Phantoms

Former Biovolt research center, Russia.

Underground in a dimly lit computer lab four twenty something aged men sat working absorbed in their own thoughts. All of them leaning over their various work spaces proding at the keys in front of them. Barely playing trance music was the only other sound over the buzzing equipment, clicking of keys, and buttons being pushed.
The years had'nt changed the Demolition Boys much. They had just got a little older, more built, and alot quieter.

The fiery red head sitting in the very back of the room gave a loud and frustrated sigh.
Roughly running his fingers through the long silky hair he had let grow out and leaning back in his chair.
His movement and obvious annoyance breaking the calm of the room.

Tala sat staring at the flashing ERROR message blinking on the computer screen in front of him for a few moments. Pure confusion mirrored across and within his deep icey blue eyes.
Bryan stood from his work station and walked over to stand behind the redhead before speaking.

Bryan "What is it?"

Tala "I don't understand what the fuck is wrong with this damn thing.. It's driving me insane.
I know I got all the fucking parts and put it back together exactly like it was ten years ago.
And my programming is flawless! FUCKING FLAWLESS!"

Tala suddenly smashed one of his pale fists down hard on the counter top beside him.
The motion tipped over a cup of pens and pencils that scattered loudly all over the tiled floor beneath him.
Jerking the other twomens attention and gazes from their screens towards where the red head sat brooding.
He glared at all of them over his shoulder gritting his teeth before he finally turned around in his chair and spoke again.

Tala "I put it back together exactly the way it was that night. It should have worked this time.. Did one of you slackers screw something up?"

Bryan "Calm down Tala. You know we did'nt screw anything up..."

Ian "Well we did get that unaccounted for light the other day.. We've never had that happen before.
And we still have'nt figured out what the fuck it was either for that matter.."

Spencer "Just stay quiet before he bites your head off, you stupid fucking retard..."

The talldark haired man stood up and walked with practised ease around his work area.
He stopped occasionally to pick up pens and pencils and the cup they was in. Then sat it back where it had beenbefore hejumped up to be sitting on the counter top beside Tala swinging his legs.. He smirked across the room at Spencer as he glared back at him. Ian smugly shook his head, obvious amusement dancing in ruby colored his eyes.

Ian "Getting yourself confused with me now are you? Maybe you should take a break before your head implodes yes?"

Spencer "One of these days I'm going to make YOUR head implode Ian."

Ian merely stretched his arms behind his head and leaned back on his hands smirking at the other man even more.

Ian "Maybe when you grow some more and can see past my groin right? Or better yet how about working that big mouth of yours there hmm?"

Tala laid his head across his desktop and growled rubbing at his temples in agitation.

Bryan "Would you fags get back to work before Tala goes ape shit on us all for fucksakes?"

Spencer "It won't work anyhow. It never does so why don't we just give it up already?"

Tala "I won't stop until I get Kai back. It's our fault he was there anyhow."

Bryan "Even after all these years you're still letting that guilt eat at you huh?"

Ian "Maybe it really is a lost cause Tala.."

Tala "No! Kai isn't a lost cause Ian! So shut the fuck up with that sorta shit and help me..."

Ian simpley scowled at him and then shrugged before hopping down and slowly walking his way back to his own station. Tala turned and sent thenavy haired mans back a sharp glare.

Spencer "Ian..Just get back to work and shut up."

Ian "Oh yes high and mighty chibi sir! It's not like that was'nt what I was already doing huh?"

Spencer "I liked you better when you was shorter then the rest of us and kinda fat. Now you just have a fat head."

Ian "You should know it's fat. Now be a good lil bitch and take your own advice. Shut up."

In a fit of sudden uncontrolable anger Tala lashed out and punched the keyboard in front of him and turned around to scream at them all.

Tala "SHUT THE FUCK UP! GOD WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU IDOITS! ONE OF THESE DAYS I'M GOING TO-What the fuck?"

