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Post by lukuz13 on Feb 24, 2011 1:23:38 GMT -5
Luke had readied the attack finally, his coat arm blew back, as long blue markings appeared over his entire arm, as it glowed a bright hue of blue he let out a agonizing scream. His skin seemed to pull back, forming a center, the skin breaking up until a blue orb was visible inside swirling around in the cage-like growth. Luke's pistol in said hand, Omega, had fused with his hand, the handle becoming enveloped in it until just the barrel was exposed, slowly widening until the chamber could fire something much larger. Luke's scream cut across the city, as this monstrosity became aimed directly at the building with the bugs from before in it. Now, with his sights set, Luke finally managed to stop screaming, gritting his teeth before shouting at the top of his lungs
"OMEGAAAAAAAAAAA!!!" the chamber having glowed a deep hue of blue before finally erupting into a blast , the ground Luke stood on cracked as his legs stiffened desperately to stay put, the laser cut through the building like a hot knife through butter, heading far out into space, while the building itself began to shatter and collapse. Where the beam had hit actually caused the matter to evaporate, before finally the building was no more then a smoldering crater, with Luke standing yards away.. panting heavily.. his arm now back to relative normality..dripping with blood and fresh new scars that had opened up.
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Post by FinlandiaWhiteEyes on Feb 24, 2011 1:29:03 GMT -5
-Arioch grinned savagely at the shifting ashes that were once an alien attack force. Then she turned to look at Butch. "What was that attack?" The heavily armoured man shook his head, as bewildered as she was.
-She felt both of her pact partners tug at her attention. She blinked. 'What?'
-"Arioch. That creature. Catch it." They only spoke in perfect unison when there was trouble, so she span round.
-One of the creatures had survived the battle. It had a silver patch on the skin of its huge head. It was also blood spattered, and running down an alleyway between two large buildings.
-The urgency of her pact partners was overwhelming. "Arioch. CHASE."
-She obeyed, running off with Salamander streaking ahead. Undine, still in humanoid shape, turned to Butch.
-"Are you okay? And will you becoming with us?" Her soft voice was a pleasant change to the carnage sonata of battle.
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Post by graybeardhalt on Feb 24, 2011 1:33:02 GMT -5
-Butch was still in shock that Noven had lied to him about such a deadly weapon. He saw Arioch run off after some creature that had survived, and heard one of her shiny friends ask if he was coming with them. Without really thinking, something Butch was very used to, he said almost immediately "Sure!" With the thing about Noven stored in the back of his mind for later, Butch ran to catch up with Arioch, not really sure where they were going.
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Post by FinlandiaWhiteEyes on Feb 24, 2011 1:45:28 GMT -5
-Arioch heard the pounding of what sounded like a very mobile tank come up behind her. Butch caught up with her swiftly, and Undine, now in orb form again, was with him.
-'Why are we chasing this thing?' she demanded silently of her partners. Having just fought a battle, she was in no rush to fight another. She would have also like time to check and see if Butch was injured. Clearly he was not, but she would've like the option. Plus, this alien was very light on its feet.
-'It has, or is, something, Arioch. Something familiar'
-'...what do you-'
-Her pupils constricted as she realised the implications of what her pact partners had told her.
-'Something from home, Arioch.'
-A single tear trickled down the elf's face. Then, with a new determination, she increased her speed, tearing after the alien as it went into a large warehouse like building.
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Post by chimermaniac on Feb 24, 2011 2:00:45 GMT -5
*Matt sighed as he saw the mech come towards him he lit a cigarette and looked up at the mech standing before him. He examined his target all around and found a potential weak point he put the cigarette in his mouth a darted through the legs of the mech and now he was behind it, he pulled out the Anti Materiel rifle and fired four 50.MG AP rounds into the mechs knee caps hoping that it would do something.*
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Post by Noven on Feb 24, 2011 2:03:14 GMT -5
-Noven saw the thing dash up, and countered it himself. He put on a burst of speed and flew towards it at a rapid pace. He got a crushing grip on the thing, and at point blank range he blasted it with his other hands beam. It burst into hundreds of pieces and smoke enveloped the area. With it destroyed, Noven flew off in search of the others, activating his homing beacon on Fallout to track him down.
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Post by thatfallout3guy on Feb 24, 2011 2:37:55 GMT -5
The mech crumbled in front of Chimer as the force field went down around him.
