Space Odyssey: Spectre-Chapter 435 435: One Down

"Hmm… You may address me as Wrath." The red mask was the first one to speak up. Followed quickly by the others, it sounded like he was the oldest. But there was no way to tell with alien races.
"Lust, and you already know Pride." The golden mask spoke over Pride's scream of pain as a scorching hot light burned his wound closed.
"Envy, and I am going to get you back for the last time we fought." The green mask announced with a growl. He was ready to jump forward to attack him but hesitated.
"Gluttony." The blue mask spoke one word and slightly nodded his head in acknowledgement.
"Then the one not speaking above you is Greed." Belphe announced, "now then. Why don't we get you and your comrades wrapped up and get some proper restraints on you."
"Don't." Greed spoke above Jace. "Can barely hold his feet." Greed told them in barely a whisper and all of the sins looked at Jace with surprise.
Jace shrugged. "What can I say? Now then, I will gladly accept your terms of surrender." He told them smugly, spotting something in the distance. It was past the line of demons that had gathered behind the Sin Demons own encirclement.
"Hmm… something is wrong, Sloth." Wrath spoke up and tapped the butt of his axe against the ground.
"I know." Belphe agreed and looked him over. Sergeant K was waking up and Corporal Quest had finished putting first aid on his wound.
Jace smiled wildly then nodded past the canon. "What is wrong is that I led a five person team here. But you only managed to capture two of us." The sin demons and other demons all looked over to see Captain Uti's small form as he held up a trigger and pressed the button.
BOOOM!
An explosion rocked the canyon and threw those closest to the explosion from their feet. The rear of the canyon where the energy storage devices were located were burning with a bright white light. While the Sin demons were shocked. Jace took advantage of the moment to jump upwards toward Greed who was on the wall above him.
But as he reached him he clicked his tongue in annoyance as he kicked him down towards Envy who had jumped forward. Envy had to stop and catch his ally in order to avoid impaling him on his curved sword. As Jace came back to the ground the blue masked gluttony appeared behind Corporal Quest who drew his side arm and the scythe slipped right through his back and protruded from his chest.
"Argh!" Corporal Quest's wound began bleeding immediately.
"Quest!" Sergeant K screamed as she fired her sidearm at the demon. He disappeared as Jace landed. But Jace was already drawing his weapon as his knife flew in Belphe's direction.
Belphe dodged to the side and the gravity that was pressing down on him disappeared for a moment and Jace fired in a direction.
Gluttony appeared in the spot Jace fired at. The first bullet deflected off Gluttony's mask. But then Gluttony was ducking and spinning his scythe to block the other bullets.
"You're kidding! He saw that trick one time and he already managed to figure it out?!?" Lust asked in bewilderment.
But Jace was only partially looking at them. He was putting a hand on Corporal Quest who Sergeant K was already doing emergency treatment on. He could feel the man's entire nervous system and could tell that he was dying. His heart had been cut in two, barring an immediate emergency surgery there was nothing they could do.
"Sorry Major- Khoff!" Corporal Quest began coughing up blood. The only thing that was keeping him alive at the moment was his infantry armor.
"For what Corporal?" Jace asked him to stop Sergeant K from trying to treat him.
"Dying. Khoff! I screwed up your no casualties under your command reputation." Corporal Quest reminded Jace of something that he only saw as passing acknowledgement.
Jace scoffed, "Corporal we are against beings who have a measure of control over the environment and reality itself. What makes you think we were getting out of this battle without at least a few casualties?"
"Because it is just like the Vexical Militar- Khoff Khoff Khoff!" He coughed up some more blood. "If anyone knows how to take them down. It would be the Vexical's primary asset." He chuckled but it turned into a coughing fit.
Jace's mind was running through options but only arrived at one. "Sergeant K, put back his gear and make Corporal Quests armor air tight. Corporal Quest, once your armor is air tight, activate the stasis mode." Jace instructed as he stood up.
