JUSTAR
Zaria had been trying to get to her
isle but had somehow ended up in Justar. Now knowing what Sentinei
was preparing for, she was
glad she had
somehow made her way here.
''You okay?'' asked Sentinei ''You look a bit tired...''
Tired, that wasn't the half of it. Magicwise she was at an all-time
low.
It was a bit depressing, though there were others that could make do
easily
without any magic at all..but, they probably didn't have a vengeful x
(who happened to be an
powerful ArchMage) after them.
At least not one even more powerful in the Art that Zaria herself,
and that's
if she were fully up to strength.
''I really haven't been at my best, as you know. The trip
to Crystalia and back really wasn't much of a help.'' Zaria
answered ruefully.
''Maybe you should lay down, I need to go the Ealians have
arrived.''
He was right as usual, she knew that, but she wasn't about to let him
leave
without saying anything at all.
For the first time in a long while she
was confused. In her normally detached gaze there was hint
of...something.
She looked almost lost for a moment. Her normally pale face (now
almost literally
white as snow due to her recent experiences) surrounded by her deep
black
hair contributed to it. She sighed and looked at him, ''I know..''
she said.
She wanted to say something, but it all seemed so inadequate. Finally
she settled
on something, it was so hard to say even this. She stepped forward,
almost close enough to
touch him, ''I.. just wanted to.. say
good-bye and..'' for a moment conflicting ideas warred in her
mind, ''good luck..I
guess.'' Her eyes shifted to a deep purple as she looked at him.
Then she sighed
again and looked away. Softly she spoke, her eyes focused on
nothing, ''It is
wrong for a mortal to love a god..'' It was the only way she could
think of
to express what she felt, and she wanted, needed to bring it into the
light
before he was gone, possibly forever. A strange thought
how could an immortal, even a demigod, die? This one stone-solid
fact, in
watery unreality of everything else, did little to soothe her worried
mind.
''And for a god to love someone of the mortal realm.''
Sentinei said staring at Zaria. His words and tone startled her out
of her
reverie; she lifted her eyes to his. Then,
despite what he had said, he reached to her face then pulled
it to his and embraced her in a long kiss. Then he
turned and walked through a gleaming green portal.
CRYSTALIA
The sky turned black and lightning laced the sky.
A loud rumble of thunder pounded at the DragonStar.
''Sentinei's battle has begun.'' said Nity, almost in a trance, and
not knowing that his
and the rest CF's was also about to start.
VILE LAIR
''The Darkens are ready, how about your Vile troops?'' asked
Brakis.
''They are ready.'' answered Dolomite
carelessly.
''Good.'' Brakis pulled out his sword the metallic ring was a
beautiful sound to his ears.
''I didn't think you were going into battle yet.'' said
Dolomite.
''I'm not you old fool.''
''But I thought you said you only take out your sword to
kill..?'' Dolomite asked, not realizing what was happening. Then he
noticed the last words,
''Old fool?'' he said dangerously in his gravely voice as he
struggled to stand and order Brakis
out.
''Quite a memory you got Dolomite.'' Brakis pulled back the
sword then shoved it through Dolomite's chest ''Very good
memory indeed.'' He said with a smile.
CRYSTALIAN FOREST
The Darken war ship raised into the air out of the clearing
of the forest that it had been hidden in.
It shot off towards where the castle once stood. The
first attack of the Darken/Vile alliance was about to
occur.
DRAGONSTAR
UA typed on the ships main computer making an analysis. ''Yeah, it
looks like the Ealians are
using the
core of Crystalia, possibly inadvertently since a war of the gods
really shouldn't concern us
mortals, but they're creating a kind of backlash simply rip
Crystalia apart. In forty-eight
hours it will no longer exist.''
''NO!'' Eme fell to her knees in anguish with a choked
cry.
''What about all the people?'' asked Zelda in horror. ''Remember,
they've been on evac
standby since the natural disasters began. I think they'll all be
relocating to Earth through a 'port.
They will be disguised of course. I think they're going to Ireland
specifically.'' ''What if the
links don't work?'' ''Since when haven't I been prepared for every
eventuality? We've
started work on teleportation devices, Pyro and Zealen are copying
the prototype at the moment.''
CRYSTALIA
Another rumble across the land and another wound opens on
its surface and it crumbles away. The world continues to
fall apart as Eme's tears fall to her pillow. She had know about the
destruction for a while,
she could feel it tearing at her heart. Crystalia was part of her.
She took a deep breath and
looked around her cabin, spotting the evacuation notice that she had
never thought she'd
have to use.
Sentinei is the last hope.
Ganthet turns grim. This had been his home for far too
long. He didn't want to loose it now.
Solara was fairing worse. ~Someone's going to destroy
Crystalia?! They can't! Why would they?! I know
conditions have been bad lately...but why?!~
~I don't know my friend, I wish I did. We'll fight this
thing if we can,'' replies Ganthet, trying to comfort the
newest CF.
UA checks some calculations on a few machines, then sets
down the clipboard. He walks through the ship and finds
himself at Eme's cabin. ~Best to leave her alone for now.~ he
decides. ~I know what it's like to lose a home.~ He heads for
the back of the ship and checks the cargo area.
He lifts his hand and opens a teleportal. In seconds, the
Rebel Quad Jet and the make-shift jet appears. And so does
UA. He sits on the front of the quad and smiles.
''You!''
''Me. I was getting worried that you were beginning to like
me, so I came here to make sure you still HATE me.''
''Don't worry. Your place in my heart is still secure.''
''Good. Then I can make sure it's there when I kill you, and
I will. We've formed an alliance with the Darkens...which,
as memory serves, you personally haven't had the luxury of
encountering
yet. We will be combining our efforts to destroy you and
your pathetic do gooders.''
''Oh, that's original. Still looking for global domination?''
''Well, since you brought it up...''
''Listen, 'bro', if there's something I've learned, its that
bad guy alliances always end up in betrayal. And yours is
no different.''
''Oh, I know that. I've planned for every contingency. Just
like you do. By the way, that's some hot number you've
acquired yourself there. She just come off the hooker
bandwagon or what?''
''Why you--!'' UA dives but EUA 'ports. ''I hope you like taking
over a world about to die! And we will fight, soon, and I
WILL WIN!!''
UA meets everyone, though they hadn't been able to find Entropy, in a
cabin reserved for
meetings. He
brings in a new T.I.M. unit.
''T.I.M.!'' Everyone exclaims.
''Yep. I found time to rebuild him. Now, what's the latest
updates?''
Entropy stands outside, staring into the raging storm with
cold contempt in his eyes. ~I let this happen on my
homeworld. I made my vows there. I've seen the destruction
of cultures, worlds, and countless other things.~ Two words
come from his lips.
''Never
again.''
Entropy returns into the DragonStar, quickly grabbing a
pen and a piece of paper. He checks the readings, then
starts writing.
Tala-
I know I'm probably gonna get myself killed this time
around, but I can't just sit here and do nothing while
this planet is dying. I've checked the readings on
the vile ships, they're headed for the castle ruins.
I'm going to stop them. I don't care what it takes,
but I will. Please, don't follow me. I've gotten
you into far more trouble than anything, and I don't
want to have than happen, especially now. I'm
leaving this note for everyone, but especially to
you. I wish I could do something more for you, but
I don't have anything left. I can give you nothing,
except my soul, or what there is of it. Should we
never meet again, know that I love you. Farewell.
Entropy Salander
He folds it up, leaving it at Tala's door before heading out
again. He shifts a pair of wings for himself, then leaps to
the skies, heading straight for the ruins.
DRAGONSTAR
Pyro was working in his portable lab aboard the DragonStar.
Pikachu was trying to sleep in a corner waiting for Pyro to
stop banging around.
''FOUND IT!! AW $#^$@!'' Pyro pulls out his last Electron
Cannon. ''THE POWER CELL'S DEAD!!''
Pyro knew he had no way to recharge it. Pikachu got fed up
and wanted sleep badly, so it got up, and zapped Pyro.
''WOAHHHHHH!!!'' The last thing Pyro saw before he blacked
out was ''power....cell...charged..'' Pyro fell backwards
blacked out. Pikachu comes over to Pyro, looks at him then
falls backwards and to sleep in mimic.
ZELDA'S ROOM
Zelda was sitting in her room, thinking. It was not a good
day. She couldn't concentrate, not enough to get to the
'psi plane', part of the Dreamworld, anyway. She wished she
could do something for Eme, for her to have to loose her
home, her dimension...at least they would be able to save
the people and things living there, she hoped.
JUSTAR
Zaria sat down, a small smile on her face, then she noticed
that she had been playing with her necklace. The
silver-chained dark purple amethyst pendent that she had worn for so
many
years. The first time she had touched it and not
immediately remembered what it stood for. It seemed so long
ago when she had been given it. Now she was running from
the one that had given it to her. She sighed, were they
right? Was this wrong? But oh, it felt so right... In aggravation
she reminded herself that every
time something like this
happened..something bad came about. This time it might be
the Ealians. She looked toward where the green portal had
been and hoped that Sentinei would be all right.
VILE LAIR
UA appears back at the Vile lair. He finds Brakis.
''When does Dolomite wanna move out?''
''Oh, he's a little--DEAD to the world, right now. I figured
we make a move in an hour. This world will be ours, and so
will all reality.'' He laughs as he walks off. UA glares at
him under his mask.
''That a fact?'' he asks himself. ''We'll see about that...
partner.''
DRAGONSTAR
''WARNING ENEMY SHIP APPROACHING'' the mechanical voice
reported throughout the ship.
UA changes his readouts of Crystalia to another screen.
''The Darken warship is approaching from the east''
Nity finds a seat and types something in ''Their weapons are
charged!''
UA opens the door to the bridge and pushes a com button
''Pyro get to the bridge _now_ we are taking off'' UA waits
for an answer but doesn't get one ''Pyro confirm!''
''Where is he?'' asks Nity as Zealen walks in. ''Zealen go check
on Pyro he's probably in his lab again.''
Zealen nods, not having anything else to do, then heads
away.
''Looks like I have to do this myself.'' says UA pushing a
dozen buttons and the ship shudders to life.
''The Darken ship is in range, firing lasers!'' yells Nity
''Move it UA!'' The boosters ignite and then explode. ''We've been
hit!''
''Damn!'' UA hits the boosters again but the ship only
shudders.
''BOOSTERS DAMAGED: UNSALVAGEABLE'' reports the mechanical
voice.
''The computers reporting that their getting ready to launch
a few dozen missiles, UA lets get _out_ of here!''
''Were sitting ducks!'' UA goes over the com link ''This is UA
evacuate the ship.'' UA and Nity both run out of the bridge.
Zealen enters Pyro's lab ''Dangit Pyro what happened to you?
Wake up we have to get out of here!''
T.I.M. picks up Pyro and runs out the door into the
open air, Zealen follows holding Pikachu.
They look in to the sky and see the missiles flowing out of
the massive ship.
The rest of the CFs come stumbling out.
''Where is Entropy?'' asks Tala as she comes out.
''Here I found this..it was on your door..'' Maia says handing her
the letter left by
Entropy.
Tala quickly scans it, ''That IDIOT!''
''Keep moving people!'' yells UA. They run as the missiles fall
upon the DragonStar like rain, the huge fireball can be seen
for miles.
The concussion of the blast throws the CFs about a hundred
feet.
They groan as they get up the Darken warship flies by releasing a
hundred Darken soldiers
flying down on
their jet packs.
Krakken swore under his breath as the DragonStar was
transformed into a twisted mass of flaming metal. They
didn't have the castle. They weren't going to have
Crystalia. Not even the ''DragonStar'' was left. Cruel
people would keep following them and ruining everything they
had, until... until what? Until they struck back.
Krakken could feel the lush grass beneath his feet as he
tore across the turf, heading in the direction opposite they
were heading in. ''Krakken!
''Oh, so those are Darkens, huh? Joy.'' UA opens a
teleportal and swallows in all the CFs. They appear some
distance away.
''Sorry, but I don't need people getting killed
because we were ambushed. Now, where's Entropy?'' Tala
hands him the note. ''That stupid--'' Suddenly, an
earthquake hits. Minor, but enough to give them a good
shake.
''Planet's starting to go.'' UA says. ''We need to get some
shelter and figure out a plan. Nity, you're in charge. I'm
going after dippy.'' With that, he 'ports away.
Entropy, meanwhile, stops in his flight, landing near an
old, half-dead tree. He re-absorbs his wings, then sees a
flash on the horizon. Shifting himself some better eyes, he
sees the Darkens' ship...and the DragonStar's wreckage.
''No...'' He says, his eyes widening. ''Tala...the
others...'' His face twists into a fierce visage of pure
hatred. He instantly shifts his eyes back, instead shifting
up an increased metabolism for his legs. Within moments, he
is off like a shot across the decaying landscape at over
200mph, sword out and ready to taste the blood about to be
spilled...
JUSTAR
Zaria had been letting her mind wander when she realized,
finally, where she was. Justar. Why? She had tried to go
to her isle...she woke up here. Sentinei wouldn't have..?
