Apocalypse ; The Chronicles of Johnny Rubah

Chapter 11 # Medieval Knight

Batius who saw that his army were slowly defeated,decided to get involded.
He throws tons of rocks just like a rainfalls to every John's positions.
Some of it had hit the land directly,and the others breaks into pieces after hit a large stone one on the ground.
It was truly giving enough trouble to John because he must evaded from it.
But in other side,it also help him,because Batius's attacks had wounded dozens of his own beasts.
And it was-of course,make it more easy to John to kills them.
"What a reckless guy..",John smiling,after he shot one of those wounded beasts.
After all of them were dead,he jumped to the top of a big rock.
"How is it..?",John shouted to his foe which stands hundreds feets away.
"It's just you and me now.."
Emily,Jack,and Angela were so relieved to hear John's voices.
They slowly came out from their hideout and peeping behind the stone.
Batius get down from his horse,and walks few steps.
"So..",he shouted with a heavy voice.
"You are the one who killed my beasts on that ruins..?"
"Yeah..",John jumped down also and walks to Batius.
"I hope you don't mind with that.."
"Huh..",Batius grunting.
"This is for the first time,I saw someone who could defeated my army alone ..",said Batius.
"I'm flattered..",John smiles.
"You are good..",Batius lifted his hand aside.
"But not that good.."
Just after he said so,tons of rocks are now floating around John's body..
"Are you gonna attack me by throwing them again..?",asked John.
"You're surely a boring person.."
"Huh..",Batius looks angry.
"This time it won't be the same.."
The rocks now spinning faster and faster,created some kind of a stone whirlwind around John.
"How about it..?",Batius shouted.
"Can you escaped this time..",he laugh confidently.
John looks around.
He admitted,that Batius was right.
It is too fast and too dense to get through,and too high to jump.
"It will slowly wrap close to you.."
"And few minutes from now on,your body will be smashed into pieces.."
"Smart ass..",John grunting.
He takes one bean,and slipped it beneath his tongue.
"I hope I don't need to use it this time.."
He reloaded his guns,and shoot it rapidly.
Batius who heard that fire,looks satisfied.
He thought that John was wasting his bullets for nothing.
He laugh,and then grab his palm.
"Die..",said he,and those rocks are wrapped and sticked John's body until it collide each other,destroyed,and covered the land with dusts and small pieces.
All of John's friends look shocked,they saw no presences of him.
"No way..",Angela start crying.
"It can't be..",she fell down on her knees.
Batius laugh out loud,and walks to John's last positions.
But when he already close,suddenly John rises from those dusts and shoots him rapidly.
Batius pushed back by that shot for few steps.
Sound of metal clancing are loudly heard,and made John holds his actions.
"Why stopped..?",asked Batius.
"A metal armour,huh..",John down his guns.
"Angela looks,he still alive..",said Emily with happines.
Angela wiped out her tears quickly,and stands to watch it.
"Are you realized now that you won't able to defeat me..?",Batius released his robe,and John now can clearly see that all of his body was covered by a steel armour like a medieval knight.
Almost no gap-except few tiny holes in his eyes,but it also too small for a bullet.
"So,your shots earlier was intended to made a hole in the ground to hide..",said Batius.
"I truly underestimate you.."
John throws his guns and draws his sword.
"What now..?,Batius laughing.
"Using just a sword to face my metal armour..?"
"You must be quite desperate.."
Batius pull out a black flail from his back.
"But if that's what you want,I'll fulfill it.."
He rotated that chained metal ball fastly above his head.
"Come on now,you bastard..",said he.
"Let me crush your head.."
John running fastly to attacks.
And when he got in range,Batius quickly swung out his weapons to John's head.
John evaded his opponent attacks with half of his body,wrapped behind him while rotating,then slashes Batius back from shoulder to waist.
They stood still in few seconds,till Batius fell down on his knees.
"What's your name..?",asked Batius.
John looks at him,and smiles.
"It's John..",he replied.
"Johnny Rubah.."
"John,huh..",said Batius,while his body slowly turned into a stone.
"I never thought that your sword will able to defeated my armour.."
"It's your mistake then..",retorts John.
"Huh..",Batius smiling weak.
"I'll look for you in hell.."
His body fell down and breaks into pieces.
John saw a black marble floating slowly from Batius dead body.
He quickly grab it,just like Gabriel had said to him before ;
"The essences of the Elementhals actually immortal,but when they using a human's vessel,they also possesed their weakness.."
"In other words,their human body can be killed.."
"And when their vessels are dead,the essences-which looks like marble-will flying out to find another one.."
"Whenever you saw it,grab it and swallow it quickly,otherwise it will fly back to Mamnon,and he will use it to create another one.."
"Don't worry,you won't fall to be Mamnon's slaves by eating it,because you had my power.."
"Instead,you will possesed their power and could use it as an additional weapon to face another Elementhals.."
John holds that shiny marble with his two fingers.
"Swallow this,huh..?"
He did it and suddenly his face turns pale.
"Damn it..",said he.
"It feels awful.."
He almost spoils it out,but luckily he heard Angela voices calling for him.
"John..!!!"
He saw that his little friend running quickly down the hill,followed by Jack and Emily.
"Angela,slow down..!",Emily tried to warned her,but it didn't work.
She hugs John's body tightly,and cried out loud.
John touched her hair softly.
"It's okay my friend,we safe now.."
"I thought that I'm gonna loose you..",said she,still crying.
Emily and Jack squating near Batius body.
All were crushed out,except his head which still in piece.
"We must brought this to the Elders as an evidence..",said Jack.
Emily nodded and tried to lift Batius head.
"It's so heavy..",said she.
"While our base is still two days walk on foot from here.."
"Not mentioned to take David's body also..",said Jack.
"At lease we must buried him at a better place.."
"Why don't you use that one..?",John pointed his sight to Batius horse which still standing in silent.
Both of those soldiers turned their head to it.
"Yeah,he's right..",said Jack.
"Why I never think about it.."
Emily agreed,and walks to John.
"If I don't see it by my own eyes,I will never believed that there's someone as skilled as you.."
John only smiling.
"Come with us,I'm gonna introduce you to our Elders.."
John released Angela's hug,and knees down before her.
"Didn't I had told you before..",said he,while wiping Angela's tears.
"This eyes should fall no tears anymore.."
Angela looks shy and quickly wiped her eyes.
"How is it..?",asked John.
"We have a horse now,so I guess you won't need to hold at my back this time.."
Angela looks at the black horse which Jack had brought,and quickly shakes her head.
"I don't like that horse,it's too spooky.."
"Let me hold at your back John,please..",beg her.
John only laughing.
"Fine then..",said he.
"But with one condition.."
"What is it..?",asked she.
"You must tell me a good jokes this time..",John replied.

