The Long Run
Posted by Fury Three on 09-24-2003 08:59 PM |
New Myria, Part II: THE LONG RUN
OUT OF TIME, OUT OF PLACE
Screams and explosions fill the air and he stench of burning wood and the metallic smell of fresh blood hang high. A small village of featureless wooden homes is being ransacked and burned to the ground. An explosion goes off in one of the small houses and the concussion blows the roof apart, the walls collapsing in turn. Another house nearby billows with pitch black smoke as the contents inside are burned. In the middle of the town, a band of low-rate pseudo-military thugs gather in a group. They're armed with miscellaneous swords and knives, and a few have bows strung through their shoulders. Their armor is no more impressive; most are protected only by a bracer or chestplate. To the side of their group is a small pile of valuables, mostly anything metallic or cloth. Towards the center, several women from the village have been tied up. Another house explodes, sending a plank smoking into the air like a rocket.
Breaking the relative calmness of the sky, a bright flare emerges over a nearby forest, like a second sun. A visible shockwave tears out from the light, and it begins to grow. The center slowly darkens until it becomes pitch black and the light around it begins to swirl like a miniature hurricane. Several objects--Faintly distinguishable as people--drop out of the hole, one after the other, creating flashes of light within the dark part of the circle, and float into the woods below. After a moment the void wavers and fades away. |
| Posted by Gale on 09-24-2003 09:03 PM |
| Gale crashes into the ground and spits some blood out of his mouth. It was bad enough he had recently been shot three times. Getting pulled into that void only worsened the matter. His vision started to clear up and he looked around to see his enemies in a similliar state. "What the bloody hell just happend?" Gale tries to sit up but he cringes and pain and falls again. It'd take a moment for him to regain the ability to move at all. |
| Posted by Ayn on 09-24-2003 09:19 PM |
| Ayn falls to the ground shortly after, and while the urge to slash Gale to miniscule pieces is nearly overwhelming, she has a few problems of her own. She seems to have obtained a rather large gash on her side, it must be Gaia in her reacting to the void. |
| Posted by Fury Three on 09-24-2003 09:23 PM |
With a painful thump, Fury lands feet first and is forced into a kneeling position by his fall. This only made his own wounds worse, as the first bullet wound reopened under the loosened gauze and the knife wound in his back returned for round two. A clatter echoes from a tree overhead, and his rifle falls out several feet away. After forcing himself to look up in the direction of the noise, he shifts his view across the forest and immediately spots Gale. "What the hell is going on here...?" He opens his mouth and tries to say something but is rewarded with a cough instead. A bright red, almost pink spot appears on the dirt below. "Shit..."
***
"What the hell was that?" The flash had gotten the attention of the soldiers. They all turn and focus on the treeline, as if waiting for something to jump out. One of them suddenly hefts his weapon. "Let's find out." |
| Posted by Gale on 09-24-2003 09:23 PM |
| Relief rushes through Gale when he sees that Ayn has yet to try to kill him. The void was an unexpected and cause him to be dazed. If he was to surive, he must get Sin and start moving. Humans might be easy to kill when you piss them off, that girl seemed to have an infinite amount of luck. Gale quickly begins to search for his blade. |
| Posted by Ayn on 09-24-2003 09:33 PM |
| Ayn grits her teeth and stands, her eyes darting over to Gale lying on the ground. Her pained expression twists into a smirk, she still has her blade at hand.. She grips it tightly as she approaches. |
| Posted by Fury Three on 09-24-2003 09:35 PM |
The smoke hanging over the sky from the town catches Fury's eye, despite his current predicament. He slowly gets back on his feet and approaches the spot where he heard his rifle drop through the trees, trying to suppress his cough as he walks.
Meanwhile, the band of militiamen reaches the forest and immediately begins to comb into the forest, searching for the site where the light appeared. This was their kind of territory, they would be on the spot any second. One of them draws an arrow in his bow as he moves between trees. |
| Posted by Gale on 09-24-2003 09:37 PM |
| Gale sees Ayn stand and curses. She was still relatively ok. Gale suddenly smirked as an idea came to him. "I wouldn't take another step if I were you.." Gale picks up some distant movement and frowns. "Aw shit people are here.." |
| Posted by Ayn on 09-24-2003 09:40 PM |
| She spits in his direction. "I'm tired of listening to your bullshit." With that she points her sword at his chest, the blade cracking with holy energy. |
| Posted by Gale on 09-24-2003 09:42 PM |
| A bubble forms around Ayn. "Let your guard down, you stupid stupid bitch." Gale slowly stands. "Now, I'm getting the hell out of here before whoever I heard get's here." Gale holds out his hand and Sin floats to him. "As stupid as your mother." Gale chuckles slighly as Sin disappears. |
| Posted by Ayn on 09-24-2003 09:47 PM |
| She sighs, exasperated, but not pissed, as Gale would have hoped. She calmly freezes the bubble with a blast of ice by placing her hand on it. |
| Posted by Gale on 09-24-2003 09:49 PM |
| Gale turns to see Ayn escaping. Slightly surpised he puts his hands on his hips. "Hmph. I underestimated you." Gale flick's his left wrist and a diffrent sword, a more regular looking sword appears in his hand. "Any idea who this belonged to?" |
| Posted by Fury Three on 09-24-2003 09:59 PM |
The sound of a wooden shaft and feathers whizzes by Gale's ear and an arrow lodges into the tree in front of him. It's followed immediately by a battle cry and one of the soldiers lunging out from the brush. He swings his sword down at Gale while his partner with the bow draws another arrow.
