End of the Noise [Cinematic DE]

[Lisa Ko]

Thread Title: Ending the Noise [Cinematic DE]
Participants: Lisa Ko, Adrastos
World: Soul Society
Death Setting: Death Enabled
Rating: R
Location: Soul Society/Wilderness
Special Conditions: Permission was given to use Adrastos.
Circumstances: A noise was heard. A single noise that rampaged through the depths of the Wilderness. A coming threat. Something that was coming to do harm to her new home. The protect the Black Thing and the others, Lisa flew out to meet it before it could reach it, or at least, lead it away.

[Lisa Ko]

The noise was getting louder and louder each day that passed by without it letting up even once. She first heard it back in her sleep in the cave with the others. It resonated into the Earth and into the air. Something that she felt wasn't right. Other beasts fought and attacked on regular occasions which made up a lot of the racket that went around their territory. Sometimes trees would come down, falling over or the noise would come from a turf war concerning two other factions of animals. The usual stuff for them at least when it came to the survival of the fittest life style. But this was different from all of them. This was bigger. Much much bigger than the others before. It didn't seem like it affected the others in the pack but her alone. If it did affect them and didn't respond to it then it was probably because they were confident enough to deal with it when it actually came around. But, Lisa didn't feel the same way.

So she flew off on her own to try to find it. Several days really of flying around and further out. The noise that she felt before came and went many of times. Sometimes it was in a short series of rumblings and vibrations, and at other times it was only a one time thing. Yeah this was probably nothing to worry about considering that it was taking her this much time to find it. The Beastclan girl didn't take heed as to what the others wanted to do and merely sleep around if this did turn up to be something dangerous. That wasn't how Lisa operated. She was someone who took the fight to the source. Before she did nothing about the Human issue, and perhaps if she did something about them then the previous pack she was with wouldn't have gone away. If only she had did something back then perhaps the Hive would still be around. Never again.

This was why Lisa decided not to wait, not to wake everyone else up to pursue this together. Nope. She had to do this herself. It wouldn't serve the purpose if by any chance they ended up getting wiped out to take care of this problem. If anything came down to the worse of it, only she would be killed. Doing math and numbers wasn't her thing at all, or thinking a considerable amount, but in this case, she knew better and decided to investigate and see what came out. Flying on the third day she really didn't see anything beyond the see of trees. Sure yeah a few Human settlements here and there though to be honest none them looked to be real threatening. At least until she saw the Earth erupting altogether.

A loud explosion that came from some distance away that made it appear like a new born volcano was forming. Dirt, rock, and trees were flung into the air that flew out in all directions, which a few nearly came smashing on top of her. A trail of dust clouds plumed continuously from the where the explosion occurred, only to sprout out from within its haze a large silhouette. Something big. Very big. She hadn't seen anything remotely close to it ever in her life. Something so massive that was crawling out of hole and onto its hind legs. A skeleton of some sort that made up its outside structure, with scarred flesh that resided beneath it. A heavy snout. A left arm that was torn off or something. Lizard like in appearance. Could it have been the Naga? No. It wasn't the Naga. This thing was bigger. She saw with her own eyes the size that could easily devour that of the Naga in its own shadow.

It took a single step, causing the ground beneath it to give in and collapse. With only a single step did it look like the solid ground turned to sand. That same step taken made it seem the Earth was trembling. That might have been the case. An Earthquake that rumbled along the ground to make the Earth itself tremor in the waking of this new beast. Whatever it was. A Hollow? The bone structure that encompassed its body matched the ones she had encountered before some time ago, but it couldn't be, could it? It sheer mass was beyond the others. Could it have gone through some sort of evolution like she did? Maybe it was sort of like a bug in a way. She didn't know and she didn't care. What she did concern herself with was the direction it was going. This thing, this monster was heading towards the new Hive. In the same direction she came from the hidden cavern.

This came to punch her in the gut like no one's business. If something like that had gone there then surely there will be a blood bath. For a monster like this to create such an impact with a mere step would definitely cause the Hive to fall apart and kill everyone. Immediately her instincts kicked in; to defend the Hive. Without so much as another thought, Lisa dove in. The trees that stood in its way were merely brushed off to the side as if they were nothing but toys, or that of thin branches to that of a bush. She dove in with needle sticking outwards. She needed to grab its attention. She had to lure it away from that direction. The difference between their speeds was obvious. She was faster, and she held the advantage of flying.

