"Right...above...us!" Tera Roth said, pointing upwards, then tripping over a roof edge and falling to the street below. With pain involved.
"Yooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!" Tera Roth yelled, jumping on Allan's head and vaulting upwards towards the escapee group. "Come back! Brotherhood!" OOC: That has got to be the longest yo ever.
Hey, Hidden, I hope everything's going all right...You haven't been online in a while. Hope your video's coming along good; I'm working on one too!
OOC: I'm back for a while. BIC: "Where...are...you?" Tera Roth puffed, bolting through the streets at top speed, which although not record-breaking, was still fast. He checked his cell phone. Tera, out of there now! Five minutes until the Brotherhood arrives! "Graaaaaaaaaaaaa----" Tera Roth roared, pumping his legs faster and stretching out his senses. The sky began growing darker... *** Xardius prepared for the final jump with Wraith at his side, homing in on the signal sent out by Xane's cell phone, unaware that his jump would perfectly coincide with the approaching fleet of Brotherhood forces...
Tera Roth ran up. "Guys, we gotta go..." OOC: I'm leaving. I'll be here tomorrow guys. Please be here as well.
"They say the Brotherhood's been on the move," the old man said. "Worlds in a path from the Brotherhood's old base have been completely wiped out. Everyone who goes in...is never heard from again...There's been only one eye witness, and he's gone crazy...He says it was if it was raining blood."
"Hey, stop harassing the lady," an old man called. "Didn't you hear her? You should be fighting against the Brotherhood! Haven't you heard about the mass killings?"
Tera Roth raced through the streets, decked in brown and black armor, an upgrade to his original Guardian armor. He checked his map every now and then, as well as his phone, which Patrick had updated with a 20 minutes till they're there. Get out of there, Tera. OOC: Oh, by the way, I won't be here tonight. Only for about twenty minutes now.
OOC: I'm here...a little late, but still...YOU DIDN'T ALL HAVE TO LEAVE! BIC: Tera Roth woke up after everyone else had gone. His phone was beeping. He checked the voice mail. "Tera, it's Highwind. Call me back when you get this." Tera Roth shrugged, and with a few taps of his fingers, Highwind's phone was ringing. "Tera?" Highwind asked. "The one and only," Tera Roth said, rummaging through the cupboards in search of cereal he liked. "We've got trouble..." Highwind muttered. "We're...pinned down..." "By what?" Tera Roth asked, surprised but not really worried. "You'll never believe this," Highwind said. "It's Wirdikov. The guy we've been tracking is Wirdikov." Tera Roth choked. "What!?" "That was my reaction," Highwind growled, "but then...Hold on, I'll have to call you back." Just before the phone clicked off, Tera Roth heard gunshots. "What is going on!?" Tera Roth said, his fist clenching. He looked down as his phone beeped again. The message was from Patrick. Bad news. Brotherhood...heading your way. Big army force. We're organizing the Knights, but...we're not going to get there in time. Be careful. They have some form of Atomos...possibly what's been killing the other worlds... Tera Roth paled, and headed for the small storage area in the back, where his armor and sword lay...
OOC: OK, here goes... BIC: Tera Roth laid down on his bed, and dreamed. *** Tera Roth was back in Radiant Garden, entering the ship with Magna and Maria. When he got the call from Patrick, he was already in transit. "Hey, Tera Roth, can you head for...here?" Patrick asked. "Uh, sure, what's going on?" Tera Roth asked, changing course. "We got a distress call...only one though," Patrick said. "And it was cut off." "Sounds like crap to me," Tera Roth muttered. "Yeah, well, check it out for me; it could be Brotherhood," Patrick said. "I'll get back to you on that," Tera Roth said and cut off. *** When he arrived at the world, he nearly emptied his guts. Blood was everywhere. Everywhere he looked, people were dead. "Magna," he said, swallowing his gorge. "Check for life sources." "I did," she said tightly. "Everything's dead." Then the light lit the horizon, and Tera Roth felt even sicker. He felt the heat and danger before he even registered what it was. It was the destruction of a world. "Let's get out of here," Tera Roth said, stumbling back into the ship. The ship's engines ripped open, and the ship flew forward. It was in the upper atmosphere when the wave hit. *** It took nearly ten hours to repair the ship, giving Tera Roth plenty of time to examine the dead world. He could still see the slow crumbling of the once thriving planet. "It's dead, Patrick," Tera Roth said. "Everyone was dead." "Then I have bad news for you," Patrick said. "It's not the only one." *** "What did you see?" Tera Roth asked quietly. "I saw him, don't you get it?" the man snarled, his eyes glazed. "I saw Scourge...That man was right about him, killing for the sake of killing. He murdered our world!" *** "Where's he headed?" Tera Roth asked, leaning over the console with Patrick. "The path of devastation leads into an uncharted area," Patrick said, pointing. "It looks like here, where I know the dark side ends, and it dissolves into chaos." "There's no way...?" Tera Roth asked. Patrick nodded. "There's no way. There's got to be a world along that line." *** "Found it," Tera Roth breathed. "It's just like I imagined." "What is?" Patrick asked in his ear. "Osidia," Tera Roth said. "The world of legend."