Self destruct in three, two...." Chimer was already on top of the building and running towards a massive warehouse that he saw in the distance. He soon arrived and walked in.
Arioch and Butch were hot on the trail of the alien as they chased it through the warehouse, going into different rooms and without knowing it, getting turned back into the same direction as Fallout.
Noven finally found the warehouse that Fallout was in. He landed and went inside.
Luke had also had found the same warehouse, he entered.
"What the hell is this?!" Fallout asked as he scanned the area. He then heard a noise coming from all directions, like footsteps. He looked and saw his crew. Before he could speak the giant hologram changed from a map, to a holographic human head. "The fuck?!" They all asked.
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Post by thatfallout3guy on Feb 24, 2011 23:35:33 GMT -5
The head turned and looked, "I am the ultimate. The last thing you pathetic fools will know of before your demise." The group stood there stunned, 'I can read your every thought. I know your deepest fears.' Fallout heard a voice inside his head say. He looked to the others to see if they heard it, and it seemed they did. "Let's start with you." The Ultimate turned and looked at Matt, "You couldn't save her. It haunts your very existence that she's dead. That's right, those raiders that took your sister raped and murdered her, but not before torturing her for their amusement. You always wondered what happened? There it is, she was brutally killed, and you couldn't do a thing about it, pity that." The Ultimate then looked at Luke, "Do you wish to know what happened after you killed that child? His parents returned, and saw their precious little boy dead along with everyone they ever knew. All because of you. THat boy wasn't the only surviver of that town. You killed so many innocents that day, you should have learned to control your power." "THAT WAS AN ACCIDENT!!!" Luke shouted, but The Ultimate had already turned to Butch, "Mr. Deloria is it? You act like this badass, but inside you're nothing more than a scared little child. You know that you have no chance of being leader, yet you boast about how you will someday. It torments your deepest thoughts, it keeps you up at night. Why is that snot nosed little punk in charge? Not to mention your mother would still be alive had he not opened up the vault, she could have come with you had they gone with your idea, but no he had to open the vault and she was slaughtered. And you also doubt yourself, the others can do all these amazing things, yet you are nothing without your armor." The Ultimate looked at Fawkes, "Would you like to know who you were before you were turned?" Fawkes thought before he answered, "I know for a fact you would. I can guarantee once you find out you won't like it." The Ultimate turned to Charon. Charon just glared at him, "Ah yes I know of your abilities try as much as you like I will get through, how long were you a puppet of your owners desire? How much innocent blood have you spilled? Even though he says you are under no obligation to him, does he really mean it?" The Ultimate turned to Noven, "Why? Why does he get all the credit? Why is it that you were the first to join him, and yet you still remain in his shadow? Why did he treat you like a child? You know you think about it." Noven turned to Fallout, but he was too busy looking at The Ultimate. The Ultimate then turned to Arioch, "Ah you, you have quite the tragic childhood. There isn't much worse than than seeing your entire home burned and everyone you know killed is there? And you have done your fair share of terrible deeds haven't you?" Finally The Ultimate turned to Fallout, "And finally the leader of this little rag tag group, are you certain you're cut out to be a leader? James wouldn't have died if it weren't for you. The Enclave would have never went looking if they hadn't heard of your exploits. Not to mention everyone you knew was butchered because of you, and leaving Malcolm to die like that? Not very leader worthy is it?" Fallout was about to speak but he was interrupted, "You're afraid. Afraid that everyone you will lose those that are close to you, all of these people, the crew, Tali. And I haven't even spoken about the child have I? You know you could never be the father James was, the child will hate you. Or you will be around enough for him to love you, but because of that you won't be there to protect everyone else. Isn't that right?" "THAT'S ENOUGH!!!!" Fallout screamed as he charged at the thing. He jumped at it with all his force, but was blown back by some shock wave. As the group went to make sure he was alright The Ultimate spoke again, "You shouldn't have done that." The hologram then faded away as the floor opened, and out flew the largest mech they had ever seen, five times larger than the one they had fought earlier. It looked at them and said, "I am the Harbinger, prepare to die!" It said as it retreated to the middle of the city. The heroes sprung into action. Arioch, Matt, and Luke jumped to the top off a building to get a better vantage point. Butch and Noven activated their flight systems and took to the sky. Fallout also jumped to a nearby building. Charon used his telepathy to get him and Fawkes at the building to join Fallout. The heroes were preparing for the fight of their lives.
