Counter-Terrorism: The Role-Play

[Seth Astra]

OOC: Whoops, suppose I'm a week late on this. What can I say, I got lazy and buisy at the same time, not a productive combo.

New Rozenom City. Old Rozenom was destroyed by the Illuminus. Thus, New Rozenom was considered a beacon of hope against the darkness that perpetually threatened the Gurhal system. However, it was also a target. The Neo Illuminus, a new terrorist organization formed from fragmented Illuminus remnants, along with other, smaller, groups with similar goals, had not done anything to make themselves widely known. In fact, most of what they had accomplished thus far had been dismissed as isolated occurances. However, these were simply tests of the group's strength. They knew that rampart destruction would not achieve anything, and that they would have to crush a symbol of hope. Thus their target: New Rozenom.
Their attack was swift and ruthless. Within hours, they had control of the city. The local AMF and Guardians had been scattered, many key roads and buildings had been bombed and a combination of EMP devices and heavy anti-tank and anti-aircraft guns were preventing any large scale assualts. Citizens are currently being captured, and a bomb is being prepared. Once the Neo Illuminus evacuate, the bomb will detonate, anniahlating New Rozenom.
There were flaws in the plan, though. There were holes in the EMP deffense grid large enough for a handful of small personel carriers to slip in. Mercenary groups, the Guardians, and the AMF have all sent in a few of their best. The mission is twofold, dissarm the bomb and deactivate the EMP grid. This will allow an all-out assualt meant to crush the invaders.

[A. Zerran]

OOC: Counter-terrorism rp? Sounds pretty cool. But let me ask you, what about people who work alone (such as people who don't belong to any groups)? I mean, my character did work for the Mercenary group from PSP2, but he goes on his own now. Can I still use him in this?

[XTenguX]

OOC:i think you have to belong to a certain group like Little Wing for example.

[RenzokukenZ]

Taken from the planning thread: http://www.pso-world.com/forums/showthread.php?t=189895



The two main things we need to figure out is where this'll take place and who is going in in what groupings. Any characters will most likely fit into one of these groups:

* Guardians
* AMF
* Mercenaries (please specify if you're part of a major group such as Little Wing).
* Already there (Considering the size of the Guardians and AMF, this isn't that improbable).
* Other (Please specify).


Also, please make any and all OOC comments on that thread instead, as to reduce conversation post spamming in the RP thread.

[Wayu]

OOC: I guess I'll make the first post.

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Bleep. Bleep. Bleep. Bzzzzzt.

A black door slid open to a sheer white room with an electronic buzz. A hiss. A step. Several steps. Another hiss, another buzz, and the black door closed. Within a second, the black faded to white and the monochrome turned to a pure white.

In front of where the door had appeared stood a blonde woman of medium height. Her long flowing locks were held together by a hairband, producing a very long ponytail that fell to her waist. Two blue eyes sparkled as she looked around the incredibly plain room. Sighing, she tugged at her uniform.

The blonde woman wore a white sleeveless jacket with gold lining and a long, split skirt with the same color scheme. On her left breast there lay a black badge with three arrows - the Sergeant insignia. Long white gloves adorned her slender arms, held in place by light gray metal plating on her elbows. She had similar knee plating and armored boots of the same color, with white leggings accentuating her long legs. A short cape - it only fell to the middle of her back - with a circular insignia. An empty red sheathe hung on the right side of her hip.

The stunning sight was soon interrupted by the woman emitting a loud sneeze and a few seconds of profanities so bad Sayara would have to edit this post.

"*sniff* Why can't scientists way to eliminate the common cold instead of finding new ways to blow each other up? The idiots."

She turned her attention to the only feature of the room of interest - a large cryotube with a fully clothed man held in suspension inside. Instead of the usual transparent green liquid, however, the cryotube was filled with a strange, lucid gold fluid. The lady waltzed over to the tube and started rapping her knuckles on the container.

"Hey, Mr. Suicidal Freak, you've eaten up enough of my research budget, now time to wake up and go home."

Per usual, the man in the cryotube didn't respond.

"Hey, you've got quite the nerve to ignore such a stunningly beautiful lady such as I."

Per usual, still no response.

A vein rose on the woman's forehead, and she walked to a long, highly decorated red rapier stuck in the ground in front of the cryotube. Picking it up and sheathing it in the empty sheathe at her side, the liquid in the tube slowly faded to the normal green.

Once the cryotube fully returned to green, the woman smacked a monitor attached to the contraption. The wires and various probes attached to the man fell off. Suddenly, the bottom of the cryotube opened up and a large boxing glove punched the man hard in the gut, launching him out of a now-open cryotube and landing harshly on the hard floor.

The woman snapped her fingers and the only other thing in the room, a chair, zipped over to her. Taking a seat, she folded her legs and poked the man on the floor.

"Well, now, are you awake now?"

-Wayu

[Seth Astra]

The man dragged himself onto one knee. Coughing up a bit of the gold fluid, he managed to rias his head to look the woman in the eyes. "Well, it's good to be back, I think," he said, before standing up. Putting a hand to his face, the man felt around, and smiled when he realized that there was no SEED-based growths on his face. Somehow, his pale blue hair and his pointed ears were both intact. Looking down at his arms, he saw that they were mostly back to normal. His left arm still had a few dark spots on it, the SEED always was strongest there, but he had a serum that he could use to prevent that from spreading. "What a wild vacation," he thought. Mainly since it had turned into a working vacation. And he was a Guardian, so his job was fighting deadly stuff. And there just happined to be a crashed ship full of SEED and... Something similar, causing the SEED in his body to begin taking over. Finally, he had gotten warped to this place by some woman, Serizawa, he seemed to remember her name was. Hopefully the web of traps he had set up caused the ship to blow up without blowing up the whole island, a consequence that was extremely likely - not that he told his companions.

Having finished musing on what, to him, was an account of the last few hours (and totally not an attempt at explaining how he got there to people who were not in the last RP he was present for), he looked over his clothes, which were ruined. In short, his clothing was shreaded. "Damn SEED growths," he muttered, before finally returning his attention to the woman in front of him. "So, I have a few compliments for you, plenty of questions, and maybe an insult or two," he said, keeping a level tone of voice despite his intentionally humorous comment, "But, I'll just give you some of the most important questions." Streatching his muscles a bit, he started listing things that he wanted to know, "Okay to start, who are you, where am I, how long have I been here? Also, can I get back home? Oh, and can you please turn around and take a while to answer those questions? I would like to be able to change my clothes really quick, as you've noticed, these are, well, destroyed."

[Wayu]

The woman leaned back in her chair and sighed. Using a small switch on the chair, she zoomed herself around the room.

"I'm Tia Langley, Serizawa's Second-in-command for the special operation unit we command. Sergeant." She pointed to her badge, but did so while driving around the room. The man didn't get a good look at it. "You've been here a good month or so. I forget. You're somewhere I can't tell you. You're going home soon, don't worry. I'll be going with you. I need to find Serizawa, after all."

Tia stopped randomly moving around the room, but began spinning on one spot with the chair. "Here's some clothes." She snapped her fingers, and some drab white hospital clothes fell onto the man's head from somewhere from the ceiling. "Now hurry up. Holler when you're done." With that, Tia clapped her hands twice, and the black door from before reappeared and reopened. Still spinning, Tia shot out the door. As the last locks on her head passed through the doorway, the door clicked shut, but didn't disappear.

-Wayu

[Seth Astra]

Altis threw the clothes that had fallen on him onto the ground. "Clearly she enjoys toying with me," he commented and, taking a dark blue noble's long coat, along with matching pants and shoes - same as he was wearing, only less ruined, added, "And this is definitely not Gurhal, since she didn't realize I have a nanotransformer." He quickly took off his torn clothes and slipped into the fresh pair, glad to be in a state of relative comfort again. Briefly he pulled his spear from his nanotransfomer and looked over it quickly. It was damaged, but only from heavy use, not from SEED exposure. Satisfied, he stored it again and shouted, "Okay, you can get back in here now."

[Mega Ultra Chicken]

"Our cause is righteous. Our cause is just. Our cause... is the only way to restore the Gurhal system to its former glory. And I, Sasha Marr, will punish anyone who stands against us.

Those misguided fools cling to New Rozenom City as a symbol of 'hope.' But all it does is blind them from the truth. The CASTs only seek to maintain their oppression over the Human race. Why would they wish to live in harmony with us? They know only Humans are fit to govern the Gurhal system and seek to keep us silenced. The Humans have bought into their deceit and now cooperate with them. Even my own brother cannot see the truth. Instead, he remains a Guardians lapdog."

Sasha began to reminisce about her discovery of the Illuminus.

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Deep within the caverns of Moatoob, four Guardians continued on their purification mission. Sasha was accompanied by her brother Kory, a burly Newman, and a female Fortetecher whose face was concealed by a scarf. The caverns were completely empty, without a sound to be heard other than their own footsteps. They reached a door at the end of the passage that led to a frigid chamber. In the chamber were two mysterious shadows. The two immediately noticed the intruders and approached them.

"The Illuminus will not tolerate your interference" said one of the figures. That name... could it be?

Sasha stepped forth. "The Illuminus... you are our only hope for liberating us Humans from the CASTs. I am yours to command."

The Illuminus agents were baffled, but remained skeptical. "How do we know that you aren't lying?"

"I thought you'd never ask" said Sasha as she summoned a long, poison-infused sword and pointed it toward her former allies.

---

"I pray that he is not trapped in this city so that he can see the error of his ways one day." Sasha sighed, then moved toward an inactive female CAST that stood beside her. "Our latest acquisition from the Guardians should help us realize our goal."

[Wayu]

The door to the white room clicked open again, and Tia came spinning back in, this time reading some kind of book.

"Well, it seems like you're changed now. How fast d'ya want to return back to where ever you came from?" Without looking up from the book (and still spinning, as a matter of fact) she began drawing lazy circles in the air with her free left hand.

A number of faint, gold symbols appeared around her. "The general coordinates are set. Serizawa sent me a transmission a while back for a somewhat pinpoint warp. You have two choices...warp now and not really know where you'll land - although she did say something about 'Parum', or wait until she sends a more accurate transmission. Your choice, boy."

-Wayu

[Mega Ultra Chicken]

Meanwhile, at the outskirts of New Rozenom City, a Flyer makes its landing and unloads a small group of six Guardians. Among the group were a pointy-eared barbarian and a little Human boy without a muscle to his name.

"Let's get MOVING!" shouted a male Human wielding a sword as long as a flag pole.

"Just shut up already" squeaked an extremely high-pitched Newman who was indistinguishable from a little girl.

"Well, Ethan acts all carefree and is still the ultimate SEED slayer in the Gurhal system" the same Human retorted.

"No, it's because your lines suck. Stop watching TV all the time and come up with your own material."

"My mom thinks they're cool" said the desperate Human.

"Exactly."

"Try not to be jealous of how good I am at this" muttered an edgy, spear-wielding Beast whose face was halfway covered by hair, "you all know you can't deal nearly as much hurt as I can."

"Take your numbers and shove 'em up your ass" the Human growled.

"NEGATIVE. DAMAGE RECORDING DATABASES DETERMINE THAT CASTS ARE THE MOST POWERFUL FIGHTERS IN THE GUARDIANS" droned a towering male CAST.

"Oh yeah, well CASTs have no souls" the Human preached.

"WE DO NOT REQUIRE SOULS TO OUTPERFORM HUMANS, BEASTS, AND NEWMEN IN ARMED COMBAT."

---

As the four Guardians fought, the remaining two already started on their path to the Illuminus' base. "They'll let anyone into the Guardians nowadays" Ken, the burly Newman, claimed.

"Aren't petty squabbles like those the reason why this universe was on the verge of falling apart?" Kory, the scrawny skirmisher, wondered.

"Makes sense" said Ken in agreement.

"Anyways, it's been a while since... that one time on Moatoob" Kory said, "How's your goal of becoming a Newman Fortefighter working out?"

"It's amazing" Ken boasted, "I can rival Beasts in strength. What have you been doing with your time?"

Kory summoned his Pan Arms Blades and shrugged. "Acrofighter."

"What a shame. I imagined you would be able to fight like a man by now."

Kory sighed. "If this is what you're going to ramble on about, then it's going to be a long day."

[FOkyasuta]

The field was peaceful as always on Parum, Except something wasn’t quite right this time. It’s as if you could smell that something was off… Now you’re asking, what is that smell? *Shrugs* How should I know its text for cryin out loud! Text doesn’t smell! But what’s this? You could hear it to? Now that’s something new and now that you mention it does sound like footsteps… Really? Because what I hear sounds a hell-of-a lot of footsteps to me bro… And gas blow off fumes…


Play this if you like something that'd fit.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVogmB2_Pws&feature=related[/spoiler-box]

“Today was just great really… First I’m trying taking a nap under a nice shady tree after a looong day of doing what I normally do. But does anybody ever let me have my way when it’s a good idea? Nooooo sir-e they don’t! And now I find myself being rudely awakened by some ugly looking cow things that I’m pretty sure I’ve never seen before in my whole life! Even in my Rebirths I haven’t seen something this gross! And believe me it got worse after that! Huge crowds are not my favorite man!” I ran off like the wind only to realize I to skidded to a halt because i was on a steep cliff waterfall overlooking a lake! “Nice lake but, Oh man…” I thought to myself. “What to do?!” I gulped as I saw how big the crowds of horrendous looking cows have actually gotten then I looked off the cliff again and gulped again… “I can’t swim… But what other choice do I have?”

That’s when I realized I had no choice but to run.
Run right into the crowd.

I snapped my fingers and within seconds my Lion Claw Lance was withdrawn from my backside and armed in my hands as I lowered my visor. I lifted my right arm and shouted a battle cry that a lot of people I knew used. It went a bit like this…


[spoiler-box]“Chaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrge!!!”[/spoiler-box]


And before you know it I was storming through the crowd and sending those ugly looking things yelling in pain and sending them flying with ease! And as quick as i started it, I was at the end of my charge spree.

I turned around and saw what my charge did and wow was impressed! For once I’ve actually one shotted more than twenty creatures at once in a single charge! But I’m pretty sure there wasn’t just twenty in that crowd… “A new Record!” I shouted as I exclaimed in happiness as I jumped. “Trees were smashed clean in two cause of that!” Then I looked at the ground… The Grass was violently with pulled aside thanks to my charge footprints but that’s not the odd part… The fact that my victims, they didn’t even bother to get back up or yell in even more pain! "Looks like the Fomors have been releasing hidden failed experiments on me… AGAIN.” I sighed as my lance and I fell to the ground facing the ever so blue sky as the sun was in a 9:30am phase.

“Why can’t you like give me a well deserved break Morrighan? It’s like out of your schedule or something?!” I shrugged a bit then I lifted my visor and continued with a shout, “A Milletian can only take so much when they’re not a god like you ya know!” Then something caught my eye during my little “rant”. It was some odd looking bird of some sort. Whoa whoa whoa. Scratch that. It wasn’t just one fat bird. It was a huge big fat green bird leading a huge flock of summarily identical looking small green birds left behind some sort of blue trail of light as they flew! And now that you mention it.. They weren’t flying… They were gliding. And I must have been hearing things though my helm again. Because I’m pretty sure birds don’t make some kind of swoosh sound as they glide by.

I would hav thought more but boy had that charge made me tired and soon enough, I was on the verge closing my eyes and drifting off to a deep sleep… “Ooooh no! No, no, no! Not this time HU!” I thought. “Want this whole charge fiasco to happen again on a larger scale!? You don’t? Then use your brain!” Then it had come to mind that, those birds were on their way to a different spot. “Anyplace is better than here right?” It was worth a shot… I collapsed the lance and stashed it away on my backside as I began to walk into some underbrush following the bird’s aerial path. I began to wonder afterwards…“What could happen next? If something does that is...”

[Daak]

The blood bathed room disappeared and suddenly he was standing on a grassy patch on a hill.
He stood up his brown metal body was covered in blood. He remembered what had happened how he had killed so many in the station of those soldiers ... but where was he now?
He walked down the hill and came to a small stream where he cleaned his amour. Now that he was all freshened up he looked around, all he saw was the hill it coverd a great distance and completly blocked the north side of his view. On his left side he saw a mountain range that semmed to strech on until the horizone. Therefore, he decided to walk over to the other side of the hill, to get a better view of his surroundings, as he reached the bottom of the huge slope he saw a giant city. Great skyscrapers cover the horizon and touched the clouds in the blue sky... no wait it was grey the sky over the metropolis was fully grey. He stopped and stared, there was something very odd about this place. He saw dark clouds rise of some buildings and so he thought it would be best to take a closer look at it with his self-installed upgrade for his vision and it was true the city seemed partly destroyed he zoomed in on what was before what seemed to be the entracne to the city. It appeard some kind of transport ship had landed there and he saw four men standing in front of it , he concentrated wait there were two more walking away from the ship. He decided to investigate, he had forgotten completely about the bloodbath he had left behind from wherever he had came from, and pacefully made his way to the city.

[Deciton_Reven]

Cyseris was watching the alleyway below, from behind the wall of, what used to be someone's second story apartment. She was in a place not so different than it when the attack happened...
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"Well it was very nice to meet you Paaru," Cyseris replied to the male Newman force she had just met. "I would very much like to visit your garden sometime."

"By all means do. Oh, lets exchange partner cards so we can keep in touch." He suggested, standing up with her.

"I would like that, thank you." Cyseris said with a smile.

No sooner than the exchange was completed, than an explosion shook the room. Paaru lost his balance and landed back in his chair, while Cyseris stumbled but caught herself.

"What was that!" Paaru exclaimed in a raspy voice. But Cyseris was already gazing out the window to see what was going on. She barely heard him, little lone made out what he said.
___

She would have to dwell on the past another time, as she saw figures coming down the alley. Four NeoIlluminus, and they had hostages. And one of the four looked familiar...

[Seth Astra]

Altis grinned a bit and said, "Well, as long as we don't end up somewhere that gets us killed as soon as we arrive, it doesn't really matter where we end up... Much... We could end up in the middle of a bunch of terrorists or something, but what are the odds of that?"

[Mega Ultra Chicken]

"I mean, seriously, your entire fighting style is based on avoidance! Just suck it up and take a hit."

"Brains over brawn, my friend."

"Well, anyone with half a brain would know that Fighmaster is the ultimate goal to strive for. They gain a boon of speed alongside strength beyond strength."

"Even if those big, clunky weapons are sped up by that Type, nothing can outpace a trusty pair of Daggers."

"That's only because you have to cut an enemy one thousand times to deal any sort of damage whatsoever-"

They took notice of a group of Neo Illuminus herding a group of hostages around the corner. The hostages were in an uproar, so it was not hard for the two to notice them. Ken immediately approached the oncoming mob, shouting, "Illuminus scum! Release them, and maybe we'll let you live." He then noticed something missing. "Get out here, you coward!"

"What? I was waiting for the right time to intervene" said Kory as he came to Ken's side.

"Real men don't wait until their allies are dying to join the fray" Ken asserted, "They just jump right in."

[Wayu]

"Alright, bye. See you somewhere. Maybe."

With that, Tia put down her book and touched one of the symbols. A similar golden circle appeared right below the man without any sound or warning (with zero energy release as well, Tia would be proud to brag about) and dropped through. After the circle closed itself up, Tia pressed another one, and a similar symbol appeared below her. As she fell through, she removed her hairband, letting her ponytail fall down in a cascade of silky golden locks. The symbol closed as the last strands of hair fell through, and the white room became devoid of any life.

Several miles above what was locally known as New Rozenom (Tia didn't know this, however), a large gold glyph appeared directly above the city. If you looked closely enough, you could discern a small figure being ejected from the symbol that began falling down towards the city at a high rate of velocity.

---

Some several hundred, maybe even thousand of miles away, a black-haired woman woke up from nap.

"She's here."

---

Tia took a second to orient herself, as she had been thrown out of the symbol back-first. Turning around in mid-air, she faced the free fall headfirst. Scanning the area with a quick reactive energy scan, she found that the man had been ejected somewhere down below in the city. The force of his ejection, though, was much less powerful. At least he - probably - didn't die on ejection. That happened sometimes.

Yawning, Tia began looking around the place as she descended down towards what seemed like the outskirts of the city.

The city seemed to be a new metropolis, as the high rises were beautiful but few in number. The size of the city seemed to be lacking somewhat, as from roughly a mile high you could easily see both ends of the city. There also seemed to be a high level of tension down in the city, as well as traces of some sort of energy particle. It wasn't what Serizawa had sent to her before, though - to Tia it reminded her of some old technology. She couldn't remember it off the top of her head though. Oh well.

A few hundred meters left until impact. Tia waved her hands around, creating an odd distortion in the air around her that grew stronger and stronger until it seemed like there was some kind of barrier completely enveloping her. She could now make out what seemed like a squad of...people...nearby as she penetrated the cloud cover.

100 meters. 50. 25. 10.

Right before Tia hit the ground, she front-flipped and hit the ground feet-first. The distortion around her exploded outward, causing an influx of energy to blow outwards. A spiral mark was etched into the ground due to the force of the impact.

"Well, where am I now?" Scratching her head, Tia made her way into the quiet metropolis.

-Wayu

[Seth Astra]

Altis faceplanted as he was jettisoned from the warp, slamming into the ground. "Blasted woman," He muttered, climbing to his feet. Somehow, he hadn't broken anything except his nose, although his nose was bleeding profusely. He pulled out a monomate capsule and used it, causing the wound to rapidly heal, as well as giving him a bit of an energy surge. Looking around, the city was in bad shape. A quick consultation of his nanotranser's information system revealed his location to be New Rozenom City. Recognizing the danger, he activated his line sheild and readied his spear.
When the woman didn't appear after Altis stood around for a few minutes, he figured he'd have to find her himself. She apparently didn't know a thing about Gurhal, and she could do more harm than good to whatever the current situation was, if that was the case. As he slipped through the streets, he came across a lone soldier.
Pointing his gun at the newman, the human soldier shouted, "Surrender and allow yourself to be put in your proper place, or prepare to die!" Altis responded with a quick brandish of his spear. As the newman predicted, the man fired several shots his way. Moving quickly, Altis dodged all of them. Two more shots were deflected by the spear, before it ran through the human.
Although it was obvious this man was a racist in line with the thinking of the Illuminus, Altis wondered if he had anything to do with the situation here. A few minutes later, he recieved a communication signal.
"This is Guardians HQ, can you confirm that you are Altis Durge?" the voice said.
"Yeah, it's me," Altis replied.
"With all due respect, sir, you're supposed to be dead."
"Yeah, well the thing is..." Altis started, before giving a plot recap that I won't make you listen to again.
"That's rather unusual sir, but I have an official order to all Guardians in New Rozenom City. The city is under attack by a group known as the Neo Illuminus. There are rumors of a bomb, and we also need you to take out the EMP-based defensive grid they've set up. The AMF and a number of mercenaries are also in on this, so try not to stab first and ask questions later."
"Do I ever?" Altis said, a touch of sarcasm in his voice, before ending the communication. "This is more serious than I expected," Altis thought, slipping into a building, hoping to take more "indirect" forms of transportation through the city.

OOC: For those not in the know, this is Altis's spear and main weapon: http://psp2.psupedia.info/Mugunruk

[Mega Ultra Chicken]

"Oh, is that so? You're being confronted by two of them right now?" Sasha asked through her communicator, "And one of our soldiers is not responding? I will let them all know then."

An alarm could be heard as Sasha's voice made its way onto the communication system of the Neo Illuminus.

"Guardians have breached our defenses! We must prevail! Ready our defense mechanisms to repel the demons that threaten our noble cause! Get us more prisoners! Get that bomb up and running this instant! We will annihilate their precious symbol of 'hope' so that their eyes may be opened to the truth: only we, the Neo Illuminus, represent hope for a brighter future for the Gurhal system! Fail, and you have failed the Gurhal system."

"As for you..." Sasha turned toward the dormant B700DE-M4R33 (called "Mary" for short) unit and re-activated her. "Time to see if you were worth stealing."

Mary's eyes regained their vicious red glow. "All who oppose The Neo Illuminus shall choke on their own blood" Mary seethed, emulating hatred, "Coordinates received. Relocating to new position." Mary promptly exited the room to secure her assigned defense post.

[FOkyasuta]

Ugh. It felt like hours walking though this underbrush of a forest. So much it i swear it felt like i was going in compete circles! Then again if you begin to wonder whats going on, I'm pretty sure your bound to lose track of were your gonna go...

"Tawagoto!" I did lose track of were i was going! So much for going completely straight! but how could one think with all this noise? Then i realized my helm was acting up again. But something was different about it this time... It wasn't playing a tune of some-sort, like it usually does for some reason. It was someone speaking! "The p...an is c.o......m...p..te.... al...l we d.o n.....o...w i.....s w.a....i...t..." I just stood there scratching my helm thinking, "What the hell was i hearing?!" Or rather... "What the hell was i thinking!?" Then i thought, " That totally wasn't me, If it wasn't though... Who could it be?" Then i stopped. And i Gasped. I rubbed my eyes again and gasped again. Then i began to pinch myself rapidly to see if it was a dream. Sadly it wasn't.

I fell to my knees and began to tear up a bit... "It cant be!!! It... It just cant!" But atlas it was... What seemed like only a couple minutes asleep turned into a ton of years for me... All it people i know are now... Gone...I sniffled and teared up even more as i spoke,"Someone has to be blamed for this!" I became furious... A boiling steaming and overheating rage over came my body the second i slammed my fist into the soft grass. That voice from earlier! He must have been the one do have done this to me! That son of a- I'll show him!



I reached for my Gold Handled Battle Short Swords that were sheathed on my robe the whole time after i got up and began to march toward the very odd looking city. How could i tell its one? Anything with huge towers including a clock tower is bound to be a city right? I rolled up both of the sleeves of Cruces robe revealing the Pink parts of my Armor as i marched along with some more of those odd birds from earlier marching over my head. I don't care what those flying things are but if they interrupt I'll take em down one by one just like i did with those beasts back there! I'll even take the whole city if i have to! Anything to avenge my time crisis! I began to speed up to a average running pace then i shouted, "This moron messed with the wrong Milletian on the wrong day!" And before you know it, i was at a mad dash.

OOC:
HUkyastuo's Information:
http://www.pso-world.com/forums/showpost.php?p=2645796&postcount=23

[Daak]

Daak had finally made into the city it was a long walk he had purposely walked a bright distance around the vehicle that had brought the six organisms into the city as he didn’t want any trouble. As he walked around the corner he noticed the two he had earlier seen walking away from that transport ship, he identified one of them as a newmen and the other as a human they seemed to be agitated ... he wondered why?
In front of them were a whole bunch of people a few of them had guns in their hands they seemed to all be human. As he quickly noticed the other organisms were a mix between all kinds of races, it occurred to Daak that the humans holding guns imprisoned them. Were they the bad guys in this situation? He decided not to interfere so he quickly ran across the street to a building on the other side he entered it and he watched the brawl form a window overlooking the whole alley.

[Wayu]

The desolate streets of the city allowed Tia to enjoy her stroll down dust-strewn streets. The occasional flutter of bird's wings penetrated the silence, along with the wind streaming through the alleys.

20 minutes had passed since Tia landed on the outskirts of the town. A high level of tension ran in the air, although she sensed not a single human soul for a rough kilometer - the place was deserted. The wind occasionally carried what sounded like voices, although the distance must have been great. Using these faint sounds as a guide, Tia made her way towards the center of the city, where great skyscrapers shot up into the sky.

5, 10 minutes passed and Tia encountered nobody. The city wasn't that large, but still took a while to traverse on foot. That and Tia had no idea where she was going; all she knew was that the high-rises were probably the center of town. Hopefully she'd meet somebody there, if not en route.

-Wayu

[FOkyasuta]

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A couple of seconds i passed a weird pod looking thingy. But all i did was fly right by it. "I didn't have time to fool around! I have a mission!" Then i tripped and fell thanks to some hole in the grass, then rolled about a couple times down a slope. When i stopped i yelled in a bit in pain, "Ow?" before i realized. Ive reached the town. Honestly i didn't know if i should be in awe or more rage at the sight of it... then i remembered, "Remember what happens when you go rushing into places? You get knocked out for not being prepared." I nodded and just like that the anger of mine flew away into the passing breeze.... I picked up my Battle Short Swords and began to ran through the Winding streets, Left, Right keep going straight, right then stop. Then i was hearing things again? But this time.... It was music. Not someone speaking.



"Darn!" i spoke as i stomped the ground in vain. "How come you never work the way i want you to?" But i couldn't careless right now. I'm sure i heard footsteps. I stopped and quickly rolled to hide behind a corner. Was that some one? A person? I peeked around the corner and quickly pulled my head back. "It was someone!" I looked again. And from the looks of it. It looked like a very nice looking female sporting some formal clothes i have been sure Ive never seen before. "Man! Any guy who's gonna marry that lady must be real lucky to have a lady like her!" She does look a hell of a lot formal with that walk she was conducting! I came out from the corner, Then it had hit me. "What if shes a Succubus?" I looked at him again and It took me like what. All of 2 seconds to realize what i had to do! Get the **** outta there!


I stormed off into a nearby alleyway with a another roll and i hit my helm on some metal thing which made a noise as a bumped into it. I hit it with my right hand sword in anger then i was alarmed. I got up and im pretty sure i heard footsteps coming my way. I barely managed to state,"Oh shi-" before i took off running! "Shes on to me?!" i shouted I looked back for a quick second as i took a left turn into a main street and saw some blond hair... then a face... "Crap she is!" I swear Ive never ran so fast in my life! Anything to get away from that Succubus really! Zigzagging through streets and alley ways... Running along side tilted streets... Boy this sure felt like Tara minus the whole vacant part. But it wasn't anymore. I looked back for a third time and wiped some sweat off my head as i panted. "Phew... thank Lymilark i escaped that fowl thing while still living!" I jumped for joy afterwards.


As i continued to stroll happily to the beat of the suddenly very catchy music with my Swords in tow through the vacant town it had suddenly come to mind that, "What if that lady wasn't a Succubi? What if she... You know. Needed help Kyasuto? Afterall... Have you ever seen a Blond Succubus?" Even though i had a good reason i wasn't totally wasn't gonna ask her. I never would! Then i told myself. "Time changes people. And they have a choice to go with it." A Succubus in disguise? "Reeeal clever but that's not enough to fool me!"I proudly shouted. Then again... If i can make a friend who happened to be an Incubus... Hm... Stood in the middle of the vacant street in a thinking pose. Then i heard people talking not to far away... Actually i turned my head to the right and actually saw people not to faraway. "And of course they were fighting! No shit!" My mind wasn't set on that, Hell it wasn't even set on anything! How else could i think with all that noise they were making? And from the looks of things... I had to step in when the time was just right. I took cover behind a wall and slowly peeked my head around and watched.

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[RenzokukenZ]

The once bustling streets of New Rozanom City were dormant. Dead, even. But the signs of a struggle were evident. Vehicles left abandoned on the main roads, some heavily damaged as were several of the standing buildings. A lifeless body lay near a doorway, a caked pool of crimson coating the corpse. Most likely a civilian who resisted the invaders, and was promptly dealt with. The onlooking soldier, clad in a standard AMF uniform, was no stranger to these sights of chaos, as he has been involved in many in his time. Having arrived a few minutes prior via dropship, the old man recalled his mission objective as he strolled down the barren streets, his aged eyes drinking in the sights of madness left behind.

-Several hours ago-

"So let me get this straight..."

In a small hut on Moatoob, the old man stood firmly before a red-clad caseal, the military rank of General branded on her left shoulder. Whatever business she had to discuss, it displeased him, as hinted by the tone of his worn voice. "You want me to come back to the AMF to stop a bunch of racists threatening to blow up a city?"

The caseal simply nodded. The man's hand glided through his hair in frustration, gray locks being brushed against fingers that stood the test of time. "Not only does that sound stupid, but as you may not know, I have a record in the army. A record with a big black stamp over a certain incident that resulted in my exile."

"An exile was the most harmless of punishments." The caseal retorted. "And there is a reason for that; The AMF knows you are good at what you do. Perhaps too good. We still wanted you around as a backup soldier."

The man smirked at the general's words, moving a ways to his kitchen and obtained a beer from the fridge compartment. "That explains why they sent me to this Beast Babe Vally of a rock. To keep me happy until the time came, is that right?"

"Yes."

"So I would just be welcomed back with open arms?"

The general pulled out a telepad with streams of data flowing through its screen, and handing it to the veteran. "The incident will be dismissed. You will attain your former rank of Sergeant, as well as becoming a member of the elite team that I command."

Taking a sip of his beverage, the man peered through the data, which listed the names of the other members of the team. Curiously, the second-in-command, a cast named Elyan, was labeled MIA. "As long as I don't have to fight along any Longears, things will be good as gold."

"Good. I hereby welcome you back, Sergeant Zelik von Rask."

-Now-

The mission was simple: Infiltrate the occupied city, disable the bomb, eliminate all threats. Zelik couldn't help but let out a smile as he began to enjoy the sights of devastation. The atmosphere of the situation was something he hadn't experienced in so long.

He began whistling down the avenue to express this joy, releasing the only sound to be heard.

[Wayu]

A short while later, Tia noticed what looked like a teenager or young adult playing cat & mouse with...well, something. Performing another scan of the nearby area, it seemed that there were only two human organisms in the area - the scurrying boy and Tia herself. There seemed to be a ton of rats, though.

