The Orb of Healing (Solo)

[Lady Blackwell]

A pain filled scream ripped through the air of silence, echoing throughout the empty, haunted corridors. Blood marked the walls in the pure essence of death. A hooded figure chuckled and loomed over a table situated in the center of the room. He bent low, gently caressing the blood stained face of his captured.

"W...What are you doing to her?" Max said as he was hunched over in the corner of the room. This man or thing, was too strong for him to do anything against. He had broke Max's arms and legs. When Max tried to save the woman in the alley way, he had passed on his way to a local leather merchant.

"She is the newest member of my army of super humans"The man said as he slowly looked over at Max and licked his lips

"You creep! get your hands off of her!" Max said as he cringed with waves of pain flowing through him.

The thing that was hunched over the woman wagged his finger at Max without even switching his glance from the woman. "I wouldn't over exert yourself, your near death as is. I am surprised that you are even conscious right now"

Max was going to protest but realized he was right, he couldn't move any muscle besides his lungs, and even those hurt. He had no mana left, this man had drained it all out of him, when max tried to paralysis touch his head.

"You have some interesting abilities there Maximilian Cannon, Former Member of Bandit clan Antrio" The man said as he sighed and dropped his hand's to his sides, the Woman on the table had died. "And i am hoping that you can help me more then she did." He said as he casually sauntered over to Max

"No! i will never help you!" Max said as the man bent down low to him, and looked him in the eye

"Well, i can sense your fear, i can see it, i can smell it." he said as he stared into Max's eyes, "But I am afraid you don't have a choice in the matter" the man punched Max in the chest causing Max to spit up blood and then pass out from pain.

Max woke up and looked around, he was in a room surrounded by other people all with hideous deformities, he realized he could move as he sat up, he even had his mana back.

"Wh...What happened here?" Max said as the others looked at him

"Your the new Superhuman" Said one with a great Sarcastic tone

Max sighed as he slowly stood up, there was a small piece of Mirror on the ground, Someone obviously had smashed it. Max bent low and picked up the piece, and peered into it. he saw a Scar going from his right eye up to his head and continued from what he could tell.

"Damn that man! i am going to kill him!" Max said as he started feeling the walls and examining every inch of the room he could, there was one window, with about a inch by inch square that wasn't covered by Metal bars. the wall was Grey, with blood spattered all over it. Obviously someone killed them self from going insane, or there was a fight that happened here. the roof had a opening in it.

"Having fun down there Max?" Said the Man's voice as he peered down the whole in the ceiling.

[Lady Blackwell]

“You!” Max exclaimed as he threw the piece of mirror he had at the man, just missing his neck. “I will kill you! I swear it!”

The man laughed

“I am the man only known as Hironi Jishibosh, I used to experiment on people just like you, before I faked my own death to escape an angry mob of people” He said as he cracked his neck and smiled.

“Now then, everyone hear this, whoever wants to get out of here alive has to fight and kill Maximilian Cannon there” he said as he dumped a Sack full of swords into the far corner of the room, opposite from Max “Have fun Max” Hironi said as he closed the whole in the top of the room

Max was furious with rage, he had experimented on these guys and from what he said, a lot more. How many lives had he ruined. The other men that were in the room looked at the pile of swords and then to Max, one spoke up. The one that first spoke as he entered the room.

“Well, I am sorry there Max but I have a family I have to get back to, I only went out to hunt when that psycho captured me.” He said as he picked up a sword and rushed at Max a lot faster then what max had expected of him.

Max ducked down and narrowly avoided the attempt at beheading him. Out of instinct max went to grab his swords and realized they weren't there.

“Shit!” Max said as he jumped back as the man swung the sword down to the ground. Max knew he had to do something soon or else he would be dead just from this man. Max hit the brick wall behind him with the back of his head, he had jumped back farther then he had thought. He closed his eyes and held his head, it hurt like a son of a bitch.

When he reopened them he could see the mans sword movements clearly and could anticipate them. He jumped forward and grabbed the man's wrist as he twisted it and bent it back as he head butted the man, making him drop his sword. Followed by a punch to the stomach with his one free hand. As the man backpedaled and fell to his knee's two other people had started rushing him, one with a sword and one with with his fists.

Max jumped to the side and used his fore arm to push the man's sword edge out of the way as he punched him rapidly in the chest 3 or 4 times and broke the mans elbow over his knee, he then turned around to see the third man's fist connect with his face, sending him flying into another wall.

Max got up and held his head again he was too dizzy and sore from whatever Hironi had done to him. The third man was in front of max again with another fist going for Max's chest, Max moved to the side and kicked in the back of the guys knee followed by an elbow to the back of the neck. Knocking him out cold.

“Hironi come face me yourself!” Max exclaimed as his vision seemed to fade, he closed his eyes and felt the cold embrace of the stone ground meeting his skull.

[Lady Blackwell]

Max awoke several hours later, Nobody was in the room. It was dark it was full of whispering voices, but no one was there. He stood up and rubbed his head, the ground hurt. At first Max had no idea where he was, but then he started to hear something. It wasn't any normal voice, it was inside his head. He heard Hironi, telling him to kill, it just repeated over and over again kill kill kill.

Max finally started to crack as a wall began to lift. He spun around and out of instinct but his hands down where his blades were, and realized they were back both of them. He smiled as he saw several people standing in front of him all with swords.

”Kill them all!” Max heard Hironi's voice screech in his head. Out of instinct he ran towards them swinging his blade around in his hand. As he got close he jumped into the air and did a downward slash and cleanly cut through one as he kicked out to the next. He was in a frenzy and didn't know what to do.

A few moments later he was standing there arms legs and torso bleeding profusely, his leather chest piece was no longer there, it had been torn off. Someone's grubby hands had grabbed it as his body fell limp. Max breathing heavily fell to the ground, he had no idea what was going on, but after he had done something for Hironi he had passed out.

Make awoke with a start as he heard another pain filled scream erupt from the room he was in. He looked around and saw Hironi standing there again, with an Orb in his hand made of pure white light.

“You thought you could get away by using this? The Orb of Healing? All it does is remove any modifications I have done to you. It wont let you escape, not to mention I now have it so you can't do anything at all.” Hironi said as he plunged a dagger into the persons chest.

Max realized he still had his swords on him, and he could move. Max stood up quietly and took off running towards Hironi as his vision became crystal clear, and it was almost as if seeing a second into the future. Hironi turned around wide eyed with a look of shock on his face.

“I told you I would kill you, Hironi Jishibosh!” Max said as his sword plunged into Hironi.

Hironi began to chuckle as he turned to dust and disappeared, Max turned around just in time to see Hironi come Bursting out of the shadows with a longsword that had a hue of blue on it. Max only had mere seconds to block as the sword was coming for a upward slash to his torso.

“Never in a million years would you be able to kill me Maximilian cannon, your nothing but a washout. A deadbeat bandit, with nothing accomplished in his life.”

Max got a look of pure anger as he stopped Hironi's sword slash and kneed him in the stomach as he stepped back.

“Let's get one thing straight, Hironi Jishibosh, I may be a bandit but at least I have more honor and pride then you do, and with those two things I shall crush you and everything you have accomplished in your lifetime!”