BZPB

*Nadle, Klak, and co. have only been able to knock down a few enemies*

Me: We'll....have to kill them....

Nadle: "There HAS to be an antidote. From what I've heard, this plague has spread throughout several states of the southern continent!"

Peter: "We can't kill all those people!"

*Klak tackles the infected form of Klein, and leaps onto an unoccupied building*

Me: What infected you?

Klein: "Simple. We are the cause of the rise for the Leader."

Me: Who is the LEADER?!! TELL ME NOW! *shines a beam of light at his head*

Klein: "You are."

Me: *epic shock moment* No.....but....

*Raziel walks nearby*

Raziel: "One day, you will go back in time and infect this planet's water supply. All to make a secret army for yourself...and torment yourself..."

Me: No.....*punches Klein, knocking him out* Impossible....THAT'S NOT TRUE! *charges at Raziel*

*Meanwhile, the squad has successfully defeated several of the infected, but more are on their way*

*Ultron and HK-47 are on the other side of the city*

HK-47: "Statement: Since they are soldiers, they are participants. We must kill them, master."

*Ultron fires missiles at some of the hordes of the infected, while HK-47 begins burning them and their dwelling places*

---

*DM Helryx shakes her head*

DMH: "Tell them to hold their horses, or I'll instill fear into them."

---

*Keichi and company are inside of a nice, cool looking ship that is eerily similar to the Millennium Falcon*

Keichi: "I wanted the Millennium Falcon, but NO! It had to be owned by some crazy smuggler and his hairy accomplice! We HAD to opt for the cheap knockoff!"

Treskis: "At least she drives like a dream."

*David Robert Jones disconnects, and walks away to give the necessary orders*

-----

<somewhere else on the ZFT homeworld>

*The Visitor walks into a room*

*Makuta Xintrix and a robot which looks like this are standing in front of him*

The Visitor: Xintrix, Abeloth, good morning. I have received word that certain droids are hunting down and killing combatants of the Uterio War. You can easily imagine how this could prove to be a thorn in the side for us. We have been ordered to terminate them. Are there any questions?

Abeloth: Yes. Why do I look so silly?

The Visitor: That one, I cannot answer. Is there anything else?

*complete silence*

The Visitor: Very well.

*the three teleport to Malchior IV*

[ Skies Above Shinobi-Nui, Mai's Ship: ]

*By now, Cid has been moved to the infirmary*

Mai: *Walks over to a window, looking down at Shinobi-Nui*

*Her look of abject boredom grows ever-more dark*

Mai: ...Prepare to jump to Sozen IV.

*The crew gets to work*

~ ~ ~

[ Somewhere Completely Different: ]

*The setting is a wide path high in a mountain range*

*Stormclouds high above are just beginning to allow sunlight through*

*Rain-drenched leaves and stone shimmer in the sunlight*

*Down the path walk Zev, Namah, and Yoruichi, led by some kind of female native*

*Resembling a feline of somber-hued fur, she has many rings in her upright ears and perceptive, almost predatory golden eyes*

*Black-spotted silver tail flicking, she pulls aside some brush and leads the group down a hidden side-path*

*While Namah and Yoruichi move with graceful ease, Zev has decidedly more trouble; while it's no matter for him to carry the huge travel packs, it does set off his balance*

*Soon enough, the group stops and Zev carefully sets the travel packs above the mud*

Namah: So. A rather nice Springtime Planet. Helpful locals. *She eyes the feline, who appears to be whittling a wooden figurine with a survival dagger* Didn't know khajiit lived on planets like this. I'll have to make note of that.

Yoruichi: Well, guess I should tell you what we're doing here...Buuut I think you guys'll appreciate it better when you see it yourselves, heheheh.

Zev: That and you like screwing with us kits, still wet behind the ears. Right, sensei? *Pours one of their many canteens over head* Forgot how miserable it is in a Springtime Planet's rainforests. Good thing my clothes are sweatproof.

Namah: And who do you have to thank for that? Certainly not your witty, charming, devilishly adorable companion who went to all of the trouble of poring over Dorothy's files to piece together a horribly elaborate enchantment?

Zev: Thank you, Namah. You have saved me once again. I don't know what I'd do without you. *Murmurs to self* Live the life of Riley, that's what I'd do. *Flinches* Awch.

Namah: *Tosses a couple of pebbles up and down in hand* I will now accept your unspoken apology for being such a smartass. *Turns to the khajiit leading them* May I ask your name?

Khajiit Guide: ...Name is Thaleya. Should hurry up and move soon. Everything is easier to sniff out after big rainstorm. Trolls come by here often.

*As if on cue, a bellowing cry rings out nearby; followed by a dull thud, and an even louder cry, this time of such volume that a few birds take flight*

Namah: No offense, Lady Thaleya, but Trolls don't scare us too bad. Each of us - Yourself included, I'm sure - Has some way to cast fire or poison them. With the four of us together, I'm sure even a dreig of trolls couldn't defeat us.

Thaleya: *Shrugs* Suit yourself. I still prefer that we get moving out of their main territory. Also have assignment to check on luzur'mi population.

*Without another word, she stands up and begins hacking through the thicket ahead of them*

*As Zev hefts the packs again, himself, Namah and Yoruichi stay close to Thaleya*

*Trolls can still be heard bellowing and quarreling somewhere*

Yon: lolwut

SM Muta: That matters not.

*He shoots above Shockwave's head, making boulders rain down on him. While he is distracted, he turns to Muta*

SM Muta: State your purpose here!

----------------

SM Masaharu: lolwut was that? Anyway, I must concentrate on keeping myself un-captured through this.

*He locks claw-and-staff with a Panrahk*

<SM Muta's location>

*Shockwave's head and hand burst out of the pile of boulders covering him*

*he pulls out a grenade, and throws it*

-----

<the SMU world>

*suddenly, Overlord Blackout arrives, and shoots Masaharu in the back with poison*

*Trantoshen picks up a nearby wooden chair and throws it at the grenade, both are destroyed*

*Muta telekinetically grabs SM Muta by the neck*

Muta: No, you state yours.

*Trantoshen: I'll deal with him!

*Trantoshen prepares to face Shockwave while they are speaking*

SM Muta: I am MUTA, a Multiple-Utility Tactical Automatron, built by the great engineer Jarvis.

*Muta drops him and gasps*

OOS: DUN DUN DUN.

----------------------

*The poison simply circulates through SM Masaharu's system before erupting from one of his spikes*

SM Masaharu: I am a Chenyromas!

*He mind-warps onto Overlord Blackout's shoulders and starts clawing at his head*

<Trantoshen's location>

*Shockwave bursts out of the pile of rocks*

Shockwave: I am not interested in you. *teleports next to Yon*

-----

<the SMU world>

*OB tries to get SMMasaharu off his head*

*suddenly, a portal appears, and a lion runs out*

*the lion is conspicuously not in a cage*

Lion: I am the Uncaged Lion! HEAR ME ROAR!

*he fires a sonic attack that knocks OB and SMMasaharu into a wall*

[ Shinobi-Nui, Mai's Ship: ]

*Before the large craft, another series of glowing circles appears*

*Noiselessly this time, the passage is traversed and the ship disappears*

*Little to nothing is left to show the ship was ever there*

~ ~ ~

[ Sozen IV (Moon), Skies Above: ]

*The humming picks up and the glowing circles appear*

*With a cataclysmic explosive sound, Mai's ship emerges from the Boom Tube*

*All below extends a frozen tundra, with some kind of large sea in the distance*

Mai: *Turns to an engineer* Bring us down, and send the message for a sortie of troops.

Engineer: Yes, m'lady. *He rushes off to do as he's been told*

Mai: ... *Sighs* Better check on him. *Heads for the infirmary* ...

*Outside, the frigid wind howls wildly*

~ ~ ~

[ Springtime Planet, Forest Path: ]

*Led by Thaleya, the group continues down the path*

*Soon, they emerge on a wide ledge devoid of any trees*

*Just as they prepare to descend, however, a bellowing cry reaches their ears*

Thaleya: *Draws a pair of daggers which faintly glow with a fiery light* They approach.

