Forbidden Chapter 71

Forbidden Chapter Seventy One

We Can't Survive Like This

 The final battle of the Underground Fighting tournament between Xiaoyu and Pelham had begun. Despite going up against the poisonous assassin. Xiaoyu attempted to talk to Pelham, only for Pelham to strike her with one of her attacks. Xiaoyu now poisoned and despite her healing capabilities found herself in a dire situation. Pelham now ready to finish her off. Between the natural fear of death and the thought of never seeing her friends again. Xiaoyu activates a great power hidden deep within her, the ability to use pure black light energy. Xiaoyu subconsciously uses her power to create a barrier around herself. Preventing Pelham from killing her and removes the poison from her body. Pelham upset by Xiaoyu's miraculous powers saving her from defeat and death. Karen while watching the battle between Xiaoyu and Pelham becomes very amused. After witnessing Xiaoyu's hidden powers used against Pelham. After being knocked down to the ground by Xiaoyu's barrier. Pelham gets up off the ground now angrier than before. Turns her attention back to Xiaoyu as she prepares her next attack


Pelham: Annoying little cur! How dare you use such a trick against me? Now I'll will make sure your death is long and agonizing one!


 Pelham covers both her hands with a poisonous energy then charges after Xiaoyu with killer intentions. No longer surrounded by her barrier. Xiaoyu while unsure how activated the barrier in order to save herself. Prepares herself for Pelham's incoming attack covers her hands with her light powers


Pelham: SAVAGE POISONOUS STRIKES!


 Pelham now in attacking range of Xiaoyu starts unleashing rapid hand strike at her opponent. Using both her martial art skills and light powers. Xiaoyu easily defends against Pelham's poisonous strikes. Xiaoyu then charges her right hand with a high amount of light energy, before performing a technique made famous by Bruce Lee. Xiaoyu strikes Pelham directly in her chest with a move called Six Inch Punch! Sending her opponent flying before crashing to the ground. Xiaoyu still in her battle stance. Looks down at Pelham as she lays on the ground unconscious. Karen after watching Xiaoyu knock out Pelham. Counts up to a full minute in her head. Before deeming Xiaoyu the winner and Pelham the loser


Karen: And the winner of the final bout of today is JIA XIAOYU! This match went almost as I had expected. The only difference being that Pelham lasted longer than I predicted. However seeing that black light power of yours was nothing short of amazing, amazing, AH-MAY-ZING!

Xiaoyu: Yeah I gotta figure out how I activated that power as well. Anyways now that I won my battle. I would like to get back to my boyfriend

Karen: Of course deary. Nara along with the other fighters should already be in the auditorium

Xiaoyu: I love how you call us "fighters" as if we are willingly competing in your tournament. Why I can't just kick your ass and get Lorenzo along with everyone else out of this place

Karen: Oh you just got finish fighting and you're already looking for another one? Silly detective that's not how any of this works. Unless you wish to risk breaking my rules? Trust me you most most most definitely don't want to do that

Xiaoyu: I wasn't afraid of you when we fought last night and I'm sure as hell aren't afraid now. I'm only cooperating with you until the right opportunity presents itself. Then I'm going to take your ass down. Now open a portal so I can get back to Nara and the others. I'm also taking Pelham with me

Karen: Oh Xiaoyu you sad little girl. Only you would worry about an individual who tried to kill you minutes ago

Xiaoyu: It's not that I care about that assassin but like Nara, myself, and everyone else that isn't you or Sinclair. Pelham is also a victim here. I rather she returns to the auditorium with me then me leaving her with you. Now stand back so I can hit Pelham with a healing ray of light. Pelhan returns to consciousness after being healed by Xiaoyu. Stands on her feet and turns her attention towards the women before her


Pelham: Hmph! So it seems like I was defeated

Karen: You are definitely the final loser of today assassin. Xiaoyu hit your ass with the Bruce Lee

Xiaoyu: I'm sorry it had to be this way Pelham. If so much wasn't at stake and you weren't trying to kill me. I wouldn't cared if I won or not

Pelham: Such annoying prattle! I don't need your reason nor your apology. You did what you had to do and that's al there is to it. Besides now that I'm fully recovered. I'm going to do what I should had done from the start


 Covering her right hand with a purplish green color energy. Pelham shoots a glare at Xiaoyu before setting her sights onto Karen. Pelham then raises her right hand near her face and charges at Karen


Pelham: BLACK MAMBA!


