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[Luco]

Yup exactly!

For a sec there I thought i'd just end up confusing you all more...

 

[Mari]

Ah, Alternate Universes....

I'm very familiar with them since my fandom is Sonic the Hedgehog.

Yeah, they can be confusing at times...

 

[Muhti]

Well actually it's kinda possible. The best way to explain time travel at this point using quantum physics suggests that if you go back in time and kill a relative such as your parents or grandparents, you'll still exist but a strand of history that detailed one of your births in an infinite amount of parallel universes will be deleted.

Basically you'll still exist but another 'you' won't.

In this case, it's muhti from another strand of time (presumably the one in which he doesn't die at this point) saving the old muhti so that he can continue with his strand.

have I got it right there muhti?

Well, not what I had in mind.

I was thinking of Doctor Who logic.

As long as I don't actually see my future self and vice versa, all is well, nobody dies. Now you may say that we saw each other, but we each have Assassin Masks on (check the Turkish Assassin Outfit, it was a bronze (?) mask with it) So, neither me or my future self perish.

But that is a good inference Luco.

 

[Mari]

Oh. Doctor Who.

Nevermind!~

 

[Frostwraith]

Time paradoxes? Oh my...

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In the Death Star, Palpatine receives news from a dark cultist of an intrusion in the Death Star.

"You're serious?", reacted Palpatine.

"Yes, Lord Sidious. Our surveillance cameras detected the presence of a hooded figure in the Cloning Laboratory 110A.", reported the cultist.

"Whoever that is, kill him!", ordered the Sith Lord.

"Of course, sir!", responded the cultist. "Head the clone soldiers to Cloning Lab 110A and kill the intruder! MOVE OUT!"

The other cultists immediately sounded the alarm with one of the radio operators in Supreme Commander Palpatine's room to warn: "Intruder on board. Suspect detected near Cloning Laboratory 110A. Initiate disposal protocol. I repeat: Initiate disposal protocol. All units near Cloning Laboratory 110A are to eliminate the intruder now!"

Many guards immediately began tracking down the hooded figure, releasing some Zergs and Metroids to aid in the finding of the intruder.

"I must report this incident to the Master at once.", whispered Palpatine, angered.

Palpatine turned on the communicator to contact with the Dark Ones' hideout, where the Master was usually located. An hologram of the Master appeared on the center of the large table of the meeting room where Palpatine was.

"What do you report, Lord Sidious?", the Master said.

"We have an intruder on board of the Death Star, Master. I have mobilized many of our troops to track him down.", reported Palpatine.

"Has he taken anything?", asked the Master.

"Muhti's body.", the Sith Lord responded.

"Only that? Hyee ha ha ha ha... too late! The D.I.R.F. has already extracted samples of his DNA to produce more clones. And what is a body without a soul? A hollow shell and NOTHING MORE! His soul is now inside my body, granting me access to his powers! Hyeh heh heh heh heh... in fact, all souls of the lives lost in this war reside inside me, granting me power... and immortality!", responded the Master. "Anyway, kill the intruder! None trespasses MY domain and lives!"

"It shall be done, my Master..."

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What... what is this presence...? It feels familiar... have... have I met this one soul before?

Evil... I sense nothing but pure evil... it is surrounding me...

Is this hate? No... rage... yes, that's what I feel... wrath over the fact of being rejected...

What else do I feel? I can sense something more...

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♪ The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures - Dungeon Theme ♪

The journey through the Pyramid was harsh, but coming to an end.

"We're almost at the top of this place... we have held well so far.", noted Alder.

The group continued to walk the narrow corridors of the Pyramid. A swarm of Keese attacked the group by surprise, but Frostwraith's Chandelure managed to wipe them out easily.

"Annoying bats...", whispered Ness.

Eventually they stumble across a huge boulder blocking their way. It looked heavy and resistant, as not even Samus's missiles could budge it.

"Perhaps we need those!", said Pit, picking up the Silver Gauntlets they found in the Spirit Temple.

"Those gloves give enormous strength to the wielders... that could be the only way to get rid of that obstacle.", stated Palutena.

"Let's try them out, then...", said Dark Pit in a calm tone.

Pit equipped the gauntlets and attempted to push the boulder. With their power, he managed to push the obstacle, which eventually fell into a small hole, allowing the group to pass through that corridor.

"That did the trick, huh?", commented Lucas.

Continuing to walk on the corridor, they find some stairs. But, there was something different about them.

"Look... they are made of gold!", noted Pit.

"Maybe they lead to the top of this place?", questioned Alder.

"That seems likely... let's move.", calmly said Snake.

The stairs led to a rather large room, where a shadowy figure awaited. This figure wore dark colored armor and a large red cape. His hair was red and skin was brown, like the Gerudo women they had met in the valley.

"Is that...", whispered Pit.

"Ganondorf.", responded Palutena.

♪ The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker - Ganon's Tower ♪

The Gerudo King turned to the group.

"Hmph...", grunted the Evil King.

"Ganondorf!", yelled Ness.

"So, you have made this far... heh heh heh... you are more persistent than I expected...", Ganondorf calmly said, drawing his bulky sword. "Which of you will step forward?"

"Pit... you can do this...", whispered Lucas.

Pit stepped forward, with his bow ready.

"You...? You look weak... but brave. I commend that.", Ganondorf stated.

"I'm going to crush you in the name of Palutena, the goddess of light!", yelled Pit.

"Is that so...?", said Ganondorf, charging dark energy. "HOO YEARRGH!"

Ganondorf unleashed a wave of darkness, stunning most of the group, including Pit.

"Weaklings!", snarled Ganondorf. "I'm going to end this at last!"

Ganondorf created a barrier, separating him and Pit from the remainder of the group.

"None may interfere in our fight!", Ganondorf loudly stated.

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Dark Lord​

GANONDORF​

♪ The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess - Ganondorf Battle ♪​

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Pit shot some arrows at the Evil King, which proved to be weak. Splitting the bow into two, Pit and Ganondorf fought at a close distance.​

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Ganondorf's blows were slow but brutal, contrasting with Pit's faster movements. Ganondorf attacked Pit with ferocity, but Pit's dual blades managed to be an effective defense.​

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Ganondorf performed a horizontal blow with his sword, to which Pit blocked using the reverse grip blade on his left hand, countering with the blade on his right hand, catching the Gerudo King off guard.​

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"Now you're showing your strength, angel boy... it's still insufficient against me! Yeargh!", Ganondorf yelled, unleashing a wave of darkness to knock down Pit.​

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Pit got up quickly and fired a fully charged arrow at Ganondorf's chest.​

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"Urk...", Ganondorf grunted. "Not bad... not bad... show me more! Ha ha ha ha ha!"​

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"Why do I have this feeling he's not doing his all, Lady Palutena?", Pit stated.​

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"I don't know... just keep fighting him!", the goddess responded.​

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Ganondorf and Pit locked blades again. Ganondorf and Pit competed on who would overcome each other through strength.​

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"Hrrgh... hnggh...", grunted Pit as he attempted to overcome Ganondorf's blade.​

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"Grrrgh... hoo-yeargh!", yelled Ganondorf, as he brutally kicked Pit by surprise.​

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"Aaaaugh!", yelled Pit, as he was sent flying.​