*The others prepare to fight just as a pair of huge shapes erupt from the bushes*

*A pair of trolls - One female and a full head and a half taller than the other - Trundle towards them*

Thaleya: *Quickly darts in and past the male, slashing at the back of his knee*

Male Troll: *Howls angrily, dropping to one knee as he tries to grab the khajiit female*

*However, a blast of pale blue fire erupts from Yoruichi's hand, piercing his chest*

*The troll gives a last rumbling cry, before dropping face-down*

*Meanwhile, Zev keeps a stream of fire on the female troll*

Female Troll: *Keeps one hand forward, slowly, painfully drawing closer*

*However, a strike from Namah's Ether Tendrils sends her tumbling backwards*

*Already close to the ledge, she pitches over with a roar*

Namah: *Watches as she falls* Hope no one's down there.

*Still a bit shaken, the group moves closer together*

*Looking around, they make sure nothing else is close by*

*Hurriedly, they head down a rough path*

~ ~ ~

[ Ikebukuro III, Main City, A Street: ]

*Kuu and Maraah find themselves on the streets*

*While they remember being there, it feels like they've been blacked out for an incredibly long time*

*Up ahead of them, the woman in the black leather suit with the yellow helmet watches*

*Revving her motorcycle's engines, she takes off down the other direction on the street*

*Briefly, both Maraah and Kuu could swear they heard a horse's braying*

*However, the engine is already fading fast*

---

[ Main City, A Small Apartment Building: ]

*As the sun slowly rises, Anri goes to unlock her door*

*Fumbling, face pale, she gasps as she drops the keys and nearly loses her glasses*

*Sighing, she readjusts her glasses - And finds a thin hand offering her keys to her*

Anri: ...? *Turns gaze upward, brown eyes gazing into the young man's dark eyes*

Izaya: Hello there. You seemed to have dropped these. *Places the keys back into her hand*

*With an idle wave, he strolls back down the hallway and heads down the stairs*

Anri: ... *Gazes after him for a moment, expression unreadable* ...

*Afterwards, she hurriedly unlocks the door and enters*

*The door closes behind her in a hurry*

---

[ Main City, Streets: ]

*The rider is still heading further out*

*By now, she's on a road up the side of a mountain*

*This is still in-view of Kuu and Maraah, though from a distance*

*Soon, she arrives at what appears to be an abandoned apartment building sector*

*At one particular building, she hides her bike with a tarp and a grid of building slats*

*Unlocking the front door, she heads in and locks it behind her*

*Down a set of stairs she goes, into a brightly-lit living room*

*Out to meet her comes a young man with fair skin, jawlenth black hair with a terminating fringe that angles outward, and dark eyes behind his rectangular-framed spectacles*

*He wears a white labcoat and otherwise very ordinary clothes, and smiles widely as he meets the woman*

???: Welcome back, Celty! Did the delivery go over okay?

Celty: ... *Takes out her cellphone and types something in* ...

Text: Quite well. Thanks for asking, Shinra. But it seems that a couple of offworlders are looking into the Saika Affair.

Shinra: ... *Siiigh* That's not going to end up well.

Celty: *Type Type Type* I know. Though, we can't really do much, can we?

Shinra: That we can't. Well, I recorded that movie we were going to watch. Just let me pop myself some popcorn and I'll be right back.

Celty: *Type Type Type* Great! I've really been looking forward to this one!

Shinra: Aha, me too! Be right back! *Bustles off to the kitchen*

Celty: *Plops down on the couch, flicking the TV on*

<Malchior IV>

*The Visitor, Xintrix, and Abeloth appear in a city*

*Xintrix and Abeloth are arguing over something rather trivial*

The Visitor: Stop bickering, you two. We have a planet to search.

Xintrix: Really? I thought it would be quite easy to find them. Just look for three droids on a killing spree.

*Abeloth fires eye-beams at a Malchiorian walking by, and shape-shifts into him*

Abeloth: Disguise has been assumed.

*The Visitor and Xintrix shape-shift into Malchiorians as well*

The Visitor: Come on, let's go.

*they walk off in a random direction, and are stopped by a guard*

Guard: You three! Show me your IDs!

Xintrix: *in the most obvious American accent it is possible to imagine* Uh.....we no.....speak Americano?

Guard: *turns to some other guards* SPIES! I'VE CAUGHT SOME SPI-

*suddenly, Abeloth pulls out a gun marked "Warning: Extremely Loud" and shoots the guard*

*everyone in the immediate area turns around, then runs towards the team*

The Visitor: Why must I work with such pillocks.....

*Xintrix and Abeloth turn around to find the Visitor has disappeared*

Abeloth: Status of The Visitor: gone. Conclusion: he has abandoned us.

Xintrix: Well no kidding.

*suddenly, a portal opens, and Zbigniew appears, along with a black-and-white cat*

Zbigniew: I am Zbigniew Brzezinski! *to the cat* Amelia, peeler!

Random Malchiorian: Peel 'er? But I hardly know her!

Zbigniew Brzezinski: Not you, the cat!

Random Malchiorian: Oh.

*Amelia the cat fires an eye-beam at the Random Malchiorian, turning him into a large pile of potato peelings*

*Zbigniew takes off his shoe and starts slapping Malchiorians with it*

*suddenly, the Visitor pulls up in a moon buggy*

The Visitor: I bet you thought I abandoned you, eh?

Abeloth: Correct.

Xintrix: Why are you in a moon buggy?

The Visitor: Don't ask, just get in before that old man and the cat have gone away!

*Abeloth and Xintrix get into the moon buggy, and drive away at top speed*

[ Ikebukuro III, Main City, A Street: ]

*Maraah's eyes follow the woman with the yellow helmet*

Maraah: ... You find her suspicious too, right?

Kuu: Yes.

Maraah: Ehhh... I think we should keep on going this way. See if we can find something that can help us with this.

*Kuu and Maraah continue walking quickly*

*the Malchiorians are bewildered*

Malchiorian: "Why did he turn into potatoes?"

---

*Ultron and HK-47 are moving through the piles of corpses*

HK-47: "Statement: Where is the Baterra? We need to get things going."

*Meanwhile, several of the squad have either been killed or infected and are attacking their former comrades*

Peter: "Not...*smacks an infected down* good!"

*The Baterra signals to Nadle*

Baterra: "Follow me! Peter, you and the others hold them off, Nadle and I will try to find the source of the plague!"

Nadle: "Let us go."

*they run away into a more quiet area, and see a bunch of dead Malchiorians and infected*

Nadle: "Someone else is here. Someone who cares not about the infected."

Ultron: "It is our primary directive. They were warriors, and the got in the way."

*the Baterra kicks Nadle onto the ground, and HK-47 forms a square of fire around him*

*Ultron jumps into the square, and begins fighting with Nadle*

---

*Meanwhile, Klak and Raziel continue dueling with each other*

[ Sozen IV: ]

*The ship has descended to the surface*

*From within emerge a platoon of troops in crimson armor with white, skull-like masks*

*Mai follows from behind with a fur cape added to her outfit for warmth*

*Soon enough, Cid emerges - Groggy, but none worse for the wear*

*Wordlessly, the group heads for the distant sea*

~ ~ ~

[ Springtime Planet, Forest/Mountain Path: ]

*The group continues walking*

*Soon, they find the path levelling off more evenly*

*However, none of them can escape the feeling of being watched*

Thaleya: ...This territory of rogues. Be careful. *Draws one of her daggers*

*Uneventfully does the trek continue for a while, before Yoruichi and Thaleya note something up in the trees*

*At a crack of a twig, Namah sends an Ether Tendril lashing into the thicket, halo alight*

*A metallic clang rings out as her Tendrils impact something in the bushes*

Namah: Whoever you are, show yourself! *Narrowly dodges a swift missile sent for her head from behind*

*Someone up in the trees nearly took her out with the shot of a flame-imbued arrow*

*A stream of fire from behind them on the path catches her off guard, but Zev deflects it with a Bakudo shield*

*From the bushes leaps a young man, thin, lean, of fair skin and short black hair, slashing two wavy daggers towards Namah's face and throat*

Namah: Hup! *Halo and fingertips still glowing pink, flips away from the attack*

*Behind them on the path, a young man with studded leather armor over a faintly-glowing tunic and a raised hood - Also aglow - Sends another stream of fire towards Zev*

Zev: *Takes a wide stance, holding hands out* ... *Abruptly draws both hands down to left hip*

*The stream of fire is dragged down into a sphere between his palms, then lobbed back at the mage*

Thaleya: *Has crossed both daggers with the single narrow sabre of another khajiit - This one wearing studded leather armor, steel gauntlets and boots, and a faintly-luminous hood*

Mystery Khajiit: ...I've not gotten to clash with a khajiit ranger before. You are quite good. *Shoves her away*

Thaleya: *Blocks the next slash* Thanks muchly. You are skilled as well. A pity we are enemies.