"If it works," Tera Roth mumbled to himself, storing it in the ship's log and resending it his, Alyt's, and a safety deposit hidden somewhere where he could access it. "I actually have pull-out cots," he said. "I'll set 'em up." OOC: Next post is how Tera Roth found out the information...
"Actually, I came to talk with the Ultimate Organization," Tera Roth said, shrugging. "But when I found out you were here, I admit I came a bit faster than I was planning to." "You see," he said, sitting down in a chair and staring deep into Alyt's eyes. "I've discovered the location of Scourge and the remainder of the Brotherhood." His eyes flashed with excitement. "I'm here to propose an all-out strike into the heart of the Brotherhood."
"Maria and Magna," Tera Roth said, motioning to each of them respectively. "They're ex-Guardians who have been working with me for a while now. Actually, they were a member of my original team when I was a Captain in the Enigmatic Knights but I'm sure you don't care about that." OOC: ...and justice for all.
OOC: Grah, I knew it didn't post. I finished posting, and the internet kicked me off. It was horrible. BIC: Power surged through him, overcoming everything else. The man faded away quite suddenly as the power continued to surge. Flames burned from Vecked's body, slamming into the sand, creating scorch marks. A ring 5 feet around him was cleaned free of sand, the dirt cracking from the heat. Then quite suddenly, it was over. Vecked could feel the heat of power within him... OOC: Continuing on... BIC: Tera Roth shook Niles' hand. "Too long, Niles, since you almost thought I was some kind of crazy lunatic." He walked up to Alyt, and smiled. "Hi. You look great, Alyt..."
Tera Roth stepped through the air lock, determined to look good when he saw Alyt again. Instead, he tripped on the small lip and fell on his face, and nearly got stepped on by Magna and Maria, who shook their heads and moved to the side. Tera Roth got up, flushing. "Uh, hello, you two," Tera Roth said. "It's been a long time...'specially you Niles." EDIT OOC: Sorry...spacey... BIC: The man nodded. "Then take my hand."
"I can't help you," the man said. "You'll always have this power now that I've awakened it, but..." He shook his head. "It's hard to say. Most people just live their lives." He rubbed his temples. "This hurts...We need to complete the ritual." He walked forward, and held out his hand. "You don't have to accept this...but..." He held out his hand. "Will you?" *** "Oh, good, you're there," Tera breathed a sigh of relief. "OK, I'm coming aboard." He began docking.
Tera Roth turned around, feeling slightly sheepish, and opened a communication to the ship. "Er, um, is anyone in the Ultimate Organization or in Alyt, I mean named Alyt, I mean...Um.......................is Alyt there?" *** "I want to grant you power," the man said. "In return, you become a Phoenix. You serve the flame." He smiled slightly. "Although, I don't think we've ever forced anyone to do anything they don't want to. However, there is a sort of...code you have to follow. You were in serious danger of defying that code. I had to intervene."
"I am power," the man said. "I am flame eternal. I am the Phoenix that has laid within you for a long time, Vecked...you were chosen by the flame a long time ago. Is that a satisfactory answer?" *** Tera Roth exited out of hyperspace, nearly collided with the coupled ships and did a double-take. "Was that it?" he asked. Magna nodded, looking nauseous.
