[b]Evelyn watched the fighting from afar. Ashley and Jacklyn appeared next to her in a bright flash of light. They didn't seem much older then when they were last seen[/b] [Jacklyn]"Time to go Evelyn. There's nothing we can do to help them now" [Evelyn]"yeah... Lets go" [b]the three of them disappear[/b]

[b]The flash of Joshua's ship warping in is a bit of a surprise to the hoards of Dread, but they don't seem to care. They know they'll win this battle either way.[/b] [b]He had heard the chatter over Genesis Comms, and made his way there as quickly as possible. Unloading a few payloads into a cruiser, he punches a hole right through it, hurtling towards the planet surface. He crash on a legion of the beasts, crushing many of them as his ship slides through the mud.[/b] [b]He leaps out with a newfound rage and agility, slicing and dicing and piercing through everything that gets close enough. He slays captains, grunts, even a legion commander as their rounds wear on his shields and armor. He can't keep fighting like this. Not forever.[/b] [b]He draws The Ice Blade,[i]Audhulma[/i].[/b] "I've always hated blood magic..." [b]He holds the blade up to his arm and starts to slowly cut. The blade gains a glowing purple hue.[/b] "It always takes more than the agreed upon amount..." [b]He slashed horizontally, sending a blast of some sort of violent energy, cutting 20 of them in half.[/b] "Maybe this time, that's a good thing." [b]Almost an hour passes as he continues to draw from his life force, fighting as the Dread begin to circle him.[/b] [b]One especially large commander finally hits him with a melee attack, throwing him to the ground. Others surround him, kicking and slamming. He catches an attack, absorbing the kinetic energy and blasting back his foes for only a few moments. He stares at his blade.[/b] "You want more...?" [b]He looks at both arms, which are dripping blood and antimatter. His vision blurs.[/b] "t h e n t a k e i t ." [b]He holds the blade backwards, pointing the end towards his stomach.[/b] "[b]TAKE IT ALL![/b]" [b]He shoves the blade into his stomach, right as the Dread are upon him again. The very air around him glows blue and purple, as every Dread too close is frozen solid, as is Joshua. After a few moments of complete comparative silence, the ice begins to break off of the Dread and ground, flying back towards Joshua. It spins above him, forming massive spears, which seek out their enemies alone, with extreme prejudice. As the few legions that were battling him turn to flee, a massive, half mile long and tall, dark bubble seems to surround the area, all light is blocked out. The only sound is that of Dread flesh being torn. Dread still within cruisers stare at the massive anomaly from low orbit. Suddenly, the bubble blasts apart, into purple flares of energy so violent, it burns the eyes of the Dread. The energy goes everywhere, even destroying multiple Cruisers as it dissipates.[/b] [b]A calm, deep voice rings through the minds of the Dread who had even glimpsed the dark matter, energy, magic, or whatever it was, they surely weren't worried about it at the moment.[/b] "[b]L o n g L i v e T h e E m p i r e.[/b]"

*Shadow stands alone, watching with a flat expression as she watches the Empire fall once more. Her cloak waves in the breeze of the disrupted atmosphere, a sombrero'd silhouette against the sky. As she feels the flow of time around her pass, she reaches down further, searching for the tapestry that is the Existence. Drawing from deep within herself, she reaches in and draws out into herself a Matrix, a building plan of the Existence. Looking up, she finally feels [i]something[/i] like a soul awaken within her. Squashing the feeling back down, a lopsided smirk forms on her face.* "And as Empires themselves fall, so does the people who build them." *Turning away, she rips the tapestry of Existence apart where she stood and left a mark, one that would last for the rest of Time. As she passes through the rupture, a quiet voice laughs as it holds a blueprint, a building plan within its hands.* [b]The Empire Shall Not Fall.[/b] [spoiler]Nasty Piece of work, ain't I?[/spoiler]

[spoiler]Something wrong?[/spoiler]

[spoiler]That drunk has a heart o' gold, I tell ya.[/spoiler]

[spoiler]Old old char making a comeback soon[/spoiler]

*on the way out, Silver is about to activate the FTL when Quickblast speaks "Those are your friends down there. Don't let this end like Alpha Group did. Please, give them a chance to escape."-Quickblast *after a little bit Silver turns the fighter around and flies back. He fires multiple missiles at the drop ships heading towards the surface, and sends multiple assault drones back to give support to the Cyprus team on the surface. After the fighter takes heavy damage from the Dread ships, Silver begins to activate the FTL "Remember this day, Silver, as the day you were a coward. I hope you are ashamed, and that you carry that shame to the grave."-Quickblast *he looks to Earth one last time, and activates the FTL, and headed back for Alliance space outside the system [spoiler]I will make sure your story is told, and never forgotten. [/spoiler]

[b]A dropship explodes, the culprit, Johnny, firing his Chaingun and using his hard light sheild to block attacks[/b] [b]...But somewhere a drop pod, unmarked, stirs........ It's single hatch opens.....[/b]

[b]He smirks[/b] Whenever you are. [b]He salutes back[/b]

[b]Fyn fights them off quite easily until a [/b] [i]Thunk[/i ][b]is heard. Fyn looks down and sees a small dart in his side injection an orange liquid. After that he immediately goes pale and charges directly toward the biggest thing he sees pulls two grenades out and pulls the pins.[/b] [i]Boom[/i] [b]Is heard and fyn and the beast are gone[/b]

*pulls a cigarette out of a pocket and lights it* Well now this is quite a change in scenery