Cyberknight: One Path

⁕ A New, Different Path

Being too focused on his defence, Sniper didn't manage to react in time before both he and Mike were catapulted into the sky. Soon, they came to a halt before they both started to fall. With a swift turn, Mike pressed Sniper's body below him to impact the fall while still keeping his fist pressed against his head.

[Sniper] - "Damn you, you bloody traitor! "

Yelled Sniper in anger.

[Mike] - "You should be happy, my emperor. You'll be soon ascending for real! "

Said Mike in a joking fashion.

[Sniper] - "You can't kill me! I'm a God! You are nothing but a fucking mortal, a traitorous fucking mortal! YOU CAN'T! "

Yelled Sniper in complete hysteria.

[Mike] - "Then let's find out if you are truly a God! "

With a deafening boom, Sniper's body smashed into the soil before splattering into an unrecognizable red mess. After the dust settled, Mike became the last man standing. Victory was finally his. He has done the impossible while keeping his promise to Kadyn. Although he was still kept alive by his ability, Mike knew that he won't last long if he didn't seek medical treatment.

[Mike] - "Arrivederci, you piece of shit. "

Said Mike as he kicked some dust over Sniper's broken helmet.

As soon as Mike flew away, the steaming pile of flesh began to twitch. The bloodied eyelids of the corpse suddenly rolled open to reveal a pair of hatred-filled eyeballs. Earlier, at the last microsecond before he got smashed to pieces, Sniper sent a command to his crystals. While Mike bashed Sniper's head to mush, the signal travelled to his crystals and ordered his brain to be reconstructed inside his abdomen while still connected to his spine.

When Mike thought he had obliterated his opponent's head, Sniper's brain was actually reconstructed inside his abdomen, mixed in to resemble his intestines. As soon as Mike left the scene, Sniper began to rebuild his body through a complete rewind of his injuries.

Meanwhile, Kadyn waited patiently in front of the relentless snowstorm. Still with no sight of Mike, Kadyn began to worry as all sorts of negative thoughts filled her mind. Just as panic started to fill her heart, she suddenly heard a sonic boom in the air as a distant object flew toward the entrance

[ground personnel] - "Is that a plane? "

[flight engineer] - "Is that a missile? "

[off-duty pilot] - "Looks like a man... wtf, Superman? "

Mike suddenly landed inside the hangar and stopped just in front of Kadyn before falling against her. A look of shock was shared by everyone at the scene. Even Kadyn was shocked by Mike's sudden appearance.

[Kadyn] - "By the queen, what the fuck happened to you? "

Said Kadyn in a concerned voice.

[Mike] - "Got hit by a hurricane, the Tsar Bomba and the wrath of Zeus. You know, the usual. "

Said Mike in a sarcastic tone.

When Kadyn finally got a better look at his injuries, she almost fainted at the sight of an empty chest cavity without a heart.

[Kadyn] - "I must be seeing a ghost. You can't be alive with this kind of wound. "

Said Kadyn while covering her face with her hands.

[Mike] - "Geez, being called a ghost just because I was gone for a few hours. Did I time travel or what? "

Said Mike as he tore off the few broken pieces of armour still attached to his body.