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Pit crashed against the barrier.​

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"Uurrgh...", weakly grunted Pit, who became incapable of fighting.​

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"Was that all? Surely the Master was right when he said he would transcend the gods!", said Ganondorf. "Meet your demise!"​

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Ganondorf picked a yellow colored gem.​

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"The Chaos Emerald!", observed Lucas.​

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"Heh heh heh... correct, little boy...", responded Ganondorf, holding the Chaos Emerald the group was looking for. "Unfortunately... I am not offering it!"​

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Ganondorf materialized from darkness a giant spear and rammed it at Pit.​

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♪ Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn - Boss Intro 2 ♪​

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"Nooo! Pit!", screamed Ness.​

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"Pit... urgh... aaaaaaauuughhh!", suddenly yelled Dark Pit, before collapsing.​

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"Hyeeh heh heh heh... that's what I call... killing two birds with one stone...", a voice echoed around the room. "You have done well, Lord Ganondorf."​

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"It was no more than my duty... Master.", Ganondorf responded.​

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"I need you immediately... have one of your minions finish your job.", said the Master, who appeared out of nowhere.​

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"That shall be done, my Master", responded Ganondorf, raising his hand and performing a spell.​

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Dark particles began to concentrate at one spot, forming a humongous beast. Ganondorf threw the Chaos Emerald at the summoned creature, who absorbed it and became surrounded by a yellow aura and his movements became swifter.​

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"Master Hand! It's game over for you! HYEH HA HA HA HA HA!", yelled the Master, before teleporting himself and Ganondorf to the Dark Ones' hideout.​

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"We have to destroy that thing!", said Ness, preparing his PSI powers.​

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Thousand-Year Arachnid​

MOLDARACH​

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♪ The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword - Koloktos / Moldarach ♪​

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"This time we're all together! Let's end this!", yelled Lucas.​

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"Those eyes... these should be the beast's weak points. Aim at them!", observed Jeff.​

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Moldarach slowly approached Ness, attempting to grab him with one of its pincers. Ness dodged and used PK Thunder to stun the creature a little, causing it to open one of the pincers.​

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"Escavalier, use Slash on the pincer's eye!", commanded Alder.​

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The Pokémon slashed the eye, causing pain and damage on the creature.​

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"That seems to be the way to defeat it... Garchomp, use Dragon Rush!", ordered Cynthia.​

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Garchomp rammed at the giant scorpion's remaining pincer at full speed. Moldarach, however, managed to snap out of its dizzyness caused by PK Thunder and grabbed Garchomp with the undamaged pincer.​

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"Escavalier, use Slash again!", ordered Alder.​

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The attack caused Moldarach to drop its guard again, letting go of Garchomp, who retaliated by viciously attacking the pincer that grabbed him. Hitting straight on the eye, the creature's third eye was revealed.​

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"Escavalier, Megahorn!", commanded Alder.​

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Escavalier's vicious attack damaged the eye severely, but Moldarach remained strong, attacking Garchomp with its massive tail. Garchomp was sent flying, fainting immediately after.​

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Cynthia recalled Garchomp, replacing her with Glaceon, who attacked the left pincer's eye with Ice Shard, as commanded by Cynthia. Alder's Escavalier focused on the right pincer.​

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Moldarach swung its tail again, hitting Escavalier with so much power that his armor couldn't protect him.​

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Alder replaced Escavalier with his Vanilluxe. Cynthia and Alder ordered their Pokémon to simultaneously use Blizzard on Moldarach, which proved to be an effective strategy.​

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The third eye was once more exposed, causing Ness to charge a PK Flash move to hit the eye hard, defeating the creature, which exploded in a puff of black and purple smoke.​

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♪ Super Smash Bros. Brawl - Classic Results Screen (Master Hand) ♪​

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As the smoke dissipated, it became more visible the shining, yellow Chaos Emerald.​

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"We finally have it... the Chaos Emerald.", said Ness, with relief.​

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"But, it came at a steep price... Pit is...", stated Lucas.​

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"He's dead... it seems that Dark Pit collapsed too, as soon as Pit was killed by Ganondorf.", observed Captain Falcon.​

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"Anyway, we have to go back to Final Destination.", noted Samus.​

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"Yes... Master Hand is waiting.", responded Ness.​

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You thought Ganondorf would be vanquished? He's way more powerful than expected...​

 

[Luco]

!!

Pit's dead!?

@.@

I admit, I didn't see that coming. :O

 

[Frostwraith]

This segment is important!

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Arriving at Final Destination, both Ness and Lucas help Alder and Cynthia to carry Pit and Dark Pit's bodies, with Captain Falcon having the Chaos Emerald they retrieved in the Pyramid.

"It is unfortunate that we have to witness those deaths...", said Master Hand.

"I don't understand... why would Dark Pit die if only Pit was targeted by Ganondorf?", questioned Jeff.

"Dark Pit was created from Pit... he has a inherent connection to his twin. He cannot live without the original since he's the copy.", explained Master Hand.

"It is strange... my divine powers could be used to revive him, but... something feels wrong... something is blocking my powers on him.", Palutena said, troubled by the fact she couldn't revive her champion.

"More of the Master's work!", stated Crazy Hand. "Anyway, I've been spying on Muhti and his partners and he too was killed by the Master."

"What we found, however, is that the Master doesn't exactly kill his victims.", noted Arceus.

"Why would that be?", asked Ness, curious about Arceus's statement.

"We've been spying on the Master as of recently... he's simply too proud to have his victims killed. He'd much prefer to torture them as much as possible. He absorbs his souls to his body to enhance his powers. In a twisted form of survival of the fittest, only the most powerful souls manage to survive his tremendous power.", explained Master Hand. "Why did he possess Frostwraith in the first place?"

"It's quite simple, isn't it? Frostwraith was a prodigy in the magic arts... I should also mention that Muhti's soul is stronger than usual. They have powers... they have unnatural talents. Those are the souls that the Master is looking for. ", continued Crazy Hand.

"The Master could not absorb Pit's soul... because it was simply beyond his reach. As an angel, Pit is much more powerful than the average mortal. There's a way to save those lives who currently sustain the Master's powers.", added Master Hand.

"The Time Gears... the Chaos and the Sol Emeralds... the Eye of Sargeras... the Lustrous, Adamant and Griseous Orbs... those are powerful artifacts the Master seeks to possess so he can amplify his powers further.", noted Arceus.

"We can probably use these powerful tools combined with Palutena's divine powers and attempt to resurrect Pit and purge the souls bound to the Master's powers.", theorized Master Hand.

"Let's not forget that Frostwraith has created a soul jar to conserve a small fraction of his soul, so the Master couldn't fully control his powers. Surely, the Master will notice this sooner or later.", added Crazy Hand.

"That's why we need to hurry and find the remaining five Chaos Emeralds!", alerted Arceus. "Unfortunately, someone is ahead of us in that matter... there is this rogue agent, Dark Meta Knight, who already has four Chaos Emeralds in his possession. The last one, colored purple, is somewhere, where not even our powers can detect its presence. We must chase after Dark Meta Knight and retrieve the four Emeralds in his possession!"

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Somewhere, in an unknown place, Dark Luco walked slowly around the grassy plain. He was confused, yet deep determination burned inside him... he looks at the floor.

