The Fate of Heroes

[Mr.Chocobo]

Ken shrugged.
"Whatever."
He walked to the center of the arena, and and pointed at a milita guy sitting by the side.
"You, come here!"
The Airmen paled.
"Oh common.." he said.

Ken pitched a fighting pose.
The Airmen walked slowly, holding up his fists, he had a look of dred on his face.

The Airmen punched at Ken's face, and Ken caught the fist, twisted, and then pulled.
The Airmen was on his back, his arm at a funny angle.

"Take him to the medroom." Ken said happily.
He continued in this manner, easily taking out every guy that crossed his path for some time.
Until General Terra walked in, Inertia Armour gleaming.
Ken saluted her, mid-way through punching a guy in the face.
"General!"
Terra smiled, and waved jovially at Ken.
"Hey! Came to spar..." She noticed Max. "...Whoever would spar me."

[thatfallout3guy]

Max gave a friendly wave, "I'm just here to see the show. Bored off my tits in that room all alone, with no one to talk to, not even a beautiful general to snuggle out the woes of this new world, and comfort me in this oh so dire situation I've found myself into." He was almost exploding from sarcasm.

[ThatOneGuysBro]

Syphril payed heed to Xeir's words, although he seemed irked to hear him speak in such a manner. "None of my business, hmm? Well, I could care less if you two were good friends, sworn enemies or lovers.", he said with a harsh dissenting tone. "And a son you say? I was unaware the king had a son. Is he of the same bloodline? I am curious as to why this tyrant would care for such a thing with his longevity of age."

Syphril began to harness suspicion for this Xeir character. "You have a 'plan'? I've just met you in the street in the midst of a skirmish with City police officers and you expect me to trust you so willingly?" The tone in his voice became somewhat bitter as he appeared to show resentment for Xeir. "This could easily be a trap to root out the resistance against the king. How can I trust you?" As the atmosphere tensed, Syphril's eyes locked onto Xeir's.

Suddenly Syphril's eyes grew wide. He quickly leaped back as he drew his glaive and took an offensive stance. Standing in the middle of the street up in arms, Syphril beheld a strange sight his eyes had not yet seen. As the nanites retracted Syphril lowered his guard, his weapon still unsheathed. When Xeir began to take his leave, leading the group Syphril raised his weapon, pointing it to Xeir's back. "Just a moment. How do we know this isn't a trap? I've lived in these slums for far too long to be fooled by a simple ruse like this. I require some proof of the authenticity of your intentions. If you cannot back up your intentions with credibility..." Syphril slowly reached with his left hand into the depths of the tattered cloak, withdrawing a finely crafted pistol, wielding it in coherence with the glaive. "...then I can only assume you are a spy working for the late King. And I can't stand to let his surveillance go unchecked as he does what he pleases to this city."

He stood in silence for a brief moment, awaiting Xeir's response in anticipation, ready to draw blood at the sound of a syllable. "Your move..."

[Mr.Chocobo]

Xeir halted, and stood motionless for a moment, Syphril's challenge hung in the air.
Xeir turned. His skin started to split in places, and black, sticky nanites flowed out, and covered his skin.
He held up the hand that held his wife's charred ring.
"This is the wedding ring of my wife. Died this morning, along with my children in a raid," His voice was slimy, wicked now that the nanites were covering him.
"That is all the proof I need. Challenge me, and I shall slay you here. I offer you the chance to become a legend. To slay the one who has terrorised us."
Xeir kicked the ground, and the nanites flowed across the ground and grasped Syphril's feet, and pulled them out from under him. Then the slimy tendrils grasped his hands and pinned him to the ground.
"But I have told you about our intentions. If you don't want to join us, I will destroy you. I don't say kill, because I can think of a fate worse than death. You don't wish to know what happend in the tests."
Xeir smiled beneith the nanites. The nanites twisted the expression into a horrific, slimy, and pointy toothed thing. There is no word for how frightening his hulking figure was.

[ThatOneGuysBro]

Xeir's flesh ruptured all over carving gashes as the nanites spilled forth, enveloping him. Syphril's eyes somewhat squinted as they became glazed over by a seriousness that further tensed the moment. He stared at Xeir, now transmogrified into an ebony silhouette of his former appearance as all his muscles began to tense in anticipation. His forehead began to perspire, each drop of sweat falling to the ground with what felt like great impact as Syphril's senses became augmented as a result of feeling threatened by this new enigma.

As Xeir withdrew the charred wedding ring he spoke a few lines of the death of his wife and children. Syphril steadily grew more and more uneasy of Xeir's new appearance, and even more so of the wicked aura that emanated from him. However, after hearing Xeir out, if that was indeed still the same person, he knew he could trust his intentions, at least for the time being. In any case he decided cooperating with Xeir would be preferable to facing him off as he was, even if it was a trap.

"Alri-", cut off from his speech, Syphril was caught off guard and ensnared by the nanites that housed themselves within Xeir. As he fell to the ground, his back slamming into the earth, he let out a faint disgruntled yelp as he tried to keep the pain bottled up. When Xeir finished speaking Syphril gave out a heavy sigh. "Guess I have no choice.", he smirked as if to mock his fortune. "I believe you. At least well enough to allow me to sleep at night.", he gave a faint, rough chuckle with one breath.