Her continuous fluttering wings gave away her position though, making its head turn towards her oncoming direction. Not really capable of making out what she is, more as being another nuisance to it. Nonetheless, she made it quickly aware that she wasn't one to be messed with or forgotten. The needle shot inwards through the soft flesh beneath the bone marrow along its cheek. The bone made up a majority of its face but there was still openings within its surface. Such small openings that only a precise thin weapon that she wielded could only get to. It sunk in like a sponge did with water, only making the surface puffing up naturally from the puncture. Not a moment too late did the beast cry out as the nuisance. A cry of being pricked by something so small compared to itself. A deafening sound that Lisa took point blank range.

Her head was ripping itself apart from the sheer force in its lungs, ejecting outwards and into the surrounding area that felt as though her own ear drums would explode. Whatever the case was it shook her head violently along with her nerves. The sudden thrashing about from the beast tugged and jerked Lisa's body back and forth while still being stuck by her stinger. The flaunting of its head caused her needle to snap in two, breaking away her usual means to hurt her prey. Snapping the needle into two, and bouncing off the side of its flicking head, the Insectoid was pummeled down towards the trees below her. Tree branches gave away under the combined force of her weight with that of the Hollow's strength. Despite it being a mere head flick, it strength was used nearly at its fullest to drive away the annoyance that pricked it. Her sudden fall came to a rough end with her back scrapping against the ground, wincing in pain as her belly felt like it had collapsed.

Broken ribs. She a few broken ribs along her right side and a dislocated shoulder blade. Just a single hit from the creature put her near critical condition and in a lot of pain. Trying to move from her resting place was agonizing. It hurt to move a single muscle on her right side. Her wings fluttered to life then paused. Lisa had to test what still worked. The beast flailed about for a moment longer before coming to search for what had poked it. It searched left and right, digging its snout through the trees that had come down due to its thrashing about. It was searching for her. This made it a bit advantageous for the bug girl considering she wasn't easy to miss. Poor eye sight? It struggled with trying to spot her among the debris that it had created moments ago. She could run now and bring back help.

But no. Her wings whipped her back up to standing on her own two feet. Then, lift off. Slow at first to regain her stability, constantly shifting her weight to make up for her injuries. Lisa was managing, keeping her pain in check as she was capable of doing. The buzzing made her stand out from the trees. Lisa was found. With little time to regain full composure, she zipped line down towards the beast's legs as she felt the air being pulled into its snapping jaws. Another step was about to be taken, Lisa guided herself upwards. Another explosion. Rocks and dirt flew up and smashed into her back with the utter force of the dirt cloud that came shortly after. It became hard to breath as another stinging surge of pain shot into her side. She was bleeding. Her side felt heavy, pulling her down. The thought of dying there without accomplishing anything did not suite well with the beastclan member. She had to do more. Even if she wasn't going to make it, she could still buy more time, and send it away else where. She had to. It was her duty.

Judging from what happened earlier, Lisa definitely sucked in this sort of situation. When it came down to her own abilities, she lacked everything that was necessary to bring something as large as this creature down. A Hollow of this size would at least be brought down by the pack if they were here with her. Attacking together as a group was what Hornets usually did. Their mentality was identical to that of the Bees as they strive to safeguard the Hive. After initiating the first strike on the target, others will be drawn in by the pheromone and gang up on it. This came to make it troublesome to really focus on a single Hornet while others came to sting the number of openings that they would be provided with. Once stung, they would draw back and let the others commit to the same strategy as the previous group.

When working with a large number of Hornets, that was the tactic that a Hive would commit to in order to overwhelm much larger creatures. Every when working against another Hive, the Hornets above average size than to Bees often gave them an advantage along with their due or die instinct. They always fought to the last of their kind regardless of how bleak the situation became. Duty over one's own life was their way of living. Which was the reason why they fought with everything as the next generation will take over where they left off. After that, it will occur again and again so long as the Hive was maintained and kept safe. This was Lisa's duty as a warrior Hornet, and she was damn proud of it.