Would he? She shook her head, nothing seemed to make sense
anymore. Had it ever? Suddenly though, she felt something. It must
have
been triggered by her thought of her isle which was near
Hyrule. Something was up there. Zelda. She had to help
Zelda. It was a good thing she had regained enough strength
to 'port already. Actually, here she was even able to
materialize completely. For a moment another thought tugged
her, she felt almost like this would be abandoning Sentinei.
Again she shook her head, she was ~not~ going to be some
placid maiden waiting for him to come home from a battle or
whatever. When she had something to do she would do it.
Her life was based on her adherence to her mission, no matter how
inconvenient it could be.
At first she wasn't able to 'port then she sighed,
''Gone so far?'' she asked herself quietly before adding a
gesture and words to help along the spell, hoping that
she'd end up in the right place this time.
Nity watches as UA leaves after Krakken. ''Zelda isn't
Cathedral Caverns around here?''
''Yes actually, it's right over there.'' Zelda
points, "But..remember? It collapsed when we
first came here.."
''There should be enough of it left for us to hideout
in. Come on guys, follow me.'' They all run after Nity towards the
cave as the sound of the
jetpacks follow.
The reach the half demolished cave. ''Kisutsu help me here,''
says Nity, Kisutsu walks over to see what he needs help
with. Nity is bent over Pyro, he flips a switch on Pyro's
suit.
Round discs pop out of slots on his suit. ''What are they?'' Kisutsu
asks curiously.
''Invisible bombs, Pyro showed me them a while
back.'' ''Err...they're not invisible to me..''
''Just help me lay them out in front of the entrance of the cave.''
They both grab the mines and go lay them out in front of the
cave.
''Now push the button on the top of them.'' orders Nity, the
bombs turn invisible to the naked eye once the button is
pushed down. Kisutsu and Nity return to the others.
''The Darkens know where we are, when they trigger the bombs
that's when we emerge and attack.''
Ganthet sighed. They'd lost next to everything. Both their
homes. Now, they were going up against impossible odds.
For once, he didn't relish battle. He normally wasn't
afraid of dying, but now he was. Now, he had another life
who was dependent on his. If he died, so would Solara.
He could never let that happen. ''Perhaps we should scout them.
Those of us with flying powers could see what they're doing
and be back here quickly,'' he says.
~I can fly too ya know, too bad you can't Crys,~ says
Solara, using her nickname for him.
''Solara expresses a desire to do anything she can to
help''
Reaching the slowly-landing Darken troops, Krakken
paused to consider what he was about to do. An impromptu
war had apparently sprung up, and at the worst possible
time. Without his powers, Krakken would be all but useless.
He had a powerful way to strike back, but it was so morally
incorrect, even by Aldezaarian standards. How would he
sleep at night? What if these men had families? What if--
Viciously quelling the doubt roiling inside him, Krakken
reached into his reliable pocket and violently tugged out a
worn box.
The bloodstained boots of the first Darken troops
touched the ground.
Krakken desperately tried to pry open the lid of the
box.
Their comrades descending behind them, the leading
troops cocked their rifles.
The muscles in the back of his hands bunching together,
Krakken finally ripped the top off of his box.
Something intangible left the torn bodies of all of the
soldiers and entered the old box. Lifeless and soulless, the
empty husks that had been their bodies fell to the weeping
earth. As they did, Krakken wished he was dead.
''What _was_ that?''
Krakken turned to face UA, who had finally caught up to
him, ''It is the Soulkeeper. There was nothing in it,
because, like most vessels, its purpose is to be empty. It
tears the life and souls from living creatures. I'm
surprised you didn't lose your soul, either.''
UA suddenly realized that his life had been put in
danger as well as the implications of the Soulkeeper, ''You
b*stard.''
Krakken's gaze was remote and devoid of life, ''Yes.''
''Krakken, I--can't believed you used that thing. I mean,
these could be sentient life-forms.''
''I--know, but they took so much from us...and...''
''Look, try to refrain from using that thing except when
ABSOLUTELY necessary. And not around the CFs. My guess is
because of the mystic origin of my powers I wasn't affected.
I can't say the same thing for the others.'' Another tremor
hits. ''Let's go before we run out of time.''
As UA and Krakken talk, Entropy suddenly appears, blind to
everything except the remaining Darkens. He whips out his
sword, activating it and charging into the fray. He cleaved
two Darkens in half, before they crumble, he swings his
sword, and it gets lodged in the skull of a third. Turning
back to the others, he extends viciously sharp claws from
his fingers, quickly utilizing them in stabbing through
another Darken. As he pulls them out, blood sprays from the
wound as it dies.
Entropy grabs his sword again, shifting
his hands back to normal and charging at the newly landed
troops. He falls upon them like the darkness itself, black
energies flying as he kills them one after another. As more
of them land, Entropy suddenly charges up his energies,
black powers pouring from his sword. He pulls back, and
stabs his sword into the ground, as a dome of pure darkness
envelopes the area. The Darkens touching it immediately
crumble, and when it finally dissipates, Entropy is the only
one left standing.
He pants for a second, then drops to his
knees, looking up at the Darkens' smaller ships. He takes
his sword, pointing it up to the rear ship. He screams, a
cry of pure hatred, and a massive blast of energy lances
into the sky, splitting the air as it finally carves through
the small ship, splitting it in half. Entropy smiles a bit
as it goes down in flames, then collapses to the ground
and passes out.
Some time later Entropy awakes to see a figure standing
in front of him. ''So now you wake up..I thought you were
dead there.'' Lark said softly. ''And by the way..who are you
and why are you here?'' She asked with a little more
attitude.
Entropy gets up, groaning a bit. ''Go away.'' he says,
sheathing his sword. ''This planet's going to die in less
than a day. The last thing I need is another casualty on my
conscience.'' He suddenly looks back, glaring at her. ''And
don't think for a moment that I won't kill you unless you
go. I've killed sleeping 2-year-olds. I don't have any
problems with anything else.''
She responds with a glare of her own. ''I really doubt you
could kill me..People have tried before but failed, and
plus..I'm a pretty strong warrior myself, and I can put up a
good fight.'' She stated. It appeared they had about the same
temperament.
T.I.M. shows a scanner to Nity and then starts to
calculate the odds, his face display looks grim.
Then T.I.M displays a picture of the layout of stinking bad guys
on the wall and one of the shape of the cave.
''I really think, Nity, that I should go and attack the ships
now before we have to fight the Darkens. One on one, you
know that I carry the most the air-born firepower and by my
calculations says that we have a 23.04% chance of victory If
I do.... well actually that's only 2.04% better than
otherwise.''
T.I.M. says.
''It would be seriously unwise to go alone T.I.M.,'' rumbles
Ganthet. ''You've sacrificed yourself too many times for us
already. If you go alone, it's likely you'll be destroyed
again, but without anything left...we wouldn't be able to rebuild
you...''
HYRULE
Suddenly, Zaria was caught in a cold embrace. She tried to take a
breath as
she felt Layarteb's spell draining her at a rate faster than she
remembered,
but the taste of salt filled her mouth and she choked on a breath of
water.
~W-where..?~ she thought wildly as water crashed over her head and
she
struggled to..to..get SOMEwhere. She couldn't see a thing, it was
dark and
the water pushed against her eyes. Aparently, she'd made a wrong
turn in her
teleportation. She reached her hand toward what she thought was up
and
suddenly it was washed over with a cold feeling. But, cold or not it
was
above the pressure of the water! She kicked at the water, trying to
get to
the surface, but her dress was now soaked heavy and holding her
down. She
started to feel dizzy from the lack of air, but she was determined
that she
wouldn't end like this! She had to at least stop Layarteb first.
Things
had to be resolved before she could let herself the luxury of
floating away
into the abyss. She pulled at the water with her hands and then was
able to
bring her face into the cold. Precious, air in a wind blew against
her face
in a freezing blanket. She gasped it in and began to tread water.
Through
her confused mind came the thought that she could have used
magic..but to
teleport again? Who knew where she would end up next time! She wiped
at her
eyes, trying to get the stinging salt out of them, enough for her to
see
anyway. ~So, not as far at all.~ she thought upon seeing her island
through
parting mist. She smiled with relief and began to swim over to it.
CRYSTALIA
Entropy suddenly hears voices...familiar ones. Turning
towards them, he can barely make out...the CFs?
''I don't believe it!'' he says as he runs towards them, Lark close
behind.
''Hey! Guys!'' He yells, arriving at their location.
''It's about time. Thank you very much for running off.''
UA complains.
''Hey, what I do and don't do is none of your concern.'' He
turns to the other CFs, ignoring UAs glare. As leader he was
responsible for all of them, it made
his job that much harder when they ran off like children without
telling him. Though..they all
should be able to take care of themselves. ''I saw the
DragonStar...I thought
you were all dead.''
''Come on, one little spaceship destruction and you think
we died? You really don't know us too well, do you?'' Nity
smirks.
''Well, it's probably a good thing that I did, otherwise
we'd have 5 Darken ships to deal with instead of four.''
''Yeah, we noticed that little gem.'' Krakken adds.
''So, what's the plan?''
''Enough with the family reunion, who ~are~ you people?''
Zelda took Lark aside while the others began to talk of a battle plan.
Ganthet rumbled, ''It is my suggestion that we send our
flyers-T.I.M., Nity in his Razis form, Solara, and ....,''
he stops. ''Kisutsu can you fly? With your powers over the
storm elements, you should be able to.''
''Yeah, I can, '' he replies.
''Anyway, the four of us..er them..er us,'' he fumbles with
the next part. He and Solara were linked. It made for
odd word usage sometimes. ''We/they do whatever damage they
can, hitting them hard. We look for the others while the
rest of you get as many people out of here as possible.''
UA walks in just in time to hear Ganthet's battle plan.
''Hold it! No one's going anywhere. Our top priority is
making sure this planet has a smooth and quiet evac. What
we need to do is merely keep the Darkens and Vile at bay,
then deal with them to ensure no civilian casualties. If
anyone has a problem with that plan, speak up now 'cause we
ain't got no time to waste.''
"You mean you're a Crystal Fighter too?" Zelda exclaimed in
surprise after exchanging
information with Lark. "Of all the times..." she muttered. "So tell
me, why's everything so
crazy around here, is it always like this?" Lark asked. Zelda
answered ruefully as she realized
it really was pretty much this crazy all the time, "Well..sometimes
we get breaks...rarely.
Our current crisis as you've heard is that..well..Crystalia is being
destroyed..something about the
Ealians and the core."
''UA's right'' says Nity.
Entropy turns, seeing UA arrive. ''Hey, UA, I just got
one question: With the DragonStar wasted from the Darkens,
and so few of us with teleportation powers, how're the
rest of us going to get off this rock before it blows?'' The
others shift about nervously, thinking of the implications
of that. UA looked at him, ''I think you've got an idea, going to
share it with us?'' ''An it
please thee.. I say, we start up a distraction. Those of us
who can fly each carry one person, and I'll shift myself
into a ship of some kind, to take two others to one of their
smaller ships. While the others are attacking their main
ship, my team gets into the small ship, takes over the
bridge, and we use that to escape with everyone not
evacuated already. And I wouldn't worry about killing
sentient lifeforms. The Darkens are barely that. They're
all grown, at full maturity, programmed with the knowledge
they need, and sent out to kill something. The same goes
with the Vile, basically. Trust me, I know these
people.''
''And how's that?'' Pyro adds.
''I ran a couple jobs for the Darkens before hooking up
with the Vile.'' He quickly answers. ''Even so, I don't want
to spend what may be the last few hours of my life running
away. It's not my style.''
''Something is wrong here, the Darkens
are men and women solely set up for the purpose of war as Entropy
said..I
don't think they could be taken out so easily.'' He walks
out of the cave making sure to avoid the bombs. Then he gets to
one of the Darken bodies and pulls off the helmet, there is
nothing there. ''A decoy.''
''Correct'' says a Darken warrior as the soldiers come out of
the cloaked form.
''$^*%(!!'' Nity dives back into the cave with laser fire
following.
The Darkens rush in after him into the bombs taking out
their frontline.
''This is it CF's the real fight is upon us.'' says UA.
''Celestial Razis Crystal POWER!''
Rydia and Lark moved over towards the group. Could this be their
last stand? Where else could
they go? ''Mystical Rydia Lunaris POWER!'' she called, a bit of an
echo to Nity. Lark
looked at them in amazement, "What the #@$ is wrong with you
people?!" In annoyance she
noticed that these things..these Darkens probably weren't about to
stop for her, she'd been
deemed one of these people by the soft-voiced elven girl, the
youngest she had seen here.
What were they doing sending kids into battle? Though, it looked like
they were all quite
experienced. Lark sighed, it looked like she would have to battle
with them or die.
''How quickly you forget the catacombs, E.'' UA says.
''The what?'' Zealen asks.
''Later. Right now...'' FZZAMP! The Darkens destroy the
cave.
CATACOMBS
The CFs appear inside the underground place thanks to UA's 'port.
They look
around.