The boy disappeared and reappeared onto the main street upon which Tia was walking on a few times. Tia sighed. She didn't like kids, unlike Serizawa; she just didn't know how to deal with them. Too much of a pain, and a waste of her genius.

At least there was no harm in letting the boy tail her around for now. He did seem to be armed, but gave off no sense of hostility. Well, maybe a little, but the usual amount for someone who saw a stranger walking down an empty deserted street. Thus she continued her silent stroll down the long, winding road.

A block later, Tia encountered some ruined vehicles of some sort. It seemed like a kind of military vehicle surrounded by less...massive and less armed machines that Tia assumed were civilian vehicles. Fiddling around with the damaged machines for a few minutes, Tia found that the machines operated off of some kind of reactor she had never seen. These reactors were damaged, though, but energy traces showed that some kind of high-energy particle had been contained and used for energy. She also found what looked like an assault rifle of sorts from inside the military vehicle but it didn't work and the magazine feed was empty. Once again, energy tracing showed that the weapon most likely used a similar energy source as the vehicles.

Intrigued, snapped her fingers, summoning a small glyph similar to the one that transported her here, but with different engravings. She tossed the rifle and a few components of the vehicles into the glyph. The objects fell into the glyph and with another snap of the fingers, the symbol closed. And so Tia continued her walk towards the downtown area, ignoring the boy tailing her for the most part.

-Wayu

[A. Zerran]

-45 minutes ago.

Somewhere, in a hangar bay that was underground and off the Guardians, Mercenaries, or AMF's girds and radars.

The little Mr. Zerran was reading the day's paper, which was holographic. He then noticed an article which said that New Rozenom City had taken over by a new terrorist group calling themselves Neo Illuminus. He was startled that the AMF couldn't even stop them, asking himself, "Who the hell are these guys? I thought those megid-worshiping terrorists were bad enough, but now this?" He immediately accessed his computer in the large room he was in, and contacted GRM. "GRM Control Delta, this is pilot Adam Zerran, requesting permission to infiltrate New Rozenom City and to take down Neo Illuminus from the inside-" "Negative, pilot. We're already handling the situation", said the operator, interrupting the young pilot. "GRM's best robotic operatives have already infiltrated the city and..." She paused. "...What?! Repeat that?! Our casts operatives have lost contact with us?!" "It looks like your 'advanced operatives' have been taken out, Control Delta", said Adam, as he put on a smug grin on his face. The operator let out a frustrated sigh, and then talked to Adam again. "All right, pilot Zerran. You have permission to engage, but don't kill anyone, enemy or not, unless necessary. And if anyone asks what you're part of, state that you are working on you're own. You're unofficially working for GRM, and we want to keep it that way. Is that clear?" "Yes, that's clear. I won't tell anyone that I'm part of you guys. Oh, and will I get paid for this? I am a pilot for hire after all." The operator was becoming more frustrated by the minute from the events that unfolded so far. "Yes, you'll be paid. Now go and infiltrate already!" The pilot snickered, and ended the communication link. He looked at his larger blue Cast Suit Mobile. "Glaidor...time for another spin."

He grabbed all the equipment necessary for the mission, including his pistol, his saber, medical supplies, Foie grenades, and his handbag to carry the stuff, (save for the pistol and saber), which had some other things in it as well. He put on his combat suit, got his goggles, and entered Glaidor. "Oh, this is gonna be fun!" He inserted a key card, activating the CSM, and pressed some buttons. The hangar bay doors opened like an underground runway going diagonally up. After pressing some more buttons and keys on holographic key boards and whatnot, he launched. His destination: New Rozenom City.

-Present time.

The pilot was nearing New Rozenom City. He activated the CSM's cloaking field, making it invisible from normal radar and from eye sight. But he had to act fast, as the cloaking field took quite a bit of an energy toll on the CSM. He then searched for a hole in Neo Illuminus's security rounds. When he found a few, he flew to a nearby area outside of the city and landed. When he got out, the CSM was still cloaked. The cloaking field can still be active while this particular CSM was offline, and it took very little energy, allowing the field to be left on for many hours. And even if the cloaking field turned off, the pilot had nothing to worry about, as this CSM couldn't be destroyed by conventional weaponry. He ran to the city, watching out for patrols, and went through the hole of his choice. Once inside the city, he drew out his pistol, and loaded it with a photon rounds clip. He scanned the area around him, trying to spot any enemies in the area. Nobody was around where he was. He then entered an abandoned skyscraper, which was crawling with enemies. He then thought to himself, "If I remember right, there's a basement in this building with a lot of left over scrap metal and some old tools. If I can get there, I can make it into a small base of operations against these guys." He sneaked around in the ventilation shaft and got to the basement.

Apparently, Neo Illuminus had already used most of the scrap metal along with some of their own technology to make a large makeshift computer that kept track of the security checkpoints and the personnel in charge of security. But there was only 3 guards stationed here. Adam sneaked about, and then threw a Foie grenade at their position. When it reached their feet, they looked down, confused.

They've never seen something like this before. When they picked it up to see what it is, it then exploded, killing the one holding it and setting the rest on fire, in addition to the explosion's radius. They died within a quarter of a minute. The pilot ran to the computer and brought out his own laptop. He then connected it to the large computer, and contacted GRM to help him hack the thing. Within minutes, the large computer was under the pilot's control. He then reversed the computer's purpose, checking for only AMF, Mercenaries, Guardians, and any other types of operatives that worked for groups that keep the peace.

He found several that had infiltrated the city. "Good thing I'm not the only one here. Now to get some allies." He started by contacting a Guardian operative titled only by the name of 'Atlis'. "Guardian operative, can you hear me?"

[Seth Astra]

Altis had made it up several floors in the building, stealthily killing several Neo Illuminus soldiers. Now he was following a man with a large sword down a long hallway on the outside of the building. The wall on his right was glass, while there were no doors anywhere nearby on his left. "Guardian operative, can you hear me?" Altis's communication system buzzed to life with the voice of an unfamiliar man.
"Umm... Yeah, hold on a minute," Altis said as the man turned and charged him. As the human brought his sword down, Altis slipped out of the way and brought his spear across, striking the man in the chest. However, the spear was stopped by the man's line shield. "So, they actually bother to keep some of you alive," Altis said to the man.
The man lifted his sword out of the ground and made a large, sweeping stroke, which Altis backpeddled away from, his line shield just barely being grazed by the sword. Rushing back in, Altis thrust his spear towards the man's chest again, this time his strike was intercepted by the man's sword. They pushed against each other, sparks flying from one another's blades. Realizing he was in no position to win the clash, Altis pulled his spear back and dodged away from the subsequent swing of the blade. Rushing back in, Altis swung his spear, striking the man hard in the shoulder, and heavily damaging his line shield. Slipping to the man's side, Altis quickly advanced, performing several rapid stabs which the man barely manged to deflect. One final blow struck the man in the chest, sending him back and flying out the window.
Sticking his head through the large hole, Altis saw a number of Neo Illuminus soldiers below him. At least, he assumed that's who they were, judging by the hail of bullets he barely steped back in time to avoid. Swapping his spear out, he drew a crossbow and leaned out the window, not bothering to use his slicer. Of course, a crossbow wasn't much more accurate, but he managed to cause the soldiers to scatter, at least. However, he then saw one of the soldiers had a bazooka, and was aiming it right where Altis was. Taking a few steps back, Altis lept through the window and out into the open air. Re-equipping his spear, he positioned himself on top of the handle. Gripping tightly, he focused a bit of his own internal photon energy into the weapon, which shot forwards of its own accord, sending Altis through the window of a building on the opposite side of the street. Looking back out, the building he was just in had collapsed partially, raining down on the soldiers below. Quickly slipping deeper inside the building, Altis focused back on whoever had contacted him, "This is Altis Durge. Who are you and how did you contact me?"

[Deciton_Reven]

Hmm?

Two guardians suddenly burst onto the scene below Cyseris's feet. A brawny newman and a small human. Cyseris's face twisted into a half happy, half disappointed snarl. They forced her hand, and her hand was to whip around the wall pointing her rifle directly at the familiar man. On a clearer view she could see he was indeed the man she knew as 'Paleman'. Paleman was the one that shot Paaru in the back.

"Freeze scumbags, you are surrounded. We're Guardians, not executioners!" Cyseris called loudly as to get everyone's attention.

Paleman and Cyseris were looking directly at each other, not paying attention to the others around them.

Finally, whispered:

"Paleman."

"Angel-ears."

[FOkyasuta]

After i sheathed my swords away i thought, "Angel-Ears... That has an odd and hateful ring to it... Well. Looks like i wont have to step-in after all!" Some deity must have heard me and got mad or something cause within like a split second i heard the sound of shattering glass somewhere and plop. Right were i was gonna take my first step outta cover a dead body with a huge holes around his upper torso fell from above. "Holy crap Morrighan! Was that really necessary?" Then i covered my mouth. And slowly creaked my head to look at the people in the despite. All of their pupils were now focused on me and not each other. I muttered the following words, "Son of b****." under my breath.

[A. Zerran]

"Mr. Durge, my name is Adam Zerran. I'm a Cast Suit Mobile pilot for hire. I came here of my own will to help anyone affiliated with the AMF, the Guardians, the Mercenaries, and everyone else who's trying to take down Neo Illuminus. I'm currently stationed in the basement of a sky scraper that has a walk-able roof. It's on the city's first left block. Gather up any other Guardian operatives that are in the city and tell them to go the location I'm at. I have set up a small base of operations, but don't go through the main entrance. The ground floor's swarming with Neo Illuminus's security team. I think this is the primary security check point for them. Use the vents. Zerran out." He ended the call.

[Mega Ultra Chicken]

"You will not interfere" said one of the unnamed captors. He and the agent next to him drew a pair of handguns and pointed them toward the duo.

"Whatever. Have it your way." Ken summoned a photon-infused... chunk of beef. "Stay behind me and let me take their fire" he whispered to Kory. He gripped the glowing bone handle and charged forth. Kory brandished his twin daggers and followed right behind him.

Ken let his sturdy body soak up the damage of the oncoming photon bullets until he got close enough to make a strong swing at the first captor. The target evaded the swing and retaliated with a string of bullets, but Ken smacked the target with his weapon before the target could evade again. Ken then leaped into the air with his weapon raised and descended toward his enemy...

Meanwhile, Kory slipped out from behind Ken and approached the second captor, feinting before repeatedly tearing at his enemy. As the captor began to stumble, Kory moved in for a crisp slice with his right dagger that dispatched him.

Ken's leap just barely missed his target. He promptly switched out his mallet for a pair of mechanized Screw Gloves and summarily battered his target with a barrage of punches. Ken's wounds then caught up to him, forcing him to kneel to catch his breath. He whipped out a Monomate used it to revitalize himself.

[Daak]

Daak had stood at the window for quite some time now and watched the newman and his human accomplice fighting two of the four humans that were holding guns. Through his observation, he had found out that, the newman was quite the fist to fist fighter and that his human partner was one of those quick on their feet and with their weapons guy, an interesting duo... He smiled as he realized that they were a great team and their moves were synchronized as he saw the bulky newman absorb some bullets in order for the quick human to jump up behind him to kill one of the two targets. He had also noticed that another being had made their way into the alley it seemed to be a female cast holding a rifle. She said something about guardians what is that Daak wondered. All this was really getting to his head he was very confused about all this ... he was just gone stay seated for now and continue to watch the scene that was unfolding down in the alley…

[Mega Ultra Chicken]

What Daak mistook for expert coordination was shattered.

"Ha! You keep missing, windbag!" Kory taunted, "Who's the weak one now?"

"We'll see about that on the next boss" Ken replied, "Actually, forget that. I'm not dealing with some little twerp that just wants to start a fight."

"You're one to talk! According to you, 'real men' recklessly dive into combat" Kory said.

"It's far more honorable than cowering behind a corner."

"Maybe honor isn't always the best choice! The bad guys want you to play by the rules so that they can make a mockery of you."

"I thought maybe you'd have more sense than those idiots from the Flyer, but I guess I was wrong" Ken concluded.

"Likewise" said Kory.

The two turned their backs on each other.

[Wayu]

The sound of shattering glass caught Tia's attention. Alarmed, she disappeared from sight and with a muffled boom reappeared on the roof of the 3 story building to her left.

Looking around, she noticed a man falling from one of the higher buildings in the area. The body hit the ground with a soft thud, followed by what looked like oddly colored gunfire shooting up at the window where the man had fallen from. Upon closer inspection, Tia saw the suicidal man she had tossed unceremoniously into the warp symbol leap onto another nearby rooftop to avoid an explosion.

"Well, he's still alive." The tension in the air spiked suddenly, and the blonde woman was alerted to the boy from before being confronted by what seemed like some kind of soldier. Well, not her problem.

Judging that the streets were probably not the best way to get to the metropolis center without being shot at or something, Tia resumed her travels by leaping from rooftop to rooftop. Most of the buildings were evenly spaced, allowing her to cross the expanse without a running jump. Some gaps were larger, though, and required a bit of speed. For those she was forced to run and jump, but for the most part minimal effort was required. Hopefully she'd be able to find someone that wasn't trigger happy to tell her where she was and what was going on.

-Wayu

[FOkyasuta]

Phew. I let out a sigh of relief as i saw a bit of the fight before i ran out of alley i was in and man those people could fight. Not only with their mouths, But their fists to! Looks like the Elf Vs. Giant thing still persists! I guess they could tell i wasn't sided. I shrugged. "Why is it so hard for humans to understand that they should STAY neutral?" Then it came to mind, "I wonder what would have happened if i i was on a side?" I shuddered at such a thought.

What were they talking about though? Furthermore why did i care? I just wanted revenge for now and i was tired. Then something just jumped over me when i looked up after i heard footsteps. "Yeah that lady so not a Succubus. Shes just so beautiful it might have gone to her head or some crazy thing only known to girls." I sighed, And found a nice little spot to take a *Yawn* nap... Wasn't like home but, It'll do.

[RenzokukenZ]

After whistling and wandering for half an hour, Zelik silenced himself as the sudden boom of gunfire was heard in the distance. He stood his ground and began examining the horizon, a forest of towers was all to be seen. Before he could pinpoint the location of the gunfire, the rustling sound of many footsteps grew loudly towards the Sergeant. Within moments, two armed gunmen appeared from an alleyway, their uniforms bearing resemblance to those of the Neo Illuminus.

"Stop where you- Huh, where did he go?"

The men stood baffled as the street they charged into was empty, save for a few crates left behind from a crashed supply truck. One of the men ordered the other to investigate the crates, while he went to search the downed truck on the other side of the street. The truck was laid on its side, and was big enough to provide cover. Keeping this in mind, the gunman circled around the vehicle, weapon steady, and spotted... nothing? He was about to relax his weapon, until the sound of a hard thud came from near the crates.

The gunman appeared from behind the truck and spotted his partner on the floor by the crates, his lifeless face expressing painful release. Before the remaining soldier could react, he felt the cold pressure of a large gun barrel touching the back of his head.

A head that was no more as a bullet splattered its contents all around, the deafening bang echoed through the concrete jungle.

"Never thought I had to hide in a box again. And the AMF can't handle these losers? Pah, they're not worth being shot at by Rosetta, or any other gun I have. Isn't that right, Rosetta?" The sergeant gently rubs the barrel of his antique pistol. Just then, his seasoned eyes caught sight of a shadowy figure prancing on the rooftops.

"So, I kill your buddies and you want to make a run for it? I think not!" Zelik placed his pistol above his left forearm for stability, and took a few shots at the figure's way.

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[NeonaPulsar]

OOC: lol, you guys are having a blast of a posting spree. I have not read it through yet as its a lot to read, with just about every post a wall. XD But i will get to it and get in. :)

[Daak]

Daak still stood on the window watching the fight in the alley.
It seemed that the duo had killed two of four enemy organisms. One of the other humans holding a gun suddenly got very scared and in fear he grabbed one of the hostages , a young girl around fourteen fifteen she stumbled and nearly fell but the armed human pulled her up and pressed his photon gun against the side of her head.
He screamed trying to reassemble his strength that he had lost at the sight of two of his companions getting killed by the duo, who now actually seemed to be fighting them self `` Nobody moves or the insides of her head will be sliding down on this wall´´. The girl started to silently cry; tears running down her cheeks, she looked at the gun as if she was trying to tell herself this weren’t real. The other enemy was still staring at the female cast who was pointing a rifle at him he did not seem to care about what his partner was doing...
Daak was seriously considering that he should go and interfere at the sight of the crying girl, but he was to shocked and so he stood at the window and watched…

[Mega Ultra Chicken]

Upon hearing the third captor's fit of rage, Kory was provoked. Why remain angry? He was better than that! He was eons more principled than that knuckle-headed boor who mocked his skills, and now he would show just how (self-)righteous he is. "Just shut up already!" Kory whipped out his handguns and opened fire on the Neo Illuminus agent, aiming for his head.

[Deciton_Reven]

The death-stare between Cyseris and Paleman had been going on for quite sometime. Neither flinched or even blinked, do to knowing what the other was capable of. Then the final hostage taker began to act, grabbing a nearby girl for protection.

"No body move the insides of her head will be sliding down on this wall." He commanded.

No calculation was needed to be done here to weigh priority targets. In a fluid motion, Cyseris shot the unnamed man square in the head. The shot felled the man instantly, causing him and the girl to fall back, but preventing his hand from pulling the trigger. She laid there sobbing loudly now, clearly thinking the shot was the last sound she would ever hear. In a minute or so she would realize that, besides her psyche, the only thing hurt was her arm, having a nasty scrap from hitting the hard pavement.

Cyseris would not see that part, though, because in the time the a fore mentioned acts took place Paleman made his move. His handgun at his side was traded out for a wand, with which he preformed a zonde technique which hit the unaware Cyseris, stunning her. Then he proceeded to flee from the fight right between the gaint-sized newman and his human friend.

And he was fast, chiming in, "Say hi to all the new friends you're going to make on your trip, Angel-ears!"

It was not the first time he had done this to Cyseris...
___

"No, no, it's alright Paaru," said Cyseris trying to comfort her friend. "I know it hurts bad right now, but none of your wounds are life threatening. A monomate should relieve your pain."

"Cyse-" Paaru tried to warn her, but as soon as her rifle was stored the zonde technique hit Cyseris.

She fell, stunned, next to Paaru, and dropped the most valuable monomate, which proceeded to slide across the floor.

"Hello again, Pudgy and Angel-ears, I'm glad you came to sit and chat," the pale human smirked. "Y'know, I don't really know why this crazy cult wants to enslave, or, even annihilate you casts completely. I been having a rather fun time playing with you Angel-ears. Pudgy here, not so much. Still, killing other intelligent beings seems like so much of a waste. I'll tell you what, Angel-ears, I'll take Pudgy here with me, and if you can catch me, I'll -ah- tell you were his round little belly is."

He had at that point grabbed Paaru's collar and began to drag him away.

"But be quick, not only is Pudgy going to be in severe pain from these skillfully delivered wounds, but, all these crazy folks I'm hanging out with are going to blow up this city. Bye." And with that he turned the corner and disappeared.
___

... but this time she fell, not next to her friend, but off a balcony into the alley below. She would be okay, aside from a throbbing pain for a while after the stun wore off, because a two story fall is not life threatening to a well built cast like her.

[Daak]

The man who had held the girl hostage had been killed twice now from the front one of the two guardians had shot him, but in the same moment from the second floor of the building the Female cast who had ended her stare down with the last enemy had also put a photon bullet through his head. ``Palema´´ who had suddenly pulled a wand had hit her with his zonde and she had fallen of the second floor and onto the hard pavement. The man she had called ``Paleman´´ before put away his weapon and fled the scene. Daak had made up his mind to finally interfere and so he jumped out of the window and down the building and landed with a loud noise next to the fallen female CAST he lifted her up and placed her against the wall he would let the duo of guardians handle the fleeing enemy. `` Hey hey are you okay? ´´

[A. Zerran]

A voice called out to Zelik. It sounded close by. "Cease fire, Sargent Zelik! That person is not with Neo Illuminus! Stand down, now!" The voice had a thick British accent. As the source of the voice closed in, there was only distortions through the air wherever this person was. He deactivated the stealth camouflage to reveal who he was to Zelik. "I am Master Sargent Neil Lightning of the AMF. And aren't you supposed to be discharged, 'Sargent' Zelik?"

[Enforcer MKV]

................signs of photon energy discharge detected.
.......Major damage sustained.
.............Mobility -none-
................................................Ch ance of survival: LOW

....."If I had a Meseta for every time I heard that one."

I looked up as my vision came back on, and surveyed the room. It was dark, and I had my back against a wall, half-slumped over. My Gimnas armor was scuffed and pot-marked, and I couldn't move my legs.

"Just another day."

What had knocked me out? I'd entered the city - alone - to help engage the Neo Illuminus forces that had seized control of the area. I'd started off looking for anyone that was friendly; Guardians, AMF, even Communion, but had only found the Illuminus. And corpses. Lots of corpses.

I was Ex-AMF, so I was use to the death, but these guys....they were tough. I'd been handling them pretty well, but they cornered me, and blew the damn building down on top of me. How this room hadn't collapsed, I hadn't the foggiest, but I could hear a lot of running coming towards me, and I couldn't move...

It didn't bode well.

There was an entrance on either side of me, and I slowly pointed a Viper at each door, before activating both my Guardians Transponder, and my old AMF Comms. It was risky, but I had no other option. I was weak, immobile, and devoid of support. Hopefully, someone else was in this city, and could help me.

*This is Enforcer MKV, of the GUARDIANS. I am Ex-AMF, trapped and immobile in a partially destroyed building in New Rozenom City. My location is being transmitted in this message. If there is anyone out there, please respond. I have unconfirmed contacts bearing down on my location and -KKZZCH- DAMN! MULTIPLE CONTACTS*

.....It seemed they weren't very friendly.

Oh, well.....things are never so easy.

[Wayu]

The fighting only got stronger as Tia progressed towards the center of the metropolis. Anxiety, fear, anger, retribution hung in the air. The negative emotions polluted the city, smothering it like a thick smog. A few stray 'bullets' comprised of supercondensed energy occasionally flew by her, creating large indents in the buildings, almost like someone had punched the wall.

"Geez...what savage weaponry..." Tia stopped to observe a fairly large impact hole out of the many she saw. "Almost no penetration and all impact. Not very elegant."

Continuing on, Tia passed a number of skirmishes. The weapons used by the locals appeared to be some kind of force-impulse weapon, similar to that of water guns - energy (water) was compressed and then fired using the pressure as a propellant. It seemed most likely that the gun she picked up earlier was one of these weapons.

A number of blocks later, Tia felt a high level of aggression became directed at her. Two shots were fired, one that whizzed right past her. The second shot she avoided when she jumped to clear a gap between bridges. Some man yelled something at her, but she decided to ignore him and continue onwards. However, the man began to pursue her, much to her chagrin and annoyance. Even if there was a civil war going on, why couldn't at least one person sit down and chat over a cup of tea?

As the thought about tea flittered into her mind, Tia decided to take a break. Her feet ground to a halt as she stopped on the roof right next to a large apartment complex. Winding up her legs, she took one large leap to the top of the complex. Stretching out a little, she sat down on an relatively undamaged bench and snapped her fingers. The glyph that she tossed the gun from earlier materialized next to her. Reaching into the glyph, Tia retrieved a small white tea cup. Setting it down on the bench, she took out a teapot and poured herself some hot red tea. A sugar cube and a teaspoon later, Tia nonchalantly began sipping her tea while looking out over the embattled city, not noticing (or perhaps not caring) the several dozen oddly uniformed men nearing the complex.

-Wayu

[Mega Ultra Chicken]

"Trying to outpace me is futile" Kory said. He switched to his claws and gave chase to Paleman. "Kory's First Law of Combat: Never run away from an Acrofighter. They can always keep you from escaping." He then boosted into the air using a shockwave of photon energy and spread out his arms, preparing to pounce on his target.

Ken instead nonchalantly pulled out his hammer of beef and threw it at the escaping Neo Illuminus operative.

[Enforcer MKV]

I was getting really tired.

I had spent the last 30 minutes plugging Illuminus as they came after me, but for some reason, it was getting worse instead of better. I don't know why, but something just felt wrong. And not normal wrong, either.

First, I had taken two or three solid hits, and was bleed - pardon me - leaking and now I was seeing things. I mean, I thought I'd seen a lady drinking tea on a roof top through a hole a misfire from a rifle had made. She wasn't there now, but geez, was I going loopy. Losing too much oil.

And now, I was hearing skittering, like some kind of bugs were running around.

"If they have crawlers, I really think I've had it." I grumbled under my breath.

There was no way the Illuminus had something like that, right?

The signal was still going, I had it on repeat. There were no Illuminus now, but I was leaking out, and had no way to patch myself up. All my monos were spent.

*Need assistance - bleeding out. Situation Critical. This is GUARDIAN Enforcer MKV, calling any friendly forces in the area. Please respond - I beg of you.*

I looked around for anything to slow the flow, and tore off a bit of robe from an Illuminus, and stuffed it in the hole.

[FOkyasuta]

I was sleeping like an angel... Till my Helm started to act up AGAIN. Ive would have been so mad to the point of destroying it if it weren't for the fact i picked up the following message,

"This is Enforcer MKV, of the GUARDIANS. I am Ex-AMF, trapped and immobile in a partially destroyed building in New Rozenom City. My location is being transmitted in this message. If there is anyone out there, please respond. I have unconfirmed contacts bearing down on my location and -KKZZCH- DAMN! MULTIPLE CONTACTS!"

I was scratching my helm again. Thinking, "Why does it keep picking up distant voices? Why does this person sound like their in desperate help? Why am i idle?" So many questions. One possible answer. It goes a bit like this.

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"Hey Dragon Crest? Since your so smart, why don't you take me to were this person is? Since your like the brains and all." I'm pretty sure i heard a tick go off in brain cause well. My visor went down and it felt like i had absolutely no control over my body. I got up, Stormed past the battle i just ran from jumping and kick planting some guy running away as i twirled off of him as i ran around the corner. I also stormed though some other battles while dodging the attacks as i kick planted along peoples faces and the whole thing looked like i was dancing somehow. Then i ran ran up some stairs. Long ones and Finally, I was Jumping across roof tops at an Unnatural speed. Usually mixing and matching Forward dives, Skips, Front & back flips, Sprint jumps, Twirl Jumps and the occasional normal jump. Then i skidded to a halt. I picked up something again,

*Need assistance - bleeding out. Situation Critical. This is GUARDIAN Enforcer MKV, calling any friendly forces in the area. Please respond - I beg of you.*

And what do i know? Ignored for the time being. Why? I see that succubus from earlier. I lifted my middle and index finger and flicked them off my helm as i teased her cheerfully, "Ya o sanshō!" before running off again. I was sooo tempted to punch that Tea Cup outta her hand as i kept running but hey. The Helm was in charge. Not me. And before i know it the ride stopped and the Visor flew wide open showing a door of some sorts. "This it?" I spoke out loud. No response. I'll take that as a yes then. Without hesitation i kicked the door open and fell down a stair well.... Then another... before stopping. Here was another door. But this one didnt have a latch. Or a Knob. I knocked and Shouted. "Hello? Is this were Enforcer MKV called?" I patiently waited for a Response.

[Enforcer MKV]

"Hello? Is this were Enforcer MKV called?"

"Is someone there? There are a pile of bodies lying in front of the door...You're gonna have to force it open! I can try to shoot the door, if you want, or you can do it. Your choice!"

I hope I wasn't hearing things again...

[FOkyasuta]

I thought, "Shoot?" He sounded like he needed help and arrows wont break down this door... And he did say it was my choice so... I took a couple steps back, Withdrew my lance And charged right into the door sending it and the bodies right smack into the wall and found the person in distress in a corner. "

Now were can he be?" I said as i put the lance on my back now folded while i looked over the room. I saw he poor guy in a corner and i ran over to him and bent down on my right knee and looked at him. "You look pretty beat up... How'd you get like this?" I asked as i pulled out a Bandage Roll. And were does it hurt?

[Enforcer MKV]

Suddenly, the door broke down and my rescuer revealed himself amid a flurry of flying flesh-heaps.

He scurried over and asked me how I'd gotten beat up, and where I'd gotten hurt, as he pulled out a roll of cloth. Guess he was out of mates, too.

"Well, in regards to your first question, a combination of the poor souls that lay around us, and the building that was almost dropped on my head.

As for the second.." I pulled out the robe that I'd stuffed in the wound on my left side, "This spot is the worst. At least in terms of oil leaking. Both my legs were shot from an earlier engagement. I can't really move. Got any Star atomizers, at least? I doubt that roll of cloth will do much to patch me u-"

I was cut off by a bit of a pain.

"...Yeah, I'm definitely gonna feel that in the morning."

[FOkyasuta]

I looked at him again. Something just wasn't right. *Snap* There we go! He wasn't human. And oil? Whats oil? Star Atomizer? I was confused... Maybe Errin has changed a little TO much while i was asleep..."So you were fighting... Who against who? What against what? And whats a Star Atomizer?" Then a rock fell on top of my helm.

It had come to mind that i wasn't thinking hard enough. "Whoa whoa. Your not a human?" I inspected him with a close look. It was clear he definitely not a human. Or anything human related in this case! I tapped his arm and it made some type of metal-like noise. "So your kinda like a metal golem of some sort? That can actually speak?!" I astonishingly spoke.

[Enforcer MKV]

My rescuer became confused after I asked for a Star. I listened to him ramble on before he finally asked "So you're kinda like a metal golem of some sorts? That can actually speak?!"

I felt my eyes dim. I didn't think I was going to get much in the way of repairs from him. I decided, instead, to stuff the roll of cloth from the Neo back into the hole, and try to acclimate him.

"I'm called a CAST. I'm a mechanical race. I suppose the word "Golem" would be fitting, in this case. Oil.....well, oil is more or less my blood. Just think of it as Cast-blood. I was fighting against these people," I branished my hand across the room, "The Neo Illuminus. They're a human fundamentalist group - the remnants of one, anyway, that is bent on genociding or forcing into servitude the likes of Casts, Beasts, and Neumans. Things.....aren't going so well, as you can see. I took out scores of them, but....there were just too many of them. It's impossible for anyone to hold out forever. I was forced into this building, and they tried to drop it on my head. My legs were taken out in the process, and well...you know the rest, more or less.

....Say, you didn't happen to see a women drinking tea on a building earlier, did you, I know that sounds crazy, but today's been crazy enough it seems."

[FOkyasuta]

I Fell to my Knees after what he said and replied with a trace of blankness, "Yeah... I have.." I stashed the Bandages away and stood up. Hm. "Well... CAST. Since your part golem..." I put my hands together and i focused my brain. "And bandages wont work... Perhaps healing magic might do the trick!"

I dropped my hands and voila! Five glowing charges of the healing skill was charged and ready to go! I let out my hand over him and one by one the charges vanished into him and before you know it the Wound is no more. I Let out a sigh of relief. "Feeling better?" I said with a Smile.

[Enforcer MKV]

The bit of cloth had fallen out, and the hole in my side was gone.

"Yeah, that works. I feel much better. Gotta love Resta.."

I gingerly got to my feet and picked my pistols up, and let them disappear into my nanotransformer. I was still more than just a bit dinged up, but I could move. I brought out my rifle, and walked to the hole I had seen the lady through.

"I wonder if our lady friend is still around." I muttered as I peered out the window.

"You said you've seen her before, right? Is she friendly?"

[FOkyasuta]

"Heh resta... Thats what they call it now a days?" I replyed. "Oh um that lady? Ive seen her before. Well only twice really. Both in an attempt to run away you know? Other then that i barely know her. Succubus are crazy man. I mean if they were crazy back then, There gonna be crazy now!" I shook his hand tad cowardly. "Oh before i forget again!" A drop of sweat fell down from my hair to my face.

"My name is HUkyastuo." I shook his hand yet again exept this time it was firm and full of joy. Like my voice! "You can call me Kyasuto or Yasu. I dont mind what you call me as long as its not Huk. That gets annoying reeeaaaal quick." I smiled and looked at the weapon in his hands. "Thats a, Funny looking sword you got there." I pulled out mine.
"Sure there not as big as yours, It doesn't mean that they hurt less!"

[Enforcer MKV]

I continued looking out the window. "Ah, my name is Enforcer. Enforcer MKV. And don't worry about this thing," I held up the rifle while still looking outside, "this isn't a sword. It's called a rifle. Basically it allows me to hit things from a distance, so I don't have to get close and risk injury. It might seem a bit cowardly, but it's better to take care of aggressors before they get to the people I want to protect, rather than after."

I placed my hand on the wall, and looked at Yasu. "What did you call her? A...Succubus? Don't think I've ever heard of those, before. Well, either way, we should try to find her. She might need help. Besides, the more the merrier, right?"

"Here, let's get out of here, first. It'll be easier once we aren't in danger of being buried. Hell, it's a surprise I wasn't. Either way, follow me." I took point, and started creeping towards the exit, rifle raised.