OOC: I'm back...finally...worst dinner of my life... BIC: "Vecked," the dark-skinned man said, standing behind him on the beach. *** Tera Roth's gummi ship ripped through the air. Maria and Magna sat in the back of the ship. Highwind and Tyre were with Patrick. "It's almost like having the old team back together," Tera Roth said, stretching his fingers around the wheel. Maria shrugged. "How old are you Tera?" "Where did that come from?" Tera Roth asked, puzzled. "Just curious," Maria said, with a slight smile. "I'll be...28 this next month," Tera Roth said after a moment. "You need to get married," Maria said. Tera Roth rolled his eyes, and turned his focus back to the closing distance margin that was slowly counting down towards the one person who could perhaps fulfill that dream...
OOC: Before you read this, I promise I'll explain everything when I get the chance. But this is a one-post and run. I'll be back later (we're having a dinner over at the church in 40 minutes, so if you can catch me before I leave in 40 minutes...which isn't likely.) BIC: The lights flickered above Mickey and Vecked, and then, quite suddenly, Mickey was slammed against the wall by an unknown force, pinned without a doubt. The wall cracked slightly as Mickey went unconscious. The same power instantaneously pinned Vecked to the chair, though it left him conscious. In that same instant, the dark-haired, dark-skinned, dark-eyed man was crouching over him, his feet planted on the arm-rests, his face inches from Vecked, a snarl written on his face. "What do I have to do?" the man growled. "You can't forget your destiny, Vecked. I. Won't. Let you." Raising his hand which was straight as an arrow, he slammed it into Vecked's chest, directly above the heart, plunging his hand in to the knuckles, then ripping it free. As the blood began pouring, some sort of power flicked it upwards, and the dark man began flitting the blood around them in symbols. "Unlike Xardius, this is going to hurt," the man whispered, finishing the symbols, and placing his hand back over Vecked's hole. "Sorry about that." The room went completely white, pain exploding inside Vecked's skull like an atomic bomb had detonated within his head, and the last thing Vecked saw before he blacked out was the man's hand, dripping blood, reaching up to shut his eyes... *** Xardius caught Wraith as he began to fall. "I...can't...die...yet..." Wraith gasped. "I should let you," Xardius growled. "Take...off...my mask..." Wriath wheezed. Xardius shrugged, his fingers undoing the mask quickly, pulling it away. He froze, the mask falling to the floor. "Now...you see..." Wraith gasped. Xardius stared back at the mirror image of Wing, unable to believe what he saw. "I...am him..." Wraith sighed, his body going limp, his eyes rolling back. Xardius' spell rejuvenated him from the brink of death, but it took a long time for him to recover. Wraith slowly spun in insanity's darkness, eventually opening his eyes to find himself being carried. "Where...?" he muttered. Xardius set him down. "We're following that Virus with Wing's body," Xardius growled. "It's not important," Wraith said. "I am the new body." "...What?" Xardius said, his head hurting. "I am a copy of the original body," Wraith said, regaining strength as he stretched muscles. "A result of the incomplete process of Wing transforming into a Nobody. When you destroyed the Heartless, it shattered into two. One half became what Wing eventually fought and defeated, whereas the other half became me. I am simply a body on the wastes of time, with a mere fraction of Wing's soul within me." "I...don't get it," Xardius said honestly. "I didn't at first either," Wraith said. "But as Scourge taught me about Wing, I realized. Wing's body is under control by the Virus. It is being corrupted every instant now. Wing can never go back to his body. The Virus will have poisoned it." He coughed and rubbed where the Virus Wing had stabbed him. "Inside his soul at the moment, Wing himself is preparing for this. He will attempt to defeat the Virus and fail. Instead, he will be guided by someone I do not know to another body. This is mine. My body will be his new sanctuary." "What will happen to you?" Xardius asked. "I suppose I'll just become another part of Wing's memories," Wraith said. "Another shelf in his brain. I, myself, will no longer exist as me. I will become part of my original self, like Coa before me." Xardius sighed. "When will this happen?" "Anytime," Wraith said. "The trick is defeating the Virus afterward." Xardius' eyes darkened. "Leave that to me." EDIT OOC: Sorry Pirate, I'll have to post when I get back. I'll be back within about an hour to an hour in a half, if you can remain on that long... :( (If Nulix comes it should be okay...)
