A sword slammed into another, the sound of metal on metal echoing as a young girl let out a grunt. The second strike came and blew her back while another individual ran forward and took her place against the assailant with their blades crashing against one another, both flipping backwards after that strike.
“Damn, there’s no end to these guys. Callie, hang back!”
“I-I understand Sora,” the girl replied.
Alto stood to the right wheezing, his hands that of wolf paws at present with claws extended further than normal, “Dammit,” he grunted.
“Ho ho out of breath already? How disappointing for one who can change merely a portion of his body.”
David stepped forward with two beasts beside him, Beast Wulfn, “Now tell me where the key is!”
“Bite me David, I’ll never give you people the key.”
“Heh heh, tempting. I feel like we give that response a lot, thinking about it now. Oh well.”
Ahead David flew, Alto swinging his right at him only to be grabbed and quickly spun around, flung right back from where he came. Alto skidded back breathing heavy as he looked ahead, “Dammit, I can’t get through. How are we going to-”
“Alto!” came the crying yell of a female from outside the battle zone.
“That voice- Elise?”
Alto turned his head quickly, Elise visible running towards the clearing immediately. Sora turned his head back as well with a bit of shock, “That girl?”
Elise’s backpack flew off and hit the ground as her left arm swatted through the air and pulled back, her katana at once unsheathed. She skidded to a halt and held the weapon like a bat ready to swing.
“This abomination again?” David growled.
“I thought Lord Dustin was supposed to ax her tonight?” Milly growled.
“What can I say, I’m a hard one to kill,” Elise replied standing ready, “So it was a trap, heh, too bad it took me so long to realize the mess going on.”
“Elise, what are you doing here?” Alto quickly questioned.
“I figured it all out. My father is working with Stark Pack to weaken the clan and they’re working with some group that seems to like black and red stars, the same as that Medontei fellow. And for some reason, they seem to be trying to get rid of me.”
A bright flicker of fire appeared and erupted, filling half the clearing. At once three figures flew back behind Elise and crashed, taking Alto’s attention. Sora turned around quickly, “Anna, Jimmy, Chelsea!”
“Someone mention me?” came the response of none other than Medontei who approached from the flames that now danced away and faded.
He now wore the same uniform as Dustin. With him approached two girls in the same uniform as well, both with green hair. Behind them approached several others with leather black jackets with the same star pattern. Behind even them was another individual wearing the same coat as Medontei and the girls.
Medontei approached with a grin though that grin quickly faded as he looked Elise up and down, “Bah, you again? Don’t you ever quit?”
“Nope. It’s like I said the last time buddy. I’m not about to turn my back on people in need when evil scumbags like you are after them. I’m done being powerless, I’m done watching people be forced to submit themselves to a higher power that stands against them. And above all it pisses me off greatly seeing things like this. I’m stopping this here and now!”
Alto looked to her with a smile and then ahead to Medontei and the rest. David scowled as Milly simply scoffed, Medontei now looking more annoyed than ever before. Behind Elise approached Sora and behind him approached four others, three off which Elise had helped save prior.
Sora held up a broadsword as scales began to grow around Jimmy’s skin. Water rose around the girl from before known as Callie, rising like magic. The grass around Chelsea flipped around and began to grow while mud started to rise up around Anna taking on humanoid forms. Elise glanced around and then forward with a smile as she now held her katana straight out.
Medontei cracked his neck as his allies stepped ahead looking quite ready, “Elise, it’s like eleven to seven. You’re not going to make it out of this one. Honestly Dustin and a bunch of Goblins were supposed to do you in about ten minutes away from here but I guess since they aren’t available I’ll get to enjoy that pleasure myself. Ryuu and Zero won’t be saving you this time.”
“In combat the odds don’t mean a damn thing so long as you can stay one step ahead of your opponents.”
“We shall see.”
“Let’s do this.”
