Of Madness and Redemption (Me, FF, and Nutcase.)

[Firebreath Fishslap]

Taz looked over at Nutcase as he drew his keyblade and a pistol. He wasn't worried about this pistol, considering who was wielding it. It was probably of the cartoon variety. Most likely, in fact.

"You flatter me too much," Taz said. He smirked as Gene ran forward after calling him a bastard. This boy had so many different cybernetic implants in him he probably was more robot than human, from what Taz could tell. Not only that, but he was a skilled warrior, probably more skilled than his "original." If only he had chosen to be on Flamel's side. As the keyblade came swinging at him, Taz jumped into the air, landed on top of the keyblade, and then with this next jump, shoved it it into the ground. He landed behind Gene and swung another kick at the clone of Gantz.

Tree was still dangerously close to the fight, but Snowy couldn't get close enough to get her, to check on her. With how Taz and Gene were fighting, it was likely that Snowy wouldn't be able to fight without hitting Gene. Not only that, but Taz had managed to defeat her pretty quickly that one time. He managed to beat them all pretty quickly. It had taken Clive of all people's intervention and attempt to save Tree to stop Taz before.

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As the madness ensued, Taz was about to use one of his cybernetic toys to strike Snowy. That's when a shot rang out, the appendage now sparking as a bullet was seen imbeded in the device. It became apparent Taz's earlier assumption of Nutcase possessing cartoon firearms was a falsehood. He was packing live ammo.

"Suprised?" Nutcase asked as he blew away the soke fro the gun's barrel. "I told you I was done playing games. I'm not about to stand idly by as some idiot tries to wipe out existance. There's no excuse for it. Now give u and leave quietly or I show you how my ancestors took guys like you down. There was only two ways in those days; Dead or alive. Your choice."

[gantzgun74]

[Hmmm... I had forgotten about Nutcase's six shooter.]

Gene was incapable of moving fast enough, and Taz's foot struck his back. It became apparent immediately that the jumpsuit served as a kind of armor along with a kind of fashion sense; though the talons was part of the blow, the kick just sent Gene to ground. However, he wasn't down for long, and was back on his feet in a few seconds...

Of course, he was mildly taken aback by the shots that had been fired by Nutcase, given that they weren't cartoon shots but rather shots from a REAL gun. "Whoa..."

Climber winced a little, he couldn't feel physical pain in all reality, but he had to admit... THAT looked like it hurt.

[Firebreath Fishslap]

(OOC: Actually, Taz was completely focused on the fight with Gene, and Snowy was staying away from the fight. Plus, his cybernetics are just limited to his legs and reinforcing his body.)

Taz smirked as he knocked Gene to the ground and had been about to kick him in the stomach as a couple shots whizzed past his ears, and then one struck him in the shoulder. He let out a birdlike screech of pain and grasped his shoulder. He took a couple claws and pulled out the bullet, which he then crushed between two fingers.

"You little bastard. You don't understand anything about Flamel and I's goals," Taz growled. "The world has become corrupt. The only way to save it is with the great destruction that will result due to Ragnarok. Only then can the world be reborn. Oh, sure, I'll die, but that's perfectly fine with me."

He launched another blindingly-fast kick toward Gene.

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[Ok, duly noted FF, thanks. BTW, the following contains spoilers to the ghostbusters video game, so if anyone reading does not have it, do not proceed. Thank you]

Smirking, Nutcase then said, "Well boys and girls, you heard 'im. It's open season on the bluebird of unhappiness!"

"I don't get it, why would anyone beleive such crock?" Cown Man asked.

"Think about it; the ghostbusters have delt with this guy's kind in the past. Some idiot gets it into his head that the world must be destroyed just because of a few problems he or she faced in their life."

Slimer frowned deeply, knowing full well the kind of people Nutcase had mentioned. Ivo Shandor, the evil architect who had tried to summon Gozer before the events of the first ghostbusters movie was an example of such a lunatic.

