The tiny rabble of hybrid creations of the crazed Doctor sat huddled inside the underground train system which was once the pride of a glistening city. The trains were fast, gleaming examples of the technology of the day, and yet like the city above they had become rusting relics of a world long since dead. In the darkness, only the glimmer of the white eyes of Radiant and her crew could be seen, for electrical power substations had long been put out of action after that terrible day. The day that 20 million people would take their last breath.
Told to hide by their fiendish creator, who had skittered off to his underground laboratory – Radiant was starting to lose her nerve over the pulse like shock waves that were coming from above. The roar and then cracking sound of metal and rock, bending twisting and breaking and all caused by either the enemies of the Lord of the Towers or perhaps those that came from the skies. The tiny possum girl was not to know who was causing it all, but she just wanted it to stop. Wasn’t it enough that every day or night, it was hard to tell the difference, that she had to outrun the fearsome dog like beasts that roamed the streets? But this was the way it had always been, at least for this little critter crew. A mole boy simply called Mole, a badger boy named Nigel, Radiant, the possum, and then there was the rat twins, Needles and Chomp. Created by the Doctor after he had lost his entire family due to the World’s end. Scavengers, the lot of them.
But here they were, trapped under ground for to go up there with all those explosions and aliens landing on mass, it was just too dangerous. What could possibly be worse than the madness above?
“Eeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrghhhhhh”
Radiant’s head suddenly popped up from behind the subway seat, her ears twitching madly. That…sound. What on earth could it be?
“Eeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrghhhhhh”
Again! The same horrible inhuman sound. Groaning…moaning..Radiant’s head looked set to spin off it’s tiny shoulders. The other critters all popped their heads up from where they were huddled within the train.
“What…what…what it that?” Nigel the badger boy whispered as Mole was frantic with sign language, terrified with what he could hear. Radiant scurried along the interior of the train, poking her head out, here…there…another window.. ~POP!~ Eyes like saucers as she tried to see what the devil was making that sound. And to her horror…the owner of the sound…was not one…but many.
CORPSES! The dead of the day of the end, were rising from their death beds. From beneath the train! So many, all heading for the stairs. All..heading for the surface. There must have been hundreds…no..THOUSANDS…and all on the march, with bits of limbs and other grotesque squishy body parts falling to the platform floor as they ascended to the surface. The critter kids all had their faces pressed to the glass windows of the train – horrified by what they were seeing. The very people of Neo Arcadia rising once more. But what was causing this? Who was making them come to life? The Doctor? No, he didn’t have the power to save his own family, so there was no way he could create the kind of energy to animate the dead.
As the last of them passed by, one dropping an arm that twitched and started to claw it’s way to follow it’s arm less owner, Radiant raced back up the interior of the cabin to her critter crew.
“We..we..we..havehavehavehave to to to find…find..the Doctor!” She squealed in her high pitch voice. He was down here, in the depths of the tunnels of the subway, and the only one that may have a clue to the way back….was Mole.
All the critter kids turned to him expectantly, as the Mole boy twiddled his thumbs and looked at them shyly. His hand sign said.. “Me?”
Radiant waited for the coast to be clear and the procession of zombie like corpses to pass, before she ushered the critter kids off the train, and then pointed for the track behind the train.
“This..this this this way!’
And together the critter crew went off in search of the Doctor.
Taking a small nap after a really ling time is indeed a medicine to one’s own madness. Valkyrion had finally gotten some rest in that ruined city that had nothing to offer. But he did not hate the city, no. He loved that city no matter its state. Neo Arcadia was his home and he would do anything in order to protect it from any harm. Thus he had created the Warlords, the guardians of the city; Neo Arcadia’s Sentinels.
But that had happened a long time ago. From the original eight warlords, only one remained; Valkyrion Stargazer. He himself had taken care of those who had abused their privileges and had watched others falling victims to their own arrogance as they had tried to prove domination over the beasts of Neo Arcadia.
Valkyrion was the sole survivor of the original Warlords, but somewhere along the way he had managed to find two more people to join him in his cause. Eon Echo, the demented scientist who would not hesitate to do anything in order to accomplish his goals. A human with a pure heart despite what he looked like. But also a human who always fought like an ogre. And the other one, Etherion. A unique being. A being that existed long before the dinosaurs themselves on that wretched planet called Earth. Yet when his race was slowly getting eradicated, he had chosen to fall in a slumber and awaken when the time was right. But sadly he had gotten a really rough wake up call after getting discovered by the Nazis in the World War Two and he was used for experimentation. But Etherion patiently waited and waited, and the time finally came. He had gotten his freedom back.
Three men with different backrounds, nobody knowing anyone, yet in the end by some wicked twist, their fates were joined. Of course there were a few fights between those, but in the end they realized the importance of their roles when they became the guardians of Neo Arcadia.
Valkyrion was the guardian angel at all times. Eon was located in the northern outskirts of the city where his lab was at. Etherion was spending his time either at the lab, or visiting other areas on that planet. But in the end, when the need was there, they all emerged to fend off any and all dangers.
[Current location: Neo Arcadia]
Damn, what a dream.
Flashes of the past events flashing before Valkyrion’s eyes as he slept. Maybe he had gotten old after all. Well, he actually was old despite his looks; at least his skills and abilities came in handy.
But in his dreams there was someone else too, yes, someone he had tried to forget that existed… Serenity…
Shoved deep down in his memory, Valkyrion never wished to see her face ever again, especially after the endless torments from her; calling him her one and only and in the end marrying another man.
Valkyrion began to shake his head as he was sleeping, sign that he was struggling in his sleep, fighting his own demons.
And then it was the quake throughout the city. Valkyrion’s dual toned eyes began to open, feeling the tremors turning stronger and stronger. As he opened his eyes he saw someone in front of him. A small frame and a tail. Oh yes, that was Radiant, the weird creature that he had met a few hours ago.
Suddenly he felt the shock on the ground. One… No. Two… No. Three. Three explosions. Valkyrion’s eyes opened and he slowly rose on his feet, looking at Radiant and grabbing his massive sword at the same time.
“Go find some shelter. Whoever woke me up is going to fucking pay for it.”, Valkyrion said and cracked his neck as his body turned transparent and after only moments it dissipated into thin air in a display of a massive electrostatic discharge, yet regardless of its looks it was harmless for Radiant.
Valkyrion once again materialized on the top of one of the tallest buildings in the very center of the city, 900 feet above the ground. Once there he placed his sword on his back and cracked his neck a few more times, taking out a cigarette and lighting it by igniting electric sparks within his right hand. After taking a few deep drags he looked around, spotting the area that those explosions took place. But something was really weird, those were not explosions, something had crashed there. Narrowing his eyes he remembered the appearance of those men with the suits the other day. Could it had been them? Taking a deep drag and exhaling it slowly afterwards, Valkyrion hoped that it was not them, otherwise people were going to be fried. Regardless, he took out his cellphone and immediately called Eon in his lab.
[Current location: Eon’s laboratory]
Sentinel, the quantum processed AI supercomputer had began beeping like crazy before it finally spoke.
“Eon, my scanners have gone crazy. There is something out there. Something with high energy levels.”, Sentinel said.
“Are you sure that it is not Valkyrion or one of those beasts?”, Eon asked.
“I have already checked. That energy reading does not match anything from my library. That’s something new. Though there is a resemblance to the energy that those suits had the other day.”, Sentinel replied.
“Oh, really now… That’s interesting.”, Eon said and got off the water tank where he had spent the last few hours, adding the final touches on the Optimus Nanomachines.
Once out of the tank, Eon, completely naked, walked towards the main room where Sentinel’s core was. The huge orb like construction on top of the star shaped CPU. Once in that room he looked at the orb and stretched his arms and legs.
“Sentinel, can you show me what is out there?”, Eon asked.
“I will try. You are fully aware that I can not use the positron scanner due to the interference of the—”, Sentinel’s phrase was cut in half by Eon himself.
“Yes, I am fully aware. Use any other means necessary and give me a picture of what is going on outside. Use the holographic projector.”, Eon said and cracked his neck a few times.
“Of course.”, Sentinel replied.
The supercomputer began making all kinds of noises, beeping sounds, the sounds of fans that worked to cool the CPU and the servers, and the servomechanisms that moved the CPU up and down in the liquid nitrogen to make sure that the temperature would never go over a certain temperature and damage the circuitry.
“Image coming right up.”, Sentinel said and the holographic projector was activated and images of the craters that were created in the city along with the explosion of the spaceship over the sky and something more, something really ominous; a dark figure in the sky.
“Sentinel, can you clear up the last images?”, Eon asked and got closer to the hologram, trying to think of what that thing was.
“I am afraid that this is the best image I can offer. The interference is too much for my scanners.”, Sentinel replied.
“It is alright. I don’t know what that thing is but…”, Eon paused for a moment and waved the images away. “…I have a really bad feeling about this.”, Eon said and gulped.
“Should I call Etherion back?”, Sentinel asked.
“Yes, tell him to come back here and get his new equipment. Make sure to have his gunblades, guns and gauntlets ready. Perform the final tests on them and fix anything that needs to be fixed. Use the notes I saved yesterday.”, Eon said and walked towards his room.
“Understood. Estimated time before the equipment is finalized, thirty minutes.”, Sentinel said.
“Very well. Also prepare Vector for me, I don’t want to use Raiden nor I want to start spending my energy on traveling.”, Eon said as he walked inside his room, heading straight for the closet where he had his clothes.
“Acknowledged. Unit Vector will be ready for deployment in one minute.”, Sentinel said.
“Excellent.”, Eon said as he took out his clothes and began dressing up.
Black boots with metallic heels, black ripped pants, black belt made from an old ripped shirt of his, black tank top, black arm warmers and a shredded coat along with a long silken black scarf with its ends on the back. Once he was done putting on his clothes he walked towards his desk, putting on his glasses and strapping the chocker around his neck, checking to see if his locket was still there. Holding the locket tight into his right hand, he then brought it on his black tinted lips, placing a soft kiss on it.
“Kaileena…”, Eon said and sighed deeply.
“Incoming call from Valkyrion. Should I respond or not?”, Sentinel broke the silence.
“Take the call.”, Eon said as he slowly let go of his locket and grabbed the portable surgeon kit from his desk with the 15 scalpels inside, 3 syringes with a special medicine that allowed instant regeneration of any kind of wound except for regrowing body parts. And last but not least the packet of cigarettes and the lighter. Shoving the kit in his right pocket and the packet of cigarettes in his left one, the call was established.
“Eon?”, Valkyrion said on the other end.
“I am here. What is it?”, Eon replied.
“I am sure that you are aware by now.”, Valkyrion said.
“Yeah, it is those bastards from earlier.”, Eon replied.
“I thought so… Dammit…”, Valkyrion said with a deep sigh.
“I am coming over there. There is also something else. Have you felt it?”, Eon asked.
“You mean that ominous presence high above the sky?”, Valkyrion asked.
“Motherfucker, you never cease to amaze me. Yes, I am talking about that.”, Eon replied with a chuckle.
“Do you know what that thing is?”, Valkyrion asked.
“I have no clue. The interference is too much for Sentinels scanners to pick anything other than a dark and really huge image.”, Eon replied.
“I see… Very well, I will be expecting you here soon.”, Valkyrion said.
“I had Sentinel send a message to Etherion telling him to return.”, Eon said.
“Good. Something tells me that we will all be needed this time.”, Valkyrion said.
“You know… I have this really weird feeling that something is going to appear any moment now.”, Eon said as he exited his bedroom and walked down the stairs to reach the core of Sentinel.
“I can sense it too. It is more intense out here. Whatever it is, it is strong. The pulse I get is t—”, Valkyrion tried to finish his phrase only to yell in surprise. “MOTHERFUCKER!”
“Valkyrion? VALKYRION?! What the fuck is going on out there?”, Eon shouted as well.
“I need to close. Come here as fast as you can.”, Valkyrion said and terminated the call.
“MOTHERFUCKER! I will kick your ass once I am there.”, Eon said and looked at the holographic projection that appeared in front of him as Sentinel activated the alarm.
“Danger, danger. Something is approaching. EM field is being deployed.”, Sentinel said.
“Whoa, WHOA THERE!”, Eon said. “What the fuck is going on?”
“Eon, unit Vector is ready. I think that you should check that with your own eyes.”, Sentinel replied. “You have 20 seconds before the EM field is deployed. I will only deactivate it for Etherion to come and pick his equipment, then it will be up and will operate at 100% capacity.”, Sentinel said.
“This must be serious.”, Eon said. “Fair enough.”
And with that, Eon walked towards the entrance of the lab, stopping ten feet away from it as Vector, a machine that resembled that of a snowboard appeared. Eon shoved his boots in the empty spaces that immediately tightened around his feet, securing him on the board.
“Unit Vector ready for deployment. Eon, I will keep sending you feedback. I will also keep an eye on Optimus since we did not have the time to perform all the tests.”, Sentinel said.
“That’s my girl right there.”, Eon said and winked at the core. “Anyway, I am off. Make sure that the lab is safe, alright?”
“Affirmative.”, Sentinel said.
Eon sent the command through one of his parallel neural networks that were installed inside his body by Sentinel after his own order. That allowed him to interact with any electronics that he cold touch and project this thoughts and have them act like his limbs. Vector utilized one of those neural networks and was pretty much an extension of Eon’s body.
The jet on the board was activated and Eon slowly moved upwards, exiting the lab and looking at the hatch close behind him as the EM field was deployed.
Then he looked towards the direction that Valkyrion was and after leaning forward, Vector’s engine roared and he disappeared from sight.
[Current location: Neo Arcadia]
After terminating the call and shoving his phone inside his pocket, Valkyrion looked up in the sky to see a purple comet like thing coming from the sky, leaving a trail of purple smoke behind. And then *CRASH!* what that thing was crashed just on the crossroad only one block away from the building he was currently on.
Waiting for the cloud of dust and debris to clear, Valkyrion was not taking his eyes away from that thing. Whatever it was it had a strong pulse and its energy was growing more and more. Yet the sensation he got was familiar to the one he was getting from that ominous presence from high above the sky.
“What the hell is this?”, Valkyrion mumbled to himself
“Whatever that thing is, it means that the days of boredom are over.”, Stargazer said as Valkyrion’s right eye shimmered bright.
“I am fully aware of that. I just don’t know if I need to be glad or irritated about that.”, Valkyrion replied.
“Oh come on, I thought that you wanted some action.”, Stargazer said with a chuckle.
“I do want some action, but dammit, the city is getting more and more ruined. If more impacts like those happen, the construct won’t hold and the island will be destroyed.”, Valkyrion said and took another drag of his cigarette.
“You have a point there. Well, how about going balls out right from the start then?”, Stargazer asked.
“You don’t even have to say it. That’s exactly what we will do.”, Valkyrion said and turned his head to look behind him. “Eon is here. Now, we will wait for Etherion to arrive and then we will act.”, Valkyrion said.
“That’s my boy.”, Stargazer said and both eyes shimmered bright; the deep crimson of the blood for the right one, and the crystal blue of the sky for the left one.
While boarding Vector, Eon arrived on the scene and flew upwards to meet with Valkyrion who was standing on the building. Once there, Eon nodded upwards and chuckled.
“Seems like we got busy here lately. What’s the situation? I sensed some really fucked up energy earlier and the pulse? Oh damn, that’s a strong one.”, Eon said.
“Check bellow.”, Valkyrion replied.
“Alright.”, Eon said and looked bellow to see that the cloud of dust and debris had already subsided and the figure of a man was standing there. “I see… A pervert just landed in here. I could have never imagined that aliens had perverts too.”, Eon said and shrugged his shoulders.
“You…”, Valkyrion slammed his right hand on his forehead and shook his head. “I will kick your ass one day.”, Valkyrion said.
“Yeah, yeah. Anyway. What’s the plan?” Eon asked.
“We will wait for Etherion. Once he is here, we shall make a move.”, Valkyrion said. “And turn off that thing. I don’t think that you want that… pervert to spot us.”, Valkyrion said.
“Alright.”, Eon said and gave the command to Vector to release the grip around his feet. He also gave the command to Vector to run circles around the city and release small bursts of energy to create a diversion in case any of the visitors were sensing energy. Then he got off the board and stood right next to Valkyrion. “All set.”
“Good.”, Valkyrion replied. “Now we wait.”