"What is this...? Is this some sort of jewel?", thought the dark doppelganger.

Removing the dirt around it and Dark Luco observes its shiny, purple coloration.

"This seems to have some power... I should keep it.", thought Dark Luco, picking and storing the gem.

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All this pain... will his lust ever end?

Why do I feel this familiar presence... I know... he's the one... the one who got usurped by the Dark Ones... what was his name?

He was one odd fellow... I remember that jester dressed in purple and yellow... Dimentio...

Muhti... I think this presence is him... what did the Master do? I can't help but wonder...

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Those who climb great heights will have the most gruesome fall...

Many have come in contact with those whose ambition is to change the world...

No matter if they were friends or foes... only together and united against the shadows, may they save the world from the flame.

Such is the splendor of working together for one common goal.

Death is not an option. Should just one die, the world's end arrives.

Each is a piece of the majestic puzzle that will bring the fall of the One who has climbed too high for his own safety.

What comes up, must come down. Balance is the essence of the world.

Ideals and truth...

Black and white...

Life and death...

Good and evil...

Order and chaos...

Light and darkness...

Natural and artificial...

Like the scales, both sides must be in balance. A disruption in this balance heralds instability.

Such cannot be accepted. Only guiding those to the right path will the world be saved from the flames of disruption.

This is the vision of the Prophets.

Those words echoed in Rose's mind as she woke up, still boarding the plane that will take her to her next destination: Tokyo, Japan.

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Big revelations here! But, who are those Prophets? Only time will tell...

 

[Luco]

We have the orbs, don't we? Do we have the eye?

 

[Grizzlpaw]

Ideals and Truth...?

Pokemon references... Sweet <3

 

[Frostwraith]

We have the orbs, don't we? Do we have the eye?

Yes, we have the eye. We got that from the Tomb of Sargeras.

I'm planning on writing another segment very soon.

 

[Luco]

Ideals and Truth...?

Pokemon references... Sweet <3

I noticed it too. :3

 

[Frostwraith]

I put a lot of references to games I've played in my segments. :3
There's also a Warcraft III reference in the prophecy.

 

[Luco]

I see a few references but I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of them were unintended.

 

[Frostwraith]

I see a few references but I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of them were unintended.

Yep, some of them are coincidental. The 'ideals and truth' one was definitely intentional.

 

[Frostwraith]

Knowing the Master's next plans...

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♪ Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn - Eyes of Rage ♪

In the Dark Ones' hideout...

"Something is wrong... Why? Why? Why why why why WHY?! Why couldn't I absorb his soul... his essence?!", rambled the Master, realizing that he couldn't absorb Pit's soul.

"It seems there's something about him that is... beyond you.", suggested Ganondorf. "He's no mere creature."

"BEYOND ME?! AARRGHH! How dare you suggest such a claim! I AM THE MASTER! The arch-god! The existence itself! I am not foiled by pitiful wretches! Something is wrong... VERY WRONG!", yelled the Master in a fit of rage.

"We may have to analyze your powers once more, Master.", responded Ganondorf.

"Hmph. Do it! AND NOW!", responded the Master.

Some cultists picked a machine that read the amount of power residing inside the Master's host, Frostwraith. The visor noted a slow decrease on the Master's power.

"How is this possible?! HOW?! ARE YOU TELLING ME I AM FAILING TO SUSTAIN THIS BODY?! This can't be! Why is MY power leaking? Has my glorious plan failed?", rambled the Master.

"My Master, you should know this.", calmly said one of the cultists. "It seems there's something wrong with that body's soul... it seems incomplete."

"WHAT?! NOOOOO! Damn that useless idiot! GAAAAH! He must have created a soul jar! That's why I cannot use MY powers at their full potential! Damn you, Frostwraith... DAMN YOU!", screamed the Master.

"What can we do to amend that, my Master?", said another of the cultists.

"I must think of something...", said the Master.

The Master walked around the room.

"I got it! Listen up, underlings...", began the Master.

The Master began explaining his next nefarious plan to his minions, Ganondorf listening.

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A few hours later, near Beijing, China...

"A school bus... and it seems empty... yes, understood.", the cultist said before cutting the communication with another cultist.

Using a disguiser to render himself invisible, the cultist sneaks in the bus, killing the driver in cold blood.

Disposing of the corpse, the cultist used the disguiser to steal the identity of his victim and began driving the bus.

"Heh heh heh... those deaths will be a fitting tribute to the Master...", evilly said the cultist, as drove the bus through the town, picking up children along the way.

The bus eventually got full, prompting the cultist to drive to the school the original driver was supposed to stop.

Discreetly as he approaches the bus's supposed destination, he drops what it seems to be a tennis ball. However, it seemed to have small holes.

All children began feeling sleepy shortly after the disguised cultist dropped the tennis ball on the bus's floor.

"My Master, the plan was successful.", the cultist said with a sinister smile in his face.

"Good. Now, dispose of them.", the cultist heard.

"As you wish, my Master..."

The bus stopped at the school, the cultist teleporting away after arriving.

"Sleep well... dear children...", said the cultist as he pressed a button, causing the bus to blow up.

The bus's explosion caused major panic around the area, the media around the world reporting the incident afterwards.

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Meanwhile, in the United States, elections were underway after the president died at the hands of the Dark Ones. The two major candidates were named Seth Drake and Donald McKenzie.

"Heh heh heh heh heh... everything is going according to my plan...", evilly said the Master, as he received the news of the situation in the United States. "I'll whip up something in Europe as well... oh, and Japan, China, Australia, the Arab countries... let's say those happenings are just the tip of the iceberg... for no country on Earth will be left standing! Ha ha ha ha ha... the whole bus incident has provided me with enough souls to keep me sustained... but I hunger for more! I won't rest until the whole Earth runs red with blood..."

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You fiend... you are beyond redemption! I swear I will do everything I can to end your madness once and for all!

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The most unforgiving act of the Master.

 

[Mari]

Uh, Xiro? Can you post your part already? Or didn't you read it?

 

[Grizzlpaw]

Sure, It'll give me an excuse to get my lazy butt out of bed <3

 

[Luco]

Sure, It'll give me an excuse to get my lazy butt out of bed <3

LOL.

That was a good segment, frostwraith. Like, I really enjoyed it. The horror was really well done.

 

[Grizzlpaw]

K so... My mind is kinda mush right now...

Like, I can't think...like... at all...

Brb, hopefully a short walk will help.

 

[Luco]

I was thinking about introducing another mage but I think i'll leave it at the major four.
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"... but it isn't just an act of terrorism." Alyse was saying. "Look over here Kanze... neither these people nor their government are showing any signs of it right now. Now take a look at this..." She waved her hand and the air formed itself in to a screen over which to view the world. She zoomed in on a camera in a train station in London. "See that person there?" She pointed to a robed figure. "These people are all around the world. There's a few places they aren't... i've seen no one in the southern reaches of Africa thus far and they are strangely absent from Brazil... but aside from these few small places they are everywhere. And they're slowly making their way to these places as well. Kanze, don't you see? This isn't one country's work. No country sends spies in to their own territory, not to mention the entire rest of the world. This is outside interference and we can be sure of it."

Kanze took a moment to consider the screen. "You said they're not in some countries though?" He said. "Only for now and it's not because they've been avoiding them. They're making their way to these spaces as we speak." Alyse responded.