 Karen with an unimpressed look on her face watches as Pelham charges at her. Xiaoyu watches as Pelham goes to kill Karen. Finds herself paralyzed by shock caused by the assassin's reckless actions. Seconds before Pelham's right hand makes contact with her body. Karen opens a portal and twirls at the same time. Pelham misses her target as she falls into the portal. Now with Pelham inside of her portal. Karen snaps her fingers to close the portal before it vanishes. No longer in a state of shock but anger. Surrounding her body with an intense light energy. Xiaoyu proceeds to confront Karen about Pelham's whereabouts


Xiaoyu: What have you done to Pelham? Bring her back now or else!

Karen: Oh else what detective? This is MY tournament therefore I'm in control here. Pelham broke one of my most sacred rules... attempting to kill me. I sent her to a dark place until I'm ready to execute her. Now while I can do the same to you should you dare attack me. However instead of executing you alongside Pelham. Not only would I add another lost to Nara. I'll kill Lorenzo right before your very eyes. After all he's the very reason Nara and you are in my tournament. So Miss goody goody good sage. Do you really want to test me?

Xiaoyu: I would fight you until my very last breathe. Before I allow you to kill Lorenzo or endanger Nara. Karen this tournament is unjustified and puts the combatants in grave danger. If the tournament didn't have such tremendous stakes for the losers. Pelham would had never had attempted to kill you. I cannot allow your madness to continue

Karen: Oh Xiao, Xiaolly, Xiaoyu! Baby I can see right through you. It's not the tournament or how I run it that concerns you so much. It's the time you need to escape this place. Unlike the rest of the fighters in my tournament. Both your boyfriend and you allowed yourselves to be found and captured by Stanford. In order to rescue your fellow Detective Lorenzo and to take me down. While Okubi and the others go and defeat my Master Pruflas. Course once and if Okubi succeeds in defeating Pruflas and the rest of his disgusting demon cohorts. I'm pretty certain he expects Nara and you to either be completed with your mission. Therefore you don't have days to spend competing in my tournament

Xiaoyu: I should had known you were wiser than your appearance

Karen: Silly China girl thought she could hide her motives from Karen? Very funny but I'll tell you what Miss Detective. Since you're in a hurry to rescue your friend and escape from my tournament. Let us two girls make a deal?

Xiaoyu: I'm listening Caramel but it better not involve endangering the others more than you have already

Karen: Well since you're not interested in competing in my tournament. Perhaps you like to help me in another way? It's a very long story and one I don't care to explain to you. However after the death of my parents at the hands of Pruflas. Something happened to my body and I became two separate beings. One standing in front of you and another me hidden down here within the tournament

Xiaoyu: Are you trying to bullshit me Karen?

Karen: Do you really think I'm lying Detective? Perhaps we shouldn't make a deal after all then

Xiaoyu: Not so fast Karen! While I'm very suspicious of your story. It doesn't mean it's not true. Now please continue explaining to me about your other half

Karen: Well after the traumatizing events which made me the fabulous, cutesy, sexy bitch I am today. While apart of me became a total super villain. The purer side of me had split from my body. Wanting nothing to do with Pruflas and his fellow demons. Shortly after I pledged my loyalty to that son-of-a-bitch, becoming his only non demon servant. I along with my other half created The Underground Fighting Tournament. The tournaments original purpose was for myself and I to find a warrior strong enough to defeat Pruflas. Sadly after the first two tournaments. I realized no one would be capable of such a task. Which you could only imagine really pissed me off! Therefore I decided to take more drastic measures. My other half not willing to aid me in achieving our goal. Ran away from me, hiding herself within one of the many doors in this place

Xiaoyu: The very same doors you said were dangerous earlier

Karen: Not all of the doors are traps Xiaoyu. Otherwise they wouldn't be of use to either her or me. Remember one of those doors provide your means to escaping this place. Unless Okubi plans on teleporting Nara, Lorenzo, and you out of here?