UA makes a motion and the CFs look to see the four
Rebel Jets. ''I 'ported them off when the alarm went off.''
''Great, so what now?''
''Well, we need all the manp--..err... wit and strength we can get to
ensure this
planet is empty without tipping the Darkens off. We need to
spare as few as possible for decoys. Now, that's the most
dangerous job. And if some of you ARE decoys, then there's
a slim chance you won't be coming back, so this is strictly
voluntary. Anyone who wants to keep the Darkens off the
rest of our backs, please let us know.''
Entropy looks at the jets, then at the others. ''Nonetheless,
these jets won't be able to take all of us. I'm still
willing to go on with my plan, and those who don't fly decoy
or go with me should stay behind and help with the evac.
Even so, I need at least 2 people to help me out on this.''
HYRULE
Soon Zaria's feet touched shifting sand and the waves pushed her on
towards
the dry sand of the beach she could see just ahead. Soon she reached
the
dry area and collpased upon the soft white sand with a sigh. As soon
as she
had touched the dry sand, she felt the web spell relinquish its grip
on her. ~Not much longer,~ she thought, ~not much longer.~ She
closed her
eyes for a few seconds to catch her breath, then she stood up and
walked
along the beach until she hit a grove of lush trees. She nodded to
herself
and moved gracefully through them.
THE VILE LAIR
UA watches the attack on his monitor, and grits his teeth.
''An hour, huh? I don't like unplanned double-crosses,
Brakis. Time you learned who the hell you're dealing with!''
He stands, turns with a flip of his cape and storms out as
another tremor hits.
THE SURFACE
As the Darkens continue their surveillance of the planet, 2
more ships, one looking as if it were made of liquid metal,
the other looking like the night itself, suddenly appear
nearby. The shadow ship backs off, as the metallic one
hovers over the darken fleet, silent. Two of the small
cruisers from the fleet go up to investigate. Suddenly,
there is a bright flash, and the two cruisers are gone. The
spherical ship moves on, landing and taking on a dome shape
as it touches down. A hatch opens up, and hundreds of
freakish spider-centaur creatures with cybernetically
augmented weapons pour out, getting into a complex
formation. A hologram of another one of the creatures
appears over the ship.
''People of Crystalia. Lower your weapons and submit to
assimilation. Resistance will be met with your destruction.
We are the Angammon. We shall not be opposed.''
From the black ship's bridge, Nokomis smiles wickedly.
''Won't this be an enjoyable alliance...'' she says, then
chuckles to herself.
CATACOMBS
''You guys go...I'm dying with my world and I going to
die fighting.'' She says, basically stating she'll be the one
who gets the Darkens off their back.
''You'll need backup Eme,'' says Ganthet, covering Rydia's cry of
protest. ''Nothing I can do,
but Solara can. Solara switch!'' There's a flash of light,
and once more Solara stands where Ganthet once was.
''I can't let you go alone my queen. This is my world
too. Let me help,'' she says. She knew she could put a
thorn in these Darkens' sides, even as a distraction. She
may not be solid, but her light blasts packed a punch. And,
she was learning to manipulate light for other effects, like
holograms and invisibility.
''Okay, Entropy, Eme and, er...''
''Solara.''
''Thanks. Solara will take the point while the rest of us
make sure everyone has a safe evac. And let's just hope
that it won't come down to people dying. We've lost too
many as it is. Good luck and be careful.'' They head out.
UA stops Eme and kisses her on the lips. ''Especially you.''
Shocked UA finally made a move, she slowly leaves. UA turns to the
others.
''We have work to do. Let's go.''
Zelda sighed, she wanted to help Eme but there didn't seem
to be anything that she could do. Now it seemed like
Crystalia was doomed to fall apart, what could they do?
Finally, she decided that she wanted to go with
Gan--err..Solara and Eme, she did have some powers after
all. She was determined to be of at least some use.
''I'm coming too.'' she said, walking over to Eme and Solara.
Lark watched the CFs from a short distance. ''Okay It's time
to join this group..'' She sighed and ran up, she looked at
Zelda, Eme, & Solara for a second. ''I
wanna help..'' She stated. ''I'm a good fighter if you'll let
me join..I know about the Crystal Fighters..Zelda explained..and
that's
probably why I'm here..cause I really have a feeling that I
could just be of some use.'' She stopped to catch her breath.
''T.I.M., Zealen, Pyro you guys start going to the villages
with the transport devices'' says Razis, he steps out of the
catacombs and sees cybernetic spiders crawling every where.
There is a woman standing in the middle of the spiders.
''Who is she?'' asks Razis.
''Her name is Nokomis''
''Isn't that um Tala's sister she told us about?''
''Yep she is one nasty *^$*%.''
''I bet Tala will be happy to see her sister.'' Razis smirks,
''Let's clean her clock.''
Solara is in the air before anyone could blink. Advantage
of being made of light, was moving at the speed of light.
She's at the battle field before anyone. ''Solar light
blast!'' she cries as she releases beams of light and heat.
The reflect off the body's of the space bugs. ''What are
they made of?'' she whispers.
~Wish I knew, Solara,~ says Ganthet in her mind. ~Try
taking one out from the inside.~
~Good idea, G.~ She flies towards one, hoping to phase
through its skin and blast it from within. As she makes
contact, the energy field repels her. ''Not good,'' she
quips.
~The Soulkeeper. Perhaps I could use it on those
creatures...~ Just like with the poison, Krakken received
a thought for no logical reason. They didn't have souls.
Soulless creatures had no right to live, let alone kill.
Disgusted, Krakken drew his large knife, ''Let the damned
fall beneath our blades! I do not need a Crystal against
warped creations of some sinful dynasty!''
ISLE OF MYST
Zaria sighed almost happily as she saw the trees part to reveal her
temple.
"Didst thou miss me Uihau..sanctuary?" she spoke softly in a slightly
breathy voice as she walked up the steps. Zaria put a hand to her
head,
she felt lightheaded and still dizzy. ~Won't have to keep this up
for much
longer.~ she thought, then repeated the thought aloud, "Not much
longer.."
Inside the temple she reached the room where her staff was suspended
in a
ray of light. She reached into the light and grasped the reasurring
staff
in her hand. As she began to pull it away she almost laughed, how
awkward
it would have been had she had it in Justar! She pulled the staff
towards
her and held it against her bosom almost with maternal protection.
As soon
as it was fully out of the light, the light disapeared completly.
Zaria
stared calmly into the dark, the dark like an abyss..like the abyss
she would
soon relax into.. The end was coming. She could feel it.
CATACOMBS
''Okay guys, here's the plan. I want you guys to go. Go with UA
and the others. Leave me here, please.'' Eme says sternly,
pushing them away. ''GO!''
''You're taking that much of a risk?'' Lark asked. ''You're
wanting us to leave you here..okay since I'm new I'll just
follow this plan.''
''Eme..please...'' Zelda said, but Eme stayed firm, ''Are you
really sure you can do this alone?''
OUTSIDE
''Hm.'' Entropy says, hanging back for a moment. ''Those must
be the Angammon. Don't look too tough.'' He charges
foreword, quickly telling the others to stay away from
Nokomis, she's very powerful. He picks out the nearest
Angammon, rushing at it with sword outstretched. He takes a
wide slash, attempting to cleave the man-sized creature in
half at the ''waist'' but his sword suddenly stops, then is
reflected away by some kind of energy shielding. Its four
arms each carry vicious metal claws, and each of them
contains a different weapon in the palms. The Angammon, not
surprised or even startled in the least, starts towards
Entropy, extending a long, scepter-like device from its
lower-left palm, electricity crackling from the end.
Entropy struggles to fight back, raining blows down on it,
but the energy shielding holds, leaving it unaffected and
Entropy both exhausted and pissed. The Angammon suddenly
strikes with the rod, too quickly for Entropy to dodge. He
screams as hundreds of volts of electricity are shot through
his liquid-based form, burning him from the outside in. As
he collapses, the Angammon retracts its cattle prod,
quickly radioing to the rest of its brethren. ''Encountered
planetary defense force, threat value minimum. Attack at
will.''
The huge formation of Angammon slowly turns towards
the CFs, starting a slow march foreword. Entropy barely
regains consciousness in time to avoid a crushing blow from
the Angammon. ''Bad thing....'' He says to himself. ''Guys, I
think this is your ideal ''run like hell'' situation.
Agreed?''
''SOLARA! You're supposed to be out there with Eme and
Zelda!'' UA exclaims.
''Well, Eme kinda wanted to do this on her own...''
''I'm in charge here. NOT Eme. You wanna be a Crystal
Fighter, you follow MY orders. Now go.''
''But--''
''GO!'' She flies out. Pyro backs up to UA, blasting at the
creatures.
''Great. What now, o fearless leader?''
''Well, we can't beat 'em, but maybe we can trap 'em.'' UA
begins to hopscotch his way off their shields and into the
QRJ. He hits a button and an energy net ensnares all the
creatures, rapping them closely together.
''That won't hold 'em for long.'' Entropy says.
''Long enough.'' UA starts the jet's engine. ''T.I.M., the
other ship!'' T.I.M. flies over to the make-shift jet and
transforms into a humanoid. He starts the jet and they take off
through the ground. ''CFs, MOVE!'' The CFs run out of the
underground HQ through the secret boulder entrance and run
far away from it as the jets circle back and drop little
packages. They fly after the CFs as the whole area explodes
with a loud BOOM.
The jets hover over the CFs.
''That won't stop them.'' Entropy says, after recovering
somewhat. ''Nothing can.''
''It only has to give us enough time to help with the evac.
Now split up and move as fast as you can.'' The jets streak
off and the CFs separate.
Razis surveys the surroundings. ''Oh my Goddess!'' he says.
''Aren't we going to get a break today?''
''What do you mean'' asks Pyro.
''Darkens coming over the east hill, Angammon scrabbling over
the south hill and can you believe it Vile coming over the
west hill.''
''I believe this is called a gauntlet.'' says Kisutsu.
''Lets move it you guys or we aren't going to make it out of
here!!!!!''
Eme and Zelda split away from the rest of the CFs, but stayed
together. ''Zelda, get every
CF off Crystalia, Please. Leave me here.
I'm going to blow it up. Not a living thing can survive the
blast.'' She says firmly trying to get Zelda to understand.
''It's the only way, otherwise no one will live through
this.'' She looks down. ''Tell UA that I'll always love
him..''
''Eme no...you tell him. I don't have anything to leave behind other
than what I've already
left..and the CFs..''
Entropy flies over in one of the
rebel jets, grabbing Eme and Zelda with a towline and bringing them up
to the cockpit.
''What the ^&*%^()& are you doing!'' She yells.
''It took me this long to get you and UA together, you
honestly think I'm gonna let you commit suicide now?'' He
turns back to her. ''Besides, the others can help the evac.
I need you and Tala to help me get the Darken cruiser so we
can get off this rock before it blows.''
''But-''
''No buts. You may be the queen here, but I've been
through these sort of things, and I know what I'm doing.
I'm not gonna let you die after all that everyone's been
through. You think UA's gonna understand if you kill
yourself?'' He then gets his eyes back on the air in front
of him. ''Besides that, everything's already going to get
destroyed when the planet goes. Overkill is nice, but when
it starts killing my friends, it's not quite as great.''
OUTSIDE
Pyro finally makes it to the village and sets up the
device. ''Now how does this work? Oh yeah! No.... Wish UA
had made this a little more clear.'' He pushes a button
randomly and the portal opens up, ''Alright! Pyro's luck
does it again''
Nity and Zealen reach the first village.
''Everyone, we need you all to evac
from the planet, now!'' The people gather around them, and
nod. After a few minutes...
''Why isn't anyone going?'' Zealen asks a creature.
''With the planet dying, our teleportation links are dead.
We're all connected to the planet through that.'' he answers.
''Good thing we made these things, huh?'' Zealen says, tossing
a teleportation device from his armor into the center of the
crowd. The portal opens up.
''Everyone please step through.'' Nity says. The people begin
moving in. He turns to Zealen. ''This is gonna take a lot
longer than we thought.''
ELSEWHERE
UA flies the jet over another village. He finds out the same
information and opens a teleportal to allow the people
through. ~Not good,~ he thinks. ~We'll be sitting ducks while
we make sure these people get to safety. Hope the others
are faring well.~
ISLE OF MYST
Slowly she walked out of the room, unconsiously she walked across the hall,
her wet dress leaving a streak of water on the marble floor. She stopped
suddenly after entering the next room. In it stood a small desk with a book
atop it. "My--" she started to say, her voice echoing in the empty temple.
She took a few quick, halting steps towards it and reached for it. She had
written the book in hopes of someone understanding..learning from her
mistakes. The mistakes that had caused the death of friends, of innocents,
of univereses. She sighed, there had been so much that she left out. But
it hurt her, the memories...no..no she had to supress them until the end.
Her life was supression of herself. "Eternity have mercy.." she spoke it
so softly that it didn't echoe. But the Fates had never had mercy on her.
She was a servent to Fate..always a servent..subject to the same whims she
helped subject others to..just to fulfill prophecy..just to fill the empty
space inside her. It had never worked.