"What have been their activities thus far?" He questioned. "Well..." Alyse started. "They have caused the death of a most influential man, the president of the United States. However, they have also targeted smaller things. This morning I looked at a disturbance in a suburbian area and found a school bus blown to bits. They want to make it look like terrorism, certainly. All their targets so far have been in he United states but as i'm inferring, I think that's only to pull the wool over everyone else's eyes."

"Okay..." Kanze looked back at the screen. "So, what are you suggesting? Who are we dealing with here?"

"That's the issue..." Alyse shook her head. "I don't know. Feel out with your powers for a moment, you should intercept something."

Kanze closed his eyes for a moment. "Yep... I can sense that... man that power is overwhelming!" He opened his eyes again.

"I'd consider calling the others... as you would know, Luco has separated. I can't find him at all. I can only sense that he's alive but he's weak in terms of power. I don't know what it is; he's slowly getting stronger again. In the meantime his health drastically fluctuates from healthy to near death... I can only hope he'll make it back to us. In the meantime, we can ask Liha for her assistance. The three of us should be able to handle this entirely."

He nodded. "What do you suggest?"

"I think we should try and take one of these robed figures alive. They might be able to lead us somewhere." Alyse concluded.

"Alright. In that case, we'll wait for Liha to arrive, then we'll go ahead with it."

Alyse strode away. "In the meantime, watch for unusual activity by these cultists. If they try to do something again, stop them. That should prompt their authorities to reveal themselves a little more."

"Okay." Kanze replied.

They went back to monitoring.

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So frost, basically what i'm hoping here is, Kanze will stop the next attack which will prompt the master to reveal his presence on earth a little more, possibly by sending in a more powerful minion or.. well i dunno, that's up to you?

 

[smashfan666]

K so... My mind is kinda mush right now...

Like, I can't think...like... at all...

Brb, hopefully a short walk will help.

I know that feel, bro. it ain't the easiest thing in the world...

 

[Luco]

I'll let the events of the lor go as they will (xiroey you got this. Actually, if you're stuck and Mari doesn't mind the [temporary - we'll bring it back!] destruction of the lor, then I have a pretty great idea for this and would be happy to write it up), then I plan to write up the whole thing about D. Luco and the purple emerald (that's rather ironic when you consider it, seeing as the term emerald conveys the meaning that theobject is green - an emerald is foremostly a green-coloured gem).

Not because I don't like them but I think it would be better if D. Luco remained seperate from the Dark Ones. I want his story to be off on the side, since I want to develop him further. Making him part of the Dark ones kinda destroys what I want his motives to be.

Or, if he does, then he'll backstab them pretty dang hard later. The only reason I see him joining them is because he'd want to kill Luco and as you've already seen, there's more to that than meets the eye. He'd just end up being a thorn in your side when it came time for the climax of your story, you know?

 

[Frostwraith]

I don't think Dark Luco's personality would be one to join the Dark Ones... but that's just my interpretation of him.
Sure, he wants to defeat Luco, but it gives me the impression that he wants to do it by himself. Why would he pledge allegiance to the crazed, bloodthirsty Master to achieve a personal goal? Of course, as you said, there's more to it than it meets the eye. Also, the Master didn't seem interested in him joining the Dark Ones, labeling him as 'weak' and overall mocking him.

Of course that, at this time of the story, the Master has become a truly evil character. I can say that his motivations is that he wants to rule over all and has a very twisted ideology that he uses to justify his acts.

And yeah, most of his acts on Earth until now are pretty much terrorism. He wants to make the people on Earth to live in constant fear as he slowly takes over the governments of the countries. Why does he want to make the people suffer? For his own pleasure, to feed his own sadistic necessities.

 

[Frostwraith]

The group reunites and the Master's next plan...

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Using their powers, Master Hand and Crazy Hand manage to track down Mari and her friends.

"We've managed to locate Mari and her companions Luco and Xiroey! Sonic is among them and has 4 Chaos Emeralds in his possession! They're raiding Dark Meta Knight's ship, the Halberd's Revenge. We must reinforce them at once!", announced Master Hand.

"Wait, Xiroey is with them? Didn't he betray us to join the Dark Ones?", inquired Ness.

"Well, that doesn't seem to be the case.", responded Palutena.

"Why would he lie to us, then?", wondered Lucas.

"I have no idea, but anyway, we must aid him.", responded Alder.

"It could be dangerous and with Pit and Dark Pit down, you have no one who can send our reports.", said Arceus. "The communication orbs have been failing as of recently. No doubt the Dark Ones' Master is behind this, as he's gaining even more influence as we speak."

"That's why... I'll go with you!", said Crazy Hand.

"Brother... are you sure?", asked Master Hand.

"Absolutely! Our group needs our power! We must fight united!", responded Crazy Hand.

"My ship and the Falcon Flyer are ready to depart.", reported Samus.

"Very well. Let's not waste any more time. I will open a portal to your destination.", responded Master Hand, snapping his fingers and opening the portal.

With each half of the group in each ship, they begin their journey towards the Halberd's Revenge.

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In the Dark Ones' hideout...

"Heh heh heh... the conspiracy theories about terrorism have begun to cause turmoil on Earth...", said the Master. "Too bad they have no idea of what am I planning..."

"What would that be, Master?", asked Ganondorf.

"Let's see... my next target should be a huge forest... the Amazon Jungle! There are indigenous tribes that live there, as well as many kinds of wildlife. Why not show them their frailty... by burning the forest to the ground? The amount of souls we could obtain would be quite big, after all!", responded the Master.

"But, my Master, why would you do that? It's not like they oppose us or something!", objected a cultist.

"I think a better question would be... why not? Hyeh heh heh heh heh...", responded the Master. "Do not question my authority again or I will have you impaled, you hear me?!"

"Yes... yes... it is... quite as you say.", responded the cultist.

"Good! I'm glad we're in... agreement. Now, we must prepare this next operation. Also, prepare the assassins! I'm having the leaders of China, Japan and Australia killed! Follow the same procedure as with the US president: use poison. We cannot expose ourselves yet, but...", said the Master.

"But, what, my Master?", another cultist interrupted.

"Send cultists to write "the Master will come" in the walls of the residences belonging to world leaders, such as the White House. Write that in blood! Just kill some pathetic wretch who gets in your way and use your victim's blood as ink!", ordered the Master. "This should be enough to cause more fear in the world's population and suffering is necessary to ensure that we can manipulate the desperate people! Is that clear?"

"YES, MASTER!", all the cultists responded at the same time.

"Good. Now move out! We have much to do!", the Master responded.

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The Master simply won't stop.

 

[Luco]

Mind if I get Alyse to stop the amazon and Kanze to stop the death of the leader of Japan? China and Aus can still go and it will still achieve your desired effect of panic but it should annoy the master in a perfect way: Less souls. I think it would be awesome. But... it's up to you. And I agree about D. Luco.

Also Japan is awesome.

 

[Frostwraith]

Mind if I get Alyse to stop the amazon and Kanze to stop the death of the leader of Japan? China and Aus can still go and it will still achieve your desired effect of panic but it should annoy the master in a perfect way: Less souls. I think it would be awesome. But... it's up to you. And I agree about D. Luco.