Eon nodded his head and they both looked at Vector leaving and going around the city in random directions, releasing bursts of energy to fool the senses of any machinery or any sensory types of individuals.
[Current location: Eon’s lab.]
Etherion had already arrived at the laboratory where he saw the EM field deployed. Immediately he took out his cellphone and called Sentinel, yet he got no response other than the hatch opening and the EM field disappearing. Shrugging his shoulders, Etherion began to land with his own Version of Vector till he was already inside the lab. The EM field was deployed once more and the hatch closed.
“I got your message. What is it this time? Is Eon in the mood of more pranks or more experimentation on him?”, Etherion asked as he got off his own Vector unit.
“There is a situation in Neo Arcadia. Just minutes ago several pods crashed in the city, pods that perhaps belong to some individuals who had visited the city some time ago. Eon rushed there and Valkyrion is already assessing the situation. They asked for your presence as well.”, Sentinel said.
“I see. Then I will get moving once Vector is recharged.”, Etherion said and walked towards Vector.
“Eon finished making your new weaponry. Gunblades made from titanium as per your request. Guns with a 0.457 diameter bullets that can fire electricity imbued bullets. And gauntlets that allow better energy absorption so that you won’t have to remove your clothes in order to better utilize your abilities. They are ready. Go in the training room and give them a try so that the final stage of the customization of the gauntlets will be completed.”, Sentinel said.
“Fantastic! I am on my way.”, Etherion said and headed towards the training room.
Once in the training room, Etherion took off his gloves and put on the gauntlets, feeling them tightening around his fingers and hands. He nodded to himself and then took off his old guns, replacing them with the new ones that Eon and Sentinel had made for him. Last but not least he attached the gunblades holster on his coat.
“Sentinel, I am ready when you are.”, Etherion said.
“Hold your hands towards the wall right ahead of you. I will send several surges of energy directly from the reactor so that the final stage of the customization will be completed.”, Sentinel said.
“Understood.”, Etherion said and pointed his hands towards the wall.
As Sentinel said, a ray of light aiming at Etherion was fired. Slowly the light became more and more intense. A light that carried massive energy from the nuclear fusion reactor that powered up the laboratory. The light gradually consumed everything in the room and then it suddenly dissipated into thin air.
“You may fire that energy shot.”, Sentinel said.
“Alright.”, Etherion replied.
Still aiming for the wall before him, Etherion slowly gathered all the energy that he had absorbed earlier in his palms. Slowly, very slowly he created two orbs that he fired at once at the wall. The spheres crashed on the wall, yet no damage was done.
“Customization complete. Judging from previous tests, the power output was more stable. Also keep in mind that the capacity for energy absorption has increased. Energy will also be stored inside the gauntlets as an auxiliary power source and you can use it regardless of the amount of energy left.”, Sentinel said.
“This is fantastic. Is Vector ready?”, Etherion asked and exited the training room, clenching his fists a few times to get used to the new ‘toys’ of his.
“Vector is fully charged. You may proceed into boarding it.”, Sentinel said.
“Thank you Sentinel.”, Etherion said as he got on the board and the grips around his feet tightened.
“EM field deactivated. EM field will be deployed after Unit Vector and Etherion have left.”, Sentinel said.
Looking at the hatch open and the EM field inactive, Etherion ascended and exited the lab, looking at the hatch closing behind him and the EM field deployed once again.
“Alright then, here I come.”, Etherion said and headed straight for Neo Arcadia where Valkyrion and Eon were at.
But little they all knew that deep underground the city, a light began to shimmer. And along with the light, someone had just awakened…
[James] Something was very wrong, the other members of the citadel had not returned yet nor had they given any contact towards the remaining members within the citadel. The Dog-looking symbol on his hand itched like it had been stung by a wasp and he kept scratching at the thing nervously, looking about the main room on the ground level of the Citadel. Something felt very wrong, he was even contemplating leaving to go to the chamber when he was told by his superior to not interfere. He felt empty inside too, which was strange for him. The woman behind the desk said his name and he turned to view her, a female with tanned skin, white hair and blue eyes sitting behind the desk, smiling at him.
[Garland] Everything was going perfectly, he had sent his most trusted and strongest Magi to deal with the ritual to call their God back to the physical plane so that they may unlock their full potential, he hadn’t expected the strange vessel that was hovering just off the orbit of the planet but had quickly disposed of it with his own energy and had raised the shields to defend his populace, his people. A voice came over the intercom, it was his daughter, playing the role of a receptionist “Sir, James would like to see you, he’s very persistent.” Garland frowned to himself, he was about to become a God himself and he had to deal with the worm at the bottom of the food chain? No, it would be good to see the look on this creatures face as he told him what was about to happen. A smile came to Garlands face as he pressed down on the intercom button “Send him in, Kathrine.”
[Scene: The unknown building]
[Crugen] What had happened between him and Anya at that moment couldn’t have been more romantic, just crashing into the atmosphere and making love within the escape pod in which had saved them. But that romantic moment didn’t last. The realization of the situation became very apparent for both her and himself after their love making was finished. The pod was on it’s side making moving difficult but Crugen managed to open the small compartment behind Anya’s head and remove the two plasma pistols and several batteries for ammo. During the time where they had made love, their suits had shared nano bytes between them, causing them to be able to see one another’s vital signs and transmit thoughts via something close to telepathy using the nano’s that they shared between them. They heard movement outside and frowned to each other. Crugen whispered to his suit and it’s color changed from dark purple to bright white, a mask coming over Crugen’s face, creating some sort of alloy metal that would act as a face protector and hub for his suit, similar armor covered his shoulders, knees, & elbows. He looked to Anya and nodded as she did the same thing with her own suit, it was time.
[Anya] The moment that she and Crugen had just shared would forever remain within her memory, one; because it was her first time with any male, and second, she had always had a deep affection for her captain but never had a moment to tell him before they were either sent on a mission or Crugen entered his Bravado super-soldier thought processing state, and that moment was now. She ran over the checklist in her head, they had their suits, ammo, weapons and now that their suits with linked they could talk without even moving their lips, but they needed provisions. Based on the feed off the Camera on Crugen’s Max suit, in which she had watched time and time again, she knew that they had some very powerful allies on this planet (Or so she hoped) that may aid them. But she also knew that those creatures that looked like rapid Skags from Tarja 5 were also roaming around, so they must be careful and find the man whom Crugen had seen, he was motioning to her and counting down inside her head “Three, two, one..” And just like that, Crugen wretched the door of the escape pod off with a massive push of the forearm of his left arm and was pointing his pistol with his right, his suits flashlights turning on on either side of his cheek. Anya had read books on these kinds of buildings, they existed to be work places, and in fact they had landed in a cubical, but that wasn’t was worried Anya.
[Scene: The Life Bender]
[Zeedus] He may not have had his Ethereal energy, but that didn’t stop him from sensing the various amounts of creatures covering on his position, and one that had already been near where he landed. He stood tall and turned his bright blue-eyed gaze towards the humanoid looking-creature not to far from him. He expanded his senses, his pupil growing small and felt for heartbeats around him, ~Good, I still have the power to do this..~ he thought to himself as he felt around him for life forms, he didn’t turn his gaze upwards but instead he just stared directly at the man.. until he slowly lifted his hand and pointed a single finger at the male figure “You know…” Zeedus spoke, his voice rich and deep, echoing off the buildings for all to hear even though it was nearly a whisper “Being woken up from my dreams.. puts me in the mood to kill something..” at that, Zeedus moved his hand back, running it through his hair and chuckling madly, a electromagnetic field beginning to build around him, to those who could see the energy (Which most could) they would see the world begin to distort around Zeedus, as if his body was attempting to rewrite the code of the very realm of existence, though to no avail, they would also be able to see gravity around the magnetic field trying to crush it, as if the realm itself was working against Zeedus, trying to erase him from existence. The electromagnetic field slowly expanded a few feet away from Zeedus, eating at the concrete under him at a very slow rate, making it deteriorate, he remained in his pose but stopped laughing, a frown falling to his lips. Flames rising around them, purple flames that burned with an unknown energy but created what appeared to be fresh grass where the concrete had been destroyed.
[Scene: The Top of the Tower.]
[James] Garland could not have been a scarier man to ask for an audience with. He was what the others called a “Pure Bred” he had been born with only half a phoenix and had made up for it by burning on him all the other symbols that he had seen in his life time, his arms and face were covered with these symbols, but that wasn’t the only scary thing about him. This man stood roughly seven feet with a large build, a face that could make a woman weep just by looking at it. Garland wore a purple sleeveless robe that showed off his symbols and a circlet with a sapphire gem in the center, staring down at James with blue eyes that glowed against the soft purple light in the room, giving from the various torches that had been lit by Garland’s magic.
[James] “Uh-uhm Sir, a-are you sure that there’s?-” he was interrupted immediately by Garland who spoke out in a loud booming voice
[Garland] “James my boy, why oh why have you come to want my attention? I told you that they will get here when they’re done, I assure you all is fine.” he stared at James as if he were a child, or a repulsive rat that needed to be stomped to death.
[James] “A-about that sir, it’s been an hour, are you sure they’re alright?” James looked away from the gaze that felt so judgmental and angry towards him, he could feel the hate pouring off of Garland like a waterfall.
[Garland] he smiled at the child’s comment and nodded solemnly, standing up and taking a slow waltz towards James, a young child that hadn’t even had his symbol invoked, he spoke as he wrapped his arms around James “I’m sure they’re fine, and in the mean time..” he channeled his power into the entire arm, the various symbols glowing with such a brilliant light it would be blinding for anyone on the other side of them “You should take a nice, long rest.”
[James] He couldn’t tell what was going on but he felt his heartbeat increase and than a loud “Pop” inside his chest, and then the world went dark and he faded into the darkness faster than he would have thought death could come.
[Garland] It was always such a waste to deal with the young, exploding his heart was the least he could do to keep the child quiet for the rest of the night, he smiled and lowered James down to the ground, placing his corpse as if it were sleeping with hands over his stomach before going back to his chair and initiating the cloaking shield, causing the remaining energy in the crystal to be sent to disguise the ship.
[Scene: The staircase]
[Crugen] The moment he had popped the door of the escape pod off they were met with hostiles, rapid skag-like creatures that moved to bite them, lukily both he and Anya were excellent shots with the Capricorn x-10 energy pistol in which dispatched the creatures relativly fast so long as they hit them in the vitals. They had made their way out of the office area and were now moving towards the “Emergency staircase” hastening their retreat to ground level, he sent a thought to Anya as they were walking.
[Crugen] ~So I didn’t know you liked me that way, Anya. I thought you were going to slap me if I tired that move.~ he spoke quietly to her, in case anything could intercept their radio frequency.
[Anya] ~There’s a lot of things you don’t know about me, captain.~ she gave a suggestive voice, smirking under her Skull-Like mask.
[Anya] They moved quietly through the building, taking on their Jobs more seriously now and turning on their active camouflage in which, was actually bright white and easier to see normally but could easily stealth them into complete nothingness dependent on what they touched. They moved into another office area, Crugen was looking for something, and then they found it, a window! She and her captain walked up to the window together and stared out in horror, they were near the center of a large area within the city, and below them they could make out small shapes, it was either hostiles, or their systems were going crazy. Anya turned on her radio to see if she could get a signal, but all she was getting was static, something was messing with her communications, but then; she got another idea she spoke a command to her suit and it responded rather quickly, picking up an Ai communication line, she spoke into it “Hello? Is anyone there?” she was speaking in her most innocent voice and only into that exact com center so that Crugen could not hear her. He seemed busy assessing the situation anyway.
[Crugen] He stared out at the area around him and spoke words to himself within his own apparatus, his suit immediately turning on his music, feeling his thought processing increase dramatically, streaming the music directly into his ears with a solid “Wub Wub” he stared out over the horizon. They were stuck in a large building and going down was no longer an option. They had a flare, their suits and a good twelves batteries of ammo, enough to last them through a week if needed. But food was a situation that he hadn’t considered, they had none of that and would need to forage whatever they could from the destroyed world around them
[Scene: The Icy Tomb]
[Weiss] He was nearing Zeedus, he could feel his energy rising, the hairs on the back of his neck stood on end, Yes, Yes! White Ice would Feed and Weiss would become his vessel, Weiss would exact revenge and take back what was rightfully his. The Ice crystal suddenly sped up as he entered near the planet, edging closer and closer with every passing moment, it was exhilarating to think that they would finally encounter the one whom so long ago threw them away!
[Scene: The Situation]
[Commander Varis] The VS had suffered a number of casualties on the continent of Endar and were now pulling back to their territory, the NGC and TVR were putting up a valiant struggle, but inevitably they would fall to his power. A holo-image popped up in front of him, coming off of his desk, it was his assistant AI; Lady. The Ai was dressed to look like a common foot soldier, but her face was that of his long dead wife, it put a tear to his face to see those beautiful blue eyes and the rare white hair, but he straitened up and spoke.
[Varis:] Yes, what is it?
[Lady:] Incoming transmission from Captain Crugen and Hawk Squadron
[Varis:] “Put it through, I want to see what they’ve uncovered with their deep-space mission.” he smiled, he always knew he could rely on Crugen, he had passed all his tests with flying colors and had more tactical genius than he thought he did, that’s why he sent Anya, his “Tutor” as Varis put it with him.
An image of Crugen with his hands folded behind his back appeared on the screen “VS Date: 1/3/61” Varis frowned at the first few words, this transmission was coming in weeks late, wherever he was; he was far away. “We have arrived at a planet that appears to be civilized, I will be awaiting further commands. I have made contact with several creatures on the planet, they appear to be intelligent, but the planet itself also appears decayed.” And just like that, the image disappeared. Varis spoke to his AI “Put in a request for the Shark 32 to launch towards Crugen’s location, I’ll be going personally. Also, tell him to load up the MAX-GX10 Prototype, this sounds like a fun endeavor to test that machine’s potential.”
Neo Arcadia. The Dead City. World’s End. A barren and silent land full of danger and mystery, broken dreams and broken buildings. But though it was a dead land, it teemed with life. Life that could possibly save a planet that was slowly dying, hoping against hope for a miracle. Under the cover of the clouds that hovered over Neo Arcadia, floated the research vessel, The Spirit of Osiris.
The engines were silent as the ship floated serenely. Inside, the crew of 20 went about their business as they made preparations to land. “I’m picking up several readings to the east, just on the outskirts.” one of crew, monitoring life signs, spoke into the quiet of the bridge. “Hostiles?” The Captain asked. “The readings are off the scale.” was the reply. The Captain nodded once, adjusting the controls in front to direct the ship toward the center of the city. “Keep scanning. There has to be something here.” A beeping sound came from another console and then a voice came over the intercom. “Captain, I’m picking up faint readings near the city’s center. It seems to be what we have been looking for. We should check it out.” came a distinctly feminine voice. “Are you absolutely positive about that, Aria?” the Captain asked. “I wouldn’t have told you about it if I wasn’t sure, Lei.” came the amused reply. Leiana, The Spirit’s Captain, laughed as she leaned forward to type in some commands to her console. “All right, we’ll check it out. Do me a favor and send Xira to me.” Leiana stated. “Yes, ma’am.” Aria clicked off and Leiana turned to her navigator. “We need a place to land safely, Glixx, preferably away from the hostiles.” Glixx, tossed his hair over one shoulder, the inky black locks offset by the single strip of green indicating his status as a navigator and astrologist. “Yes, ma’am.” He began observing the terrain, pressing buttons every now and again as he read digital readouts of the surface area. “Ah, here. There is some kind of large platform on top of a building near the center of the city…the building looks to be some kind of native medical facility. It is structurally sound, easily accessible, should hold the ship quite well. I’m sending the coordinates to your screen.” Leiana looked down at her console and saw the same thing Glixx did. The platform he spoke of was formerly a helicopter landing pad atop of a destroyed hospital. Leiana nodded as the doors to the bridge whispered open. The large warrior woman that entered looked very out of place amongst the others. Leiana turned in her seat and smiled. “Xira, we’re landing soon and I need you with me.” Xira, Leiana’s personal bodyguard and best friend crossed her fist over her heart and executed a small bow. “I am yours to command, My Lady.” Xira stated before standing at parade rest. “Air quality?” Leiana wondered. “Breathable, similar to our own planet. Nitrogen content is slightly lower but we will not need breathing masks.” was what she was told. She nodded and flipped a switch on her console. “This is Captain Talon.” her voice echoed over the intercom through all parts of the ship. “We will be landing shortly. Please check all equipment and weapons. We do not know what types of lifeforms we will encounter, but it would be in our best interests to go prepared. Research Team, please make sure you are ready to go the moment we land. I don’t want to be here longer than necessary.” she added. “All crew, prepare for landing.” She turned off the intercom and dedicated all her concentration to landing on the platform. “Thrusters.” she ordered, hearing a moment later when the whine of the engine turned into a dull roar.
