FanFic: For the Hunt

[Jeren]

To all who enter here:
This strand is for my FanFic, For the Hunt and comments, good or bad, on said Fic. It begins with chapter 2 (For chapter one, please see the New fanfic preveiw strand I created. For a complete volume, please e-mail me and I'll send you one when it is complete. Now, without further interuption, For the Hunt!

For the Hunt: Ancient Secrets.
Authors note: The Quest "Ruin Secrets" is not a playable quest in Episode 1, so don?t try looking for it. It was created of this fanfic alone. If it does exist, well, then that?s really freaky.

Alia checked in at the Hunter's Guild as she always did. The thing she didn't expect was that this simple vent, which she did every week, would begin a chain of horrific events that would touch not only her, but those close to her as well. It was about a week after the Dimenians got into Pioneer II via a malfunctioning Telepipe. She hadn't known at the time that two people she knew were responsible for saving Pioneer II. She had found out, though. It was inevitable. She was Jeren's half sister. When Jeren's father died, his mother had remarried on Jeren's advice. He had only been 6, but he recognized that she needed someone else there to support her. So she had married Dradis Thal, Alia's father. Jeren also took the surname Thal to make it feel more complete. Dradis was a newman, as was Alia but he was a FOnewm and She was a HUnerweal. Never the less, she and Jeren had gotten along very well considering their differences.

When she returned to the Hunter's Guild after lunch, She found her brother, Jeren and his friend Leon waiting for her inside the building. She embraced her brother and greeted Leon warmly.

"What's the occasion?" She asked.

"Oh, so now I need a reason to come see my sister once and a while?" Jeren shot back, in a half teasing way. Alia looked at him in that way of hers that could force the truth out of the most hard-minded Android. "all right," Jeren admitted, "We came to see if that quest, 'Ruin Secrets', is still open."

"You know that's a four-person team quest." Alia responded.

"And this would be a problem why?" Leon asked in his usual blunt way. At that moment, Siri came running up to the Guild and dashed inside. She straightened her hat and brushed the hair out of her eyes.

"I'm sorry I'm late." She said apologetically. "I couldn't get a bus from the Shopping District." Siri was a RAmarl, and very pretty. She was 16, the same age as Leon and a year younger than Jeren and Alia.

"Ok, you got me." Alia said, laughing. She followed The other three to the guild counter. As Jeren singed up for the quest and got the mission briefing, Leon, Siri and Alia each retrieved their weapons. Leon was using his ever-faithful Lavis Cannon, Siri was using the Yasminkov 7000V and Alia was sticking with her Kaladblog. Leon also got Jeren's Elysion for him.

As the four of them walked to the Telepipe, they finalized their plans for the mission. A research team hand disappeared without a trace in the ruins. Moreover, they never sent any transmissions. However, according to the Lab's database, they hand received two messages from the team. But both Tyrell and Natasha said that no messages were received. The four of them were going down to The Ruins to see what they could find. They never knew what this seemingly simple quest would turn into.

They arrived in the ruins at dusk. They had done some pre-quest research and they were well prepared. As they entered the first room, something sent a chill up Alia?s spine. She couldn't tell what was wrong at first, but then it hit her.

"Where are the monsters?" She whispered. Leon drew his sword, looking uncomfortably around. Siri raised her Yasminkov cautiously. But it soon be came evident that the ruins were clear. Not a Dimenian, Claw or Chaos Bringer in sight.

"What happened? There used to be no end to them." Jeren murmured.

"I know. I don't like it." Leon whispered back. It became clear as they preceded that all of the first level was empty save for the occasional rodent. They stopped in the second level, finding it to be empty as well. Jeren and Siri began to set up camp for the night, Alia as looking for traces of something on the ground and Leon was examining one of the crystalline monuments in the room. Alia came back and sat down. Once Leon sat down, she told them what she ahd discovered.

"It's almost as if there were never any monsters at all. I checked the floor and there isn't even a trace of any type of blood. Dark monster or even Human or Newman. Nothing." Alia told them. "If the monsters left, they did so of their own will. But if they didn't, then something removed them without shedding any blood, theirs or its own."

"This is beginning to be much more than we bargained for." Siri said grimly. No one said anything, but they all knew she was right. Jeren looked like he was lost in a dark world of his own and Leon was just sitting there with the expression of a person who has just been slapped.

They went to bed shortly after. The ruins were completely silent with not a sound to disturb their sleep. Even so, Alia woke up around two in the morning. She come out of the makeshift tent that had been put up to find Leon sitting outside in front of the fire they had built. The Lavis Cannon was across his lap and his Suppressed Gun lay at his side, a shell already in the chamber. Alia came up beside him and sat down. Leon never even acknowledged that she was there until he spoke to her.