Also Japan is awesome.

Well, sure. Go right on ahead.

I'll be writing the pissed off Master with his usual over-the-top lines afterwards.

 

[Luco]

Okay. This computer i'm on won't do it, so you'll have to wait a couple hours for me to write it up. In the meantime, xiroey can do his segment. If he wants to, I mean. :D

 

[Mari]

First off: NO DESTROYING THE LOR STARCUTTER. Its pretty much my main and ONLY mode of dimensional transportation and without it, im pretty much dead in the water.

Also: still waiting for Xiro's segment. Watch an action movie, you'll get some ideas.

 

[Muhti]

How ironic, I just watched Fall of Olympus and Im inspired to write.

 

[Muhti]

Dimentio cursed under his breath as the President fell to his death.

Everybody ran out of the run, thinking they'd die along with him, a terrorist attack either by Al Qaeda or North Korea is what the news reported, though the trio knew that was true.

Dimentio looked over from the sea of people and spotted the green plumber searching as well. He teleported to Luigi and took his hand and pulled him to find the Doctor.

The trio finally rounded up and went to New Hyrule.

When they arrived, they saw the rubble, but not their leader.

"It appears our dear Muhti was correct.", the Doctor complimented.

"Plan B is underway now", Dimentio answered, "We'll set up in Dimension D."

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They arrived after inspecting the area and seeing that nothing was left.

"What now?" Luigi asked, looking at the mess that Dimension D was in, crowded with objects of sorts.

"We'll need to hook up a camera to Earth, warning them. Muhtis orders." Dimentio answered, looking for the camera.

"For what? To rebel? Thats absurd." the Doctor said looking bewildered at the jester.

"Listen Alien Boy, Muhti said to do this.", Dimentio answered back, angrily.

"Fine." the Doctor resigned, leaving Dimentio victorious.

After 5 minites, they found it.

"Showtime.", Luigi said, smiling.

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The eyes of Muhti opened slowly, showing a smirking face under his face, but then, it appeared he had a mini stroke and died off again.

The Figure knew this would happen. He couldn't just leave his past component lying like this.

It has revealed that the Figure is Future Muhti (SHOCKER!!!)

Future Muhti Bio:

- Is the Victorious Leader that was part of killing the Dark Master, taking down the Dark Ones, brainwashing the Rebels, and enslaving Master Hand, Arceus, and Paulautena .

-Is not bare naked like Present Muhti; has all Chaos Emeralds (has no idea how to use them yet) and Time Gears.

-Obtained a Plasma Gun in the coming days, adding onto his Assassin Gear.

He took Present Muhti and brought him to Dimension D, he held the body in hands as he looked at the shocked Dimentio, Luigi, and Doctor Who.

He casually laid the body and nodded and quickly said, "Ive succeeded."

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Future Muhti reappeared in the same closet of the Death Star. He peered outside to see Storm Troopers rushing to find him. The last of them stuggled to keep up as Muhti kidnapped him, and brought him into the closet.

-WILL EDIT-

 

[Luco]

First off: NO DESTROYING THE LOR STARCUTTER. Its pretty much my main and ONLY mode of dimensional transportation and without it, im pretty much dead in the water.

Also: still waiting for Xiro's segment. Watch an action movie, you'll get some ideas.

Nonononono~

I meant only the temporary destruction.

It would be rebuilt like, literally in the same segment (though i'm unsure exactly how to do it but I know I could figure something out!)

So, you wouldn't have to worry about it's total destruction. ^_^

 

[Grizzlpaw]

Stay Back....​

For a moment, Mari and I locked gazes. I could tell she was confused. So was I, I couldn't be around her. I couldn't let her get near me. I began backing away, my feet almost moved on their own. I could see the hurt in her eyes. I wanted to say something I wanted to appologize for all the horrible things I'd done. But at that moment I could barely even look at her.

I was afraid.

"Xiro...?" Mari began walking closer. I saw her raise a hand, like she was reaching out to me.

"S-stay back"... I warned, I could feel my chest rumbling as a small animal-like growl escaped my throat. I continued backing away, eventually moving past Luco, and making my way toward the Cabin's entrance.

"Xiro? What's wrong? It's only Mari."?

"Don't come any closer!" I felt my swords materialize on their own. It was happening, just as I feared it would. Just the mere sight of her was making whatever primal instinct it was inside me awaken.

She's a guardian... She hunts things like us... ​

"Get away!" I screamed before either one of them could come any closer.

For a moment I forgot all about our mission here. My friends, the dark ones, Charizard. None of them exsisted at that moment. Only one thing mattered, and that was survival.

I took at full speed out into the open. My heart was racing at a million miles an hour. I quickly transformed, feeling a pair of blade-like wings sprout from my back.

They were coming after me, I could sense emerging form the cabin.

Not even fully transformed yet, I pushed off with both feet, springing up into the air, letting the wind take me. Within seconds , the two of them were far far away. Before long, the halberd was but a dot on the horizon.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

A small but very important segment!

 

[Luco]

I'll write the Earth segment, then depending on what Mari says i'll write the Lor segment, then later i'll write the D. Luco segment.

Hey I just realized everything's suddenly pointing to me!

 

[Luco]

Kay, here we go!

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"Liha, put it out quickly, we don't have much time before the next one has started!"

Alyse was making sure minimal damage was done to the wildlife while Liha controlled the fire itself. Many robed 'cultists' had appeared around the edges of the amazon. It was clearly an order from a superior force. For each fire, they had to control the blaze and kill the cultist. They already had one alive, back on one of Alyse's clouds. The rest wouldn't listen to reason. After the fiftieth, they had stopped trying. Negotiating took far too much time and more fires had already been started by that time.

"Why can't you just suck them all in at once?" Alyse had suggested.

"You want me to keep our power more or less hidden, right?" Liha growled. "We want whoever's doing this to under-estimate us, preferably. I'm trying to use as little power as possible..."

"Okay. Just be as quick as you can... i'll see if I can locate the remaining cultists and kill them before they start..."

"My my, someone's ruthless today." Liha remarked.

"They're not going to listen. I'm tired of reasoning. Their leader is trying to dominate and destroy this earth, apparently. I just can't let that happen."

"Fine." They continued on to what they were doing.

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Several hours later, the trouble had been stopped. No more fires had been detected by Liha for a while and they guessed the worst was over. Their latest attempt had been from a civilian who looked relatively normal, if it wasn't for the gigantic fireworks he had with him. He was stopped before THAT tragedy in the making would have been set in motion.

"Contact Kanze..." Liha told Alyse. "He got wind of the imminent threat to Japan."

Alyse focused for a moment, before she got the familiar feel of Kanze's mind linked to her own.

"How has your progress been there?" She asked.

"Hey Alyse, it's been good actually. I found the cup had a ground-based poison from a popular game in our country, earthbound. It's proof that there is an inter-dimensional being at work here though I refuse to believe that anyone from that world sans Giygas would have made it without some kind of mind control... but that's beside the point. I noticed the poison and had the cup swapped. Looks like successfully foiled whoever's doing thi-"

Her link went silent. "Kanze?"

She heard him swear on the other side. "Alyse, you'll want to see this." He said, almost softly. That's unlike him.