Xiaoyu: So exactly what happens if I decide to help you find your other half?

Karen: If you decide to help locate my other half. Instead of having to fight in the tournament. You'll be playing game I call Six Hours! The game is pretty simple Detective. I will allow you six hours to locate my other half. If six hours past and my other half isn't located. You will forfeit your life to me! However in order for Six Hours to take the place of the tournament. The others must make the same deal with me. It wouldn't be fair to the others if I allow you to speak for them. Nara probably wouldn't mind since you're his girl but the others may feel otherwise. Men like Braddox and Damien would fair better in the tournament than playing the Six Hour game. So just be prepared detective that things might not go your way

Xiaoyu: I'll take my chances with the others. Just allow me the opportunity to explain the situation to them. If I can't convince them all to play Six Hours. Then I'll have no choice but to do things the long way

Karen: That's fine by me deary. I'll open a portal for you back to the auditorium. Then I'll go and prepare that bitch Pelham's Execution

Xiaoyu: WHAT? Is Pelham not going to be allow to play Six Hours?

Karen: Oh you silly naive little girl. THAT BITCH TRIED TO KILL ME! The fuck I look like giving that homely cunt a chance to escape this place. That privilege is only for you and the other combatants minus Sinclair who serves under me. Pelham broke one of my golden rules. I'm going to kill that bitch whether you like it or not. Now get ready to be reunited with your fellow combatants. Hopefully the time I finish getting Pelham's execution ready. Hopefully you convince everyone to play Six Hours. May the odds ever be in your favor Jia Xiaoyu


 Karen immediately opens a portal and Xiaoyu reluctantly enters threw. Now with Xiaoyu out of her way. Karen begins setting things up for Pelham's Execution. The portal opens in the auditorium and Xiaoyu steps from out of it. Nara ecstatic to see his girlfriend again since the tournament began. Runs up to her and firmly wraps his arms around her. Xiaoyu places her hands around Nara's face and starts kissing him. Seconds after the couple makes out in front of their fellow combatants. Xiaoyu request Nara to releases her then follows up with a pluck to his forehead


Nara: BABE? What was that pluck for?

Xiaoyu: I can't believe you allow yourself to lose to Damien

Damien: HEY! Just because I'm flamboyant that doesn't mean I can't hold my own in a fight

Xiaoyu: Considering that my boyfriend is a Darken. There was almost no way he should had lost that fight. I bet you totally underestimated Damien and he outsmarted you. Probably kissed you during the match and threw you off. Allowing him to get the win over you?

Nara: That would be correct babe. I promise I'll do better next time

Cool Nine: I knew you were come out the victor with your fight against Pelham but speaking of the assassin. Why didn't Pelham return to the auditorium with you? Did you kill her?

Danielle: Oh my goodness! Is that the reason Pelham isn't here with the rest of us?

Syh: Even if Xiaoyu did kill Pelham during her fight with her. Least we not forget that Pelham is a hired killer?

Romio: That is very true

Braddox: Well good riddance if that is the case. Pelham is a killer and deserves whatever is coming to her

Cool Nine: Says the man possessed by a demon who murdered a group of sages back in his homeland

Braddox: It was self defense you snobby bitch! Also how the hell you know about my past? I didn't tell you anything about my past

Cool Nine: After I defeated Karen's experiment Sinclair earlier. I requested that Karen give me information on one of my fellow competitors. While I originally wanted more info on Xiaoyu. I decided to pick you instead Mr. Morse

Braddox: Well for your sakes Egyptian Beauty. Let's hope you're not my opponent in the second round of the tournament

Cool Nine: I most certainly hope so as well... for your sakes

Xiaoyu: COOL NINE! BRADDOX! Can the two of you please collect yourselves. First I didn't kill Pelham but sadly she is going to die

Nara: And why is that babe?

