1031 Sunstrider Flaming Lance (2/2)
”Damn it. Come with me, I'll take you to a place with plenty of plant elements. The Ukiyo-e just wilted all the plants around here to open a dimensional door to this space, so the most abundant thing here is probably the exhaust gas of vehicles.”
By the time the T-1000 finally got rid of the entanglement of the tree roots array, Sheyan had already taken Melody inside a Citroen parked on the roadside and started the engine.
The T-1000 gave chase madly!
It burst out with a huge amount of energy. By the time the car reached the speed of 60 kilometers per hour (about 37 mph), the Terminator had already caught up to ten meters behind it. The T-1000 then jumped ferociously and turned its left hand into a hook, latching on to the rear of the Citroen! It was dragged along on the ground, creating a trail of sparks in its wake due to the friction. After that, it dragged itself closer to the car body and slammed its elbow down. The metallic trunk of the car instantly made a sharp noise, like a piece of cloth being forcefully ripped in half.
The T-1000 continued its fierce attack on the car. The loud, shrill noises it made, like that of a chainsaw cutting steel, gave the impression that it would split the car apart. Sheyan ignored the Terminator and tried to sway the car as much as he could while he drove, in order to slow down the Terminator's attacks and prevent it from having its way.
Meanwhile, Melody, with her mouth agape, stared in surprised at Sheyan's skillful control of the vehicle as they moved forward at high speed. She was unfamiliar with and curious about this new world, and found joy in all the new things she was seeing.
The T-1000 was really aggressive; it tried to climb through the roof of the car to the driver's seat. Realising this, Sheyan seized the opportunity to make a sudden brake and turn. The Terminator was flung onto the road and crushed by a heavy truck coming from behind!
However, it refused to give up. After quickly recovering from the blow, it immediately jumped onto a passing truck and kicked the driver away. It then continued its relentless chase! The Terminator looked as if it would pursue Sheyan to the end of the earth until it caught up with him. However, thanks to the warning issued by the government today, there were few cars and fewer pedestrians on the normally busy streets of Los Angeles. At the speed Sheyan was driving, it was not so easy to catch up to him.
So Sheyan brought Melody to the urban green space that was hailed as the ”lungs of Los Angeles”, the South Los Angeles Wetlands Park! It was already the closing time of the park, so when several staff members saw their car, they tried to stop them with unhappy faces. However, Sheyan simply ignored them; he stepped on the accelerator and crashed through the gate!
With a loud bang, the park's iron fence gate was sent flying. After that, the window of the car slid open and a large pile of banknotes were thrown out of it, flying all over the place. The few staff members were delighted upon seeing that and rushed to pick the banknotes up. They could not be bothered to notify their superior about the incident for the moment.
In truth, LA was still in an upheaval, dealing with the aftermath of the chaos caused by the Terminators. Even if this particular incident was reported, not many people would attach importance to it.
As Melody watched Sheyan control the car, she asked him with big, round eyes, ”Is this the carriage you use here? What kind of magic was used to make it move without a horse?”
”Well....this magic is called gasoline. That guy's almost caught up to us. We better deal with him first.” said Sheyan with a shrug.
A loud engine roar transmitted over from the distance. Two bright lights shined straight towards them. The truck driven by the T-1000 could be seen approaching in vicious pursuit.
Melody sighed with a tint of regret. ”My power is greatly suppressed in this world. Otherwise, despite how powerful this mechanical puppet is, I'd have no problem trapping it here.”
As she spoke, Melody could feel an astonishing fluctuation in her earrings, as if all the plants in the park were resonating with her. The next second saw every tree nearby tremble in pleasant surprise. Then, a tree started to shake with ecstasy and pull its roots out of the soil. It floated up slowly, and its branches and leaves rapidly fell off. Then, it started to burn, and finally turned into a burning javelin.
Little green spots of light emerged from the earrings and attached themselves to the burning javelin, causing the flame to burn more violently!
”I mark the creature in front of me as an enemy of nature,” said Melody while he pointed at the T-1000. The sound of a strong wind rising could be heard from the distant woods, as if it was showing its contempt and disdain for the T-1000!
In the next second, the fragile-looking Melody waved both her hands with a tender shout.
That burning javelin shot away at once with a deafening howl! Wherever it passed through, it left a spiral of air fluctuation in its rear. It gave off the righteous feeling of a rising sun expelling the darkness, unavoidable and unstoppable!
This was the evolved version of Melody's original ability, 'Twilight Dictum' -- the 'Sunstrider Flaming Lance'!
(TL: Bonus chapter coming later.)