Ivo Shandor was once a doctor but was thrown out of the medical society due to "unnessesary surgery". He then went on to build an apartment building on Central Park West which had a temple on top that opened the gates of hell. Shandor had also owned an island in the Hudson River where he performed many horrible experiments where he managed to get his hands on the foul substance known as Negaplasm and had made other building projects around New York which also tied in with his plan to destroy the world.

After Gozer failed Shandor tried to assum his own destructor form, as in life he had managed to acumulate much power until he was a god in his own right. The evil man finally met his end however. And now it seemed history was repeating itself.

"What makes you think Nicky boy's gonna succeed?" Nutcase asked as he raised his keyblade. "Does he think that just because the Ghostbusters so far haven't shown up that he thinks he's gonna have an easy time? Well, he'd be wrong since I am a ghostbuster. And by extention Climber, Metal, and even little Slimer here are too. I guess Gene would count as well if Gantz taught him how to use a proton pack. Bottom line is; Ragnarok ain't happening. And even if it did, it wouldn't destroy ALL life. Life will survive somehow, and continue on. Oh sure. Humans may be wiped out. Or they may not. Ultimately doing this isn't just stupid but a waste of time. Then again, you have proven to be an idiot so far, Taz. Why else would you go along with this nonsense?"

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Metal was actually letting out a mechanical laugh, to emphasize how much he liked hearing that. "Nutcase, that had to have been one of the most brilliant lines I've ever heard and taken seriously!"

Gene, whom's body reacted purely on instinct, and dodged Taz's attack, before laughing himself. "Also feather head, try THIS on for size." He was chuckling as he held up his keyblade ready for a block. "What if you DID recreate the world anyway? I mean, WHAT would that ultimately lead to? I'll tell you. You want to create a world that doesn't have any corruptions? ... Well you're wasting your life for NOTHING." He sliced outward with a passion. "Nothing's perfect, no matter how much Nick the Dick delludes himself into thinking that it's even REMOTELY possible. So if he destroys everything, what do you think will happen from there? The world will become imperfect... AGAIN, it's just in it's nature. Thereby, as Nutcase said, what will that solve?!"

He dodged Taz's countering attack, and stood at a distance, grinning smartly. "Go ahead, Taz. Answer that question if YOU'RE such a fu#$%# GENIUS."

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Taz jumped away from the others, his arm wound still bleeding quite a bit. Oh, so they thought they could play mind games. Cute.

"First of all, I have my own reasons for going along with Flamel, and it's not just because I don't care if I die when the world is reborn. And if anyone is the idiots, it is you. The world's already destroying itself. It is only this way that it can be reborn. Not only that, but we do not wish to wipe out all life. There's no one to repopulate the world if everyone is wiped out. And second," he smirked. "You say it's human nature for the world to be corrupt. I never said the world would be inherited by humans..."

Taffy (who had barely been holding Beatrice back from the fight) raised an eyebrow.

"Think about it. What's the only creature that's ever said to be able to survive major cataclysms, such as say, an atom bomb?" Taz said. His smirk grew wider as he saw several eyes get wide.

"EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!" Ark screamed. He had his hands on his cheeks much like a certain painting of a screaming man.

"That's right. The world will be inherited by cockroaches," Taz said. His smirk got wider. And now that he was done playing with them...

He suddenly jumped behind Talim. "Surprise," he said before swinging his leg around at her again.

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Nutcase rolled his eyes and said, "If by cockroaches, you mean those demonic bugs that left us stranded on this rock, they're not inheriting jack squat. Ever hear of Karma? hat goes around comes around. Those bugs are gonna get theirs eventually, and so will people like you for aiding in the deaths of countless people."

"Yeah!" Clown Man said as he was desarately wishing he could exist in the real world to teach this guy a lesson. "What makes this hair-brained scheme any different than ones cooked up by saturday morning cartoon villains?! You guys say you're thinking bigger than stereotyped bad guys, yet you do the same thing they do! You just make things overly complicated like the instructions on how to program a VCR!"

[gantzgun74]

Talim was caught by suprise at this sudden attack. "GAH!" Hit hard, she hit the ground hard.

"TALIM!!!!" Kosumu glared at the Peacock, looking quite angered. "NOT NICE!!!"

