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originally posted in:The Roleplay League
12/23/2015 7:02:12 PM
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"Besides, who ever said you had to face him alone?"
Switch had caught up to James and Lake, stopping beside them.
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L," That thing is still attached to your chest. I can't remove it. So you'll be no match for him. But there is a way you can help me, it'll help me even the playing fields against Aries."
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"Go on, I'm listening..."
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" Aries instilled his own Darkness in the both of us. I can take the Darkness inside of you, cleanse you, and increase my strength, enough to kill Aries."
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"Then do it. The sooner this sickness is out of me, the better"
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" Alright, but it'll leave you exhausted. To the point of collapse."
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"Just do it. I'm ready"
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Lake put his hand on Switch's shoulder. Almost immediately, Lake could feel himself getting stronger while Switch was getting weaker.
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Switch's legs began to give way as he slumped to his knees on the ground. It looked like he was in a lot of pain, but he wasn't saying anything.
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"James, get ready to help him. I'm almost done. A few more minutes, and the process was complete. James caught Switch and laid on the ground. He began healing him with a Light aura emitting from his palm. Lake looked over across the river. " Be quick about it. And tell everyone to fall back to a safe distance. If I want to fight him at 100%, I can't be worrying about other Guardians getting caught in the fighting."
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Edited by Moot: 12/24/2015 3:22:47 PMA few moments later, Zaaria arrived near James and Lake on her sparrow. "I can take Switch back to the camp. He'll be safer recovering there"
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J," Do that. When you get back, issue an order for all Guardians to fall back."
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"Already done. Most of our battle groups are already returning. A few stragglers here and there, but they all have the message" Zaaria picked Switch up and slumped him over her sparrow, before getting on it and racing back to the guardian camp.
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J," You sure you can handle him?" L," Only one way to find out." James nodded and got on his sparrow and raced off. Lake waited. He knew Aries would come to investigate why the fighting had stopped.
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Zaaria arrived back at the camp. She picked up Switch and carried him over her shoulder to the nearest med tent. Just before entering, she looked over to the mountainside that had crumbled and broken under Lake's dark influence. "...where are you Jaden?..."
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Edited by IXMMISmokey: 12/24/2015 4:25:13 PMPretty soon, Aries showed up on the other side of the river, just across from Lake. A," So. They managed to convince you to go back to the Light? You're pathetic." L," And you're a monster. One that needs to be put down." A," Need I remind you of what you did today? You're just as bad as me." L," I'll never be like you." A," Oh really? Let me prove you wrong." A portal opened up next to Aries, long tendrils came out, carrying something, or rather, someone. It was Jaden, but he was severely wounded. Long gashes and cuts were all over him. A," The poor bastard should've died. But I kept him alive. You did that to him." L,"...." A," And that's not even mentioning all of the other Guardians you killed." The tendrils went back into the portal, and it closed. However, in the camp, a portal opened, and Jaden was deposited before it closed again. L," You're just trying to get into my head. You didn't save him out of the kindness of your heart." A," Point is. You would've killed him had I not intervened. I wonder how Switch and Zaaria would've taken to that." L," Just shut up. You sure do bark a lot but I wonder how your bite is." Lake was enveloped in Knight armour. Aries was chuckling. A," Oh I can do so much more than bite old friend." A large smoke cloud erupted around Aries, and he was engulfed. Pretty soon, the smoke cleared away, and what came out could only be described as a monstrosity. A gigantic ogre, as tall as if four Phogoths stood on each other's shoulders, was looking down at Lake. Aries was standing on the things head. A," What can you do? I wonder."
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Another vex portal opened up besides Lake. Switch, Jaden and Zaaria all stepped through it and out onto the ground. Jaden was wearing a couple of bandages, where he had been more severely injured, but surprisingly, nearly all of his wounds had fully healed. S: "you're probably wondering how we're all here right now, Aries. I'd be enamoured to explain it to you if you gave me the chance"
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Edited by IXMMISmokey: 12/24/2015 5:08:45 PML," I told you to get out of here. You'll only get in the way. He's out of your league."
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Edited by Moot: 12/24/2015 5:12:11 PMZ: "And we told you that you're not going to do this alone" J: "you really expect us to sit back and watch while you fight Aries 1v1? Heh, that's funny" S: "we came prepared, anyway. Zaaria's told us about some of Aries' little reserve tricks, and we have backups for those too" Z: "yeah, we've had three weeks to prepare this"
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The giant ogre started firing down bolts of energy on them. Lake wrapped up the trio in a protective shield, and took the blunt of the attack on himself. Each bolt of energy felt like a tank shell. Once the barrage was over he put them a mile away from the fight. Two giant portals opened up behind Lake, and two giant wooden hands came out. Out of the hand's palms, giant splinters shot out at the ogre, who grew enraged. Giant tendrils starts to bind its limbs so it couldn't move. L," Like I said. I can handle him alone, just go!"