[Seth Astra]

Altis sighed and pulled himself to his feet. He hadn't gotten to inform the man who contacted him that he didn't take orders from anybody except Guardians HQ. Of course, he didn't have time to worry about such things, since Neo Illuminus would be on him in no time. Picking up his spear, he brought up a holographic display and started adjusting the photon weapon enhancement art system (or photon art system, for short). Getting a running start, he flipped a switch and threw his spear forwards underhanded. A gravity distortion around the weapon caused it to levitate along the ground about a foot and a half high, still moving from the momentum. Altis then lept on to it as if it were a surfboard. He slammed the tail end towards the ground and the weapon sped forwards, weilder and all.
"I always wanted to use this function," Altis thought to himself, cruising through the halways of the buildings. Every so often he'd leap off, cut down a few Neo Illuminus soldiers, and remount, without missing a beat. He even crashed through several windows, leaping from building to building.

[FOkyasuta]

"Yeah that sounds like a pretty good idea. And your lucky i was in the range of picking up your plea! I wonder what would have happened if i wasn't..." I shuddered, "Makes me shudder every-time i wonder to think about it." I Sniffed the air. I smelled everything, Burnt metal, fire etc etc. Everything but a trace of mana. Maybe Eweca hasn't rose yet... It would have by now... "We should take the stairs, we'll have a easier chance of spotting her if she hasn't moved." I proudly stated. I looked at Enforcer as i followed him up the stairs. "And i know what you mean by the more the merrier. I know that lesson well. A little to well." I ran ahead of him and opened a door i fell through to let him pass.


"So your saying you have absolutely no idea what a Succubus is? Well, I tend to think of them as... Female Soul Reapers and they use there tongues as sickles to harvest your soul through a kiss. To keep you forever." I shuddered again... "I hate slaying them and im sorta scared of them... But since you said Casts are like small golems and from the looks of it they come with cunning and strength... I say me and you can take her if it ever goes bad! If it does..." As we exited the building though the rooftops access i eyed the rifle he held in his hand ever so firmly. "So that's like a crossbow, Minus the lower range. But were you load the arrows?" I questioned.

[Enforcer MKV]

I listened to him talk about the "Succubus" while we went towards the roof. They didn't sound very friendly to me. Pity. Even if I had to run the risk of getting hurt again, I was going to at least try to make contact with her. We had enough trouble going on without us shooting at potential allies. I kept a firm hold on my Phantom rifle, the dark blue giving me a small bit of comfort.

The SEED, The Illuminus, The Neo Illuminus, all of it. I was so sick of the fighting. I didn't want to have to kill anymore, especially a women. Too many good people have already been lost....

My attention was brought back by the light that now flooded my vision. We'd made it to the roof. My new companion asked me about my rifle, comparing it to a crossbow that you loaded arrows in.

"Well....it doesn't really work like that. We have bows and crossbows, but you don't load individual shots into them. It's more like a reserve.

We have this kind of energy, called Photons. Think of it as...well, as the power of the light. We harness that light, and use it to power just about everything. Here, look at this...."

I pulled out a photon charge and let the spherical ball of light roll around in my outstretched hand.

"This is a photon charge, we use it to mantain power in our weapons. Rifles, swords, they let us power all of it...."

I felt my eyes glow brightly for a second.

"The Holy Light looks over us all. I suppose it might have helped you find me."

I shook my head, aggitated.

"And these damn Neo Illuminus use that same power to fuel their foul machines that are trying to ruin everyones life. They MUST be stopped, even if I have to sacrifice myself so that everyone else can live a peaceful life!"

I placed the photon charge back in my nanotransformer, and looked around.

"Anyway, shouldn't we look for this Succubus of yours? I know you're rather scared of them, but don't worry, I'll make sure nothing happens. Besides, we don't even know if she's really all that bad. Isn't it wrong to judge individuals before you talk to them?"

I thought about the people I had shot earlier...and shifted uncomfortably.

[FOkyasuta]

I heard him go on about photons... The power of light. That was something new... Perhaps non existent till now! But the power of the Holy Light... Wasn't that supposed to be Lymark? And people were using it for wrong doings?! What the hell is going on in Errin?! If i probably told him... *Gulp* I might be knocked out. Done for. I don't want that! Guess i'll just play along then... It is kinda fun after-all. Besides who saved Errin, Not once, Twice or thrice? Me.

"Well... You'd have to thank the dragon crest on my head." I patted the little dragon that decorated my helm top. "It picked up your call for help while i was taking a little nap. Dunno how and why but it just did. Its been like that for a while to." Then i heard him go on about the bad guys, The Neo Illuminus. After he was done i patted him on the back. "Don't worry! With me on your side theirs no chance they can win! I did save a Goddess after all." I smiled as he looked at me. "We'll go look for that succubus like you asked. Sure i know its wrong to judge people like that but when you see them dressed like she was? You get the point that shes a Succubus the first time you lay your eyes on her. Get what im saying Pal?"

[Enforcer MKV]

He comforted me a little after my little speech. (Speeches, ugh, a bad habit.) And said that it was his helm that had picked up my transmission...

"huh, so that Helm is what picked the signal up. Well, thank you both, either way. We might have to take a look later on."

Then he mentioned the Succubus' clothing.

"huh? What do you mean?"

I tried to remember what she was wearing, but it escaped me.

I started scanning the roof-tops to see if I saw anyone...

Either my eyes were malfunctioning, or she was nowhere to be found.

All things considered, it could be either..

[FOkyasuta]

"Well... Ive fought a White Succubus before... And she was wearing all white i think..." I thought for a bit. "Oh now i remember what she was wearing!" I shuddered as i got a visual image. "I saw her wearing a white sleeveless like shirt while sporting some odd metal plated gloves and boots a of some sort and she had blond hair. Very long hair blond hair i might add!And she had a short red cape of some-sort under all that hair... and that's all that i could really get before i kinda...Um... Ran off?" I seemed cowardly. But i continued anyway.


"Sure she may not seem like a Succubus type of person but every Succubus looks good and she was kinda..." I blushed a bit. "Gorgeous." I blushed a bit more. "And the fact that she walked in a fancy way didn't help ether. I haven't seen that walk but it wasn't that hard to figure out she was a Succubus." I was blushing alot now... Yet i couldn't feel one bit of it. "I mean the only people Ive seen like that are women i know really, really well and of course Succubi. And i didn't know her... And you can kinda see were it went from there Enforcer..." I Rubbed the back of my helm in embarrassment as i finished.

[Enforcer MKV]

I finished listening to his tale, and sat down on the roof, of which I had done a brief scan that had shown it to be stable.

"She does sound quite pretty. Though, that isn't enough to say she's a Succubus. I've seen plenty of pretty women before, and I've never heard of them sucking out people's souls with a kiss. I'm sure if we just talk, it'll be fine. Well, if we find her, that is."

I looked around. "Actually, do you mind scanning the horizen and looking? I uh....need to run a diagnostic and -"

I stopped and thought that he might not know what that is.

"I need to....sleep? I'm pretty tired from everything that happened, despite being healed. I'll be able to wake up if anything happens, but it's always nice to have someone close by....just in case."

He nodded, and so I let myself slip into diagnostic mode.....

[FOkyasuta]

I dont know if i shoulda face-palmed or went with the flow. Cause i mean i ran like a wolf on a hunt, Dodged firefights... Healed a golem and blew all my mana... Yeah i should take a break. I pulled out the Lance i adored so much and put my right arm over the handle and sat down with my right leg over my left leg and closed my eyes. "He does remind me of someone..." I thought... Then i opened them and sighed. "Whats gonna happen next?" I thought.

[Daak]

He was tired soooo tired. he had spent the whole day on the roof on one of the highest buildings in the city, with no companion or partner at all ... no wait except for his sniper, he thought to himself `` I don’t need a partner as long as my sniper is with me ´´ he grinned `` who needs partners or friends or whatever you call it anyway ? ´´.

And so he concentrated on finding more targets , since one of the higher ups had called out the alarm stage he had been assigned to this post up here in this building. He had also done quite a good job he told himself, he had killed 5 guardians, four that had landed with a transport ship earlier this morning, he picked them out one by one while they were exploring the destroyed forest of buildings. In addition, sometime in the afternoon he had helped take down a Cast who they trapped in a building and then let it explode on top of him ... although he did get a report that quite a lot of their soldiers in that district were dying. A while ago one of the high up illuminus had told him too look after three special forces humans. One was a an old man who must have landed sometime in the late afternoon he had heard from a comrade that he was one of the most dangerous man in the city right now . Then a mobile suit pilot who must have somehow gotten into the city , there had only been one report, which was the one of his landing, since then no one had seen or heard him. Lastly a newman who I guess you could say just popped up as none of the cameras saw him enter the city it was also made clear to him the they either worked for the guardians or the AMF... but now as the sun was setting behind the giant grey metropolis Garon just wanted to go back down to HQ and take a nap before he would have to start his night shift. So he gradually started disassembling his beloved NTW-20 anti-materiel rifle with modefied photon bullets that could blow a hole trough prety much everything and packed it up into the fitting suit case. As he finished packing everything he stood up and walked towards the door , he turned around tough in front of the entrance to take on last glimpse at the city before opening the door and disappearing into the stairs below...

[Enforcer MKV]

My memories of entering the city drifted by while my diagnostic took place. Dreaming wasn't such a bad word to describe it, so saying I was sleeping wasn't so far-fetched.

I'd entered the city early, and was taking my time moving through the alleyways, scanning the windows with my rifle barrel, creeping towards the most dense collection of buildings in the center of the city, where the reports said the majority of Neo Illuminus forces were holed up. As I moved, I heard shouting ahead, so I edged my way to a corner and peeked around.

"5 enemy soldiers, what looks like a temporary building - a barracks? - and a high tower over looking it....a sniper's nest? probably better not to - oh, light's mercy, no..."

I muttered under my breath as I realized they had hostages. 6 humans, 2 Neumans, 1 Beast. the Neumans and Beast were both females, and the humans were divided 3 male, two female.....and a child.

"We were close to the city limits....I could get them out!" I thought to myself, rifle ready.

The barracks was close to me, the soldiers and hostages just beyond it.....if I could get to the other side.....

I doubled back so that I was in line with the Illuminus, the barracks off to my left.

I exited the alleyway and yelled at the Illuminus, "Let 'em go, I don't want to have to shoot anyone!!" as I trained my rifle at them anyway.

I didn't work. I didn't think it would, but hey, I had to try. One of them yelled "DIE, DOLL!" as he raised his pistol at me, and I shot him right in the face. He dropped, and by this time the other four had taken out polearms, and were charging me. I replaced my rifle with twin pistols and yelled "RUN!" at the hostages before I froze two of the targets and killed the other two.

I slammed my foot into one of the ice blocks, and knocked the occupant out of his prison, and out of his sense, as he flopped on the ground, but continued to breath. The other one had thawed (red line shield - figured) and was charging me again, so I shot out his legs. I turned around, and felt a shot bounce off my right shoulder. I turned and shot his pistol. "Just shut up and play dead, or I'll make it real for you."
He decided he was an actor.

I turned and faced the barracks, I traded my pistols for my Laser Cannon, and pointed it at the barracks, and hesitated......then decided not to destroy it. I turned and looked to see if the hostages had gotten away, and sure enough, they were nowhere to be found.

And then I felt something hit me square in the chest, and I found myself thrown against a wall.

"What the.....SNIPER!" I said, cursing under my breath. I jumped back up, and started trying to get out of his line of sight, dodging shots. I'd gone a ways when I realized I was being followed - by line, 20 of them. I switched to a pistol, and fired back, when another shot - that damn sniper - pierced my leg piece. I fumbled and kept going, limping now. I called Issac, my mag and he shot back as well. But no sooner had I thought I got away, then another sniper shot wizzed - and hit Issac.

He smoked and dropped to the ground. I stopped. I was furious. "YOU BASTARD!"

They were getting closer. I pulled out my laser cannon and leaned against the wall. "I HOPE THE HOLY LIGHT BURNS YOU!" I thundered as I fired the tri-beam.

They evaporated.

Coughing, or simulating coughing, anyway, I put my weapons back in my nanotransformer, and scooped up Issac and craddled him in my arms as I limped into a building, I managed to get to the...2nd? 3rd? floor, and leaned against the wall, and let myself fall into a sitting position, still craddling Issac..

"Don't worry, you'll be fine, I'm sure you'll be fine....monomate....monomate....where are they!?" I said as I tried to pull one from my NanoTrans.

"Aw, don't tell me the item storage is malfunctioning!?"

Then again, I could still switch weapons, so that partition was still ok...I could store Issac there, where he'd be put in stasis...

That's what I did.

And then the building started to shake.

I could hear grenade launchers going outside, and my legs had given out on me.

I realized I was trapped.

"Dammit!" I cursed, I tried to move, to stand, but couldn't.

I looked up at the ceiling, and that's when it gave way.

I watched the chunk of ceiling fall right into my face.

and everything went dark.

The rest of the memories I'd just experienced, being rescued, and coming to the roof. I just sat there and let the diagnostic run...

[A. Zerran]

The pilot stretched himself, and then decided to take some action of his own. He scanned the top of the building that was above him. On the roof, it had a 7 foot tall dish satellite. After scanning it, the large computer indicated that it was a satellite that kept all of the Neo Illuminus's security team's comm channels active. He couldn't hack it directly, so he had to place a manual override device to indirectly hack it. He had such a device granted to him from GRM in case of emergencies. He grabbed it along with his pistol, saber, and other gear he needed. He also grabbed an old toolbox, which had a power drill and welding tool. Finally, he took out a tiny chip, placed it into one of the large computer's chip slots, copied data onto it, and then placed the chip into his goggles. He automatically gained a map and and the names of the whole security team of Neo Illuminus.

The pilot found a broken down elevator in the basement he was in. The elevator was still there, and the cables were still as good as ever, but the system itself was shut down. So, Adam forced the doors open with the welding tool. Once inside, he attempted to splice the wires of the elevator's button panel to try to reactivate the elevator system. While he did manage to do so, he shocked himself by accident. After recovering from the shock, he got the elevator to go to the top floor.

The top floor was not the roof, but a floor right below it. And unfortunately, that floor had a few guards. As soon as the elevator got to that floor, the guards heard it go 'ding'. But when it opened, no one was inside. They shrugged, and got back to what they were doing.

But when they turned their backs, another Foie grenade was thrown. One of them heard a noise, looked down, and cocked his eyebrow. When he looked closer, he suddenly realized what it was and yelled "Oh shit! Grenade!" But it was too late, and it blew up, setting the others nearby on fire. Adam poked his head out from the roof of the elevator and said, happily, "Surprise!" He opened fire with stun rounds on the rest who were still alive. He then chuckled, and continued on to the stairs that lead to the roof.

When he finally got up there, he noticed that no one was there to greet him. He grinned, and walked straight to the satellite he scanned earlier. He placed the override device, and took out his laptop to hack into the dish. Within half a minute, all of Neo Illuminus's security team's comm channels were rendered useless. Adam could also contact anyone he wanted to now. So he re-contacted Atlis.

"Guardian operative, this is Adam Zerran again. I have some good news. Relay this information to other Guardians in the area if there any. I've hacked into the security comm channels of Neo Illumins, and now they can't even talk to each other. Man...these guys have tight security, but their firewalls are poor. Anyway, now's our chance to find the bomb. I'm sure you'll know what to do when you find it. I'm sending you a map of their patrol units and their elite security units to any holographic display you have. Let me know if you need anything else, sir."

[Mega Ultra Chicken]

"Our communications have been shut down! The Voice of the Illuminus cannot be heard without our communication system intact!" Sasha then noticed, "Our guards stationed on the roof were neutralized before our communications were jammed."

She turned toward a nearby group of elite soldiers. All six were in white armor, but each wielded a different weapon; three held Sabers, two kept Rifles on hand, and one was holding a Wand and TCSM.

"Go to the roof and find out who's responsible for this! We must re-establish our communications. Your master demands it!"

"As you wish" said the elite soldiers. The group promptly left the room and made haste toward the rooftop.

[Daak]

Garon had just been woken up by the voice of his comm. He had forgotten to turn it off when he had fallen asleep and now it was making a high pitch sound that was frustrating him allot. He picked it up and fiddled with it for a while it wasn’t responding at all was it broken? He took his stuff and walked out of the room that he had taken when they had first come t the city. On his way outside he passed one of the guards he knew and asked `` what is up with my comm. ´´ as he knew he was one of the communication experts on site. `` It s not your device it’s the communication satellite itself it has been jammed by an enemy ´´ thanks he replied and walked out onto the open street . Here near the central of the city it was packed with Neo Illuminus, he quickly made his way down the street to a building that he had seen earlier a great sniper nest where he would keep his night watch...

[Enforcer MKV]

.........Diagnostic complete. All systems checked, all systems within acceptable limits.

My eyes opened, and I looked around. It was night, and Yasu was nowhere to be found. He must have been out exploring. Then it hit me.

The sniper was still probably out and about.

I jumped up, and immediately went back inside.

I couldn't let anything happen, like last time.

"I'll just bunker down here, and wait for Yasu to get back. Please stay safe, Yasu. I don't want to see anymore violence than is needed."

He clicked on the lights on both his armor and his rifle, which he'd pulled from his NanoTrans, and waited. And prayed.

[FOkyasuta]

I yawned. Apparently running around rooftops did help keep me awake. But when i got back Enforcer was no were to be found! "Enforcer!" I shouted. "Were'd you run off to?" I looked around left and right and he wasnt anywere in sight! Then it felt like a Rock hit my helm or something heavy did cause i found myself flying into the Stairwell i fell down before at a pretty quick rate. "Ow, ow, ow, ow!" Then i was at the bottom of the Stair Case. Passed out. *Snore*

[A. Zerran]

The pilot grinned. He knew that Neo Illuminus would eventually come to where he currently was to find out what was going on. So, he removed the override, planted the only explosives he had on the satellite, which were remote controlled, and ran to the edge, awaiting for the approaching Neo Illuminus members. "All part of the plan", he said to himself. "They'll come up here, and then I'll threaten them to back off...but that's not the real plan...hehehehe..." He then went back to Atlis. "Atlis, was it? It says so on your Guardian Identification on my laptop. Neo Illuminus is coming for me. I'm in position for the next phase of my plan, over. What do you want to do, sir?"

[Daak]

Garon had made it up to his perfect little sniper nest and was using his night vision combined with his incredible eye sight to take down targets for a while he saw nothing but then like 300 meter ahead of him he saw a ... kid was that a child jumping around on roofs ?

However, why was he wearing an armor this was odd was he an enemy? Garon felt unsure and so he decided to take a closer look, but first he closed one eye and opened the other he let the energy run through him and then he aimed, careful not to hit the kids head he slipped the bullet past his helmet so that he would go unconscious. The bullet hit but what Garon had not considered is that there was a staircase and so the poor guy with a loud rumble fell down the staircase.

Garon quickly attached the sniper on his back so he could quickly pull it out if he needed it and house jumped toward the building. He stopped two roofs in front of the big grey block where the boy had fallen down. The roof was wide and open with some places for cover a great shooting environment he grinned there was another little house on it except for the staircase some kind of store room. He knew the kid would be out for around half an hour and so he set himself up and watched the roof for a while…

[RenzokukenZ]

Zelik scoffed as his shots missed the runaway, the figure fading more and more into the distance. He let out a loud-pitch whistle as he holstered his gun. "Welp, these bastards are not gonna make this old man play cat and mouse, so screw it. No harm for their backup to show up. I need the target practice anyway."

"And as for you, Mr. Know-it-all" The old man turned to face the british-accented soldier, a murderous glee in Rask's eyes. "Back in my day we killed guys like you who knew too much for their own good. So tell ya what, I'm gonna give myself a 5 minute headstart towards that big building over there. Follow me, and I'll let Rosetta give you a kiss right between the eyes. Comprende?" Before giving the Master Sergeant time to respond, Rask ran down an allyway and hurried himself to his destination. While he didn't give chase to the runaway, the building it lead to gave a hint that it may be the enemies HQ.

Zelik was not going to pass up that opportunity.

[Enforcer MKV]

I'd gone down a level to check the floor below, to make sure no enemies had snuck up behind us, when I heard a thud and something rolling. I hurried back up the staircase and found......Yasu. Sleeping.

I stared at him for a minute, before noticing a nick in his helm.....

The sniper.

"YASU! WAKE UP!!" I yelled as I trained my rifle up the staircase, lights shining in the darkness. I clicked all the lights off, and switched to Night Vision.

"I'm gonna get you back - for Issac!"

[Daak]

After he had waited for around ten minutes he decided it was time to close in on the target, he jumped to the roof and slowly approached the staircase flooded with light ... suddenly he heard a scream and loud footsteps all the lights went out. The reflex part of his ocular skills took over and he immediately hid behind the wall. He then aimed his sniper exactly at the entrance so whatever was gone come out of their was gone get a juicy head shot...

[Enforcer MKV]

I stared up towards the sky as I tried to figure out how to proceed.

It was highly likely that the sniper had the doorway sighted in, because he had no way to confirm whether or not Yasu had been killed. Well, he could just assume, in which case no one could be out there.

Or the sniper could be repositioning while I stood here and thought to myself. There was that possibility......

He looked around. Then he noticed a green capsule lying on the ground.

It was a blessed monomate.

My concerns evaporated for a moment. I scooped up the monomate, recalled Issac from my NanoTrans, and cracked the monomate next to him. The hole that had gutted him closed, and Issac whirled happily in a low circle on the step.

"I'm so glad that worked." I said with a sigh. "Glad to have you back buddy. Man, I was worried about you...." I scooped Issac up and craddled him again, before having him slip back into my NanoTrans.

"Well, now that the stupidly well timed fix is said and done with....that sniper.."

I decided to chance it, and try to reason with them. Hell, it wasn't even likely they'd hear me, but oh, well.

"Here goes nothing" I said as I slowly walked up the stairwell. I stopped short of the top and called out.

"HEY! IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE?? I DON'T WANT TO SHOOT! LET'S JUST TALK ABOUT THIS, OK!?"

[A. Zerran]

Neil was not amused by Zelik's threatening gesture. He instantly teleported right in front of him. "You would shoot a higher ranking officer?", he said to Zelik, and instantly teleported again 3 meters left of Zelik. "One who you can't even shoot? And one who has bullet proof armor?", he asked again, pointing to his beautifully designed armor with black, white, and dark blue parts. "That gun you have is so bloody old that it's only good for killing organics without good enough armor. Tell me, if you have some sort of 'grand plan' or whatever the bloody hell you call it, then why would you try to kill one of your own men?"

[Wayu]

Tia, still on the rooftop, finished her cup of tea. She began working on a second cup before noticing several aggressive existences converging in the general area. Peeping down from the top of the building, she noticed a significant increase in personell in the area.

Strangely enough, the roof was quite barren of any real features other than a small room in a corner with (supposedly) a staircase inside. The door seemed to been crudely welded shut, however. Anyone trying to get their way through that would be in a spot of trouble. The shut door was probably the reason the benches around the ledges were pristine; a thin coating of dust covered them but a few swipes of a handkerchief dealt with that.

A steel handrail ran across the top of the ledges. Tia tested their strength with a few pushes and prods - they were generally sound, by steel's standards. However, one section proved to be weaker, and the jostling caused one of the screws holding the railing in place to pop out and fall down all 20 stories or so to the somewhat busy plaza down below.

"Well...um...whoops? I hope nobody takes that as an attack..."

-Wayu

[RenzokukenZ]

Zelik stopped running and faced the man Neil, a look of annoyance expressed on the aged man's face. Without saying a word, he withdrew Rosetta and shot point-blank at the Master Sergeant with lightning-fast reflexes, the bullet striking the soldier's shoulder. The shoulder itself was unharmed, but any armor that was covering it was completely dismembered, the smell of gunpowder and burnt metal fuming from within.

"Before you ask, no, I didn't miss. Any lower and your arm woulda been flopping on the floor." Keeping Rosetta firmly on hand, Rask walked closer to Neil, his voice low and raspy. "Now it seems that your high and mighty mind never thought that maybe, just maybe, I modified this baby to put all those other peashooters to shame. And I wouldn't actually be killing my own men, seeing as I'm a soloist. The army knew that when they took me back."

Zelik was now a few inches away from the Master Sergeant, Rosetta being patted against Rask's left hand, as if clapping. "I'm no stranger to killing higher-ranked officers, so don't start feeling special if you think you'd be the first. So I suggest you take your toys and play elsewhere like a good little boy, or..." The Sergeant backed up a bit and raised his gun. "Pucker up."

The tension was mildly cooled when the loud clang of a metallic object was heard nearby. Zelik instinctively moved his eyes at the sound while keeping his face on his target, and made several calculations in his head. After a few seconds, he let out a small smirk and holstered his pistol. "Looks like you won't be getting a goodbye kiss today, as duty calls. Tootles." With that, Zelik ran off and entered the nearest building, looked around a bit, and began climbing the nearby stairs.

[Daak]

Garon was getting worried, as he was surrounded by the darkness of the night he slowly heard steps approaching the entrance onto the roof, he had never shot someone form this close. Suddenly the steps stopped and a voice called out ``"HEY! IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE?? I DON'T WANT TO SHOOT! LET'S JUST TALK ABOUT THIS, OK!?"

Hmm that was weird a soldier who just wanted to ... talk?

He thought for a while ... maybe just maybe he should talk ... `` fine ehm… who are you? For whom do you work for? ´´he mumbled.

[Enforcer MKV]

I got a mumbled reply, that sounded like asking for my name and group.

"Enforcer MKV. GUARDIAN and Ex-AMF. I'm not here to kill people, I'm here to stop the Neo Illuminus from detonating a bomb and killing an unknown number of CASTs, Humans, Neumans and Beasts that are just trying to go about their lives in peace. If you'd permit it, I'm going to reveal myself. I won't be armed. As a show of good faith. Alright?"

[A. Zerran]

Neil's highly advanced armor was punctured, but his skin remained unharmed. He smiled. "Oh, that Zelik. Does he even realize that I'm an Acrofighter? Or that I have Deband on myself? Hmph...no respect. I bet he doesn't know that I'm a specialist. Well, it matters not now." He reactivated his stealth camouflage and started to search for other AMF operatives in the city.

Meanwhile...

The pilot activated a shading device in his goggles, shading his eyes and protecting his identity from eye scanning. He then continued to wait for someone to come up and see him, with remote detonator in his left hand, waiting to destroy the satellite. He was getting impatient, and frowned.

[Daak]

An ex-AMF who has no interest in killing?
Garon was baffled ... years of training had taught him not to easily give away his trust and so he shouted this time, having regained some strength ``fine come out but I will be armed just cause got it? ´´
He hated this situation he hated to have to trust this person he doesn’t even know but for now there was not much he could do and if it were to truly come to a shoot out his eye would win him the battle he told himself...

[Enforcer MKV]

The mysterious fellow outside yelled back that he'd be armed.

I yelled back. "Yeah, I figured. You've no reason to trust me. Alright, I'm coming out."

I took a simulated breath, and stepped out into the moonlight, hands raised into the sky.

"Look, no weapons. See?" I let my arms drop. "Despite what the Illuminus, or the Neo Illuminus, for that matter, would have people think, not all none-humans are horrible beings." I eyed his rifle, a NTW-20. I chuckled. "Nice choice, no wonder you pierced my leg armor so easily."

I thought to myself, "All this trouble because the AMF wanted me back. Man, I'm not sure if I should have agreed. Well, helping people is a good enough reason, and I'll just keep saying that I'm Ex-AMF still. No one here should know otherwise."

"Look, I don't want any trouble. I just want people to live their lives peacefully." I told the sniper in front of me.

[FOkyasuta]

"Ugh.." I muttered as i got up and looked around. "Now how did i end up here? I saw i had broken the door clean off in the stairwell." I rubbed the back of my head in embarrassment only to feel a little dip in my helm that im pretty sure that was never there... "Huh?" I tried to take it off with no prevail. I tried again and saw a very small dent the second i took it off. I looked to see if there was anymore dents but i guess not. "Nothing a blacksmith cant fix." I thought. As i locked the Helm back in place and i swear i heard a click somewhere.

"Heeelllo!" I shouted. No response. I put my right hand under my chin to make a thinking face. "Now were could have run off to? He's probably doing something important." I looked down and saw the door i blew clean off, Kicked it and shrugged as i walked up the staircase and past the door's frame and up the staircase.

[Daak]

Garon looked the CAST dead in the eye and so was his Sniper. The CAST had also noticed his sniper and realized why it had completely destroyed him before. He probably also just like Garon knew that a shot from this close was defiantly gone be fatal. Still he showed no fear.
He was talking about peace and that he just wanted to keep it but without killing people, this CAST fascinated Garon a lot but that did not mean he would sink his gun or anything. ```Well I am Garon I used to be on your side you know so you are quite odd being a ex-AMF but so against violence tell me what do you expect will happen now ? ´´

[Enforcer MKV]

He said that he use to be on "our" side. I guess he meant AMF.

Then he asked what I expected now.

"Well," I started, "either we can both agree to walk away, Though we'll probably run into one another again, we are technically enemies, after all; One of us could persuade the other that they're wrong, and with all due respect, I'm not going to believe that killing people, who only want to live in peace, with a bomb, is right, and I imagine you won't be dissuaded from your belief either, or, you can kill me here.

That's how I see it.

I will warn you though, I won't go down without a fight - Despite us being so close."

[Daak]

`` First off I don’t believe in what those people think I know its completely retarded but these people, as crazy as they may seem gave me a home after the AMF failed me ...´´
Garon face changed a bit talking about his horrible past...
``Let me ask some more questions, how did you survive the house that we collapsed over your head?´´

[Enforcer MKV]

He asked me how I'd survived. I just laughed. "Honestly," I said, "I don't really understand it. Dumb luck and a new-found friend, I suppose."

"One that I'm assuming you tried to kill." I added, pointedly.

I thought about what he said.

"Failed you, huh? That sounds about right."

[Daak]

Now it was Garon´s time to laugh

`` If I wanted to kill him he´d be dead no I just knocked him out… hah so he’s with you ... ´´

he stopped grinning

`` what sounds right about that ? ´´

[Enforcer MKV]

"The AMF messing up. They're far from perfect. Trying to push their Cast Supremacy BS onto everyone," I shook my head in disgust, "It's pathetic."

I felt a heat signature behind me.

I thought, "Welcome back."

[Daak]

`` Yes you’re right ... life could be so nice without all this fighting and war and who has the most power ... and to make that happen I gone stick with the winning side and as I have seen what this bomb they are setting up can do I am gone stick with them .. for now ... sorry but I guess this will end in a battle ...´´ Not even a second after he had finished his sentence he sadly pulled the trigger on this CAST that he had started liking ... a bit ...

[Seth Astra]

Bursting through another window, Altis dismounted his spear and jammed it into the next building, before swinging up onto it and sitting down. "Whew... That's not easy to keep up," he sighed, exhausted from powering the gravity distortion from his own energy. Looking down, he saw one man shoot at another. Judging by the bang it made, the gun used old-fashioned bullets, rather than photons. "I'd better watch out for that guy... My line shield won't do much good against those." Pulling a claw from his nanotranser, he stabbed it into the wall and removed his spear, sliding down the side of the building relatively quietly, albeit while leaving quite a mark in the structure.

[Enforcer MKV]

He fired.

"Ah, shi-SHIELD!" I cried as the round from the rifle came towards me. The large, Ajax type shield appeared in front of me, and absorbed the round - barely. I slammed my back against it, using it for cover, as the bottom of said shield slammed into the ground.

I was angry. "THE WINNING SIDE!? NOT IF I HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT IT! I MAY ONLY BE ONE INSIGNIFICANT CAST, BUT I WILL NOT DIE UNTIL I CAN MAKE SURE THOSE I LEAVE BEHIND WILL LIVE IN PEACE! WHAT RIGHT DO YOU HAVE TO DECIDE WHETHER THESE PEOPLE LIVE OR DIE, HUH!? THESE PEOPLE, WHO HAVE HAD THEIR LIVES ENDANGERED! THERE ARE KIDS HERE STILL! THERE ARE WOMEN! THERE ARE HUMANS!!! WHAT KIND OF FUNDAMENTALIST GROUP KILLS THE VERY PEOPLE THEY CLAIM TO WORK IN THE BEST INTEREST OF!? ANSWER ME, SNIPER!

AND YASU, YOU STAY DOWN!!" I yelled at the door.

[Mega Ultra Chicken]

At that moment, the Illuminus elite soldiers had arrived at the rooftop. Upon seeing the satellite dish, they approached the dish to investigate what had disabled their communications. They could not find a bug, however, only... explosives.

[FOkyasuta]

As soon as he yelled i shouted back, "Yes sir!" and ran back down the Stairs. But something wasn't right. Enforcer was gonna get shot but he seems like he can handle it. Then some one must have a a Hole in the wall cause well, Half of the Freaking stairwell wall was missing! I looked out and whispered, "Damn." before walking down the stairwell again.

[RenzokukenZ]

At first, Zelik stuck to the thought that choosing the stairs over the elevator was the right choice. Years of experience has taught him that in situations like these, the elevator is a deathtrap.

After about 7 flights up, the soldier began regretting that choice.

"I've been away from the battlefield too long..." He horsed, a few weezes between breaths. "I stopped smoking since the Great War of Transgression, and yet these damn lungs never recovered. Stupid youth."

Forcing himself to go up one more flight, Rask halted upon hearing a loud bang, followed by a louder string of sentences. By instinct, his hand reached for his holstered pistol. "Hm, must be one of them Hero types up ahead. Better proceed with caution." Smirking, he slowly continued his way up, gun in hand.