*The two continue trading blows with each other*

*As Yoruichi takes a flying leap into the trees, the archer drops down to lower branches until reaching the ground*

*Wiry and short, they have a jawlength, messy mane of red-brown hair, off-tan skin, a round face, and slightly dark, fuller lips than of the other two humans' features; painted on their left cheek are a pair of crimson lines, while on the right is a rectangular mark; and beneath their crimson headband are deep, dark brown eyes*

*Bow in hand, the archer flees to the top of a small ridge, before placing the bow upon their back*

*Drawing a pair of short, straight daggers that taper from broad bases, the scrawny warrior in leather armor with affixed, slat-like metal plates stares Yoruichi down*

Yoruichi: Come on, kid. Be a good little boy and don't fight. We don't want to hurt you.

???: I'd be a good little boy and do that, 'ceptt we want to hurt that damned khajiit...

Yoruichi: *Has to swiftly dodge to avoid the lightning-quick lunge that severs a couple of thick branches*

???: ...And more importantly, I'm a girl.

Yoruichi: Oooooh, heh. Sorry 'bout that.

???: Yeah. Right. *Lunges again*

~ ~ ~

[ Ikebukuro III, Main City: ]

*As they keep walking, Kuu and Maraah soon end up outside a familiar bar*

*Though it's clearly busy inside, a certain blondehaired man is smoking outside*

Shizuo: ... *Glares at the two, before blowing out a large cloud of cigarette smoke* ...

*He keeps silent, just leaning against the wall in the sun*

*Abruptly, he takes out his phone as it starts vibrating*

Shizuo: *Takes cigarette out with other hand* Grrr...I wish I knew how to turn this damned thing off.

*He randomly jabs at buttons with his thumb, trying in vain to find the off button*

*Kuu and Maraah long forgotten, he continues muttering irately*

Shizuo: Crazy b!tches with knives...That Saika chick on this Chatroom is going nuts...Izaya's still alive...I have enough work to do, I don't want to bring more of those red-eyed dumbasses to my bar...

*Snarling, he snaps the phone shut and shoves it into his pocket*

*Grinding the cigarette out on a nearby stone pole, he glares at Kuu and Maraah*

Shizuo: You gonna order a drink from here, or are you gonna stand around like someone just ran over your dog? No loitering, and if you're with the church, get the hell off the premises.

*Leaning his head back, he stares up at the sky through his sunglasses*

Shizuo: ... *Seems to slowly be calming down* ...

---

*The Chatroom has only just receded from several wild messages*

*Now, only Saika and someone with a gray no-gender avatar named "Sotton" are left*

Sotton: Saika, are you okay?

Sotton: It's a nice day, you should be enjoying it!

Sotton: The movie I'm watching has been interrupted, so I felt like talking to someone.

Sotton: But you should enjoy a sunny day like this!

*A minute passes without any reply*

Sotton: Saika, please don't do this to me.

Sotton: You know how much I worry about you.

Saika: I know Sotton, I just

*Half a minute or so of silence passes*

Saika: I...Don't know what to do...

Sotton: Just don't do anything drastic, okay?

Saika: Okay.

Saika: I promise, I'll stay out of trouble.

Sotton: That's the Saika I know!

Sotton: Now go out and enjoy the sunshine, kid!

Sotton: I hear rain'll be moving in tomorrow.

Saika: Right, thank you so much!

*Saika has logged off*

Sotton: Heh. She's such a good kid.

*Sotton has logged off*

<Malchior IV>

*The Visitor, Xintrix, and Abeloth are driving down the road into RacKoon City*

Abeloth: Probability of targets' presence: 74%. Margin of error: so large I shall not bother.

Xintrix: Is there any purpose to you being here?

Abeloth: Yes.

Xintrix: In that case, I would like to know what it is, because it can't possibly be stating the obvious.

*suddenly, a shotgun round flies over Xintrix's head*

*he turns around to find some guards have gotten into a truck and are now following them*

Xintrix: Oh fiddlesticks.

The Visitor: What is it?

Abeloth: Recommendation: do not turn around, just drive.

*a grenade launcher materializes in Abeloth's hand, and he fires it at the truck*

Malchiorian Driver: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

*the truck swerves out of the way of the grenade and into a ditch*

*the grenade bounces off a wall and sticks to the underside of the moon buggy*

The Visitor: Good shooting Abeloth!

Abeloth: Negative. I did not do that.

The Visitor: Then where did the grenade go.....?

Abeloth: Hypothesis: it may or may not be currently stuck to the fuel tank.

The Visitor: STUCK TO THE FUEL TA-

*Nadle, Ultron, HK-47, and the Baterra notice a rather large explosion nearby*

*burning wheels fall on them*

*The Visitor, Xintrix, and Abeloth are conveniently flung onto the roof of a tower, and watch the fight*

Abeloth: Query: should we attempt to help?

The Visitor: Nadle is our enemy, just like those droids. Let them take him out, then let us take them out.

*Xintrix eats popcorn*

[ Ikebukuro III, Main City: ]

*Kuu stares, her irises pulsing much more than usual*

*She keeps completely still*

Maraah: Uhh... Actually... Well...

*He makes sure that Kuu is close enough to protect him. His confidence rises*

Maraah: We're tryin' to gather up info on the recent amount of deaths that have been happening. We haven't got a really solid lead yet...

*Yon fires an eyebeam at Shockwave, while Trantoshen picks up a rock and hurls it at him at the same time*

-------------------------------

[ Unknown city: ]

*DUK runs around with his heavy weapon, blasting people*

DUK: AHAHAHAHA! CRY SOME MOOORE!

[ Ikebukuro III, Main City, The Bar: ]

Shizuo: ... *Finally looks back to Maraah and Kuu* ...

*Removing his cigarette, he drops it to the ground and grinds it out with his heel*

Shizuo: Prolly has something to do with those red-eyed lunatics. Wish they'd leave me the hell ALONE!!

*Snarling, he whirls to see a couple of taller men in long coats; one carrying a butcher's cleaver, the other a steak knife; and both with staring, red-glowing eyes*

Both Together: ...I love you...I love you...I love you...And you...And you...I love you...

Shizuo: GET LOST YOU ####ING PRICKS!! *Crouches, levering fingers underneath the bottom of a vending machine*

*With a roar of pure fury, he rises to his feet with the vending machine lifted clear above his head*

*Howling like a mad beast, he sends the machine tumbling end-over-end towards the two men*

*The two men duck away and into an alley, quickly escaping*

*As several people emerge from buildings nearby to gawk at the scene, Shizuo turns to glare at Maraah*

Shizuo: Look. I've got a job to do here, and it's coming out of my salary if I do anymore collateral. Can't help you with the Slasher. I don't know anything about it, and I'd prefer to not know where those morons keep coming from.

*Taking out another cigarette, Shizuo lights up and leans back against the wall*

*He grumbles and mutters angrily under his breath*

~ ~ ~

OOS: Might expand.

<Yon and Trantoshen's location>

*Shockwave dodges both things, then fires a beam into Trantoshen's chest*

Shockwave: Yon, why do you try and kill me? I am here to get you back, not kill you. But if you insist on opposing me.....

