Struggle Of Powers

[Blake]

Black turned around and walked back. "Well, I think I might have an idea." He said with a glint on a smile. We leave Darren, and Kyba, to spy/keep up with the group," He stifled a chuckle. "And then we, go and plan and do whatever else. You need a break anyways, don't you?" He asked with a raised eyebrow.

[Tempest Dahlia]

"Hmm, l was thinking something similar." Destined put back on his hat...

"... You know what? Guess what l heard about Cougar...?" Destined said, changing the subject and talking rather low.

[Jake the Sage]

Alisa asked him so blatantly, because when communicating in this way they couldn't lie. As Alisa's question sunk in the computer flickered to life and Ike's eyes opened up. The cord conntected to him was detattched as he stood up and looked at Alisa, his eyes cold, "You do not want to change the past?"

 

"Well, I think I might have an idea," Black said as he walked back, a a smile, "We leave Darren and Kyba, to spy/keep up with the group. And then we, go and plan and do whatever else. You need a break anyways, don't you?"

 

"Hmm, l was thinking something similar," Destined putting Lucifer back on, "You know what? Guess what I heard about Cougar?"

 

With the quite stillness Kallen swallowed nerviously while she remainded on the branch watching the two. A blip on her radar then alereted her that a group of Supers were headed their way. One . . . Three . . . Ten! Everyone back at camp was still asleep! She had to warn them!!!

 

Andrew had left Bordimour and Kiria alone to return to the room. Clicking the button to hear the gears inside not respond he looked it over, "A mechanical error? Not likely . . . Alisa." Now alone Kiria smiled, now knowing who it was that had burst in. He put away the Six Blade Sword and summoned Masamune, "You remember Masamune, don't you? It was the blade that slew hundreds of your bretherin who tried to fell this angel. A Demon and an Angel, oh what a fight this shall be . . ."

 

Bordimour laughed and shook his head, placing a hand on Kiria's shoulder. He tried to stop laughing and shook his head, "Why would I want to fight a retired Death Knight? No Kiria, I'm here on official buisness . . ."

[Blake]

"What?" Black asked. He supposed great minds thought alike. "What about Cougar?" He asked as lowly as possible. "Can't be THAT bad, ca nit?" He asked with a chuckle.

[Tempest Dahlia]

"... Huh." Destined said, adjusting his hat. He stood up on the small branch.

"Another time, Black. For now, we should go back to the base."

 

Destined didn't tell Black his plan, or that they'd be leaving much sooner than anyone thought...

He had his mind on one thing. Power. And lots of it.

[-Genesis-]

Alsia shook her head at Ike's question, "No I don't, for all we know, changing a small thing here could completely alter the future against our favor. We're not Gods we have no right to change the past, and as entities from the future it is our job to keep things the way we are. Besides if we accidentially meet our past selves we could be wiped out of existence!" Alisa was annoyed that Ike hadn't thought of this before her, he was a machine, which meant that he should have been able to weight the facts and problems much quicker than she had.

 

 

 

Kallen ignored Destined and Blacks conversation and leapt down next to Destined, "We've got trouble there are ten unknown people headed our way!" With that she leapt off to get back to tthe camp. Once in the middle of the camp she pulled out one of Todou's Screeching Bombs, they were meant to deafen enemies, but if she threw it high enough it would wake up everyone in a single shot without hurting them. She placed it firmly in her RWS claw and fired it straigth up, when it was a few miles up she crushed it with her claw and the sound burst out immediately waking up everyone in the camp, but unfortunately Kallen misjudged how strong the sound burst would be and felt the pain in her head from it and waited for it to stop seconds later.

 

Suddenly Cougar, Natalie, and Aya sat up covering their ears in pain. Cougar summoned his Altar Suit blocking out the sound and then made Altar helmets on each Natalie and Aya, blocking them from the sound until it stopped then he dispersed them all. He saw Kallen standing in the middle of the camp with the crushed can on the ground next to her, "What the hell was that!"

 

Akima ran over still wincing at the pain of the Screeching Bomb, "Whats wrong Kallen? Why'd you set off a Screeching Bomb?"

 

Once Kallen recovered herself she told everyone, "There are ten unkown people headed this way! I couldn't wait to wake you all up one by one so I tried that, but I misjudged how strong the sound would be, sorry."

 

As soon as they heard Kallen say that there were ten people coming there way, they forgave her and took positions, ready to fight if necessary.

 

 

 

Kiria let Masamune fall to his side, "Official business huh? Well then speak, Andrew and the General just walked away, so I'm the best you're gonna get." Kiria leaned against a wall and waited for Bordimour to explain his business. He smirked, *Whatever he's here for, I missed it before so I may as well know now.*

[Jake the Sage]

The screeching bomb was stronger than Kallen had thought as waves of pain went through her head. With the sound echoing throughout the camp everyone leapt up, wondering what was going on. Lora, who had been alseep under a tree, hit her head and then rubbing it with a scowl on her face. Cougar, Natalie, and Aya sat up covering their ears in pain. Summoning his Altar Suit, Cougar, made helmets on each person until the sound died off., "What the hell was that!"