[A. Zerran]

"Neo Illuminus", said the pilot to the elite soldiers who came up. They apparently didn't notice him at all until he spoke. "You're security lackeys were too easy. But now the higher ups send elites? As if that's going to simply stop me. If you come any closer to the dish, it goes kaboom! I've set C-16 photon explosives to it. If it blows, it'll send anyone within a 5 foot radius flying. Anyone else beyond that will get knocked back from the shock waves. Leave now, or suffer the consequences. The choice is yours...." He paused. "...You know what? Screw you. I was gonna blow the thing anyway. So, sayonara, 'Neo Illiterates'!"

He pressed the button on the detonator, and the dish exploded. He laughed hysterically, and then said, still laughing a little, "I can't believe you actually fell for that! You guys are a real riot! You're not even as good as the Degradators or those megid-worshipers! And your firewalls? Bah! I've seen better from the AMF! Well, see ya later!" He then let himself fall from the edge of the building he was standing on with his back facing the ground.

[Mega Ultra Chicken]

Because the pilot had removed the bug before planting the explosives, Sasha was able to listen in on the final moment of the elite soldiers. Immediately following their cries of pain, the communication system of the Neo Illuminus had been permanently interrupted. Her eye began to twitch as a flame of rage roared within her. But before she surrendered to anger and unleashed her fury, she regained her composure when she remembered something important.

"Fortunately, we came prepared for this" she monologued in her head, "Prior to the invasion, the master told us to put the building on lockdown in case we lose communications. Perhaps I should go down and greet any visitors that manage to break through the front door." She held a container of experimental explosives over her heart and proceeded downstairs.

Every door was now locked, but Sasha (like many other higher-ranked Neo Illuminus members) was able to override the locks.

[RenzokukenZ]

A sudden burst of energy pushed Zelik off his balance, causing him to shake wildly on the stairs. He managed to avoid a few close calls with proper footing, but his luck ran out when he stepped on one crooked step, leading him to fall back and tumble down a few flights. He somehow managed to keep his gun in his hand the whole time, but he ended up pulling the trigger as well, bullet after bullet projecting in several locations. Most however ended up going straight up, even piercing through the ceilings and the main roof. He came to a halt after jamming his legs through the staircase railings.

"...I'm too old for this shit. It's D-Day all over again..." He stood up and renewed his ascent, this time with a few more bruises.

[A. Zerran]

The pilot didn't actually fall and die, but as he was falling, he quickly took out four constructive pieces of a hover-board, and they automatically constructed themselves into a full hover-board. As he got on it and flew away, he looked down upon the city, thinking about the next phase of his plan. He got back to his CSM, deconstructed his hover-board, and got into Glaidor. "Neo Illuminus may have advanced elites, but do they have a giant pilot-able robot with weapons that could send them sky high? No. And that's my edge in this. An unexpected surprise." He activated Glaidor, turned off the cloaking, and got it airborne. The pilot flew Glaidor towards the city, weapons primed, and his spirits held high.

[Wayu]

The conflict seemed to escalate in scale as an explosion rocked a building a few blocks away and shots began to fly. A sweat drop ran down the side of Tia's face as several sources of aggression began to converge on the district. Being on the highest building in the area, the blonde got a pretty good view of the chaos that was going on.

"Don't tell me that bolt caused all this. If she finds out-"

"If who finds out?" A small blue symbol appeared right next to Tia's head, causing her to emit a high-pitched squeal out of surprise. The shock caused her to trip over her own foot and the smacked her head on the steel railing.

"W-W-W-When did you arrive??"

A slightly distorted female voice emanated from the symbol. "What do you mean, when did I arrive. I've been here for the past month, you dolt. You haven't done anything stupid yet, have you?"

Tia began breaking out in a cold sweat. "Uhhh..yeah...uhm, about that...there's kind of a situation going on soyeahgottagobye!" With that she swiped her hand at the symbol, dispelling it and hurriedly kicking down the crudely welded door and began her descent down the building.

---

An unknown distance away, a woman sat in a dimly lit transport of some sort, vein rising on her forehead as an identical blue symbol in front of her faded away. "Damn that haughty little prick. She's going to have to write a helluva report when we get back..."

Standing up, her figure was caught in the dim red light of the transport. A pitch-black long coat fell to the floor, with the sleeves cut off. The unbuttoned front revealed an equally black sleeveless jacket, with a bit of a white undershirt poking out from the front, incompletely zipped up zipper. This jacket, however, had gold lining along the sleeves and down the zipper. The skirt she wore had similar lining and color, as did her knee-high boots.

A large holster for an equally large gun lay strapped on the left side of a gray utility belt on the woman's waist. The size and design of the holster was enough to turn heads, but the position of the holster also would draw attention - instead of the traditional barrel-down attachment to a belt, it was strapped on in a similar fashion to a sword.

Long, black hair fell down to the woman's waist. The black attire, coupled with her hair, created an eerie sight in the dark room. It attracted attention to her eyes, once again black, but glowed a strange red on the sides of her iris.

Looking in no particular direction in general, she sighed. "When does the operation start...I'm getting bored."

-Wayu

[FOkyasuta]

I thought to myself, "What mess did enforcer get into this time? And why didn't he like just paralyze him or something?" Then it had hit me. Right in the chest! I whoulda shouted at the top of my lungs if it weren't for the fact i always wear armor.

So instead a Loud Kerplunk that echoed was heard instead. And they said armor worn all the time was low. My arse it was. And with that said i headed down the stairs once more. And now that i mention it... I heard some other footsteps but eh i couldn't really care.

[Daak]

Dam, Garon thought to himself, he had shot the CAST but before the bullet hit he had summand a shield that had taken the blow for him. What he said was right Garon knew that, it was true that there were still people in the city that would die ... innocent people ...but what should he do this was not his war, he had nothing to do with It, he told himself this was all not his fault this was not what he wanted !!! He go mad he changed weapons quickly with his lighting fast reflexes, he used one hand to put the sniper on his back and with the other he pulled his Zamba out from his nano transformer. With an even higher speed and all his strength he let the sword drop on the CAST´s shield while screaming out the only thought in his mind ``THIS IS NOT WHAT I WANTED !!!´´

[A. Zerran]

(Cue Adam's theme here)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAQ_a5QTZ00 (I finally got the name of it, but it's not really the name, just the name of the area it plays in.)

While inside Glaidor, the pilot asked one more time for GRM to provide hacking assistance, only this time, he and the operator/hacker worked together to shut down the EMP emitter that the pilot detected some time ago. Thanks to both their efforts, the EMP emitter was shut down, but temporarily and only for at least 4 minutes.

"My my. Even for this emitter, 'Neo Illiterates' have a terrible firewall. Now that it's out of the way, it's time for some major fun!" Adam made haste and started by employing cluster missiles to destroy the primary security building of Neo Illuminus's security team from top to almost bottom. After firing a few clusters, he then took out a saber and sliced a piece of the building in half. After that, he fired off heat seeking missiles that he programmed to find Neo Illuminus members.

"Well, that should be it for now. That emitter's gonna come back online any minute. Gotta get out of it's range." And that's what the pilot did. The moment he got back to the outskirts and reactivated the cloaking, the emitter was back online. He shut down Glaidor, got out, and ran back into the city. He proceeded back to his makeshift base of operations in the basement of the building he partially destroyed, using the vents again, only this time he used the outside vents, as the front door was locked. After getting back to the basement, he re-accessed the big computer and looked up a very high ranking Neo Illuminus member.

"Sasha R. Age unknown, last name unknown, Sasha R. assumed to be alias. Human, Ukraine origin, skillful leader...not much else, really", he said to himself, shrugging. "How powerful is she really?"

[Mega Ultra Chicken]

"...Powerful enough to bring the Guardians' offensive to a screeching halt" Sasha said to herself as she arrived at a balcony in the main lobby. The lobby was immense, which made it an ideal battleground. Sasha let her voice echo throughout the room, reaching the ears of all the Neo Illuminus fighters stationed there.

"Although unlikely, the Guardians may begin an assault on this new base of ours. Do not fear them, for the Neo Illuminus shall prevail in the end. Some of you may believe that the end is near, but I assure you that you will be justly rewarded in the afterlife. There is no greater glory than to die for our cause. Even I would gladly give my life for the good of the Gurhal system. Your numbers may seem few, but beyond all these locked doors lie reinforcements plentiful in both number and power. It is impossible to defeat them all before our mission is complete. Now, prepare yourselves to defend this base to your last breath!"

The Neo Illuminus soldiers stood fearlessly. Swords, Sabers, Spears, Handguns, Rifles, Wands, Rods... all of those and more were all on standby.

[A. Zerran]

Adam took out a book that had Japanese characters (I mean letters) on it. He opened it. It was a book that had several Shinto beliefs, prayers, and even talks about some Kami all over, an all of it was in Japanese. He said a prayer directed toward himself in the language, closed the book, and continued his plan, with the fifth phase in action. The giant computer had so much data, that if he combined his laptop with the computer, he could crack all the security codes of Neo Illuminus. It would take a long time, but it was doable if Adam tried hard enough. So, the pilot began the process, fully concentrating and working as fast as possible.

[Enforcer MKV]

The shockwave from an explosion made me lose my balance. When I looked up, Garon was coming at me with a sword. A big one. And he was fast, too. And it looked like he hadn't been affected by the shockwave at all.

I dove out of the way just as he hit my shield with his sword. He screamed, "THIS IS NOT WHAT I WANTED!!!" as he connected. The shield wobbled, then fell over, a large slash mark as well as a hole that had nearly penetrated the width of it across the front.

As I finished my dive, I spun around and took a knee, pulling a single Viper from my NanoTrans. It was leveled at Garon, who was just about ready to charge again.

Through simulated heavy breathing, I asked, "If this isn't what you want, then why are you doing it? I could have shot you several times already, but I haven't. Why? Because I don't want to, and I'm in a position where it isn't necessary. YET.

Look, I can't stay here and waste time duelling you, I have to link up with any other friendly forces in this city and stop that bomb. I'm sorry but the lives of all those people who are in this city outweigh the cost of you and the Neo Illuminus who are going to plant that bomb and then run away. You said yourself you don't believe in their ideals. So why involve yourself in perpetuating them? The AMF and GUARDIANS aren't perfect, but between them and these genocidists, the choice is easy.

I don't want to kill you," I pulled out a second Viper, completing the pair. They hummed for a moment as their power spiked, "But I will if you continue this foolishness."

My eyes dimmed slightly.
...I was really tired of giving these speeches.

"Light have mercy on my soul, whatever happens." I mumbled under my breath, before thinking, "I wonder what the AMF did to this poor guy. I hope I get a chance to find out."

[Daak]

In rage Garon wanted to swing his sword again but the CAST pulled a viper and after he pulled the second one , Garon knew it was a bad idea to re attack him, he calmed down ... Once again the CAST made points that very much changed Garon´s feelings he was just so confused...

In this moment the with a loud peng the Neo illuminus special cloaked duo the `` Invisible Twins ´´ as they call them self appeared between Garon and his opponent. They had a bright evil grin on their face, which you could see although they were nearly standing in complete darkness, one of them said `` ohh what do we have here a metal doll huh? Well were gone take you apart real slow and throw you to the rest of your CAST friends heheh ´´ his brother added `` Ohh this is gone be fun I mean who will miss you anyway your just a lives less soulless piece of junk right? hahah´´.

In that moment something popped in Garon’s head as the two were insulting the CAST who he had started to admire, he dropped his sword and changed to slow motion he withdrew, his beloved sniper ... seconds later two loud bangs echoed the streets of the grey skyscraper metropolis. ``What have I done? ´´ Garon mumbled as he stared at the face of is dead teammates or what was left of them...

[Enforcer MKV]

He shot both of them.

Two stealthed Neo Illuminus operatives had appeared in between me and Garon. They'd begun taunting, me, calling me soulless.

Then, without even realizing, they were both dead. Garon, holding the smoking gun, mumbled, "What have I done?"

I breathed a mechanical sigh of relief, "Guess that gives me my answer. Not how I wanted it, though. But oh, well," I thought to myself.

I rose from my crouch, letting my arms fall as I did. The pistols disappeared back into my NanoTrans. I walked up to Garon, who looked dazed. As I walked past him, I said, "Take a second to get your wits, but not too long. There's a city that still needs to be saved."

I walked over to my shield, and looked it over, Garon had done a number on it. I knew that NTW-20's were powerful, but that physical bullet with a photon coating was a monster.

"Hell of a mod," I mumbled to myself.

Stowing the shield, I looked out over the city. There was a pillar of smoke a ways away, towards the center of the city. That was our next destination. As soon as he and his new-found ally linked back up with Yasu.

I pulled out my rifle and walked back over to Garon. Standing behind him, I put my left hand on this right shoulder and said, "Hey, Garon, we need to go. I'm sorry about what happened." I balled my hand into a fist and tapped the bottom of it on his shoulder, "And thanks."

"Now, let's move out, alright?"

I walked back towards the ledge, re-arming my rifle. I wondered what lay ahead, and who else I'd meet before this Op was over.

[FOkyasuta]

I heard something from the rooftops. Three loud things really. One Huge explosion and two smaller ones. Why was i heading down the staircase? I should be going back up! I pulled out the Battle Short Swords and with a twist, Shot back up the stairwell and all in a single twirl leap! Wonder how come i could never do that before...

"Enforcer!" I called out to him as i waved to him as i opened my visor that somehow closed... "What the hell is going on here?" I walked to stop right beside him. "I cant even leave you alone for like what. 17 minutes without you fighting someone?" I went into a fighting pose as i glared at the guy he was talking to. "Who are you anyways?" And for some reason it felt like i would kill this guy within a moments notice if things go bad... Whoa what?

[Seth Astra]

A massive explosion rocked the entire city, knocking Altis off the building he was sliding down. The ground was rushing up at him, while he was too far from the buildings on either side to latch on. He attempted to pull a trap from his nanotranser, hoping to cushon his fall with the shockwave. "Blast," he muttered, "guess I used them all to blow that ship up back on the island." Too close to the ground to think of anything else, he quickly stored his weapons and hit the manual switch on his line shield, a bubble of hexagons forming around him. He hit the ground with a large crash, creating a large crater on impact.

[Wayu]

A few rumbles - probably from explosions - shook the building. It seemed like the conflict was escalating even further...not a good sign.

Which actually proved to be the least of Tia's worries. Whoever designed the building obviously forgot about the top floor - there were no stairs leading down to the next. The only things on the floor were support pillars...something Tia really should avoid damaging. But how to get down? Going from the outside would just cause unwanted attention...so...

Tia drew her rapier and traced a circle on the floor. Once that was done, she poked the center of the circle and the area she traced broke into pieces, exposing a way further down. Sheathing the rapier, she hopped down into a dark but otherwise relatively undamaged hallway. Dust billowed up as her boots hit the floor, creating a strange plume that seemingly glowed as light filtered through a nearby window. Looking around, she began to progress through the hallway, searching for the stairs down.

-Wayu

[Daak]

Garon was amazed how quickly it had all happened a second ago he was having a standoff with the ex-AMF Enforcer and than he had shot the twins ... he caught himself again thinking of running away but shacked it off ,there was no way to go back now, the only way was to go forwards with his new alley. He packed his sniper away but suddenly... was that a knight? Yeah it was and he had a sword in his hands ``Wait a sec I know you... ohh I shot you... sorry about that I really am´´ He had to grin was he honestly apologizing to a midget in armor who had had previously shot? `` I am Garon... I guess I´ll be helping you from now on´´ He tried to smile and nearly did... He turned around to see what Enforcer was looking at... smoke was rising form a building near to them... He remembered that buildings from the plan he had a quick looked at when they took over the city `` Hey that is the communications building with our... I mean the enemy’s satellite tower on ´´ That’s why my comm hasn’t worked...

[Enforcer MKV]

"Comms center, huh? Well, it does look like there's someone else in the city, if the Comms array is under attack."

I turned around. Yasu was about ready to leap on Garon. "Stand down, boy, he's on our side now. The proof is laying right there," I said, motioning towards the corpses next to Garon. "That's his work, not mine."

I glanced back at the pillar of smoke, "Alright, that's enough standing around, we need to move out. Everyone, down the stairs. I'm on point. Move out, double time!"

I ran towards the stairs, then at the doorway realized they were both staring at me.

"Oh - uh, follow me, we're going quickly."

There was a collective "Oooooooh," and we all hurried down the stairs.

A recon specialist would be good about now. One particular Ex-AMF member came to mind, but he was a cranky old man, with a tendency to shoot before....well, anything else, really. Doubt he'd be here, anyway.

[Wayu]

Once the staircase was located, things became much easier for Tia. All she had to do was walk down, down, down, and down.

When she finally hit the ground floor, she took a breath and closed her eyes, sending the lowest possible energy pulse possible into the surrounding area. No people were on this block and the ones adjacent, but a few blocks away there seemed to be a minor scuffle of activity.

Tia opened her eyes and stepped back onto the streets of the city. She began walking towards the general direction of the activity, ducking around corners and trying to minimize visual exposure...something she didn't like.

Peeking around a corner, Tia cursed under her breath. "I hate subterfuge...it's so inelegant!" She then spun around the corner, leapt on top of a somewhat fine vehicle, slid off the roof, and behind another vehicle right in front of the other one - and promptly smacked her head on the door, causing a dull thud to echo in the streets. Rubbing her head, she added to her earlier statement before rolling underneath the vehicle. "Not to mention I'm very bad at this...this is why the Captain always makes me the distraction..."

-Wayu

[RenzokukenZ]

The commotion from above was getting erratic, ranging from gunshots and mumbled speeches and all kinds of funny noises. This made Zelik confused about the activities he believed were going on. "Either its the enemy playing a game of manhunt with a few civilians, the enemy having a gay ole time among themselves, or the least likely, the enemy shooting the enemy and becoming an ally after talking to another ally. Highly doubt that one."

Taking each step with caution, the old man continued up the steps until he knew he was close to the source of the action. However, judging by the commotion and theoretical number of targets, the sergeant felt that his sidearm wouldn't serve too well in this situation. He paused, and from his nanotranser summoned out a hefty shotgun of sorts. "Now its time to party. Hard." Tightening his grip on the handle, he cocked the gun and crept up anew, reaching a doorway of sorts and keeping out of sight.

OOC: The shotgun - http://www.ragol.co.uk/uploads/item_images/yasminkov7000v.jpg

[Enforcer MKV]

I could have sworn I heard a noise coming from ahead that sounded like someone creeping up these rickity stairs, so i motioned for both Garon and Yasu to stop.

"Hold on, I think there's someone ahead, and these stairs aren't exactly fit for a lot of activity," I replaced my rifle with a single pistol, turned all of my weapon and armor mounted lights on, and crept down to the landing.

No, turning on all my lights and making myself stand out wasn't a smart idea.
Yes, I was trying to draw attention to myself, and away from the other two.

"Hello? Is anybody there?" I asked, sweeping my pistol around, "This isn't exactly a good place to fight for either of us. Are you Illuminus, friendly, or civilian? I'm GUARDIANS and...."Ex" AMF."

No response. I sighed, and in a stronger voice, said "I'm Enforcer MKV. I mean no harm. I'm not looking for a fight."

I waited, the blackness and my lights keeping me company.

[A. Zerran]

A voice from behind called out to the Guardian operative (Enforcer's). It was Neil. "Aha. A Guardian operative. I was hoping to see one sooner or later. Now, don't shoot, I'm with the AMF." He teleported right in front of the operative. He was visible. "A cast Guardian. Good, you'll be a valuable ally. I am Master-Sargent Lightning, but you may call me Neil. And what is your name?"

[NeonaPulsar]

"A fine way to start the day.." Tekk grumbled to himself sarcasticly while lazily piloting his ship towards New Rozenom city. It was one thing to be woken up with urgent news for a misson, it was another to be woken up by one of the most nortorious bosses for insults and short remarks. He worked for Clad 6's Little Wing, so naturally had Kraz for a boss. Tekk started the day rough, with a booming comlink shouting about the Illuminus and the fact that no-one from Little Wing was down there yet. Tekk had always had a short temper to match his height and the shouting only made it shorter.

Tekk was a full grown beast, but stood no taller then 4 feet. He found it a frustration at times, and a combat asset at others. To him, it seemed that Kraz used this to wind him up and let his lose on missions, and for the most part, it worked. There was no-one at Little Wing with a more fury driven aditued to get the job done when it was needed. He wore an elongated white skull as a vizor over his wild red hair. His yellow animal eyes glowing from under its rim. As the story goes, he says he riped it from a moatoob creature that pissed him off.

The city loomed ever closer as he continued on. In his tempered rush to get going, he didn't get much in the way of information about the situation he was now flying into. About the only thing he knew was that the city had a bomb threat from those calling themselfs the Neo Illuminus, and that other groups were already there. Nothing his pair of twin claws could not rend to bits.

As he cleared the outer limits of the city, heading further in, a detail that Kraz rumbled out as he was yelling came back to mind. Rather abruptly. Without warning, a loud electronic screech rang through the ship. The EMP defence system. He had forgoten all about it, or didn't hear it when the boss was telling him. A beasts ears were more sensitive to sounds then a humans, and the pulse almost knocked him from his chair. He quickly glanced out the window after noticing the instrament panel had gone dark. The ship was falling into the city. With all haste, he darted to the back of the ship, punching open a large panel on the roof. The skyline rapidly drawing closer, he climbed out, gripping the falling chunk of metel and desprately searching for how to get off. All that he needed was either in his nanotrans, or tucked into a deep pocket on his long black jacket that resembled the one worn by his boss.

Thinking fast, he would have to jump, and as the roofs of the buildings screemed past his ears, he did so. With a great kick, he launched himself at a large building, reelling out his twin Morning Glories and digging them deep into the structure. The momentum kept him moving at a angle, tearing a large scar across the buildings face. With a few heart pounding seconds he slowed to a stop close to the ground, relitivly unharmed. His ship however, continued on, careening through the gap to slam into the pavment with a loud crunch.

"... Kraz is going to kill me about this" Tekk muttered to himself. Then a sly smile sliped onto his face as he jumped to the ground. "... If he can catch me first". He let the reck of a ship go, figuring he was here anyway. He knew the others had already been here for some time, but no clue as to where they were. A city this large could hide just about anyone or anything, and it was time to start looking.

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OOC: a wall of a post for a entrance, seeing how i missed most of the begining. :D

[RenzokukenZ]

Zelik peered back further from the door upon the mentioning of the Master Sergeant, the look of annoyance returning. "Dammit, when I told that boy to play elsewhere, I didn't expect him to play here." Overhearing the conversation, it seemed that those within that roomway were not part of the terrorist organization, but rather from the Guardians and AMF. Still...

"Alright, that way is out of the picture. Maybe if I go..." Without giving it too much thought, the crazed gunman shot the side wall of the stairway railing with his shotgun, the end result being a large hole leading to the outside. He took a quick glimpse of the bottom, and noticed a few cars parked by the building. He rubbed his small beard for a sec, shrugged, and leapt off.

To anyone else, they would have suffered from broken legs upon making a standing impact on top of a vehicle. Then again, no one else would have thought of pulling out a steel box from a nanotranser and using it to break the fall. One massive dent on the hood of an unfortunate car later, Zelik stepped safely onto the concrete floor, his legs still shaky from the impact. "I knew I should have brought the jet pack, but nooo, I just had to have went with a sprint module. Might as well put that to good use right now. The big boom was that way, so off I go."

Before running into the concrete jungle, Zelik placed the box upside down on the floor, hoping to fool someone with it.

[Enforcer MKV]

The AMF operative blinked in front of me. I took a step back.

"Uh, Enforcer. Enforcer MKV." I said, answering his question of who I was, still a little bit dazed. I hadn't expected someone with this kind of tech. Hard to believe this sergeant had such good equipment. They'd never given me any kind of tech like that when I was there, and I'd been SpecOps.

Well, that was then, this was now, I suppose. Plus, my reinstatement had been hush-hush, but I was technically once more Chief Gunnery Sergeant Enforcer MKV, SpecOps group 7. I didn't really want anyone to know, and I doubted this Sergeant did, so I decided to keep it that way.

I put away my pistol, opting to return to my rifle (I love the old girl, one of the few things I kept from my days in the AMF.) and popped off a crisp salute.

"Master Sergeant," I said with a nod, "It's good to see some more allies in the zone, I was starting to wonder if I'd have to do everything myself. Not that the AMF would just abandon New Rozenom, I was just worried Neo Illuminus might have bloodied a few more noses when I wasn't looking.

Anyway - situation report is like this; we have a Comms Array a few clicks away apparently, there's a plume of smoke coming from that direction," I pointed through the wall behind me, "and that's where me and my two allies were headed. I've had visual contact with one unidentified individual; female, blonde, unknown affiliation. Pretty, gorgeous even...," I coughed, waving my hand dismissively "anyway, anyway, lost sight of contact several hours ago, have not reaquired since. I've had.....", I thought back to my exploits before having met Yasu, "one substantial engagement with the enemy after insertion. And practically none afterwards. It's strange...almost like they're trying to draw us in. It's possible they're drawing enemies into the epicenter of the city, where the explosive is rumored to be, before detonating it. It's definitely something they'd do. We plan on making contact with any other forces on route to the main objective. Don't know how many that is, though. So our current destination is deeper into the city, that Comms array I mentioned before." I finished with a shrug.

Garon had walked up and asked what's up, without turning around I said. "Situation report."

I heard a cracking noise from the room to my left. "Maybe we should leave, before this place falls apart, eh, Master Sergeant?" I asked Neil, jokingly.

[Daak]

As they, suddenly stopped on the way down the stairs Enforcer singed them to stop and so he and Yasu stayed while Enforcer went on ... pang suddenly this weird looking guy stood in front of his CAST alley. His ocular powers immediately took over and he drew his sniper and was about to pull the trigger as Enforcer saluted the odd man. Garon stepped up to them ... what’s up ? ....

[FOkyasuta]

I was quiet this whole time cause well. I didnt want any problems. But when i noticed our sniper friend with a finger on the trigger i lowered the rifle with my left hand. "I swear at this rate you might as well kill everything with that finger of yours. As if the fact of you calling me a midget in a forgiver like saying wasn't an already dead giveaway." I chuckled at the pun then i shook Neils hand politely.


"The name is HUkyastuo. But you can just call me Yasu." I nodded and smiled as i let go of his hand with my other hand still on the rifle. As i looked at Enforcer. Then i gave him a look,"We should get outta here. Do you want that mess that happened earlier to happen again? I sure dont so lets get moving!" I was already half way down the stairwell when im sure i heard a reply.

[Seth Astra]

A single gloved hand reached its way out of a crater in the middle of a roadway. It then pulled up the remainder of its body, which happened to belong to Altis Durge. "That hurt like hell," he groaned, dragging himself out of the crater. "Line-shield is almost completely shattered from the impact, no major wounds to me, though... Gonna have to deactivate my line shield for a few minutes, though," he muttered, running his nanotranser's analysis program. He then slipped into a nearby building and muttered, "I really need to find that woman from earlier... Something gets me the feeling that she's liable to screw up horribly since she doesn't know anything about Gurhal."

[Wayu]

Tia flinched as a heavy object slammed into the roof of the second car, rolling out from under her car while staying on the side opposite the second car. Peeking a look through a cracked window, she saw an old man place something on the floor. As the man scuttled off, Tia cautiously walked over to the box he set on the floor.

Tia had a nagging feeling that touching the object would be bad, so she backed off a good block, hid behind a dumpster or something similar, and snapped her fingers, causing her gold symbol to appear. She stuck her hand into the symbol and took out fairly long rifle, attached a long metal silencer, and took aim at the box on the ground.

Aiming the crosshairs in the dead center of the box, Tia pulled the trigger.

-Wayu

[NeonaPulsar]

For Tekk, the street he now stood on seemed to be void of life. The gray buildings towering over the barren 4 lane road, and the silent trees growing along the sidewalk. Except for the smoldering reck that was his ship, there was no activity to be seen. "This is more of a ghost town then a city invaded by thugs" Tekk scepticly noted, glancing around. "I mean come on! Boom, large crash, no explo-". At that note in his sentence, what remained of his ship erupted into a large fireball. The smoke blowling up past the skyline. "... sion...". He looked around, expecting a guard of somekind to show, what seemed like minutes passed but still nobody came. "Well, that does it!" he growled starting to get anoned, his heart starting to race. "If no-one is coming to me, good greif i'll tear this city apart to find them. I didn't come here to sit and wait!". Heart now beating in full swing, Tekk gave the surrounding area a loud roar, then took off in a powerful sprint, charging down the street past his reck heading deeper into the city.

[RenzokukenZ]

The steel box didn't see it coming. Having just suffered the torture of being crushed onto an object from high above, the onslaught continued. A bullet penetrated through its front and back like a needle on flesh. A hole the size of a marble decorated the bullet's entrance, and another appeared as a gaping chasm on the container's rear. However, the box's punishment did not stop there.

Within the center wall of the box was a small bundle of explosives equipped with a motion sensor, in case some poor fool were to want to flip the box over to see what it may conceal. That wasn't needed, as the bundle happened to be in the bullet's trajectory.

Needless to say, the box became a loud bang of asphalt and metal. The explosion was small, since the explosives were purposely of low quantity. However, and perhaps this was an unforseen consequence by both the shooter and the one who laid the box, the explosion was in great proximity to a recently wrecked vehicle. One that didn't take long to combust and threaten to explode as well, quite possibly delivering an even bigger bang and spreading the effect like a chain of dominoes.

[Wayu]

Tia watched the chain reaction of explosions from a distance. First the box, followed by the nearby car followed by the other car.

"Uh...um...time to get lost." With that, Tia hastily stuffed the gun back into the glyph and walked quickly in a direction away from the remnants of the box.

-Wayu

[Enforcer MKV]

Suddenly, an explosion rocked the complex my companions and I were in.

"Uh, that doesn't sound good." I said, as I thought. "If I have another building dropped on my head, I'm not gonna be so nice about it this time!"

Then, a second, more violent explosion went off, causing the building to start shaking.

I looked up, and, cursing under my breath, yelled, "Oh, shi- RUN RUN RUN, GET OUT OF THE BUILDING! NOW!"

Has I hurried Garon in front of me, the Master Sergeant and Yasu took off down the steps at an alarming pace. Before I knew it, Garon had pulled ahead of me, as well.

"DAMN. HEAVY. ISSUE. ARMOR!" I screamed in my head as I tried desperately to keep up. Before long, everyone was a decent length ahead of me, and I saw what happened next coming. As Garon scrambled out a door that probably led to the source of the explosion, a huge slab of rubble slammed down in front of the exit, blocking me in.

I cursed under my breath as I pulled out my laser, and readied a charged shot. I fired and blew a hole open. I started running full tilt. And I almost made it too. Almost.

About 10 feet from the door, the whole place decided to shutter, and it fell apart right on my head. Only this time, it was nearly the whole. damn. building.

And so I found myself trapped under a pile of rubble for the second time that day.

"If I had a meseta for.....oh, screw it." I said to myself quietly.

[FOkyasuta]

I was out of the building by then cause somehow I got shoved out at a high velocity right into a building wall... Then i looked back. "Those explosions must have collapsed that building... And with them still inside!" I said in a panic. "So much for Irony! Cant this day get any worse?!" .Then i heard that voice... That very soft, angelic motherly like voice..."Hello Kyastuo..." My mind snapped in two when i heard that voice. And just like that my visor shut and I felt as if something were being wielded in my hand. I could faintly hear something... Like something... Somethings were being broken apart... My arms rapidly moving...Left right left right right, twirl.

And just like that within a few seconds my visor opened by its self and i saw what i had in my hand. "The pink Bladed Wakizashi?! I thought you were!" I began to swing it and It just cut though air like nothing and i cut right through a rock like nothing to... And just like it did to me before. It vanished leaving behind a pink leaf of somesort. As it fell to the ground i found out i was standing on Someone. And that someone's name was Enforcer. And his newfound friend was pretty close by to. And sooner or later i was dragging them to a safe spot away from some fire in a half open alleyway. "First enforcer then his friend..." I spoke out-loud.

"Wasn't there another guy somewhere? I forget his name.." I looked at the two fellas passed out and all."Eh with some rest they'll be fine. Besides you two have had quite a day." I yawned and sat on the edge of the curb with my right hand against my cheek. Wondering... "Who caused those explosions?" All i could smell was ash. I coughed. "I mean explosions don't really break down a building unless someone plans it..." Then i could smell something. It wasn't ash, rubble or Mana or fur... Wait fur? Never mind, but I smelled this smell earlier. It smelled like Succubus.

I looked right and left and even up but i didn't want to bother to chase her. She'd just run away... Then a wide smile broke across my face. "I wasn't running away from her! She was running away from me!" As i shouted "Explains why she cowarded and exploded the building. And from a distance to? Scared Succubus is most definitely, Scared!." I was laughing so hard im pretty sure someone coulda heard but i didn't care! And just like that i stopped and began to think again with two words in mind. Cherry Blossom.

The Wakizashi
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[Daak]

Garon ran down the stairs seeing everything in slow-motion due to the powers of his eyes he was the second, in front of him was Yasu behind him was Enforcer he ran out of the house but an explosion threw him right back in. That same moment the house collapsed trapping him and Enforcer in it.