-----

<Ynot's location>

*a portal opens in front of Ynot, and David Robert Jones walks out*

DRJ: "Hero to many, traitor to the darkness, covered in the blood of gods." Does that describe anyone you know? Say.....a best friend of yours?

[ Ikebukuro III, Main City, The Bar: ]

*Maraah grows silent for a few moments*

Maraah: Well, if it has something to do with those red eyed people -no offence Kuu-, we should really follow 'em.

Kuu: Mmm...

*Kuu immediately begins walking towards the direction that one of the red-eyed folk went*

*Maraah attempts to catch up with her, looking at Shizuo over his shoulder*

Maraah: Thanks for the info!

[ Stayed Behind: ]

Shizuo: ... *Stares after for a few moments* ...

*He tosses the half-finished cancer stick and stomps it out agitatedly*

Shizuo: Smells like s###.

~ ~ ~

[ The Alley: ]

*As Kuu and Maraah follow, a pair of glowing red eyes can be seen up ahead*

*It's one of the men from before The one carrying a butcher's cleaver - And he's grinning madly*

???: ...I love you...Heh...Hehehah...Hahahah...! I love you...! I love you! I love you! I love you!! I love you I love you I love you I love you love you love you love you LOVE YOU LOVE YOU KYAAAHAHAHEHEGHAWHAWHAAAAAAHHH!!

*He leaps towards Kuu, swinging his butcher's cleaver wildly and without sense nor reason*

*The pure madness of his slashes renders them impossible to predict*

~ ~ ~

[ Sozen IV: ]

*The group continues on for a ways*

*Abruptly, a low, grumbling roar can be heard - Followed by two or three in response*

*From further ahead, gigantic walls of blubbery, leathery beast waddle across the ice - Flashing their gigantic, pitted tusks*

Mai: *Immediately draws a set of daggers* Don't get in my way, men.

Soldiers: Yes m'lady! *Leap forward in unison*

*Each one throws a punch forward, and each unleashes a jet of flames*

*The result is a conflagration that forces the quarted of massive walri back*

*Meanwhile, Cid has conjured up a pair of maces and is moving to block two from approaching*

*Lastly, Mai throws her daggers for one's face and draws several more*

*Just as the battle begins, a blizzard picks up*

~ ~ ~

OOS: Might expand. Yes, I know.

I probably mean it this time.

*HK-47 and the Baterra look up at the building (the one the Visitor and co.)*

HK-47: "Inquiry: Who are they?"

Baterra: "They don't seem to be targets. We don't fight them unless it is necessary."

*Ultron and Nadle continue fighting*

*Nadle tries to swing towards Ultron's side, but the droid blocks it*

Ultron: "I have studied your techniques. I have witnessed every battle in the Uterio War that involved the Rebel Alliance's commanders. Resistance is futile."

*Ultron grabs Nadle by the neck, and slams him to the ground*

*he shoots several lasers at Nadle, then stabs him through the arm*

*Nadle shoots a power scream at Ultron, but the droid ignores it*

Ultron: "Please."

*he slams Nadle into the flames, then shoots him more*

*Ultron swings Nadle out of the circle*

*Nadle has fallen unconscious*

---

*Klak and Raziel continue fighting while Peter is the last of his squad left*

---

*D-Klak is sitting in a hospital bed, and he coughs*

---

*Keichi and SM Treveya walk out of their ship*

Keichi: "So this is the place?"

SM Treveya: "Yes. In that cave." *points at a cave of crystals*

Keichi: "This had better work."

*they walk to the cave on Krustallos*

*The club isn't that crowded seeing as it's still early in the evening. Still various creatures are milling around. Shikhazra dances with Sasuken. Blue breaks away to go greet people she knows.*

Shikhazra: Yeah, the entrances move around. They're there when you need 'em. Only people who actually work here can just go in whenever they want. And, for some reason Blue.

Blue: *Since entering the club her hair has returned to it's natural color as well as a reappearance of her ears, tail, and stripes. She makes her way over to the bar, and plops down on a stool. The bartender is a wolfgirl with her hair in rainbow bangs and a blonde ponytail in the back* Hey, Sheebs~ What's up?

Sheebs?: *A broad grin breaks over her face as she reaches over and pulls the catgirl up in a big hug* Blue! It's good to see you! I missed you so much, and our adventures, and and- ...*she drops Blue and her ears flatten, looking embarassed* But...uh...I...thought you weren't supposed to come around anymore...

Blue: *picks herself up off the floor* Nah, it's cool. Got permission from Sanya and everything.

Sheebs?: Oh! Good for you! YAY! Does this mean we get to hang out again? DO WE DO WE DO WE?

Blue: I guess so-

*She gets cut off by another wolfgirl, this one a brunette who's only a pair of glasses away from the hot librarian look*

?: Eh-hem. Blue, what are you doing here? I thought you had a ban.

Blue: 8D It's cool Sandra! It got revoked!

Sandra: Since you apparently haven't simply gotten around the spells I'll believe you. For now. But, Sheba, dear you shouldn't associate with this kind of rabble.

Sheba: *puppy eyes* But I love Blue!

Sandra: ...you love everybody. Fine. You can hang out with her but only with supervision, and you have to clear the supervision with me first.

Sheba: *reaches over and glomps Sandra* I LOVE YOU 8D

Sandra: Hrm...yes...okay *peels the other girl off her*

*A redheaded girl wearing way too much body glitter leans over* Hey Blue! Long time no see! Sandra? Can Sheba hang out with Blue with ME as supervision?

Sheba: Oh! PLEASEPLEASEPLEASE? *tail wagging furiously*

Sandra: You know what. Fine. Against my better judgement Stelladi can be the supervision. But, I'm warning you fangy-

Stelladi: Yeah, yeah, I'm warning you, blah blah, been the same thing since I turned your one little friend. I get it.

((Pic time! Catgirl Blue Sheba (sorry it's a sketch) Sandra (realized I don't actually have any pics of her work outfit) and of course Stelladi

Sasuken: Hmm, quite a complex system to hide this place. I'd tell Trixitin about it, but he'd never find it. Nor would he be comfortable in a place like this. Dudes a book worm, can't cut loose and have fun.

*As he is dancing and chatting, his voice raises a little, his armor changes into a skin tight matte black set of tights with a neon blue bird across his chest, his hair growing from bald into a full mullet [Link]

Sasuken: Hmm, forgot about this form. Haven't used it in a while.
----
[Shinobi Nui, Inside the Cabana]

*Ynot is lying in his hammock again, straw hat over his eyes when DRJ enters*

Ynot: Nah, sounds more like me. I've saved numerous people, I'm sure Blackout views me as a Traitor to the Brotherhood of Makuta, and I have fallen a god or two. So, who told you of this island? I make it my business to not disclose it's location so I can rest in peace. The few that know, also know this. So, either whoever told you cares not, or wants to pick a fight.

OOS: Just showcasing Ynot's Ego here. Sure, he COULD take the hint at the meaning of the riddle, but he'd rather revel in his own deeds.

[ Springtime Planet, Forest Path: ]

Silent Young Man: *Easily blocks every Ether Tendril sent his way*

*At a brief opening, he leaps in and slashes both of his daggers for Namah's shoulder*

Namah: *Cries out as her shoulder is cut and singed* THAT TEARS IT!! PURPLE HAZE!!

*She sends all four tendrils on one hand madly whipping towards the young man*

*However, he twists himself oddly in mid air, contorting his body as he falls*

*To Namah's ire, he springs from his handstand to land further away - Unscratched*

Hooded Young Man: *Is bearing down on Zev's current barrier with twin streams of flames and lightning*

Zev: ...!! *Has to dig in his heels to not be sent ass over tea kettle* Think...What would my friends tell me to do...?

Mental Ynot: Bulldoze straight through and kick his keister six ways to Sunday.

Zev: I'd love to do that, strange down-home-country-metaphor-using Ynot in my head, but if I drop this barrier, I'll be roasted.

Mental Makoto: Use the Power of Justice to shatter his spells into nothingness!!