As the ship descended, a loud screeching sound was heard, and the ship lurched, throwing the crew on the bridge from their seats. A console exploded and a small fire broke out. “We’ve lost a shield, Captain!” Leiana heard from behind her. “I heard! Someone put out that damn fire before we roast!” she snapped. She felt something hit her arm and took a moment to glance around to see what it was. Azmarelia, the little gargoyle creature she had come to befriend, was clinging to her arm, shaking with fright. Leiana cooed reassuringly. “No worries, Az. We’re fine.” Az chattered at her rapidly, sounding like a deranged chipmunk. Leiana chuckled, shifting her attention back to keeping the ship from crashing. There was a second screeching sound, like nails on a chalkboard and the engines hum went from a dull roar to a loud grinding. “Stabilizers crashing. Landing is going to be a bit rough.” she announced. The ship rocked to and fro as they descended. Another screech was heard and Leiana was told that another shield had fallen. “Come on, baby. Hold together for me.” she murmured. “1300 feet, Captain.” Glixx called out to her. Leiana flipped a couple of switches and the ship jerked like a yo-yo as the afterburners shutdown. “700 feet.” Dust plumes rose into the air around the ships hull as the ship descended. “300 feet. Landing flaps engaged, Captain.” The jerking smoothed out and everyone around her relaxed slightly, she did not. As the ship descended the last few hundred feet, something exploded below decks, causing the engines to shut down completely. Like a puppet with its strings cut, the ship plummeted, landing on the helipad with a bone-jarring thud. The supports holding up the helipad on the building couldn’t handle the impact and snapped like twigs, sending the ship sliding from the building as if it was on a giant slide. Bouncing back and forth between two buildings like a pinball, the ship’s crew and the scientists were tossed about as the ship fell to the ground below. With an all-mighty crash, the ship hit the street, leaving a large crater in its place as a third explosion knocked out primary power. Leiana’s head bounced off the controls and a headache bloomed behind her eyes. “Well, shit.” she muttered as she lost consciousness. The cooling of the engines were the only sounds heard for the time being.
“Go find some shelter. Whoever woke me up is going to fucking pay for it.”, Valkyrion said and cracked his neck as his body turned transparent and after only moments it dissipated into thin air in a display of a massive electrostatic discharge, that looked far more dangerous than it actually was, well, for Radiant, anyways. But Radiant’s reaction, one of absolute horror. The sky, was filled with the sound of a landing ship.
“THE SKY IS IS IS IS IS FALLING!! RAINING BIG BIG BIG BIG BIG METAL BEASTS!!~
Radiant covered her head, when Valkyrion just up and vanished, and on taking her arms down, she could see he was gone. Madly, she flailed her arms where he had been standing. Oh for the Lord of the Towers to just disappear, it must mean that there was truly a great danger coming, much worse than the massive beasts that ruled the streets of the decaying city. The realisation, that Radiant was out in the open and now alone, was a terrifying prospect. Gritting her teeth together, she made a terrible high pitch screech, that would be heard from a good few blocks, had it not been for the approaching descent of a ship from the Stars. Radiant could see clearly that it was in trouble, and was not going to make a five point landing, more like a spectacular crash landing.
“EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!”
Oh yes this was bad, and there was nothing for it, since Radiant had to vanish too. Seeing as the Lord of the Towers, was able to become invisible, Radiant had a terrific idea. She would try to become invisible too. Closing her eyes really tight, she willed, and wished herself invisible. Clenching her little fists, and her tail snaking around her form, she hoped the magic may work on her. A few minutes passed, and she slowly opened her right eye, looking around to see if there was any change. Was she now invisible? The possum girl held up her fist to her face, and sure enough, she was still visible.
“GAAAAAAAAAAAAH!”
It was useless; no amount of squinting, winking, hopping or flailing was going to make her vanish like the Lord. It was then that Radiant saw it with her own eyes, the ship that was trying to land. Trying, being the right word in this instance. The building it was trying to come down on, could not possibly support so much weight. Radiant looked like she was set to cry, and just stood there, hugging her tail, since she thought escape was not an option, when suddenly she was picked up by her tail, and then held out in front of the Doctor. A tall balding man, with wisps of grey curly hair, that stuck out from under a surgeon’s cap. He wore glasses, that had a swinging magnifying lens, much like a small telescope, that came shooting out all by itself, and inspected Radiant. With a nasty “Z” shaped scar on his left cheek, and sporting rubber dish washing gloves in pink, he smacked his lips, before leering at her strangely.
“What…have I told you about coming up to the surface, Radiant? Hmm…Hmm…Hmm? Mole has been looking for you everywhere, but you know he can’t come up top.”
The Doctor said with raspy mechanical voice that sounded like he was wearing a microphone strapped to his throat. Drawing Radiant closer, she would start to hold her hands together, as if to pray, her tiny legs drawn in, and her tail was actually flat, not fuzzy, because she knew the punishment well, for injuring the Doctor. Radiant was chanting incoherently, as she was suspended by her tail, waiting for the punishment that was to come. The Doctor started to shake her violently, causing her to start to cry, before blurting.
‘Mooole…MoleyMoleyMoley…Mole…..needs food. RadsRadsRadiant..me me me…they locked me out…out out *she squeals as her tail is pulled hard*…OUT!”
The Doctor made something of a “what the fuck?” face, and then dropped her promptly, seeing as she had only done what she could for Mole, who was actually a prized creation of the Doctor. But they had pressing matters, since there was a ship crash landing, not too far away. Seeing it hit the building nearest and slides, the Doctor snarled, and pulled up his surgical mask, before jerking his thumb towards the abandoned subway.
“Get your ass down to platform four with the others. I will deal with you later!” The Doctor then made a run and went to jump across to the next rooftop, which he barely made, and scampered up, before vanishing into a fire escape on the top of the other roof top. Radiant, who was just glad to be alive at this point, did as she was told, running for the building, and leapt off the side, but at the same time, she pulled out two sails, from her back pack, and started to glide her way down, much like a glider possum. The wind was blowing a gale, from the numerous ships landing, and with the dust and debris, it was choking the very air. Landing just shy of a burning wreck, caused by the sparks and electricity that the oncoming ships landing, Radiant raced for the entrance to the subway, and skidded down the walker’s rail, till reaching the bottom, far below. The subway station, was a derelict reminder of another age, with garbage everywhere, torn posters of starlets from the Show strip, and there was an abandoned train, still parked in the station.
Entering through a broken window, and onto a torn seat, Radiant curled up again, and whimpered quietly. It was then a few grubby children’s heads seem to appear, just over the top of the seat, one of them being Mole. He had a sorrowful look upon his face, knowing full well, the Doctor must have gone to fetch her. Mole quickly used his hands to say he was sorry, but Radiant bowed her head….and waited…for the Doctor’s return. <3>
With Etherion on his way to Neo Arcadia, Valkyrion and Eon were keeping an eye on things, analyzing the situation, assessing it and thinking of a way to deal with the situation.
“You know… It has been a long time since something had happened around here.”, Eon said.
“I know.”, Valkyrion replied with a nod of his head. “And it has been an even longer time since we three gathered together in the city.”, he added.
“True. I think that it was when a new puppy was born?”, Eon asked with a chuckle.
“Yeah. But, puppy?”, Valkyrion asked and looked at Eon with an arched eyebrow.
“Well, they all started by dogs, didn’t they? No matter how those eight look now, they were once dogs. They were just lucky to have fed on fresh blood, then surviving all those endless fights and finally evolving to what they are now.”, Eon said.
“Yeah… But still, I could have never imagined that they would end up like that. From something so weak to something so powerful… If those scientists from back then were still alive, I am sure that they would be happy that their creations proved to be such a success.”, Valkyrion said.
“Well, the explosion on that day was the catalyst to their evolution. If that had never happened, they would not have mutated. Oh well…”, Eon said.
Suddenly they both felt a familiar sensation approaching them and they both nodded their heads before turning them to look at Etherion arriving.
“Well, well, well… If that isn’t the good old Etherion… Long time no see.”, Eon said with a smirk on his face.
“Yes, it has been a really long time Eon.”, Etherion said as he stopped right in front of them, using his Vector unit to hover in the air. “Valkyrion.”, Etherion said and nodded his head.
“Etherion. It’s good to have you back.”, Valkyrion said.
“By the way get off Vector. We don’t want to get spotted right away.”, Eon said.
“By the intruders? Sentinel gave me a heads up.”, Etherion said and took off his Vector unit.
“Yeah, Valkyrion here will let you know about most of it while I will have your Vector join mine in confusing the senses of everyone around here.”, Eon said and placed his right hand on Etherion’s Vector unit, sending the electric signal to move around the city and constantly releasing small bursts of energy and when the energy was about to be depleted, the unit should move back to the lab.
“Well… As Sentinel said, we have some intruders. We know nothing about them, but I suspect that some of them are some of the morons who appeared here not too long ago.”, Valkyrion said.
“I see. So, we sit here and wait?”, Etherion asked.
“Pretty much, yeah.”, Eon said as he rose back on his height while the Vector unit began flying around the city, executing the command that Eon had given.
“Good. So, what’s the status so far? I th—”, Etherion did not finish his phrase.
All three of them looked at each other as they felt the energy from an EM field nearby. Looking down they saw the man that had appeared earlier to shoot an EM field and killing one of the beasts that was nearby.
Eon chuckled at that though Valkyrion was as usual expressionless. As for Etherion, he did not care much about it.
“I think that this is going to be interesting. What do you guys think?”, Eon asked.
Nobody said a word. They just looked at each other in the eye and nodded their heads before looking down on the street again.
Whoever that man was, he was not an ordinary person. And perhaps maybe a thread to the city. Valkyrion cracked his neck in that thought and he knew that Eon and Etherion had thought the same thing.
And so the three of them stood there, observing the whole situation.
Of course while all those things were taking place, the beasts that resided within the city, they had all noticed the new appearances. And as it was natural, they had become a bit restless. Hell, they did not need much of a reason for that, but Valkyrion’s presence was enough to subdue them.
But this time things were different. Ever since the previous arrival of some guests, the beasts were slowly starting to move, and this time they just continued from where they had left. Slowly but surely the dog like beasts had become to approach the city center. But they were not alone… Their evolved states followed as well. Category two, category three, category four… And to make matters worse, even the last and most deadly categories had began to move as well…
One thing was certain, that was not going to be another ride in the park…
Valkyrion, Eon and Etherion had felt the beasts’ movement but they stood idle for the time being, knowing that they just wanted to know what exactly was going on.
But hell… ‘That’ had to happen…
A ship. A fucking ship began to descend from the sky and crashed on one of the buildings, making the whole city shake once again.
“Oh shit… I think that this is time to do something…”, Valkyrion said and looked at the other two.
“Sadly I agree. They are on the move now.”, Etherion said.
“So…”, Eon said and cracked his neck a few times while putting a sadistic smirk on his face. “Should we go all out?”, he asked.
“No. I will deal with it. I will once again show them who the boss is around here.”, Valkyrion said and jumped off the building before either Eon or Etherion had the chance to say something.
“Damn, I haven’t seen him this worked up ever since that time. This will not end well…”, Eon said with a sigh.
“What should we do?”, Etherion asked.
“For the time being, lets not get in his way. We will end up dead.”, Eon said and clenched his fists.
“Understood.”, Etherion said and nodded his head, noticing that Eon had clenched his fists. He knew that things were going to be hectic.
Valkyrion could hear some of the conversation between Eon and Etherion as he jumped from the roof, but he did not say anything. It was good that they had decided to stay behind.
“So… Will you take them all by yourself?”, Stargazer said with the characteristic shimmer of the right eye.
“That’s the plan.”, Valkyrion replied.
“You do realize that they are just too many. And not just that, there is also the issue of the uninvited guests.”, Stargazer said.
“I know… I plan on halting the movement of the mutts first. Then we will all focus on the guests.”, Valkyrion said and sighed.
“And how are we going to do that?”, Stargazer asked.
“There is one way…”, Valkyrion said and sighed again.
“You don’t mean that you are going to use ‘that’, will you?”, Stargazer asked.
“Sadly I don’t see any other choice. Their numbers are just too many.”, Valkyrion said.
“Yes, I understand that. But you had swore never to use ‘that’ again.”, Stargazer said.
“I know. But there is no other way to keep those mutts occupied enough to come up with a better plan.”, Valkyrion said.
“You have a good point. Should we go all out?”, Stargazer asked.
“Yes. For a limited time, lets raise the resonance to 100%. I will need all the energy I have to raise an army.”, Valkyrion replied.
“100%. Lets see how much this body will hold then.”, Stargazer replied.
While the whole conversation between Valkyrion and Stargazer was taking place, the distance to the ground was getting smaller and smaller till only 30 feet remained. As usual Valkyrion’s body had turned transparent and soon afterwards it dissipated into thin air in a display of an electrostatic discharge.
Valkyrion reappeared again in the very center of the city in the middle of the intersection. With the momentum that he had, once Valkyrion landed the ground shattered underneath his feet, creating a spiderweb pattern and a small crater of 4 feet in depth and a radius of 10 feet.
Once Valkyrion landed, he grabbed the handle of his sword and pulled it from his back, swinging it a few times before stabbing it on the ground 3 feet before him.
“Lets do this. Resonate to the max. Twin Soul Resonance.”, Valkyrion said and unbuttoned his shirt since he knew that with a resonance over 40%, his tops were always ripped to shreds.
“Do it fast. Our body won’t hold much. And you have a recoil to think along with our guests. Lets do this.”, Stargazer said.
Once Valkyrion had unbuttoned his top, he tied the sleeves on a knot around his waist so that he was not going to lose it.
And then it began.
Soon the area around Valkyrion began to heat up very fast. Valkyrion himself closed those dual toned eyes of him as he clapped his hands and held them together.
The heat slowly rose more and more, ending up distorting the view of the surroundings around Valkyrion’s body. As a result from the heat, several electrostatic discharges began to occur, lighting the area with their flashes and filling the area with the high pitched crackling sounds of them.
Valkyrion kept his eyes closed and his palms held together when he bended forward, staying in that position for a few seconds before opening his eyes in an instant and letting out a loud roar. But that was not all of it. After the roar, an explosion occurred that resulted from a sudden outburst of electricity from Valkyrion’s body. The roar and the shockwave from the explosion were enough to shake the ground and the buildings around him. Glasses from the windows shattered and began falling on the ground. Now an aura of electricity surrounded Valkyrion’s body and its radius kept expanding. 10 feet, 15 feet, 20 feet, 30 feet! The aura kept expanding more and more and the discharges were getting more and more violent.
As for Valkyrion? He stretched both his arms at once and bent forward some more as wings appeared on his back. Yes, a pair of black wings with each wing being 6 feet in length. Once the wings appeared on his back, some feathers fell from the wings and landed on the ground, only to get charred by the electricity. And then Valkyrion clapped his hands again, this time creating a shockwave that shattered more glasses.
“Twin Soul Resonance on 50% and raising!”, Stargazer said.
“Good… Keep it up!”, Valkyrion said and gritted his teeth.
All the muscles on Valkyrion’s body began flexing uncontrollably and his blood vessels had popped out and were visible on his skin.
“Not yet, not yet! DON’T STOP!”, Valkyrion said and gritted his teeth some more, his gums now bleeding.
“60% and raising!”, Stargazer said.
“MORE! MORE!!!”, Valkyrion shouted.
It was obvious that whatever was happening on Valkyrion’s body was really bad for him, but he did not seem to want to stop any time soon.
As the power on the resonance kept raising, the radius of that electric aura around his body kept increasing. On 70% it was on 70 feet already and it kept growing, all the while distorting the view of the surroundings with its immense heat.
“90%!”, Stargazer said.