Metal comes into Fury's view, lying on the ground next to a root of the tree it fell into. He snatches his rifle up and backs up against the tree, checking the magazine and brushing dirt off the stock. "Pink blood means lung wound... Then I don't have much time..." |
| Posted by Gale on 09-24-2003 10:02 PM |
| Gale tosses Yolanda's sword aside and catches the attackers sword. Sparks fly as metal on the blade and the metal laced in Gale's glove clash. Gale knees the man and turns to the man with the arrows. His hand glows, but his face cringes. "I can't keep fighting like this..." |
| Posted by Fury Three on 09-24-2003 10:06 PM |
| The first soldier drops, releasing his sword to hold his stomach as he lies on the ground. The archer releases his arrow on a direct path for Gale's hand just as five more men run up behind him. |
| Posted by Ayn on 09-24-2003 10:06 PM |
| She stares blankly at the sword resting on the ground, and arches an eyebrow at Gale. |
| Posted by Gale on 09-24-2003 10:08 PM |
| Manages to fire a blast of magic out of his hand to destroy the arrow and he whirls around to see the other five men run toward him. "Shit! I have to get out of here!" Gale jumps-kicks a tree and speeds away. "Damnit, I should have left when I had the chance!" |
| Posted by Fury Three on 09-24-2003 10:27 PM |
"That will be far enough!" A tree in front of Gale splits in half and the ground shudders. Each half falls away from the other with the rumble of trees hitting trees and branches smashing together. After the dust kicked up by the display clears, a figure comes into view behind the timber. He stands about six feet tall and is concealed from the neck down in a black robe. His face can't be made out, but his weapon can, resting over his shoulder. A long, sharpened axe. The shaft is black and the handle extents at least two feet, covered in animal hide. The business end is a typical double-bladed axe, but larger than usual and sharpened to a point.
The five soldiers, confused at Gale's maneuver, turn their attention to the next target. Armed with a sword, the one in front approaches Ayn. "Hey, you... What do you think you're doin' with that sword? You might hurt--" He dives at her and takes a wide swing. "--YOURSELF!" |
| Posted by Gale on 09-24-2003 10:30 PM |
| Gale flicks his right wrist and Sin appears. Gale then spits out some blood. "And just who the hell are you?" |
| Posted by Zander on 09-24-2003 11:59 PM |
A boy about the age of 16 with long blue hair, Ice-Blue eyes, black cloths, and a long red coat was watching the people far a top a hill.
"This is funny. To think...All people do now is fight fight fight."
Zander sighed and started to walk to the group.
"Better so what I can do." |
| Posted by Wolf on 09-25-2003 01:49 PM |
Jit's leg has been crushed by Rose's weight as they landed together. Gritting his teeth, he savegly twists the ten year old's hand, hearing the satifying crunch of bones. A strange whistling sound catches his attention. He looks up and sees Rikali's wrathful face and a shining blade. Then nothing.
As Jit's head rolls to the ground, mother and daughter embrace. Riki spies the others and heads towards them as the sudden attack hits. An arrow lodges into her shoulder weilding the battle ax. Two more cripple her, sinking into her leg. Nevertheless, she shoves Rose behind her and pulls the arrows out, keeping her eyes out for her opponents. |
| Posted by Fury Three on 09-25-2003 05:49 PM |
"I should be asking you the same thing!" The man hefts his axe into the air with both hands, draws it back, and flings it like giant throwing knife. It plows into the ground and tears a path in the earth, kicking dirt and rocks up in all directions as it rapidly progresses.
***
Several men emerge with swords drawn in front of Rikali. They approach slowly and snicker when they notice she's been disabled. |
| Posted by Gale on 09-25-2003 06:59 PM |
| Gale cartwheels to the side and lands on his feet. He coughs up some blood again. "My name is Gale Onarav, it's possible you've heard of me." |
| Posted by Fury Three on 09-25-2003 07:53 PM |
| The axe continues into the forest behind Gale and cuts down a small row of trees, flinging splinters in all the directions. Each tree falls violently and shakes the nearby ground. "Sorry, I haven't." A shimmer of metal appears in the man's hand. He takes off at Gale. |
| Posted by Zander on 09-25-2003 07:54 PM |
Zander stoped a few yards away from the people fighting.