Zev: That's nice, Makoto inside of my head, but the Power of Justice doesn't do crap.

Mental Washu: PROTECT ME!! JUSTICE HEADBAND!! JUSTICE HACHIMAKI!! ATTAAAAAACK

Zev: *Snarls* OH HAH HAH!!

Mental Namah: Do something you've seen in a video game.

Zev: Die. Oh wait. That's actually a great idea. *Bends knees slightly*

*Crossing his arms, he channels fiery green and marigold energy behind his shield*

*With a roar, he throws his arms apart and detonates the barrier - Sending the mage ducking for cover as his spells go haywire*

Zev: Thank you for the Barrier Burst, BlazBlue series. *Lunges for the mage*

*Meanwhile, the two khajiit are still repeatedly clashing their daggers in a flickering, deadly dance*

*Lastly, Yoruichi is surprised at how the young - ...Woman's movements nearly match her own in pace*

*With a swsh-swsh-swsh, Yoruichi darts to crouch in a tree branch*

Yoruichi: *Grins* What's the matter? Don't know - ...Shunpo?

*The girl has disappeared in a burst of dust from beneath her feet*

*Expertly flipping up to crouch against the tree, Yoruichi rockets off as the girl slashes through the treebranch*

*Kicking off the falling branch, she goes flying into the air, pierces her daggers into another branch, and flips on top*

???: Nope. But I do know Soru, you arrogant hag. Oh, and Geppou. *Leaps forward*

*She proceeds to repeatedly kick off of the air, before jetting down to slash for Yoruichi*

Yoruichi: *Drops down to escape* Where the hell did she learn those!?

*She repositions for an attack*

OOS: It's alright Ynot.....

-----

<Ynot's location>

DRJ: And that is the correct answer! *laughs* Anyway, I know of this place for a very simple reason: the Writer knows of it, and has written of it. I am but a pawn in the never-ending chess game of history. We all are. Some pawns last long, and some do not. Some pawns run into traps which in hindsight turn out to be obvious. The Reckoning is coming. There will be no heroes in the Reckoning. It will be a battle between two great dark ones. Both of which you are very familiar with. One is obvious, the other is not.

-----

<the SMU world>

*GGBlackout has torn past the army, and kicks open the door to the main tower*

GGB: Who is the leader here?!

*this person pushes past the crowd*

Leader: Zat would be moi!

GGB: And you would be.....?

Leader: I am Le Chiffre! And we will never surrender!

GGB: Oh yeah? *slaps SM Le Chiffre*

SMLC: Ow! *rubs his cheek, then puts his hands in the air* We surrender! We surrender!

Everyone in the tower: *facepalm*

-----

<Malchior IV>

*The Visitor notices that the droids have spotted them*

The Visitor: Dammit Xintrix, I told you not to chew that popcorn so loudly!

Xintrix: Oh, like you're one to talk, Mr. I-Sound-Like-A-Screwdriver-In-A-Pencil-Sharpener-When-I-Eat!

Abeloth: Assertion: that is an overly long nickname.

Xintrix: Why do you have to ruin everything?

Abeloth: Fact: it was in fact you who forced us to run from those guards.

The Visitor: Why do you people have to bicker about absolutely everything? Anyway, get your weapons ready, I think we can go for it soon.

-----

<the far future>

*a figure which looks like it is a fusion of all five Elite Makuta is sitting on a black and red throne, resting his feet on a box*

*suddenly, the box starts shaking, and the room is filled with the sound of a hundred voices screaming "LET US OUT"*

Future Blackout: Ugh. Not again.

*he takes his feet off the box, and hits it, and the shaking and screaming stops*

F-Blackout: I do wish that the guy who I got that box from had told me they never shut up.

*this guy suddenly walks into the room*

Ferak: My lord, Klak's doing it again.

*F-Blackout bangs his fist on a table*

F-Blackout: Ugh. I have had enough of his temporal trickery! He hides from me, but still has the time to annoy his past self. Very well. If he wants a competition to see who can mess around with the past more, then he shall have one. Send Von Leod. Tell him he can have all the fun he likes, as long as he doesn't kill anyone who matters. Got that?

Ferak: Yes, my lord. *runs out of the room*

*F-Blackout looks around his throne room*

*his eyes stop on what appears to be a very old human skull*

F-Blackout: Jones was keeping secrets from me. Perhaps it was for the best.

-----

<Malchior IV>

*a person appears on the top floor of a tower, nowhere near RacKoon City*

*he looks like this, and is wielding two Walther P38 pistols*

Von Leod: *speaking in an odd mix of German and Scottish accents, if you can imagine such a thing* So, this is where Lord Blackout sends me? Very well. If he wants me to have fun, then I shall have fun. After all, who am I to refuse such an order? He he.

*he begins walking downstairs, stopping on each floor and killing anyone he sees*

[ Shockwave and Yon's location: ]

*Trantoshen deflects it into the rubble and runs towards them*

Yon: Oh... really? Well. That's good.

*Shockwave crosses his arms*

Yon: Uhh... yeah. All is forgiven?

*Yon hits the ground below Trantoshen with an eyebeam, catapulting him up into the air*

*Meanwhile, taking advantage of Muta's shock, SM Muta punches him in the face*

[ Sozen IV: ]

*By now, the gigantic walri have been defeated*

*However, about a dozen towering, broad figures emerge from the snow*

*They greatly resemble tuskarr, but are even larger; as well, while they are broad in chest and potbellied, their arms are long and coiled with bunched, knotty muscles, while their short, well-built legs miraculously carry them at an impressively quick gait*

*Each of them stares with beady, glowing white eyes, and are clearly not of the same ilk as their peaceful cousins*

Apparent Leader: So. Thuh signal fro' thuh Weaklin's dun got thruh. Yuh should'nae come 'round 'ere. Now yuh hafta die.

*He abruptly snarls as he finds four small red arrows sticking out of his bared chest*

Mai: *Lowers arm* Men, leave the leader alive. Kill the rest.

Troops: Yes m'lady!! *Split off into four groups - Three groups of four to attack the enemy, and a last group of eight to protect Mai*

*Immediately, they begin sending quick blasts of fire rocketing for their enemies with rapid kicks and punches*

*Two or three fall with bellowing cries, but the rest begin to move swiftly through the blizzard*

*However, two whom attempted to flank Mai's group find themselves flying into the snow, blunt muzzles filled with blood*

Cid: *Lowers his maces* Guess we've got an idea of why the distress signal was sent.

Mai: Good job Detective. Keep focused before they kill you.

Cid: *Narrowly dodges a bone-tipped spear* Yeesh.

*He moves to help attack the enemy*

~ ~ ~

[ Springtime Planet, Forest Battle: ]

Namah: *Continues trying to strike her opponent*

Silent Young Man: *Seems to go limp and just flow out of the way everytime he's about to be hit*

Zev: *Gets in close enough to land a punch on the robed young man*

*However, he leaps away and flexes his hand - Knuckles bleeding faintly*

Hooded Young Man: *Body glints strangely, before he moves away*

Yoruichi: *Continues jumping from tree to tree to escape her pursuer*

*With her "Soru," the boyish young woman is almost a match for Yoruichi*

Yoruichi: Huh. You're quite skilled at moving through these random branches. I'm normally much more lightfooted.

???: I'll take your word for it. I've lived in these forests all my life. Guess it's natural.

Yoruichi: ...I'm Shihouin Yoruichi. May I ask your name?

???: ...Killerbee. *Disappears again, sending small chunks of bark flying*

Yoruichi: *Moves swiftly to evade the slash sent for her throat*

*They're right back to the lethal game of tag*

*Meanwhile, Khaleya and the other khajiit continue to fight*

Khaleya: Hm. No one has ever matched me this well in combat since my little sister.

???: I'm flattered. She must have been something to stand up to you.

Khaleya: She is the only one who's ever beaten me in a contest of marksmanship.