“Just a little more. Just a little more. Hold on body of mine.”, Valkyrion said while panting.
Valkyrion’s body was covered in sweat and blood that came from his pores, obviously abusing his body to a degree that his regeneration ability could no longer keep up.
“100%! DO IT NOW! OR WE WILL BOTH DIE!”, Stargazer shouted.
“Lets begin then…”, Valkyrion said and swallowed hard.
With the aura around his body having formed a sphere of 120 feet in radius and the heat distorting the view around his body, the discharges were very violent and just one of those could knock out someone with ease.
The wings on Valkyrion’s back were already spreaded afar, standing proud that once again they had come out, only cover Valkyrion’s sides as he bent his knees and touched the ground with his palms.
“A long time ago I had made a promise. A promise that today I must break. Phanuel, forgive me but I don’t have a choice.”, Valkyrion said and closed his eyes. Taking many deep breaths and swallowing hard while trying to control all that energy that he was generating, Valkyrion once again spoke.
“My apologies for doing this to you. I know that you should have rested and that I should not have summoned you, but I need your assistance. With the life that I offer you, help me subdue those beasts that know nothing but destruction. Rise… Rise all of you who had fallen on that fateful day… RISE NEO ARCADIANS!!!”, Valkyrion said, adding emphasis and rising his voice on his final words.
Soon the ground and the buildings all over the city began to shake violently. The aura that surrounded Valkyrion’s body was becoming smaller and smaller till it suddenly dissipated. But it was not gone, no, no, no. All that energy was channeled through Valkyrion’s hands on the ground. Yet that was not all. That aura was only the tip of the iceberg of the power that was being generated within Valkyrion’s body.
The wings on his back once again spreaded afar as more and more electricity was sent on the ground.
Blood was coming out of Valkyrion’s mouth due to his gums bleeding, his nose and ears as well. He knew that he did not have much time. The energy needed to come out otherwise his body was going to explode.
Slowly but surely he had began to direct all that energy into the ground, making those tremors more and more intense.
“Yes, rise. It is your time now.”, Valkyrion said.
“Hurry up, otherwise you will be the one who will need to be resurrected.”, Stargazer said.
Throughout the city cracks began forming on the ground and pillars of electricity began to form from them.
After a few moments passed from that, voices, thousands voices were heard. No, those were not voices. Those were screams. Yes, the screams of those who had died on that fateful day in Neo Arcadia. Of course even with Valkyrion’s power, he could not bring them all back to life, but his power was enough to bring at least 5000 corpses back to life.
Yes… 5000 of those who had died on that day had now turned into Valkyrion’s army with only one purpose; to subdue all those beasts and stop them from advancing.
But those corpses were not normal ones. While Valkyrion had brought them back from the dead, their souls were not brought back. They were more like zombies that were controlled by Valkyrion himself like puppets.
5000 corpses in total came out of the ground, staring at the direction that Valkyrion was at. But that was not all. From the cracks that were made on the ground and from the electricity that was released, layers of electricity formed around the corpses like an armor; the very same armor that Valkyrion used on him. That way whoever would come into contact with them, they would get a really nasty zap that could throw them away for a few feet.
Once the army of the deceased with the electricity armor around them was fully risen, Valkyrion could finally relax his body from all that tension from before. Wiping the blood off his face and swallowing hard, he grabbed the handle of his blade and took a leap into the air, ascending to a height of 1000 feet above the ground.
“SCATTER!”, was the only word that Valkyrion had shouted.
The deceased all nodded and they started heading towards the outskirts of the city in every direction. Of course with all the time that had passed, the beasts had advanced closer and closer to the city center, but that actually worked better for Valkyrion’s army since the defense would be stronger and not having any large openings.
All the while that Valkyrion was preparing for what he was about to do, Eon and Etherion were observing everything that was taking place in the city. When Valkyrion had began raising his energy levels, they both looked at each other with their eyes wide open.
“I had seen him pissed off and releasing energy before, but not like that. What the hell is he going to do? He will die!”, Eon said and while no helping himself, he took out a cigarette and lit it, smoking it to calm himself down a bit.
“That’s too much even for him. Lets just hope that he will be alright.”, Etherion replied.
They both nodded their heads and kept looking at Valkyrion as his energy was rising and rising to the point of even the area around them getting affected both by the heat and the electricity too.
“Holy fuck! What is he going to do with that shit? His body won’t be able to handle it!”, Eon said and tapped his feet.
“He must have a plan. I don’t think that he is doing it just for show.”, Etherion said.
“But his body won’t handle it.”, Eon said.
“Lets just hope that it will.”, Etherion said.
The duo on the roof kept looking at Valkyrion and both shook their heads when they saw all that blood on him.
“Shit…”, they both said with a sigh.
“Hurry up…”, Etherion said.
Eon kept smoking his cigarette and lit another one. He was worried, yes, but he was also getting excited; and that was a bad thing. An excited Eon is pretty much danger for his opponent(s).
And after some more time had passed, they felt the ground shake violently and heard those screams. Eon immediately realized that had happened and his eyes opened wide.
“Excellent!”, Eon said and a devilish smirk appeared on his face.
“I can feel multiple energies all over the city. What is going on?”, Etherion asked.
“They say that dead men tell no tales, but on this case those dead men will make fucking history.”, Eon said and stretched his arms. “Over 20 million people died here on that fateful day. Only a fragment of them is brought back. That’s why he rose his energy levels that much.”
“I see…”, Etherion said and looked around the city, feeling the electricity from the corpses. “Will those numbers be enough?”, he asked.
“I don’t know. But get ready, it is our turn now.”, Eon said and cracked his knuckles as he saw Valkyrion ascending.
With Valkyrion flying 1000 feet above the ground, Valkyrion had a good view on the entire city. Not that he needed to see, but anyway. Like a puppeteer in some play, Valkyrion controlled the actions of all those who were brought back from the dead and reanimated with electricity.
“Showtime.”, Valkyrion muttered to himself as the army had already began running towards the advancing beasts.
The distance between the beasts and the army was now less than 40 feet; Eon and Etherion were getting ready after eyeing Valkyrion.
30 feet; Etherion grabbed the handles of his gunblades that were strapped on his back.
20 feet; Eon did not say a single word, yet a radiant light that originated from the locket around his neck was split in two and attached itself on his hands, forming two katanas in his hands.
10 feet; Eon looked at Etherion and nodded his head as he called Sentinel back in his lab. “Sentinel, we need the Vectors here as fast as possible.”, Eon said and went silent while waiting for the Vector units to arrive so that they could reach the ground safely.
[Current location: 500 feet underground of the very center of Neo Arcadia.]
A massive orb of 30 feet in diameter had begun to radiate and shed light even in the most shadowy corners of that underground room. An orb that was floating over a column of 10 feet in height and on its base numerous cables that ran in every direction.
On the left side of the room, a male figure was seen slowly rising from the ground.
“How long?”, the male asked in a bass and hoarse voice.
“Too long.”, another voice was heard, a female one but also a computer generated one.
“My Goddess, is that You?”, the male asked.
“Yes Prometheus, this is me. I have a request for you.”, the female voice said again.
“What is it?”, Prometheus asked.
“My name is Minerva. Call me by that name.”, Minerva said.
“But, how can I do that to you? You are the light that gave life to me.”, Prometheus said.
“Prometheus… Fine, do as you like. Now, you need to go to the surface. I am sure that you can sense it too. There is something going on but I don’t know what. All of my sensors are broken.”, Minerva said.
“Of course, if that is what you wish, I shall comply.”, Prometheus said and took a low bow.
“Your armory is ready.”, Minerva said.
“Thank you my Goddess. I shall do as you wish.”, Prometheus said and took another low bow before walking down the stairs.
The male known as Prometheus was a well built male that stood on 6 feet and 6 inches in height with pale skin and turquoise eyes with golden irises. Dressed in black boots, black cargo pants, a black sleeveless jacket, black gloves that covered his hands up to his elbows and a black mask that covered half his face. One characteristic was that his jacket had many straps and belts that he used to tie his hands with, but on his case they were just hanging.
Prometheus walked towards the base of the orb and he caressed the metal.
“My Goddess, I shall bring honor to you. Just wait.”, Prometheus said and walked away from the base with vast and slow steps.
As he walked away from the base, he suddenly disappeared as he passed by what seemed to be ripples in the air.
[Current location: Neo Arcadia.]
0 feet.
Valkyrion was holding his sword tight with his right hand while watching at the first wave of the beasts clash with the first wave of the dead army.
The clash left behind multiple discharges that of course killed most of the beasts as the dead army kept advancing; the armor of electricity doing a good job and killing every category one beast upon touching them.
Eon and Etherion were holding their weapons respectively while waiting for the Vector units to arrive.
And suddenly right in the middle of the intersection, 1000 feet bellow Valkyrion, ripples formed in the air and the male known as Prometheus made his appearance.
The sudden appearance of an unknown presence alerted Valkyrion, Eon and Etherion who all looked at the one who had appeared.
They did not know who Prometheus was, hell, they had no idea about the underground facility either.
“Eon, emergency, emergency. Quantum brainwaves detected. Quantum brainwaves detected.”, Sentinel said directly inside Eon’s head via the chip that he had on his neck.
“What did you say?”, Eon asked.
“My scanners picked up a transmission of quantum brainwaves 500 feet beneath the ground of the center of Neo Arcadia.”, Sentinel said.
“What the fuck?”, Eon said.
“And the man who appeared, he seems to be using the same frequency like the one my scanners picked up.”, Sentinel said.
“So… Is he an ally or an enemy?”, Eon asked.
“I don’t know. Proceed with caution.”, Sentinel said.
Eon nodded his head and looked at Etherion.
“Can I leave things to you here? I need to check the new guest.”, Eon said to Etherion.
“Do not worry, do what you have to do. I will be here on standby.”, Etherion replied.
“Thanks.”, Eon said.
Soon the two Vector units arrived and Eon jumped on his own one, not waiting for a single moment and diving towards the ground, heading directly for the unknown to him male (Prometheus).
What does fate reserve for the three warlords?
Who is that man who appeared?
Will the beasts be subdued or angered more?
ZeedusFrostBlood: -A voice came over the intercom, “All Hands on deck, all hands on deck. Prepare for re-entry.” it was nothing more than the ships computer telling what remaining crew members were aboard the Defender that they were reaching their destination he sat up from his bed and beamed toward himself in the mirror, the scar that ran along the left side of his mouth giving him a rather malicious look, his crew-cut brown hair and pale skin making him out to be organic, human. Crugen moved off of his bed and began suiting up, he tapped the com device on his ear and spoke as he slid his leather combat boots on “Anya do you read me?” a female voice played back to him, a sweet and loving voice “Yes captain, what is it?” Crugen smiled to himself as he slid on his exobyte suit, the suit itself filled with nano machines that fit the (What appeared to be latex) suit perfectly to the curves of his body. “Give me a read on the planet once we’re in veiw” a single tap on the mic was all Crugen needed to know that she had heard him. He tapped the com again “Rachet, come in.” a male voice played over, sounding grumpy, as if the male whom it belonged to had just woken up from a long nap. “Yeah boss?” Crugen placed his gloves on, the nano machines sinking together and fitting perfectly to his hands, he inspected the underside, a webbing of circuits that would allow his implants to directly connect with other cybernetics. “Get the Astral MAX (Mobile Artillery Exo suit) ready.” The man on the other end grumbled “Fine, but you know it wasn’t designed for direct entry, right boss?” Crugen smirked to himself as he placed his helmet over his head, a teal visor coming down and sinking to his cybernetics and his suit. On the screen before his eyes his heart rate showed along with the exobyte shield that covered his exterior layer. He turned from his cabin and proceeded to the viewing dock. The Defender was a 2nd class interceptor, a fast ship made for transports of VIP’s and this specific one was now in the hands of the officer code named “VST 0344” or otherwise known as “Crugen” the ship itself had light artillery in case of surprise attacks, but it was mainly built for speed and was designed to house no more than ten crewmembers at a time, currently there were five. Crugen gently pressed his hand against the wall of the closed veiwing station, the sun blocking shields opening to reveal the planet before him. A smile came to his lips as the first feeling of adventure began to come to his mind. He couldn’t stop himself now. Crugen nearly sprinted to the bridge, moving around several service robots that were moving among the isles. Anya, a female sergeant was at the helm of the ship, she wore a suit similar to Crugen’s with the exceptions of her own customizations, hearts over her breasts and a “Warning” sticker between her thighs. Crugen piped up “What’s the status of that beautiful planet Anya?” he was obviously being sarcastic Anya shook her head as if she were speaking to a child, her eyes going over the information at an ever-accelerated pace. “Life forms detected, main city confirmed, heat signatures off the radar.” Crugen frowned at that “Hotter than Armish? I’ll never believe that.” Crugen smiled and quickly turned away, as he did so Anya tried to speak more but Crugen just dismissed whatever she was about to say with a wave. He made his way through the narrow corridor and into the docking station, several hovering vehicles, known as “Scythes” were stationed here along with several drop pods that were in the midst of being repaired. A rather large, balding man with glasses in a gas station uniform was asleep in a lawn chair, a tool box for a foot rest. Crugen whistled sharply and the man stood up and saluted instantly “Where’s the max suit Rachet?” Crugen asked impatiently Rachet immediately moved and pulled off a tarp that had been covering a rather large object. The max suit, originally designed for dealing with heavy armoured vehicles and air targets had been converted by Crugen and his crew to perform a much more suitable task. A large metallic suit stood, its cockpit opened, the front of it completely split in twain, giving easy access to get inside. Crugen smiled and nodded to rachet as he proceeded to enter the machine, his feet moved into the percise spots, and his arms moved into the heavily armoured limbs, chain guns attached to the bottom of these massive limbs to act as weaponry, a control pad was placed on the left side of the left arm, allowing Crugen to self-start the Max suit before synchronization, and he did so, pressing the password 0344 into the command output, suddenly the suit came to life, the various metal plates that acted as armour moving about on a hydraulic system, the chest rose over Crugens and pressed down, a helmet slid over Crugens on, his visor lifting to reveal a screen that gave all the information of him, his suit, his ammunition. He spoke through the speaker of the max suit “Synchronizing.” on the left corner of the viewing screen a symbol showing the nano bytes was blinking red, indicating that they were sinking together to made the body and the suit relatively one and the same, it became green and Crugen was freed from the armour-lock state, he smiled and moved the arms, testing the hydraulics, then the legs. On the back of this monster was a large pack, assumedly the battery and other provisions that he might need. Crugen nodded to ratchet with the suit and proceeded to the Drop-pod area. The drop pods were very simply designed, a pyramid-like shape that entered the atmosphere flat first, using boosted to soften the blow, but now was not the time to worry about that, Crugen stepped into the drop pod and called out over the radio to his squad “Seal the hatch and prepare to deploy. I’m going!” A screen flashed up on the viewing terminal, Anya was smiling at him “Coordinates set captain, enjoy your trip.” Crugen engaged the MAX’s armour lock, and was dropped from space towards the city known as Neo Arcadia and whatever horrors awaited Crugen, he did not know. The entry to the planet could have been smoother, but went as planned. The large drop pop landed in the centre of a four-way intersection, making a small crater, the four walls fell to the sides and Crugen slowly stood up in his max suit, his hands readied on the triggers of his weaponry. He had never been in a urban area and had only heard of it in stories, this place was strange.. Tall buildings.. “Initiate breathing apparatus, keep temperature normal.” he spoke commands to the suit and it obeyed, showing the power percentages, a targeter moving over his screen, scanning the area slowly for any signs of life. The armour itself was blue, large and bulky with plates that looked to be able to withstand at least a few rounds from a tank, the helmet that covered Crugen’s was roughly twice the size of his head and matched the bulky armour perfectly, two glowing LED’s with cameras placed in them working as his camera system-