 

"Whats wrong Kallen? Why'd you set off a Screeching Bomb?"

 

"There are ten people headed this way! I couldn't wait to wake you all up one by one so I tried that, but I misjudged how strong the sound would be . . . sorry."

 

"Ten? That sounds a little," Lora began and then was grabbed by the hand and grouped with Aya in the middle of the camp, "Hey!"

 

Everyone took their positions; ready to fight if necessary. Cougar and Natalie were closest to Lora and Aya, in case they needed to escape. Everyone else was spread evenly about so that whoever these people were, they'd be ready to take them down.

 

Back in the past Alisa had finished explaining that she didn't desire to change the past and was actually annoyed that Ike hadn't thought of this before her. He was a machine, which meant that he should have been able to weight the facts and problems much quicker than she had. As she thought about this Ike began to laugh, "Well done. A grade a machine if I've ever seen one."

 

Once Ike had realized they were in the past he had quickly assesed the situation and figured out the most logical path was to keep everything the same; now their only problem was making sure Kiria didn't mess anything up. "Alisa! Open the door or else . . ."

 

"Official business huh? Well then speak, Andrew and the General just walked away, so I'm the best you're gonna get." Kiria let Muasamune fall to his side as he leaned against a wall, waiting for Bordimour to explain his business. He smirked, "Whatever he's here for, I missed it before so I may as well know now."

 

"Tell you? Why should I tell you?" was the only response from Bordimour.

[Tempest Dahlia]

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[Blake]

"Alright." Black said as he followed Destined. . He grinned with this knowledge.

[-Genesis-]

Aya wrapped her arms around Lora's left arm cowering and clinging onto her, "I-I don't understand, what's going on?" She was truely afraid, Aya could fight physically, but she preferred to use her abilities from a distance.

 

Cougar and Natalie stood on opposite sdes of Aya and Lora, each of them both worried and confident. Cougar glanced at Natalie who returned his gaze and smiled.

 

Alisa stoped, "What? Oh... Kiria! We can't let him change anything either!" With that she turned around and went to the door and noticed that it had moved slightly, Alisa backed away from the door and turned to Ike, "We can't go through the door, someone's trying to get in and I'd bet almost anything that it's Andrew. Kiria will have to wait, I'll jack into the system and remove all copies of the data they got from us." Alisa went over to the system control and jacked in five cords like the one she used to talk to Ike earlier, *I won't let them change anything!* In 45 seconds she'd isolated and eradicated all copies of the data in the system, then she noticed a command. "Ike, Andrew copied the data onto a disk! Which he probably has on him."

 

Kiria dispersed Masamune and looked at Bordimour, "Well who are you going to tell? The General will make you wait for a couple hours just to see him, much less talk to him. Whereas I can just go to him and tell him, you have to sit here to be called for." Kiria then turned to walk away, "Well, if you feel like waiting..." He started to walk away.

[Final Fantasy Revolution]

The small group, composed of ten people, marched along through the elements to meet the group that was just in the distance of their's. The group made a great rustle as they entered the tip of the forest and started getting closer and closer to the group. They we're about twenty yards away now...fifteen...ten...five... "Greetings Western Resistance Members!" Said the man leading the group. "We are your Northern Army Escort here to accompany you to the Northern Military Base. Are you ready to move out?" A man in the back coughed to interrupt the man for a second. "Huh? What's wrong solder?" ... "Oh of course, introductions are probably necessary after we most likely surprised you, heh heh..." The leading man said as he turned to his soldiers. "Introduce yourselves men!" The men all said "Sir!" And began their introductions.

 

First up was a black cloaked man. "Northern Special Ops, Letty!" Next a woman with an equally black cloak went. "Northern Special Ops, Georgia!" Another woman with the same cloak went right after the first. "Northern Special Ops, Lauren!" A man wearing battle armor and surprisingly not a black coat went next. He sighed. "Northern Military Common Soldier, Bruce." He said it very unenthusiastic, and he had ever right to as well, it was so demeaning to carry the title "Common Soldier" because with that title it basically meant disposable. A man wearing the same body armor introduced himself with a salute and a very enthusiastic tone. "Northern Military Common Soldier, Vascal at your service!" Next a woman wearing nothing but a mask and commoners cloths said nothing. Next a man wearing nothing but a mask and commoners close equally stayed silent. "Those two are from the the kings very own Assassination Squad, you'll be better off not knowing their names." He turned towards the group that was receiving the intro. "And I'M Captain Braun Archer." He said, giving his introduction the greatest flare...

[Jake the Sage]

Everyone within the group merely watched and listened in stunned silence as the "enemy" they thoughwas coming turned out to be their escort. A man from this escort group, the only one who did not step in front, gave a cough to try and break the silence. Shaking her head Lora smiled and walked through the group and held out her hand to the Captain, "My name is Lora Valiant. I am the leader of the Western Resistance."