Xiaoyu: Sadly after I managed to defeat Pelham. Being the foolish goody two shoes. I healed Pelham from her injuries but instead of Pelham being grateful of being healed. Pelham made a failed attempt on Karen's life. Now she's going to be executed for her actions. That is why Pelham didn't return to the auditorium with me. However during my conversation with Karen, I learned about a possible way for us to escape this place, but it's a risk we all must be willing to take. Otherwise we would be force to compete against one another. Which would mean only two of the nine remaining fighters will have a chance of escaping

Syh: So what is this other way of escape?

Xiaoyu: Karen said if we decide to play Six Hours instead of competing in her tournament. If we find Karen's other half. All of us will be allowed to leave this place. I'm not sure if she'll just tell us where the elevator is at or not, but it's probably our only hope for the rest of us to leave this place

Romio: Karen's other half? Six Hours?

Damien: Sounds like a whole lot of nonsense to me

Danielle: Considering the craziness we experience in this only in a few hours. I wouldn't be surprise there's more than one Karen down here. However about this Six Hours thing. Why is it called that Xiaoyu?

Xiaoyu: It's called Six Hours because that how long Karen will give us to find her other half. Should we fail to find her other half within that time span. All of us here must forfeit our lives to her

Nara: ARE YOU SERIOUS! Baby! Don't we have a better chance of just fighting our way out of here?

Xiaoyu: Nara knowing the conniving ways of Karen. I don't think fighting our way out of here is the best way to go about things. Let's save that for our last resort if nothing else works out. In the meantime I think finding Karen's other half is more sufficient than us fighting each other

Cool Nine: While your intentions are just Xiaoyu. Let's not pretend you're not doing this just so you can rescue your friend Lorenzo. I know you made a deal with Karen while you two were alone

Nara: I swear Cool Nine why must you be so fucking problematic?

Cool Nine: I'm just stating facts Nara. Don't be mad at me for seeing through your girlfriend's schemes

Xiaoyu: Yes Cool Nine, I do want to rescue my friend but I also want everyone else to escape this place. Unless we all want to share the same fate as Pelham. So please stop trying to make me look like a selfish bitch. I care about the safety of everyone here. I couldn't save Pelham but I'll be damn if the rest of us die here

Braddox: So you want us to risk a guaranteed way of escaping this place by competing in Karen's tournament. Instead search for something or someone that may not exist? I don't feel comfortable in making such a reckless choice girl. I don't trust Karen as it is, but you want me to believe there's another her hidden within this place? I call bullshit

Xiaoyu: Braddox I understand your doubt but my experience as a detective. I know when a person's lying and telling the truth. Karen had said many fictitious things to us but I felt the truth in her words. The moment she began telling me about her other half. Not only do I believe Karen's story about her other self. I also believe her other self is our key to escaping this place. Because the Karen we been dealing with is the evil Karen. The good Karen is the one that's hiding. If we manage to find her within six hours. I'm certain we will escape this place, but in order us to have that chance. We all must agree to play Six Hours. Otherwise the majority of us will share the fate of the fighters before us. So what do you guys say?

Nara: Baby you already know I'm siding with you

Danielle: I'm afraid things may not work our in our favor, but I don't like my chances in the tournament either. I got lucky in my fight against Romio today. Sadly luck isn't something I can rely on. I'm the least experience fighter in this place. A girl like me will not get three consecutive wins. Even if I did manage to achieve such a thing. I have no idea who this "boss" Karen plans for us to fight. I rather take my chances aiding Nara and you finding Karen's better half. So it's safe to say I want to play Six Hours instead of fighting

Syh: My pride is bruised after my defeat to Braddox earlier today. I think playing Six Hours instead would be a more wiser decision for me. While I'm a very capable fighter my smarts are much more superior

Xiaoyu: I can testified to that claim of yours. I was surprise how well you help us escape the prison trap hours ago

Damien: Fighting is fun but if there's a better way of escaping. I guess I'm down for that even though the six hour limit fucking sucks

Cool Nine: Especially since we will have to forfeit our lives. Should we fail not to find Karen's other half by then. Yet I feel this is the best case scenario for all of us. So my answer is yes to playing Six Hours. Providing we get to explore the doors in this place

Xiaoyu: We pretty much have too in order to find Karen's other self

Romio: The same doors that have death traps?