Garon was in some kind of building it seemed like a room but it had no roof so he was able to see the dark night sky. He had seen this place before but he didn’t know where it was.... Suddenly a transport ship landed and six people jumped out of it two CAST´s a newman and three human´s they quickly ran towards a large gate made of metal. Suddenly the gate they were running towards closed and all around from different small exists other humans carrying all sorts of weapons enter the large room. The six people were shocked turned around and immediately started shooting at the humans with whatever weapon, they had. One human who came out of the transport ship showed expert skill killing them with a long sniper like weapon which shot large photon bullets. The battle turned in a large shoot out. Then the two CATS´s ran back toward the transports ship, one received a shot in the head entering through one and exiting through the other side of his mechanical head following the immediate death of the robot. The other one shouted in anger and went berserk over two humans standing close to him, a third human with a large sword stabbed it trough his back and the tip of the sword rose out of the upper body of the metal golem, it was only the lone Newman and his three human companions left. Garon knew the one human he looked so familiar, actually thinking really hard he thought he had seen them all before. Back in the battle the newman drew a long double saber and killed 3 humans with it by swinging it though there upper body spilling their guts over the entire wall. Suddenly the face of the newman changed in pain as a photon bullet broke his knee, he fell to the floor and same one human who had earlier killed the CAST with his sword stepped in front of the dying newman and withdrew a pistol. Two shots ripped through the air killing the newman. The transport ship was about to take off and so the rest of the team ran up to it. In the cover of the ship, one of them was able to enter it than the second and as they pulled, the third one up a photon bullet hit his lower body sending him flying through the air he landed in a puddle of his own blood. The transport ship took off and flew away from the horrible massacre into the night soon disappearing from the view of the enemy …The human who they had left behind cried out after them ``Come back´´ blood and tears running down his check he shouted once more with the rest of his energy `` Please please come back´´ in that moment Garon realized who the left to die human was.... it was him on his first mission…


Garon suddenly woke out of his nightmare … which was actually a distant memory. He stood up covered in the dust and blood … he remembered that the building had collapsed on him and Enforcer but there in front of him stood Yasu, Enforcers friend and companion … he had saved him and Enforce... They were like a true team … Garon smiled …

[A. Zerran]

After rushing to a safe place with Enforcer and company, Neil stroked his chin for a bit, then brought out a smokeless pipe and lit it (a pipe to smoke. But it contains natural tobacco and he doesn't even inhale any of the smoke. It's also a bit of a vintage thing, similar to one from the 1800s, but with advancements of science). "Well then, Enforcer. Let me tell you what I know already. That woman you mentioned is known as Sasha R. But that might not even be her real name, as it is assumed to be an alias. She's an explosive expert and can tear a normal AMF Private into pieces in a matter of 4 or less minutes. And as for Neo Illuminus's security comm system, when I tried to make my armor-suit hack into it, I failed because it has been destroyed. Bloody hell, there must be an extraordinary person in the city. In any case, Neo Illuminus's security won't be able to contact one another." He paced left as he thought for a moment. "I failed to mention. I'm an Acrofighter, and I know every technique. The AMF are brilliant for teaching the class to me. So tell me, now what shall we do?"

[Enforcer MKV]

"How about you let me get my bearings?" I grumbled at the Master Sergeant, as I pulled myself up off the ground with my left hand. I thought to myself, "Damn AMF spooks. Mission Mission Mission. Never worried about the people involved."

I tried to grab my rifle, but realized that my right arm wouldn't respond. "Well, that's just great. I think my arm is busted..." Yasu raised his hands to cast resta on me again, but I raised my good hand motioning for him to wait a minute. "I want to try something." I mumbled to myself, as I took a few small steps away from the group.

Raising my good hand slightly above my busted arm, I twisted my palm towards the section just above my right elbow, and thought of the Holy Light. Slowly, a glowing aura manifested itself around my hand, and I moved it over the length of my arm, slowly. Warped panels twisted back into shape, circuits popped back into place, and my whole arm went from a dented, unworking lump to....well, it was still hella dented, but I felt power restore to it, at least.

I looked up at everyone, who were all showing various degrees of shock. "What?" I asked as I pulled my rifle from my NanoTrans, "haven't you ever seen a Cast use resta without an wand?" I shifted slightly. I knew just how impossible this looked to everyone.

Hell, I had never heard of a cast using any technic without a wand, let alone a powerful one like resta.

I shifted again as I realized that everyone was still staring, "Ugh." I groaned, "Well, if anyone has any questions....now's the time." I finally said, my eyes dimming. Somehow, I didn't get a very good feeling about this...

[FOkyasuta]

I raised my hand and try to cast what Enforcer called "Resta" after he attempted it himself but instead i just ended up saying. "Yeow!" As i facepalmed. "I have no mana left and Eweca hasn't risen at all to fill the air with it! But... shouldn't it have risen by now? Then i looked at the Guy he was talking to."Every-trick in the book?" I scratched my head. "There was a book for that?"

I made a disappointed style face and spoke on. "Shows how far people actually go these days..." I sighed. "At least i know juggler style moves." I shook his hand, "And if you havent heard before my name is HUkyasuto buuuut you can just call me Yasu." I said with a wink as i rolled backwards and sat right next to Enforcer. "Alright you can call my plan a bust buddy." I patted him on the shoulder. "You can do what your gonna do."

[A. Zerran]

Neil was surprised, but tried to get back on task. "Amazing that a cast like yourself could do that. But in any case...don't think I didn't hear that, Enforcer. Please, stop thinking that I do not care about people. I do. I'm a very social man. And I'm no spook of the AMF. How do you think I married a wonderful woman and had a brilliant son? I just didn't expect to find more than one Guardian here."

"Now, Enforcer. This suit was not made solely by the AMF. It was made by them, the Communion, and GRM to be an extremely stealthy and versatile armor-suit." He paused for a moment, remembering something. "And that teleportation that I performed? That was not my armor. That was my own technic called Teleporet. It is quite invaluable, especially in sneaking missions such as this one...although the element of stealth is not present, I can still manage to sneak around without being detected. We can contact one another at any time with the comm channel 85.10. Let me know of any changes, Enforcer." Neil gave him a quick salute and teleported away.

[Daak]

Garon had been watching the two talk while he and Yasu had stayed back he even watched Enforcer heal his arm with restathout even flinching ... After they talked for quite a while, the AMF operative had saluted and teleported away... Garon stood there waiting for Enforcer to give a comand but, first he wanted to talk with Yasu a bit, and so he asked ``Yasu how comes you dress like this? ´´

[FOkyasuta]

I began to brush off my helm when i heard this, "Well i should be asking you the same thing! But then again... People DO say my robe does look a bit bland but to me? Its just right. Simple, Slender & Sleek, Purple and Decorated with an X across the chest. Whats not to like?" I dusted it off proudly then i looked at the helm. "Or is it the Dragon Crest on my head?" I pointed to it. "Or is it the fact that i always keep my hood down to show it?"

[Daak]

Garon laughed ``no its okay you do look good in it ´´ He turned around as Enforcrer walked over to them, he looked at him waiting for what he was about to say...

[Enforcer MKV]

The Master Sergeant disappeared. "Comm channel 85.10" I mumbled quietly as I entered it into my comm.

I looked at Yasu and Garon, who were both looking at me, expectantly. My eyes dimmed, and I resisted the urge to let my shoulders slump. I thought to myself, "Kids, they're just damn kids, and they're wrapped up in this whole mess. Yasu looks like he should be in school, learning, and Garon was old enough to be chasing girls, and working a nice job on the Colony or some nice little shop. Instead they're both stuck in this damn city, helping me stop a group who were so damn set on human superiority that they falled to see the bigger picture."

"Casts aren't much better, are they?" I wondered silently as I looked up to the starry sky. I decided it didn't matter. All I know was that I was stuck as a squad leader again.
It's not that I disliked working with people, but....well, I didn't want to see anyone hurt. I believe fully in everyone being proficient at their jobs, but accidents happened. That's why I tried to put the burden on myself; so others wouldn't have to.

"I suppose I did want support." I thought to myself as I taught Yasu and Garon a few simple hand gesture that I was prone to making. 'Move here, Hold position' Simple things that would come in handy, in case we couldn't hear one another or needed to stay silent.

"Alright," I said, satisfied that they understood, "Let's start moving towards that Comms Array, it looks to be a fair distance away. Try and keep the noise to a minimum, just because their comms are out doesn't mean we can't be found. Alright, let's go..."

As we went, I clicked to my Comm system, and contacted Neil. My Comms were integrated, so I could talk on the comm without others hearing (So in this case, Yasu and Garon can't hear me.), which was nice sometimes.

"So, Master Sergeant, just how many friendly troops do we have on the ground?"

[Daak]

After the AMF soldier where gone Enforcer came back looking a bit worried. He seemed to be in thoughts although Garon did not know if that was even possible for a CAST. They sat down and he thought them some sing langue just simple thighs that he thought of useful, some of it he had already known from when he was in the Special Forces team when he finished the project ``eye´´. But he had mostly forgotten all of it as he had always worked alone since he had joined the Neo illuminus 3 years ago. After he was finished teaching them he said that they should get going and so they did moving silently through the night towards the burning giant satellite dish...

[A. Zerran]

Neil was in a small abandoned warehouse when Enforcer contacted him. "How many allies you mean? Hm...about 4 to 6, perhaps. Plus there is that one person whom we don't even know about that's causing serious problems to Neo Illuminus." He paused as he looked through some heavy storage crates in the warehouse.

"...Enforcer, not to change the subject here, but I found some storage crates in this abandoned GRM warehouse. Inside this one is...a Death Dancer twin-sabers, a Prest wand, and a Falcon rifle. And in this next one...an Ascalon sword, a Maser Cannon, and a Bulletmaster twin-handguns. So far I see a lot of high grade equipment, all new and unused. And in this one we have nothing but a corpse of a Pan-" He stopped speaking for a brief few seconds, went into shock, and then spoke again. "Wait just one minute! Bloody hell?! A Pannon corpse?!"

[NeonaPulsar]

Through Neil's shock and outburst over the the lifeless Pannon, a contacted opend through his comlink. It was from Kraz of LittleWing.

~ ... Finally. You must be the brainyack they call Neil. Ya got a lot of nerve hiding this channel, but given the circumstances, I won't hold it against ya. Lucky me, Chelsea is good with numbers. I'll get to the point. I have sent a LittleWing agent in to help ya out. Bad news, he is not responding to his comlink. Worse news, the little monster is probibly already tearing literally into the city. So unless you want a few blocks leveled, you may want to get on it. Kraz out ~


At that moment, and right on que with Kraz, in a disstant part of the city, Tekk had just finished laying waste to a small weapons shop. Multipul holes dotted all the walls of the one floor building, were either a body had been thrown, or Twin claws tore their way in to get said body. Broken weapons lay strune all around and not a soul stood alive. It looked so mangled that the next large bus to roll past would topple it over just from the breeze. Tekk stood a ways out into the street, looking back over his shoulder at the shop, a smerk on his face.

"Ah, that hit the spot. Nothing like taking out a new enemey to man a guy feel relaxed. So much for these Neo dudes". He laughed to himself, rolling his shoulders to stretch them, before moving on.

[FOkyasuta]

I was covering the rear by walking backwards with my swords in hand. When what do ya know, My Helm picked up yet another person talking,
[spoiler-box] "Finally. You must be the brainiac they call Neil. Ya got a lot of nerve hiding this channel, but given the circumstances, I won't hold it against ya. Lucky me, Chelsea is good with numbers. I'll get to the point. I have sent a Little Wing agent in to help ya out. Bad news is, he is not responding to his com-link. Worse news, the little monster is probably already tearing literally into the city. So unless you want a few blocks leveled, you may want to get on it. Kraz out." [/spoiler-box]
I shuddered a bit when i heard that and spoke out loud. "Isn't that just great." The guys turned to face me. "I picked up someone speaking to Neil and he said that apparently "Help" was on its way from Little Wing. But apparently this "Help" doesn't want to exactly help and instead wants to tear up some blocks. My guess is Little Wing is a Mercenary guild of some sorts that tries to keep the peace like the AMF i think." Then i rolled my eyes. "Their better off that staying a Mercenary Guild from the looks of things..." I signaled them to keep moving other wise we'd never reach our destination.

All this new more advanced stuff in Errin was so cool yet confusing at the same time. I mean i kept eying Enforcer's Rifle so much i wanted to run up to him snatch it and shoot at something! Then again i don't think theirs such thing as Rifle Mastery in my vocabulary... Then again. Alright alright it's settled, If someone drops something that looks interesting its mine. If i knock it outta their hand? Its mine. Disarmed? Mio. Picked up in a storage house? Mine now. I smiled as i thought that up....

[Daak]

After he finished listing what Yasu said about this odd Neil guy talking to a little wing operative he was in thoughts, he had heard about the little wing before weren’t they something like mercenaries like Yasu said? ... Well after Yasu signed them to keep moving Garon wanted to take a closer look at where their heading. He quickly jumped up a ruin of what was earlier a building and looked straightforward. The satellite was still burning and so it was easily spotted and even easier using his ocular powers. Up ahead he saw six to eight Neo illuminus walking along the road heading for a building of some kind up ahead they were carrying three lager crates. Garon gave Yasu and Enforcer the sing for stop and then the sing for enemy that Enforcer had thought them, he then pointed in the direction of the enemy targets... And waited for commands.

[Wayu]

There were four reasons why Tia was often designated the distraction for her special operations unit. The first reason - as we already know - is due to her inaptitude for stealth.

The second reason, as we now find out, is due to her tendency to get distracted...much like how she began picking random objects up and examining them for a good deal of time before resuming the walk to the center of the city.

Having found a small sack on the ground somewhere, Tia began collecting small trinkets that caught her eye. Some kind of armband that glowed, a relatively undamaged handgun of sorts, a very small laser pointer, a pair of sunglasses, and a weird piece of glowing metal. And of course, when a beautiful blonde female in white clothing walks around an empty street, people will notice. Unfortunately, most people in this city were trigger-happy, as Tia found out quite rudely as a pretty piece of jewelry she found inside a ruined car got shot out of her hand.

"Hey! That looked pretty expensive, whoever did that! Pay me back!" Angrily, Tia whipped her rapier out and faced the source of the shot. Half a block away, a few masked uniformed people aimed guns at her and yelled some things. When they saw her draw her weapon, they began firing at Tia. Their accuracy wasn't bad, as several bullets flew straight towards the blonde woman.

At this point we reach the third reason why Tia Langley is widely regarded as the distracter in the squad - her temper. As the bullets neared Tia's small frame, small shimmers appeared in the bullet trajectory. When the energy bullets made contact with the shimmers, the energy seemingly disappeared into the air. Within seconds, the distortion of the air grew and surrounded a good dozen meters around Tia, easily visible to the naked eye.

"Hey! Stop shooting, you dastards! I. Said. STOP!!"

Tia drew her rapier back (remember that she is left handed), an extremely small yet concentrated red ball of wildly distorting hot air gathering right at the tip of the weapon. The process took no longer than half a second, as she thrusted her weapon towards the shooters. The tiny ball flew at a speed roughly the same of a physical bullet and impacted the first gunner square in the chest.

A massive red & white flame soundlessly erupted with explosive force from the small ball, effectively destroying an entire city block. Window glass melted. Concrete distorted. Asphalt cracked. Entire buildings changed shape. Where the gunners had formerly stood proved to be no more than a massive black char.

After Tia realized what she just did - it took her the better part of five seconds to process - she hurriedly sheathed her rapier, grabbed the sack, and bolted off away from the crime scene - again - and back towards the center of the metropolis. No more screwing around today.

And thus we can conclude four reasons why Tia Langley is the distraction of the Infinity Squad:
1) Her inaptitude in stealth;
2) Her tendency to get distracted, even when in a mission;
3) Her short temper;
4) The fact that she single-handedly possesses enough magical power to destroy a small planet...

===

"...if she could use and control it properly. What is that girl doing?"

Back in the dimly light room, the black clothed woman started to tap her feet.

"It's good that she's causing a ruckus but I hope she doesn't do something as crazy as blowing entire blocks up...again."

-Wayu

[Enforcer MKV]

The problems just kept piling up.

A Pannon corpse, Mercs, contacts were up ahead, pointed out by Garon.....

And now it looked like part of the city was being warped. Roughly a block in fact.

I clicked off my comm as I realized what all was happening. I looked back at Yasu, who was the only one without a ranged weapon of any sorts. "Just damn kids." I thought to myself. Looking around, I spied a discarded Beamguc on the ground.....

There were a lot of weapons lying around, actually. No bodies though. Weird.

Snapping my focus back to the Beamguc in my hand, I pointed it at a wall next to me, and pulled the trigger. Nothing happened.

"Right, ok, I can fix this." I mumbled as I pulled a photon charge from my pack and used it to recharge the pistol. Pointing it at the wall again, I fired it, leaving a small blast mark on the wall. Nothing too damaging, just a bit of a black mark.

I walked over to Yasu, and placed the grip of the handgun in his palm. I gave him a brief tutorial on how to use it. Nothing fancy, but enough to ensure he knew what he was doing. His eyes seemed to glow as I taught him. While his enthusiasm was admirable, I wished it could be focused towards something other than an instrument of war. Finishing, I told him. "Only use this if you have to. I don't want to see you get hurt."

As I was about to turn around to motion for Garon to climb down, I noticed something make it's way into the corridor. Realizing the gravity of the situation, I hastily stepped behind Yasu, placing myself between him and the enemy, and raised my rifle. The closer to the center, the more danger we realized was present. Looking behind me, I realized, to my horror, that they were all around us. We were surrounded. Their Bio-luminescent blades glowed with a blue light not unlike my eyes. I shouted to Garon that we were engaged, before clicking back to the Master Sergeant's channel, and said in a cool, collected voice,

"I hope you can raise those friendly forces of yours double quick, Master Sergeant. We're going to need them....It's the SEED. They're back, and they're very much alive."

I dropped to one knee and fired at the Deljaban in front of me, as I felt the air pressure of Yasu dashing at the group at the far end of the alleyway.

[RenzokukenZ]

Zelik Rask spied through his scope the culprit of the massive explosion, recognizing her instantly.

After he had set the trap box down, the Sergeant ran through the buildings until he felt certain that he had reached the heart of New Rozenom. The main structures in sight were the town hall and a GRM tower. He smirked as he guessed the hall to have the civilians and the tower to be used as HQ for the Neo Illuminus. Knowing that his presence would be known regardless of which building he tried to enter, he instead veered inside a neighboring 3 story building. It was abandoned, and Rask had no problem reaching the roof. Here, he withdrew an antique looking rifle and attached a high-tech scope on it, and used it to spot out any guards on either the hall or tower.

"Hm, as I suspected. There are more guards stationed at the hall. Which means the prize is bigger behind those doors. Better get an overhead map-out from HQ." As he prepared to send a comlink to the AMF, he heard a barrage of gunfire coming from a block away. Turning his rifle in that direction, he looked through the scope to spot several Illuminus gunmen shooting at one direction. Following the gunfire, Rask spotted their target; the white-clad runaway that escaped from him earlier. "Well I'll be a Newman's killer, its that cheeky runaway! The silhouette doesn't lie. Judging from the contents around her, she's just a damn looter. But then why...?"

Before he could question the target's allegiance, said target used an attack of sorts, a reddish energy orb lunged upon the fleeting unit. The next thing he knew, a massive concentration of energy from the orb released, causing everything withing the block to be erased from existence. Zelik ducked and hid behind the roof railing, shielding himself from the aftershock. "Dammit all, she's one of them 'God' types from the Great War!" he grunted, his voice being shadowed by the remaining aftermath.

OOC: The rifle
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[Mega Ultra Chicken]

"Damn Fortefighters and their big, stupid Axes. I would have had that guy if Ken actually thought for once and didn't throw that haunch of meat at me. And that was my last Scape Doll, too..."

Kory remembered leaping at this one Neo Illuminus operative, only to completely miss. His landing was met by a savage blow to his body by a flying hammer that incapacitated him in one hit.

---

"Boo hoo, 'and that was my last Scape Doll, too...' Grow a spine. People like Ethan Waber and Laia Martinez are heroes, not wimpy little man-children that look like they still haven't gone through puberty yet and fight only with light weaponry (including all those little girls that call themselves "Masterforces.") Besides, it's his fault for being a moron and jumping in at he wrong time."

After the failed combination attack, Ken had abandoned his former teammate and conitinued on his journey. Perhaps he could find a group of fighters that could actually get something done for once.

"Good help is hard to find these days. Might as well just storm the base of these Illuminutjobs on my own."

---

"But I shouldn't dwell on it. I probably won't be seeing him again. The show must-" Before Kory could complete his thought, an entire block exploded in the distance. After shielding his eyes from the brightness of the explosion, he wondered whether or not he should investigate. "I... should probably stay away from whoever did that. They could turn me to ash within seconds- Wait a minute, you've always been about making things interesting! That's why you don't carry around a 'big, stupid Axe.' Just go for it!" Kory immediately sprinted toward the fire.

[Seth Astra]

Altis was rushing through the buildings, taking out the occasional Illuminus soldiers. Hearing gunfire, he slowed his pace and began to creep towards where the sound was coming from. Then the building next to him exploded, throwing him against another building while he swore profusely, although this couldn't be heard over the virtual supernova that was nearby. As it finally stopped, he climbed to his feet and muttered, "Damn, I hope whoever did this is on our side."

[NeonaPulsar]

Tekk had made it closer to the heart of the city, following a small Holo-pad map he had taken off of one of the Neos back a few blocks back where yet another structure bore the scars of his temper. Accourding to his map, he wasn't that far off from where this so called, Bomb, was located. If the Neos he had encounted so far where this easy, he expected to run into the other groups any time now.

But as the thoughts of finding the others, and seeing to ths bomb lurked in his mind, a massive red burst flashed a dozon or so blocks ahead. A few buildings stood in the way with a curve in hte street, but it was clear that it was an explosion. This drew Tekk's atension as he glared down the road in front of him to better see what was happening. It was over and done with in mer seconds, but as he looked on, a suddon aftershock punched him in the chest, reeling him over onto the ground.

"HEY!" he yelled, sitting up. He rolled onto his back and with a swift movment, lept toward onto his feet. He re-adjusted his skull vizor which has gotten knocked off from the fall. With an almost frightfull vigor, he inhald, then let lose a deifying roar in the direction of the blast then took off at a charge towards it.

( OOC: I am sure deifying is miss spelled)

[FOkyasuta]

Dashing into a group of Enemy's sure did bring back good memories... Just like the first time i fell in love with Swords. Ah bliss! But enough chit chat time to get serious! And yeah music was blasting though my brain again. "I call this one Enforcer!" I shouted before i started the assault.

[spoiler-box]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4z8raZshDA[/spoiler-box]

Ive never fought these creatures before but they just seemed to act exactly like skeletons. Only a tad faster. And wielding blue blades. And some looked like Imps that moved somewhat slower. I think So i used a modified tactic of mine to deal with this. Since the handgun could deal damage at a range i danced around the group , Flipping past ice spikes and sliding under leaping foes to stay unharmed. Some stayed alive so i had to resort to the Short Battle Sword pair i liked to call, Dual Goldana.


As i pulled them out and tossed the gun into the hole in my lance for safekeeping as one dove for me and i rolled right under and countered with a dive of my own, Stabbing the swords into the creatures back and back-flipping off leaving his insides wide open oozing with blue blood. "Ew..." I remarked. "Ive heard of green blood, But blue?" I landed crouched in a ready pose. "Double ew." They dove at me left and right and i was getting a bit annoyed so i did this. I stopped and took a break and just
stood there.

I bent my legs as they approached by the swarm then Bam! They dived. Dived right into my Windmill that is! A split second before they hit me I lifted my right heel and twirled like a Ballerina of some-sort sending the unfortunate creatures flying in several directions! One was trying to get up but i jumped and slammed both of my swords into the creature and as i ended the move i swung my swords to the side cleaning off the blood. Then i tossed them back into my lance hole and wiped some sweat off my forehead.


"Too easy." I remarked. "A siren gives me more problems! I mean these guys aint nothing!" A pannon tried to jump hit me and i gave it one right in the Red looking eye knocking it out cold. "See what i mean?" I finished as i Drew out the lance and Stabbed it right into one of the Odd looking Skeleton and with one hand flung it into a crowd of them making them stumble to the ground leading me to follow up with an Upwards barrel roll like leap that ended with a small quake like feeling afterwards as i slammed the lance onto the crowd. Some weren't effected somehow. "Damn heavy stander..." I grumbled as i swung the lance to the right sending them pile driving right into a wall.

I looked left and right. "Thats it? Thats all you guys have?!" I shrugged. "Looks like the bad guys came with low standards this time around!" I laughed as a Pannon hit me right smack on the helm. "OW!" I looked back and saw my attacker. One of those Imp things. "Why you little son of a bi-" Before you know it i had plunged the lance right though the thing and sent the poor sucker flying with one hand into a building floor smashing several window panes on its way. I put the lance on my back side as i spoke,"That aught to show him." I began to dust off my hands as the building collapsed floor by floor by floor by floor. "A Milletian's work is never done! Especially here in Errin." I think i heard two or three buildings fall... but i didn't bother to stick around to find-out! I pulled out the Handgun from earlier as i ran to Enforcer and Stopped right beside him. "You rang?" I happily spoke to him as i blew out some smoke from the gun as i shot it against one of those things that hit me in the back while looking him in the eye.

[A. Zerran]

With a sigh of relief, the pilot managed to crack most of Neo Illuminus's firewalls and security barriers and passwords. Adam looked up some of Neo Illuminus's most important data including a few weapons schematics and all of their elite's profiles, and then downloaded it to a small USB flash drive that could support up to 12 GB of data memory. After he finished downloading, he then used the large computer to try and contact this Sasha R.

"Greetings, Sasha", he began, speaking in Russian. Surprisingly, he knew a lot of words in the language. "You seem to be quite unhappy with the events of today. Well let me tell you now that it was I who destroyed you Neo Illiterates's comm satellite. And as for this language that I am speaking, I'm sure you have a translation device handy with you. That, or perhaps you know the language."

"Let me tell you now. I already figured out that there's a bomb in the city somewhere. But I don't know where exactly is it. So, I have a deal for you. I will give you 10 minutes to meet me in the city square. We will settle this there. If you don't arrive within the time limit, then I will be forced to find the bomb the hard way. And I don't think you'd want to cross me before we even met face to face. I'll tell you the rest of the deal when we meet. By the way, Sasha, you may call me Mr. Zerran." He switched back to English and said, "See you soon, little miss temper." He ended the call, and then inserted a self destruct system into the large computer. Before activating it, he grabbed all the materials and equipment he found down there that he could carry along with the stuff he brought, and then started the 20 minute self destruct countdown.

Although the resulting explosion would not destroy or damage the building, it would leave no traces that the pilot was ever there. He got back through the vents, got out, and hover boarded to New Rozenom City's square.

[Mega Ultra Chicken]

Sasha was flabbergasted. Who was this man... and what language was he speaking in? Before she could even make a response, the call had ended. "I only speak English, you dolt. How do you expect me to underst-" At that moment, Sasha recalled the construction of her alias. She remembered falsely claiming to be Russian as part of a method to further conceal her identity. Regardless, Sasha activated a nearby translator, one that relayed the message in broken English.

Upon hearing the message, Sasha was unconvinced to meet this "Mr. Zerran" character. "You filthy little swine. If you were here, I'd strangle the life out of your vile- Hmph. Words, words, words. You so-called 'heroes' think that your negotiations will do anything? Nothing will convince you to stay out of our affairs, so nothing shall convince us to cooperate with you. We shall not move a single, solitary inch, even if you threaten us. But... we could make alternative arrangements for this meeting."

Sasha called from one of the doors, revealing an Illuminus Assassin. "Emile, I hear that you are quite the master of disguise. Take my image and go to New Rozenom City Square. Plant a tracking device on him in case he ends up surviving the encounter, but kill him by all means possible."

The Illuminus Assassin bowed in obedience and used his disguise device to take on Sasha's image. He then made a swift exit toward the City Square.

[Enforcer MKV]

Holding back the encrouching SEED forms was easy, if not tedious, work. Each one fell reasonable quick, but there were just so many of them. He'd prepared several piercing shots which, as the name implied, hit many enemies in a row. He couldn't fire them infinitely, though, so now he was forced to use normal shots. (the piercing shots put more strain on the the rifle's reactor, plus they were weak compared to normal shots.) This made taking each one down easier, though he had to focus on each one individually.

It wasn't that dealing with these SEED forms was particularly difficult (For Deljaban, they had been....easy.) It was the fact that they were even there in New Rozenom that was unnerving. Were the Neo Illuminus experimenting with them, as the Illuminus had before? That was the most likely reason that I could come to. He wanted to know, and it only made him angrier at them. Had they seriously not realized that the SEED couldn't be controlled? That they were dangerous?

All I wanted, and what I assume many people wanted, was to live a peaceful live. None of the races were better than the other, they simply had different specialities. Beasts were the most physically powerful, Newmans were the best at using Technics, Casts had the best ability to use guns, and Humans.....humans were the most well-rounded. They simply didn't have a weakness. The spirit and determination that humans had in the face of such diversity was a testament to their abilities on an individual as well as a group level.

I had to worry about technics. All CASTs were weak to them. It was a crippling flaw. But humans....humans had a better resistance to them. Plus, they could use spells, guns, and melee weapons with equal skill. Sure, it varied for each person, but they were a truly powerful race.

The people I'd have to fight in the end were human, as were some of the people I was trying to defend. Either way, these battles were taxing on my....soul? I wasn't certain I had a soul. But either way, I'd fight on. For the Holy Light, and for people like Yasu, and Garon. Because people can be saved, and anyone can change. It's hard sometimes, but still possible.

Yasu's cheery "You rang?" Popped me back to the world around me.

"Huh? Oh." I said, regaining my focus quickly, "Well, since everything is dead, we should keep moving. We need to head to that Comms Array, and then to the center of the city. We need to hurry, there's no telling how long we have before that bomb goes off. And -" I paused, and looked in the direction of the earlier distortion, "We need to take down whoever did that, or at least subdue them."

I motioned for Garon, who's sniper cover was very much appreciated, to come down, and replaced my rifle with Hyper Vipers. Pointing the righthand Viper towards the center of the city, I yelled, "Let's get moving, we have a city to save! No more stealth, we need speed!" And took off, at a dash, towards the center of the problem, Yasu and Garon in tow.

[Wayu]

Tia had seen many, many things in her lifetime, but this was a first.

The blonde woman stood in a rather pristine street, no longer than a few lanes wide. The structures nearby and the lampposts and whatnot seemed relatively unscathed. So why, one would ask, would anyone find something odd about that?

Well, take into consideration a large group of misshapen, somewhat humanoid creatures shambling by. These creatures are quite obviously hostile, radiating a disgusting amount of ill intent to nothing in particular, but they walked right around a glaringly visible stunning blonde lady dressed in brilliant white & gold, almost as if she didn't exist.

A few of the things bumped into her, but took no heed of her. Tia's curiosity began spiraling out of control as different shapes and sizes of these strange creatures appeared and utterly ignored her. Little imps, similar humanoids but slimmer, a few creatures with what appeared to be mutations on certain areas of their bodies, some large dog-like animals and even a few carrying weapons like scythes and swords.

At the back of this certain pack of weird things stood a trio of what looked like massive alien apes, roughly 8 meters tall or so. One of them, however, was noticably taller and sported what appeared to be reinforced arms and armored skin. Since these...things didn't seem to care about her being there, Tia leapt onto the head of the larger ape. This could be interesting.

===

Back in the dark room, the dull red light turned fron red to green.

A sharp electronic voice pierced the air. "Approaching drop zone. Operation will commence in T-10."

The black-clothed woman chuckled a bit and fiddled with her holster. "About time."

-Wayu

[Daak]

Garon had watched as these creatures started attacking Yasu and Enforcer, his fingers were already on the trigger but Yasu seemed to handle things well by himself so he quickly shot a few rounds as well to support. He looked back to the bunch of Neo Illuminus carry the crates Garon wanted to call Enforcer or Yasu and tell them what his plan was but they seemed to be fighting what Enforcer called SEED he had heard the term before from one of his teachers he said that they were extinct long ago? How was this possible?

But he didn’t have time for this he jumped of the ruined side of the building landing a few meters later, dashing toward his enemy’s he activated his ocular power the usual slow motion effect should help against the six enemy targets he thought. The first one didn’t even know what hit him as a bullet flew through his head splattering blood on the person in front of him, then Garon appeared in front of the group with his sword, which quickly made its way through the lower body of the second target, the first of the group. While his dead target fell to the ground, Garon pulled the man’s gun out of the holder, which he used to shoot the man beside him. He then chucked it at the second person in the middle who flew back he then pulled his sniper and shot the man´s head to a bunch of red chunks. The last target was taken out by his gun which he used to whack the man in the head and then shoot at a low distance splattered his insides on the ground. Garon ended his massacre and his eyes relaxed.

But suddenly he saw for less than a second movement behind him he looked around and a creature of some kind stood in front of him his eyes glowing in a deep red he also realized that one of the crates had been opened he wanted to pull his sniper but the creature was so much faster and even with his reflexes he wasn’t fast enough to dodge the sword that the creature was holding which stabbed trough his right waist Garon flew a few meters back accompanied with his scream of pain ...