Metal had pulled out his gun arm, as Talim got off the ground groaning. "You've got five seconds to get the HELL away from-"

ZEEEOOOOOOOO!!!!!

The robo Sonic was surprised as heck when Kosumu, pointing at Taz with his index finger, suddenly fired a beam of pure energy at Taz, one, that those who could sense magical energies, would be able to tell seemed to be something even stronger then light, anyone who knew Kosumu would be able to know that it seemed to call upon the cosmos themselves...

The scary part? Kosumu seemed to KNOW he could do that, and had done that on PURPOSE. "LEAVE TALIM ALONE!!!" He fired another shot of magical energy just to make that clear, a not so naieve frown forming on his face.

[Firebreath Fishslap]

"Actually, I literally meant cockroaches. They're very few, but there's quite a few anthro cockroaches in our world," Taz said. And then the laser had whizzed past his face. He turned toward Kosumu.

"Ah, yes, Kosumu the star child. Calling for your mama? Sorry, but I don't play well with children," Taz said. He put one foot on Talim's back before she could get too far away from him and kicked forward, most likely sending her sprawling to the ground again. This was the fun part about being sent to hunt down a large group.

Snowy had finally gotten to Tree and pulled her away from the fight.

"She's alive," Snowy said. There was barely a pulse. Taz had likely broken a few of her ribs, quite the feat considering the jacket Tree was wearing was actually a type of armor. Armor made from cloth and fluff, but armor none the less.

Ark decided he was done standing back and watching the fight. He came up behind Taz and smashed the Happy Hammer down at Taz, but Taz dodged out of the way again.

"Your weapon is too heavy. I can move much faster than it," Taz mocked.

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"You want speed?" Nutcase asked. "You got it! CRAZY RUSH!!!!!"

Before Taz could react, Nutcase swung his keyblade at astonishing speed, in an almost comical manner. There was no question that Taz felt each blow of the sacred weapon though.

[gantzgun74]

Whilst Nutcase handled Taz, Kosumu rushed toward’s Talim inspecting the claw marks Taz’s talons had left on her back. “TALIM!!” Talim lifted herself back up rather weakly. “Talim! … You okay?”

Talim held in a wince of pain. “I’ve… I’ve had worse blows strike me, Kosumu. I shall be fine.”

Despite this, Kosumu glared at where Taz was at this moment, “… Don’t like.”

A nod was the wind priestesses response. “I know Kosumu, I know.” She winced a little, which the child noticed easily.

“Heal you, Talim!” Having said that, Kosumu’s hand started to glow with an almost ethereal light, before he placed it on Talim’s back, healing up the cuts. The girl smiled a little, glad the pain was starting to go away.

“Kosumu!” Metal suddenly appeared, firing shots at Taz while turning to Kosumu. “Think you can do that for Tree? She’s hurt pretty badly!” Kosumu gave Metal a thumbs up for confirmation.

Back in the fight, Gene jumped back to his feet, shooting Taz a dirty look. “So let me see if I got this straight… You’re going to DOOM the human race by destroying the world, and then you’re going to leave the world to the cockroaches?! Now how’s THAT for twisted?” He charged forward at a high speed, “You know, there’s a few terms for freaks like you, wanna know what one of them is?” He twirled his index finger around his forehead. “‘OUT OF HIS FU#$%^ MIND’. And that goes ESPECIALLY, if you think we’re just gonna SIT HERE, and let that happen!” He swung his keyblade at top speed.

[After you guys make your next turn, I’ll institute the end of the fight that me and FF discussed. So look forward to it!]

[Firebreath Fishslap]

Taz nimbly dodged the attacks from both Gene and Nutcase before backflipping out of the way of Metal's attacks. He wasn't sure why he had so much trouble with bullets; he did perfectly fine with lazers and the such. He didn't think Nutcase realized just how fast he was. He had the reflexes and muscle of a wolf, plus the hollow bones and nimbleness of a peacock. That last part was why he was so fast; he had to be fast; one attack would practically cripple him. Even with the cybernetic implants in his legs, he wasn't invulnerable. He felt another sting of pain from his shoulder. At least the bastard wasn't using his gun now.