But, but, she was working alone now. This was something that she had to face alone. For her to bring in the rest of the Hive, to bring in the pack meant that she would be putting them all in danger, and the Hive left vulnerable to be destroyed. She had higher level of thinking compared to when she first arrived in this world. Something that she came to recognize the more she lived. This higher level of learning and adapting was something she didn't have before when she was smaller, but it was thanks to it that she was capable of lasting as long as she has now. Like really, if she had stuck with the same mentality as before, then she would have kept stinging until her foe was laying dead on the ground. She would never have considered drawing back and wait for another opening. She acted as if she was a number of Hornets all in one.

A higher level of intelligence granted her the several advantages to be able to aid her in surviving longer. Without it, she would have been killed a long time ago. Like even now, her thinking was more along the lines of luring it away than engaging it. It's size and strength, along with her own condition, made it abundantly clear that she didn't stand a chance against it. Her body was already breaking at the seams and wouldn't hold out for long if she didn't come to rest. However, all the thrashing and mauling of the ground and trees behind her would suggest to keep herself moving. The Insectoid couldn't afford to be caught off guard because she was hurting a little bit. She had to push onward.

Lisa had to push herself more. She had to protect the Hive from this beast. That was her priority. Her little brain tried to wrap itself around the situation as how to keep it interested in her. Just flying around wouldn't do much but irritate it. Like just laughing in the Hollows face as if he couldn't even caught a flee despite his own fat ass. She didn't recognize that her attempts to ward it off actually drew it more to her. All of her actions simply made it appear as if she was mocking its pride and honor despite making the first move on it. The Hollow was caught off guard, considering how small she was compared to it, must have believed that she wouldn't do any harm to it. A bit of naive thinking for a Hollow that fed on just about any soul around it.

Yeah, she was mocking him. He couldn't finish off an enemy as weak as her and was using up a lot of physical strength to try to keep up with her. Her small stature meant that she was harder to see in the sea of trees. Tearing away the thick brushes from the branches, if not the trees themselves, he was doing what he can to keep a clear sight of her. He didn't want to lose her small yellow body again. Just imagine the pain that would be knowing full well that having a big body meant that he was a bigger target. He knew well enough to not let the Beastclan member slip away and strike again while he went his merry way. Nope. She would keep sticking him again and again and again until she was dead. The number of stings that would gradually build up can be deadly to any animal regardless of its size. After all, she did inject some amounts of venom into each sting, which was what made his wounds blister and burn all over the affected surface. Now imagine feeling that all over the body, and anyone would come to agree that the one causing the problem should be dealt with sooner rather than later.

So that very reason was why the beast wanted to take her out as quickly as possible to rid himself of the utter annoyance. But, even more so. Lisa's head turned with opened jaws to release a burning wad of green bile at the charging beast. That green gunk managed to splat itself across a small surface of the T-rex's side. A bubbling fizzle began to occur as some steam emanated from its base. Skin was burning as the stomach acid was beginning to digest the section of bone and flesh that made up the surface. Of course, he noticed and couldn't really reach that particular area due to the last remaining arm. He simply couldn't reach his left side with a right arm. In fact, he would have to stop pursuing her altogether if he wanted to really scrap off the material and stop the burning. That meant taking a chance of losing her in the trees again.

Another roar came about in complete frustration. Seemed like he had enough of the game of cat and mouse, or rather dinosaur and hornet. Lisa held the advantage for a long while leading the beast further and further away from its emergence. He simply couldn't hit something smaller than himself, and had trouble using one arm in his current form. If it had been a Vasto Lordes, then quite possibly he wouldn't have as much trouble as he is now. This actually made Lisa a bit thankful his bulky form was as fat as it was. But, at the same time, she wasn't in a good case herself. Swaying left and right with broken ribs and arms only made the girl snarl. She hissed at the wounds that made her body feel more and more heavy with every shift in direction that she had to make. The pinching sensation inside her side made it harder to breath. It made it harder to keep herself focused on flying.

A blast of wind came from behind her that shot straight past her side and directly ahead. A stream of air came from the beast's mouth shredded the trees in the way of the two, making the area itself less dense to move around in. Yeah it did mean that she would have no problem making tight turns and avoid tree branches. That made it all the more easier to deal with her wounds. But that level of convenience was what made it frightening for her too. The lack of trees meant that the Adjuchas had a clearer line of sight than he did before. This meant that she could be easily tracked now. She had to book it now more than ever, almost ridding herself of all steering.