He rose to his knee holding his bleeding side with his hand to try to stop the blood flowing out with the other he pulled his sword ready to launch a new attack but this time with the help of his ocular power he sprinted towards ``it´´ and twisted as he tried to slash at the creature which easily blocked his attack with its sword. This mad Garon mad he stepped back and with one hand and all his power dropped the sword at the head of his enemy whatever it was , again the creature blocked his move Garon felled the energy leave his body slowly also the bleeding hadn’t stopped then out of the sudden the sharp claw of his enemy grabbed his sword and threw it back , Garon had to let go but was still thrown back at least two meters he screamed as a sharp rock stabbed his wound deepening it even more the creature seemed to enjoy all this as it moved towards him Garon laid their unable to move ... The thing now stood right in front of him its sword rose the red eyes seemed to smile at him as he ascended his sword to kill Garon.

Then ... while the sword came down towards him the air around him changed it felt like it became sharp? Then all he saw was blood his body was full of it , it felt like it was everywhere he thought he was his but it was green and as soon as he came out of the shock he realized it was the creatures , it was split in two now his upper body lying next to his lower cut clean right in half ... he couldn’t stand up due to all the pain so he just laid there thinking and staring into the nightly heaven ... how had he killed it ... was it maybe was it his eyes ? he felt his pain taking over and he fell asleep or more like unconscious …

[A. Zerran]

Adam was already waiting at the square. It was dark, with only a few street lights. So, the pilot activated night vision mode on his goggles. He looked around, trying to spot Sasha whilst he was taking cover and avoiding any sniper or assassin that might get him if he was in plain sight.

Meanwhile...

Neil realized that Enforcer deactivated his comm, so now he was stuck with no one but his AMF operations overseer and Kraz from the Mercenaries. "Listen, Kraz", he said, "I think I have my current situation under control. Although I appreciate the assistance, I don't know if this will solve anything. But thanks anyway." As soon as he was ready to leave the warehouse, he heard a distinctive sound. When he turned around to look behind him, he saw a few live Pannons.

"Oh, bloody hell!", he yelled, and opened fire on them with his machine gun. Although they suffered in pain, the Pannons began to creep closer to Neil. He became more annoyed, and used Grants on them to end their agony. They died painlessly after that. "This is utter bullocks! Why would there be bleeding Pannons here in New Rozenom City?!", he grumbled, stepping out of the warehouse.

The moment he stepped out, he once again activated his stealth camouflage in his suit, and teleported around to try and see if there were other SEED forms in the city.

[NeonaPulsar]

Kraz chimed up again in Neils comlink channel. ~Thanks has nothing to do with it, because like it or not, hes in the city with you. Hes not one of those to slow down just for the word stop either. One of them short-wicked tempers types. Recemend you find him before he finds you.~

Kraz puased for a bit, listening to Neil's encounter with SEEDs, then almost seemed to explode. ~ PANNONS! Are you kidding me. Why in the world would the Illumius bring those walking gummys back just to blow up a city!? Great. Now, not only do i have to worry about the beast on the lose, but now the SEED again... Hey, what are yo... ~

Kraz voice was drowned out by a loud screech of a cheer from what sounded like a young girl. ~AH! I love Pannons! Their so cute! Just so, gummy! ~

Kraz ~I think i just got a headach. Girl, what do you think your doing!?~

Sonia ~Its Sonia and I'm going to go help whoever your talking to. Like it or not. EEEeee, I just love Pannons.~

Kraz sighed to himself as the the girl left the room then adressed neil again. ~I'm going to need a vacation after this. Well Neil, looks like you get more then you asked for. Sonia... by the looks of if, will be coming by shortly. A quick ship ride and teleport. Judging by the fact that the little creton recked my last ship, sonia will be teleporting to you once she is in range of Parum. So QUIT your moving around. Kraz out~

[FOkyasuta]

I saw what happened to Garon and felt bad cause well i was well ahead of him before i ran back. "Oooh boy... He's gonna be asleep for a while." I sighed and kicked the corpse of the monster and began to drag him as i shouted, "Enforcer! Enforcer wait up! Wait Up!" I think it was no use but he left behind a smell. A smell that was very easy to follow thankfully. Then wham, Good ol' dragon crest was picking up people talking. YET AGAIN. Only this time it was two people talking. Like a father and a Daughter who's name was Sonia... Seems she was interested in Pannons what ever the hell those were. She was making quite a big deal about them... Like someone I've knew before. Interesting.

Then i looked back at Garon then shrugged as he snored. I picked him up and began to carry him with both my hands as i bandaged his cut on the run And came to a halt as i saw a WHOLE army of those things i killed earlier with something else big leading it in somesort of march... I gulped and ran the other way around and hid behind i wall and peeked around it and i couldn't believe my eyes! That Succubus was actually sitting on top of the big guy! Giving me a chance to run by! I took that chance and dashed right by her observation. "Arigatō!" I shouted as i ran into yet another ally away from the ruckus i weaved around in. And Enforcer was no were to be seen... Then i heard something from above and saw that something like a meteor was gonna touch down in a couple of seconds and spoke in a panic. "I dont have time for this crap! I have to find enforcer!" And dashed away once more..

[Enforcer MKV]

I skid to a halt and turned around; Garon and Yasu were nowhere to be found.....

"Dammit! Where are they!?" I gasped as I ran back the way I came, and turned to see a blonde women......riding on top of a SEED form?

I climbed up a ladder next to me, and observed her for a minute..."Ok, I've officially seen everything now. First, tea; now, she's riding a SEED form like it's an Ollaka." I muttered as I watched, somewhat in awe of her.

I contacted Neil on my Comms, "Uh, Master Sergeant, I've lost track of my charges, if you see either Garon or Yasu, tell them I'm watching something....uh.....interesting, shall we say? That is all. MK out."

Switching my attention back to the cowgirl in training (OOC: OK, I couldn't help it. :P), I waved to see if she needed any help....or something.

I really wasn't sure what to think of it, at this point.

[A. Zerran]

Neil was slightly depressed from the events that followed throughout the day and the night. First it was a supposed beastling with destructive powers that was going to come and cause mayhem, then Pannons attacking him, and now a girl called Sonia who loves Pannons. He just decided to roll with it and greet the beastling that was already in the city, assuming he was.

Neil tracked down the beastling Mercenary member, and spoke to Tekk whilst still invisible. "Good evening, Mr. Tekk. I've heard about you from Kraz of the Mercenaries in Clad 6. So tell me...do you really have extreme destructive capabilities?"

[NeonaPulsar]

Tekk almost triped in his run, whirling around to to face the sourse of the spoken voice. He Twin claws flashed from his nanotrans to his grips as he almost imeditly took a agressive stance. Even with enhanced sight that beasts naturally came with, he could not see anyone through the dark air.

"Surprizeing a man could get you killed. Now, show yourself and explain how you know me, or i'll hunt you out" Tekk spoke to the air, with a threating tone.

[A. Zerran]

Neil turned off the stealth camouflage and revealed himself to Tekk. Although, Neil was actually 12 feet away from him. "And would you do next, Mr. Tekk? I'm 12 feet away. But anyway, forgive me for that. I wanted to be sure it was you. Now, there is no real need for you to be threatening an AMF Master-Sargent. Besides, Kraz told me that you were coming. He contacted me."

"My name is Neil Louis Armstrong Lightning. Or Master-Sargent Lightning to you. Now would you kindly answer the question you were given before?"

[NeonaPulsar]

Tekk seem to settle down a bit, putting away his Twin claws. "Ah. The windbag got a hold of you. Well, That explains it. Nice to meet you Neil. I'd introduce myself, but, well, Ya. Ranks don't sit with me, but also long as you don't go sneaking up on me again, you got my respect."

Tekk gave a cheerful smile, that faded to a thoughtfull exprestion as he got back to the question Neil asked. "I guess you can say that. Others would call it a short temper. Just rage i guess." He gave a shrug before changing the subject. "So, you guys find this ticker were here to de-fuse?"

[A. Zerran]

"...Ticker? You mean the bomb? Well, I have a very good idea where it is. But we need to find it if we are to disarm it, nonetheless. So, shall we?"

[Seth Astra]

Altis had climbed out of the building he crashed into, somehow surviving without his line shield, and began surfing on his spear again. This time, deciding that any attempts at stealth were completely and hopelessly screwed, he made no effort to sneak through the streets. After a few minutes of winding through the streets, he came upon a small army of SEEDforms. His left arm twitched, the SEED cells within it resonating with those of the army. Every train of thought in his mind either ended in or was related to killing the SEED army. He accelerated his spear forwards from roughly 50 meters away. 40. 30. 20. 10. 5. As he lept into the air, ready to leap into battle, he saw Tia riding on top of one of the SEEDforms. Flipping around, he managed to land in the middle of them, somehow not arousing hostility. Riding his spear at a slow speed alongside the SEED that Tia was riding, he called up, "Nice to see you! I must say, I'm impressed at the little parrade you got here, even if I have to repress the urge to massacre these things."

[Mega Ultra Chicken]

"Hm, If Chuei Jitosushin makes you fly through the air to attack enemies, then maybe I could... Nahhh." Despite his inner doubt, Kory summoned his Kitty Claws and gazed at them. "Well, it's worth a shot." Kory leaped into the air and put his arms out in front of him. Through his flight was uneven, he eventually got a feel for claw flight, which reduced the amplitude of his flight pattern.

Many moments later...

Kory emerged next to Altis and Tia above the parade of SEED. He took notice of Altis and said, "Looks like you don't need a Spear to fly after all." He was too caught up in the excitement of learning how to fly to notice the SEED below. But the excitement would soon some to an end, for his Kitty Claws were running out of PP. The thrust of the Twin Claws started to weaken...

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An image of Sasha appeared at the center of the City Square, ready for negotiations.

[Daak]

Garon woke up for a short while and realized he was carried by Yasu ... but he was to tired and slipped away into sleep again... He woke up lying behind a wall his waist had been bandaged but the wound was still open he stood up holding himself on the wall ...``Dam´´ he muttered under his pain ... he walked towards the main street out of the alley and saw a small army of SEED walking towards the center of the city. There was a women actually sitting on one of the larger SEED and two more people, one flying and one hovering `` What is going on here ?´´. He slid down the wall and sat down there needing to catch his breath ... he thought he saw Enforcer for a second and shouted out for him but he voice was so weak ... he fell back asleep...

[Wayu]

As the random other people began to conglomerate around the parade of large ugly things, Tia noticed a shift in direction of the hostility. While it wasn't very noticable, the monsters ever-so-slightly reacted to the presence of the new people. It took a few seconds, but eventually one of the medium-sized humanoids stopped and looked up at the floating men...by the way, that guy on the stick looked familiar. Either way, the group of creatures one by one noticed the humans in the air and seemed to stare at them...if they had eyes.

"You, I've seen you before. Grab the fool trying to fly next to you and get out of here. These things don't like you."

Just as she finished her sentence, the thing she was riding took a step back and took a swing at the male on the stick.

"See? I told you." Tia couldn't help but wonder why they didn't attack her, though. Her best guess was a difference in energy source...the weapons and gear the people she had seen so far was quite similar to whatever was in these ugly things...albeit without any intent of their own. It's not like a gun could be hateful, after all.

-Wayu

[Enforcer MKV]

Two people had appeared in the group of SEED forms, which until a moment ago, had seemed.....peaceful? Then, the SEED form that the woman was riding took a swipe at the man.....no, Newman, that rode in on a spear.

I instinctively raised my rifle and pointed it at the SEED, but stopped, because the woman was still mounted on top of it. Looking through the integrated sight, I realized who the Newman was....Altis Durge!? He was supposed to be dead! He was listed as KIA by both the GUARDIANS and the AMF! This Op just kept getting more and more strange.

Stowing my rifle, I mantled off the side of the building, and landed with a semi-crash. I left a small crater.

"Heavy Metal, indeed." I joked to myself. Walking up to the edge of the group of SEED, I did my best to attract the attention of....someone, without enraging the SEED forms.

One of the forms on the edge turned to me.....and held out a blade, expectantly. I was awe-struck.....This was a seriously messed up night. I stretched out my hand, and, cautiously, gripped the blade, and shook it. It's blue....eyes (?) seemed to hum, like it was happy.

I looked back at the group, and decided to call - uh, "quietly."

"heeey. What's going on here??" I called at the three people in the center.

Suddenly, I was swiped at. I jumped back.

This was seriously getting weird.

[FOkyasuta]

I kinda felt bad i had to leave Garon behind but i mean comeon! I couldn't fight with him in my hands! Sure the Handgun could be wielded with one hand but i cant pick him up with one! Then i facepalmed... "The lance is way heavier then him." I walked back and found him asleep again. Then i thought. I found some nearby boxes and constructed them to like some-sort of fort. "No ones gonna see him like that. I just know it." I dusted my hands off and walked away cause running is so overrated. Then i heard like something landing from behind me.


Seems like i wasn't far from that parade. So i peeked around the wall i was hideing behind right and i saw enforcer. Being swiped at. I rolled my eyes and gave that thing a good shot to the face sending to the ground in one blow as i walked to Enforcer, Grabbed his hand and said. "I have no idea whats goin on but im not stayin." I let go and walked back into the ally and sat down to rest . "Damn Succubus..."

[Wayu]

The SEED, recognizing the newcomers as things to kill, began their all-out assault.

Well, all-out seemed to be incorrect. Although they seemingly charged at their enemies, they seemed...well, at least somewhat coordinated. The medium-sized ones with bladed arms went up in front, while the skinnier ones jumped around on the flanks. Strange...blunt-headed bulldog things apparently stood in stand-by in the back, as did the weird little imps. The three giants stood stationary at the rear-middle of the pack, the single safest area in any formation.

Tia cocked her head to one side, still on the biggest giant's head. "...formation? Odd for creatures like this. Then again, everything has some form of intelligence."

The strange thing was, despite a human sitting right on top of the biggest thing around, Tia wasn't targeted. Her suspicions from earlier grew, until she decided to conduct an experiment.

Out of the golden symbol she drew the gun she picked up from earlier as well as that glowing piece of metal. She chucked them down an empty alley, and sure enough, a few creatures took notice and went shambling after. "Hmmmm...that's interesting."

-Wayu

[RenzokukenZ]

The seasoned veteran inched himself up from the roof railing, peeking over at the remnants of a town block. While he was no stranger to seeing the scars of the battlefield, Zelik couldn't help but urge to express anger towards the woman's disregard for the possible lives she may or may not have endangered.

To actually express that would make him a hypocrite, but someone had to

"Welp, these God types are always like that. Swinging the chain and not caring what it hits in the process." Making a quick mental note of searching for this person as a second priority, Zelik stood up on the roof only to quickly duck again. Setting his rifle on the railing, Rask looked within his scope to see what it was that made him duck. There on the empty space near the Town Hall was a woman of sorts, standing there and nothing more.

To simply stand in the center of a clear area meant only two things for Zelik; It was a meeting of sorts, and it was a trap.

[FOkyasuta]

One seemed to have followed cause i shot it right on sight, I sighed and stood up. "Heeere we go again...." I rolled out with a Gold Handled Mace with the hand gun in my Left Hand the Handgun and took aim at the ones that approached. two dived at me but i stepped to the side and as they landed i smacked them right across there blue chest and sending them stumbling to the ground as two more dove for me. ".This is not gonna work out at all. No no no no." I rolled and dodged and fired at them when i was done. Then it seemed every-single creature had there eyes fixed on me. Even the big guy with the Succubus on its shoulder.

I tossed my weapons into the lance's guard and unsheathed it and i closed my Helm and hoped for the best. Next thing i know i backfilpped outta the crowd and saw it with not a single beast right behind me. Then i had a plan in motion. I readied the lance and began to charge though the crowd and in the middle of the crowd it i slammed the lance into the ground. With a loud i was sent flying straight upward through the air and i plunged the Lance right smack in the big guy's face. And with my open hand i opened my Visor and gave a Wink at the Succubus. Then it had come to mind that,


"Daw man! in order for me to actually finish this imma have to take her off this guys shoulder! Damn!" I closed my visor again and put both hands on the lance, as i pulled downward with all the force i had left. send the huge guy pummeling toward the ground right on top of his follower creatures. While he was falling downward i front flipped with the lance, folding it in mid air when i had the chance and i began to slide down with the Succubi when i grabbed her arm and slid down back to the ground safely. Then i put my right hand over my now open helm as i looked down. "Man man man!" I spoke outloud as the big guy fell completely down making a loud boom as he landed. "What was i thinking?! I mean helping a Succubus?" I looked at her for a second before looking back down. My mind must be outta wack or something. Cause there no way! No way i would do such a thing like this! Ever!" Tears begain to fill my eyes. "They were right..." I looked up" I am crazy!" I fell to my knees with dual streams... "Just go ahead and take my soul succubus... Im just not happy in this new style Errin..."

[Enforcer MKV]

"Crud - now this is familiar." I said, as I took several steps back. Altis, the mysterious claw user, and myself had been targeted by the SEED forms.

The women had been ignored, until she pulled a pistol from a strange glyph that appeared in the air, and threw it onto the ground. It took me a second, but slowly I remembered something about the SEED. Photons. They were attracted to photons. How could I forget!

I yelled to the lady, "Ma'am, I suggest you help us take these things out! The SEED are attracted to the weapons, as well as my, power source! I'd be happy to explain to you, as soon as we're not in danger of dying!"

I jumped back to avoid a swipe aimed at my head, as I leveled my rifle at the SEED. I punched my Comms back to Neil's channel. "Master Sergeant, we have a BIG problem. I hope you have a way to accept live feed, I'm attaching a small clip to show you just how things are!"

I avoided another swipe, and smacked the Deljaban in the face.

"Man, things always go from bad to worse!" I grumbled as I faced the oncoming formation, rifle in hand.

[FOkyasuta]

Right now was not the best time for tears. Not at all the best. I looked at the Pistol the Succubus had and thanks to Enforcer giving out that handy peace of information i spoke out while wiping the tears from my eyes. "Something tells me shes not gonna give it up." I got up and just like that i realized she threw out a gun earlier before the fight. I pulled out the other gun i had as i caught it on the gound just lying there."I can Dual Wield these?! I fired both at the Stray creature that was swiping at my Cast friend and gasped. "Holy sheet! That was awesome!" I ran right and stopped next to him and whispered,"I know the perfect saying for dis bro..." I took in a deep breath and shouted at the top of my lungs, "Come at me Bro!" As i readied the Pistols with a twirl.

[Mega Ultra Chicken]

Kory wasn't immediately able to notice the SEED; his attempt to avoid the attacking SEED-form had landed him through the window of an abandoned building. Although somewhat dazed by the impact, Kory was otherwise fine. He recharged his Twin Claws with a Photon Charge and returned to the shattered window.

The reality check had all the subtlety of an anvil to the head. "The SEED!? Here!? But... but... we wiped out their master! We blew up every last HIVE!" He then heard his communicator beeping.

"Finally you answer" said a disembodied voice, "You didn't respond last time we sent out an alert. What were you doing?"

"Um... flying?" Kory said, blushing.

An audible palm to the head could be heard through the communications system.

"In my defense, you can't really pick up a communicator when your method of transportation is a pair of claws."

"Forget that. Our AMF allies have confirmed the presence of the SEED within the city limits. How they ended up here is unknown, but judging by the Illuminus' past use of the SEED-Virus, they are most likely weapons of the Neo Illuminus. As always, the SEED are extremely dangerous. Purify them at all costs and do everything you can to avoid being infected. We don't need to purify any more of our own fighters."

"Roger" said Kory as he stowed away his communicator. And thus he whipped out his Diska of Liberator and started to toss spinning energy blades at the crowd below.

[NeonaPulsar]

Tekk was all set to go. Eager even. But before he could answer, Neil's comlink buzzed to life. Tekk payed little atention to him and his phone call because sounds of yelling and gun fire became audible to his ears. It sounded like a fight. Turning to stand and face the direction he heard the sound, he was certain. It was a large fight.

He didn't bother with formalities, and simply punched Neil in the leg, not hard, but enough to draw notice, then ran off towards the sounds. He yelled back to Neil as he ducked through an allyway."If your done with your phone call, I'll give you a demonstration for your question. Come on, its not far off."


It doesn't take long for a beast is full sprint to get where he's going, and within a matter of minutes he arrived on the sene. To a sight to behold. A small army of SEED forms, rangeing from large to small, swarmed a center street and were having it out against a small group of fighters. He couldn't tell if they were friendly or not, but they were fighting the SEED, which he knew were hostile. Apon exiting the ally he took to get there, a few of the middum-sized SEED turned to face him in a eerie manner.

Tekk just merly smiled, bringing forth his Twin Morning Glories and taking an aggressive stance. " Aaah yeah. BRING IT!" He roared as the SEED charged him.

[Seth Astra]

Altis sighed as the woman told him to leave and forgot his name at the same time. He easily dodged the attack of one of the SEED, and was ready to leave, when the fighting broke out, putting a smile on his face. He had the fortune to be farther back behind enemy lines, right in melee range of two of the most crucial targets in this battle: the pannons and delbiters, although some deljabans had stayed behind to deal with him.
Leaping off his spear, Altis allowed it to run through a deljaban and beyond, hoping it'd hit a few creatures. Before he hit the ground, he re-engaged his line shield and summoned his claw and his shield, the later of which was really just an armguard. As soon as he hit the ground, a deljaban lept at him. Spreading his arms, he blocked the creatures blades, one with his shield and the other with his claw. Leaning back, he kicked the creature in the stomach, sending it onto its back, before leaping on it and bisecting it with a single stroke of his claw. Spinning around, he blocked a swing from another deljaban, before cutting through that one as well. Altis lurched forwards as his line shield absorbed an impact from a megid sphere from one of the deljabans. Climbing to his feet, he hit a few buttons on his nanotranser, returning his claw and shield to his storage space while causing his spear to teleport back into his hands. Rushing the megid-shooter, he ran it through with his blade, before ripping the blade out its side in order to slash another next to it.
Having terminated the deljabans, Altis then realized several delbiters and pannons had been circling him. Beams of darkness and waves of barta rushed towards him from all directions. The newman warrior quickly stabbed his spear into the ground and pushed himself, upside down, on top of it. Hitting a button, he triggered a sudden burst of photon energy from the blade, creating enough force to launch him above the convergence of death. Landing in the now empty space, he rushed towards one of the delbiters. Jamming the blunt end of his spear into the ground, he pole-vaulted above the creature. Spear-first he crashed down onto its back. Surviving, it attempted to buck the newman off, although he refused to lose his balance, and instead made several more strikes. Leaping off, he landed in the middle of a group of pannons. A quick stab impaled one of them, and a quick spin flicked the pannon corpse into another of its kind.

[Enforcer MKV]

I ordered Yasu to charge, which he did so gladly. "Come at me bro?" I questioned with a laugh as he ran off into the fray. "Man, he's really getting me in one of those moods.."

I took a knee, and proceeded to start pelting the frontline SEED forms with shots from my rifle. The melee fighters were really doing a good job. It made me wish that my "sister", Violet MKII was here. It would be interesting to see how her skills compared to Altis'.

Focusing on the fight again, I continued plinking targets, slowly whittling down the enemies closest to me, though the melee fighters would probably get most of the credit at the end. I didn't particularly care, so long as everyone made it home alive.

Every now and again I'd take down a target trying to get the drop on Altis, or Yasu. My job wasn't particularly exciting, but riflemen were necessary. If I really wanted to get in there and do some damage, I could be reckless and jump in with my melee set up, but I felt better this way. It was my element. I'd be ballsy later. A few times, a Pannon would wobble up, at which point I would punt the sucker back into the group.

Mostly, I wanted to get done this fight and have a chat with the young lady that had been riding on top of one of those large SEED forms. I got the feeling she wasn't from around here...

[A. Zerran]

The pilot noticed what appeared to be Sasha standing nearby. He got out of cover, and approached her, resisting the urge to open fire. "Ah...Sasha. At last we meet, face to face. Now, I shall relay to you the rest of the deal-" Adam was suddenly interrupted by a new energy signature that was approaching him and Sasha at a very high speed. Adam then saw what it was in plain sight. A male cast holding an energy drill weapon with some sort of "mecha jet" system attached to his back. Riding that was a female cast carrying a Bulletmaster in each hand.

The cast got close to Sasha and drilled deep into her, who wasn't Sasha at all, but an elite assassin using a holographic disguise. Adam jumped back as the male cast made a bloody mess out of the assassin. "Woah, what the hell?! What was that?! What is that on your back?! Who are you?!" The male cast looked at the pilot. "I'm Dash Sarrougate, 2nd in command of Task Force 642. Relax, kid. I just saved you. Oh, and this? It's an advanced jet system that was installed into me. I guess my nickname of 'Dash the Infinity' comes to play with this. And as for that assassin, let's just say that TF642 already was on to the use of disguise technology."

The female cast then introduced herself. "I'm X87Sarah. But just call me Sare. Oh, and Dash? I don't think that's a kid...", she said to Dash. Adam was just silent after that, remembering the two names he just heard. "...I don't know if you know me or not, but I'm Adam Zerran", said the pilot, removing his goggles.

Dash and Sare became surprised to see a familiar face. "...Adam Zerran? The Adam Zerran? One of my only human friends from back home?!", Dash said, quite in happiness and shock. Adam's face brightened after hearing that. "Dash! It is you! How did you get here? Through the same dimensional portal that brought me here?" "No, we just used inter-dimensional equipment we captured from the Megid-Worshipers to trace the original source of the dimensional energy and opened our own portal to get here. That's how we found out that you were in this place. But now that we found you, I'm not sure if it's a good idea to return just yet."

"Dash's right", said Sare. "We still have a lot of work to do in Gurhal. This is just one of our missions. We'll leave back to home when the time is right." "Well then, my good friends,", Adam replied, "Let's go kick some Neo Illiterate ass!" They formed a party of 3 and together, they started to search around for remaining security team members of the Neo Illuminus.

[RenzokukenZ]

Keeping his eye on the woman figure, trigger on the steady for a change, Zelik reached for his comlink to establish a connection with HQ for building schematics. However...

[Comlink Established]

Zelik: HQ, do you copy?

[Connection Error Present]

Zelik: HQ?

[Connection Error Present. Incoming Fragment From Outside The Realm]

???: /bzzzt/... and I shall rain vengeance upon thine form in these hallowed grounds, you dastardly spawn of evil! Have at thee! Grah, hgn, raaaaaah! By the Light of Gurhal, thou shant pass! /bzzt/

[Connection Lost]

The line went silent, leaving only a confused old man. His comlink may have been damaged from the recent energy wave, but that fragment, what was it all about? Shrugging it off as some guy role-playing a scene from a piece of media, Zelik returned his full concentration on his target, thoughts of a backup plan forming slowly in his head.

...The action did sound rather real, though, he thought.

The thought was crossed, however, when his target was met with a youth of sorts, only to have been impaled seconds later by another, this time a cast. "Holy sweet jumberjacks! Don't know if they're friend or foe, but right now I am not going to take that chance! Sofia, don't fail me now..."

He raised himself as well as his rifle. At first glance, the weapon seems to appear the same way as it looks; outdated. However, many modifications have been done upon this weapon, as well as Rask's others, so the damage it can do is nothing to shrug off. Taking aim at the impaler's back, Zelik took a shot, a mighty boom echoed through the night sky as a modified AP bullet rushed to its target, clearly making contact.

[FOkyasuta]

"Pew pew! There goes another pair of heads!" I jumped backwards and fired at a new type of creature that ran into the crowd. This one looked like some sort of mutated basilisk. It charged at me with some sort of lazer but thankfully i evaded that with a roll. "That all you got big fella?" I taunted the ugly thing as i jumped upward and Landed right on it's back as it charged at me. And for some reason as i put the guns away and pulled my lance out, it was as if it was my pet of some sort. I shuddered, "Gross..." Then i pulled out my lance. "If i'm correct i can... " I lowered the lance.


"Charge." That thing took off like a Fully charged ice spear and i realized i stopped. That charge not only sent the creatures flying like birds, The blades tore the creature to shreds! "Talk about a dual cause." I patted the now dead creature and spoke, "Thanks for the help buddy." before dismounting and putting the lance on my back and pulling out the guns i was using earlier. I dashed backwards firing at anything that bothered to tailgate me. Then i realized my hands were pulling down the triggers but they didn't shoot! Instead they were glowing at the end..."I wonder what happens when i let go..." I did and i was sent flying from the shot into a wall and i rebounded off the wall and while i was catching some air, I fired the pistols making some type of bullet rain on the monsters below before i landed with a roll. "What a ride!" Then it had come to mind. Handgun Windmill.

I twirled and mashed the triggers as i spun round and round... Then i fell from dizziness. "That was fun... Remind me to do it later..." I got up and jumped onto the head of one of those dual wielding creatures and twist jumped off make its head snap loose."Yeow!" I landed. "Thats gotta hurt!" I ran circles around the crowd pulling those triggers in orderly fashion. 1-2-1-2-1-2. Then i think i saw an Elf with a odd looking spear. It didn't look anything thing like my heavy thing at all and as a matter of fact i wanted to ask him as i danced around with dual handguns. "Hey you with the Skinny lance!" He stared at me with both of his pupils as he slashed a creature that tried to leap at him from the behind. "Nice moves." I finished with a smile as i resumed my battle tactic as he went back to his. "Some world huh?"

[NeonaPulsar]

With complete disreguard for everything around him, Tekk went Bizzerk, fully enjoying his fighting sprit. 7 Deljabans had taken to his presence and were converging towards him. With Twin claws in hand, Tekk gave a loud roar throwing the claws forward and down, curling himself into a wheel throwing him with a strong momentum like a bowing ball.

He reeled headlong through the deljabans, raming with great force into their legs, cracking many causeing 4 of them to fall. He Reeled on, hitting a Pannon corpse and sending him flying at a Delbiter. Uncurling, his Claws glieamed as he drew one back and thrust it forward to skewer the delbiter in the side of the head. It fell to the ground with a mighty whump, crushing a good number of Pannons engaged with Atlis. The the remaining deljabans came after him again. The crippled ones draging themselfs.

Tekk gave another roar, charging and leaping into the face of the first, stabbing it with his claw and useing the momentum as a pivit hurling the unlucky creature hard into a nearby building creating a large hole. From the ground, he looked up at the next deljaban. Its arm raised high ready to strike. Tekk darted through its legs, swiping one into pieces and grabing the other. The leg in hand, he started useing it as if it were a oversized bat, swinging it around into anything near. Deljabans and pannons were hurled into buildings, other SEED, and the crowd of fighters.

[Seth Astra]

Altis hit another switch on his spear, activating a different PA mode. Throwing a few quick stabs, he struck a different pannon with each, a small spacial distortion aiding both speed and power, leaving 4 dead. He heard the sound of a boy's voice and a blade cutting through SEED. Turning around, he saw a teenage boy in unusual clothing.
"Nice moves," the boy said, before resuming fighting other SEED.
Seeing a deljaban attempt to jump the boy, Altis threw his spear, the PA function still active, tearing the creature appart. Using his nanotranser to teleport the spear back into his hands, he called, "You too!"
Altis turned off the PA function and cut through several more pannons, before finding himself once again surrounded, this time by deljabans and pannons. He slid his hands towards the end of the spear's handle and hit a switch, activating a different PA mode. Stepping forwards, he spun around and slashed with the weapon, creating a swirling tornado of photon energy, which left several injuries on the SEED. Another step and another swing crippled the SEED in range. Taking one final step, Altis released the button. This time, the blase of his spear deformed, resulting in little more than a photon jet as he swung. This also released the accumulated photon tornado, tearing appart all the SEED within a good 10 feet of the Newman and scattering their remains.
Three more foolish pannons approached Altis. He didn't have the energy to use a photon art, but he didn't need it. Especially since a flying delbiter crushed them for the newman. Tracing its trajectory, he found a path of destruction. Following the path of destruction he saw a small beast visciously ripping the SEED appart. "My life is not normal," he sighed, turning around and running through a deljaban with his spear.

[FOkyasuta]

I shouted, "Thankies for the save bro!" Then something felt as it wasn't right..."Whoa whoa whoa." I stopped fighting and thought out loud in a thinking pose. "Now just hold a darn minute." What exactly is going on other than a terrorist attack? "I mean i see freaking Elfs wielding spears like Giants do, Small Golems with brains and Accuracy that can friggin shoot rifles and Succubuses with ever so charming blond hair... "

I slapped myself. "Pull yourself together Hu! Right now Is not the time for that!" One of those small things dove for me and wham right smack on the head it went flying into the face of a little furry guy. Wait furry?! I sighed and looked up, "Whats gonna happen Next?" I heard something land kinda faintly. "Sheet." Only saying the following made me more eager for a fight as i was running and gunning on a whole new level. Backward dives, Forward rolls, Running on walls and twirling off of them? Oh my.

[Mega Ultra Chicken]

Kory heard a faint sound as a Chaos Sorceror appeared behind him. The moment he looked back, the otherworldly being readied a spell. Kory retreated, baring his claws and leaping out of the building before he could be hit by a flurry of Megid. He swooped down at another Deljaban below, then turned around for a second swoop that dispatched the SEED-form.

Kory then landed within the fray near Tekk, Altis, and Hu. The Chaos Sorcerer had followed him, but he was ready this time. He switched to his daggers and unleashed barrage of quick slashes. The combo ended with a photon-charged backflip that put the SEED-form to rest... or so Kory thought.

"Hm... A Chaos Sorcerer among the SEED? They haven't been seen for centuries... and neither have those Indi Belras."

The Sorcerer re-appeared behind Kory and readied a Resta...