CharlotteCarrendar:- Dead bodies of fallen beasts were now scattered amongst the streets, after the feathered lightning strikes had felled them all. This was indeed, more than enough meat, to the hive of creations that lived in the sewers. The Dead End Gang; scavengers the lot of them, and hungry, always searching for a meal. The diminutive Radiant stood atop of a carcass and whistled shrilly, as out of the shadows, there were darts of movement. Child like sized creatures, wearing rags and leather, their faces marked with intricate tribal markings, and feathers adorning their hair. Two larger boys pulled a cart along, that was made from old shopping trolleys, and bastardized into a transport vehicle, for such big loads. Creeping, and the sounds of squeaky wheels, would bring attention, but Rad’s waved them over. The Lord of the Towers had helped secure the meal this day, to feed the many hungry mouths below. “Fe..Fe..FeastFeastFeast..Fe..Fe” Radiant spat out, rapid fire like a nail gun. She had enjoyed half a chocolate bar, thanks to the one known as Valkryion. A group of ten….no more no less, helped to gather the bodies, that would be taken to the tunnels, and distributed amongst those below. <3>
iShatteredSanity: -Valkyrion had been sitting on the ground and smoking his cigarette in silence… Ok, not exactly silence since Radiant and Mole were around, but as silent as it could be. At least things were not as boring as they usually were. Turning his head a few times and looking at Radiant, he wondered what exactly she was. Narrowing his eyes a bit he checked her tail. Earlier she had fired something like a needle from that tail of hers. And it appeared to hurt the monster that was hit. Unknown to almost everyone but the other two warlords, Valkyrion was also curious. It was that habit of his that had put him in trouble as a young man, but also taught him many new things. Yes, Valkyrion was curious, but he shrugged it off. He knew that sooner or later he would get an answer, be that from Radiant herself, or Eon. Taking a deep drag, Valkyrion looked back into the sky. Not that he could see anything there since the sky itself was burned, but it was a habit of his ever since he was born. Yes, back when he was still Stargazer, named after the favourite thing to do by his parents. But those thoughts suddenly disappeared from his head when he had this weird sensation. He spat the cigarette away and stood on his full height. Turning his head and looking around he wondered what the hell that thing was. Left; nothing. Right; nothing. Front; nothing. Back; nothing… Up. Turning his head up once more he realized that whatever was approaching, it was coming from the sky. Narrowing his eyes a bit he realized that it was some kind of capsule, one of the ones that Eon had been building in his lab. Cracking his neck a few times, Valkyrion then walked away from Radiant and Mole.- [Valkyrion.] “Do you smell it too?” –Valkyrion asked himself and his right eye shimmered.- [Stargazer.] “Yeah. I smell trouble.” –The shimmer faded out and Valkyrion nodded his head.- [Valkyrion.] “I wonder what the hell happened today. So many guests arriving. Is this ruined city filled with honey?” –Valkyrion said and shook his head.- [Stargazer.] “I don’t know, but let’s wait here.” –Stargazer said and Valkyrion stopped walking. As soon as he stopped walking, there was this massive tremor all over the city. The ground began to shake violently, especially under Valkyrion’s feet since he was actually pretty close in the place of impact.- “If it any kind of alien, I am will be in charge of the body to take good care of it.” –Stargazer said and Valkyrion sighed.- [Valkyrion.] “You in charge? That hasn’t happened in some time. Anyway, let’s distance ourselves.” –Valkyrion said and his body turned transparent for a moment before he disappeared into thin air, leaving only a display of electrostatic discharges behind. He re-appeared on the roof of a nearby building, about 300 feet above the ground. From that place he looked down on that armory thingy.- [Valkyrion.] “You think that his machines picked that up?” –Valkyrion asked.- [Stargazer.] “He will be here in any moment. If he picked that explosion from earlier and you stretching out, then there is no way in hell that he could not have noticed this. Especially when the whole island shook.” –Stargazer said and Valkyrion nodded.- [Valkyrion.] “Yeah. Anyway, let’s see how this goes.” –Valkyrion said and stood there on the roof, watching down the street to see what was going to happen. Friend? Or foe?-
ZeedusFrostBlood: -Crugens machine moved over the surrounding area, once, twice, three times and picked up no signs of life, no movement. He frowned inside his helmet and lowered his guns; he spoke into his communications relay back towards the ship, a secured line with a very easily hacked pass code. “You sure there’s life here Anya? I aint picking up nothing.” Anya remained silent on the radio, Crugen stared silently at his screen that displayed his communications device; no signal. He looked upwards towards the sky and sighed, speaking to himself inside of the helmet “Let’s see if I can attract some attention. Speakers on full; play playlist seventeen.” At those words, the suit loaded up its audio program for proximity and a playlist appeared on the top left hand corner of Crugens visual screen, the sound that came from the suit was a rackus one, guitars screaming into the air. Crugen would usually listen to this song to clear his head, now he was using it to flush out any creatures that may inhabitant the surrounding areas he re-routed the power to the detectors, using the sound waves as a sort of eco-communication, catching where the soundwaves bounced off of and identifying the shapes, looking for anything organic that might be of interest. A sudden indicator flashed upwards for but a mere moment, saying a disturbance was felt within the vicinity but it quickly dispersed, Crugen thought it may have been a bird. The music played over the loud speaker of his helmet, echoing off the tall buildings. he spoke to himself once more- “If this doesn’t attract attention I suppose I’ll have to start blowing things up.” Crugen frowned to himself and moved forward, the hydraulics in the legs moving in accordance to his steps, moving forward down the (What his compass said) was the north road. He spoke not a word as the music played and awaited for someone to communicate with him rather than him try and find someone in what appeared to be a hell-hole of a planet. [Aboard the ship] Anya played with her hair, twirling it with her fingers as she attempted to re-establish a connection with her captain, sending various probes into the atmosphere that were much like a UAV jet scene in the 21st century, evolved in only that they were a pod shooting across the sky, giving information relay between the ship and the nano bytes of her captain, though to no avail was she getting any response, something was blocking her communications. <e>
CharlotteCarrendar:- There was a massive explosive like force, that caused the earth itself to tremble, throwing many of the creations of the clan near off their feet. Radiant leapt down off the dead beast, as the others all stopped in their effort to scavenge the dead. “Whatsthat…Whatsthat…Whatsthat?” Radiant jerked her head left and right. Where was it coming from? Then finally all looked up and sure enough, the very cause of the shock force was spotted. Forget food, forget the feast. “RRRRRRRRRUNNNNNRUNRUNRUNRUNRUNRUN!”- she screeched, and immediately the child creatures took off, fast as they could, leaving the trolleys behind, and you could hear the slamming of doors, and garages, the clang of metal man holes. Radiant was looking for the Lord of the Towers, but he seemed to have vanished. “UhohUhohUhohUhohUhoh.” Danger danger, for something was coming. And then…she heard the god awful sound of pulsating electric guitars, the shrill screams of the singing, and she collapsed to her knees, covering her overly sensitive ears. “Nonononononononono.”- she huddled on the ground, unable to move, her brain taking a beating from the sounds of the Metal gods. <3>
iShatteredSanity: -The savage beasts all over the city had already picked the vibrations from the suit that had appeared in the vicinity and they had slowly begun to draw closer. Of course they did not make any hasty moves. But this time some more beasts, different than the dog looking like ones appeared. They were 6 feet in height with slim skin, still resembling the dog like creatures. One could say that they were like werewolves without fur and with a thinner body but with glowing vermilion eyes. Yes, they were dangerous. More dangerous than the dog like beasts for one simple reason; they were the evolved form of those dogs. Yet in the outskirts of the city more ominous figures could be seen. Shadows that reached up to 10 feet in height with horns on their heads, and in the southern outskirts, a massive shadowy figure of 200 feet could be seen. Yet those figures did not make a single move, they waited. Standing on the edge of the building, Valkyrion had noticed that all the creatures were already aware of a new player in the game.- [Stargazer.] “They woke up.” –Valkyrion nodded his head.- [Valkyrion.] “I know. Things may turn out to be chaotic around here.” –Valkyrion said and looked down at the armour when it began to play music.- “Honestly, is the pilot a retard?” –Valkyrion asked himself and shook his head. Then he looked up in the sky to see a black figure approaching in extreme high speeds. Valkyrion slammed his forehead with his right hand and sighed.- “This is going to turn into a nightmare.” –Valkyrion said and the black figure became more visible now. It was actually an armour suit with two wings on its back that each wing held five feathers. That armour suddenly halted in midair and the propulsion from the thrusters stopped. The armour itself fell on the ground and created a crater with spider web patterns on it. Then a voice was heard from that armour while the wings had spread afar and the feathers were about to detach themselves.- [Eon.] “I don’t care you the fuck you are, I don’t care what the fuck you are doing here, I don’t care from where the fuck you came from. Take another step and you will turn into scrap metal. This is your fucking last warning.” –Eon said and waited there. Valkyrion looked at Eon appearing and shook his head once again.- [Valkyrion.] “He is pissed.” –He nodded his head as Stargazer spoke again.- [Stargazer.] “Yes he is. I feel sorry for the poor bastard in the armour.” –Stargazer said and Valkyrion chuckled.- [Valkyrion.] “You think that he will do as Eon asked?” [Stargazer.] “I don’t know, let’s wait and see.” –Stargazer said and Valkyrion nodded his head. Things were getting more and more interesting…-
ZeedusFrostBlood: Crugen immediately turned the music off at the first movement his suit picked up, directly his gaze with an arrow, he turned the heavily armoured head piece to face towards whatever creature had just spoke to him, and threatened him. He narrowed his eyes and whispered to his machine “Direct main power to shield generator.” anyone with the ability to see microscopically would be able to see nano bytes moving over the armour, a sort of defence system rather than relying on blunt material. He spoke over his intercom towards the creature, not fully turning around “Not a very warm welcome, if I’ve ever heard one..” his voice came in as if it were being talked through a radio with a small amount of feedback. He stood where he was and watched as his scanners suddenly went haywire, finding movement all around him. He stared forward at the strange bird creature, his armour constantly reading and absorbing information from various parts of the armour but not showing any results he frowns at his machinery- “I apologize for the commotion, I am Captain Crugen of the Varu Science Team, me and my squad were sent towards this planet to scout out new technology.” he stared forward, and the gun that was deployed on his right arm moved on a hydraulic lift and turned around, facing backwards in order for Crugen to reach out the metallic hand to shake with the strange creature, hoping the gesture went the same way with these creatures as it did with his own-
CharlotteCarrendar: – The noise, deafening, and the creation known as Radiant, who was highly sensitive to sound, found herself caught in the middle of what would be the arrival of Eon, to face the intruders; The Metal Gods. Quivering and shaking, she held her arms up in a vain attempt to protect her ears, and just when she thought she could take no more, the Metal God turned off his noise box. Panting hard, she lowered her arms in a jerky fashion. Blinking and then she bopped the side of her own head. “Deaf? De dedededeAF…nonononono…oh me.” The chance was now, to make a run for it, while the two great giants, the one with feathers that she knew held power of lightning, versus the Metal God of Noise, faced off. “Go..Go..goinggoinggoing….gone” and she zipped along the ground, like a possum, tail on high till she reached the manhole cover and tried to prize it off. “Letmein…letmein…letmein”<3>
iShatteredSanity: -Eon could not help but laugh psychotically at the one that was inside the suit.- [Eon.] “If I was to welcome you, especially after the commotion you caused, you will be lying on the street in pieces, floating in your own blood and machine oil. You are lucky that I did not greet you.” –Eon replied and looked more carefully at the man, smirking behind his helmet.- “I see it.” –Eon said as he could see the swarm of nano machines moving over the armour. Of course he could not be heard outside his helmet since he was muttering to himself.- “Sentinel, use the EM grid in Neo Arcadia and scan that suit.” –A computer generated female voice was heard inside his helmet.- [Sentinel.] “Acknowledged. But what about the beasts?” [Eon.] “Leave them to ‘him’; he needs to work out a bit.” [Sentinel.] “Should I let him know?” [Eon.] “Yes.” –Eon and the computer back in his lab finished their conversation and Eon looked at the man in the suit wanting to shake hands with Eon who turned around so that his back could face him.- [Eon.] “Unless you want to lose that arm, put it back in your ass before I do that for you. || Meanwhile. Valkyrion was looking at the two armoured suits and deep down he did want to see a showdown between the suit that came from space and the Knightmare. Suddenly his cell phone rang and he took it out to answer the call.- [Valkyrion.] “What is it Sentinel?” [Sentinel.] “Eon says that the beasts are in your care.” [Valkyrion.] “Of course he would say that. Anyway, where is Etherion?” [Sentinel.] “Etherion is here, should I send him over?” [Valkyrion.] “No need for that, at least not yet. Let him know that he is on standby. Tell him that ‘they’ woke up.” [Sentinel.] “Acknowledged.” –Valkyrion nodded his head and put the device back in his pocket, looking at the tallest figures in the distance and wondering if they were to make a move, but they just watched what was going on. Just like Valkyrion himself, they hadn’t gotten any action in a long time, and that, that was something that they needed.- [Stargazer.] “So, what now?” –Stargazer asked and Valkyrion shrugged his shoulders.- [Valkyrion.] “I have an idea. Let’s resonate.” [Stargazer.] “Are you fucking insane? This will kill everyone in here.” [Valkyrion.] “In order to cover a long distance, we will need a strong effect. You will regulate the output on just 12% while I will unleash it.” [Stargazer.] “One slight mistake can kill everyone in here. Especially that possum over there.” [Valkyrion.] “I am fully aware. Which is why the area around here will not be affected. Let’s go with an earth to cloud.” [Stargazer.] “Alright then. 12% resonance it is.” –Stargazer said and Valkyrion cracked his neck a few times before closing his eyes and clapping his hands together. Slowly the area around Valkyrion began to heat up and the view was blurred. Taking deep and slow breaths, Valkyrion took his time as violent electrostatic discharges began to occur around his body. || Meanwhile down on the street, Eon had declined the handshake with the one named Crugen and had his back facing him when he got a message from Sentinel that Etherion was put on standby.- [Eon.] “Cautious as ever. Thank you Sentinel.” –Eon mumbled to himself and suddenly felt it. A sensation that he hadn’t felt in a long time. Turning his head to see Valkyrion up on the roof, Eon smirked deviously behind his helmet.- “Too bad that I did not bring any popcorn.” –That he did not bother to mumble it, so Crugen could hear it just fine.-
ZeedusFrostBlood: Crugen slowly lowered the arm, frowning under his helmet from being treated so poorly, but it was to be expected. Crugens gun moved back into position for combat, Crugen was surprised to see an incoming signal on his communicator for a moment, but shook his head when it disappeared. He listened to the man whom had still not introduced himself. As the computer scanned the suit it would find that various pieces of it were organic while others were mechanical, a sort of Suit made of living metal, the nano bytes among it with simple functions of repair and defend, a closer examination would read a suit underneath the armour and then the humanoid in a similar suit but thinner, The outside armour carried many more weapons then it was letting on, though no record of blue prints could be found. Crugen turned his gaze slowly towards the direction the man had set his own, his LED lights bright blue, the camera focusing on the point he spoke aloud over his intercom- “What kind of shit have I gotten myself into now?” [Aboard the ship] “Gah! I can’t make this blasted machine work!” Anya roared slamming her fists against the captains chair in rage “Why couldn’t we just take the fleet ship instead of this hunk of junk!?” A lanky creature stood in the background, his shadow the only thing to be seen, leaning against the door frame, the ship itself had moved closer to the planet and could barely be made out if one looked closely into the sky- <e>