***

Mean while,in the bunker on the next day.
A man walks in a hurry to a dark room,furnished with much of satanic symbols.
In that room,there's a man also.
He wears a metallic joker mask with tears painting in it eyes.
Two horns stick in his forehead,and a black robe which covered his steel armour.
The man who came,stopped his steps and knees down.
"Forgive me Lord Mamnon,we have a bad news..",said the man.
"Are you gonna tell me that Batius already die..?",asked Mamnon.
The messenger looks surprised.
"How do you know it my Lord..?"
Mamnon walks to the window and watch ahead.
"It because I had a strange feeling for this few days..",he replied.
"At first I thought that he was an angel,but when I focused my senses,it appeared not.."
"That's why I send Batius to checked it out,but now I can't felt his presences either.."
Mamnon turned his face to the messenger.
"Do you find his body..?"
The messenger nodded.
"We had brought it here my Lord,but it appears that his head already gone.."
"Bring it here..!",Mamnon orders.
In few minutes,two another men carrying a bag which contain the rest of Batius body and put it on the floor.
Mamnon walks closer and knees down before it.
He touched it with his right hand,and in few seconds later he speaks weakly.
"Johnny Rubah..?",he lifted his head,tried to think.
"I thought that I've heard that name before.."
He stands again and walks to his desk.
"Leave me and throw that garbage away..",said he.
All of those men nodded,and brought that bag out of the room.
Mamnon takes a dark chest below the desk,and opened it.
Inside,there's a dirty large book,with golden pentagram symbol in it cover.
He took out the book and seriously open it page by page,and stop after few hundreds sheets.
He read the informations in that page carefully and smiling wide.
"Is that so..?",he closing it again,then laugh out loud.
"This will be interesting.."

* To be continued *