[NeonaPulsar]

Releaseing his homemade bat far into the distance, Tekk brandished his Claws once more. Glancing around he noticed a newman with a spear, and got an idea. Rushing towards the man, he stabed a deljaban and threw it high. His plan coun't have gone better. He cought the newman just as he had his spear held in two hands and pointed horizontally.

"Mined if i barrow your toothpick for a sec?" Tekk yelled at the man, but didn't wait for an answer. He took a running leap, landing on the flat, skyward edge of Atlis's spear then spring boarding off high into the air. The Deljaban he tosed had reached the apex of its flight, just as Tekk planed. With a growl that rose to a loud roar, Tekk spun round as he reached the falling SEED, pummeling it with a strong back-hand of his right claw to crash into a clustered group a SEED below.

Focusing energy, Tekk brought forth a large axe, An Ank Pikor, and activated a photon art through it. He swung down at the SEED he just threw following it. The photon blade of the axe taking a firey red aura. Lucky, for his lack of caution to who was around him, no-one was near the impact. Tekk's axe hit the SEED on the ground full force, the PA erupting into a massive explotion, taking with it everything within 35 feet.

[Seth Astra]

"Wasteful," Altis muttered at the beastling's unnecessarily flashy destruction of a single SEED. Not to mention that one wrong step and the beast would have found out what it felt like to have his leg plunged through a photon blade. The blunt part of one. Judging by what the "sharp" focused photons could do, Altis didn't really want to see that. He quickly swung his blade to the side and thrust, striking down a deljaban in one quick motion. Seeing the large explosion, he added, "And with all these explosions, I'm glad this isn't a hostage situation."
Altis then returned focus to his own fights. A quick spin allowed him to turn around and slice appart a deljaban, before quickly flanking a delbiter and performing several PA enhanced stabs to its hide, killing it quickly. Spinning around and leaping into the air at the same time, he stabbed several pannons and, twisting his body in mid-air, managed to then slash them all in half.
Feeling a sudden rise in temperature, Altis managed to leap out of the way of a rafoie. Tracing its source, he saw a chaos sorcerer. Despite being roughly 50 yards away, Altis rushed the SEEDform. A foie flew towards him, but he lept, slashed it in two, and then positioned himself on top of his spear, which once again served as transportation. Moving much faster, Altis weaved easily between projectiles. from about 10 feet away, Altis lept off, summoned his spear to his hand, and crashed into the sorcerer, impaling it and sending it to the ground. A second stab finished the job.
Finding himself in the middle middle of a group of deljabans, Altis sighed and brandished his spear. One lept at him, and Altis just barely blocked, the photon blade of his spear calshing with the creature's arms. He just barely managed to diffuse the momentum in time to spin and parry a stab from the other side. He then turned again to parry a slash from the first attacker. Another one lept, but Altis was ready. Lifting his spear, he impaled the creature, lifted it up, and slammed it down into another one on his opposite side. Taking this opportunity, he lept out of the death circle. The entire mob rushed him. Activating a PA mode, he decided to revert to a tried and true combat form. He threw several quick stabs, the spacial distortion around the spear allowing him to hurt more of the deljabans than he otherwise would. He then spun to his left and stabbed, then back to the right, then left, and right again, striking each time. Spinning around once more, he threw his spear, a large spacial distortion tearing appart the remaining deljabans. A press of a button on his nanotranser brought the spear back to his hands, and Altis smiled at what he had just done.

[FOkyasuta]

I was on a wall and thanks to a small quake i lost my footing and fell to the ground with a loud thump. "Ow!" I cried out and saw it was the little furry guy as i dusted my self off. "Not cool dude. Not cool at all." I got up and saw that he Used the Elf's lance."Some way to be original. I stared at him as i withdrew the lance and shouted, "Your doing it wrong little fella!" I front-flipped but while i was at a -50 angle i spun kinda like a propeller of some-sort decimating the Creatures that were within range and i landed in a splits position. i winked at the little fella. "Im not done yet."


I quickly closed my feet which somehow propelled me skyward and i began to twirl Faster and faster with the lance with both hands on it. Like we were ballroom dancing of some sort but in mid air and spinning faster by the second. Then wham! I slammed the non-pointed side of lance into the ground creating a shock wave that not only shook the streets, It also made a trail that happened to plow though wave after wave of those blue colored things. Then i held my lance with one hand. Faced backwards, Tossed my lance upward and as i came down i kicked it with a backflip turning it into some sort of large scale boomerang that swiped the approaching wave before i caught with my right hand while still facing backwards. Thats how you do it.

[Mega Ultra Chicken]

Kory leaped back as the lance struck the ground. As he stowed his weapons and observed the carnage, a thought sparked in his head.

"Oh wow, these guys are taking them down without even breaking a sweat. And just look at all the property damage they're causing in the process!" He glanced at his scrawny little hands. "If these guys can take out entire armies with their weapons... that... th... I have a feeling that I'm going to be like that one guy who's surrounded by superpowered warriors that can level mountains. I'll never be able to catch up to their power levels. Maybe I'll become the butt of every joke for kicks. It's like that one show where there's this one midget traveling with a bunch of fighters and they all have to look for a bunch of... balls... to summon a... dragon... balls... dragon... balls... I think it was called...... Sonic the Hedgehog."

[Wayu]

Tia observed the skirmish from atop the large creature. The people fighting the creatures weren't bad, but at the same time not good. Mediocre, she guessed. Maybe Eden Guard material.

The reason why she said maybe is because they rather recklessly charged in. They seemed pretty comfortable fighting these things but they weren't making much of a dent in the numbers of the battalion of creatures. Slowly but steadily, the creatures were...adapting? Learning? They way they approached the humans fighting changed significantly within the first five minutes, from blind rushing to lure & bait tactics that managed to cut down their losses significantly.

The massive thing she was riding on had stayed silent the entire time, as did the two smaller ones flanking it. Quite suddenly, it lifted its arms and fired them at a ridiculous rate for something its size at the combatants. The first shot was a narrow miss, but the impact destroyed an entire face of a building. The two smaller ones did the same.

Due to the movement of the massive thing, Tia started getting thrown around. Getting fed up, she leapt off of the giant and onto a nearby rooftop and observed the chaos.

"If they can't even handle this much there's no point in saving them. Boring."

-Wayu

[Enforcer MKV]

This was starting to turn out to be a problem. The SEED - and creatures I hadn't seen before - were starting to change tactics. I'd suddenly found myself surrounded.

"Ah, come on, this is getting ridiculous! What the hell!?" I said in anger. I swapped to twin pistols and started hitting opposing targets.

"I'm due to switch to my spear, this is getting stupid!"

Suddenly, I felt a blade hit my right shoulder from behind. "agh - Ok, you sonuva- RAAAH!" I roared as I turned and clocked the bugger in the....face? Close enough. It fell over, and twitched.

Backing up, I found my back to the wall. "OK, THAT'S! IT!!"

I hit my NanoTrans and my armor phased from Gimnas to Boktos, drastically reducing my weight. I switched to my spear, a glowing white Berdysh. I yelled, "FOR THE GUARDIANS! FOR THE PEOPLE OF GURHAL!" as I swung the spear around my head, slashing all of the enemies around me. Smashing the hilt of the spear into the ground, I declared, "Alright, now I am angry!"

I kicked off hard, and dashed into the group in a flurry. I ran one enemy through, and threw it into a group of it's allies, bowling them over.

I turned and saw Altis, and ran towards him, knocking enemies over in the process. Stopping next to him, I told him "Altis, I'll introduce myself later, I think we need to go after those large enemies," I pointed towards the large Bipedal forms that stood above the rest., "It may not throw the rest into disarray, but if they're just waiting for us to fatigue, we need to take them out before that happens! Join me when you're ready, I'm going ahead!"

I dashed off, towards the large enemies. I few smaller ones tried to stop me, but I teared them up. Reaching the large forms, I slashed one in the leg. It didn't have any visible effect. The creature roared and slammed a blade into the ground, where I'd been standing a moment before. Pointing my spear at the creature, I roared, "I will take you down, and I will stop the Neo Illuminus. This I swear!" as I renewed my attack.

I debated calling on my SUV Weapon, but decided against it, since there were friendlies in the zone. I looked around for that women, but she was nowhere to be found.

"Dammit, where did she go!? Is she alright?" I wondered as I continued my assault on the creature.

I jumped and dug my spear into the creature, before quickly pulling it back out, and landing, slashing the creature along both it's legs.

I backed off as the creature wobbled, but continued to stand....

"This is why I prefer staying at range....I hate melee....so friggin' brutal.."

Then, the creature did something I wasn't expecting.....it turned around and lumbered away towards a certain rooftop. I decided to let it go, because it seemed to lose the will to fight - and frankly, I didn't care to keep duking it out.

[Daak]

Daak had been watching from a roof. The battle had been quite the skirmish, limps and blood splattering all over the place. He also noticed the battle was getting very intense should he help ? Well it seems these odd mutant like organism are the enemy ... He remembered how he had let the female CAST leaning against the wall she didn’t seem to reply at all even when he had tried to communicate with her. Then he followed the odd smaller guy flying on some sort of weapon that he later identified as a claws. Form there on he went up on the roof and watched ... he looked away at a very violent moment when a smaller guy had just killed an enemy organism and jumped backwards crashing the lance.

He noticed in the right down of his visor a... Well a human with long white hair? He jumped down and walked towards him he seemed to surrounded by cardboard boxes. He was sleeping but he looked very hurt and cut up... Daak walked up to him... he had thought about this a while ago and though it might be good to try it out now, he took a sharp rock that he found lying around and then cut his metal skin with it , a drop of red substance came out as the wound healed in seconds.

The drop fell on Daaks finger and he let it roll down his mechanical finger into the mouth of the white hair´d boy. He stepped back and watched as the cuts and scrapes all over the boys body has started to disappear and closed up even a large bleeding wound raped in a bandage started to close its self. When it was finished Daak walked away happy to at least help somebody in his unmeaning full life. He disappeared in to a corner and was gone.

[Wayu]

As the thing that she had been riding earlier seemingly made its way towards her, Tia began to grow irritated. It was almost a battle of attrition now, with neither side making significant gains. The creature numbers were going down, but still vastly outnumbered the humans.

One interesting thing, however, was that the creatures had begun to receive reinforcements...slowly, but they were there. They didn't wobble in or anything, they just...appeared. It seemed like a summoning, with a few traces of black matter in a spot before the creature simply materialized. They didn't seem any stronger, though, although a few new types appeared, such as this weird...disc thing that ran around on the ground and a much smaller black dog thing that did nothing but run around, trying to ram the combatants.

Then something fairly interesting happened. Two new forms of creatures - flyers - swooped down and grabbed the large giant, picked it up, and began flying surprisingly quickly towards the center of the city...but not quite.

Tia briefly recalled the topography of the city that she from when she first arrived in this place. "...oh. So that's what they're going to do. Hmm. Well, that proves that at least the big one has a high level of intelligence." Intrigued, Tia dusted herself off and leapt after the airborne giant, once again utilizing the rooftops.

-Wayu

[FOkyasuta]

I looked up. "Juuust great here comes some more! I just know some one out there is.." Then something rammed into my side interrupting me as i shouted, "Ow!" when i was knocked onto the ground and the creature unfolded right before my eyes. Its was as if it was laughing at me, And i couldn't take it. With one hand i shoved the lance right through the odd organism sending it flying as i got up and like i did with everything else. I looked behind me. It was one of those-things from earlier except this one could shoot its arms? Wat. Then just like that it fired one arm then the other at me.

Thank heaven for quick battle strategies. Now as i was saying..." I just know someones watching us." I jumped onto the first arm in mid air and kick jumped off of it sending it spinning off in another direction as i landed on the other arm. "It could be Morrighan the Goddess of War and Vengeance whom i saved once..." The creature fired another arm again only to be found out that i repeated my last move to get on the newly fired arm. "Or it could be Cichol." I jumped of the arm and plunged the lance into the creature but i think heard a ping cause i was smacked right off it's face but the lance still stayed as i hit the ground i quickly got back up and withdrawed the Dual Pink & Yellow Battle Short Sword Set, "Twin C-Blossom". "Surely it couldn't be Neamhain, The goddess of light..."

I begain to glow with a white aura around me as i teleported to the creatures stubby legs and i slashed away. Left right, Left Right, Left Right. "And im Sure as hell the King of Gods Nuadha is still sealed away cause of me..." I had literally cut the whole leg to shreds and the creature was beginning to lose its balance as i teleported to the other leg and slashed away again. "Although i do have a feeling it is a female doing this..." I stopped and just like that the creature fell and thanks to its weight the lance tore through right its face with little problem. I ran to it, Sheathed my Swords and pulled out he lance and began to teleport all around the battlefield one shotting everything i hit with one lance strike before the Final Hit Skill ran out of time and with a quick poof it was done. And with a quick windmill it was on my back and the Handguns were in my hands again. Alternating left and right.

[Enforcer MKV]

I watched some flying enemies pick up the large SEED creature, and carry it in the direction of the center of the city - towards where the Illuminus base was most likely located.

I couldn't worry about that, though, as more creatures were appearing. How many were there? I found the other large creature, and rushed towards it. Maybe they were summoning the reinforcements?

I had to do something, before someone was either killed or infected.

I hoped Altis was done with his fight, I'd need his help.

[Mega Ultra Chicken]

Kory revealed his Slicer and searched for a good line through which he could continuously cleave the SEED forces. But before he could act, a Jusnagun picked him up and took flight. Kory struggled to reach his Nanotranser for his Twin Claws, but he plucked them out just in time for the flying SEED-form to drop him onto the road below. Kory activated his Photon Art and blasted toward the Jusnagun. The flying SEED-form was struck and fell due to the shock of the impact.

Kory eased his way down to the ground below, guiding his flight so that he was not barreling directly downward. Instead, he opted for a downward spiral. Unfortunately, his choice caused him to be somewhat disoriented once he reached the ground. Even worse, his opponent had already appeared. A bulky SEED-Ardite towered over the tiny Acrofighter.

The mechanical SEED-form flung itself at Kory, but he promptly evaded. He leaped onto the machine's back and swiped at it with his claws... Not even scratch on the SEED-form's body. As the SEED-form got up, Kory held on and remained perched on its back. He switched to his Twin Daggers and attempted to penetrate the strong armor, but his attacks did little to the mechanical monstrosity. He was immediately forced off his enemy's back once it swung its own body. "Not even my daggers can do anything... This is gonna suck, isn'* **?"

[Daak]

With a loud pound Garon opend his eyes and immediately sat up ... What is going on here? What was that sound? He calmed down and realized what that sound was...It was the sound of battle. He stood up and saw his beloved sniper near him lying on the ground; he picked it up than he tied his hair to a ponytail. He was ready , let’s do this he thought he climbed over the wall of cardboard boxes and looked at the street, there was a full battle going on there. They really needed his help, well acutely they needed any help he thought but first he had to try it again he concentrated on the card board boxes , the air stiffened and with a slash the boxes were no more . He smiled ... He ran out on the road, the first creature jumped at him just to be slashed in half, in the middle of his jump. He pulled his sniper and seconds later a large hound like creature lost the insides of his head, then a tall one with a sword its legs as air slashed it right of. It feel to the ground and while it fell Garon shot in right in the middle of his head. Now he was standing near the wall of a building he had planned this and was ready for it he concentrated and opened his eyes suddenly the whole side walk in front of the house was gone and the marks where 10 meters long and 3 meters deep. In the crater tons of dead creatures and body parts were lying around.

[Seth Astra]

"I'm getting nowhere," Altis thought, stabbing a group of pannons to death. What's worse, he felt a pulsing in his left arm, combined with a dark presence in his mind, two things that could only mean one thing: the SEED within him were awakening. This had to end. Now. "Hey, anyone got an idea of how to get rid of these things for good!?" He shouted, slashing a deljaban with his spear. There were actually several ways he could think of, but they all involved unnecessary casualties.

[Enforcer MKV]

.....Ok, so the situation for me was going to hell, fast.

I quickly realized that this last creature was much stronger than the last, and I'd had enough trouble with that one. Worse, I was fighting it myself. Not the most intelligent choice. I couldn't really land a hit, I had to focus on dodging. Both this large enemy, and the small ones around me. I felt a Deljaban blade slice across my back, but the armor absorbed the majority of the blast. I heard Altis yell from somewhere "Hey, anyone got an idea of how to get rid of these things for good!?"

I looked in his direction and yelled, "NO!"

A second later, I heard a noise that was all too familiar, and my oil froze.

I looked to the right, and to my horror, I saw seven large four-legged enemies with a humanoid upper torso, and blades on each arm.

"CARRIGUINES!"

I'd yelled it without thinking, realizing just how over our heads we were. Jumping back, I landed close to Altis, and switched back to my Gimnas armor and rifle. "WE NEED TO LEAVE! NOW! There is no way we can take on this many contacts by ourselves. We have, what, a half-dozen fighters? It would be ok, if they didn't just keep coming, but as it is, we'll just get killed! I don't like thi - hey, are you alright!? Altis!?"

He looked....like he was fighting something inside him, he was still fighting the SEED, but....he looked a lot worse than simply being tired. I switched my rifle to full auto, turned my earth line shield to max output, and did my best to get to him.

"HEY! ALTIS! YOU DON'T LOOK SO GOOD! WE NEED TO GET YOU OUT OF HERE!" I yelled as I struggled to get to him.

I clicked my comms to Neil's channel in anger. "NEIL! THIS WHOLE OP IS FUBAR! THERE IS A LOT MORE HERE THAN JUST THE DAMN NEO ILLUMINUS. THERE ARE THINGS HERE I'VE NEVER EVEN SEEN BEFORE! I DUNNO IF THE AMF KNEW ABOUT THIS OR NOT, BUT THIS IS JUST MESSED UP! THE NEO'S SHOULDN'T HAVE ACCESS TO THIS KIND OF - DAMMIT!"

There were way too many enemies, and more just kept coming. I no longer thought that the large bipedal enemies were summoning them. I didn't know what to think. I hoped Yasu and Garon, and anyone else in this city, were alright. I just kept trying to get to Altis.

[Mega Ultra Chicken]

Kory glanced at the intersection behind him and saw the stampede. The SEED-Ardite exploited this moment and struck him down with a punch. Kory stood back up, but was noticeably injured. "Why you little... If I had an Axe, I'd-"

Four more of those SEED-Ardites had appeared alongside the original. One was enough to shrug off Kory's offensive, but five meant that he definitely wasn't going to win this. He waved a little white flag for a bit, then got the hell out of there with his claws.

---

Even Ken was subjected to the overwhelming wave of SEED reinforcements. But unlike Kory, he pressed on, unleashing a supercharged punch on a Dilnazen in front of him. The Dilnazen was quickly replaced by three SEED-Venas that proceeded to clobber the Fortefighter until he was rendered unconscious.

But suddenly... the attackers stopped. A cloaked entity had motioned for the powerful SEED to cease their attacks. One tried to disobey, but the figure fired an intense blast of light that forced the SEED-form to comply. The hooded figure picked up Ken's heavy body with telekinesis and carried it back to the Neo Illuminus' base.

---

"Perfect. Simply perfect. The SEED shall will put all their hours of advancement to waste." All those hours can be used to safely work on getting the bomb set up! Who'd have thought that unleashing part of our numberless legion so soon could be such a valuable tactic? Master, you have a mind like no other."

[A. Zerran]

Dash was suddenly shot by an unknown bullet, but miraculously survived, albeit unable to move his torso. "What the hell?! Who shot that?! Adam, Sare, we gotta move now!" Dash squatted down a bit and activated his emergency shielding system. Then he, Adam, and Sare ran to a nearby all-purpose survival gear store, which was still intact, but no one was inside. They used some of the technological equipment along with the materials Adam had brought from the basement of the skyscraper he had initially set up a base in to create a tiny base of operations. At the moment, the large computer in the basement reached it's time limit from the self destruct program and exploded with a loud 'boom'.

Dash meant to ask Adam about what he said earlier and about that explosion. "Adam, what did you mean by Neo Illiterates? And what was that explosion? Did you cause that?" "One at a time, Dash! I can't answer all of those at once!", replied the pilot.

"I said that about Neo Illuminus because their firewalls were too easy to hack into. And their patrol routes were too predictable. And as for that explosion, that was a computer which I made it self destruct by implementing a self-destruction program. It doesn't really damage the building, but it's very loud and should attract attention away from us."

"Anyway, I need some sleep. I'm human after all. Dash, you and Sare guard this place while I rest. If it's an emergency, wake me up right away. Okay?" Dash nodded. "Affirmative. Go get your sleep. And good night, my friend."

The pilot nodded, and then took a pillow and fell asleep. Meanwhile, Sare tried to help Dash repair himself from the bullet wound.

[Daak]

The last attack took a lot of energy form Garon but it also gave him some time to rest as the real battle was going on further up the street. But suddenly he heard a loud scream ``CARRIGUINES!´´ and giant creatures appeared the had scythe like arms and the humanoid upper body was attached to some kind of four legged hound.

He stepped back those things looked incredibly dangerous it very much seemed like who ever was fighting there were being pushed back this was going relay bad. Garon saw Enforcer shooting out photon laser at a bush of hound like enemy creatures that Garon had earlier fought as well. He ran up to him only to be attacked by SEED-Venas although he did not actually know what it was called it tried to scratch him with its claws but Garon now used his reflex ocular power to doge the attack but the creature slashed at him again scratching his shoulder open which also tore his photon suit. Garon had to step up his game, so he used his ocular power of speed to jump up and doge the next attempt from his enemy to kill him then in the middle of his jump he pulled his sniper, after landing he ran and slid beneath the creatures at its backside Garon stood up quickly and shot it multiple times killing it.

Garon saw Enforcer now who was just a bunch of meters ahead of him … ``Enforcer …Enforcer we have to get out of here we should seriously regroup somewhere we have to … ´´ before he could finish his sentence one of the hound creatures rammed in him the stomach sending him flying into the air for a few meters. He landed with a loud bong. He sat up and went on his knees he thought to himself `` Are we going to get out of here alive? Dam…

[FOkyasuta]

A couple seconds ago i felt like i was on top of the world. Till i had ran out of friggn stamina! I kept getting double teamed and for some reason no was there to help when a monster lunged for my back. As if that was the worse part. I was tossed back and forth, back and forth. "A little help here?" I spoke out but as my body was getting tossed around seeing people busy with there own fight. And for some reason i could hear Enforcer speaking but i couldn’t make out a single word he said... Then outta nowhere was smacked pretty darn hard into the air again. "Daw crap this is just peachy guys! And just when i need the help-" And wham! I had hit a wall with a pretty good impact and as i managed to slowly slide down i weakly spoke out, "The most..." And with a thump i had hit the ground with my back exposed. I couldn’t get up cause well, I was hit again except only this time it had felt that if was a ball of some sort as I could feel my self flying though an alley and rolling into a sitting position on a street.

"What had happened and what kicked me?" I looked back and im pretty sure NO creature was following me even though i could faintly hear the creatures alright... I scratched my head then thought outloud, "Don’t they want me dead though?" I got up and stretched i abit. I looked pretty beat up on the outside but on the inside, somehow i was still perfectly fine. My Robe was very dusty and stained with purple and blue blood and there also was a tear in my right shoulder revealing my armor's shoulder guard and my helm had a couple more small dents in it to boot. "Oh boy. Were is a shop when you need one?" Sure my clothes and helm weren’t gonna break anytime soon doesn’t mean they be fixed right now! I wandered around the Empty and Vast streets looking for a shop that would help. Let alone NOT Closed. Then something had caught my eye, It was a survival shop, My eyes grew big as i lighted up with explosive joy. "Looks like weapon shops got a new look and a cooler name!" But when i ran to the door i could see some shadows. And shadows could only mean, "People."

I began to sneak quietly under a window and I tried to listen. To bad I couldn’t hear a thing! Then i swear I heard footsteps. Big ones. I looked to the left then the right. Some odd weird and big thing with dual blades had just come out of the alley as if it was looking for something and "Looks like they do want me dead." I held down the triggers of the guns rolled outta my cover. "How nice." The creature had quickly noticed at me and roared as I fired the guns into both of its legs making quite the noise as it fell down. I shouted, "Tiiimmmber!" As i tossed my handguns aside into the Lance Guard as i pulled out my fav pair of Pink & Yellow Battle Short Swords from Earlier. I jumped up and shouted as a finisher, “Sayonnara Sucker!” As the swords were jammed into the creature's cranium cracking it along the way. The body twitched a bit as i pulled out the blades and a small geyser of blue blood was sprayed all over my face. "You know, I’m really getting sick of getting hit with this blue blood crap." I cleaned my face then i was barely realizing. I made a little too much noise....

[Seth Astra]

Altis was fighting two carriguines at once. And losing. He was constantly spinning around to block the attacks from both, and he had no time to attack or change weapons. Not to mention that he could feel the SEED inside him gaining strength the longer the battle went on. He had to get out of here now. Seeing a brief chance, he lept off the ground and used a PA to generate a short burst of thrust from his spear, pulling him out of the way. However, a blade from each of the creatures tore through his line shield in the process. Only 5 meters away, Altis fell to the ground with a scream of pain, his line shield having been anniahlated.
The carriguines turned to find other prey, leaving Altis to the other SEED. Several deljabans surrounded him and raised their blades. Altis's left arm shot up, and an aura of darkness fell around him, draining whatever the deljabans had for life force. The newman struggled to his feet, clutching his head with his right hand. His head was pounding from the SEED's influence. He managed to activate a PA mode on his spear and lept on it, riding it out of the battle, albeit crouched low and holding on with his right hand, and nearly getting killed about 20 times on the way out.

[Wayu]

The flyers carrying the giant began to cross a fairly large fiver, perhaps a kilometer across. Arching across the river were a couple of bridges of varying size and design.

Landing on the bank of the river, Tia saw the giant fired its fists at the nearest bridge, destroying one of the support beams holding it in place. The pillar crumbled easily, pieces falling into the river with a loud roar, but the bridge held strong. One, two more pillars later the bridge began emitting a loud groaning sound as the remaining pillars were forced to hold up the entire weight of the bridge.

Even for Tia, one kilometer was a bit much for her. Well, maybe not but there would be a lot of collateral. The easiest way to cross was that bridge - and that bridge was under attack. Sighing, she waved her hand in a long, lazy motion beginning from her chest and ending outstretched to the side. Two small spheres of fire shot out from her hand, detonating on impact when they hit the flying creatures' wings. Shrieking, they plummeted to the river, taking the giant with them.

The deed done, Tia resumed leaping towards the now-damaged bridge. Upon arrival, the bridge had actually begun visibly swaying under the force of the wind. Taking a deep breath, Tia disappeared with the sonic boom, reappeared a couple hundred meters away, disappeared again, and so on and so forth. Crossing the bridge took no longer than a few seconds, as Tia dusted herself off at the opposite end of the bridge and walked towards the downtown district.

It was getting late, so Tia decided to stop for the day. She had found a mid-class hotel with pretty nice beds to hunker down in, so she appropriated the room, seeing as no one was around. Locking the door, she laid out on the sofa and relaxed for a bit before exploring the room and later the hotel itself.

-Wayu

[Enforcer MKV]

Everything had gone to hell, and it was still getting worse. Altis had managed to get out of the group of creatures, but I was stuck dealing with the two Carriguines that were left behind.

"Ah, Light's dusk...." I looked behind me, and Garon was on his knees. Trudging over, I stowed my rifle, picked him up, and proceeded to steamroll my way out of the group. My frame was taking an extreme beating, and I heard my armor hiss and whine as it took damage. Throwing his arms around my neck, I climbed a ladder up to the top of the small building I'd been on earlier (when I'd first seen the woman on top of the creature.) and set Garon down. wobbling over to the edge, I looked over the large group of creatures. It had expanded since I'd entered the fray not too long ago.

"Ah, man, this is bad..." I looked for any non-SEED infused life signs, and found that all of the fighters from before, despite their small number, were displaced, but still alive. Best of all, none would be in the cone of fire from what he did next.

Throwing both of his hands up, I whispered, "Light, please bless this strike with your divine strength. I am your humble servant..." The Large scale SUV weapon descended from the sky, (It seemed that this particular section of the EMP barrier was destroyed, I probably wouldn't be so lucky from here on out - if I even lived past this...) and I slid my hands into the firing ports. "Rafal Burst, purge these foul creatures..."

I braced myself, and let the torrent of shots flood out in front of me, destroying a large number of the smaller creatures in an arc in front of me, and forcing at least one of the larger creatures to back off. If nothing else, hopefully they'd at least think twice about moving this way.

I fell to one knee as the huge weapons system disappeared back into the sky. Breathing heavily, I felt several of the reactors that powered my Gimnas armor wobble with instability before falling silent. My frame was rather messed up, and emitted sparks around me, the darkness around me despelled momentarily with each spark. slowly turning my head, I saw Garon out of the corner of my eye...he looked alright. Better than me, at least. I couldn't see Altis. Or Yasu. Or the mysterious claw user from before. I....believed they were all alright. The women from befoe was just gone. Off in the distance, I heard....something? A shriek? A splash? I was probably hearing things again.

Clicking my comm to Neil's channel (Garon can't hear this), I said, feeling rather drained, "Master Sargeant; Situation poor; allied fighters have been scattered, enemy force has actually grown...I'm not sure about all of the allied combatants, but speaking for myself, I'm all kinds of beat up. Armor reactors failing, armor integrity...well, it's there, but it could be so much better...Altis is MIA, as are two other fighters...."

I paused a second, and decided to tell him something else, "Neil, this next part is off the record. I've been reinstated as a Chief Gunnery Sergeant in the AMF. I can't tell you which group I'm with. I'm here to bring back a high ranking Neo Illuminus officer named Sasha Marr. If I can't capture her, I'm to kill her. She's a rogue GUARDIAN, and she stole something from the GUARDIANS. I haven't been told what. I'm assuming it's something they're using in the construction of the bomb. And they said nothing that even hinted at the Neo Illuminus having access to organic manipulation and SEED breeding capabilities. I'm not even sure this Op is possible to complete. Even if we ignore the SEED and deal with the bomb, we'd still have to deal with purifying the SEED afterward. And some of these creatures, they aren't any kind of SEED we've dealt with before. We have to press on, for anyone still alive in this city, but I guess I'll need to find a time to tell everyone else who else I'm working for, besides the GUARDIANS."

My voice trailed off as I waited for a response.

[A. Zerran]

Neil heard from Enforcer right away. "You? From the AMF? Truly?...If you say so, Chief Gunnery Sargent. And as for Sasha, I'm already aware of her presence within Neo Illuminus. If you find her, bring her back alive. If you have to kill her, then at least bring her body back. The AMF wanted to study her unique abilities. But the SEED...what the bloody hell is up with all of this nonsense?...By the way, what is your current location, over?"

Meanwhile...

Dash and Sare heard something outside near the store. "What was that noise...? Sare, go check it out", said Dash. Sare nodded, and went outside to investigate, her Bulletmasters ready at both hands. When she went to the alley right near the store, she saw a strange person that looked quite young (HUcast's character that's in that same alleyway). "...You, over there. What are you doing here? And what's with that blue mess? Was that a SEED form?"

[Enforcer MKV]

The Master Sergeant asked for my location. Finding the power to turn myself, I went into a sitting position with a thud, proping myself against the rail, looking out over the area that the SEED forms, as well as the other creatures, were inhabiting.

"Sending now..." I coughed several times, "I....don't know if it's a good idea to come close to here. If nothing else, mark this area as a contamination zone, " more coughing, "so no one else gets caught up in this." I coughed several more times, "Ugh, I feel horrible right now. I'm not even sure if I can get up..."

I held my right hand up, and thought of the Holy Light. It manifested itself, dimly, and I tried to fix some of the damage I'd sustained. While my frame creaked a little, I didn't feel any better.

"Alright," I thought to myself, "so that isn't gonna work."

"Dammit."

[RenzokukenZ]

Having shot his target, and seemingly crippling it, Zelik kept his sights on it as well as the other two as they retreated to a nearby shop of sorts. He noted it to be strange, since if it were the enemy, they would have held their ground and called for backup. This led to a simple deduction of identity, and the old veteran removed his finger from the trigger. "Pfft, stupid friendlies, standing in plain sight on a hot zone. If I didn't shoot them, the terrorist snipers sure would have. And I'm sure they wouldn't have held back on the killshots..."

He raised his weapon back towards the town hall, and sure enough, the ruckus caused several of the guards to move out to the city square. Zelik rubbed his beard coyly. "Hm, this might have worked out in my favor. Less guards in the hall, less chances of getting interrupted on my mission." He grunted haughtily, but shrugged it off when he realized that without an operating comlink, he would be in quite the predicament.

Nevertheless, he sheathed his rifle into the nanotranser and commenced his way down the building, careful not to make too much noise to expose his location as he crept out and onto the streets. In order to reach the town hall without being exposed, Zelik would have to go around the city square by going through the maze of buildings to the side.

The first building he reached was the shop from earlier, now somewhat fortified into a base of sorts for the previous trio. To go by completely undetected, Zelik activated a small jammer located within his torso, allowing his presence to be undetected by any scanner. He then crept behind the building, avoiding being in any line of sight and causing unwanted attention.

Succeeding, he began moving quickly to the next buildings, but not before sensing something nearby. "What the...? Something smells... Outworldy..." Instinctively withdrawing Rosetta, Zelik proceeded with caution, with only a few buildings between him and the checkpoint.

