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(Continued...)

Sector B:

NE's body was twisted. He had used up his last HP and he felt the spasms coming over quickly. Someone grabbed his collar and pulled him out of the river. NE opened one eye and squinted from the glare of the sun. A voice boomed in his ears.

"Don't worry, NE, I got your back!"

He then felt himself being turned around, and all his wounds being patched up by 4 HPs. A bunch were then thrust into his HP bag. NE turned, grimacing in pain.

DEMON SEED stood above him. "You know, for a grumpy old man you sure have a lot of fight in your body."

NE nodded weakly and fell back into the sand.

"Good Luck," DS whispered.

"Where the BLOODY HELL are you, DS?" a voice boomed from the trees.

"Coming!" DS yelled back, and ran ahead.

A pair of intense, gleaming eyes watched DS recede from the scene. DANTE'S INFERNO stood up from between the trees, and made sure DS was really gone, before lifting his Launcher up. He aimed straight at NE's head, who was resting on the bank.

HISSS!! HISSS!!

Both rockets tore a path through the air, and exploded right in front of NE's face.

BOOM!! BOOM!!

NE's brains only remembered the explosion as he was hurtled backwards. His face and body was all black and chapped up, covered in burns and boiling wounds with HPs. NE fell heavily near the river again, a feeble hand grabbing at the HPs with him. He used up all the remaining 9 HPs given to him by DS and lay back, SLIGHTLY WOUNDED, bleeding silently and curses raging through his mind inbetween huge spasms of blinding pain.

DESPARE heard the explosions further to the right of him. He spotted Dante's high fiving into the air in delight, and followed his gaze. NE lay back on the sands beside the river, a bloody mess. Despare picked up his Launcher, and aimed.

HISSS!!!

The rocket was onto NE in a flash, and exploded right before him.

BOOM!!

The impact threw NE back into the river, whose water was reddened for an instant. NE's body broke out in fresh spasms as he coughed up blood, the river washing him away.


(To Be Continued...)