???: I wish I could meet her someday. *Chuckles oddly*

Khaleya: ... *Eyes narrowed, strikes more swiftly*

*There is no one in the tower, so Von Leod kills a bunch of walls*

*the walls vow their revenge on Blackout one day*

---

*Ultron grabs Nadle's unconscious body*

Ultron: "Vital signs are quite low. The subject is ne-"

*an infected Malchiorian tackles Ultron*

*Nadle gets up, and limps away to an alley*

*Ultron blasts the infected man away, and finds out that Nadle had escaped*

Ultron: "No matter. He is close to death. We have no further business here. Let the rest of them destroy each other."

*HK-47 and the Baterra nod, and begin walking with Ultron to the shuttle's location*

Ultron: "You stay, Baterra. Klak is your next target. All targets have been selected for all candidates. All scenarios calculated. Only possible outcome is death for the targets. I have some business to attend to. We will meet on Mordor."

HK-47: "Agreeing Statement: I understand, master! I can't wait till I find this person that I am targeting. This will be fun."

---

*Klak and Raziel are standing in front of each other*

*both look tired*

Raziel: "Your skills have improved, Klak."

Me: So have yours, wraith.

Raziel: "I will leave this place. If fate wishes for us to meet, then we shall."

*he teleports away*

*Klak looks down and sees Peter standing in front of a bunch of knocked down and killed infected*

Me: Peter! Where are Nadle and the Baterra?

Peter: "Let's look for them before the infected get to them first!"

*they begin running*

---

*F-Klak has finished his campaign in a province on a winter planet in the future*

Messenger: "Great Klak! Blackout has sent some emissaries to the past!"

FK: "How'd you know?"

Messenger: "I read the previous post."

FK: "Oh...right. Okay, write this letter to him...*clears throat* Dear Blackout, you're a poopie doodoo head. Your corruption of the time stream isn't making things fun for me. Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelled of elderberries. Also, I need to remind you that we're having dinner at my house Wednesday night. Lonna made some beef stew and lasagna. And Blackout's Favorite Cake. Sincerely, F-Klak."

Soldier: "Concise, my king."

F-Klak: "Indeed. Now, search the area!"

*the messenger's letter teleports in front of F-Blackout*

---

*SM Treveya, Keichi, Treskis, Quick Billy, and the crew are setting up something strange. There are markings all over the floor*

Treskis: "This...doesn't look good-des."

<Shockwave and Yon's location>

Shockwave: Okay. *presses a button on his armour* This will definitely take us back to Teruga. Nothing could possibly go wrong!

-----

<DUK's location>

*Shockwave and Yon end up in front of DUK*

Shockwave: This is not Teruga.

-----

<Malchior IV, RacKoon City>

The Visitor: They're leaving! Go go go!

*the Visitor and Xintrix drop their Malchiorian disguises, while Abeloth sticks with his because his normal form is A. silly and B. not very useful*

*they jump off the tower, and land in front of the droids*

The Visitor: 'Allo 'allo! We got a bit lost, and we were hoping you might be able to give some directions. We're trying to GO TO HELL!!!!!

*the Visitor and Xintrix shoot lightning at Ultron and the Baterra respectively, while Abeloth takes out a machine gun and fires at HK-47*

-----

<Malchior IV, the tower>

*Von Leod walks out, smiling*

Von Leod: Those walls died valiantly.

*he walks down a street which is not empty, and starts shooting people*

-----

<the far future>

*F-Blackout takes the letter, tears it to bits, and throws them away*

F-Blackout: FERAK!

*Ferak runs into the room*

Ferak: Yes, my lord?

F-Blackout: Write this letter to Klak. "Dear Klak, who else will be at that dinner? Treveya by any chance? Also, you may not be aware of this, but your forces just ran screaming out of Varrock for the fifth time. You really must stop going after planets you can't possibly take. Also, this letter comes with a rather nasty surprise which you will receive in about 10 seconds. Sincerely, Blackout."

Ferak: Good one, my lord. It hits all the right berserk buttons.

F-Blackout: Indeed.

*Ferak's letter teleports in front of F-Klak, and he inevitably reads it*

*10 seconds after reading it, the letter suddenly flies out of F-Klak's hands and turns into a picture*



*the black man in the picture somehow starts speaking with F-Blackout's voice*

Man in Picture/F-Blackout: Hello! This is just a courtesy message to inform you that you just activated my Trap Card, and that therefore you are about to be set on fire. Sincerely, Blackout. AGAIN!

*a blast of fire flies out of the man's mouth, charring F-Klak's armour slightly*

*something floats down into F-Klak's hand*

*it is a photo of Winston Churchill giving a victory sign, but Churchill's face badly Photoshopped out and replaced with F-Blackout's*

*the photo then bursts into flames*

-----

*HK-47 does a barrel roll to dodge the shots*

HK-47: "Statement: Hell, is it? Well, I believe we can guide you to it, meat bag."

*the Baterra is damaged by the electricity, but Ultron is only hurt slightly*

Ultron: "Scanning. Two unknown entities, one known. Known target is the Visitor. Because of suspected involvement in the Uterio War, he is subject to termination. I will comply with pleasure."

*fires several plasma blasts at the Visitor*

*the Baterra gets up, and charges at Xintrix*

*Klak and Peter get to Nadle, who is unconscious in the hallway*

Me: What happened? *walks out and sees the commotion* Baterra! Looks like you have a lot of new friends!

*some infected show up and begin attacking everyone*

Peter: "So do we!"

*they fight the infected*

---

*some people die, while other Malchiorians take out several weapons and begin firing at Von Leod*

*a giant banner reads "Second Amendment Convention"*

---

*F-Klak frowns*

FK: "Ow...That hurt. Send a response:

Dear Blackout,

Treveya is dead. She's been dead for a loooong time! Oh, and bring your pasta."

*F-Klak attaches a link to a website full of Yon Articles*

---

*Some of the crewmen grab another mook, and kill him*

SMT: "Yeah, something like that...*she begins doing strange things, and a portal opens*"

Keichi: "Oh...crap...."

Quick Billy: "What the...devil?"

???: "I do believe that's the idea."

((VILLAIN OVERLOAD IN MY POST OH DEAR))

<Malchior IV, RacKoon City>

The Visitor: *walks out of the way of the plasma blasts in a dignified manner* If you truly have studied every battle of the Uterio War, you will know that I have fought Di Armechio himself, and was a match for him. I am the Visitor. I have faced things your tiny robotic brain could not begin to imagine. Two of the most dangerous warriors ZFT has to offer are behind me. You are in front of me. Since you are a robot, you presumably do not value your life, but if you did, you would be somewhere else right now.

*he draws his battle-axe, and swings it at Ultron's head*

*Xintrix fires several shadow bolts that miss the Baterra's head narrowly, then does a barrel roll and creates a small cyclone that heads towards it*

Xintrix: Thou shalt not bite off more than thou can chew.

Abeloth: Response: Meat bag? That would be an incorrect assertion, for I am certainly not a meat bag.

*he drops his Malchiorian disguise, and assumes the form of Jango Fett*

Abeloth: Assertion: You are about to be terminated.

*he takes off using his jetpack, and fires a blaster at HK-47*

-----

<Malchior IV, the street>

*Von Leod is hit by some of the shots, and slightly injured*

Von Leod: At last, people who can put up a challenge!

*he returns fire with both of his Walther P38s*

-----

<the far future>

*F-Blackout reads F-Klak's letter, and tears it up*

F-Blackout: FERAK!

*Ferak runs into the room*

Ferak: Yes, my lord?

F-Blackout: I want you to lead Squadron X and hit the Minbar station. Klak is clearly getting overconfident, he needs something to wipe the smirk I imagine is now on his face, off his face.

Ferak: Yes, my lord.

*he walks off to carry out F-Blackout's orders*

*F-Blackout walks to a terrace and looks out over BZPower, his capital*

F-Blackout: So long ago, he was just another pesky little do-gooder who thought the universe was better served by maintaining the status quo. Now he is the last obstacle between me and victory.

*he slams his fist against a floating table, causing a random lightning bolt to strike somewhere in the distance*

F-Blackout: I shall not have my plan thwarted by a conservative! Like all obstacles, this one shall be eliminated! I! AM! BLACKOUT!!!!!