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A new vex portal opened up behind the ogre behemoth. Two members of the Vex sol progeny emerged, each one positioning itself behind each of the ogre's legs. In perfect sync to each other, the two giant vex constructs swung their legs out and around, connecting with the ogre's legs in the sides. The huge force of impact caused both of the behemoth's legs to give way and collapse under the sheer weight of the creature. The hard kick had also dented the legs of the sol progeny constructs. With the Vex portal still open, the three guardians emerged from it again. Z: "we'd appreciate it if you weren't fighting us as much as you're fighting Aries. We said we came prepared, now just let us help!" S: "we've got Erik's help too!" J: "dude, if you want to land the killing blow on Aries, just say it"
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Aries laughed. " You three should really learn when you're outmatched. I suppose I should dish out one of my little tricks." Jaden heeled over, as if he was going to puke. He was coughing up blood.
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Switch immediately knelt besides Jaden and put his hand to Jaden's mouth. After gaining some concentration, he pulled his hand away. A dark wisp of pure darkness emerged from Jaden's mouth and dissipated into the air. A few seconds later, he stopped coughing up blood and sat up again. S: "heh, who says we're the ones outmatched?" The two vex constructs walked back into the portal, and in their place came a single even larger Vex biped. This one was unbelievably massive, standing even taller than the large ogre. With a swift movement of its arm, the towering machine burrowed its arm straight into the ogre's back, its hand penetrating the chitinous armour like a massive needle. Traveling all the way through the ogre's body, the construct's hand Burt out if the behemoth's chest as grotesque bodily fluids from the ogre spilled to the floor like some poisonous contaminated waterfall. The dark behemoth screened in pain as it practically drowned in its own bio fluids.
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And then, as if it was possessed, it stopped reacting. It grabbed a hold of the giant Vex and ripped it in half. It's wounds were healing. A," You didn't think it would be that easy? Did you? Also, bad guess with Jaden. I said I kept him alive, I never said I healed him. You probably didn't notice but the muscles around his heart are torn to shreds. I'm keeping him alive by influencing his heart to keep pumping by itself. I can easily stop. As for you Vex friend." The Vex behemoth start to break into pieces, giant tendrils erupting from its body. A," I think it's time I even it the playing field." The giant Vex came back together, but it was not the same as before. Now it served Aries.
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S: "ah, well that's the thing, you see. To you, Jaden only got his injuries a few hours ago when Lake crumbled that mountain to mere rubble. But to us, that happened weeks ago. Turns out that James is bloody good at removing dark influences. He healed Jaden, made me better, etcetera etcetera. When you learn how the Vex control time, it can be very useful to use to your own advantage" Z: "we've had weeks to plan for this, while you've barely had an hour in the same timespan" S: "yeah. And I may not be a dark guardian anymore, but I'll always have that experience, that memory in my head. Turns out that's really useful too when it comes to subduing dark incantations, such as, making someone throw up blood? Healed, easily" Z: "you were right in that someone is outmatched Aries. But it's not us. You still have Lake to deal with, anyway" S: "oh, and that massive Minotaur was never really a valuable asset. It's replaceable, in the billions actually" Z: "you can keep it if you really want... Or not" At that instant, a taken portal opened up above the possessed Minotaur construct. A massive beam of taken energy erupted from its surface and completely shrouded the massive machine in taken energy. It was ripped apart almost instantly, exploding into tainted ash and dust, while further injuring the ogre. Suddenly, Aries heard a familiar voice by his ear behind him. J: "yeah. Payback's a bitch" Jaden had scaled the ogre at blistering silent speed, sneaking up behind Aries. Immediately after speaking, he swung his leg around in a powerful kick, as his foot connected with the side of Aries' head, knocking him over.
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Aries caught himself. He was still laughing. " Well then.... I suppose I should start getting serious." A massive portal opened up in the sky. It was bigger than anything seen before. It blocked out the sky, leaving the battlefield in darkness. What came out, was rain. It looked normal and didn't do anything, but when one little drop touched the ground, it split open. The ground broke and cracked and moved. A giant collapse occurred all around them. The ground was collapsing on itself. Then, while it continued raining. The portal started to suck up everything around them, including them all. Aries and the giant ogre, Switch, Jaden, and Zaaria, and Lake. They ended up somewhere none of them recognised. There was nothing in this new area. Everything was pitch black, except for the floor. A," You're in my realm now. A place where time doesn't flow. And a place where I make all the rules." Zaaria, Switch, and Jaden each were in separate cells. And they lacked the power needed to free themselves. Lake was the only one that was free. A," Now then. I finally get a fair fight."