She brought up a screen of air and manipulated it to show the news broadcast where Kanze was. The news program detailed the mysterious going on of the Amazon, though nothing much had come from it (which she knew was her/Liha's work)... and it also detailed the deaths of the Chinese and Australian leaders, as well as the writings in blood on the parliament walls that read 'the master is coming'. The news put it down to an insane terrorist group with location unknown and said police were having little to no luck tracking the offenders.

Alyse cursed. "It seems they got to places we didn't think of."

"Yeah..." Kanze replied. "Actually, I did capture a cultist here. He's in one of the japanese holding cells here, the people have been surprisingly quick to interrogate him. We know their leader is a guy called 'the master', as you can presume by those blood writings. Apparently he's a diabolical figure and seeks to rule the multiverse. That's all we got out of him before he shut his mouth. I spoke with the leader and it's a fair bet to assume that Japan will be looking in to developing new technologies soon to counter this force. I gave them a small head-start on plasma weapons and the like as well as advanced space-faring vessels...

What i'm saying is, it won't just be us, fighting these guys. Japan will share at least some of this info and we'll have the world behind us. We'll all be fighting back, Alyse."

"Good." Alyse said back. "I suppose it's time this happened. It'll be nice to fight alongside those we generally work to protect."

She suddenly remembered something.

"Do you think we'll need Luco for this?" She said.

"If he was handy, then i'd ask him, but since he's gone off radar we'll only have to assume he's working against this as well. It sure would be nice to be able to contact him..."

"If it's an inter-dimensional being, it's a fair bet to say Luco has some idea of it. His powers would alert him to it if he was trying and even if he wasn't, it's possible the influence of this thing could have reached him by itself. We can't reach him currently but we can hope he's okay and doing his best to combat it."

"In that case, it looks like we're just sitting back and waiting, hey?"

"Make sure the Japanese scientists achieve their goal, and for that matter, anyone working on this. We want the world behind us and if this being forces us to move humans in to a new technological age, then we will crash that age upon their heads in return. Kanze, oversee the projects and help them to complete it if need be. Once they've got enough of a way through, they'll go from there."

"Okay." He replied, solidly.

"Now we must wait and watch. And hope our plan works. Liha, we'll have to keep this as hidden as possible. We don't want 'the master' to discover this and end it before it has begun. Make sure they DO NOT catch on to this."

"Yep, I can do that." Liha replied.

"I'll watch over things from up here. Good luck, and pray we do not fail."

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Alright, that sets up some defenses for the earth. ^_^

 

[Grizzlpaw]

Idiot! What was I thinking? Here I pracitcally kidnap Luco in the middle of something, which I bet was super-mega imprtortant. I take onto a ship that could very well crash at any given moment. I finally meet up with Mari again. And then what?

I get scared for absolutely no reason and...

"Aaagh"

I felt a cool rush as I dived down into a moist cloud. The moisture beaded up against my skin, rolling off and flying away as the slick down repelled it. That was one of the things that captivated people the most about our kind--the way we sparkled mystically as we flew by. Legend had it in some places, the mere sight of a sparkling Latios in the sky was enough to break a years worth of good luck.

Imagine their reaction when we told them that all that mystical sparking was just a bunch of dirty rain-water flying off of our bodies.

I sped through another cloud, causing it to stretch pulling it into a thin spear shape as I shot through it. Where was it? Where was the halberd? I know I left it pretty far behind, but surely I would've been able to sense two powerful magic users concentrated around one spot.

I dived down, I could feel a powerful downdraft at my heels, pushing me forward and increasing my speed. Time was of the essense. I had to get there quick! Otherwise... I didn't want to think about the otherwise.

Turn back... Those people aren't your friends. They hunt things like us. They kill us.

"Shut your trap!" I growled at myself.

I pulled up again, feeling an updraft beneath me lift me higher. Still nothing. Was I going the wrong wa-

I quickly dived down, fighting the updraft and pulling my arms in close to my sides. I let gravity help in some of the work, it pushed me down, helping me to fight agaisnt the wind that wanted to carry me upward. To my death that was. I could feel something coming up behind me, whatever it was it was strong.

And it wasn't friendly.

"Sure, yet another thing that can go wrong!" I complained. Fine if it wanted a chase, I wasn't going to make it easy on em. The air shimmered around me and I vanished. I dived down into dark cloud, suddenly piviting sharply to the side and spinning in an entirely new direction. I took off again, shooting out of the cloud and heading Arceus knows where.

It was still behind me, and it was gaining quickly.

I cursed quietly. How was it able to keep up with me so easily. In the air I was one of the fastest living beings alive. Even sonic himself couldn't keep up with me here.

Well... unless he was transformed--but that didn't really count since he had the emeralds and-

Wrrroooaaaahhhh~

I heard a familair cry come from behind me. It was soft, most of it was drowed out by the strong headwind.
It wasn't like any beast I'd ever encountered before.

Yet... something about it jogged a faint memory.

I suddenly felt something come at me from above. I quickly came to a stop and tossed up Barrier in defense. The air around me suddenly exploded. I could feel the barrier around me starining. My eyes glowed brightly as I poured more of my power into it, trying to keep it going long enough to guard against whatever it was that was trying to attack me.

All at once, I felt the pressure on the barrier lift. Exhausted, I let the thing crumble on it's own. Whatever that thing was, it was closer now. I realized it was futile to continue running, so I stood my ground, waiting for the being to reveal itself.

"Hurrry it up will ya" I barked impatiently.

I sensed electrical bolts comming from my side. "Finally" I sighed. I weaved side to side swiftly, whizzing between the bolts as if they came at me in slow motion. That powerful prescense popped up again. It was about to launched another one of those powerful explosive attacks at me again.

"Not this time" I growled, dodging a bolt and spinning to a stop, "Now it's my turn"

I closed my eyes and reached my conscious out to my surroundings. The air was damp, there was plenty of moisture to spare. Good. I began fueling the air around me, giving it an electrical charge. I heard a faint rumbling as storm clouds gathered above.

"Wait for it..."

The rain reached me first. I felt them hit me and roll off easily as all rain drops did. The air suddenly took on a strong electrical charge. I knew it wasn't from lightning.

"Back at ya buddy"! I yelled. The air crackled and I launched my thunder at whatever the powerful prescense was. It shot back, releasing a bright blast of light at my thunderbolt, and causing the air to vibrate. The collison was loud, The recoil caused me to fall back a few meters. I wouldn't let it get the best of me though. I redoubled my efforts, pumping out more and more lightnighning. My claws were rapidly becoming hot, I ignored them.

"Impressive..." I grunted, feeling the attack starting to press closer. I was slowly losing the battle. I tried pumping out more energy, but whatever it was, it just kept batting the bolts away. They collided against the bright beam, spreading out in all directions in a bright lightning-eyy flower shape. Still, it pressed closer.

Finally fed up with it, I built up a powerful charge in my chest and and realeased a shockwave at it. The knockback pressing me back another few nothches. I felt the attack hit home. The beam scattered, Flickering out into a million bright sparks. I did it. I was exhausted, but I managed to beat back whatever that thing was that was attacking me...


"Should've stayed with your miserable little friends where you were safe..." I heard a smooth voice call from behind me. I recognized taht voice, suddenly It dawned on me where that cry came from.