[kain17335]

Josef cried out: " stop this Xier, If were going to get anywhere with this we should not be killing each other.
And wouldn't it be a bad idea to be showing what you can do when you don't know who the hell is watching?"

[Mr.Chocobo]

Xeir released him, and turned to Josef.
"I will not hide who I am. Now let us go."
As he walked the nanites retracted back into his skin, and he got in the car.
"We should go before the MP's show up."
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Terra walked into the arena with Ken.
"We shall fight then," She said.
"Come when may." She stuck a fighting pose.

[Mr.Chocobo]

Xeir released him, and turned to Josef.
"I will not hide who I am. Now let us go."
As he walked the nanites retracted back into his skin, and he got in the car.
"We should go before the MP's show up."
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Terra walked into the arena with Ken.
"We shall fight then," She said.
"Come when may." She stuck a fighting pose.

[kain17335]

Josef: "Now that everyones calmed down how about we find some place safe to lie low for a bit?"

[duskskully]

"Alright lets roll!" Kyle crancked the radio way up so the song could be heard for miles"Hahaha the one thing about this car is sound proof windows, no one can hear what's inside here but us." Kyle then looked at the paper he was given and started to drive.

[ThatOneGuysBro]

As Syphril was released from Xeir's nanites he slowly got back on his feet. After slowly sheathing both glaive and pistol his arms went limp, yet it was inconspicuous given the cloak he was wearing. A drop of sweat slithered it's way down the left side of his face. Syphril was lost in the terror he beheld; Xeir's nanite form. He quickly snapped to his senses and silently followed as he pulled his hood back over his head while following Xeir to the car, making his way to the back seat. He did not further ask any questions of Xeir and kept silent.

[Mr.Chocobo]

As the small group reached the destination, Kyle's hovercar lost power.
Xeir ignored the complaints of the other people, and got out.
"Come."
They had reached a place far, far below even the slums. The hover-lane ended at this point, even.
Xeir led the way, the cuts the nanites had made were healing rapidly. His swordcane made a brisk tapping noise as he walked.
The pathway ahead was made of dark concrete, not the newer Dura-crete. So it was cracked, and parts were crumbling away. If you looked up, you could see small slivers of the sky, but mostly just the slums and industrial areas far overhead.
Xeir led them to a dead end.
"There is a secret passage here, to my allies. And the allies of the Prince."
Xeir looked back to confused faces.
"The good guys," He added.
He pressed his hand onto the cold concrete, and pressed. The section of wall slid inwards, and then dissapeared into the wall. What was there was a small eye-scanner.
Xeir leaned down to it and pressed his left eye over it. It scanned it, and a cool, collected woman's voice came over the intercom.
"Xeir! I didn't expect you to come... you wernt due for a robot shipment for a month!"
Xeir smiled briefly, but the expression didn't last for more than a split second.
"Something came up, Jean. I need to talk to the General... And I brought some 'friends', as it were."
Jean waited a moment. Then;
"Alright, come on down."
Two hidden pannels slid apart, reveiling an elevator. Xeir went in.
He looked at the others.
"Well come on you lot."
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Terra threw the first punch.
Ken dodged deftly, with a duck and move kind of thing.
However, Terra's foot landed squarely on his jaw. He staggered back, regaining composer quickly. He made a quick jab and Terra's head, and followed up with a side kick, which Terra grabbed, and then punched the inside of his leg. Right on the nerve.
Ken gasped, pulling away. But when he tried to stand on his leg, he nearly fell over.
"Damn it General!" He said.
Terra smiled widely.
Ken tried a wide haymaker, only to have it blocked, twisted, his good leg kicked out from under him, and finally landing flat on his face.

Terra put one foot on top of his back in a show of victory.
"You're getting better, Ken. Still not good enough though."

[kain17335]

Josef unsheathed his swords and kept them by his side as he began walking into wherever Xier had.
Even though he felt he could trust Xier he knew he should only follow him within good reason.
Even if these people were "the good guys" Josef still would not trust them.
And after seeing what those nanites had done to Xiers mind, he wasn't sure if he could be trusted with what he knew.
Yet.
"Come on you said you would come with him".
Josef beckoned the rest of his "comrades" through the door.

[duskskully]

"Well dam, how far down does this go ummmm Xier was it?" Kyle asked as he wondered how he would get his car into this place.

[Mr.Chocobo]

Xeir looked at Kyle blandly.
"Not that it matters, but over two miles."
Xeir looked questioningly at the weapons in Josef's hands.
"Those are hardly necessary. And will be taken from you before you meet Her, anyhow."

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Terra got a call on her comlink. It was jean, the admittance lady.
"Hello? General Terra?"
"Yes?"
"Xeir is here."
Terra's eyes widened. Something was wrong.
"Common Ken. Somethings up," She said to the Commander. She started a brisk walk towards the door and stopped, and looked at Max.
"You should come too."

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The elevator reached the bottom floor after a few minutes.
Xeir stood up straight.
"Prepare to meet your destiny, boys."