darkness, pushing away any evil surrounding it. Merrick puts a few more twigs onto the fire,
"Hey, don't look so glum. I got us a fire started". Merrick lies back and looks at Wander. Wander is sat, facing towards Merrick with his cuffs tied to a pole stuck in the ground. He was stuck there. Wander pouts and avoids eye-contact again. Merrick removes his body armor and places it to one side, he opens up his bag and pulls out two cans of beans, opens them and places them into the flames. Wander smells the food and looks back over to Merrick.
"I didn't even do anything wrong", Wander says sadly. Merrick checks the cans and replies. "It's nothing personal", Wander looks off into the darkness. A few minutes pass and Merrick takes the cans from the flames. He pulls out a pair of spoons and sticks them into the steaming cans. He slides one over to Wander, who is starting to drool. Merrick starts eating, but stops half-way through as he realizes that Wander cannot use his hands. Merrick finishes his can and throws it into the fire. Merrick feeds Wander, although neither of them are pleased by it. Once finished with, the can is thrown into the fire as well.
"You didn't have to do that", Wander says, getting comfortable. Merrick walks to the other side of the fire and lies down again.
"Well now you can't complain about being hungry", Merrick says. He turns onto his side and closes his eyes. "We have to walk a long way tomorrow so get some rest". Wander doesn't reply as the fire starts to fade and the night gets darker.
The sun rises over the horizon as Wander wakes up. Merrick is checking his resources in his bag, Wander yawns and rolls his shoulders.
"Morning" Merrick says, Wander still half-asleep nods. Merrick stands and slings the bag over his shoulder as Wander tries the stand up. Merrick removes the pole and throws it aside. Wander stands clumsily and stretches his arms behind his back. He loops the chain under his legs and stretches his arms out in front of him, letting out a sigh of relief. Merrick grabs the handcuff chain and drags Wander a few feet before the sound of an engine is heard.
"ROADKILL!!", shouts a voice behind them. Merrick turns to see where the engine was coming from. A banger (An old car in poor condition) is racing towards the 2 of them. 3 men dressed in scrap metal were leaning out of the window, shouting at Wander and Merrick and speeding up. Merrick leaps to safety and pulls Wander with him. The banger races past them and off into the distance, the people screaming and shouting various phrases.
"*cough* Hey, watch it assholes!!!", Wander shouts as Merrick helps him up. "Who the hell were those guys?", Merrick asks, brushing the dirt from his armor. Wander coughs again. "Wait, you haven't heard of 'Heavy Metal'?", Wander looks at Merrick with a confused look. "No, should I know them?", Merrick replies slowly. Wander sighs. "They pretty much own this area, and that dude that you fought was one of their strongest. How could a mercenary not know about an infamous outlaw gang", Wander speaks as Merrick shouts out, "I don't get out much okay!". Wander sighs again. "Well, what now?" Wander asks. Merrick stops for a moment, puts his hand to his chin. "I have a very bad feeling about this", Wander says to himself as Merrick looks around. "Alright, we're going after them!" Merrick proclaims as he points to the direction that the banger had driven. Wander walks over to Merrick. "Well, I'm useless in these handcuffs so you'll be on your own", Wander says with a smug look on his face. "You're going to fight too", Merrick replies. Wander sighs once again and nods his head. Merrick grabs Wander's cuff-chain once again and they head in the direction of the vehicle.
After an hour of walking they finally see something. A giant metal dome sticks out of the ground, sticking out like a sore thumb.
"Holy crap!", Merrick says, almost stopping. "Hey", Wander speaks up. "What", Merrick replies, "Can you fend for yourself? 'Cause what I saw back at the school...", Merrick cuts Wander off, "I was taken from surprise. I didn't expect him to be so strong". Merrick answers and Wander smirks. "Well, since you kinda owe me your life from that, why don't we make a bet?" Wander asks. Merrick looks over to him. "Alright, what is it?". "I didn't think you'd except already", Wander says shocked. Merrick shrugs, "You have a good point, I do owe you. So what is it?", Merrick answers as Wander speaks up. "Whoever takes down the leader is the winner" Wander says as Merrick goes quiet. "If I win, then you have to come with me so that I can get promoted", Merrick responds immediately. "Okay then, if I win then you have to release me and you have to help me complete my dream" Wander says, smiling. "What would that be?" Merrick asks. "To be 'King of the world'!!!" Wander shouts out. Merrick freezes. "You're crazy, he's the strongest in the world. He has the power of gods. He can take down mountains in a single strike...", "Yeah I need to beat that guy!" Wander cuts Merrick off. Wander keeps walking towards the base as Merrick still stands in awe. Merrick thinks to himself for a moment and nods. "Hey, Wander! I agree to this bet", Merrick shouts, catching up to wander. "Sweet, thanks Merc!" Wander says. "Don't call me that", "Okay Merc".