Elise flew forward quickly with her weapon held out now to her side, all the rest behind her charging ahead as well. Elise quickly eyed and flew after Medontei as the rest scattered. Following their lead all on Medontei’s side roared forward, all except for Medontei himself who shot back with fire roaring around him.
A tall man flew forward into Sora, a blade appearing from thin air the absence of color itself. Forward their weapons swung and slammed into one another, both flipping backwards once again. Sora looked at him, he who held a wide grin, “Identify yourself!” Sora spat.
The other looked up and laughed, “They call my Rohwer. Now come, come. Let us do battle. I hope you’re as exciting as that Lizion friend of yours looks.”
The Lizion, known as Jimmy, flew ahead at the two girls, swinging his claws at them only for both to leap up and over, landing near.
“He sure intends to take us out Cindy.”
“I can see that Sidney. Shall we show him a good time?”
“Oh yes.”
Both turned and flipped backward with feet out attempting to kick Jimmy’s back, only to at once be swatted by an emerging tail. “Huh?” was all that left them prior to the hit, both being flung back by the blow. Jimmy turned around as both girls flew through the battle zone of Anna and three others, the mud dancing around her in the form of humanoids. Two looked identical while the third looked similar.
“You will fall before the power of my Mud Dolls,” she growled.
The three leaped around as the mud dolls flew, one crashing into a Wulfn that had been nearby. Down the Wulfn crashed as the mud covered him, the mud completely coating.
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Once the mud coated the Wulfn a blast had gone off engulfing both it and the Wulfn, leaving not a trace of either. The three moving around Anna looked in shock. One stepped forward, one with black hair down his back and orange eyes shining, “Explosive Mud Dolls? Watch out brothers, this one is tricky.”
“I hear you loud and clear Axel, how about you James?”
“Same here Jack.”
Off to the side ran two others, both running away as vines flew after them while more came out of the ground beneath where they had been previously. Behind them approached Chelsea, slowly, all while waving her hands around as if directing the plants, “You mock the power of nature and so your Earthly Mother shall take you now”
Water flew all around nearby as two sets of wolves flew into one another nipping and biting. Callie rolled right and thrust her arm out to which a wall of water several meters tall flew forward from behind her, slamming into a Wolf Beast. Back it flew, the beast being David while the two wolves were none other than Alto and Milly. Callie stood once more and directed her hand again unleashing jets of water forward which slammed into David one by one acting like solid punches.
Elise flipped back through streams of water that were left behind on the ground, fireballs crashing down in front of her. She looked ahead with teeth gritted as Medontei stepped forward once more with fire circling around him, “Try this!” he yelled, the fire flying forward again though this time splitting apart.
Multiple smaller fireballs flew ahead towards Elise. Upon sight of this she rolled to the right and then flew forward, “Callie!” she shouted. Callie’s attention turned as more fire flew at Elise who in turn gave a nod.
Elise flipped backward while Callie motioned her arm towards Medontei, a wave of water flying towards him now as David flew towards her. David howled though immediately that howl turned into a wail. Elise slammed her katana through his torso and slammed both feet into his side, ripping it out and flipping off as the Zaherian crashed off with a roll, roaring out pained.
Milly charged at Elise from behind with a snarl, met quickly by Alto who slammed into her in human form. Both crashed down right behind Elise. At once she twirled and swung her weapon, cutting through Milly’s front right leg. Alto stood and turned, “Thanks,” he said standing next to Elise who now stood next to Callie.
Medontei walked forward with a scowl, his flames no longer present around him, “Grr. Little brats.”
“Brats huh? Funny because it looks like we just took out two of your comrades, turning our fight into a three on one. Bit by bit the rest are going to fold as well,” Elise remarked.
“You think losing those two peons concerns me? Hardly. The funny thing is Elise, even if you somehow got by us it wouldn’t make a difference. You see this cloak, this tattoo on the left side of my face? The people we work for are beyond anything you could imagine.”