A loud shrill beeping sounded as a bright flash within the tube between his and Bryans work stations made Tala jump back. In horror he realised that he had punched the control panel for the wave perimeter activation.

Tala "Oh SHIT!"

Bryan "What did you do Tala!"

Tala "I don't know! OH MY GOD THE READINGS ARE GOING OFF THE CHARTS! HELP ME STOP IT!"

A blinding lighthad built up and then swirled a deep bloody redbefore itwent completely black.
The whole tube shattered all over the floor a second later before they could really react.
The pale green solution and bits of glass washed over the floor and all the mens feet.
All four was standing frozen staring in shock at the center of the platform.

A person was nude laying on their side with their back towards them gasping for air painfully and shivvering.
But the thing that made them all afraid to even breathe to loud was the huge wings hanging out of that pale back. One was a beautiful black and covered with deep irridescent velvet that shimmered purples, blues, and greens. The other wing however was flayed and bloody the pearly white bone gleaming in the dim light from patches of tattered and ruined flesh.

Ian whispered as quetily as he could "Who or what the fuck is that?"

Slowly the person painfully picked themself up and turned rasing their face up and fixing a bleary grey gaze on them. They all gasped and took a step back causeing a hurt expression to flicker across the girls pale face.
There was a red cresent moon across her forehead and two matching blood colored jagged lines across her cheeks. Her wet hair was a deep dark bloody red that clung to her face and neck it was a little past mid back length. Another set of lines circled across her chest and went over her shoulders to meet on her back between the wings. Others wrapped around and up and down her arms and legs. They looked like vicious and angry red cuts, the lines were so jagged their red color standing out upon the girls pale flesh. Tala stood frozen in place open mouthed and staring at her with sick fascination and barely contained lust. His mind all but shattering at the obvious conculsion of what or whom it exactly was that he was looking at.

Girl "Fuck.. Did anyone get the number of that truck? Cause I think I'm dead again.."

She suddenly collapsed foward and seemed to evaporate into light and glitter in the air.
All the men was left staring wide eyed at where she had been a split second before and then at each other in shocked silence.

Ian "Again I ask what or who the fuck was that?"

Bryan "Am I the only one who noticed all those freaky ass red marks and lines on her?"

Spencer "They kinda look like the blue ones that was on Kai's face when he came back.."

Ian "I always thought that was face paint.."

Tala "It was her.. I can't believe it was really her.."

Bryan "Who?"

His Answer was barely whispered but it left the three other men frozen and staring at him in complete and utter horror..

Tala "She's Black Dranzer.."

Bryan "You don't know that for sure Tala."

Tala "Oh yes I do.. Because I-I've seen her before.. I was 6 or 7 then. Boris he was mad and having Kai punished. Because he took that blade and destroyed most of the back buildings with it.. The guards kept hitting and punching Kai because he would'nt apologise but he did'nt bleed. Then she just sort of appeared out of nowhere in front of him. Like his own personal angel of death. She was angry and bleeding. She ripped those guards apart with her bare hands. Then she leveled that section of the Abbey with shadows and black fire. Kai vanished for a year or two that day.. She was a kid back then too.."

A dull glaze overcasted the redheads icey blue eyes then, making his friends and comrades all look at him with worry.

Spencer "Tala?"

Tala "I can't believe she's so beautiful now. I guess she grew up too?"

Bryan supressed a shudder at Tala's train of thoughts. Mainly because he too had felt attracted to her.

Ian spoke softly "She's beautiful like a cobra, a coffin, or cemetary flowers .."

Tala "Actaully she's more like a dark rainy moonlit night while you're bleeding to death in her arms.."

Spencer pointed at the floor drawing the others attention downwards.

Spencer "Speaking of blood who's bleeding everywhere?"

Tala "They are.."

Ian "They?"

Bryan "Both Dranzers and Kai.."

Spencer "I don't understand that."

Tala "I did'nt either until just now.. Call the boss Ian."