"Been a long time. Eh Crash"? I said, a tired smile touching my face.

A plump orange and white figure pulled up in front of me. The air around him was shimmering, that explained how he was able to keep up with me so easily--he must've had at least a good 6 dragon dances going for em already.

If things broke out into a fight, I knew I'd be screwed.

"Come back... for a second round have ya..." I panted, giving off more bravado than I felt.

The dragonite smiled. He must've caught my bluff. "All them hugs have made ya soft have they" Dragonite taunted, confirming my suspicions.

"Why don't you come here and we'll see who's the soft one" I challenged.

The dragonite's eyes glinted and he smiled mischeviously. "I'll take ya up on that bet" He said.

​

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V.S. Crash!​

​

♪ Sonic Genrations - Egg Dragoon ♪

He was fast!

No doubt, a result of all the dragon dances he had under his belt. His claws practically invisible as he swiped at me. It was all I could to to parry his blows with my own claws to prevent myself from turning into chowder. The fight had only just begun, yet I already knew. Crash meant business.

I had to get him away. I parried another one of his swipes, beating away his last attack with the tip of my claw. I quickly fell back, causing him to whiff his follow up attack. Wasting no time, I quickly rammed him head on. His last attack send him off ballance, my attack caught him completely off gaurd. He recoiled back, uttering a soft oof as my charge pushed the air out of his lungs.

"You've gotten soft yourself" I tautned. Feeling my maw grow hot before I blasted him full on with a crippling Dragon Pulse. The attack never landed though. Turns out my taunt worked a bit too well. I saw a spark of anger enter his eyes. He put his arms out in front of himself in an "X" shape and a barrier appeard before him. The attack hit the barrier hard, causing it to groan with the strain. For a second, I thought maybe it might break through, but it turned out to be wishful thinking on my part.

Dragonite grinned confidently as his barrier flickered out and my attack failed. "That the best you can do" He smirked.

My pride slightly stung, I charged him again. Fine, if he wanted to get over confident, I'd use it to my advantage. I came at him head on like I was going to attempt another bum rush. I could see him preparing himself, his muscles tenses as he was no doubt readying his coutner attack. I pulled up at the last second. My belly grew hot for a second as I felt his sharp claw tip rake across it. I grunted against the pain, strugglinling to keep my flight steady.

Moments later, I heard the results of my little trick. A bit of blood managed to fall down and lodge itself in Dragonite's eye. That was all the chance I needed. I pulled down into a sharp barrel loop and head-rammed him sharply as I hit the trough of my dive. Again I could feel him let out a great exhale of breath as I knocked the wind out of him.

I wouldn't let him get off so easy though this time. I summoned up blue flames at my claw tips and swiped at his chest, even as I was rammed him back. The attack proved effective and I managed to damage him badly before he could recover.

We pulled apart. I looked at him again, he panted for breath and this time it was my turn to smile mischeviously. "That fancy dream world ability not helping so much now is it? Becha wish ya had gone for the flinch immunity instead now aye?

Dragonite growled irritably "Shut it! You know as well as I do I didn't choose the ability I was born with"!

I had to smile at that. "Oh?"

"Wipe that stupid grin off your face. I was going easy on ya up till now. Heres where the real fight begins"!

My smile died. He was back in control of himself again. The antennae on his head began to glow ominously, small sparkles conjuring up out of some strange space and congregating toward the top of his head.

I wasn't sure what he was planning. But I wouldn't be around to find out.

"Too slow"! Crash exclaimed. I felt a rush of fridgit cold air hit me dead on. It was I'd been streamrolled by a frozen ToeTruck. And not the small kind. My vision flickered, I could feel my consciousness starting to slip. Crash wasn't about to let me drop off so easily though. He flew up and sent a flying straight punch smack into the side of my face, just to seal the deal. I saw stars. My mouth came open on it's own and spittle flew from my mouth.

I was done, I couldn't keep up with him like this. Even now, when I had all this new power serging thorugh me.
I was still weak. I couldn't defeat him.

"You put up a good fight mate." I heard dragonite say, though I could no longer see at this point. "Now it's lights out."

I felt another blow hit me. This time smack in the chest. I grunted, exhaling as his fist forced the breath from my lungs. I no longer had any fight in me. Everything went dark. Sight sought, smell, I could feel them all slip away as I fell into unconsiousness.

The last sensation my registered was that of falling. I might've been worried, I was thousands of feet up in the air, and now I couldn't stop myself. But strangely, I felt calm. I couldn't hurt them now. It was better this way, everyone would be safer this way.

My body dropped out of the air like a rock. My eyes were closed, but still I smiled.

Good...bye... everyone...good...luck...

 

[Grizzlpaw]

I smiled as I watched him fall. My insides hurt, along with just about every other part of my body. But I was over. I did it. I beat him.

But now I couldn't just let him fall to his death.

"Not so fast there--I'm not through with you yet"!

I dived down after him. Just like before, all those boosts I wracked up prooved invaluable. I sped through the air like a bullet, My wings created shimmering rints in the air as it cut through the air itself. I pulled my arms and legs in close, reducing my drag as much as possible.

He was steadily pulling up closer. I pumped my wings hard, trying to gain as much push as I possibly could. He was close now. I reached out a claw, I stretched as far as I could go, trying my best to reach it around his wing.

Suddenly, I had him. I pulled myself up, friction hit, and the air grew hot for a moment. Both our momentums quickly slowed, we pulled to a stop, just a few hundred feet from the tops of some trees.

"Phew, close save" I said, feeling sweat bead up on my brow. Strange, he was a lot lighter than I expected him to be. I carried him around the middle in both claws, setting a course toward a wide clearing in the tops of some trees.

Branches raked at my arms and legs as I struggled to maintain a steady flight, trying to land with such a bulky counter-weight was tricky business. I muttered a silent appology as sharp brances raked against his face. Sure, I may have beat him up to a bloody pulp just now, but still, I preferred to get the guy safely down to the ground without scratching his face up like an old curtain.

I flapped my wings a few times. The grass beneath me blew wildly, creating a rippling circles that traveled across the ground. We both touched down softly. I grunted tiredly as my sore limbs felt the rest of my weight settle back onto them.

"Sorry bud" I said, then let him fall. I toppled myself, falling smack down on my butt.
Maybe I'd just rest here a bit...

I looked over at him as he layed on the ground in a heap. For a second, I felt my heart jump; he was smiling.
I didn't understand it, It was like, even after taking the massive beating he did, even after losing to me squarely, he still had to spite me somehow.

I grinned myself, albeit a bit painfully. I'd expect nothing less from my rival.

"Fine, have your last laugh" I said, standing. I reached into the bag I had at across my shoulder and pulled out a blanket. I draped on top of him.

"Sleep tight" I said. Beginning to feel a bit tired myself. I let myself fall down onto my back, settling down onto the cozy grass. "Sleep tight... my...rival...you put up...one heck of a fight..." I mumbled. Soon sleep took me. I dreampt of the good times when Latios and I were kids. Growing up as best friends. Constantly trying to out-do each other, pressing each other to try harder in everything we did. I grinned in my sleep as I was warmed by the memories. One day he just up and vanished on me and I was left without a rival.

My only motivation was to continue training myself so that one day--when we met again. I'd be able to met him evenly in one on one combat. Now I had him back. My win back there didn't really matter.