“What do you mean?”
“You might think the magic of that girl you’re next to is something or even my fire but compared to my bosses, we’re ordinary humans armed with sticks against dragons that fill the skies.”
“What?”
“Know that I am not lying, the forces of The Hive are far superior than anything you might imagine, each as capable as even myself and that oaf Dustin.”
“You’re bluffing.”
“Oh but it is so very true, just ask your golden boy friend Alto over there about it. They come from another world where war was all that they truly ever knew. The Hive and another group called the Tribe clashed for tens of thousands of years. It’s said that one day their clash was so violent that Space-Time itself fell apart, allowing them to come to Earth. Their opponents in a way beat them over twenty thousand years ago by locking the bulk of their army back up on their home world but it is said that many made it through. The Hive currently has no less than over a thousand active officers remaining on this world, each as strong as I had said.”
Alto glanced to Elise as she looked to him, both looking back to Medontei who continued on, “Their powers range from controlling the Sun’s radiation to manipulating gravity itself to even commanding all of nature, and among them stand the Thirteen Great Officers, each with enough power to perhaps obliterate an entire city of millions in a matter of hours. Their power is no joke.”
Elise looked around, her eyes wide. Down went Jimmy, taken from above and below by his two foes, Sora cut down and crashed to the ground by his now with multiple black objects sticking in him. Anna lay hog tied by Chelsea’s vines and Chelsea suppressed by the other five. Elise looked ahead again with rage in her eyes taking a slightly more offensive stance as she gazed upon Medontei.
Alto looked around in shock, “Guys!”
Medontei let out a laugh, crossing his arms behind his back, “You see child? You can not defeat even us. What hope have you of proving yourself useful against our superiors? It’s fruitless,” he then murmured as he held his arms out, flames appearing in each palm hovering above, “Even if you did defeat us, they’d just send dozens upon dozens like us after you and if that were to fail, you’d get stone walled by one of the Great Thirteen. To my understanding you’ve already seen one of them meeting with Daddy Dearest, heh heh.”
Elise’s eyes opened wide, remembering back to bumping passed a man who had gone to see her father, “That guy?”
“Shadow is most remarkable. It is only thanks to him The Hive has come back as fast and as strong as they have. All the deals he’s made, including recruiting Dustin and Azala who in turn gave us an army to-”
“That’s enough Medontei,” Rohwer quickly barked out.
“Oh what does it matter if I monologue a bit? I simply want to instill as much fear and anger in them as I can to the point that they give up. They’re going to die anyway.”
Elise shot forward at Medontei while his attention was taken by Rohwer. Her katana raised up as she got near and swung down. Her eyes grew big as she swung, liquid metal dripping from the edge to the ground as it neared Medontei, all but a few centimeters of the blade remaining as the rest had immediately melted. Flames danced around Medontei like an aura and quickly swelled, slamming into Elise.
A blast went off, hurling her off back into the hands of Alto and Callie while the katana bounced off across the ground. The Fire Warrior’s attention then returned to the three, a smug grin present until he began to speak again, “See what I mean? Even that Water Girl’s water couldn’t touch me in case you failed to notice. My ability allows me to super heat the air around me to create a flame as I desire though I can burn far hotter than that, so hot that the water immediately evaporates once it crosses a certain boundary. Face it pups, you can’t even touch me.”
Sora and the rest slowly backed up now to Elise, Alto, and Callie, all seven standing ready as the remaining nine enemies approached. Elise stood coughing, glancing around as the foes approached. Two Vampires, three Lycan, three in the Hive’s uniform with darkness dancing around them, and then Medontei himself with flames dancing around him.
“Now what do ya say, wanna just give up and spare yourselves a painful set of deaths? I promise I’ll make it quick.”
Elise turned to Medontei once more and stepped forward, “No, I refuse to ever give up again. Even if it’s useless, I’ll fight you until the end!”