[FOkyasuta]

A voice startled me with a jump as i rotated to find... A female Cast? I thought golems had genders that were unknown! But something wasnt right.. I could feel that she was nice on the outside... But the inside was competely different. Then again she doesnt look like Succubi material... "I should be asking you the same madam." I twirled both of the pistols and stared at her eye to Eye but her eyes, Didnt seem quite golemish at all..."What brings you here to follow me?" I looked at the dead monster."Lemme guess." Kick. "It was this thing is it? Its blue after all..."

[Daak]

Gaorn had been carried by Enforcer who had pushed his way through to him and carried him to saftey... thankfully, as Garon was near his breaking point, twice this day... he was now on a roof Enforcer was near him sitting on the ground. Garon was to tired to help him even though he loked really bad. He was to tired ```En....Enfor...´´ Garon fell to sleep on the hard cold stone floor…

[Mega Ultra Chicken]

Kory landed on a roof not too far from the wave of SEED and promptly activated his communicator. "Situation report: ...abysmal. One second, they have one impenetrable SEED-Ardite, and I mean impenetrable. I couldn't even leave a scratch on that thing. Next thing you know, four more are by its side. I was forced to retreat. I can't fight these things all by mys-"

"I've been captured by that traitorous b-" Ken's voice briefly pierced through the communication system of the Guardians, but was cut off just as quickly.

"Traitor? ...Who is it?" Kory wondered.

"Our archives should tell us who Ken is talking about. Let's see... Ken Brooks, category: treason..." said the disembodied voice on the other end, "Ah, here's a mission file from a few years ago. You wrote this report yourself. You wrote... Guardian Sasha Marr had attacked you during an encounter with two Illuminus agents. She fled with said Illuminus members shortly after. Judging how this is the only mission he was on in which Guardian treason had occurred, it is most likely that he is referring to Sasha."

"My sister is still at large?"

"It seems so" the voice concluded.

Kory paused for a bit, then flew off to search for the fighters from before. He was going to need all the help he could get.

[A. Zerran]

Sare nodded, and responded to the person. "Name's Sare. I'm a member of Task Force 642. If you need a place to hide, come into the store. I have 2 more allies in there. There's also additional weapons in there, if you'd like."

Meanwhile...

"Roger that, Enforcer. Applying bio-hazard mask", responded Neil. After putting the mask on, he rushed to Enforcer's location.

[FOkyasuta]

I shook her hand very slowly," Nice to meet you Sare. Names HUkyastuo but you can just call me... Kyasuto." Then i heard a tick in my head. "Did you say..." My eyes lit up."Weapons?!" i ran up and have the Lady a nice hug. "Thank you! Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you!" And i realized that i kinda shoulda have not done that...I could feel myself blushing again as i finish. "Well... Mind taking me to meet you friends?"

[Seth Astra]

Altis was now stumbling through the alleyways like a drunk. "Can't stop... Gotta find safety..." he muttered, stumbling forwards. Seeing a door, he slipped inside. It was a weapons store. Not a legal one either, and there was no sign of the owner. Sitting down and leaning against the counter, Altis pulled out three syringes filled with a golden liquid from his nanotranser and took off his left glove. Injecting all three into the seed-infected arm, he relaxed a bit as the SEED's presence seemed to receed. Pulling his glove back on, he looked around. "None of this stuff looks legal," he muttered. Then, smiling, he added, "It is my duty as a Guardian to confiscate this... And I'm sure HQ wouldn't know or care if a few of these didn't make it in..."
Smiling to himself, Altis walked out of the building. He decided to use a monomate to help himself recover. He was in much better shape, but he was still exhausted, and his line shield generator was overloaded. It would take a few hours for the auto-repair systems to fix it. "I suppose I should be careful... But not too careful," he said, relaxed now that he didn't have SEED corruption to worry about for a while. He once agained resumed transporting himself via spear, attempting to take a long, curving route around where he knew the SEED to be.

[Mega Ultra Chicken]

Kory continued to scout the area for any potential allies to rally. Unfortunately for him, there did not seem to be many allies in his line of sight... for long. To his relief, Kory noticed Altis flying around on his weapon and descended. The descent let him pick up speed, allowing him to dart to Altis' side. "That spear... you could probably actually hurt those Ardites with that, unlike my weapons. Listen, it's best if we stick together from here on out. I can't fight these things on my own, and my party's in shambles. One member was captured and the rest are idiots who treat this like some kind of game. To make things worse, my sister's here in New Rozenom City."

[NeonaPulsar]

With a suddon motion, Tekk snaped back from his daze. He sat up, rubbing his head. His head hurt slightly but he was otherwise alright. The last thing he remembered doing was falling axe first onto a SEED. And now....

Tekk almost swallowed his tongue. EVERY damn SEED and thensome were all treading in a zombie like manner down the street towards what, he did not know. Their bioluminesence glowing eerily aganst the night air. None of them seemed at all engaged with anyone. As if they had eliminated them all. Everyone who was fighting them. (As far as i know, everyone has moved out)(And as far as Tekk knows, everyones dead)

Tekk's heart sank. He had come to help these people. Help them take out the Neo Illuminus. Not die worthlessly to, SEED! of all things. From a heavy heart, to one punching at the inside of his chest in rage. Tekk picked up his skull vizor and returned it to its place on his head, then stood up. Hs beastly yellow eyes gleaming from under its rim as he glared with at marching figures. None of whom seemed to notice him untill he made himself known.

"I'LL PURGE YOU ALL FROM THE FACE OF THIS CITY FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE!!" he roared into the night sky, his voice tinged with a overwhelming fury. The SEED took imediate notice, whirling to take down the one they missed. But they faced not a beastling, but a monstrous white creature. A feral head with fangs bared, long blades extended from its forarms, their edges tiped in red and a towering frame of 10ft loomed before the swarm of SEED. Tekk's nanoblast. If these things had taken out the AMF and the guardians he knew he would not last long, even wtih his nanoblast. But it was against his nature to just sit by and do nothing, so he would deal with as many SEED as he could before his time came.

With a earth trembling roar, Tekk went to town. Atempting to crushing, shreading, or otherwise wrecking everything that came within range.

[Enforcer MKV]

I heard a roar. A loud one. Saying it was angry would have been a gross understatement. Looking towards the origin point, I saw a nanoblast. At least I thought it was a nano-blast. White fur adorned it's 10 foot tall body, red tipped blades extending from the forearms. They caught what little starlight there was, as did the fangs the Beast had beared at the SEED. Not a bright glow, but enough to stand out in my night vision.

"Damn, and I wanted to rest...." I groaned. I grabbed the top of the rail, and struggled to get into a standing position. "Move, dammit....move!" I hissed to myself. barely managing to get high enough to throw my arm over the top of the rail, I yelled out, hoping my voice reached the beast, "YOU DUMBASS! NOW ISN'T THE TIME TO GO OUT IN A BLAZE OF GLORY!" I felt a pop as I realized that my frame was practically screaming at me. I screamed at the beast in turn.

"GET OUT OF THERE NOW, SOLDIER! THAT. IS. AN. ORDER!! "

I was quiet. I thought to myself, "Please, just hear my voice, and don't die..."

[A. Zerran]

Sare didn't react much to Kyasuto's hugging, but she smiled for the fact that her group gained another ally. She led him into the store, where Adam was fast asleep and Dash was still repairing himself with his G-Gear detached. "That cast over there's Dash. He's also from TF642. And that human is known as Adam. He's a real good pilot with lots of combat experience. But he's sleeping right now, so try not to disturb him."

"A fresh face", said Dash, noticing Kyasuto near the front. "You got yourself covered in SEED blood. I suggest you clean it off before you get infected. Oh, and when you're done, help me out if you can. I got shot somewhere by a really powerful bullet...I don't know what the hell it's made of, but it damn almost got to my primary circuitry. I'll be okay, but this might take a bit long."

[FOkyasuta]

"Infected? Seed? I don't want to turn into a plant!" I wiped the blood off my face and onto the robe's shoulders. I saw Adam asleep. "Wonder what he's dreaming..." i thought... I proceed to walk over to the Cast named Dash. "Bullet? I looked at his wound and saw all these different colored rope like thingys and some blunt odd arrow like tip deep in it. "I aint no medic but i betcha if we remove this blunt arrow piece you'll start up to begin healing somehow." I looked at him in his mechanical eyes, "May i?" I said innocently.

[Seth Astra]

Altis looked at the newcomer. "The SEED aren't the most important thing right now. We don't have the manpower needed to wipe them out. Our best bet is the original mission: stop the bomb and deactivate the EMP devices. With the full might of the AMF and Guardians crashing down on this place, the SEED could be destroyed. But as it stands now, any sort of heavy weaponry is simply not an option, definitely not until we evacuate the civilians," he said. "Do you have any idea how we can get any of those things done?"

[A. Zerran]

"Sure", Dash said to Kyasuto. "Just don't mess with the circuitry, please."

Sare looked outside, wondering how the hell they were going to find and disable the bomb now with all these SEED running amok.

Meanwhile...

Neil got to Enforcer's location and shot at any SEED that came too close to both of them. "Enforcer! We need to get out of here! These bloody SEEDs are gonna swarm the whole city unless we do something! I have a plan for that, but I need your help. Come on!" He used the strength enhancements in his armor along with Shifta to lift Enforcer and get him out of there.

Once out of that location and in a safe place, Neil set Enforcer down, and gave him a Trimate. "I hope this helps. Now, please give me a status report."

[FOkyasuta]

I gulped and carefully stuck my hand through the somewhat big wound and i felt the piece and i pulled it out but as i did i think the circuitry must have moved and touched the palm of my hand something cause i was hit with a surge of electricity and shocked heavily for a clean 7 seconds, Before getting shot back and hitting the door... Hell i was shot back so hard i left a dent in the door after my Lance fell off from my back!But for some reason instead of saying, "Ow." as i sat on the ground afterward i felt my eyes heat up as i said the following in a monotone voice that didnt sound like mines at all... Cause im pretty sure my Voice does not sound like a Mother who you can tell from her voice seems nice, passionate and very informative!

"Battery charge was currently 35% but thanks to a charge my current energy charge is at 479% out of 700%." I got up like something was controlling me... This wasnt the first time it happened you know. "Please issue caution when trying to overcharge battery life over the 777% charge range. It could lead to disastrous results such as Quad damage output, 7x Attack Speed, Advanced Heavy Stander, Rapid Health Restoration or a Random effect currently that is currently unknown. Hope this helps in filling information about the Android that you have currently charged. And please take care of him... Hes very valuable to me..." My eyes rolled back after i shuddered as i flicked the bullet out and looked at the Huge dent in the door. "Something tells me i did that right?"

[A. Zerran]

Dash stared at Kyasuto. "...You're an android? Unexpected, but I've seen them before...and what was all that crap about battery charging and 777%?"

[Enforcer MKV]

Neil had carried me (well, half carried me, it's not like he threw me over his shoulder) to a safe spot. Thankfully, I was able to grab Garon, who was asleep (and his rifle, no way was I leaving an NTW there.) and carried both under my free arm. When Neil set me down, I set Garon down, and propped the rifle next to him. He was still sleeping.

"Not even an adult yet..." I mumbled as the Master Sargeant gave me a trimate and asked for a sitrep.

"Frankly? Shit. Everyone has been scattered. We're almost back at square one. Thankfully, it seems that the Neo Illuminus have pulled back to their headquarters, or at least far enough that we don't have to deal with them immediately. You saw what we have to deal with instead, though. I feel like those SEED were released specifically to deal with us. I don't see any other possible explanation. I doubt there appearance is random. We'd probably need to call in the AMF's purification squads to deal with this number. One large creature was pulled back by some flyers. I don't know the significance of that. I had another run-in with our mysterious blonde haired contact. She didn't seem hostile, but she was riding one of the creatures. They didn't target her until....she pulled a handgun from this strange glyph, and threw it to the ground. Almost like she didn't know it would attract the SEED. She seems....foreign. I can't put my finger on it. I'm.....starting to worry about her. She seems like she can handle herself - she has so far - But I haven't actually had a chance to engage her in a conversation. And it's almost like she has no idea what is going on. Anyway, I digress.

I don't want more forces on the ground until that bomb is disabled, but we might have to chance it with this much SEED presence. We can't waste anymore time on them, though. We HAVE to get to that bomb and end this. None of it will matter if we let this city fall. I need to mind this Marr individual, and stop her. She isn't the ringleader, but she's the highest member the Neo's have here that I've been told of. The AMF didn't tell me anything except to find her, bring her back, or to kill her if I couldn't retrieve her. This whole Op reeks of something much fouler than I've been told, or anyone else has, come to think of it. I don't like it. It's strange." I finished, and looked at Garon, who was still asleep.

"Anyway, you said you have some kind of plan? What might that be?" I asked, pulling my rifle from my NanoTrans.

"And thanks for the Tri. I feel much better, now."

[A. Zerran]

"You're welcome, Enforcer. Now, my plan is a bit simple, but you may not actually like it. I've already detected more SEED forms spreading across the city. If they manage to leave it, there will be a mass infection on the the whole planet. So, we have no choice but to arm the bomb and remote detonate it." As Neil said that, he showed a face of disgust. "I already know this sounds insane. And our original mission was to stop Neo Illuminus and disarm the bomb, I acknowledge that. But if we only do that, then the SEED will keep spreading more and more...what other choice do we have?"

[FOkyasuta]

I scratched my head in utter confusion, "I have absolutely no idea what your talking about dash. "And did you Just call me an Android?" I began to chuckle a bit..."An android?! Thats a funny name for a Milletian ya know!" I was laughing so hysterically by the time i finished it hurt then i stopped as quickly as i started. "Whats a battery? I have no clue."

[A. Zerran]

Dash just shook his head. "Well, whatever. I might as well go into sleep cycle myself. Wake me when you need me." He sat there, and went into sleep mode. Sare stared at Dash, then at Kyasuto. She shrugged. "Well, anyway...help yourself to the weapons at the storage in the back of the store", she said.

[Daak]

Daak was having fun scrolling through the city, he exploded different streets and alleys shops and houses. But as he entered a main street a very odd organism ran up to him it did seem agitated. Daak sighed ``what’s this huh?´´
Suddenly the hound like creature bit him in the arm and ripped it right off. The red blood like substance splattered out of Daaks arm and onto the pavement, as it regrew back to its original form … `` Hey that wasn’t very nice , what did I ever do to you !´´
Daak concentrated and thought about his Phyteuma and it build it self around both his hands now with his claw he was ready to fight. Sure he wasn’t really a fighter but that mean organism had attacked him for no reason and he would respond to this with a clear answer …his claws.
So he jumped into action he ran up to the enemy and leaped at it under his weight the creature fell to the ground the Daak pushed his claws deep into its flesh , blue blood squirting out of the large wound he then pulled it back out pulling some organs out with it … Daak stood up `` what a mess´´ his claws disappeared and he started inspecting the odd organism that had attacked him.


Garon woke up where was he ? As he sat up he stretched god was it nice to rest like that. He saw his beloved sniper lying around here.
But where … where was his Zamba and then he remembered he had lost it in the one on one battle against the powerful SEED dam…what now ?
As he thought about the sword in his nano transformer that his father had given him but no way he would use it memory´s came flooding into his head but then he noticed Enforcer and that guy from before the one who could teleport having a conversation …

[NeonaPulsar]

What in reality was only minutes, seemed like an hour for Tekk. SEED of what seemed like endless numbers harassed his hide from every direction. Blades swinging and fists and teeth being put to use, Tekk fought back as many SEED as he could, his heart raging over the people he thought were lost. Holes dotted the dark lit faces of the buildings and pieces of SEED scattered. But as hard as he fought, they just kept coming and his energy was wearing thin. His left arm hung limp from a deep wound to his sholder.

Then, from the recesses of his one track mind, a voice he had never heard yelled between his ears.

"... GET OUT OF THERE NOW, SOLDIER! THAT. IS. AN. ORDER!! ...".

Someone was alive! If it were not for the voice, he may have just well lost himself to the SEED. Common sense returned to him and regret for his actions. He had to get out. Now, while he still could. On normal occations, he would ignor an "order", but this was not the time. With what little energy he had left to his form, he used to move. He swatted for an opening then kicked off to the side of a building then again to the adjacent roof top. The SEED firing ranged attacks into the sky over his head untill he was out of sight.

Before he was almost out, he cought the scent of someone familular. Neil. Someone he could trust, and the only person he knew in the city. It didn't take long to find him as he didn't go far. Tekk had reverted by the time he spoted the man.

"Yo... neil. Got... another Tri..." he asked through the pain, gripping his left arm, and giving a weary grin.

[FOkyasuta]

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As Sare finished speaking, "Well, anyway...help yourself to the weapons at the storage in the back of the store." I looked to my left and literately dove for the door and slowly opened it in an attempt to not wake the fella as i slowly closed the door behind me and i found my self in a pretty huge closet like room, And i could have literally cried my heart out at the amount of weapons i was drooling at as music played in my head again. Its like i could supply myself to be the One Man Shadow Expeditionary Force all over again...Which i loved to do btw... And the best part? It was all free for me! I began to rummage immediately through the Handguns, picking out two that really stuck out for me.

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One Looked really nice with the curves and one had this long snout like thing. I kissed both of the guns and their cold metal and replied,"Im gonna have fun with you two..." I giggled as i tossed the ones from earlier in order to exchange for that pair and i also happen to throw a small crossbow like weapon in there too just in case if i felt like getting hit with nostalgia. Then i went right next to the row of guns were there was several odd looking glowing crystal swords with round hand-guards mounted on the wall. They had red ones, Blue ones, Orange, yellow, purple? and of course white.

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I took the Purple and White one of course and they had this odd button on the handle... Tap and the blades retracted back into the handle. "Aint that sweet!" I said out loud. So i took all of them one by one as i retracted their blades and threw them in the lance's hand-guard as i saw some crystal claymores on the highest row along with some odd looking blades that were coming out from the sword handles but backwards...."Eeeew big and stupidly made swords. Belch! Not my fav." Although i did dig the purple one but it was just to big! But i could dig the little things underneath it...It was like those knuckles that were Giant only shrunken down for humans? Heel yeah! And i think i saw a pair of claws beautifully adorned with feathers that was shrunken down too...

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Next thing that caught my eyes was a buncha shields in a corner stacked. And sure the black and silver one looked good but it looked a bit heavy so i took a Purple Shield that was underneath it and mounted it on my shoulder and in a split second it retracted on my arm."Well thats helpful. Maybe if i-" I pulled my arm inward and the Shield extended outward covering a good portion of my body and it undid it's self as i pulled it outward."Never mind i get the point with this..." And i saw those thin stick-like lances that that Elf from earlier was using like an absolute pro but I'll stick to my ol' reliable right here. But just in case... I snatched it off and slid it on my back with the blade sticking out my robe. And i saw weapons with just handles that kinda reminded me of Crumina the Dragon in Renes... Smells like it could have an extension! I did and a rope of flame that extended to the ground came out. "Maybe i have to.." I slashed to the left and left a heavy burn slash on the wall i kinda burned myself as the blade came i around my body and burning me on my Right arm. As i shouted out, "Yeow!" I pulled the button to retract it right into the handle and with a shrug i thew it with the other weapons i acquired.

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I decided to overlook the sides with the handguns again for the 2nd time and i found an odd looking rifle with 4 barrels, I pulled the trigger with a click at an empty wall as i took it out but nothing actually came-out."I should probably give this to En... He might know how to use it." And in the lance guard it went. Man that thing sure can hold a crap ton of stuff and yet, when i use it in battle it doesn't drop its inventory... I shrugged and looked for more weapons. "Now all i need are-" I saw some show weapons with a photon edge and i knew what they were. "Daggers! They just had to be!" I picked up two and threw them in as i looked for even more weapons... Small purple looking handguns? Two for me please! And i looked behind me and saw these funny looking bird like things...

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"Cherp?" No response. I walked over to inspect it closer and found out that it was pure metal as i picked up the little fella. And i think i woke it up cause it's tail was glowing green as it just floated there. "Hi?" No response again. Just whats this thing supposed to be? Then i looked at the weapons right next to it, Wands. I scratched my head, So your magic? But your metal! Then again metal skeletons do exist so that kinda makes sense... I shrugged and picked up a green wand cause a guy like mes gonna know that using it correctly i can heal people without blowing mana. Knowing that made me so much happy. And the little guy kept following me as a rummaged through the Rifles and picked one out since i couldn't really use the 4 barreled one.

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And there she was in all her shiny black and one of a kind prowess mounted ever so pristine on a wall... It was as if she was calling out my name... Teasing me. I literally jumped and snatched the rifle down and to admire it with puppy dog like eyes and decided that it doesnt hurt to shoot it once right? I double tapped the trigger ever so quickly two bullets as dark as the darkest night shot out at an amazing velocity leaving to very dark holes in the walls. And i barely realized it was right above that one mark a made earlier and i smiled. It was a happy face. I lowered the rifle and stated proudly, "My work here is done."

[Mega Ultra Chicken]

"Your guess is as good as mine" Kory responded to Altis, "Don't let these glasses fool you; I'm no computer geek... nor do I know anything about TECHs- Wait a minute, how come my glasses haven't fallen off many times over?"

The suspension of the laws of physics for an article of clothing baffled Kory. But this isn't the time for that. He doesn't have time for confusion!

"Maybe we could better formulate a plan if we had more information about their base. I think the Guardians still have the floor plans for those buildings, but figuring out where exactly the EMP devices are being controlled from and the exact room where the bomb is being set up is a whole different story. Perhaps if we knew those two things, we could more effectively set up a plan for getting in there and tampering with their equipment. I could go on a scouting mission, but I don't have the equipment for that. I'd be spotted in a second. But since we can't let anyone get hurt by our offensive (or their defenses,) finding and evacuating thousands of people before we can deactivate the EMP generators is the real million Meseta question here."

[Enforcer MKV]

Neil wanted to detonate the bomb. I looked down a moment. Then back at him.

"The problem I see with this plan is the implications afterward. If we do blow this thing, it wipes at the entire city, and I mean the whole damn thing, plus most of the surrounding area, knowing the Neo Illuminus. That's all those resources wasted.

Also, we have to worry about how everyone will view this afterwards. They'll say we failed. That the Neo Illuminus won, and that will mean public support will drop for both the Guardians and the AMF, the two main forces that are suppose to protect the Gurhal system. Even if we try and explain why we did it, even if the brass understands why we did it, the people still aren't going to accept that answer. If that happens, the Illuminus will end up gaining a firmer grip, and if they have access to this kind of tech and equipment now, think of how bad it'll be if they get a stronger hold on people.

I know what you're thinking. You're thinking this is the fastest, easiest, most sure-fire way to wipe out the SEED. And you're right. We're both military men, we know that. But unfortunately it isn't that simple. We have to think long-term here. Even if we wipe the SEED out here, the Illuminus have bases elsewhere that can probably produce more powerful versions. This is a place that they captured, and haven't even had a month to set up, and the SEED they have are this powerful? I doubt they transported all of them in. Sure, they had transports, but not that many. We're going to need the public's support later on, for money, man-power, all kinds of -"

There was a noise off to my left. Looking, I saw a Beast, obviously hurt, limp in, and say to the Master Sargeant through a pained grin, "Yo...Neil. Got...another Tri?"

"Oh, dear.." I said, stowing my rifle and jogging over to help. "You're pretty banged up."

I looked at Neil, "Come on, let's get this guy patched up."

[Daak]

Garon listened to Neil´s plan `` blow up the city huh? ´´ well it didn’t sound so good Enforcers was right... Then out of nowhere this totally beat up beast came into the room and mumbled something about a trimate. But Garon’s was in thoughts and as Neil was helping out the newcomer Garon pulled Enforcer in a corner of the room and told him `` Hey listen I don’t want Neil to know about my history as a illuminus but I remember that when we came into the city we had a special unit which was doing something secret something none of us got to know I thinks it was the SEED I now where they sat up their HQ it’s in the southern part of the city in a old labatory we should go there …´´

[A. Zerran]

Neil simply performed an extremely powerful version of Resta on the newcomer. It seemed to heal him by a whole lot. "I hope that helps, soldier."

"Enforcer, I realize what you said is true...so now I'll tell you a backup plan I thought up of. But this plan is more complex and much more difficult. The gas that some SEED forms release is deadly and infectious, yes? What if we were to reverse the deadliness on to the SEED themselves? It's risky, but I think I know a way. But I need your help. Will you help me, Enforcer?"

[Seth Astra]

Altis thought about the situation for a minute or so, saying nothing. "The EMP controler will be high up, as to maximize the signal to all of the emitters. The bomb... I'm not sure... Likely a few floors from the bottom of wherever it is. Captured civilians will likely be in nearby buildings... Basically, we should head towards the center of the city. Only problem is that they're likely to have that area well defended. Most likely some SEED, definitely a bunch of snipers, and in the buildings there'll likely be heavy resistance. Not the amatures we've been fighting, either. I'd expect heavily armed and armored fighters of all types... You ready for a challenge?" He said, not half as confidant as he sounded.

[NeonaPulsar]

The resta surged through his system, greatly increasing the bodies natural process to heal. In mer seconds, Tekk felt as good as new. His arm, his fatigue, and the many cuts an abrations, all gone.

"You got your self a good tech there Neil. Thanks. I feel as if i could go back and kick the rest of the snot out of those SEED" Tekk exclained with gusto. "But.. hey. I may be pure beast, but even I know when to learn a leason". After a pause whiel Neil continued to talk to enforcer, Tekk spoke up to Neil again before the enforcer could answer.

"Hello? Does the short height let your eyes pass over me?" he asked, waving his hand over his head mimicing things flying over it. "What ever your planing, I want to help. Bet it beats sitting to wait for the SEED to find us."

[Mega Ultra Chicken]

"Well then; challenge accepted. I live to get things done with one hand tied behind my back... that is, when I'm actually on the battlefield." Kory rummaged through his past lessons as a Guardian.

"Subtlety is one of the greatest tools you can have" echoed his former instructor, "Whether it's luring someone into a grenade or fooling the enemy into trusting you, even the toughest of enemies are not immune to it."

"Not the lesson I had in mind, but that is true" Kory thought.

"You might as well turn asexual now and get it over with."

Kory slapped himself in the face, attempting to switch his thought.

"Learn to deal damage, noob."

"Everything's deadlier if you spin while doing it!"

"For unbeatable prices, come to Awesometron's Sextuple Ultra Mega Department Store within a Room! You can find everything you need for 1 less Meseta than our competitors! No undercutting whatsoever! I'm serious, the 1 less Meseta is most definitely not an attempt at undercutting!

"Since you're not built as tough as other Acrofighters, one of the most important things to learn is how to use your enemy's own power against them. That muscle-bound brute whose attacks are filled to the brim with ferocity? Reduce his strong swings to clumsy stumbling. The bigger they are, the harder they fall. That guy trying to shoot you? Sucker him into shooting his friends. Powerful Forces? ...You're on your own for those."

"Perhaps we could somehow use the Neo Illuminus' own power against them, maybe make them drill more holes into their own effort than we could."

[Enforcer MKV]

Too many people were trying to talk over one another.

While the Beast tried to get Neil's attention, I waved a hand, "Go ahead and attend to our new friend, we'll talk once everyone is situated."

Pulling Garon aside, I did my best to get a grip on the situation. Leaning against a supprot beam, I asked. "So basically, you're saying that the Illuminus have a lab that's been set up? And you know where it is? And the purpose of this lab is breeding SEED? While I understand the significance of this, unfortunately the bomb takes priority," I said in a hushed voice, "It won't do much good if we're trying to search the lab, and the bomb goes off, now would it?"

I thought for a second. "Maybe, once we get this bomb threat resolved, we'll be able to explore the lab. And I wouldn't worry about Neil. Not all AMF are bad, right? I won't tell him, but I'm not too worried."

Stepping away from the pillar, I waved at Neil. "Hey, whatever we do, Master Sargeant, I think we should at least try and contact someone. I'm gonna step outside and see if I can't get a hold of Altis; he looked pretty banged up and I'm worried about him."

With that, I excused myself out of the cellar, and looked around. It was clear. Tapping the comms section of my helmet, I tried to raise Altis. "Altis, this is Enforcer MKV, do you read me? Hey, come on, don't joke with me here. You already cheated death once, don't tell me a few SEED got the better of you." I ended, hoping he would respond.

[A. Zerran]

"Um...sorry about that, Tekk", Neil apologized to Tekk, remembering that he was a beastling. "So you want to help? Great, I'll need the extra assistance."

"Everyone, listen up. Here's what I had in mind. In order to reverse the infectious gas of SEED spores, all we have to do is cast Dagrants and Gigmegid all at once on any one SEED form that is carrying the spores. It'll spread this 'cure' to other SEED forms once we kill it, and those others will pass it on, eventually making them all weaker and more kill-able. After that, we'll just have to use our best weapons to kill them off. Now, I need someone who can cast the technics Grants or Megid...or both, if possible. And I also need someone with very powerful weapons. Any takers?"

[Daak]

`` Wait a second´´ Garon yelled out not tooo loud but loud enough to have everyone’s attention. `` The plans good but you have missed a key point´´ ... he cleared his throat and continued `` Durning the battle you must have seen it, they were somehow summoned to the battlefield. So if we were to take them out with your plan , they would simply stop summoning them until, all that are infected died off and then start producing new ones maybe even with an antispell against yours ´´. He looked at Neil and the rest of the group `` I think we should divide our team so that some of us take out the SEED but by their root and another team should go and take out the bomb? ´´ He smiled proud to have said something with meaning and a purpose occasionally.

[NeonaPulsar]

"Now thats more like it" Tekk cheered with a grin. "I may not have any techs to speak of, but if you need weapons, i got two of the sharpest. I'd rather be fighting SEED then any Neos. Teh ones i have seen so far didn't last very long so arn't very threating". Tekk grin again and laughed. "Most things before me don't have a very long lifespan. But Garons right. If your "Cure" SEED wipe themselfs out, whats to say they wouldn't just make more".

[FOkyasuta]

It had been quite a while in the big closet like storage room when i attempted to sleep. I kept having this one nightmare were that Succubus was chaseing while teasing me at the same time. I reeeeaaally needed to get somefresh air. Who cares if there's monsters out? Im ready for them!

I slowly opened the door and found that everyone but Sare was fast asleep and from the looks of things, Dreaming well... Luckys. Then the little white bird thing was following me begain to hover over my shoulder. It had come to mind that i realized i should ask her how i can use this thing...Or maybe do what i tell it to? I probaly could ask her about how to use the other things i found to... Cause a weapon you cant break is one you cant use. And that usually means you lost a fight."Hey sare?" I pointed to the thing i needed information about. "What is this supposed to be? A Cast like Pet of somesort?" I finished as i pulled out the 4-Barrel Rifle, And how come this wont shoot? Is it outta Photon Energy?"

[Seth Astra]

"Not a bad idea... Perhaps... Perhaps we could use the SEED against them..." Altis replied. However, an incoming transmission interrupted him and nearly sent him off balance.
"Altis, this is Enforcer MKV, do you read me? Hey, come on, don't joke with me here. You already cheated death once, don't tell me a few SEED got the better of you." Altis truely had no idea who the hell this guy was, or how he had managed to contact him.
"Yeah, I'm alive," the newman responded, "not exactly in good shape, but alive, for what it's worth. Before I tell you any more, give me some identification info. I don't take kindly to being stabbed in the back."

[A. Zerran]

Neil at first thought about what Daak said, but then retorted. "I'm sorry, but that won't work. I've just figured out that the bomb's metal surfaces are infected with SEED spores, and the SEED weren't summoned here to begin with, Tekk. They were revived. I don't know who did it, but someone did.

"There's a limited amount of them, even though they are rapidly reproducing. So if we kill them with my method, then they can't reproduce or even infect anyone. Sorry, kid, but your plan is not very organized. And besides, we should stick together. If we split apart into groups, we'll be killed off easily. Strength in numbers...remember?"

Meanwhile...

Sare kept herself on guard in the store, trying to stay relaxed. Sure, Kayutso can just chill, but she couldn't. SEED were possibly in the city, for all she knew.

[Enforcer MKV]

"Identification? Ah, yes, yes. That fight with the SEED was quite hectic, I'm not surprised you don't remember me. I'm transmitting my information to you....now." I forwarded a copy of my Dossier to Altis, "I'm with the Guardians, just like you. I was worried when you took off on your spear so quickly. You looked pretty messed up.

I'm with a group of three other fighters, and....Ugh, I think they're getting into an argument. Hold on...." I closed the door quietly, so I could hear, "I'll take care of them later, I want to make sure your alright. Anyway, I'm with a group of three others, and we're currently getting our wits back, but once we do, I'm assuming we'll be heading towards that bomb, same as you. Now, we both know that the center of this city is going to be full of Neo Illuminus, even more so now that they've pulled back and left the SEED to fight in their stead. And we both know we can't let that bomb blow. So, I'm saying we meet up sometime soon and work together. The more people we have, the more likely we are to get through this alive. Plus, I've still got people scattered around the area. As much as I hate to say it, though, we don't have time to stop and search every inch of this city; there won't be a city if we don't stop that bomb.

So what do you say? I hope you're willing to cooperate, Mr. Durge. I've hear enough about you to know you're worth your salt, and we need everyone together so we can fight, and win. Besides, I feel like there is a little bit of friction in my group, and I definitely could use another experienced Guardian to lend a hand. On that note, how's your arm? It seemed like it was in particular pain, from what I could tell."