REBEL JET
''All right, let's get to that cruiser.'' Entropy says,
locking in a flight path. ''Ok, Tala, you with us?''
''Yeah, right here. What's our plan?'' Tala's voice says,
coming over the commline as her jet pulls up nearby.
''Ok, computer, transmit plan of operation black dagger.''
Entropy says, causing a map to appear in front of all three
of them. ''All right, the plan is this. First, we do a
strafing run over the cruiser, aiming for the main
atmospheric vents. We'll then ditch the jets, setting them
on auto-pilot, and get into the ship. Following that, we
travel via the ventilation system to the bridge, do a quick
hostile takeover job, eject the crew out to the waiting
pincers of the Angammon, and steer that tub over to the
other CFs, escaping to some other nearby planet before this
particular one blows. Any questions?''
''Are you sure you need me for this?'' Eme asks from the
backseat. ''I'm needed elsewhere.''
''Again, I'm not letting you commit suicide. You may have
a responsibility to this planet, but you also have a
responsibility to its people, and they aren't going to all
blow up.'' Entropy smiles a bit as the cruiser comes into
view. ''Ok, everyone ready?''
''As I'll ever be.'' Comes Tala's answer.
''Do I have a choice?'' Eme snarls.
''Well, you'd better be that way, because here it comes.''
Entropy pushes the jet to the limits of its speed as the
cruiser surface comes into view. ''Let's ROCK!''
ELSEWHERE
''UA this is taking to long and we running out of
portals devises and that's the good news.... there are six..
No seven. Wait, eight wormhole's opening over the Southern
hemisphere. It look like this party is getting bigger by
the hour.'' T.I.M. says over the radio.
Razis and T.I.M. slice through the skyline. T.I.M. is in his
board form and Maia is riding on the back of him.
The three drop transporters as they fly over the ruined
land. The huge gaps can been seen everywhere from their position.
Razis spots the glint of bright orange ahead. ''Looks like
the Vile attacked a village ahead, it is on fire''
''The chances of this being a trap is 49 to 83'' says T.I.M.
''It most definitely is a trap.'' says Razis.
''But we have to do something!'' says Maia.
''Yeah I know''
T.I.M., Razis, and Maia land but don't see anyone around, no
villagers or Vile.
''BWAAAAA'' the wail is heard as the creature jumps out of the
earth.
The huge creature uses the surprise tactic to quickly
overcome Maia, its eight legs wrap around Maia and hold her
firmly.
''I can't move! HELP!!'' screams Maia.
''Razis Crystal Fl....''
''BWAAAAA'' the scream pierces Razis' brain and he drops to
his knees.
''Release her now.'' orders T.I.M. and readies his lasers.
''Ahahah'' evil UA laughs and punches through T.I.M. yanking out
a handful of wires.
T.I.M. turns towards UA ''Hoooow diiiiid yooouuuu geeet
hee...'' he drops to the ground.
''Good boy you little Angammon you.'' UA says and he pats it on
what is the head. The Angammon suddenly pulls back its legs
from Maia's body. She only gives out a whimper as the sharp
metallic legs come back and pierce through her body.
''Ahhhhhhhhh'' yells Razis and he fights past the pain he
feels in his head that had kept him on his knees till now,
he rushes forward and catches Maia's lifeless body in his
arms.
''You...'' evil UA comes up from behind and snaps a yellow
brace around Razis' neck and he demorphs.
''You *&*($()& $%&(*) $(&()$&!!!!!!!'' yells Nity and launches
himself at UA. UA drives a punch to Nity's stomach and a
back hand to his face.
''You can't do anything for her now you fool, that neck brace
on you is a nullifier so you can't change to Razis, all you
can do now is get yourself killed and....Zelda'' UA says.
''What have you down with Zelda?!?!'' Nity jumps at him.
''Just calm down and come with me'' the storm grows worse and
lightning ignites the sky as UA and Nity 'port away.
OUTSIDE
A portal appears and out steps a figure once familiar to
this land, he scans the area as lightning cackles and
thunder bellows.
The uneven torn apart land is horrible and the fires that
stretch out across it.
~What the hell happened here?~ Anakin asks himself. He comes
to the castle in ruins, ''No! The CFs--!!'' ~What has happened to
this place, Sentinei wasn't exaggerating this place is in
chaos~
''I can sense your presence here Brakis, and when I find you
there will be hell to pay brother.'' Anakin moves on as he
lets his gut instinct guide him to the brother he had hoped
had died back all the time ago on Domoglin.
ISLE OF MYST
Zaria took up the book, the emptyness growing as she realized just how empty
the book was..how much of her tormented life of mistakes she had left
out. Why was she asking for mercy? She had shown none on others
afterwards... The mistakes she had made..they did not deserve mercy.. She
hoped desperatly for peaceful oblivian, but knew it would still be a time in
coming..if death really was oblivian. Or had she earned eternal torture
for her mistakes...the ones that tormented her in this world..how could she
possibly be punished more?
VILE LAIR
Nity is strapped to a chair, it seems the nullifier doesn't
only keep his Crystal from working but it also makes him
extremely weak. ''Why am I here?'' demands Nity.
''Well, you see I'm not stupid, I know this planet is going
under, I just have a few questions, tell me what the CF's
are planning and how they're getting out of Crystalia.''
''Screw you.'' says Nity.
EUA gives a frown ''You know I notice you kinda have
somesort of an attachment to one of these Crystal Fighters,
yo always seem to be protecting her, like you have to.'' UA
grabs Nity's chair and turns it around to face Zelda lying
on the floor bound and gagged her eyes opened wide with
fright. ''Now give me the information or....'' UA's arm forms
into a large blade and he presses the end to Zelda's heart
''....she dies''
VILLAGE
Pyro pushed the last person through the portal. ''Whew. I
gotta get back to then DragonStar. Something is wrong.'' He
starts running when the Pikachu grabs onto his leg and yells
''PIKA''
''What do you want?'' He stops as Pikachu lets go and points
towards the portal.
''You're smart for a yellow rodent.'' He runs towards the
portal. He sets a few bombs, then redirects it to 'port to a Rebel
Jet, which he was planning to
modify into a second DragonStar. ''No reason the Vile should get
their paws on
this thing.'' He picks up Pikachu and throws him through
then jumps through himself. Just as the portal closes, the
bomb goes off.
VILE LAIR
''Not talking, huh? Well, think about this.'' He cuts
Zelda's face and her arm. Then he spoke coldly as she writhed in
pain. ''I can do a lot
more than that.
Think about it.''
''You #$@%!'' UA walks out and is met by some Darkens. He
presses a button on his belt and turns into Brakis.
''These CFs are well trained. And remind me to thank UA for
leaving these holographic devices in his absence.''
A VILLAGE FAR, FAR AWAY
UA watches the last of people leave, then turns to find a
Vile. Just one. A regular, ordinary, solitary Vile.
''What do you want?'' It hands him a tube, then turns and
leaves. UA checks it out, then jumps into the jet. He
inserts it into a slot by the monitor and presses a few
buttons. The screen glows as something appears.
''I don't believe it.''
ISLE OF MYST
Zaria's nails dug into the book as she strove to lock away her memories.
Why? Why were they surfacing now? She had been able to almost forget about
them for so long.. It wasn't working, she couldn't lock them away..that
book..useless! Few, if any, of the most important things, the most important
mistakes, they weren't in there! Higher and higher the anger at herself
and the book elevated. She started to breathe hard, gasping in air
with the building rage as she dug her nails partially through the leather
binding of the book. Finally, she couldn't stand it anymore, "YUKRESA!"
she screamed. The violent shriek of that one harsh word, "leave me be" or
"be gone" in her original language, vented some of her wrath. The word
rebervirated against the walls of the temple, if anyone or anything had
been around they would have been silenced by the blind fury in her voice
as she hurled the book as hard as she could against the floor. Right
when it had been about to hit the floor she made a sharp gesture with her
hand and it disapeared.
THE DARKEN CRUISER
Entropy gives a quick look below, before kicking through the
vent and dropping down into the hallway. Tala and Eme soon
follow, brushing the dust off their clothes.
''Well, we're in, and it doesn't look like anyone's noticed
yet. That's good. The thing is, there should be more
people around here than this. That's bad.''
''Will you quit rambling and start moving?'' Eme snaps in a
barely contained whisper.
''All right, all right, I'm going.'' the three continue
through the hallways, finally reaching what should be the
cruiser's bridge.
''All right, we're going in.'' Entropy suddenly shifts into
a Darken. ''Make it look like you're holding me hostage.''
''No problem.'' Eme says with a wicked grin, quickly
grabbing him in a painful headlock.
''Good, that's good!'' Entropy says through a slightly
choked off windpipe. Tala hits the door switch, and Eme
rushes in, holding Entropy in front of her as a living
shield. ''All right, nobody-''
Nothing.
Not a single person in the room. Eme immediately releases
Entropy, looking pissed.
''What is this!?'' she yells. ''You drag me all the way up
here for an empty ship? I don't even get to fight something
so I can calm down!''
''Well, it isn't exactly empty...'' Tala says from one of
the terminals.
''What is it?'' Entropy asks after pulling himself to his
feet. Tala turns the main panel around, revealing a
countdown timer, now descending from 10 minutes. Entropy's
eyes bug out as he shifts back, then he looks to Eme.
''Well, you were the one who wanted to die, I guess you get
your wish!''
''Hey, you designed this plan, how're we getting out of
here?!''
''I don't know! The jets were shot down, the ship isn't
getting us anywhere, and we can't even jump because of the
Angammon!''
''Then what ARE we going to do?'' Tala asks. ''Ride it out
and pray the Angammon like hostages?''
''That's it!'' Entropy says. ''Where could we be safe from
the bomb explosion?''
''Uhm, let me check...'' Eme says, looking at a terminal.
''We should have brought Pyro, he knows how to do this!''
''But we didn't, so quit whining!'' Entropy snaps back.
He checks another terminal, finding the perfect place.
''All right, we get to the escape pods. When the bomb blows,
it'll launch us, and we might be able to avoid the Angammon
and get back to the catacombs.''
''That's impossible!'' Tala says.
''You got a better idea?'' Eme returns, running for the
door.
Arriving at the pod bay, Entropy looks through the
area.
''One left!'' he yells to the others.
''One minute!'' Tala replies as they quickly get in.
Entropy seals the hatch, quickly motioning to them to strap
themselves in. ''Only ten seconds left!'' Tala says as they
finish up. Entropy keeps his hand on the launch trigger.
''5 seconds...four...'' Entropy presses the trigger,
launching the pod. The cruiser shudders for a second, then
explodes, debris raining down on the Angammon and reflecting
off their energy shields. The pod, however, is not so
lucky. A piece of debris lodges itself into one of the
thrusters, sending it plummeting to the ground.
''Great plan, Entropy, real great!'' Eme yells over the
sound of the pod's fall.
''Shut up! Just shut up!'' The pod suddenly stops.
''What the...'' Tala says, looking out the window. An
Angammon stares back, its 8 eyes observing all three of them
as it admires its catch.
''I really have to stop listening to your plans,
Entropy.'' Tala says as the three of them are ushered into a
holding cell on the Angammon ship.
''The prisoners will observe silence.'' Says the guard in a
monotone voice.
''How was I supposed to know it was a trap?'' Entropy asks.
''The prisoners will observe silence or they will be
disciplined.'' The guard says, displaying its laser to them
Electricity crackles from the end, and Entropy immediately
shuts up. He knew how much that hurt last time. Eme did
not.
''You can 'discipline' as much as you want, ugly! We will
talk when we want to talk, and-'' Eme suddenly stops as the
guard steps through the energy barrier, his eyes glowing
red. She steps back, against the wall. ''Of course, I'm
open to suggest-EYAAGH!'' She screams as the laser makes
contact with her skin, causing her to convulse once, then
slump down in a heap against the wall.
''The prisoners will observe SILENCE.'' the guard repeats
as he turns and walks back to his post.
The guard turns back to them. ''Make no effort to assist
her, or you too will be disciplined.'' Entropy curls his
hand into a fist, then struggles to calm himself as he sits
down, leaning against the cold metal of the cell wall and
trying to figure a way out of all this.
Solara had made it back just in time to see Entropy and the
others get taken. ''Aw man...what do I do?!'' she cries out.
~No ideas. These spider-things are totally
indestructible, but the ship is not. Perhaps you should get
inside, then see what you can do,~ sends Ganthet. He was
amazed, by pure conviction to rescue her homeworld, Solara
had managed to push her ability to remain coherent to new
levels.
~Right,~ she replies, ~and if we need muscle, I know where
to find ya.~
She dives towards the ship she saw Entropy and the others
take to. She passes harmlessly through the hull and is
inside. She manipulates her photonic form until she is only
a inch tall. Then, she flies off at light speed, searching
the entire ship until she finds the others. She pauses
before an energy barriers. Instead of speaking, she
projects small holes of letters into the air. She hoped
Entropy and Tala would notice. Then she saw Eme. She
resisted to urge to break down. To see the queen like that
was almost too much to bare.