-----

OOS:

<Random city>

*DUK swings his heavy weapon above his head in this manner*

DUK: Harharhar! HAHAHA!

*He prepares to blast Shockwave and Yon*


<Muta's location>

*Muta and SM Muta start fighting, and they are teleported to an asteroid*

Trantoshen: Hm. I'm on my own.

OOS: Awww.

Blackout, you used that pic I linked you sooo long ago!

I vaguely remembered you saying you had an idea for it,

And this was a long time coming,

but it's geniuuussss 83

~ ~ ~

[ Springtime Planet, Forest Battle: ]

Namah: *Is nearly exhausted*

Zev: *Is barely keeping the swirling mass of flames and lighting at bay with a domed barrier*

Yoruichi: *Has successfully grabbed Killerbee twice, though she's slid out of her grasp both times somehow*

*As she watches how the silent young man fluidly weaves around to dodge Namah's barrage, her eyes narrow*

Yoruichi: ...Kami-e...And it looks like what Zev busted his hand on earlier was Tekkai.

Killerbee: *Uses Geppou to reposition onto a parallel branch* You seem surprised that we know Rokushiki. Has your old age made you arrogant, too?

Yoruichi: *Abruptly kicks out, leaving Killerbee to narrowly dodge the small daggers launched* ...Why have you four attacked us? We were only here to investigate the temple and check on the local birds.

Killerbee: ... *Narrows eyes* ...Then...You don't know? About the Bei Fong girl? You're not here after her?

Yoruichi: No. Honestly, I've never heard of the name "Bei Fong." Should I have?

Killerbee: ... *Abruptly gives two long, rising whistles and three quick chirps*

*The other two humans disengage, using Geppou to ascend to branches near her*

Mystery Khajiit: Hopefully, we'll next meet on less uncivilized terms.

Thaleya: Yes. I would quite like that. *Sheathes daggers*

*As the khajiit joins her group, they wordlessly disappear back into the forest as suddenly as they came*

Namah: *Pant* *Pant* Anyone care to explain what the hell that was all about!?

Zev: *Wipes sweat from brow, face flushed as he rests on one knee* I dunno...But...B...Uh... *Falters*

Namah: *Flinch* Dammit Zev don't do this to us now!! *Spins to look at him*

Zev: *Pitches over with a wheeze, face beet-red, hair slicked with sweat, eyes glassy*

*As his chest heaves, Yoruichi and Thaleya rush to help him to his feet*

*Whilst Namah drapes Zev easily over her slim shoulders, Yoruichi and Thaleya divide the travel packs between themselves*

Yoruichi: So. We're miles from any city, and I don't know of anything in this forest that can be used for medicine. Hell, I don't know if medicine can even cure spellcaster's exhaustion.

Thaleya: ...The Bei Fong School is just off the path. Though... *Seems to be kicking herself for blurting that out* ...That would be...Problematic.

Namah: Well, short of someone who'd bust our heads open upon stepping through the door -

Thaleya: *Grimaces oddly at that specific remark* Eugh...

Namah: - Spellcaster's exhaustion won't resolve itself out here. We need sturdy shelter, mild temperatures, and at best someone who knows some kind of relaxing techniques. Without all three of those together, it'll take weeks for Zev to recover fully. If it weren't him, anyone else might take months to years. Just lead the way before Zev starts coughing up a lung. Please.

Zev: *Wheezes piteously, staring unseeingly with his head bowed against Namah's shoulder* ...Kff...Kff...

Thaleya: ...Very well. Let us make haste. *Hacks through some dry brambles*

*She leads the group down a winding, craggy path*

*Though precarious, it's obviously been well-maintained and oft used*

*They continue deep into the dark forest*

Ultron: *grabs battle axe by the blade and holds it* "Subject is using taunting. It is a possible attempt to demean the opponent. I will not bother to research and see if I can validate his claims."

*steps back, and puts hands behind back*


*the Baterra is knocked back, but it regains its foothold, then charges at Xintrix, firing several blasts of plasma*

*the vampiric infected are ignoring the droids, instead focusing on the more organic people*

*HK-47 leaps out of the way*

HK-47: "Apologetic Statement: I am sorry. I was under the assumption that you were not an artificial intelligence. Shall we put aside our hatred for each other and focus on killing these fleshy idiots?"

*Klak kicks away an infected*

Me: That doesn't sound good.

Peter: "NONE of this sounds good!"

---

*the Malchiorians return fire at Von Leod with AK-47s, Nynrah blasters, and Thunderguns*

---

OOS: I literally smiled when I read that (though technically F-Klak isn't a conservative). Thank you.

*F-Klak wipes a smile off of his face*

FK: "Prepare our defenses. We are almost done on this world."

---

*The being SM Treveya summoned begins walking towards Keichi with a smile on his face*

Keichi: "H-hey, buddy! Remember me? I tried helping you once, but you almost ki-"

???: "Things change, Keichi. I suppose you wish to work for me now."

Treskis: "Hold on-des. I want a fair share, not employment-des."

???: "Join me, and I will give you the universe in a short time. Work against me, and I will gut you like a fish."

*Treskis's eyes widen*

Quick Billy: "*hic*....interesting proposal there....hard to disagree, eh Treskis?"

SMT: "Plus, we're on a planet of diamonds and crystals. What more payment do we need? Anyways, its a shame Uterio and Set weren't around. We could have profited more, and they would have loved you, master."

???: "It's a shame Set died indeed. I do not know this Uterio character. Still, Ra has awakened. It would be nice to discuss things with him. Let us set up camp."

*he walks away, and the crew follows*

Zev: Bard of Rage wrote:OOS: Awww.

Blackout, you used that pic I linked you sooo long ago!

I vaguely remembered you saying you had an idea for it,

And this was a long time coming,

but it's geniuuussss 83

OOS: Wait, you linked me to that? I honestly don't remember.

-----

<RacKoon City>

The Visitor: Your willingness to research is irrelevant to me.

*he fires laser vision at Ultron's head*


*the plasma hits Xintrix, burning holes in his armour*

*before any antidermis can leak out, he magnetically attracts pieces of metal, sealing the holes*

*he then turns his magnetic powers on the Baterra, making random metal things fly towards him*


Abeloth: Response: Negative. Compliance with orders is paramount. Orders are to terminate you. You will be terminated.

*he fires a flame-thrower at HK-47*

-----

<Malchior IV, the street>

*Von Leod is hit, and takes damage*

Von Leod: Well this is no fun at all.

*he hits a button on his wristband, teleporting himself away*

-----

<DUK's location>

*suddenly, a portal opens in front of DUK, and two tall, heavily armoured beings walk out*

*one of them shoots DUK's weapon, then speaks*

???: I am Starscreech. This is my colleague, Bonesmasher. We are from the Eternal Universe, and you, Kakamu, have been found to be in violation of the Universe-Travelling Restriction Act 1999. You will come with us.


*Shockwave turns to Yon*

Shockwave: I think that this time, the teleporter will definitely take us back to Teruga.


*Bonesmasher turns around, and sees Shockwave*

Bonesmasher: Your name is Shockwave. Correct?

Shockwave: Yes. Why?

Bonesmasher: You are suspected of mass murder. You will also come with us.

Shockwave: Flip off.

*he shoots Bonesmasher twice at point-blank range, killing him*

Shockwave: Go go go GO!!!!! *hits the button again, teleporting himself and Yon away, this time to Teruga*

-----

<the SMU world>

*GGBlackout walks over to a communication device, and contacts Uteria*

Uteria: Yes?

GGB: I demand the immediate surrender of all Shattered Mirror Universe forces in this universe. If you fail to do so, the consequences will be-

Uteria: I accept.

GGB: *splutter* BUT I DIDN'T EVEN GET THROUGH MY SPEECH!!!!!

-----

<the far future, the Minbar station>

*a number of fighters appear near a space station*

Ferak: This is X-0 to all fighters. Spooky Crystal protocols are now in effect. Execute.