 

At first Braun didn't know if she was being serious or playing around, as she began to tap her foot impatiantely; the man in the back giving a small chuckle as Lora raised her eye brow at the bewildered man. Luckily, for the Captain's sake, Yaming and Koya stepped in front and gently pushed her aside.

 

"I am Yaming, one of the True Leaders."

"And I'm Koya, another Leader. May I ask how-"

 

"We got your location from our Leader. Somehow he knew where you guys would be." the mystery Northern person stated as the group began to relax.

[Blake]

"Say Destined?" Black asked his leader "What was that explosion?". He thought. He still waited for Destined's reply.

[Jake the Sage]

"And wait I will. A low class operative like yourself isn't in the 'need to know' circle anymore. Not like that Catherine chick you were so buddy buddy with." Bordimour taunted as Kiria walked away.

 

Ike looked at Alisa as she mentioned Andrew taking the data and copying it to a disk. He cursed low and harsh as the door moved enough for a sliver of light to break through, "Alisa! This is the final warning . . ."

 

A small mechanical tenticle began to work its way through the cracked door and move about, reaching for anything in its range. Ike backed Alisa away, knowing what it was. "Don't touch that thing."

[Final Fantasy Revolution]

"That doesn't sound right..." Said Braun. "According to our research the leader of the Western Resistance is a man named Alamos." Braun said suspiciously. "Did he not come with you himself?" Braun questioned suspiciously and wanted to know why Alamos was so daring not to come himself. A man from the Kings Assassination Squad turned to Braun and Braun turned his head to his. "Yeah, I guess your right." Braun turned back to the group and smirked. "I reiterate, are you ready to go?" Braun asked with a smile instead of a smirk this time.

[Tempest Dahlia]

Destined sighed. "Probably those heroes in some sort of shenannigan... We're not helping them today," Destined said, noting Black's expression. "I want to see how they'll do without us..."

[Jake the Sage]

Everyone nodded their head as Destined and Black returned, quickly packing their things Yaming continued to explain the situation.

 

"You see, we aren't really part of the Western Resistance Group. We were actually a small band of fighters on our own. We foolishly thought we could take down the West by ourselves."

 

"And I got killed over it!" Josh said as he floated through one of the Northerns, making them shiver. As Josh yelled out in fustration the man who hadn't said his name looked up in his direction, making the ghostly warrior pause and wonder, "Did he really just hear me?"

[Blake]

AS they arrived back Black snapped. "Darren, Kyba. GET OVER HERE!" He growled. He waited for them. "All yours boss." He said to Destined. "I'm going to gather my things. Torture them, will you?" He said laughing.

[Jake the Sage]

Kyba and Black stopped with a skid as Black told their boss to torture them. Darren only stared in shock and suprise as their "friend" walked off to pack his things, Kyba giving a laugh a the thought.

 

"So whats going on boss?"

 

"Yeah!"

[Final Fantasy Revolution]

"Let's move then..." Braun as the group set off towards the Northern Military Base. "We have a quick stop to make first but afterwards we're headin' straight there." Braun said, pretty much telling the group that he was calling the shots, for the navigation at least. "It'll only add about ten minutes to our overall travel time so let's just get through it as best we can." Braun explained and then turned ahead to look where he was going.

[Jake the Sage]

Everyone was packed and ready to move out. Lora didn't like the idea of a stranger calling the shots, as much as she didn't like Destined being a leader instead of her, but decided that since he was the only person who knew where to go that she'd have to deal with it. "We're ready when you are Braun."

 

Josh flaoted beside the stranger who had looked at him with questions and confusion, "Hey . . . Hey! HEY! C.A.N.Y.O.U.H.E.A.R.M.E!?"

 

The man didn't answer and acted like he was shooing a fly away, making Josh's veins pop out in annoyance, "Oh great . . . he thinks I'm a fly . . ."

[Final Fantasy Revolution]

Braun lead the group through a hike that took about fifteen minutes of their time. They walked into a small flaming town that was in shambles. "Alright then, perfection in it's best form." Braun announced to the group. He wrote out some sort of report and tucked it into his cloak. "Let's move, this is all I needed to see here." Braun started off again as if they had not just seen a great deal of destruction in their very own eyes. Braun's group was already a few yards ahead. "Coming? You still need Northern assistance right?" Braun asked quizzically when he saw that the group hadn't yet moved...

[Jake the Sage]

"What happened here?" Yaming said as she motioined to the burning houses. No cries for help were heard and it was assumed most, if not all, of the people were already dead.

[Final Fantasy Revolution]

"As of this moment it's classified, but once we get you as official allies I will divulge all the information about any topic you wish." Braun said, then turned back to face the direction of which he was just walking. "Now, we are off to your meeting with the General of the Northern Army!" Braun said, with much pride and stamina in his voice.

[Jake the Sage]

Yaming gave a sigh, they really didn't have any other choice. They needed to ally themselves with the Northern Army if they had any hope of getting revenge for Josh's death; at least this was her agenda. Nodding her head she turned back to everyone and told them they'd continue on . . .