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Post by graybeardhalt on Feb 25, 2011 0:06:59 GMT -5
-Butch was still recovering from the thing's message. The death of his mother was one of the few things that could really get to him. He shook the thought from his head ignoring the blurring of his vision. He saw that the Mechs legs were kind of scrawny at points so he immediately dove at the legs, boosting as fast as he could ramming into the thinnest part of the leg he could see while at the same time firing his chest beam at it, right about mid-shin.
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Post by thatfallout3guy on Feb 25, 2011 0:14:55 GMT -5
The Harbinger just punted Butch across the city and locked on to him.
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Post by lukuz13 on Feb 25, 2011 0:27:17 GMT -5
Luke was stunned
"How...How does he... S-survivors...No...NO!" he shouted at himself again and again, tears filling his eyes once more, before his gloved hand slammed into his face as he attempted to regain himself holding back the rush of horrid memories, that child's dead face... Luke had killed him...when the boy attacked Luke, thinking he was a raider. It was reflex, self defense but...
Suddenly he felt the earth shake, freeing Luke from his mind, as he ran outside with his friends, he saw the cause, that enormous mechanical beast...It must have been summoned to wipe them all out. As he turned, nodding to his friends to split up, leaping onto the rooftops with Arioch and Matt, still wiping tears from his eyes as he went.
Luke turned to them both when they got to a good position, giving a quick nod before slamming both feet firmly into the building taking a deep breath, drawing his pistols. The barrel of both began to glow slightly, before Luke saw Butch get launched across the city
"Butch! Fuck!!" He managed, as the attack finished charging, letting first Alpha fire off a laser blast in the beast's direction, then Omega did the same, on either side of the thing so it couldn't side step hopefully.
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Post by thatfallout3guy on Feb 25, 2011 0:31:08 GMT -5
Before the Harbinger could fire a shot he noticed the surge in power from one on the roof. He stopped targeting Butch and flew into the sky, dodging both shots. He then headed at insane speeds towards Luke and the other three. Butch slammed harmlessly against a building.
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Post by Noven on Feb 25, 2011 0:35:28 GMT -5
-Noven knew that he'd be fairly useless in a fight against this thing, as would they all. So he scanned it for weak points, while charging up his own beams of energy. Noven hoped that they'd at least keep the thing busy, not concentrating long enough on any of them at a time to kill anyone.
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Post by thatfallout3guy on Feb 25, 2011 0:43:38 GMT -5
Noven's lasers connected with the thing but did little to stop its charge. While this was taking place Fallout, Charon and Fawkes came up with an idea. Charon was using his telepathy to spin Fawkes around and launch him at the mech. While they were doing that Fallout was leaping on building tops getting closer at the Harbinger. "Now Charon!!" Fallout yelled as he threw Skynard at the Harbinger. The knife skimmed its eye causing it to be distracted while Charon lunged Fawkes at the mech. Fawkes was like a giant yellow missile, he slammed directly into its head causing it to get knocked back. Skynard came back like a boomerang to Fallout's hand as he landed thanks to a tracking device he placed in the hilt. Fawkes was plummeting to the ground until he was caught by Charon's telepathy. Harbinger just shrugged off the attack and began firing its chain gun at the nearest target, which was Matt.
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Post by FinlandiaWhiteEyes on Feb 25, 2011 14:20:53 GMT -5
-Love...crimson blood...poison...eternity...revenge...two...sacrifice....mother! Ritual. Scarlet. Prayers. Heresy. Hell. Solitude. Clouded Sky. Goddess. Watchers. Adore. Us...
-Image after image filled Arioch's mind. A dancing, laughing child. A huge army. A red dragon. A dead woman. A tide of blood. The all consuming blaze.
-Undine had retained her humanoid form, and flew through the air to the giant robot, sending torrents of water into its face. She had also had the foresight to freeze the alien they had been chasing, and confirmed her suspicion that the sense of home they had felt emanated from an object it had been carrying, rather than the alien itself.
-Salamander had become one with the elf. Airoch began to burn with an intensity only felt from a dragon's flames, and still she grew hotter and hotter.
-She rose into the air, the Mourning Thorn now a spear of fire in her hands. Her eyes were dead as she flew higher, burned brighter. A tear of flame slid down her cheek, and she whispered, too, with the voice of flames...
-"The forest is burning."
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