"Envy go get those-" Belphe was cut off by a loud whispering noise that Jace recognized as a tank shell. The demons looked around in confusion until it hit the side of the cannon. "Shit!" She looked over at Jace and saw him smirking as an armored transport and tank pulled into the enclosed area. While up on top of the canyon were the walker mechs who opened fire. "More of-" She stopped as a giant shadow covered the entire area. They all looked up to see a ship in the air as several round objects fell to the ground.
Belphe looked over at Jace and saw him smiling as he cracked his neck. "Welcome to the party Solisa. Feel free to send me my weapons."
"Already on route." He heard Solisa's reply in his ear.
"Sergeant K, meet up with Doctor Foulm and Captain Uti. Get Corporal Quest on an emergency medical transport." Jace ordered as he walked forward toward Lust. She was their healer, she had to go first. Not to mention she had an obvious and quick form of long range combat.
Jace materialized his long sword and jumped forward. He could feel gravity increase on his body as a wall of sand formed in front of him. Jace slashed through the sand but then ducked his head as Envy slashed forward with his own curved blade. Before Jace could direct an attack at him he jumped back.
Or at least he attempted to jump back. But he felt the sand close around his feet and close him in place. Jace clicked his tongue and used both hands to hold the longsword to block the incoming attack from. He felt a ringing through his body as the halberd made contact with the flat of his sword.
Jace caused a pulse of electricity to release around his feet. Causing the sand to relax and allowing him to slide back and away. Moving in an empty direction where nothing was. But then Gluttony appeared focused on Sergeant K who was pulling Corporal Quest toward the armored transport where the rest of the boarding party and the former slaves were already setting up a line of defense.
"Gluttony!" Jace was starting to pick their language. So when he heard Belphe calling out to her ally, Jace used a free hand to throw his knife at her. It would not hit her but she would have to block or it would fly past her and hit one of her allies.
The blue masked and boney demon turned to Jace. Jace slid to a stop and put all of the force into a swing of his sword. He could see a faint shimmer of blue around the demon's body. But Jace fired electricity through his sword and it spread out through the air.
Crack!
The sound of something shattering in the air could be heard. Gluttony grunted as Jace's sword sliced through his arm. But then he spun his bone scythe and blocked the longsword as Jace brought it back around to cleave through the demon again. Jace adjusted his stance as he pushed Gluttony back toward the other demons.
Jace rested the flat of his blade on his shoulder as he looked at the seven demons of sin. "Now then, I think I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Jace. I am the first Spectre and I am only going to say this once." Electricity sparked off his hand into the ground as the sand began to move, stopping it from forming. He grinned madly, "You need to stay out of my galaxy."
"Humie… you think your threats work on us." Pride spoke as he pulled himself forward. A faint black mist began covering his body. "I am not just something you can kill or threaten. Raarghhaa!!!!" He roared into the air and the black mist formed over his body completely.
Jace cracked his neck and sent another pulse of electricity through the ground and near him. He could feel the extra gravity that was on him lessen. Along with the sand that was solidifying because of Greed's power was lessening. Jace was preparing to jump forward to kill Pride when he noticed something and stopped. Smirking as he watched the faint black mist disappear.
In place of the black mist was Pride. Pride was now covered in the same black shell that Sloth, Belphe, was covered in. But his was black and strangely included the arm that Jace had already cut off. "Now time to- what are you smiling about?"
Jace shrugged and pointed up. The demons all looked up and Pride did as well. Just in time too. Because the drop pod that contained the weapons Solisa sent landed right on Pride. There was a loud cracking noise along with black ooze that was probably his form of blood as there was a quiet groaning noise.
Jace stepped forward to where the demon's head seemed to be and fired two shots blowing his brains all over the sand as his white Spectre armor appeared in parts around his body, the tattoo he had added to store the armor in pocket dimension just like the one that represented his longsword.
Bang! Bang!