"Can't sleep?" His gentle voice still made Alia jump. She hadn't known that he knew she was there.

"How could I." She responded. Then, "Have you been awake this whole time?" Leon nodded. Alia lay her head on his shoulder. "You should try to get some sleep you know." She told him.

"I have to stay awake in case the Dimenians and the rest come back. It would not be safe with all of us asleep." He said softly. Alia nodded, her head still on his shoulder. She fell asleep a little while later. Leon stayed awake. He was keeping watch over all of them, but her most of all.

.... To be continued.

[mr_rubbish]

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You didn't read what I posted in your previous thread! You really should be posting chapters in the same thread.
Your fans will be annoyed if they have to look far for other parts.
If Hikosaka has a go at you don't blame me....

[Sharkyland]

I have to agree with mr rubbish on this one as well (it is annoying for readers if they have to search for the other posts that relate to your fanfiction). You can edit your first post so your title can tell people what you have updated...

[Jeren]

After reading your comments and in order to save me from any rants on Hikosaka's part I give you an encore presentation of For the Hunt: Poineer 2. I t may be confusing but here it is.

For the Hunt: Pioneer II

Leon walked alone in the crowded Shopping District of Pioneer II. He had been on leave for only two days, and already he was checking in with the Hunter’s Guild on a daily basis to see if any new quests had opened up. He was getting restless. His fellow HUmars hardly ever spoke to him anymore. Not that Leon minded. The HUmar that he did know, with the exception of Jeren, were cocky and arrogant. He preferred that they avoid him. He walked out of the Shopping District and decided to make his way over to the Hunter’s Guild.

When he arrived, he found Jeren just leaving the building. Jeren had long, platinum blonde hair and green eyes. As Leon walked up to the door, Jeren stopped him

“You’re back again? I thought you were going to give it a rest for awhile after that last quest.” Jeren said as Leon stopped beside him.

“I don’t call trying to goat some one out of a weapons obsession a quest.” Leon said bluntly. Jeren nodded.

“You know, Leon,” Jeren said, “Alia is right. You are treating leave is if it’s an off-week in the Ruins. You need to work less. All that stress can’t be good for you.”

“I’ll think about it.” Leon muttered as he walked into the Guild.

It was late that night that Leon returned. He had finished his trip through the mines after the research of some guy called Osto and he was ready to fall asleep on his feet. He had just begun to fall asleep when the com box next to his bed went off.

“This sure as hell better be important.” Leon groaned as he activated the screen.

“Trust me, it is.” It was principal Tyrell. “I’m afraid your leave has been suspended. We have an emergency situation.”

“I’ll be right there.” Leon told him as he buckled on his armor.

Five minutes later, Leon arrived at the Lab, the central nerve of Pioneer II. Jeren was already there. He, Principal Tyrell and Commander Natasha, who ran the lab, were gathered around a set of display consoles. As he entered, Jeren was loading Photon shells into his Varista.
Leon could tell the situation was bad.

“What happened?” He asked.

“A whole hoard of Dimenians came up through one of out telepipes. They’re causing utter chaos in the Residential District.” Natasha answered.

Leon went over to the labs storage system and entered his personal password. After selecting a few other things, monomates and the like, Leon retrieved his Lavis Cannon from the storage system. Jeren had finished loading his Varista and had unsheathed his Elysion. He had the Yamato slung across his back.

“Let’s go.” Jeren said grimly. He and Leon walked out of the lab and took a telepipe to the Residential District.

It was truly utter chaos. The Dimenians were leaping from building to building and sometimes even jumping on the hover vehicles that passed by. They were jumping like neither of the two Hunters had seen before. Suddenly, one of the Dimenians spotted them and gave a cry. The game was up. Before the others could react, Leon had unleashed a wave of energy from the blade of the Lavis Cannon. It struck the Dimenian on the head and it went down with a groan. That set off a chain reaction. The other Dimenians began to rush at them, leaping across whatever was in their way.

Jeren and Leon split up. Jeren dashed away into the roadways, jumping from car to car then the opportunity came. A dimenian came up on him from behind. He lashed back with a kick right to it’s torso which sent it plummeting down to the ground 100 feet below them. He Jumped onto a hover car that had been abandoned moments before and now stood floating in place. All at once, a Dimenian jumped from behind him, over his head and onto a floating truck, more than 50 feet away. Jeren unsheathed his Yamato and sprang into the air. At precisely the right moment, he cast Rafioe straight behind himself. It worked. The shock of the initial explosion combined with the jolt when the car exploded a microsecond later hurled Jeren onto the truck with the Dimenian. The creature lashes at him with it’s blades, but Jeren struck back, dealing a crushing blow with both his swords to the thing’s skull.