Her message read: Entropy, Tala it's Solara. What can I
do? Is Eme ok?
ISLE OF MYST
Where the book ended up is uncertian..though she had been aiming for a
library...ANY library.. The end was unresolved, but was that how life was?
She hadn't written anything since Layarteb resurfaced. She knew without a
doubt that she would never write in that book again. Then her face went
white as she realized the language that had been brought back
after all these years...how had she remembered it? Let alone used it so
nautrally..it had been so long. Her native language. Back when her life
had been simple. Her family never even knew what happened to her. She had
vowed to sever all ties with them. Consious ones she could sever..but
there was still a bond..deep within her heart..to those people..that planet.
After all these millenia... A tear fell slowly from her eye as she
remembered what she had given up. What she had givin up for what? Pain,
horror, apathy.
NEO DRAGONSTAR
''Where is everyone?'' Pyro said as he checked his scanners.
He had long since planted homing devices on all the CFs,
but none of them where registering. ''WHAT IS GOING ON?!''
He suddenly saw a huge blip on his screen. ''Oh boy.'' A
Angammon bursts through the
door. ''Not good.'' Pyro punched it with all his might but it
didn't phase him. Pyro was slammed into the control panel.
''Okay....'' He set the DragonStar on autopilot, to return to
where it started. He slammed against the Angammon and sent them both
flying out the door as
the DragonStar flew off. ''This is gonna hurt'' Pyro braced
to hit the ground, but the thing grabbed him and lifted off
heading towards the huge ship.
''Stupid bug'' Pyro said before one of the arms punched him
out.
ANGAMMON SHIP
Entropy looked, watching the letters slowly roll by. He
gave a quick point towards the guard, then called up some of
his sign language to sign ~Watch it.~ As ''OK'' Appeared, he
began again. ~Eme is fine, shocked by guard. Can't help
without getting shocked, think she'll be fine. Tell others
we are all right. Tell UA to-~ He suddenly stopped as Tala
looked at what he was doing.
''What are you telling her-?'' The guard's head suddenly
whipped around, detecting the noise of her whisper. He also
noticed the words.
''Intruder! Intruder! Security personnel, to the
detainment area! Bring a containment Crystal, target is an
energy creature, 1 inch tall. Suspect high-speed
transportation possible. Consider a minor threat.'' The
guard stalked foreword, leaving the security personnel to
Solara while he carried out his job and walked into the
cell.
''Oh, great...'' Tala said, backing as far away from the
guard as she could. ''I'm...Sorry..'' The now-familiar laser
emerged.
Entropy leaped in front of Tala, screaming as the charge
shot through him. He crumpled to the floor, and Tala was at
his side instantly as the guard walked off.
Tala mouthed ''Why?'' to him.
He held up his arm, shifting a sentence onto it.
''I won't let them hurt you.'' He then fell unconscious, the
words melding back into his skin. Tala looked back at Eme,
then at him. At least she didn't have a reason to say
anything.
VILE LAIR
''Are you okay?'' Nity asked after ungaging her. Zelda shook her
head, ''N-no..'' she gasped; there
were tears coming from the corners of her eyes.
~Something is wrong, Zelda seems....different~ thought Nity
then UA returned and for the first time Nity noticed the
belt he wore which held a small box.
''Now this is your last chance tell me what I want to
know!!!'' yelled UA and he raised a sword above his head aimed at
Zelda.
''Wait, I will tell you!'' UA smiled at this ''The CFs we, we
are the ones that are doing this to Crystalia. We have been
using Ganthet's harmonics to create the illusion that
Crystalia is coming apart, in the hope that you, the Vile,
and the Darkens would evacuate and leave this place''
UA grinned ''Brilliant, you are quite the sneaky little fools
aren't you?'' UA brought down the sword, to slice right through
Zelda. "NOOOO!!!!"
Nity cut short his scream as the sword disappeared and Zelda's form
started to waver.
''An illusion'' said UA as is
this, he pushed a button on the top of his belt box and the
hologram around him disappeared, Brakis. Then Zelda changed
back to her true form, Striker.
Nity glared back at the two of them, ''You tricked me!'' he yelled
furiously.
''Oh don't feel bad.'' Brakis laughed and walked out the door.
Striker walked up to Nity and kissed him ''Thanks dwarf.'' Then she
pushed him and he toppled back in his chair.
Brakis turned back to Nity, ''I'm just glad you didn't force
me to use the real one.'' said Brakis and he pushed the real
Zelda into the room ''I hate to harm a pretty face.'' he
laughed and walked out with Striker.
''Thanks for the information.''
''Nity you didn't--!'' asked Zelda as she pulled him up.
Nity got a big grin ''Oh I gave them information alright,
information that will send them to there doom.''
Zelda smiled with relief, ''I knew you wouldn't betray us.'' ''Zel,
how did you get here anyway?''
''Long story..but basically I was trying to stop Eme from going down
with Crystalia when Entropy
brought us to a hijacked Darken ship, then he Eme and Tala went their
way and dropped me
off at one of the villages. Just happened to be the one that Brakis
was in..''
Brakis walked up to the Darken General ''Call back your troops
there is no threat here.''
''But sir--''
''Don't worry General, the dwarf told me everything'' the
General nodded and walked out.
''You are really becoming a fool in your old age aren't you
brother.'' said Anakin stepping out of the shadows.
SOMEWHERE ON CRYSTALIA
Another tremor hits and abandoned village, this one stronger
than the others. The ground begins to break and rise. It
pulsates as the earth shakes and slowly moves it up. Huts
are trashed as the mountain continues to grow. Then, the
top explodes, releasing the hot, deadly lava from the
crater.
VILE LAIR
"Are you all right?" Zelda asked with concern. ''Just fine, though I
need to get this thing off.''
says Nity pulling at the
nullifier brace.
''What is it?''
''Some kind of new Crystal nullifier.''
''Oh wonderful.. It doesn't seem to be effecting me, it might just
work on
the wearer'' Zelda changed into Rydia and stuck her finger up
to a slot on the brace ''Now if I understood UA, water can
really mess with gizmos.'' Rydia said with a mischievous look. Water
shot from her finger into
the slot and sparks shot out of it. The collar gave a whine as
it slipped off.
Nity rubbed his neck ''Ah, much better.''
''I was wondering where you were dear brother of mine.'' says
Brakis pulling out his own sword. ''When I didn't see you
among the Crystal Fighters I thought you might be dead''
''I hope you shed a couple tears, I know I didn't when I
thought you died on Domoglin.'' says Anakin reading his sword.
''Oh, I shed a few tears all right--because I thought I had
missed out on killing you.''
''Well here is your chance!'' Brakis and Anakin's swords
collided, the metallic clang symbolize the final fight
between the two brothers had begun.
A series of earth shattering claps of thunder ripped through
the air. The Ground rumbled a quit unearthly rumble.
The seems began to rip in tear.
''Ah Goddess! What is this? No...no..it is happening, the final
hour..'' Zelda gasped in a mix
of terror and dismay.
''That means Sentinei failed.'' said Nity, not quite believing
it, ''we have to get out of here''
Rydia hammered a hole through the ceiling with a blast of
water.
''Celestial Razis Crystal POWER'' The two shot up through the
hole.
''We've got to get back to the catacombs and get the other Rebel
Jet!'' said Razis.
All over the world of Crystalia the CFs felt the shaking
would not stop until the world of Crystalia was gone. The
Darkest Hour was upon them.
ANGAMMON SHIP
Nokomis headed down to where the prisoners were kept. Her
sister was taken, as was that lovely shape-shifter. The
guard noticed her approach, and said nothing. She stared
down at the touching scene before her.
''How wonderful to see you again, Sister. Enjoying my visit,
I hope?''
She smiled, darkly. This was too rich. She knew that other
of the dark were after this..planet, and the little
do-gooders, and here she had the queen. This was too, too
rich. She motioned to Eme.
''I believe something might be wrong with that one. Contain
her, and bring her to the lab. If she's just ..asleep, wake
her up. If she's out of it, make sure she stays alive. If
she's dead, dump the body.''
The guard moved to do her bidding, as another one brought
Pyro in. She frowned thoughtfully. ''Contain him as well, but
be careful. Understand? I don't know too much on him.''
The guard nodded, putting him in a different cell.
Tala glared up at her sister.
''You'll pay for this. You know you will. I will be the one
to pass judgement on you, if it's the last thing I do.''
The guard began to speak. ''Prisoner's shall..''
Nokomis held up a hand, and the guard broke off.
''Do you really, sister? Do you really think you can defeat
me now? After I beat you then? You still know nothing about
the full ranges of your crystal's, unlike me. I can get
yours at any time I want, and recall, it is I who have an
alliance, not you. If I wish you dead, you will be dead.
Your little boyfriend, too.''
Tala's eyes flashed, and she stood. In a quick motion, a
ray of light was hurled at Nokomis, striking her in the
chest. Nokomis yelped in pain, and stumbled backwards,
scorched. The smell of burnt flesh permeated the air.
She scowled at her sister. ''You will pay for that, sister
dear.'' It ended on a hiss of pain. The guard reached in with
the laser, and Tala wasn't able to phase fast enough to get
out of being shocked. The volts ran through her body, and
she slumped to the floor.
''Bring her to my quarters.''
The guard reached into the cell, and brought her put, doing
as asked.
''I'll just take your Crystals now, instead of later,
sister. Finish you, even as this planet is being finished.
But first...''
She moved into the cell, kneeling down by Entropy. ''Wakey,
wakey...''
She ran her fingers over the side of his face, and his
eyelids fluttered open. ''..Tala..'' ''Not her, darling.''
He jerked fully awake, one hand grabbing her wrist.
''Where is she?''
His eyes had grown cold, so had his voice. Nokomis smiled.
Oo, here was one that would be fun to tame, if she had the
time. But she didn't.
''I just wanted to let you know, your little girlfriend is
about to be killed, and her Crystal, will become mine. Do
you have any last words you wish to say to her?''
Entropy struggled with his anger, and a mix of pain. She
waited. Another guard came into the room.
''Queen Nokomis, one of the fighters has escaped. Her light
allowed her to get out of the shadow pod.'' Nokomis rose,
and whirled around, her eyes flashing with anger.
''Damnit! Put the Queen into one of the metallic cells, and
make sure that this one doesn't get out. As for you.''
She placed her hands out in front of her, palms up, fingers
displayed. Shadows twined around her fingers.
''For your incompetence, I ban you.''
The guards felt little, they had been trained that way. But
they feared her, and what she could to them. The shadows
snaked from her fingers and Crystal, and began to wrap
around the guard's form. As that finished, she turned back
to Entropy. ''Sorry to cut this short, but I have.. things to
finish.'' ''You'll pay for this.'' ''Funny, that's what she said."
.. However, before I go, any last words? Last chance.''
Entropy smiled. ''Yes, I have some last words. You're going
to die. Bi..'' He trailed off as a guard stepped forward with
a laser.
''No, no..keep him awake. I have a gift for him, and he
needs to be awake to see this.''
Nokomis formed a small sphere, pure onyx, and handed it to
him.
''Now, everything I do to her, you'll be able to see. Enjoy
the show.''
She smirked, and as he raised his hand, she was gone.
''Warn me if any ships approach, and for gods sakes, find
that damned light Crystal Fighter. The Angammons are doing their
duty, now you
do yours. You know what will happen to you if we do not
uphold our end of the bargain.''
And she had only taken it because she alone could deal with
something like them. With her sister's Crystals, she could
even possibly stop a whole horde of them at once. But, that
was for later.
She stepped into her room, keeping the door open. This
shouldn't take long. Tala awakened slightly, peering up into
the dark eyes of her sister.
''It ends now, and you, are already the looser.''
Pyro sits in his cell, trying to figure how to use his arm
to escape, that's the only thing he had when he was
captured.
''This is the worst day of my life, GETTING CAPTURED BY UGLY
BUGS!!''
Entropy sits alone in the cell, looking at Nokomis's little
''Present,'' and struggling against the urge to crush it in
his hands. There had to be some way he could help her.
Some way he could get out, some way...that he could keep
from just sitting there and watching her die! He looked
back at the little crystal ball. ~Wait a second,~ he
thought. ~Nokomis's powers are shadow-based...the energy
barrier's powered by light waves. If I can...~ He looked at
the barrier, then back at the ball. He allowed himself a
smirk as he began to plan out his escape.
As the guard moved into Pyro's cell, Entropy readied himself
to begin. He knew the features of the room, he knew this
would be his only chance to help Tala and maybe get them off
this ship. He felt sorry for the others, but he couldn't
save them all. This was it. He threw the crystal ball from
Nokomis into the energy barrier. It instantly stopped, then
cracked. A wave of black energy shot out, creating a hole
in the barrier. He ran, leaping through and shifting
himself into an Angammon as he landed, taking off as quickly
as possible down the hallways and praying he was going in
the right direction.
ELSEWHERE
UA flies towards the next destination. He checks his
scanners and finds most of the populace still remains. The
evac has slowed. Not good. He picks up the radio.