It put Lisa in a pickle, definitely. She had to take away maneuvering in order to focus more on her speed. Her zipping wings fluttered so violently that they didn't even seem visible to the naked eye. Nope, she just seemed to be flying by nothing more than the wind that zipped through her tiny hairs. Every thought and nerve screaming at her brain and body to just stop. She couldn't. She said no to it all. She just pushed her wings as hard as they are capable to keeping her pain as an after thought. Lisa's mission was too important for her to stop now. Lisa couldn't give up, not here, not now.

It gave chase to her floating figure, coming to snap and chomp down at her body. Her body swayed from side to side, and bit down into the sea of trees. She used it poor sights to help confuse it concerning her whereabouts. The noise of her flying still gave her away, but when shrouded by thick tree branches, pinpointing her was something entirely different. She went towards the opposite direction as to where it was going, farther away from where it had emerged from. She wanted it to get lost, or find something else that would draw its attention. She had to think of something. What could draw its attention? Then, she felt it. A change in the wind that flowed her wings. The shift in its nature. There was an opening ahead. A cliff? Lisa pushed forward, ignoring the rampaging of the Hollow behind her. It cried out, it roared, calling itself by the name of Adrastos. Lisa pushed until the trees came to an end, revealing a cliff that oversaw a small camp of Humans....in black robes?

She saw them. A few dozen of the Humans that were called Shinigami. Their faces were contorted with anxiety and grief. What she could make out, and possibly thought about, was that they too heard the noise that beast was making. Hearing and hoping that it wouldn't come to their direction. Hoping and praying that by some chance they wouldn't have to find out what was making all that noise. Lisa had lured it to them, but seeing that the beast was unwilling to take the final step forward to force their encounter. She had to do it. The Hollow and the Shinigami traded glances and war cries. By what she saw it looked like that the two had some sort of personal history. But that was good. The beast was distracted. Now was the chance.

Coming around from behind, the beast wouldn't have seen her attack as the threads of silk and webbing was fired from her remaining arms and mouth. The sticky fluids coiled and constricted the beast's movements for a moment as it was tilting from one side to the other, trying to maintain its balance on the ridge. It needed another push. A single push to do the trick and knock it over. She had to get in its face where it was most sensitive, and that she did. The threads below were being ripped apart from its struggle to break free. She only had moments. Her mouth opened as a green spot of her Bile came up and fired towards the Hollow's face. The stinging sensation slapping the beast back for the moment before causing it to claw with its only remaining arm. Its thrashing made the Insectoid lose stability, falling together with the beast down the ridge.

Everything went black for the moment. The feet of the Humans were the first things she saw when opening her eyes. Weapons drawn and pointed directly at her, Lisa hissed from within her inner jaw. Her body didn't respond much, with just the single arm and torso she had left. A single glance behind her she saw her lower body was crushed by the piles of rock that came down with the beast. Her right arms were beneath the rumble, leaving her head, upper torso, and left arms left to use. Both wings were snapped. The other pair of wings were torn off. She couldn't move on her own. Still, she snapped and hissed as much as possible. She was a fighter after all. Even when near death did she resist. At least until the rumbling from behind came and exploded with the beast rising back up to its feet. It too was injured in some degree, but not as badly as her. It wouldn't be long before it recovered completely and left to be on its way. Though, it would have to deal with the Humans first before it did.

The Shinigami shuttered and gave space as they prepared to face the massive Hollow. Their fight was only about to begin while Lisa's came to an end. She achieved her goal. It wouldn't go back the way that it came from, not when having fallen from the cliff and now having to fight against the Shinigami. She sighed with relief before collapsing. She sighed with relief that the pack will be okay without her now. All she had to do was let the darkness take her as the last moments she was able to see were the jaws of the Hollow coming around her. Its sharp fangs pinned her for the moment while she took in the smell of the wilderness around her for one last time. How beautiful it all was. The noise came to an end. Pure silence.

[Shizuka Sanamizu ✮]

Sorry! Same problem as the other one. For a cinematic thread to count, it must be at least 25 paragraphs.

[Lisa Ko]

Alrighty, post has been edited to have all 25 paragraphs fwue.

[Shizuka Sanamizu ✮]

25 paragraphs x 20 TP per paragraph = 500 TP to Adrastos