Leon ran from building to building picking off any Dimenians that he met along the way. He jumped from the top of a building to a bride about two stories below. Four Dimenians were clustered on the bridge, waiting for him. He felled the first one seconds later. The others started to circle around him. But Leon moved in such a way that they could never really surround him. He killed two more with the Lavis Cannon and struck the third a lethal blow with his fist. As he entered the building on the far side of the bridge, he encountered three more of the beasts. He dispatched these and took and elevator directly up to the roof. As he exited the elevator, he spotted a Dimenian perched on a ledge. It had not seen him. Leon sorted through his tech disks. Yes, a simple Zonde, if executed correctly would do nicely. He loaded the disk and took careful aim. The impact of the technique hitting it’s legs knocked the dimenian off balance and it fell like a stone.

Things proceeded like this for quite some time. When the Dimenians were finally exterminated, Jeren and Leon reported back to the lab to report the results of the expedition. Both Principal Tyrell and Natasha rewarded them for their efforts and Tyrell extended their leave. After that fight, Leon was finally ready for it.

.... To be continued.

[Jeren]

Sorry agian for the confusion over Chapter one. I hereby make my paece with all of you by adding chapter 3 to the the list! Enjoy. Note: the chapters will be coming faster now beacuse I have finally destroyed the writes block that has plauged me.

For the Hunt: Ancient Secrets-Part 2

The team stirred at dawn. True to his words, Leon never had fallen asleep and was making breakfast when the others woke up. He had carried Alia back to her bed after awhile so she would be more comfortable. Jeren woke first and was drawn out of his tent by the smell of food cooking over an open fire. Siri came out of the girl's tent and Alia followed not long after. They held a conference over breakfast and agreed on their next course of action. Jeren wanted to proceed west in favor of making it to the third level of the ruins. Siri and Leon thought that further exploration of their current position, (Ruins 2 if you are keeping score) would lead to some answers. Alia wanted to return to the first level and conduct a more thorough investigation there.

They eventually decided to move forward. Leon packed up the tents and Siri extinguished the fire. They moved out and soon began to once again become aware of how quiet things were. As things progressed, it began to grow hotter and hotter. The air on all sides of the party was getting unpleasantly warm. Jeren reloaded his Varista and Alia had the Kaladblog ready at all times. As they reached what seemed to be by far the largest room, they were ambushed by what seemed like all the Dimenians that the Ruins could possibly contain. It was an all-out melee. Jeren, Alia and Leon were fighting back with their swords, striking stroke for stroke and Siri rained a deadly shower of Photon Bullets into the thickest clumps.

The fighting lasted nearly four hours. At the end, all of them were worn out, and the Varista, Suppressed Gun and Yasminkov were all out of shots. The entire party was in need of medical attention. Alia went around administering Reseta where it was needed and healing herself in the process. They agreed to take a break before continuing.

As they entered the third Ruin, some two hours later, they were once again attacked. But this time, the enemies were all La and So Dimenians. They moved from room to room, fighting for their lives every way they turned. Jeren moved among them, doing massive damage by hurling Rafioe after Rafioe into the clouds of enemies. Leon, not minding the cost to his health, was launching wave after wave of energy from that Lavis Cannon. Siri had put away her Yasminkov and was using a DB Saber borrowed from Alia with great results. Alia herself was moving among them, her Kaladblog tearing into the bodies of her enemies. They fought their way into a room with four doors and a massive column in the center. They fought their way to the far door from where they entered and rushed inside and took the Telepipe, not one of them stopping to think where it might lead.

They came out in a lush meadow, and looking around, saw a great spire in the center of the field. They all went toward it, as if drawn by some unseen force. As they reached it, the meadow suddenly went to hell. The ground around them became barren and rocky instead of grassy and thriving. And the ground was covered with spinning blades. These were dispensed easily. But what followed was worse than they could have dreamed of. A huge monster sprung from the ground and rose to an enormous beast. They all knew what it was. Dark Falz. This battle would decide the entire fate of Ragol.

But the thing spoke to them, with a voice that echoed in each of their minds.

"Who are you who think yourselves fit to end me. I, the the very form of Death itself. You are either very brave or very stupid. I have killed beings more powerful than you. You are nothing to me. The Red Child thought herself ready. She died. And so will you. The only thing I have yet to decide is, who first? You will all die here. But the last will ahv to watch the others go!"

Dark Falz raised it's arms, for all the world like a tower of Death made tangible. Then it fired a beam of pure energy at Jeren, Siri Alia and Leon. It's aim was true. It's victim never felt a thing. Alia was dead before she hit the ground.

.... To Be Continued