Danielle: Not all the doors are booby traps Romio but your concerns are genuine

Romio: It's a big risk to take but I guess am willing to play Six Hours. I just hope you're right about this Detective. I want to get back home to my family

Braddox: I hate the whole fucking idea of this game. Sounds like some game my sister played before. I think it was a game called 999 created by a man name Kotaro Uchikoshi. If my memories serve me well. I remember that game being pretty gruesome

Cool Nine: I played that game as well and depending on the decision of the protagonist. The story either ended for the better or for the worst. Fortunately we aren't wearing bracelets or condition to only use certain doors by number combinations. Therefore I think we'll fair better than the characters of 999. Unless one of us here is secretly is serial killer. Us working together to find Karen's other half and escaping this place shouldn't be a problem

Danielle: Now that I think about it. Karen's execution concept is taken from a game called Danganronpa

Romio: I played that game during my last trip to Japan. It was scary but fun as hell. I just hope I don't end up like my boy Ishimaru 

Xiaoyu: No one here better not dare attempt to hurt one another. Otherwise that person will see a really dark side of me. So Braddox what is your answer?

Braddox: Fuck it I'll play

Xiaoyu: Okay so now that everyone has agreed on playing Six Hours. We just now gotta wait for Karen to return to the auditorium

Danielle: I'm sure by now she's set everything up for Pelham's Execution. She'll probably going to make us watch Pelham die

Romio: She wouldn't be ripping off Danganronpa if she did otherwise. I really don't want to watch Pelham dying the worst way imaginable though


 Minutes later Karen reappears in the auditorium. In order to hear the decision the combatants. Upon hearing they all decided to play Six Hours. Karen wearing a mix expression of excitement and disappointment. Accepts their decision and ends the tournament. Now Xiaoyu, Nara, and the others will now be tasked with finding her other half within six hours. Knowing if they fail that their lives are hers to claim. Karen then briefly goes over the rules of Six Hours before ordering them to take a seat in the auditorium. Now with everyone in their seats. They turn their attention over to the movie screen. Anticipating themselves for the terror they are about the witness. Xiaoyu and the others see Pelham on the screen. Dread inside of each of their hearts. They are about to witness Pelham's Execution

Pelham's Execution

An Assassin's Karma

 Pelham on her knees and hands tied behind her back finds herself surrounded by a group of mutated looking beings. Each one of them holding riffles all aimed at her. While suppressing her inner terror, Pelham prepares herself for death. The mutated begin firing at her one at a time. Hearing the sound of the first riffle going off. Pelham was sure she was going to die but instead of being hit by a bullet. The assassin's face is covered with feces. Spitting the taste of shit out of her mouth, the mutated individuals fire more blobs of shit at her from their riffles. Each blast of shit representing the number of people she had killed. Pelham now covered all over with feces, covering the tears running down her face. Having humiliated their target to the point of tears. The mutated individuals are now ready to finish her off. One of the mutated shooters walks to the other side of Pelham and now standing behind her. Points the gun to the back of her head and blows her brains out. Pelham crumbles to the ground covered in blood and shit. Everyone in the auditorium who witnessed Pelham's death except for Cool Nine. Wear different expression of horror and anger on their faces. Karen let's out a cute and sadistic laugh, seeing the faces of the remaining fighters

Karen: Now that's out of the way. It's time for the first ever SIX HOURS game to begin!!! I wish you all the very very very best of luck! Your very lives depend on it!

TO BE CONTINUED!