CharlotteCarrendar: – Radiant was struggling and bouncing around trying to get the manhole cover up, but it appeared to be sealed shut. Either that or those below were scared of the Metal Gods coming down to find them. Radiant banged her little fist on the metal hub, while keeping an eye on the Metal God and Eon. “LETMEIN LETMEIN”- But it was no use, they were not opening up. There was nothing for it, Radiant had to get off the street and fast. Fearfully, she whipped her head around, trying to find something that would be useful as shelter. Darting like a hare, she ran across to one of the abandoned buildings, but the doors were locked tight, and she pulled on the door, even bringing her feet up, madly trying to jar it open. From the view of the one’s preparing for battle, it would have been a comical sight, with her tail all fluffed out and curling around. Not only that there were more beasts coming. Hairless, huge beasts. This was a catastrophe, and little Radiant then had…a wonderful idea. She simply dropped down off the door, and…pretended to have a heart attack, till she stopped kicking and stayed completely still. Playing dead worked for some, but would it work for the possum girl? <3>
iShatteredSanity: -Eon’s focus was not on the beasts or on the man named Cruger, no. His focus was on Valkyrion himself, waiting to see what was going to happen. Suddenly Sentinel once again spoke.- [Sentinel.] “The scans to not show anything suspicious, though that suit is just an outer shell. There is another one inside that is operated by a living being. Should I perform more scans?” [Eon.] “There is no need to. Just do me one favor, deploy the EM field around the lab. Things will get chaotic and I don’t want you or any other machines to shut down.” [Sentinel.] “Acknowledged. EM field generator starting up. The field will be deployed in T minus 20 seconds.” [Eon.] “Good.” –Eon said and nodded his head.- “Well, there is no need for me to have this armour on then.” –Eon said and closed his eyes.- “Kaileena, cancel the soul resonance and return.” –Suddenly a female voice that sounded like bells chiming was heard from the armor.- [Kaileena.] “I understand. I shall.” –The female voice said and suddenly the armour that covered Eon’s body dissipated into thin air as if it was sand on a table that was dispersed by the wind. The armour that was like a shadow, it slowly gathered into a sphere that later on began to illuminate the area around it before it flew on Eon’s chest to hide inside his locket. What could be seen was a male dressed in black with pale skin, black hair, glasses and stitches on his right cheek standing in the same place like earlier.- [Eon.] “For the time being lest observe. While Optimus helps a lot with the energy preservation, I feel like my body will be torn apart if I keep using Knightmare V.2.” [Kaileena.] “I understand Eon. Just relax your body and preserve your energy. I am sure that whoever is inside that armor means no harm.” –Eon could not help but snort.- [Eon.] “Harm or no harm, things will get really hectic now.” –Eon said and looked at Valkyrion once again. || While the armored man that went by the name Cruger was doing his own thing and Eon released his soul resonance, Valkyrion was calmly focusing on his imminent attack. Since the attack that was to follow would be devastating, he made sure that Eon, Cruger, Mole and Radiant would not be harmed.- [Valkyrion.] “The disperse of the electricity will occur in a diameter of 100 feet away from me. Within those 100 meters nothing will be harmed. Stargazer, how is the resonance?” [Stargazer.] “7% and rising. It will be done in a few seconds and we still have time before those beasts come here. But why such overkill?” [Valkyrion.] “Because they woke up. You are fully aware of what happened the last time that I let it slide.” –Suddenly there was a silence. Yet within those moments of silence the area became even more heated and the distortion was more intense.- [Stargazer.] “Yeah, I remember. Good point. Anyway, resonance on 12% as requested. Once you are done charging, fire it.” –Valkyrion nodded his head.- [Valkyrion.] “You don’t have to tell me twice.” –Valkyrion said and slowly opened his eyes. Around his body more and more electrostatic discharges could be seen, lighting the area around him with their flashes. The sounds of high pitched crackling was added in the sounds of the howls and growls of the beasts in the distance.- “Yes, come, come. Come closer.” –Valkyrion said and disconnected his two hands from touching each other.- “Just a lil bit closer…” –Valkyrion looked around for a few more moments and then nodded his head.- “That’s it, right there.” –Valkyrion said and jumped off the roof with a frontflip, landing on his feet and immediately stomping his palms on the ground.- “Now, perish…” –He mumbled as eyes surged with electricity.-
ZeedusFrostBlood: – [Aboarb the Defender] “Why can’t I make contact!” Anya screamed yet again, the figure that had been watching her was now gone, and standing at the launch bay, he looked to Rachet whom was now fully awake, and nodded. Rachet nodded and pulled on a switch that released the floor from under the creature for a single moment and sent him into the vastness of the atmosphere. Many would think this a mad man, this man however.. Knew what he was doing. The armour this man wore was skin-tight, similar to Crugen but in a different style, Black and red with a mask covering the face / head and goggles covering the eyes. The armour didn’t have the same nano capabiltys as the VS armor, however.. it would do for his mission. As the creature entered the atmosphere he came head first, his arms to either side and finally he hit it, the wind waves, and the energy that moved along them, he put his arms to his sides, shooting down like a bullet, flying over both Crugen and the strange man before turning his body, effectively turning himself and landing a few feet behind the strange creature whom was now radiating with electricity. [Planet] Crugen stared with amazement as the man morphed out of his armour, it was something else to watch.. and even more to witness, his computer sensors had been recording since he landed and all that was now recorded to the memory banks within his suit including the strange electric man, he blinked and spoke to the man “Should I-” as he did that, he saw it.. 26-5-5-4- he stared at his screen as the tracer followed him “What’s he doing?” he shouted to himself just as he landed beside the man- <e>
iShatteredSanity: -Eon was constantly looking at Valkyrion as he was getting prepared for his next move. He himself remembered the last time that the beasts were ignored, it was a bloodbath and the population of the dead city dropped to the mere 5%. That was a day that they all remembered and a day that would not be repeated. Valkyrion was a simple man, strike before someone else does. And on the case of the beasts, it was to show them that he was still the boss of Neo Arcadia. Snapping out of the flashes of memory lane, Eon looked at Valkyrion jumping off the roof. Taking out a cigarette from his pocket and lighting it with the ignition of electric sparks from his left hand, Eon looked into the visor of the armoured suit.- [Eon.] “I hope that you and your friend have a bag in your suits. Otherwise they will reek of ammonia. Hold your crotches, here it comes.” –Eon said and looked at Valkyrion with a smirk on his face. || Yes, Valkyrion had already landed and stomped his palms on the ground. Yet nothing seemed to happen. His eyes though were seen surging with electricity. The beasts were closing, they were about 300 feet away from them and had began running, perhaps to avoid Valkyrion’s attack. But it was too late for them.- [Valkyrion.] “That day won’t be repeated ever again. While I am here, I will make sure of that. Now, perish…” –Valkyrion said and his body literally turned into a lightning rod. Violent electrical discharges were being released from his body. The electricity itself creating tendrils that were attached on each surface nearby. Yes, the area was filled with the high pitched crackling sounds. But only for a few moments. Suddenly from the distance, loud sounds like explosions began to be heard. With Valkyrion as the centre, in a diameter of 100 feet away from him, columns of electricity were created, originating from the ground as he was sending his own electricity on the ground, using it as a conductor. Usually earth just attracts electricity and grounds it to protect others, but it is also a great conductor. And the ground of Neo Arcadia was the most ideal since it was a manmade island. Those columns lit the whole city with their bright light. It was as if the sun itself was right above the city. The buildings though remained intact. If a beast was inside a building, they would be charred. If a beast was outside, they would be charred too. The whole attack was like an earth to cloud lightning bolt but only with the electric effect. Soon the bodies of the beasts began to bleed internally and then collapse on the ground as their charred skins cracked open. Valkyrion’s dual toned gaze was staring at the whole thing, expressionless as usual.- “And there is still more.” –He said and released a second wave of electricity as the first one began to fade. The later one was far stronger than the first one that acted as a guide. With the second wave, Valkyrion pretty much eradicated any form of life within a radius of 3 miles, with the only exception being the 100 feet with his body as a centre, this way keeping Radiant, Mole, Eon, and the two armoured men safe. And just like that, a few seconds later, Valkyrion rose on his feet as the columns of electricity in the distance faded away. But electricity was still released from his body as he was looking into the south, that massive shadow that could be clearly seen.- [Valkyrion.] “What are you going to do?” –Valkyrion asked, more likely a rhetorical question. And as if the beast could hear him, the loud growl that made the windows shake violently was heard throughout the city. Valkyrion cracked his neck and turned his back to the beast.- “Good boy. Go to sleep.” –Valkyrion said and walked towards Eon and the rest while the shadow from the distance disappeared.-
ZeedusFrostBlood: -Crugen stared silently as the occurrences happened around him he spoke up to his squad member “26, move back on me. These people have it covered; you don’t need to do anything.” The black and red man stepped back and towards Crugen. Crugen frowned and looked towards Eon “I’d like to have negotiations with you and have my squad inhabit your planet as a security detail under the VS army..” Crugen stared towards the man from under his armour and 26, standing next to Crugen seemed to glow with a purple hue on the outside of his black armour. Staring silently from beyond the black goggles Crugen reverted power to his signal beacon, and Anya, responding almost immediately responds to it, using their Nano bytes to transport them back onto the ship, decomposing and recomposing their bodies aboard the Defender, next time Crugen came down, he’d have to come down with a more friendly look about him.-
CharlotteCarrendar: – Well this was it. Bye Bye World, hello….oblivion. Radiant tried so hard to pretend to be dead, she was actually getting dizzy from the serious lack of oxygen intake. Eyes closed tight, her body stiff as a board. And then…And then…she opened one eye, and the Metal God…why he just…beamed away. Magic. Radiant opened both eyes, as her tail slowly lowered. Was the show over? And what of Eon, no more armour? Beasts? Where were they? Just the residual crackle of electricity. Radiant started to touch herself all over, and then breathed a sigh of relief. She had survived. Thoughts went to getting up, but instead, she decided to lay there a little bit longer. <3>
iShatteredSanity: -Eon stood there, admiring the beauty of the attack that Valkyrion had just used.- [Eon.] “Magnificent. Truly on a different scale than mine. But still beautiful to watch.” –The screams of pain and agony from the beasts echoed all over the place and Eon could not help but smirk at them. Suddenly his attention was directed towards Crugen, listening to his words and pointing Valkyrion.- “Don’t tell me, tell that to him.” –Eon said but sadly Crugen and his friend had left before he even had the chance to hear his reply. A vein popped up on his forehead and he cracked his neck a bit irritated.- “Next time I won’t be so nice, vermin.” –Eon said and looked at Valkyrion that was approaching.- “So… Did you have fun there?” –Eon asked and Valkyrion shrugged his shoulders as the electricity that was emitted from his body started to settle down.- [Valkyrion.] “It was alright. Who was that guy? That moron woke ‘them’ up, I will kill him next time.” –Eon took a deep drag from his cigarette and exhaled the smoke right away.- [Eon.] “His name was Crugen or something. They said something about negotiations to inhabit this planet and shit. Can you believe this? A whole fucking planet, and they landed here, on this godforsaken place. Such stupidity really…” –Eon said and sighed in a comical way.- [Valkyrion.] “They must be retarded, don’t make fun of the mentally challenged morons like those Eon. They do that on their own.” –Valkyrion said and cracked his neck a few times.- “I had to clean up the mess that this Crugen moron made. Really a moron. But oh well, that was fun, yeah.” –Valkyrion said and looked around to find Radiant.- “Well, everyone seems to be safe. What are you going to do?” –Valkyrion asked Eon.- [Eon.] “I am heading back to the lab. I still need to fix some glitches on the Optimus nano machines.” –Eon said and Valkyrion nodded.- [Valkyrion.] “Fun, fun. I guess I will see you around then.” –Valkyrion said and looked at Eon walking north, where his lab was.- “Now… Radiant?” –Valkyrion said and walked towards Radiant’s direction to check up on her.-
CharlotteCarrendar: – Laying on her back, tail twirling round and round, she hears a voice, and sure enough, it is the Lord of the Towers approaching. “Now… Radiant?” Radiant scrambled, getting up off the ground and then bowing low before the grand and very statuesque Lord. “Itwasn’tmeItwasn’tmeItwasn’tme.” She said in rapid fire, and then got on her knees shuffling over to cling to his left leg, like some annoying…cling on. Her feather like tail starts to snake around his exterior, and she gazes up with adoring brown and silver flecked eyes. A loud purring sound emitted from her throat and she tried to be as cute looking as could be. Needless to say, he may not like such behaviour and try to shake her off. <3>
iShatteredSanity: -Valkyrion looked around for Radiant and called her name when suddenly she appeared and held his left leg, clinging to it as if it was some kind of teddy bear. This whole thing was funny to watch, yet Valkyrion had no expressions on his face. And she was lucky that he had stopped releasing electricity from his body, otherwise Radiant would be spasming on the ground. Looking at her and tilting his head slightly toe the right, Valkyrion let a soft comical sigh part his gray tinted lips.- [Valkyrion.] “Did you eat anything with sugar lately?”
CharlotteCarrendar: – “Chocky”- she held up her fingers as if to say a little bit, the same bit they shared earlier. Actually, the reason for the show of affection was that she felt it was he that kept saving the day, and so she was indebted to him for his greatness. Knowing that cuddle time had probably passed, and that strange Eon might come back and kick her tush, she untangled herself from his leg, and then went to stand nice and tall…for a short person. Glancing around at the devastation, that had befallen this part of Neo Arcadia, she let out a short peep whistle. Who was going to clean up the mess, and would the Metal God return? Only time would tell. <3>
iShatteredSanity: “Oh yeah.” –Valkyrion said to himself and slammed his forehead with his right hand.- “The chocolate, yeah.” –He said and sighed softly, finally moving as soon as she let go of his leg.- “I am a bit tired and I am going to rest a bit. Come with me if you feel like it.” –Valkyrion said and walked away from her and down the street, heading for west where he had a place to chill out and relax when he had the need to. Walking down the street for some time, he finally reached his destination. Seeing the empty barrel, he tossed a few logs inside and lit them, using his black flames. Once the fire was strong, he walked towards the remains of an old car that he used as a couch. There he removed his sword and stabbed it on the ground as he sat on the seat, leaning back and staring the ocean in the distance.-
CharlotteCarrendar:- Radiant nodded rapidly, so fast you would think her head would fall off. The half a bar of chocolate they shared, may have supped up her mental state somewhat, but all she knew was that she idolized the Lord of the Towers. “I am a bit tired and I am going to rest a bit. Come with me if you feel like it.” Placing a dainty hand on her chest, she appeared speechless that he would invite her to go with. Considering she couldn’t get down the manhole to her dirty mattress in the sewers, this would do nicely. As he walked along, she would run a few steps and then stop. As if trying to keep the distance between them at a reasonable level . Once he reached the remains of the old car, with the logs in a bin that he set alight, she pussyfooted around, till he drove his sword into the earth, and then settled on the seat, staring at the ocean. Radiant went to the furtherest edge of the seat and sat down, then slowly, she started to slide over, pretending to be looking at the sea too, and whistling innocently, till she was right at his side. A long yawn and she smacked her lips before curling up on the old car seat and using her tail as a cushion. She drifted off to sleep, making an odd buzzing sound, like sawing a small log. And so began the tale, of a Lord and his Possum. <3>
The Raven, the Possum, the Mole, the Armored lady, the Armored man and the Beasts.