“So be it, young one,” Medontei muttered now stepping forward with flames dancing around him. The seven looked around, their bodies tensing up.
“Guess this is it,” Sora murmured.
“Shut up,” Anna spat, “I’m not out yet.”
“Speak for yourself,” Chelsea murmured.
“Elise, I’m sorry I got you in on this,” Alto murmured.
“What? Hell you didn’t do a thing Alto, I chose this and I’ll die for my choice if I must.”
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A thunderous crackle could be heard nearby, one that immediately made all heads rise up. It happened again, this time longer and more like something burning out. A light became visible to the South, all heads turning and eyes shifting as the roar happened again.
“What is that?” Cindy questioned.
“A motorcycle?” Sidney replied.
“What the hell?” Elise murmured.
Alto smirked, glancing with half narrowed eyes, “It’s about time.”
“Wait, do you me-”
“Yeah Callie, I do. It’s her.”
A figure came into view as the sound grew louder, the figure moving quickly. Medontei’s head popped up, “What?”
Charging right at the group was a motorcycle. The person could not be made out other than the black hair that covered their face, though what was noteworthy was their coat: long and white with sky blue stars.
Medontei’s eyes widened big as everyone else quickly jumped out of the way. The person riding the motorcycle stood up and quickly flipped up into the air and off, landing on the ground as the cycle slammed into Medontei. Both it and him crashed into a tree, at which point the former exploding. Fire flew, engulfing Medontei quickly as he let out a blood curdling scream.
The individual that had been riding landed on both feet, arms now extended unleashing white beams of light from their palms that slammed right into two of Medontei’s comrades. Both shrieked high pitched as their flesh began to burn off and char, both being the two Vampires who quickly exploded into ash.
“What?” Jack spat.
“Excuse me?” Cindy choked, “A Lightonian?!”
Six now remained and at once the six flew at the individual.
Elise quickly studied this individual, noting them as being female by their figure though their face was still obscured via a helmet. The woman looked left and right and quickly leaped up again, allowing for the six to slam into each other and fly back from the impact. Down she came with both arms out, light firing against though this time condensing.
Spikes of whiteness plunged through Jack and James, both shrieking with their hearts pierced. Axel looked in awe behind this woman as she landed, she who now stood and twirled, her fist slamming into Axel’s face. One punch and it was enough to send him flying, crashing through the air and straight through a tree trunk where he stuck out like an arrow, limp though with his neck broken.
Cindy and Sidney both stood together, both growling at the sight of this individual. She looked back and immediately disappeared leaving behind only a thin white aura. Screams were heard. All eyes shifted again to where Cindy and Sidney stood, beams of white energy blowing out their chests sending both crashing forward dying, the beams colliding next with Rohwer who let out a scream of his own until an explosion then engulfed him as well.
“Who is this lady?” Elise exasperated.
The woman in the Long Coat stepped forward again as the flames from the motorcycle explosion faded, revealing Medontei without his Hive jacket on and with much of his shirt blown off and burned as well. He stomped forward, enraged, “Why you, how dare you-”
With a snap of the woman’s fingers, the flames erupted again though this time as pure white light. Medontei let out a ghostly wail as the light engulfed him, his form disappearing within immediately, fading slowly to reveal him now gone.
Elise looked on flabbergasted. All at once with one swift ambush, one person who taken out nine individuals with such ease. Alto smirked and moved forward towards the individual. Callie moved forward, “Woo! That was a nice performance boss,” she chirped.
“Wh-yo- do you two know this person?” Elise questioned.
Alto turned around with his smirk still present, speaking immediately, “Oh trust me Elise, you know her too. I apologize for not telling you sooner BUT I had my reasons, right Miss Bell?”
The helmet turned white, immediately crumbling off. Elise’s eyes grew ultra big yet again as she witnessed this, “N-no way, you’re-”
“Nice to see you face to face again luv,” the woman spoke with her black hair flowing with the wind.
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