I had a rival again.

 

[Grizzlpaw]

"You give up first"!

"No you"!

"You're face is turning purple, taht's an automatic forfiet!"

"Oh yeah, well yours is turning blue"!

"My face is allready blue!"

We both growled at each other.

"You give up first"!

"No you"!


We'd basically been like that all morning. I woke up from a rather long dream about pizza and hamsters, and, surprise, Xiroey already was up, and staring right at me. I wasn't sure exactly how or why it happened, but a staring contest ensued right then in there. That quickly turned into a see who can hold their breath while not moving their eyes the longest contest, then then a who can hold their breath while flying around in circles contest, and finally a who can endure the most spine-crushingest of bear hugs without giving up contest.

So far we were at a stalemate.

"You're going to tap out eventually! Face it, I'm more cut out for this than you are"! I said confidently

Xiroey growled. "Yeah? Well I have more expereince"!

"Not by much"!

"Just give up allready"!

"No you"!

The stream of contests literally went on for hours. Eventually though, we had to call it quits. Sore and exhausted, we both fell onto our backs, unable to move another inch. We began laughing hysterically.

"Haha...ow...ha...Good show mate... good show...ow..." I laughed, wincing slightly as my ribs complained.

"Yeah...heh...you did well...heheh...I was better though..."

"Was not" I chuckled.

"Would ya look at that, neither one of us can move and we're still at it"! Xiroey said, smirking broadly.

"Yeah, only because you're so stubborn".

"Yeah well"- He caught himself. Actually, you're right. He laughed. Then rolled over onto this front. I did the same.

"Man... What have you been up to all this time. That match earlier... I could barely even see your claws"! Xiroey's eyes lighted up. He was ecstatic, tired and still very sore, but at that moment, he looked really excited.

"What have I been up to? Did you see those dives you were pulling off? I know Military jets that couldn't keep up with your speed"!

"Yeah, you still clobbered me though". Xiroey said, sticking his tounge out at me.

"I had you by surprise. In an even match, it could've been anyone's game".

Xiroey's expression shifted at that. "Oh, so that was just a game to you then"?

"Why... what else would it have been"? I said, faking an aloof expression "We both know I was just playing around with you the whole time".

I felt something sharp hit me in the face. My facade melted, and I looked over at Xiroey angrily, only to see him levitating rocks at my face.

"Ohohoho... That's how you want to play is it"? I challenged. I rose up onto a standing position, already readying a fighting stance. "Ready for round two"?

"Ready? I was born ready! Come at me!" Xiroey challenged.

I roared wildly and charged him. Xiroey just floated there, wearing the same goofy expression on his face. Truth be told, neither one of us had enough energy left in us for a serious battle. I ended up toppling right on top of him, rolling off and coming to a rest flat on the grass.

"And let that... be a lesson to you..." I panted, chest rising and falling quickly.

"I give... You win..." Xiroey conceeded.

We lied there for a bit in companionable silence. The grass felt nice, It was still nice and damp after yesterday's rain. Yet the sun warmed it, making the blades feel hot. It was like I was being warmed and refreshed all at the same time.

"Why... did you leave your freinds behind..."? I finally said, breaking the silence between us.

"Hmm...?" Xiroey still seemed pretty out of it. I looked over at him and saw him staring blankly at the sky with the same dopey expression on his face. I sighed "You're not listening to me now are you"?

"Say, that's a funny looking cloud" Xiroey said, completely off topic.

I sighed again, then rolled back onto my back. He may have been acting strangely, but I knew him well, after growing up with him for so long. He was avoiding the question because either he didn't want to answer it or he didnt' know how to. That was fine. If he wasn't ready to share just yet, I wasn't going to press him.

"That one kind of looks like a salamence riding a Giraffarig" I said, pointing to a poofy white cloud.

 

[Grizzlpaw]

"Dude, I don't like this place... The people here are looking at me funny" I edged closer to Xiroey Trying my best to hide my face behind the tip of his wing.

Something about this town gave me the creeps. The way they all glared at us as we passed.

Like they wanted to do unspeakable things to us or something.

"Relax mate. That's just a normal reaction people have around me". Xiroey said, chuckling softly.

"Y-eah...?" I said, revealing more nervousness than I liked.

Xiroey just shook his head. "In case you haven't noticed. I'm black!... No racist joke intended..." He added taht last part as an afterthought. I couldn't help but laugh as he said that, his easy going attitude helped put me at ease. But still...

"Why couldn't we just go around the town instead"? I complained, feeling several eyes boring into my back.

"This way is shorter! Besides, it's not like any of them actually plan to do anything to either of us. What do two tough dragons have to fear from a bunch of glarey humans"?

He seemed confident. For a second, I was almost tempted to believe him. But, as always, fate just had to prove the two of us wrong.

"Crash... you smell that...?" Xiroey said, suddenly coming to a halt.

I tilted my head up and sniffed the air. It was faint, but I could catch the scent of soemthing smokey. Like Barbeque.

"Fire"! I said.

"Exactly! Somethings burning! Quick, I think it's coming from the edge of the village! lets move!"

"Right"!

 

[Grizzlpaw]

Wow... okay... I can't edit my last post

*sigh* I hate to do it, but Quadposting it is :I



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Something was burning allright. A lot of something.

"The forest is on fire"! I exclaimed as I came face to face with a gigantic wall of flames. "I'll say, we need to put those out! Pronto!" Xiroey was quick to rush into action. Allready the fire was spreading into parts of the villiage. Faint screams were heard as the thatching on the top of a hut caught fire. Women and children began abandoning houses rushing onto the streeets.

"What couldn've started this I wonder" I said aloud to myself. I figured, standing around wasn't exactly doing much. I beat my wings a few times to get a bit of lift, then I was after Xiroey, rushing toward the nearest of the fires in order to put them out.

"People quick! It's not safe here, we'll handle the fires! Get yourselves to safety"! I called out at the top of my lungs. Thankfully, my voice echoed pertty far. I just hoped everyone in the villiage could hear me.

"Give me a hand with this would ya" Xiroey said. His eyes were glowing brightly as he tried his best to prevent the edge of the fires from coming any closer to the town.

"Allready on it" I confirmed. I began charging my Blizzard. Using Hurricane on the Flames would only fan them, and I couldn't risk the damage it might do to the rest of the villiage. No, I needed to ice these flames out. "Heere we go--Hai~Yah"! I released a powerful torrent of wind and ice from my open maw. The effect was instantateous. The fires quickly whizzed out as the Ice hit them and melted, Xiroey managed to prevent the fires from coming any further into the town, so there was no worry in haveing to chase any of them down. I blew my blizzard at the wall of flames, feeling quite satisfied when I saw them shrink.

"That's...That's the last of them... I think..." I panted, dousing out the last of the flames.

"Yeah" Xiroey agreed, also out of breath "Good work".

We both heard a scream come from the opposite side of the villiage. The sound made us both pause. We stared at each other for about a second. Then Xiroey nodded. I did the same, closing a silent agreement between the two of us. We quickly took off toward the direction of the scream.

"Hang on! We're coming, just hang on!"!

 

[Luco]

A... salamence, riding, a girafig?

I... ermm.... okay...

Oh lol, i'm a few segments behind haha