Players:
iShatteredSanity
CharlotteCarrendar
SaiyakaNiyamae
iShatteredSanity: -How much time had passed? How many days had passed since the last time that something had happened in Neo Arcadia? Damn… too much, no, WAY too much. After all it was a dead city, an empty shell of its former self. Neo Arcadia, once being the cradle of technology, no barren wastelands. Such a pity… Yet in the ruins of the ruined city, there was life. Yes, several individuals who had tried to find a place to belong, yet they were constantly engaging in fights for survival with all those savage beasts that lurked in every corner. Damn those beasts, the old guardians of the laboratories no free and doing anything they like; but that was to be expected when their masters were gone. Creatures that look harmless, like dogs with vermilion eyes that glow in the dark, yet being vicious and deadly. With enough strength on their jaws to snap a bone with ease, they were surely dangerous to those who could not fight, to kids and elder people. Yeah, they were really dangerous alright, but that was nothing compared to their evolutions once they could feast on fresh meat and/or blood; but that’s a story for a later time. Yet after the constant fights, the constant conflict, those beasts had somehow calmed down. Well, ok, when the warlords entered the stage and slew great numbers of them, they finally realized not to fuck with them. Oh, the warlords, yeah, those need to be mentioned. The warlords are nothing else but the guardians of that huge ass city. Always emerging when the need is there to keep enemies out and to remove all nuisances. In the past their number was that of eight individuals, yet after some of them deciding to abuse their statuses, they were removed and killed. Now only three remained; the oldest one of them, Valkyrion Stargazer, the demented scientist Eon Echo and the mysterious Etherion. Those three were left behind to be the guardian angels, or demons, of a city that with the size of two times New York itself. And lets not forget the underground tunnels and the outskirts. But oh well. Eon was constantly in his lab, Etherion spending some of his time there with Eon or just visiting other realms and Valkyrion was the vigilant eye that was there to make sure that nothing out of the ordinary was to happen. And so he was doing again. Sitting on the edge of one of the tallest buildings in Neo Arcadia, about 600 meters above the ground, he was staring down the city. Dressed in a full black attire, shoes, pants, top, gloves and scarf, Valkyrion was not bothered by the high temperature and the humidity anymore; he had gotten used to it after all. His dual toned gaze was constantly shifting from side to side every now and then, but alas, there was nothing there. Sighing in disappointment and lighting a cigarette, Valkyrion leaned his back backwards and used his massive buster sword as the back of some couch. There was nothing going on, nothing…-
CharlotteCarrendar: ;- Hot…hot, so damn hot. City streets with the rise of fumes that emitted from the grills; and underground vents. Hazy, so hard to see. What this world once was, a jewel of civilization now collapsed into the pits of the darkest of nightmares. Few dared venture out into the nights for fear of the Beasts. Any that did, risked their lives. A chase and the thrill of danger did drive the most daring of dark children. One such night reveller was Rads, otherwise known as Radiant. She was not a native, she was a creation, an experiment. Dressed in the barest of cloth, a simple strap of leather to cover her breasts, short short demin shorts, wee boots of leather. You could see the cream of her skin, with the tribal markings of her clan. With long elf like ears, dotted with strange metal rings, she had acute hearing. Rads could zero in on the Beasts as they moved across the city. With a long spiny tail that had a feather like consistency of quills, mixed in with poison like barbs, she was a formidable creature. The ability to protect herself, the barbs had a fine trace of poison, that if she was under threat, she simply whipped her tail around an opponent’s neck and barbs their skin, injecting, then releasing just as fast to make her getaway. The tail also served to help with climbing; like an extra set of hands, she could swing freely, and open windows of city skyscrapers. Her friends likened her to a skilled possum, with red eyes, that allowed nightvision. She was adapt to the new world. This night we find her, with her bag of tricks, scaling yet another building, in the search for valuables, for the black market trade. Would she be spotted this night, and had her luck finally run out? <3>
SaiyakaNiyamae: “Neo Arcadia. Once a bustling city, a utopia filled with tech for the kids to see, the heaven born from the seeds of Silicone Valley. Now its a shitbag of a ghost town with the beasts on the loose” a calm tone voice said from her mouth not being amused. Her name is Vera “Vex” Niyamaka. A female who was an agent for the International Inteligence Committee, former spy who had great connections. Her unique skills in foresight is exceptionally beneficial, as so technical skills as a computer hacker grated her advantage to her weapons and her equipment on her attire. Vex adorns herself in her skintight H.E.S.S. [Hostile Environment Stealth Suit] rocking her attire well with her natural curves, high heel silent boots, and a flexible secondary spine to allow her to carry more. A calm character who’s level of Sexy is high as her Smarts. Vex checks her M4 once over, placing her cap on her hair done in a ponytail before landing her boat on the shoal. Her white eyes calmly look left and right as she feel the heat from the city streets and air as her suit adjusts to her, as her foresight ability guides her on her way to find shelter as she looks around her without her rifle drawned but her hand on her blade as Vex approaches a building on one of the main streets. She looked up and across the streets and the 3 ominously tall towers picking the lock with a jab of her knife into an empty convenience store door.Vex puts her knife away on her back as she draws her rifle to find anything with its light
iShatteredSanity: -Yeah… Boring, boring and boring again. Valkyrion sighed deeply and shook his head.- [Valkyrion.] “Damn… Perhaps I should go and visit Eon… I don’t know, maybe he is up to som—” –Suddenly he stopped his sentence before he even finished it as he sensed someone.- “We have guests?” –Valkyrion asked himself. His right eye, that of the deep crimson of the blood began to shimmer.- [Stargazer.] “So it seems. Shall we check them out? Or observe for the time being?” –Then the shimmer faded as Valkyrion shook his head.- [Valkyrion.] “Lets get closer to them. I don’t think that those beasts will stay put.” –Valkyrion said and cracked his neck a few times. And he was right, howls and growls began to echo in every corner of the city, sign that the beasts had actually discovered that there were new toys in the game.- “Oh I will be damned. Wait, I am already damned. Better get a closer look.” –Valkyrion said to himself again and pulled up his mask to cover half his face. The only visible skin was that around his eyes and his ears, a good camouflage to hide in the darkness of the dark alleys or the insides of the buildings and the shadows as well. Valkyrion grabbed his sword and secured it on his back, groaning a little bit since the damn thing was heavy and he was a bit out of shape. But nevertheless he could carry it just fine. After securing the massive sword on his back, he just jumped off the building and began a freefall. Not bothering to do a single thing to avoid his fall, he merely stretched his arms a bit and cracked his neck a few more times. Meanwhile the beasts had already began to move towards the newcomers from the shadows but still did not attack, no. They were observing their prey, since everything was prey for them. While freefalling, Valkyrion focused his senses on the presences in the city and he was glad that due to the hot weather everyone was underground where it was more cool; perhaps the city would turn once again in a battlefield. 150 meters, Valkyrion nodded his head. 50 meters, Valkyrion closed his eyes as his body slowly began to shimmer brightly. 10 meters, Valkyrion’s body had now turned transparent. 1 meter, his body dissipated into thin air, leaving only a display of a massive electrostatic discharge behind that was grounded on each surface nearby like tendrils. Several flashes of light began to appear throughout the city, all of them being electrostatic discharges. Along with the lights came the high pitched crackling sounds of the discharges. Due to the excellent hearing, some of the beasts realized that shit was going to get real if they were not careful. Yes, they were afraid of Valkyrion, but at the same time they all despised him. So many of their kind had fallen to him, of course they would want revenge. And so Valkyrion kept moving from place to place throughout the city, making his presence known to everyone before he finally appeared in the middle of the city. As he appeared he carried the kinetic energy of his previous freefall and once his feet made contact with the ground, cracks in a spider web pattern appeared on the ground while a massive sound echoed throughout the city. Whoever was there they would all notice that sound and the cloud of dust that emerged afterwards. If one was to look into that cloud, they could see a dark figure that stood on 6’4” with a massive blade on its back, several discharges around it that lit the figure a bit and a pair of dual toned eyes shimmering softly; crystal blue of the sky for the left eye and deep crimson of the blood for the right. Yes, Valkyrion was there and waited…-
CharlotteCarrendar: Tap tap tap on the glass window. The face of Rads peering into what is now an apartment devoid of life. But what treasures lay within this once plush abode. Hanging by her tail from the rail above, she picks the lock with slender, needle like nails, the lifts the window sash up. Up enough, for the possum like girl to crawl inside. Skitter, scatter, crawl, then up she stood tall. “Hehehehe” –she squeaked with delight, and took out her handy dandy flashlight. The room smelt dank of the musk of human flesh, the furniture covered in sheets and blankets, maybe the host had set to return one day. But alas, now the cities belong to those with means. A street rat, an alley cat. The creature pads through the lounge and spots a clock, its eyes move back and forth, tick toc. Rad’s ears stand up to attention, tail stops swinging and she flicks the cat clock’s tail, only to hear it meow. “HA!” amused greatly by inventions, such as this, she takes it from the wall and stuffs it in her bag; a keeper to be sure. Further along, and to the main bedroom. All perfectly made, and a sweet retreat. Rads knew that this may well be a wonderous place to sleep. But outside, the beasts did sound their terror din. “Fuck!”- she stomped her foot, knowing to stay there would be dangerous for her. A quick skip to the dressor and there lay a small silver box, containing baubles and rings. She tipped the contents into her bag, and then saw a glimpse of herself, in the mirror. A tilt of the head, side to side, side to side. Rads peered closer and then smirked, as she pulled faces and chuckled with mirth. “HA!” Another loud noise from outside the building and Rad’s froze. “Whatwasthat? Whatwasthat?” said rapid fire, a nervous trait. Dropping the box upon the floor, she raced back to the window and poked her head out to see, as a dark tall being with a humungous sword, was far below. Sparks like a light show, did dazzle the timid Rads, who climbed out the window and hung upside down, observing closely. “Man.”<3>
SaiyakaNiyamae: Vex feels the air around her feeling the static in the environment. “What the?” she sees the lights in the convenience store flicker on and off as she wisely stepped outside towards the street after seeing electrostatic discharges approach the ground. Vex’s silverbright eyes looks at the figure dampened by the clouds of dust as she slowly moves back gaining information with her foresights alone. She determines that its a threat, but knows if she lays a finger on her weapon she will get caught at the mercy of her target. Vex wisely engages her cloak ability on her suit as her entire figure becomes invisible to anyones eye. She wisely backs off and hides in a damaged building on her way to the third level silently prepping her rifle with the silencer. She slowly walks up to the edge of the shattered window taking cover behind a pillar with a hole on the floor of the third level looking down covering the entire intersection. Vex sees a male with a big sword about the length of him clearly within her optic sights of her rifle. “Not yet. Don’t fire….” she calmly says to herself. “Im not the only one here if this guy made a huge ruckus.” Vex relies on her foresight senses to find anything else moving around her area-
iShatteredSanity: -And yes, Valkyrion was there, once again making another flashy entrance. The cloud of dust had began to settle down and spread on the whole area when his right eye, the deep crimson of the blood, shimmered once more.- [Stargazer.] “Is this your way of observing something? Why don’t you grab a loudspeaker and yell ‘hey hey hey, we are here’, huh? Seriously now…” –He said and the shimmer faded out again. The man sighed once more and cracked his neck.- [Valkyrion.] “Oh shut up. I guess I overdid it a bit. But it has been a long time since someone appeared in here. So shut up.” –Valkyrion said and took a deep breath while closing his eyes and exhaled it shortly afterwards. Several moments had passed and the cloud had almost settled down completely while the discharges around his frame had already stopped.- “One…” –He said to himself.- “Two…” –He said again and took a few more deep breaths and opening his eyes.- “The rest are just nuisances.” –Valkyrion said with a face blank of any expression. Well, of course he was wearing a mask that could hide any facial expressions, but still he made none.- “The question is, friend or foe?” –Valkyrion said and cracked his neck a few more times before lifting his shoulders and stretching his arms again.- “Foe means that I will get some exercise… I hope for the later…” –Valkyrion said and let his arms hang down before he rose his right hand to grab the handle of his blade. But still, despite all that conversation with himself and all of his movement, he did not move from the spot that he had appeared in the slightest. Meanwhile the beasts had already began gathering to see what was going on. One could see their vermilion eyes shimmering dangerously in the shadows while they were howling and hissing. It was hunting time for them and they observed their prey a bit more; after all they knew better than anyone not to jump on any warlord’s throat since they would simply perish.-
SaiyakaNiyamae: Vex’s relaxes herself as her foresight focuses around her well being. Still invisible to anythings eye, she calmly rests herself on the third floor focusing herself to either take the shot or not. But then, Vex hears movement in the building, just under her body on the second floor, the noise from a group of beasts, 8 of them with weird looking eyes thats not familiar to her. She holds her breath calming her heart down as she looks at them with her white eyes noticing them just looking foreword at the man standing in the middle if the intersection. Vex calmly does nothing except hear and feel the area around her. ‘Fuck are these things’ she thought to herself as she prepares her body to move-
CharlotteCarrendar: – Leaping, releasing her tail only to land upon the fireman’s escape. Crawling down with tail curling round. Rads is once again on the move. You hear the clang of boots on metal. It can’t be avoided. Down down, finally the alley she reaches; a flip and then landing smartly, boots centred, fists curled. Eyes dart and a rise of her head, she sniffs the air. The Beasts do call, their cries and growls fill the everlasting night. What of the Sun, that had long left this city and the moon only to bathe all in its sickly glow. Behind an industrial bin, she creeps and peeps. “Whosethat? Whosethat?’ Said to all and no one. A light trembling of her form and she strains to hear. Does the man speak to himself? Is he mad…bad..sad…glad…or whacko like everyone else? It is too dangerous to move as yet. Another scent, that carries over the stench of foul waste. “ANOTHER?” Rads tries to see and catches a glimpse. A curvaceous woman, with weapons that do more than pop. “Ohnononononononono…..no” <3>
iShatteredSanity: -There would be an eerie silence in the area if the beasts would stop howling and hissing. Alas, nothing could be perfect. Oh well… Still, there was this sensation that could make one’s hair on their neck stand, or send shivers down their spines. Yes, it was a bit creepy and somehow the atmosphere was electrified; in his case not by Valkyrion himself. Valkyrion was still standing on the very same spot he had landed, not making a move but still holding the handle of his massive blade on his back.- [Valkyrion.] “Seems like this is a game of hide and seek…” –He mumbled to himself as he shifted his dual toned gaze towards the building where the beasts seemed to have sensed something. Narrowing his eyes a bit he hoped that the beasts would not make a move since the presences he felt were located there. Alas, as said earlier, nothing was perfect. The group of the beasts began to grow in numbers. 10, 12, 16, 20. They were just looking up on the building. Valkyrion knew all too well that they were just waiting for more numbers to arrive. But he also knew that on each side of the buildings more and more groups of beasts had appeared. Their tactic was simple really, attack from every direction and cut off any chance of advancing or retreating. Simple tactic really, but very good.- “Stargazer, what do you think? Go and play? Or just watch from here?” –Valkyrion asked and the right eye shimmered once again.- [Stargazer.] “How about some small demonstration?” –The shimmer of the eye faded and Valkyrion nodded his head.- [Valkyrion.] “Good idea. Here it goes.” –Valkyrion said and once again his body turned transparent before it dissipated into thin air, leaving only a display of electrostatic discharges behind. While Valkyrion was having a conversation, to what some people would seem, with himself, the beasts had already began to make a move. Extending their claws they began to move up on the building. But it was right on that moment that Valkyrion appeared out of nowhere and pretty much stomped on the beasts that had advanced and moved upwards on the building, throwing them down on the ground and managing to break the ribs of some of them.- “Sorry about that, but you could not have forgotten about me, did you?” –Valkyrion said and a surge of electricity was seen running through his eyes and from his feet up to his head. The beasts moved backwards and bared their fangs at him while growling.- “Yes… Come on.” –Valkyrion said and closed his eyes once again. All the while he spoke he was very calm and collected. Nothing seemed to roil the tranquility in his mind. And so the beasts took a leap forward. Their target? Valkyrion himself. Meanwhile the other beasts had managed to sneak in from the other sides of the building and were drawing near to the two other beings that were hiding inside the building. Oh this was going to be fun.-
CharlotteCarrendar: Highly sensitive. Designed to pick up the smallest sound, with her long ears that twitched and flicked till suddenly becoming still. The beasts were getting closer and she knew that to stay in one place was madness itself. “UhohUhohUhohUhoh” Again, her voice was so fast, it was more like a ramble, that actual phrases. Bag secured, the flap down, she raised her head, and then with the sharp flick of her head, she ran. Sprinting along, her tail aloft, puffed out with barbs on show. Reaching the corner of a wall, she peeked around and saw them. Beasts, gathering in number, swelling in size. Fire of demons in their eyes. Swallowing hard, her chest pounding, with fear compounding. She needed to return to the “burrow” as it was known. But would she make it? <3>
SaiyakaNiyamae: “That Sadistic man..” she whispered to herself. Vex’s foresight acts up again seeing her situation not go the way as planned. But in anycase she’s always prepared to kick ass whenever she needs to.”Fine I guess we can play a game tonight” Vex flicks off the safety on her rifle as her suit’s cloak ability turns off as she sees the beasts break off and hunt. Timing herself to the millisecond she throws 2 c4 blocks on the doorway and arming it with a remote on her glove as a detonator. Vex then grabbed a second magazine for her rifle as she unmuzzled her silencer as her suit energizes for her strength and endurance. She sprints out on the third floor to a desk thats leaning on a cracked window as Vex detonated the charges when 30 beasts finally made it to the doors. The blast from the 2 C4 blocks rattle the building violently as Vex rides the shockwave into the desk as she falls 3 stories landing the desk on a 3 beasts. “Bad boys!!! You all need a punishment.” -her masked face gives no emotion apart from her sadistic eyes as she unloads a full auto assault onto the beasts exiting the building where she came from.