''Crystal Fighters, status report.'' Nothing.
UA flies the jet over a village that's now a ravine. He
sees remnants of bodies scattered around.
This village was still inhabited. Where are the CFs? UA
looks at the tube the Vile gave him sitting on the console.
If the CFs are captured, then I have to save the rest of
Crystalia. But then I may be too late to save THEM.
Civilians or fighters. Civilians or fighters... If I save
the CFs, then that means people will die. But if I save the
people, the multiverse may lose the only heroes who can save
them. If only I had my symbiote, I could split myself in
two like I used to in situations like this. UA looks at the
monitor. Four villages remain.
They're close enough together. Maybe I can...man, this is
gonna be painful. He clenches his eyes and begins to
concentrate. Sweat begins to pour down his face. On the
2-D image, a huge red oval appears by the lower corner of
the planet. It moves closer and swallows up a small
percentage. Then, the portal closes and the chunk of planet
is gone. UA falls back in his seat, panting.
''C-Computer, D-darken Ship...NOW!'' he gasps out. The jet
beeps in response and streaks off.
One of the great
inventions that UA made was a small version Johnny 5 (yes
from the movie) and that starts to repair T.I.M.
From with in the fresh poring lava, a god like arm
reaches out, from this molten rocks out stretched hand a from
begins to come site. The lava slides up the arm a
storm cloud forms and wind begins to blow. moments later the
elements called and with a blinding flash...
...A man is made.
And from this man Light and Darkness flow. And the
world stops to bow.
ANGAMMON SHIP
~No good can come of this...~ Entropy thinks as he skitters
along in his Angammon form, still trying to find out where
Tala and Nokomis are. ~Okay, I memorized the contents of
the room, what were some outstanding things? Okay, window
on the door. What was on the outside? Uhm...Damn! I hate
this!~ He suddenly hears an alarm go off. ~This is bad...~
''Alert to all security units! The shapeshifter has
escaped, consider expendable. Attack on sight and destroy if
necessary. End communication.''
~Ok, not much time. Not good. I think I'm getting
closer. Good. I have no explanation for why I think that.
Not good.~ He suddenly hears a laugh behind a nearby door.
Nokomis's laugh. ~I know where they are. Very good.~ He
walks past the door, then shifts into a floor panel, sliding
under the door undetectably. Tala looked all right, for
now. He could wait. Besides, Nokomis was too ready for the
fight. He needed to catch her off guard, since his sword
wouldn't work on her. So he stayed there, and waited.
This was going to be one hell of a show.
''Stupid bugs, stupid stupid bugs'' Pyro stands up and arms
his Krimson reactor. ''KRIMSON MEGA BOLT'' the Crystal inside
supercharges the blast into a bolt of energy that slams
against the barrier, overloading it severely.
He runs into the hall. a small panel flips out of the top
of his hand. ''trackers located... this way.'' Pyro runs off
towards the tracking bleep, preparing for a long battle.
''Come on Sister, do wake up.''
Nokomis pulls her up by the necklace, then hears the warning.
''How in the hell did he get out?'', she growls, more aloud to
herself then anything. Tala hears her, moans, then her
eyelids flutter open.
''So, you're awake. Ha.''
Nokomis drops her back down to the ground, then glances around her
room. Something wasn't right. There was something..off..
Could he have gotten in? No, not possible. Still better safe
then sorry. She had to hurry, and she had to do it now.
After all, she could only get all the Crystals if her sister
was dead. Pity, really..she would have made a lovely servant, perhaps
she would have given
her to the guards to enjoy
during their off duty hours. No time for regrets now
though.
Nokomis concentrated, a ball of shadows appearing in her
hands. It grew longer, becoming razor sharp at the tip, then
begin to fill out as it's length appeared. She was creating
a short sword for herself. Perhaps she'd give Tala a fighting
chance. But it wouldn't remain shadow, oh no..too easy for
light to destroy it. She mumbled something in a tongue akin
to a serpent's hiss, and the blade grew dark green scales,
the handle silver one's. A demon sword. It could be destroyed,
but only with magic. Tala had the power, but didn't know
the spell. Nokomis spoke aloud, glancing at the screen.
''Once again, guards, contact me if any other ships come
into the area.'' ''Yes, Queen Nokomis.''
She pointed the tip of the blade at her sister.
''Time to die, Sis. I should have killed you long ago, but I
wasn't at my full power then. I am now. And you, are
history.''
Solara had been taken to some kind of lab. She was trapped
in a Crystal that her light blasts didn't break. She smiled
''Not a problem.''
~Hey, G,~ she sends, ~now's the time for muscle and
size.~
~I was thinking the same thing,~ he replies.
''GANTHET SWITCH!'' cries Solara. There's a flash of light
and Ganthet reappears. The Crystal that had held Solara
shattered around his massive frame. He punches out the
door, and looks to find the others. Turning the corner
he does. ''So what happened?'' he asks.
Tala just looked at the sword, then at her sister. Her eyes
narrowed, and before Nokomis could react, she moved forward,
nearly impaling herself with the sword. A blur of light went
through her fingertips, and through Nokomis' stomach.
'''Less.. less yappin', more scrappin'.'' She had no idea
where that came from, it just popped into her head. Nokomis
stepped back, making an odd sound from her throat. A
''hurking'' noise. Tala rose, shakily.
''I told you, you would pay. And I meant it. Do you not
think that I have learned anything during my three years of
exile. Did you not think I would learn about my Crystals?
Did you!''
The last came out a near deadly whisper, and Nokomis just
stared at her. Then, with a quick motion, she swung the
sword at her. The blade whistled through the air, and Tala
stepped back, trying to phase, but the blade cut her. That
gave her pause, the sword could adapt to her power, and
still hurt her. Nokomis grinned evilly. She hadn't been
expecting that. However, Tala hadn't been lying about
practicing. As she moved to strike again, Tala ducked, then
whirled about, throwing small star shaped beams of light,
that crackled with the energy of lighting. Two went crazy,
and hit the wall, one struck Nokomis on the left side,
burying itself between two ribs. She must have gotten a
lung, because blood began to leak from her mouth. She
stopped for a minute, and spat some out.
Her eyes glowed, this was not how it was supposed to go.
She raised the sword over her head, rushing at her sister.
Tala saw it coming, this was child's play, really.. stepped
back, stuck one foot, and with a shove.. Her sister was
down, landing on Entropy. She knew there had been something
wrong. She rolls, and slams the sword down into him instead.
Since the sword could adapt to powers (most, not all, mind
you), it cut him. Tala's eyes widened, seeing the floor
panel leak blood. ''Nokomis propped herself up on one elbow,
and just smirked at her sister, then turned her head, and
spat on Entropy.
Tala frowned. Then, her whole demeanor changed. Before, she
had just been angry, this was all different. She had been
named for the wolf, now, that showed. She growled at
Nokomis, the cupped her hands as if gripping a katana. A
blade of blue lightning began to form, pinpricked with
silver, and white as well. It continued to charge, as her
anger grew. Nokomis saw it, and her eyes widened. Perhaps it
would be best if she left now. Her eyes darted left to right
as she tried to rise. Tala noticed this, and stalked
towards.
''The only place you're going to, is hell.''
Bluntly stated, in a neural snarl. After saying that, she
plunged the blade into her heart, as deeply as she could.
The blade went through Nokomis, nearly getting Entropy as
well. She then pulled it out, and took Nokomis by the arm,
dragging her off him. She stared down at her, a smirk growing. ''Any
last words?'' She then
began to smile, darkly. And
swung the blade, detaching her sister's head from her
body.
As Nokomis died, the demon's sword began to fade away, as
did her body. Since she was mostly magic made, she didn't
have a body..or well, not too much of one. Tala leaned over,
and plucked the crystal from where it lay. She then unhooked
her necklace, taking off the three, and then went over to
Entropy.
She kneeled down beside him, placing each Crystal in a
different corner. She hoped to her all her gods, and his,
that this worked. They began to glow, each standing up on
end, and spinning around rapidly. The glow spread over his
wound, healing it, but just enough so he could reshape into
himself within too much noticeable pain. Then they rose into
the air, moving closer and closer to each other, till they
fused. A flash of blinding light filled the room, then the
nearly formed Crystal dropped into Tala's hands.
She looked down at it. And then went to the screen, and
pressed the intercom button.
''Guards.. release all the prisoners. Alert me if any ships
come into the area. The don't seem to be one of ours.''
The guard frowned, and went to video link. He saw Noko..no,
Queen Tala?!? ''Uh..My Queen...'' ''Just do it!'' ''Yes, Queen ..
..Tala.''
She blinked heavily, all the spell casting had taken too
much from her. Her friends were free now, so, she could
return home..if there was a home to return to. That thought
semi-sickened her, and she leaned against the wall, then
slid to the ground. And closed her eyes.
Entropy suddenly shifts back, the cut showing a bit in
his shoulder. ''Ow...'' he starts to say. He flexes his
arm for a second, then gets up off the floor, going over to
Tala as the transmission ended. ''Are you all right?'' he
asks.
''You saw the whole thing. It's nothing I can't heal. At
least she's gone now.''
''For some reason, I'm not so sure about that.''
''What do you mean? I killed her, you saw me kill her.''
''Evil is infinite, Tala. She was created by magic, I've
known magical beings to keep themselves alive one way or
another. Anyway, we'd better try and get the others back to
the catacombs. That way we can get off this rock before it
blows.'' He notices her slightly troubled look as he starts
to leave. ''Come on, we don't have all day, literally.
Besides, All those magical beings I was talking about? I
didn't see them for years after I killed 'em. Don't worry
about her now.''
~ 'Don't worry.' he says, Fine thing for him to have nothing to
worry about. I know she's still around..I can feel her.~
*Of course you can, Sister. I'm in the crystal, after all.
Bonded with you now. Power has it's price. If I had won, you
would have bonded with me.*
Tala groaned. Entropy turned to look back at her, but she
just waved him on. Now she had to figure out how to stop
those spider things. If Nokomis had been able to align with
them somehow..she knew something about them that no one else
did.
~So, you going to tell me, or shall I destroy all the
Crystals?~ Tala responded, shocked. *You wouldn't dare!* ''Wouldn't I..?''
spoken aloud, but she didn't realize it till Entropy turned
to look at her again, about to say something..but at the
moment, Ganthet appears.
~Saved. Whew.~
She moves forward.
''Are you two alright?''
Her gaze moves around, seeing that the guards had done her
bidding, everyone was free.
''We have to find the Queen, then get off this ship. I don't
know how much longer it will hold.''
At that moment, it pitches wildly, sending everyone
stumbling. She knocks into Entropy, murmuring a sorry as she
places a hand on him and the ship steadies itself.
''Great. Just great. I thought my magic..'' Tala trails off,
blinking.
''Uh, status report!''
''Queen Tala! Something is going on inside, all of you need
to get off the ship now!''
She glances at the others.
''You heard the man.. Go, I'll get the Queen. It's my fault
we're in this mess.'' ''Not without me, you're not!'' Entropy says
as he follows
her out.
''I can handle this!'' Tala says as he catches up.
''I got you and Eme into this mess, I'm at least going to
help getting you out of it. Besides, I told her I wasn't
letting her commit suicide, and I may as well be doing that
if we don't get her out of here.''
''All right.'' She looks around. All the hallways look
exactly alike. ''So how are we going to find her?'' Entropy
flashes his watch, revealing a map and three blinking spots
on it. ''Tracking device?''
''Planted them on both of you when the Angammon caught
the escape pod. Anyway, we're here, and Eme's...that way!''
He says, pointing down one hallway and taking off.
''Why do I always listen to him?'' Tala asks herself before
following.
ISLE OF MYST
Zaria gasped and staggared backwards into a wall. He was here. Not on her
island, he could never reach her when she was there. But he was in Hyrule,
not only that but he was nearby. She could feel his presence..the presence
that had so long ago been an embrace of love and warmth...now it was so
cold..cold and sinuous. She shuddered, it was time to face the past. She
took a deep breath, there was no time for recovery this time and how she
would survive long enough outside safety to stop him for good she did not
know, but she had to try. Adreneline started to rush through her veins at
her thoughts, this was the final battle. There was no denying that. If
she won, she might just be allowed to slip away into the abyss. Upon coming
through her teleportation she had completly forgotten about Sentinei,
forgotten that there was something left to her life, as long as she did
not know that the Ealians had won. Now, if she failed..well..she wouldn't
fail. She couldn't.
CRYSTALIA
For a few minutes Rydia didn't fully grasp what Nity had
said, ''Failed..but how?'' She didn't know much about Sentinei
other than he was a demigod that Nity was somehow connected
to. But how could a demigod loose? Unless he had been
fighting against gods or other demigods (or goddesses for
that matter) still..it just seemed so unthinkable!
''The way that Crystalia rumbles, the Ealians have full
control now that must mean that Sentinei is... well.. dead.''
Craters and mountains were rising all around. Most of the
ground was just falling away into nothingness though.