Once at the gates Merrick removes Wander's hand cuffs and puts them into his bag. Wander rubs his wrists and stretches out. "Okay, this is what I know. The gang 'Heavy Metal' is located in a metal dome called 'Metal Park'. They have 3 leaders, No-name, Dead-shot Dan and the main leader, Brutus. They says he's tough enough to beat a Commodore", Wander explains to Merc. Merc nods and they walk up to the entrance of the dome. They walk straight in to find a normal scrapyard, metal lying around rusted. In front of them is another doorway. Lights flood through the gap and as they enter, they look down over the light-show. Another scrapyard is here, spotlights flow around the area and a large building coated in scrap is seen at far end of the valley. Wander turns to Merc. "Are you ready? 3, 2, 1...GO!!!" Wander shouts, jumping off of the cliff that they were standing on. Merc just watches. He realizes what Wander said and starts making his way down the pathway to the scrapyard.
Wander lands in a pile of scrap and jumps out to find a few members waiting for him. "Intruder!!", one of them shouts. Wander throws a few punches and knocks them all out, only to find even more coming after them. Wander charges towards them and barges through, running towards the large building. Merc slides down the pathway as a few guards appear. Merc grabs some sand and throws it at the guards, making them cough and cover their eyes. Merc pushes them off of the pathway and keeps sliding down. Wander keeps running towards the building, more and more guards appearing before him. "You aren't strong enough to kill me!", Wander shouts, throwing more punches and breaking through the gang's defense.
"Boss, we have 2 intruders. One is nearing this building. what should we do?", a dark figure is talking to a mountain of a man, looking at security cameras and watching wander and Merc beat up the guards. The large man chuckles, "Go and sort them out, show them not to mess with Brutus!", the large man says as the dark figure nods and leaves the room.
Merc finally reaches the bottom and makes his way through the scrap piles and sees the building. wander is making himself a pathway and is almost at the doorway. Merc hears some scrap moving behind him and sees a trap door open and a small man holding a sniper rifle. the small man is wearing a full camouflaged suit. He jumps out of the whole and sees Merc watching. "Intruder", he says. Merc sighs and rubs his neck. The man pulls up his rifle and fires, Merc jumps behind one of the piles of scrap. The man runs behind to see that Merc is gone. "I'm guessing that you are Dead-shot Dan, right?" Merc asks. Dan looks around, rifle ready in hand. "So what if I am?", Dan asks. Merrick jumps out of a pile of scrap holding a steel rod and slams it against Dan's gut. Dan is sent flying into another pile. He falls out and grabs his chest. Merc darts over and swings the rod down onto Dan's head, he rolls over and dodges the blow. Dan gets up and blocks Merc's next swing with his rifle. He deflects Merc's attack and takes aim at Merc. He fires and Merc takes the bullet to his right shoulder dropping the weapon. "Don't mess with 'Heavy Metal'", Dan says, leaning around the corner and taking aim at Wander. Merc stands and cracks his knuckles. He jumps towards Dan. "Heavy Left-Hook!", Merc shouts out. Dan turns and is struck in the face and flies over into another pile. Merc grabs the rifle and aims it at the pile. Dan jumps out with a steel pipe and Merc fires. Dan falls to the ground, clutching his chest and coughing up blood. Merc leans over Dan. "I'll let you live this time, I'm feeling generous". Merc says as he runs off to join Wander whilst Dan is left there, in a pool of his own blood.
The mountain of a man slams his hand through a table as he watches Dan lie there through the monitor. He looks at another camera to see wander in a field of unconscious bodies. He clenches his hands into fists and walks out of the room.
Wander walks up to the building's front door and puts his hand on the handle. Suddenly, the doors are blown through and Wander is thrown onto his back, a few feet away. Wander quickly gets up to see that a man fills the doorway. "Brutus, you're lookin' pissed", Wander says, cracking his knuckles. "Xen, I thought that I'd never get revenge on your family", Brutus says, coming out of the building. "What are you talking about?", Wander asks. "5 years ago, your mother single-handedly took me down. I still think about that day. Now I can avenge my fallen comrades!", Brutus calls. Merc looks down towards the confrontation. "Wander! I'm here!", Merc shouts, running up to Wander and looking at Brutus. "Teaming up with a Mercenary? You don't see that every day", Brutus says as wander and Merc start to argue. "I'm gonna take him down!", "No, I'm gonna take him down!". Brutus takes a step forward, "Good, now I can avenge Dan too", Brutus says as Merc flinches, grabbing his Bullet wound.