iShatteredSanity: -10 feet, Valkyrion still had his eyes closed. 5 feet, still his eyes closed. A bit less than 1 foot… Valkyrion could feel the breaths of the beasts on him and the stench reaching his nostrils underneath his mask. That was when he opened his eyes and calmly bend his knees, his palms touching the ground.- [Valkyrion.] “You still have a long way to go… Now, begone.” –Valkyrion mumbled as a massive surge of electricity was released. The surge was released from his body and was attached on everything in the vicinity like tendrils. Then he rose back on his full height as more and more electricity was being released from his body and attacking the beasts who were shot backwards from the sudden blast of his attack. Valkyrion clapped his hands once and kept them connected while the voltage and the amperage was increased, literally frying those beasts alive. Howls and growls of agony filled the area, along with the smell of charred flesh. Valkyrion merely watched the beasts as they were dying in an excruciating pain, yet his expressions did not change. And then it happened. An explosion on the building that made it shake violently. Arching an eyebrow, Valkyrion shot another blast of electricity, releasing the beasts from their pain and killing them on the spot as he looked that thing that jumped off the window.- “Foe…” –Valkyrion mumbled and once again grabbed the handle of his massive blade, unsheathing it and holding the tip forward, facing that thing.- “I know that it has been some time since I last used you. But you had enough rest. Awaken, SoulMancer…” –Valkyrion said and a bright red light emerged from the sword, splitting it in half and holding it with those arms. Then 10 smaller blades detached from the main blade and began flying around Valkyrion’s frame who was staring at the armored thing.- “I don’t know who or what you are, but you made a huge mistake…” –He said and stabbed his sword on the ground but still held it with his right hand all the while the blades were still flying around his frame.-
CharlotteCarrendar: – A loud explosion, and Rads covers her head with her arms to try and block out the sound. The invader. Must have been. Dead and dying beasts. Flashes of light, fire. Roars to nothing. Madness. Rads had to get out of there! Across the street, a sewer cap pushes up, and a goggled creature waves to Rads. Trying to urge her to run. The possum like girl rocked back and forth, and then she drew her fist, to give her courage, and with a burst of speed, she raced across the street, the street cap moving and Rads leapt down…down …down.. finally landing on an old mattress. She rubbed her bum for a good minute, while the goggled creature closed over the man hole. He clamoured back down the ladder, and crawled over to Rads. He made rapid hand movement, speaking with his fingers. Gesturing up top, and then making an explosion with his hands, stretching out his arms. Then seeing her bag was bulging, he grinned, his stained teeth clearly visible. Snatching the bag from her, he emptied it on the mattress, the baubles and rings discarded. Rads quickly snatched up the cat clock and played with it, while the goggled boy found a small box of biscuits. A silent laugh, and he tore it open, ripping the inner packaging. He ate hungrily, while Rads played with the cat’s tail. “HA!” <3>
iShatteredSanity: -And… Well… Yeah. As soon as Valkyrion released the first seal of his blade and it was semi-awakened, he knew that it was a sight to fear. And that thing seemed to realize that as well. Seeing Valkyrion getting ready for some epic fight, she decided to run away, perhaps because she was scared, perhaps because she needed to think of a better tactic to approach again. Valkyrion did not know, but he was disappointed.- [Valkyrion.] “At least you run pretty fast…” –He said and sighed deeply as he removed his sword from the ground and pointed the blade in the sky.- “SoulMancer, go back to sleep. Your prey is gone.” –The 10 blades that hovered around his frame once again attached themselves on the main blade and the slit sealed. Then he secured his sword back on his back and nodded to himself.- “Now, there is still some rat around here.” –He said and walked towards the street, looking around and cracking his neck a few times.- “I only have one question, are you a friend, or are you a foe?” –Valkyrion asked while more and more electrical surges were released from his body, for just in case.-
CharlotteCarrendar: – Playing with the Clock, tic toc, the Cat tail amusing Rads, as her brother eats. Another failed experiment; a mole boy who can’t hear. He can see in the darkness and forage the tunnels, the sewers and what people throw away. It is Rads who goes above, and gets food and other trinkets to trade with. But high above the call of beasts had ended. Perhaps the Lords of the Towers have descended. Radiant holds still as her ears strain to hear. A voice, high above. “I only have one question, are you a friend, or are you a foe?” Her brother cannot hear, for he munches happily on the crackers. He loves salty things. Pressing her hand to his shoulder, she motions she is going up, and he sees the cat clock, and picks it up to play with it, as she climbs back up the shaft, and pushes back the manhole cover. At first, she sees nothing, and a false sense of security, she exits quickly, kicking the lid back in place. She turns, and then comes face to face. Nervous stutter, like that of a nutter. “M..M..M..M..Man.” Frozen in place, nowhere to go, and brother below, she waits for his attack. <3>
iShatteredSanity: -Well, in the case of a foe, Valkyrion was ready to strike the other creature that he had sensed earlier. And ok, with someone being like a freaking lightning rod, of course one could guess that; it was dead obvious. Valkyrion’s dual toned gaze fell on the strange anthropomorphic creature that appeared and tilted his head to the right. He could see that it was a female…errr, something, and that she was scared. Tilting his head back to its place, he closed his eyes and the surges of electricity slowly dissipated into thin air, leaving the air hotter than earlier.- [Valkyrion.] “I guess that you are not a foe.” –He said and walked towards her, stopping only 2 feet away from her and scanning her frame from head to toe. Then he pulled his mask down to reveal his face as he spoke.- “What’s your name?” –He asked and waited for her reply.-
CharlotteCarrendar: :- Her bag was far below, her brother sitting and playing with the cat clock, and here she was, faced off with the Lord of the Towers, as he was known to the rabble of the sewers. Failures, experiments gone wrong, wasted beings that had no place in any society. The man before her was simply huge, intimidating and crackled like the lightning that strikes the earth. He had a big sword, and that was enough to cause worry. Her knees caved together, and she seemed to be getting smaller. To run would be foolish, and she could not leave guard of the man hole cover. [Valkyrion.] “I guess that you are not a foe.” Rads understood English and shook her head violently, her hair of wispy blonde locks flying about. “Nofoe Nofoe Nofoe Nofoe.” She said rapidly, and held up her hands, like she was under arrest. He pulled down his mask, revealing chiselled features. Not half bad looking, but there was no time for sexy chat. Swallowing, on hearing the next question, she uttered her name. “R..ra..R..ra…Rads…Radiant..R.radiant.” Her tail curled around her defensively, in case he tried to pick her up…and eat her.<3>
iShatteredSanity: -Valkyrion stood there and watched the strange woman before him who was really nervous and anxious. But why? Though he had to admit, she was very innocent looking and she seemed pure. Pure, huh? That thought made him shake his head. It was funny. Anyway. Looking back at her, he waited for her name. Rads… Radiant. Valkyrion nodded his head.- [Valkyrion.] “Radiant. I see. Weird name, but nice one. I am Valkyrion.” –He said and suddenly his right eye shimmered bright as his voice got a bit more hoarse than before.- [Stargazer.] “Oi asshole, I am here too. And I am Stargazer.” –Stargazer said the shimmer faded away with Valkyrion sighing.- [Valkyrion.] “Yeah, and Stargazer too.” –Obviously Radiant would think that he was insane, not far from the truth, but still more sane than the other warlord, Eon.- “By the way…” –Valkyrion pointed down the ground.- “…who is that guy down there? Friend of yours?” –Valkyrion asked again. All the while he spoke his voice was calm and collected. Meanwhile the beasts once again had bean circling around them, this time in bigger numbers, something that Valkyrion of course had noticed but chose to ignore since after all they were insignificant creatures.-
CharlotteCarrendar: For a Lord, he talked a lot. Introducing himself as Valkyrion, and then some other voice, one called Stargazer, that shimmered away from sight. Very odd, very odd. Keeping her hands up, for fear he might think she was reaching for something, she then heard him ask about the one down the hole. UH OH. This was about her “brother” or at least what she regarded as one. “…who is that guy down there? Friend of yours?” Rads tried to lower her hands, and answer at the same time. “Mmmole..Mmmole…MOLEYMOLEY MOLEYMOLEYMOLEY…..Mole.” Yes, well, that was his name, and thankfully Mole couldn’t hear her up top. “Mole.” She pointed to the manhole cover. But then, it dawned on her they were surrounded by beasts. Her tail rocketed out from around her form and the barbs stood on end. She crouched, and aimed her tail at one beast. Ready….steady…PINK!” A barb dart would rocket towards a beast’s left eye- <3>
iShatteredSanity: -Valkyrion stood there, calm and unaffected by the whole situation, actually amused by that weird creature that went by the name Radiant. On his question about the person underground, she began stuttering? Uhm… mumbling? He could not tell because she was talking really fast. But he caught the name, Mole.- [Valkyrion.] “Mole, huh?” –He shrugged his shoulders slightly.- “I guess that for someone who is underground, that fits in perfectly.” –He said and then looked at Radiant who got ready for a fight. As the beasts draw closer, he looked at her firing something from her tail. What was that, a needle or something? Surely the beast that was hit by it could say for sure. But Valkyrion was just standing there calm.- “You don’t have to do a single thing Radiant. It will be over in a matter of moments.” –And true. From behind the beasts, ten feather like objects that were surging with electricity and formed some sort of laser beams as each tendril of electricity was connected on all feathers, they began to attack those beasts. Within a matter of moments those feathers that danced elegantly in the air had already slew all the beasts in the vicinity; not that there were too many of them.- “See? I told you.” –Valkyrion said and looked on his right.- “Though… Nah, I will deal with him.” –Valkyrion said and noticed a dark figure that was wearing an armor and walked towards him. The feathers from earlier attached themselves on the armor’s back, forming wings. The electricity that was coming off that armor was just like a tree with its branches. And suddenly, the electric surges stopped while the armor slowly dissipated as if it was sand on a table.- [Eon.] “So… I was testing Optimus when Sentinel told me that you were going balls out here. What’s wrong?” –The man with the black attire, glasses, pale skin and numerous stitches on his face said before looking at Radiant.- “Who the fuck is she? Aren’t you quite the player here?” –The man said and chuckled as he approached Valkyrion and stopped walking right next to him. Valkyrion shook his head as he spoke.- [Valkyrion.] “Eon, meet Radiant. Radiant meet Eon.” –Eon looked at Radiant and shrugged his shoulders.- [Eon.] “Not interested.” –Suddenly Eon felt the presence of another one hiding underground.- [Valkyrion.] “And that’s mole.” –Valkyrion said.- [Eon.] “Mole. Fitting. Oh well…”
CharlotteCarrendar: Aim was true for the barb did strike the beasts, but lo another was to join the fray and this one was going to make sure the beasts paid for their rage and hunting of the innocents. The Lord, Valkyrion stood so calm and serene, in what could have been a fierce battle. Panting and ready to fire again, Rads was told she did not need to do another thing. Confusion reigned, as each was taken down. Feather objects surging with electricity was used to combat the beasts. Dancing feathers, beating the foul beasts? Rads needed to rub her eyes, for surely they played tricks. “See? I told you.” He did, and Rads started to draw back her tail and attempting to stand tall. “No no no no no …Yes.”- She stuttered. Then a shadow befell Rads, and she spun around gasping, as Eon came on the scene. Introductions were brief, and Eon did not seem interested in Rads one bit. Which was a relief, after the day she had so far. [Valkyrion.] “Eon, meet Radiant. Radiant meet Eon.” –Eon looked at Radiant and shrugged his shoulders.- [Eon.] “Not interested.” Radiant pipped up and said. “Notnotnotnotnot Interested notnotnotnot.” A clang from the man hole cover and it slid back, for the boy Mole, to emerge. He saw those gathered and yanked on his “Sister’s” leg, wanting her to come. She waved her hand and pointed out Mole, who waved and then right back on trying to pull her back down the hole. <3>
iShatteredSanity: -Both Eon and Valkyrion looked at Radiant as she began speaking fast again, in which Eon rolled his eyes and looked at Valkyrion.- [Eon.] “Please tell me that you did not sap her, nor gave her any drugs, not gave her any coffee nor sugar. But anyway, she is all yours, I am heading back to the lab to finish Optimus. Adieu.” –Eon said and before Valkyrion had the chance to reply, Eon had already formed that armor from before and used the feathers and the thrusters on the boots to fly away in the northern outskirts of the city.- [Valkyrion.] “I swear, one of these days I will kick your ass… Oh well…” –Valkyrion said and looked back at Radiant and Mole who had just popped out of the hole and yanked Radiant’s leg.- “So… What are you two doing here?”
CharlotteCarrendar: – Mole was putting up a good fight trying to pull his wayward Sister back down into the safety of the sewers, only to have her bend down and quickly sign to him she was okay. He blinked behind darkened goggles, and then lowered back down, pulling the manhole cover back over for protection. The mean one, who said “Not” took his leave, saying something about going back to his lab. Rad’s waved and said “AdieuAddieuuu.” Now it was just the Lord of the Towers and Rads, and she appeared nervous again in his company. “So… What are you two doing here?” that was a good question and being he was the Lord of the Towers, and she had been stealing from them, she was a bit apprehensive to tell. “Fooood.” It was simple, she was merely trying to find food to feed her brother. <3>
iShatteredSanity: [Valkyrion.] “Food?” –He asked and looked around, turning his head from left to right.- “There is food. Over there.” –Valkyrion said and pointed the dead beasts bodies that lied down on the street, painting the ground with their crimson blood.- “There is nothing else around here. And that meat does not taste that bad. But I don’t eat it.” –Valkyrion said again and turned around, his back facing Radiant now, not an act of arrogance, but because he was just looking around.-
CharlotteCarrendar: The idea of eating the beasts that were slain by Eon and Valk, seemed a bit odd to the Possum girl. She didn’t want to appear ungrateful, but the look on her face was one of sadness. She did have to wonder just what did Valkryion eat. Not all that sure as what to do, she then bowed before the Lord of the Tower, and skittered over towards one of the dead beasts. Radiant gave the body a kick and then made a nervous chuckle, before, sitting down beside it, and picking up its right hand. She then pretended to eat the beast, hoping it would satisfy his curiosity and maybe head on his way. “Omnomnomnomnom….yes. Goodgood. Yesyes. Bai Bai.” Would it work? <3>
iShatteredSanity: -Valkyrion did have his back facing Radiant and he could hear her moving towards the beasts nearby. Turning his head he looked at her and wondered if she was really eating those beasts.- [Valkyrion.] “I guess that you must be hungry. At least they are deep fried too. Rare opportunity.” –Valkyrion said and walked towards her, taking out two chocolate bars from his pocket.- “When you are done with those, eat this. It will clean the taste from their meat.” –He said, noticing that she was not actually eating it but pretending to. Of course he himself played along.- “There is no food nearby. Those beasts are the only food source, unless someone is able to teleport to other places and bring food back here.” –Valkyrion explained some of the situation to Radiant. Hell, he had been speaking a lot today.-
CharlotteCarrendar: Caught out by Valkyrion, she spat out the finger of the beast, when she saw the two chocolate bars. Rad’s gasped, and on taking the chocolates in her hand, she brought them to her nose to sniff. Nothing made her happier in the world, than to have a treat like chocolates. Placing them in her pocket, she sighed when he said the beasts were the only food around, unless she could teleport, which she couldn’t. Faced with this, she knew there was nothing else for it, and snapped off a Beast finger and crunched on it, a tear rolling down her cheeks. <3>
CharlotteCarrendar: The beast meat finger was not that bad, but she had tasted nicer things. However, in her pocket was chocolate bars, and she had a craving for those, like no other. Getting up, she skittered back over to the manhole cover, and kicked it open, before dropping one of the chocolate bars down it. Radiant was about to open the second one, when she saw the Lord of the Towers walk away and sit down on the ground. In her hand she had the chocolate bar, that was obviously his. Maybe he really wanted them, and gave them to her out of kindness. Unwrapping it, she snapped the bar in half, and went to sit beside him, offering him the half of the chocolate bar. “ValkValkyshare?” Nudging and trying to give him half. <3>
iShatteredSanity: -Valkyrion had already sat down and looked up in the sky. Yes, that gray and ominous sky of the World’s End. No rain, no snow, no sun ever reached the ground of the city, despite the need for some. And since none of that could reach it, of course there was no life. Yet in Eon’s lab, that demented genius had his own garden to produce his own food. As for Valkyrion, he was simply teleporting to other areas to grab something to eat; of course he never paid and that resulted in some epic fights, but that’s a story for another time. Suddenly he felt Radiant nearby, offering him some of the chocolate that he had given her earlier. Shaking his head, Valkyrion declined the offer.- [Valkyrion.] “Nah, that’s yours. And the other is for mole. But you should eat this after the meat to clean up the taste.” –Valkyrion said and took out a cigarette from his chest pocket, lighting it with the ignition of electric sparks in his right hand.-