''What are the Darkens doing?'' asked Rydia, trying not to think of
the implications of what he
had just said.
''I don't know they are returning back to the Vile lair, but
why?''
''Shouldn't we do something?''
''Not to sound like Nity or anything but let them die if they
want to, we've got to get to the Rebel jet. I don't know which
direction is which the land just keeps shifting.
ELSEWHERE
The man stands and from his perch he scans the
land. He barely remembers. He brushes long hair from in
in front of his eyes he realizes the gray at his temples,
then the flows of Light & Dark.
As the flows weave to and fro, they form a Jet board of
Blackness. From the board's nose a beam of light points the
way. The man steps forth, the jet board flies toward home.
T.I.M. sits up and thanks Johnny 5 and
scans for the others ''WOW how long have I been out?'' '26
minutes 43 sec.' says a voice from his arm. ''Thanks'' says
T.I.M. he stands and flies toward the nearest CF.
VILE LAIR
*CLANG*
Steel met steel. The two swords filled with energy and
struck each other counteracting the magic within them, both
Anakin and Brakis were knocked back.
Anakin came back hard.
''You know brother I have been wondering where have you been
all this time.'' asked Brakis.
''Fighting a war for a kingdom known as Rolba.'' said Anakin. ''I
was brought back by a demigod named Sentinei to finally
take you out.''
''HA HA'' Brakis laughed as his blast shot at Anakin ''Maybe
when I finish you and the rest of the Crystal Fighters I
will destroy Rolba.'' Anakin sent a few blast of white energy
from his sword.
Brakis absorbed the energy into his own sword shifting it
and corrupting it into black energy and sent it back in a
wave. Anakin dove out of the way and swung is sword up into
Brakis'.
*CLANG*
REBEL JET
*FZZT* came the intercom ''Kisutsu report-- *STATIC*
--approach--*STATIC*--ast village''
~Thank god~ UA looked at his screen and saw the two red dots
that were Kisutsu and Zealen running towards the last
village that needed to be evacuated.
ON THE GROUND
Zealen and Kisutsu ran hard as the ground tumbled away at
their backs. The village was just ahead but it wouldn't be
there in a couple of minutes.
Zealen and Kisutsu would have to evacuate with the
villagers.
Suddenly the ground tumbled away a few dozen feet ahead.
''Crap'' the ground was still crumbling behind them, chasing
them.
''Were going to have to jump!''
''When I say now.''
They run as hard as they can there legs and arms pump as
hard as possible.
''NOW!'' they both jump. Just as they were almost there the sky cackles and
lightning rips into Zealen the living lightning rod.
Zealen's velocity comes to an end and he falls towards the
gaping hole.
Kisutsu twists in the air to grab Zealen's hand and is
successful but falls short of solid land, he grabs the lip of
the cliff and he and Zealen slam into the wall.
Kisutsu instantly feels his hand slipping, Zealen is heavy.
Zealen is out cold maybe dead, no help there. The villagers
stand just ten feet away but to afraid to move.
Kisutsu definitely isn't strong enough to pull himself up.
He could feel his hand slipping on the wet grass.
He looked to his pocket and saw the small device that was the
transporter. If he let go he might be able to quickly grab
it and turn it on and transport him and Zealen away before
they fell to there deaths. Then there was all the villagers
just ahead. Villagers or Self, villagers or self.
Kisutsu's hand slipped away from the cliff and him and
Zealen began there decent. Kisutsu grabbed the teleporter
and heaved it as hard is he could as he fell back. The
transporter device just got over the ledge and tumbled over
to the villagers and set itself off and the Villagers jumped
through as the ground tumbled away.
Kisutsu closed his eyes and let the tears roll out of them
as he dropped down what seem to be an endless drop.
Kisutsu opened his eyes to see down the dark hole and could
see a yellow light.
~Crystalia's core~ Kisutsu thought. It quickly rushed up to
Zealen and him and as they were engulfed by it there were two small
flashes of light.
''I will kill them just like I killed your little girlfriend,
Soumly.'' said Brakis.
This memory ignited something in Anakin and he sent a place
well stronger then any he had sent before.
Brakis moved his sword to block it but his sword shattered.
Brakis looked at his sword in shock, then Anakin's sword
went right up through Brakis' shoulder.
More shocked flooded into his face. Anakin pulled back his
sword and Brakis dropped and cowered on the floor.
''You won't survive.'' said Brakis ''The Darkens are coming back
all one-hundred-six of them.''
''Oh dear brother I am counting on it.'' Anakin pointed his sword
straight up towards the ceiling.
''DON'T MOVE'' at least thirty Darkens rushed into the room and
the rest were right out the doors.
Brakis smiled for a second but it faded when he saw how
Anakin's sword was glowing such a bright white.
''You wouldn't!'' Brakis yelled.
''Oh, I would.'' Anakin looked calmly at his brother ''You and
the Darkens are a threat to the Crystal Fighter's lives. I
definitely would.'' with that he shoved the blade into the
ground and Brakis held his breath.
Razis and Rydia ran avoiding the gaping holes in the ground
then the whole Vile lair exploded behind them. White energy
flowed up to the heavens from it. The whole place vaporized.
Razis and Rydia were thrown forwards by the blast.
They looked back from there spots on the ground.
''What do you think happened?!'' asked Rydia.
''I don't know I guess the CF's have a friend somewhere..''
Rydia got back to her feet and looked hopefully at Razis,
''Do you think Sentinei....?''
Razis shook his head sadly, looking away as he saw the despair return
to her eyes.
ANGAMMON SHIP
Entropy bursts into the medlab, followed closely by Tala.
Eme lies motionless on the table, her skin having a distinct
green tint to it. Entropy looks at the machines around her
before starting to disconnect them. ''Medvitae.'' he says as
he holds up the IV bag of green fluid, almost empty now.
''She should be fine.'' Another tremor rocks the ship. ''Come
on, we have to get out of here.'' Entropy quickly picks up
Eme's unconscious form, then rushes out, trying to avoid some
of the more prominent objects in the way of her head. As
they leave, her head is met by the door frame.
''Entropy!'' Tala scolds. ''Be careful!''
''Well, she always DID need a good knock upside the head,
and besides, it'll help wake her up.''
Pyro finally catches up with the others. ''@$#^ you guys run
fast.''
Due to Eme's weak body, the door pierced her forehead leaving a
long cut that slowly bled. Being unconscious and medicated,
her systems can't kick in a heal this simple wound.
''Look what you did!''
Tala stops Entropy, having noticed the blood. She carefully probes
Eme's forehead, not having any idea about healing, but she knows a bit
about basic field medicine. A ribbon of shadow flows from
her fingers, forming a bandage which she then wraps to
staunch the bleeding.
''Now, I remember why I don't listen to you. Just keep an
eye out for stuff.''
Tala rolls her eyes as she falls back behind him.
''You know..that reminds me.. Mr. Man-with-the-plan.. How do
we get out, without the spiders noticing a certain someone
is..well, not here?''
''Well...I think this should work.'' Entropy suddenly
shifts into an Angammon soldier, then turns to Tala, cutting
his hand and putting a drop of his blood on her clothes.
''What are you doing?'' Tala's uniform suddenly shifts into
exactly what Nokomis had been wearing before she died.
''You and Nokomis look almost exactly alike, we should be
able to fool them into thinking you're supervising Eme's
transportation.'' He says as his hand heals up. ''We'd best
get going, then, this planet won't hold for long.''
Ganthet turns to Tala and Entropy. ''The quickest way to get
between two points is a straight line,'' he rumbles as he
punches a large hole in the side of the ship. ''I make a
better door than window, no?'' he jokes before leaping out
the hole.
''All well and good, bud, but I think you better give me
Eme.'' The wall says to them.
''Huh?'' Entropy looks to see UA materialize.
''UA!'' Tala exclaims.
''How'd you get here so fast?''
''I was given the schematics for the ship by one strange
source. I'll tell you later. I got the jet on stealth and
hover outside. I'll put Eme there, then we gotta get the
other CFs out of here now.''
''You seem a little urgent.'' Tala says.
''I am. The deterioration of Crystalia is hastening. We've
got hours now.''
''Great.'' Entropy says. He hands Eme to UA and he and Tala
run out. UA 'ports.
ISLE OF MYST
Zaria could sense that something was happening, the PROPHECY! She
remembered.
It aparently, was time for the final battle between Cataclysma and
Link. Neb
Ibonak was the turning point. She knew which way he'd turn. There
was no
doub there, but she sensed Layarteb. She was not a telepath, but she
could
move her consiousness to those levals... But Layarteb. She didn't
need
telepathy to sense him. She sighed, this would be her final battle
as well.
She wondered if either of them would come out of it
alive.
Before they know, they are back in the jet, and Tala set
Krakken down. Entropy goes over to her.
''What kind of damn fool stunt was that?!?''
She just looks at him. Then away, as she leans against the
wall.
''Is everyone else here?''
THE 'ISLAND'
After five minutes, both of them are pretty bloody. Ninja
moves. Samurai moves. Korean moves. All of them the same.
All of them the counter of the other. It's basically like
fighting a blasted mirror. They both know what the other is
thinking. They both know what openings are set up. They
both know how to close them fast.
One is Ultra Avenger of the Crystal Fighters. Trapped in
alternate realities due to a major battle, he's only hope is
to find his way home to fight crime and injustice.
The other is the same man, but from a different world. This
Ultra Avenger is a ruthless cold blooded killer. But no
matter how good, no matter how ruthless, there's no denying
one fact--
They're equal in every skill they have.
''This is getting us nowhere...fast.'' UA says, punching UA
with his enhanced strength.
''Fair fights suck.'' EUA says, hitting him with double the
strength due to his symbiotic costume. Luckily for UA, he's
learned to take hits from guys stronger than him. He falls
and kicks out his legs. EUA falls, but trips him back. UA
almost hits the lava.
''Well, I guess that means only one thing.'' EUA smiles evilly
then jumps on UA. He begins to strangle him and force him
back into the molten rock.
''Hkkk!'' is all UA could get out. EUA smiles as he forces
him back, knowing without leverage, there was no way UA
could get him off. Now, UA has never had much luck in his
life...dead parents, dead first-love, dead teammates, lost
in alternate realities. Not exactly George Baily. But,
fate smiled on him once again, as the lava dissolved the
center of the island, forcing UA to let go in order to keep
from falling in. Now, they were on two separate islands.
''Well, this is a predicament.'' EUA smiles as he sees his
chunk is WAAAAAAAAAAAY bigger than UA's.
''Yeah. SO much for our FAIR fight.''
''Yeah. So much. So, it's time to end it.'' EUA smiles as
he raises his arm and points upward. Clouds begin to form
fast. Dark clouds. The kind of clouds one usually sees
before a
''TORNADO!?'' UA exclaims.
''Yup. Saw it heading this way. Thought I'd speed it up
with the powers YOU don't have. Ciao.'' He smiles and
'ports.
''Gotta get the CFs outta...'' Just as he's about to 'port,
his island explodes, sending him upwards and confusing him
long enough so that on his downward spiral, he heads right
into the center of the river.
It is time for Razis to play with his own Tornado, it shoots
out capturing UA. UA is flung back up away from the river
of Lava.
It definitely wasn't one of the smoothest rides UA had ever
taken but it had saved him nonetheless.
''I'm sure it's safe to assume we don't want to know.''
Entropy replies to Zelda, going up to Razis ''Can this tub still fly?''
''You want the Vegas odds on that?''
''Just move over.'' He says, taking the seat up front as
Nity moves back to the passenger seating. He shifts his
arms, turning them both into an insane amount of circuitry
cords. Each one links up to a specific place in the jet.
''What're you doing?'' Nity asks.
''The only way we're going to be able to avoid this guy
and the Angammon, along with get ourselves off this planet,
is to fly this thing at almost inhuman skill. I can't do
that, so I'm interfacing directly. I should be able to
control this thing at the speed of thought.''
''And so a world dies,'' says Ganthet. He was staring out the
window at the destruction. ''And if the land we've sworn to
protect dies, where do we go from here?''
~I can't believe it's all dying or dead. Everything I
knew, my world, friends....all gone,~ weeps Solara.
~You're not alone Solara, as long as the other CFs and I
are here,~ he replies.
UA lands on the ground, hard. Ganthet runs up to him.
''You okay?''
''Don't worry about me. Someone's gotta call HELEN HUNT,
cause here comes a twister.'' Sure enough, in the time it
takes to morph his mask and cape back on, a funnel of wind
appears in the distance and heads for the battle ground.
After detaching himself from the controls and allowing UA to
take over, Entropy heads back to where Tala is looking out a
window at what they all once called home.
''You all right?''
''Uhm, yeah, I guess. It's just...''
''Hard seeing all you've worked for going up like this?''
''Sort of.''
''Hey, one of the best parts of life is that you can start
over. The people are safe, Eme's recovering due to the
medvitae in her system, and we might be able to get out of
here alive. Things'll work out. Besides, it's a wonder
everyone hasn't blamed me for all this.''
''What do you mean?''