Wander pushes Merc out of the way. "This one's mine", he says as Brutus charges straight at Wander. Wander grabs Brutus' shoulders and is pushed back. His feet dig into the earth as Brutus keeps pushing forward. Wander pushes his left arm down and his right arm up, making Brutus flip onto his back Wander jumps back as Brutus gets back up. Wander throws his arm back and twists it anti-clockwise. "Hand-cannon...", Brutus jumps towards Wander, "Rifle!!!", Wander throws his arm forward at a blinding speed, hitting Brutus in the face and launching towards the building. Brutus stops himself by landing on his feet, sliding and then spitting out some blood and wiping his nose. "Holy crap, how strong is Wander? Was he holding back against No-name?", Merc thinks to himself as he tends to his wound. Wander throws his arm back again and twisting it anti-clockwise. "Hand-cannon Launcher!!!", Wander throws his arm forward, launching a ball of wind towards Brutus. "Quick Wall!", Brutus puts his hand to the ground and a wall of rock rises from the wall and blocks wander attack, only leaving an indent.
Wander watches the wall come down as Brutus stands laughing. "My element is that of Stone! Your wind will never penetrate my rock-hard defense!", Brutus shouts. Wander smirks. "Sorry man, but I make the funny jokes here", Wander says, throwing his arm back and twisting it anti-clockwise. "Hand-cannon Rifle!" Wander shouts out as Brutus puts his hand to the ground again, "Quick Wall!". Wander punches the wall, causing a decent shock wave and making Merc fall over. Brutus puts the wall down and shoulder barges Wander, making him fall to the floor. "Stone Piston!", Brutus shouts out as Wander is thrown into the air by a pillar of stone. Wander throws back his arm and twists it clockwise. "Stone serpent!", A giant stone snake launches out of the ground towards Wander. "Hand-cannon Shotgun!!!", Wander throws his arm forward underarm instead of overarm and punches the snake. Wander struggles to keep it back, neither side giving in. Wander takes in some air and his arm starts to increase in size slightly. Wander screams out as the snake starts to crumble. Wander finishes his attack as the snake's head crumbles. Wander lands back on the ground and starts breathing heavily. Brutus chuckles as the serpent crumbles. Wander throws his arm back and twists it anti-clockwise, he starts running towards Brutus. "Quick Wall!", the stone wall forms again around Brutus. "Hand-Cannon Rifle!!", Wander throws his arm forward and Punches straight through the wall, destroying it. Wander throws his other arm back and quickly twists it clockwise before attacking the stunned Brutus. "Hand-cannon Shotgun!!", Wander shouts as Brutus is struck in the gut, making him cough up blood. Wander launches Brutus into the main building and out the other side. Merc watched and saw that Brutus had been pressed into the cliff-side behind the building.
Wander coughed and fell onto his knees. Brutus then leaps back through the building with his arms coated in stone. He strikes Wander in the face and then proceeds to beat him into the ground. "You are weak!", Brutus shouts, kicking Wander into a pile of scrap. He turns to Merc and chuckles. Brutus is then hit in the head by a stone. As he turns he see wander standing, coated in blood and barely able to stand. "I'm not dead yet!", Wander says, clutching his chest. Brutus charges towards Wander, "If I'm weak then what does that make you?!", Wander shouts, he starts taking in a large amount of air and his lungs inflate to a ridiculous size. Wander throws his head back and an air lock sound is heard. Brutus throws a punch, but Wander dodges and throws his head forward. "Neck-Cannon Gong!!!", Wander shouts, head butting Brutus and slamming him down on to the floor. Brutus almost immediately gets up and grabs Wander's arms. "You are not gonna beat me, I'll rip your arms off!!", Brutus proclaims as Wander throws his head back again, making the air lock sound. "Neck-cannon...", Brutus freezes and Merc watches silently. "No, Stop!!", Brutus says. It was too late. "...BUSTER!!!", Wander shouts, letting out all of the air that was in his body and launching Brutus up out of the valley and through the scrap metal dome.
Merc runs over to Wander and checks him over. Wander lets out a victorious cry as he falls to the ground. The fight was over, Wander and Merc were victorious!