"See, this is why I hate humans. They only ever think about their own species. Never about other species. 'Human race', huh? Well, you're travelling with non-humans, aren't you? The world will recover on its own, without humankind." Taz jumped back and landed on a table. "And we knew you people would throw giant fits. After all, Tree gathered up all of her little friends, acquaintances, rivals, and enemies just to take us down, to stop us from starting Ragnarok. She might have succeeded too, had it not been for Ark over there. Hey Tree! How does it feel to be betrayed by your own guardian angel?"

There was a cough from Tree, which shouldn't have even been possible from how badly she was injured. Heck, she shouldn't have even been concious. In truth, she was pulling on Todd again, like she'd had to during her fight with Dolphi III, and the Doom Energy she was using was slowly healing her, though if she fully healed via it, she would probably go berserk like she had the last time. "Eat shit... and die... you asshole..."

Ark ground his teeth and rushed forward again, trying to slam the hammer down on Taz, but the peacock man only dodged out of the way again and then kicked Ark into the air. He extended the wings on his flight bands to catch himself, only to lose sight of Taz again as he jumped behind Ark and roundhoused him. The fox landed rather badly.

"That's two. I do hope you people have something better than this," Taz said. Beatrice and Taffy both glared at Taz. They'd been staying out of the fight, and for a very good reason. They had a feeling that Taz wasn't the only member of Flamel's little group hanging around.

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"Wait." Nutcase said as he stopped his attack. "You think humans alone are responsible for all the world's evil?"

Everyone looked at each other, before laughing their heads off.

"Oh man! How's that for egocentric?!" Clown Man said as he struggled to get back into the center of his P.E.T's monitor.

"Taz buddy, I got a message for you; human race doesn't nessesarily limit only to hairess apes such as myself. While granted that is the technical term. Any being could be considered human seeing as how most life forms we know of share human characteristics. Hell, even Metal and climber could be considered human in that regard and they aren't truly living! The difference however, is that we have a soul unlike you. Although Beatrice and Tree are demented in their own ways, and have caused a lot of trouble, at least they know what's right and what's wrong."

Clown Man finally snapped out of his fit, and said, "Yeah, many Navis like myself were given free range of their lives on the net, but a few got corrupted by their own power and turned evil. I And the last time I checked, Navis weren't humans despite the fact most of us look like them."

"Furthermore," Nutcase said as he went on, "While what you say is true in the case of some people, it's why we have the police and the justice system. It's not perfect but it gets results. Also, have you ever heard of a group called the Nocturnus? They were a race of Echidnas banished from Mobius around the time when Perfect Chaos killed off most of the Echidna race. The octurnus were so powerful they could have easily conquered the world, but they vanished. They reappeared on Mobius and their leader went mad with power, and intended to take over the world as a result. Now if you were to go by your logic, you would leave behind psychotic, genocidal lunatics like this by thinking only the species Homo Sapiens are to be eliminated. There's evil in all races, not just humans. And to condemn the whole world is evil in itself, turkey boy."

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Gene had his keyblade raised back up in a nano-second. "Exactly." He raised an index finger and moved it back and forth giving Taz the 'Nuh-uh-uh' expression. "Besides what do you hope to gain destroying the whole world and leaving it to the cochroaches anyways? You think that's going to create a perfect world?" He grinned. "Well stick this is a pipe and SMOKE it, Big Bird, nothing's perfect." Suddenly something seemed to catch his attention. "Oh and one more thing." His grin had grown to obscene levels at this point. "Don't bother trying to fill our heads with even more of this tripe. After all..."

Taz PROBABLY stiffened up when he heard what sounded like a gun hammer clicking back.

"I'd say you just lost this fight."

............................

If anyone bothered to look they would've seen a young girl standing right behind Taz, a deadly expression on her face... And a six-shooter pistol in her right hand...

"Howdy partner."

BAAAAANG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That shot had been aimed at the general area of Taz's kneecap, usually a useful joint in the leg if you want to move your lower leg.

[I'm waiting for Taz's reaction to the stuff that was just said before I continue on with this finisher. Sound okay to you FF?]