''Well, back when I was fighting Phyllite, I got the staff
that could've saved this place. I had the damn thing in my
hands, and then UA's not-so-nice double came in, bashed me
in the head, and threw it into a teleportal. It's my fault
all this has happened.'' At this point he too is looking out
the window, seeing not only the devastation of a
once-beautiful land, but another sin to add to his list.
Tala places a hand on his shoulder.
''It wasn't your fault you lost it. And besides, perhaps
this was meant to happen. The Fates have ways of being
fickle. Or, sometimes throwing two people together, who
never would have ended up so otherwise... You can never tell
on what they plan to do next.''
Even though she was saying it to comfort him, she was
meaning it for herself as well. With Nokomis inside her head
, gods only knew what she could try to do.
''Besides, people who fight against good are needed
everywhere. I'm sure there'll be a place we can go.. I just
hope Eme will be alright through all this.'' Her gaze moves
back to look at what was once her home. Even though it had
only been called such for a short while, it had meant a lot
to her while she had been there.
~Good point.~ Entropy thought as she looked back out
the window. He did as well, though he hardly wanted to see
the blasted landscape. This WAS his doing, there was no way
around that. He had lost the staff due to his own
relaxation in enemy territory, a mistake a rookie hunter
would have made. Still, it wasn't as if there was any
really bad thing to go with it. The people were gone, all
of them were alive, at least for the moment, and...and she
was there. He didn't really want to think he was that out
of it, but again, there wasn't really any way around it.
Wrapping his arms around her, he kissed her gently, saying
nothing, except ''Thank you.'' He then started back towards
the front of the jet, hoping there was a way for him to help
the others get off of this rock before it stoned them to
death.
Pyro sees everyone getting into the jet so he grabs the
radio ''Guys, I'll keep the vile busy while you lift off'' He
starts firing missiles into the crowds of vile to get their
attention.
ISLE OF MYST
Zaria moved to her room, fairly ordinary for the most powerful
(possibly
with the exception of Layarteb) mortal to exist. She had an open
closet in
which extra clothing was kept in stasis, it wouldn't do for it to
decay
while she was busy over a century or so. They were all the same.
Thin layer
simple dresses of purple, black, or white. Plus capes of midnight
black that
kept in either warmth or the cold. She laid out her ocean-wet
clothing on the
floor. If she survived, she'd clean it, if not then there was no
wasted effort.
She pulled out out of the capes as well as a black dress. This was a
battle
where she should unmake Layarteb. But could she, or would she have to
stop at his death? Either way, death was in the air. She could feel
the end
of many of the Crystal Fighters already. The dress..black..as black
as the
gaping abyss that would open for so many soon... It wouldn't do for
her to
be late to her our funeral she thought ruefully, quickly walking out
of her
temple with the fresh clothes. She laid them on the fresh clean
grass and
washed the salt off herself in the lake near her waterfall.
Hurriedly she
dried off and clipped her hair out of her face as she dressed. This
was it.
She took a deep breath and a last glance around her isle..her
sanctuary..then
she risked a teleport to Layarteb's location. (Detials and
continuation in
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most recent stories ("Death of Champions" and "The Mrynaith" aren't
up as of
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(Ldy_Zelda@hotmail.com) for that story)
REBEL JET
Zelda sighed and brushed a strand of hair out of her face,
she felt like crying but she just couldn't. This was too
much, even for tears. Crystalia had been their home for so
long and no it seemed there was nothing they could do to
save it..not for lack of trying, but she wished she could
have been able to help somehow. +Selfish.+ she thought with
annoyance at herself. Eme and Solara were probably much
worse off. This had always been their home, hadn't it?
Zelda sighed, where would they go now? Then she smiled a
little, everyone was still alive weren't they? The
Crystalians had escaped and the Crystal Fighters were
escaping. Then a sudden thought caught at her, and she
started to look around the ship, ''Where are Maia, Zealen,
and Kisutsu?'' she asked anxiously, remembering Deena.
Staying away from the cockpit, (It was crowded enough)
Entropy wanders back to the rear of the jet, where Eme is,
while unconscious, recovering from the injuries afflicted
upon her. Making
sure she is all right, he sits down nearby, not really
having anything else to do. Suddenly, a painful *SNAP*
shoots through his brain, and he yells something before
collapsing on the floor. A mark, looking like the wings of
an angel over a scythe, burns itself into his arm, going
deeper and deeper. He has long since slipped into
unconsciousness, as he dreams...
''What the...Where the ^&*%^% am I? Where's the others?
What's going on!'' Entropy says as he looks around. The
place doesn't seem to have a structure to it, as waves of
color fly through the background. Images suddenly flash
before his eyes, seeing a tortured, once beautiful planet,
two people he has never known...the wrath of an impatient
god...Image after image shoots in front of him, filling his
mind with images no one alive has seen...
''Stop! Stop it! I don't want to see this! Who are these
people? STOP IT!!!''
''AAAAGH!''
Entropy's eyes snap open, and he quickly looks around.
Tala kneels over him nearby. ''What happened? Are you all
right?''
''I...uh, I'm all right. It's...nothing.''
''Just tell me. You know I'll find out eventually if not
now.''
''Seriously, it's nothing. Just, well, my head started
hurting, that's it.''
''It's not your fault, E. If I hadn't gotten suckered by
Death in my home, I would've never met that other me and he
wouldn't be here now 'cause he'd have no one to chase
through reality. In the grand scheme of things, trying to
save this world--I caused its demise. But that's not
important right now. Where're Eme, Kisutsu and Makara?'' UA
says, avoiding the flying objects in the wind.
BRIDGE
''Look you guys this isn't over yet!!!'' says Razis ''We've still
got the book of Jerium Prime it can lead us to the staff.''
''You mean Crystalia can still be saved?'' asks Ganthet.
''Exactly but we got to get out of here first.''
Zelda then mentions Maia, Kisutsu, and Zealen.
Razis turns to her, ''Maia died in my arms,'' he shakes his
head ''as for Zealen and Kisutsu I just hopped they
teleported out with the villagers.''
''Another innocent CF dead and why? What is the point of all
this fighting? Where has it gotten us but good
people dead and the destruction of an entire world?'' Zelda
responded, trying to keep from
crying.
''I know how you feel.''
Suddenly Eme goes into convulsions as
the rest of the CFs run for the jet.
Her body flips
about like rubber, shaking and of the like. A white liquid
with some blood seep slowly out of her moth. The machines
hooked up to her lose their connections.
''Hunh?'' Entropy says, looking at Eme. ''Damn it! UA,
gimme a hand.''
''What?''
''You want her alive, don't you? Gimme a hand!'' Quickly,
the two hook the instruments back in, and, with the help of
the others, they stabilize her...for the moment. Entropy
takes a small sample of the white fluid, then looks to UA.
''We have any sort of analyzing equipment on this thing?''
Entropy suddenly takes UA away from his bedside vigil at
Eme, getting him over where no one can hear them.
''What is it?''
''Look, I don't wanna say this, but-''
''But you're going to anyway. Talk.''
''Well...her body's rejecting the medvitae in her system.
If it weren't so far along in its progress, we could simply
take her off it and let it run its course. However...Have
you noticed the green in her skin?''
''Yeah, so?''
''That means, basically, she's been on it for too long.
It's as mixed in with her system as her blood now. It's
going to be a very difficult process to remove the stuff.
If she isn't taken off, though, and it isn't purged from her
system, she might die from this.''
''So what do we do?''
''Wait.''
''Yeah.'' UA says, trying to mask the worry in his voice. He
clicks on the autopilot marked ''TORNADO EVADE'' and holds a
device up to Eme. ''Whatever happened to her on that ship is
having an extreme negative reaction with her physiology. As
close to human as she is genetically, there are too many
differences for me to do anything. I'm stuck.'' There's
just a touch of defeat in his voice. That's when the ship
shudders. ''And no one'll be able to help her if we don't
get outta here. We still got CFs out there, and not enough
room in here.'' He picks up the radio as he avoids a tree.
''T.I.M., get that flippin' jet over here and pick up the
last of the CFs. Move it! I got Eme, Tala, Entropy, Nity
and Zelda. Get the others NOW!''
DRAGONSTAR
T.I.M. flew out over the dying Crystalia scanning the area for CFs.
According to his
internal list they were missing Rupay, Maia, Zealen, Kistusu,
Krakken, Zarina,
Anakin and Pyro. Bad news was, only Pyro and Krakken showed up on
his scans.
It appeared that Pyro was in his own ship at the moment..the scan
showed it at one of the
Rebel Jets, but it seemed to be modified into a new DragonStar. T.I.M
spotted Krakken
on a small island of land surrounded by scorching lava. "T.I.M.!"
Krakken exclaimed in relief,
"Thought you guys were going to abandon me." he said as T.I.M.
scooped him up and the lava
overflowed over the last piece of land. "There _was_ a 29.874%
chance that we would abandon
you. At Krakken's look, T.I.M. beeped, "A joke." Then T.I.M. zoomed
over to the DragonStar,
"Hey Pyro, let us in!" Krakken yelled. A few moments later, they
were inside the DragonStar.
''We got trouble!'' yells Pyro. ''There's something out there and it
ain't *(&)& happy!'' he turns
and shoots
a missile at the thing but it has no effect.
REBEL QUAD JET
''Hurry UA, that thing isn't happy and the last of this world
is collapsing below us!'' says Razis.
UA doesn't want to leave Eme's side but he must, he runs to
the controls and starts hitting buttons. The boosters ignite.
The creature races at them in a sprint.
The Rebel jet launches into the air.
The CFs just about lose there launch from the Gs they get
when UA takes evasive maneuvers to avoid the creatures
slashing claws.
The CFs watch out the back window as they shoot past the
creature.
It leaps.
DRAGONSTAR
''*(()&'' yells Pyro as he looked on his viewscreen, the others were
all in that jet..
"Anything we can do?" "I tried blowing it up." "Not surprised..
there's got to be a way to stop it."
REBEL QUAD JET
Ganthet can only stare out the porthole as the world
dies. For all his power, there was nothing he could do.
This had been his home for too long. It hurt him to see it
die, almost as much as it had when his brother was killed.
~I can't believe it G,~ cries Solara, ~my world's dead,
all my family is already gone, some of your friends are
dead, Eme's dying.....*sob*~
~Solara....things will work out. The world may be dead,
but the people live on. And you have people here who care
about you,~ Ganthet replies.
~But....isn't there anything we can do?~ she asks.
~Pray.~
The creature shrinks as it comes closer, it shrinks into the
form of ''STRIKER!!!'' she grabs the tail of the rebel jet.
''Launching teleporter,'' says UA he pushes a button. The
device shoots into the air and explodes leaving a portal in
its place. The jet shoots at the portal, their last chance
for escape.
The jet shudders to a halt in mid air ''What the hell?!'' says
UA checking his systems.
''Striker she is doing something to the ship she is holding
it down somehow!!!''
The last bit of Crystalia collapses and falls into the
core.
''We got to get her off!!!'' yells UA ''All that is left for
Crystalia to do is for the core to explode, when that
happens we will be incinerated!''
The yellow ball that is the core hangs there in the vast empty
world.
''How long do we have?'' asks Entropy.
''Thirty seconds at the most''
''I will do this.'' says Entropy.
''No Entropy, I will.'' says Nity ''You have got Tala you
can't leave her. Besides I believe this is why I was sent
here. I know you always wonder why a hermit dwarf with a
short temper would be here, no powers no special skills,
well this is why.'' he pulls the Jerium Prime book from his
pocket and hands it to Zelda. ''Take care of it for me.''
''Nity, please! Don't do this!" Zelda begs him to stop.
''Fifteen seconds before the core explodes.''
''I have to.''
ELSEWHERE
The man of opposing forces hovered silently over the lava, the end
would usher in a new
begining for those that could take it. He would be one of those.
His form wavered and then
vansished.
REBEL QUAD JET
Nity nods to UA and climbs up through the hatch at the roof
of the Jet and crawls out to face Striker.
Ganthet then notices Zelda. She looked pretty bad
emotionally. ''Zelda,'' he says, ''are you alright? You look
like you're being put through the wringer.''
Zelda clutched the book tightly, if there was anyway to
save Crystalia she was _not_ going to let go of it. Then
Ganthet spoke to her. She sighed and shook her head, ''I
just don't know if it's worth it anymore.'' she said,
ignoring the movement of the ship, ''We've lost so many..but
what have we gained? So far, not much. Maia..and Coda...
and who knows if we'll ever see Zealen and Kisutsu again?
They might even be dead already! And Eme.. now Nity as well...on
that..what was the word?
Kamakazi?''
''Why are you doing this!!!'' yells Nity.
''For Master Phyllite!'' she yells back to him continuing to
use some sort of power to hold down the
ship.
''Ten seconds'' the portal hangs just twenty feet
away.
''Phyllite is DEAD! Striker...you were once one of us...You can stop
this and come with us.
We'll save you, please!'' yells Nity.
Striker spits at
him.
''Five seconds''
Nity leaps at Striker as the core explodes.
--THE END.....FOREVER!?!
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