Faster Than Angels

[Ace3000]

I said I'd upload the next part on Friday.... I am such a liar. Oh well, you get it a day earlier, isn't that nice?

The referenced album title of Part 5.0 was The Campfire Headphase by Boards of Canada

[Part 6.0] Big Sounds of 2210

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<22091230>
Sunday, December 30th, 2209

Angelus R&D HQ, Perth, Australia

19:28:46

At the end of another day at the Angelus offices, Brandon was getting ready to leave, along with everyone else.

"I'll see you guys tomorrow... oh... Tarah. What are you still doing here?"

She jumped. She was spacing out, thinking quite intently on... well, something.

"Aaaah! U-u-ummm, I-I, uhhh... whaa-?"

"Work hours are over, it's time to go. Are you going to leave? You did seem quite focused on something."

"Y-yeah, I was going to leave, sorry." She started to leave, but spun around quickly, "Wait! I-I need to tell you something."

"You do? OK, by all means, go ahead." He smiled.

"Well, I... uhhh... I... [sigh], n-never mind. It can wait."

"Haha, you're quite scatterbrained today." He chuckled softly. "Are you absolutely sure it can wait?"

"Y-yeah... umm... no. See, the thing is... I-"

"Hey, are you two lovebirds gonna get out of here or what?" Gareth barged in, completely cutting Tarah off.

"He's not my boyfriend!" Tarah retaliated quite loudly, her face turning a shade of red comparable to that of her bright red hair.

Brandon, on the other hand, was calm about the situation.

"Gareth, I think you should know that I have absolutely no feelings for Tarah whatsoever. She wanted to tell me something. That's all."

"Suuure, keep thinking that." Gareth said sarcastically. "I'll see you two later then." He then walked out.

As soon as he was out of earshot, Brandon asked Tarah "Anyway, as you were saying?"

"Don't worry, I guess it can wait after all." She then started to walk hurriedly out the door, obviously quite embarrassed.

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, it's not that important."

"Alright. Well, I'm gonna leave now. I'll see you tomorrow then." he said as she walked out to her car. She then turned and waved goodbye.

He walked to the garage and got in his car, the mysterious black modified Angelus Razer.X seen minutes before the start of the Omega Harbour race.

"Hah, she's so cute when she gets confused," He thought, but then stopped himself "Wait, why am I thinking about her like that? Oh, whatever."

As he set off, he got a video call from the onboard multi-function device.

"You have some nerve, going out at a time like this. I hope you are ready to face the consequences."

"Gelorum, give up." Brandon snapped back, "We won, just accept that and move on."

"And let my lovely present go to waste? I came all the way here just to hand-deliver it to you!"

At that moment, a black supercar with neon green lights overtook Brandon at an alarming rate, then spun around to face him, stopping, requiring Brandon to slam on the brakes.

"Do not think you will be able to get away now, you have started something, and I will finish it." He saw Gelorum say in her car.

"Hah! Bring it."

"Fine." Suddenly, she got out of her car, walked over to Brandon, and handed him an envelope.

"Open this on the day and time written on the envelope. Follow the instructions exactly. We will end this."

Brandon looked at the envelope, then back at Gelorum, "Why exactly can we not wait for the 2210 season?"

"This will be a special event," She said, tapping the envelope, "No weapons. Just us, and our racing skill."

"Bit far from your standard ideals of 'Hey, weapons, let's destroy everyone', isn't it?"

"Do not get me wrong, Crinale are still about chaos and destruction, but... what is life without a bit of deviation?" She smiled.

Brandon seemed to be at a loss for words. "Wow! Heh, keep this up, and you might just change for the better. I might just consider asking you to come back!"

Just like that, her smile faltered "SHUT UP. This is NOT about being nice and kind, well, maybe. Primarily, this is about destroying you, but doing it your way. It will be the ultimate humiliation!"

"Aw, and to think you had seen the error of your ways. Oh well, one can hope."

"Just take the envelope and get out of my sight. You are getting on my nerves... again." She threw the envelope into Brandon's car and headed back to her car, getting in and driving off, but not before stopping next to him and saying one more thing:

"If you do not follow those instructions, I will hunt you down." She then sped off.

Brandon looked at the envelope. There were only two sets of numbers written on it: 22091231 and 23:00:00. This mean that the envelope was to be opened on the 31st of December, 2209 at 11:00pm.

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<22091231>
Sunday, December 31st, 2209

Crinale Technologies HQ

10:38:26

"Their skills far exceeded my expectations. This is not good." Gelorum said.

"So what now? I assume you were prepared for something like this?"

"Of course!" She turned on the intercom. "As of now, Project Valkyrie is put on hiatus. Move ahead with Project Apollyon."

"Apollyon?! Oh, no, no, NO!"

Eleven years ago, you could have mistaken it for odd lighting, but not this time. Her eyes actually glowed. They glowed bright green!

"You swore. You swore to me that you would do whatever it took to defeat Angelus, even if it meant using Project Apollyon. Besides, I have more plans that make Apollyon seem like a cute fluffy kitten."

"That was then, I was filled with rage. Not anymore, I've changed my mind."

Gelorum closed her eyes, then spoke, angrily, through gritted teeth.

"Then you are no longer of use to us." She snapped her eyes open.

"A-aahhh! Y-your eyes!"

If you mistook her glowing eyes as odd lighting now, you would be in for a shock. Her eyes changed colour. They now glowed bright red.

"My eyes? Oh, that. If you must know, I was born with a rare condition. My eyes have the ability to glow and even change colour, depending on my mood. Can you make a guess as to what my feeling is right now?"

"T-they're red, so, a-anger?"

"Correct." She calmed down, her eyes changing back to green, but they were still glowing. She slumped her arms off the sides of her chair and turned her head, facing away and down from him, then spoke the last six words he would ever hear.

"I am also a fantastic shot."

There was literally no time between her speaking, her arm raising, and her pulling the trigger of her laser pistol. First, there was a relatively loud sonic boom-like noise, followed by a sickening splat immediately after, and then, seconds later, the dull thud of the engineer's body hitting the ground broke the silence.

She did not look at him when she shot him, yet there was one clean wound, right at the exact centre of his forehead. Gelorum stood up, and walked over to the corpse of the man that opposed her.

Upon seeing her perfect shot, Gelorum made an odd noise, which grew into giggling, then full on joyous laughter, her glowing green eyes shifting to a bright, yet deep purple.

"Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a date with Angelus. I need to finish them off myself, as you imbeciles are too incompetent to do so. Prepare the Havok, NOW."

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Yeah, it's nearly the end of 2209. Epic things shall go down.

There was another reason why I uploaded this today. I have some extra content, which will be uploaded either later today, or tomorrow.

EDIT: Actually, I'll leave it up to you guys, when would you want this extra content, later today or tomorrow? Because it's ready to go up whenever.