"STOP THIS AT ONCE!"
He tap the end of his staff on the ground and a blue circle with a few blue stars in it appeared on the ground.
"Please stop this." |
| Posted by Gale on 09-25-2003 07:58 PM |
| "Unfortunate. If you had, you might have been wise enough to leave me be!" Gale prepares to counter until he notices the newcomer. "More? Damnit this is starting to annoy me." |
| Posted by Ayn on 09-25-2003 08:02 PM |
| Able to catch Gale off guard, she sends a rather large blast of holy energy his way, her eyes burning with rage. |
| Posted by Zander on 09-25-2003 08:21 PM |
"I SAID STOP!"
The blue circle and stars got bigger and it started to hair badly.
"You don't need to fight each other. And might I ask...Who you are?" |
| Posted by Gale on 09-25-2003 08:25 PM |
| Gale screams as he is consumed by the blast. There is a brief, almost unoticable flash of Gale's dark aura through the blast. Sin is thrown out of the explosion and most of it's demonic features crumble. After few moment, it flashes and regains it's original form before disappearing as well. |
| Posted by Ayn on 09-25-2003 08:29 PM |
She straightens and glares at the protestor. "Leave me be, or I'll kill you too."
She charges at Gale, sword raised, another blast of holy energy forming in her free outstretched palm. |
| Posted by Zander on 09-25-2003 08:32 PM |
Zander felt the holy energy.
"Wait...how can you do that unlease you a....a..." |
| Posted by Gale on 09-25-2003 08:33 PM |
| Gale coughs up a lot more blood, he no longer had the power to control Sin with telekenisis. A shattering revelation occured to Gale. Just then, Ayn had almost killed him. She had done this before of course, but it was diffrent this time. Never had she used energy that strongly. Gale laughs. "I..hope you...realize.. That if...you intend to send..me to he..ll. Then..I'm going...to drag...you down with me." |
| Posted by Zander on 09-25-2003 08:36 PM |
Zander looked up with his staff in the air.
"I will stop this now."
He pointed his staff into the air over the fighters.
"GER YOUTER VERHASH TONO!"
The air above them turned green and the ground below them did the same.
"Gods above us hear my cry. Stop this fighting before they all die." |
| Posted by Ayn on 09-25-2003 08:39 PM |
| She shakes her head and waves a hand dismissively at Zander.. her eyes are focused on Gale, and the corner of her lips tug at a smirk. "I am Hell.." She holds her glowing palm straight out at him. |
| Posted by Fury Three on 09-25-2003 08:41 PM |
Back in the forest, Fury begins to feel what little strength he has left slip away and he sinks to the ground against a tree. That's when a figure approaches from the brush. Instinctively, he looks up and raises his rifle on... Nyx. His eyes widen in fear and before he can do anything, Nyx pins him to the tree by his neck with one hand. With his other hand he produces a small glowing ball of energy and fires it right in Fury's face.
***
"What is this?" The man stands his ground. That woman just unleashed a massive blast of holy energy. "But how...? I haven't seen anything like that before..." He lowers his sword and looks at Zander. "And what do you think you're doing?" |
| Posted by Gale on 09-25-2003 08:41 PM |
| Gale notices Zander but ignores him. He is to filled with hatred and madness to pay and heed to his cries. Sin silently appears behind Ayn and the blade turns to her. Gale pulls his right hand toward him and the blade rockets forward, aiming for Ayn's heart. |
| Posted by Ayn on 09-25-2003 08:45 PM |
| The hairs on the back of her neck prickle, something's coming from behind.. she sidesteps and the sword impales the ground in front of her with a loud thunk. She shakes her head. "Pitiful." With that she shoots the blast of holy energy she'd been conjuring at Gale. |
| Posted by Gale on 09-25-2003 08:48 PM |
Gale laughs like a madman as the blast approaches. The blast rips through the trees behind him and Sin vibrates. The sword then "Speaks" "Not quite good enough, you wretched little orphan." Sin the disappears, as well as any signs of the Abbis Warlock.
((You DID know the whole fight was Gale stalling? :P)) |
| Posted by Ayn on 09-25-2003 08:50 PM |
((Well, I know now. o.o))
Her eyes narrow, then blaze.. Her head snaps in the direction of the village people, if looks could kill, they'd all be dead and buried. |
| Posted by Zander on 09-25-2003 08:50 PM |
The Green ari above and the green ground below them started to form a ball around the fighters.
"It is working."
He smiled.
"When it closes...everythong inside will stop moving." |