*the fighters attack said station*

[ Springtime Planet: ]

*The group has been walking for some time*

*After what feels like at least an hour, they see a low building up ahead*

*Before they can get any closer, however, Thaleya stops them short*

*Kneeling at a stout, smooth pillar of rock beside the path, Thaleya raps her knuckles on it twice, pauses, repeats twice more, then pauses before three final taps*

*Rising back to her feet, she signals to stay quiet and continues to lead the group forward*

*Soon enough, they're walking upon a wide path of flattened stones up to a squat pagoda of some kind, with two pillars - Either topped by the effigy of a winged boar - Ahead of the front steps, and heavy, wrought stone doors*

*The group comes to an uncomfortable stop at the bottom of the stairs; silent except for Zev's labored breathing*

*Eventually, the stone doors grate upon each other and slowly, but surely open outward*

???: *Sounds like a young female* Hurry up inside. This had better be important.

Thaleya: *Cautiously leads the way further in*

Namah: *Clearly has reservations about the place*

Yoruichi: *Similarly appears to have suspicions*

*The dim, yawning room extends ahead*

<Mordor>

*TPK and Ganos Lal are walking outside the Council building*

*as far as the eye can see, the landscape is still covered in corpses and debris: the remnants of war*

Ganos Lal: I must say, the idea is insane, even by your standards.

TPK: I believe it was a great hero who said "Sometimes crazy works.". And he was right.

Ganos Lal: Even so, are you sure that Blackout and Jones will not demand more?

TPK: Despite what their ambitions may suggest, Blackout and Jones are intelligent people. They will recognize that our resources have been depleted by Uterio's madman crusade.

Ganos Lal: So, we are returning to the old methods. I thought you were against them.

TPK: These are not the old methods. The old methods involved indiscriminate killing of those whose comportement we did not agree with. This time, we shall kill rarely, and only those who are preventing the Great Beings from returning to the old glory. This will help our plan, and it will satisfy the ones I am forced to work with.

Ganos Lal: I can't help but feel I have heard of something like this plan before. Did Angonce not implement a similar program?

TPK: I never said it was original.

-----

<the SMU world>

*upon hearing of Uteria's surrender, many of the SMU troops surrender immediately*

*others, like the Uncaged Lion, run away to fight another day*

-----

<Amareta's ship>

*SMAbneris and the fake Stormtroopers walk onto the bridge*

Amareta: Hello, hello. I understand your recruitment mission has succeeded?

SMA: Indeed it 'as, cap'n.

Amareta: Could you please drop the accent?

SMA: Um, cap'n, dis is mah normal accent!

Amareta: Yeah. Sure. Anyway, who'd you recruit?

SMA: Ah got 'un a mah imcompetent buffoons to take a picture. *turns to one of the Stormtroopers* Dougal, the photos please.

Dougal: Photos? What photos? *he fumbles around in his pocket, and takes out some photos* Oh, these photos.

*he hands them to Amareta, who looks at them, slightly surprised*

Amareta: You know, if you'd told me earlier that you were going to recruit the former Divine Prime Minister, I would not have hired you.

SMA: Say whaaaaaaaa? *he grabs the photos back, looks at them carefully, and then looks back at Dougal* Dougal.

Dougal: Yes?

SMA: Dese are photos of Margaret bloody Thatcher.

Dougal: *looks at the photos* Oh, they are!

SMA: Give me the correct photos.

Dougal: *he fumbles around in his pocket some more, and pulls out photos of SM Treveya*

Amareta: *looks at the photos* Wow. *says some things that I will not transcribe for obvious reasons*

SMA: Cap'n, you are creeping out da crew.

Amareta: Am I? *creepy laugh*

SMA: Okay, dat is enough. *snatches back the photos and throws them away*

*Ultron ducks, and the lasers graze his antennae*

*the lasers hit an infected and kill him*

*the Baterra curses in robot language and is knocked to the floor*

*HK-47's armor is slightly singed*

*he fires a flame thrower at his enemy as well*

---

*Klak reunites with Peter*

Me: This horde is finished. But I think there are more people in the city. As soon as we get these weirdoes out of here we can continue investigating!

Peter: "Major General, your comrade is unconscious. These people are assassins. There are hundreds if not thousands of infected running around. We need samples to help scientists find a cure. It's over."

Me: That is what I'm afraid of.

Peter: "We'll find the source of the plague soon."

*Klak frowns, then nods*

*they grab Nadle, and one of the Malchiorian corpses, and run to the walls of the city*

Me: Baterra! Let's dip!

*the Baterra gets out of the magnetic things, cloaks himself, and leaves*

---

*the summoned being is sitting in front of a fire. Treskis has just finished telling him about what has recently happened in the BZP multiverse*

???: "Quite intriguing. And good to see my enemies have lived. It would have been quite boring if they were dead."

<RacKoon City>

*the Visitor fires again, this time aiming downwards so that it will hit even if Ultron ducks*

*he then fires lasers to the sides, in front or, and behind Ultron*


*Xintrix contacts Klak telepathically*

Xintrix: "That baterra of yours.....he's not the baterra you know anymore. He's been brainwashed by Angonce's scientists, with the aim of killing the combatants of the Uterio War. And you are his next target. Under any other circumstances, I would let him kill you and then take him out. This time, I think, letting you know is the lesser of two evils."


*Abeloth's armour is singed as well*

*he flies to the left of HK-47 and starts firing liquid nitrogen at him*

DUK: Haha! I shall destroy you all!

*DUK throws knives at Starscreech, but he dodges them and launches several rings of light at him, knocking him off balance. Starscreech then rushes towards DUK and gets him in a head-lock*

Starscreech: You're coming with me, you abomination of nature.

DUK: See you!

*Using his portal gun, he creates a portal underneath his feet which he falls into. The portal then closes*

*Starscreech sighs, bends down and picks up Bonesmasher's body*

Starscreech: Another victim of violence... you're coming back home, friend.

*Starscreech uses his own portal gun to create a portal, which he then walks into. He emerges into a large circular room, with a chair in every corner. Upon each chair sits a figure, there are about 10*

Starscreech: Leaders, I regret to inform that the rogue known as Kakamu from the Dark Universe, the opposite of ours, has escaped alive, killing Bonesmasher in the process.

*There is mumbling from the Leaders*

Fungus: We'll send others to deal with him.

???: He is not a threat.

Kakuma: He will be taken care of.

Breakout: You may leave us now.

*Starscreech bows, and exits carrying Bonesmasher's body*


<The SMU battlefield>

*SM Masaharu puts his hands in the air like he just doesn't care*

[ Springtime Planet: ]

*As the group continues to move through the room, it becomes apparent that it's empty*

*However, a section of the ground ahead can faintly be seen to twist and crumble away, forming a circular passage for two figures to leap out of*

*Both male, they seem to have long, dark hair, slightly tanned skin, and brown eyes; yet next to nothing can be seen clearly of the rest of their bodies, save that they're both barefoot*

*Next emerges a certain short, paleskinned female, with black hair done up in a bun and gaze fixed more closely to the ground*

Toph: ... *Scowls* Well? Are you so stunned by a blind girl that you can't even speak?

Namah: Well, with my friend in a critical state of exhaustion, this ridiculous long hair of his half-strangling me, and us being in a cave basically, I kind of can't see my feet below me.

Toph: Oh no! What a nightmare! How can anyone survive that way?

Namah: Hah hah. Look. For some reason, our guide thought you might be able to help our friend, who's suffering from spellcaster's exhaustion. *Snorts derisively*

Thaleya: Please, Master Bei Fong. All we need is shelter for him to recover safely. We won't intrude on your classes or be a nuisance at all.

Toph: ... *Shifts foot on the ground* ... *Seems to take note of something* ...

Zev: *Gives a strangely low, whooping cough, nearly falling from Namah's support* ...Ghff...Ghfff...

Toph: ...Fine. Go where Len and Taw lead you. Don't touch anything. And I'll hold you to your word, khajiit.

Yoruichi: ...That was oddly simple for someone who Thaleya seemed so wary of.

*As Thaleya jumps and motions for Yoruichi to be silent, Toph merely grins*

Toph: Eh. Just didn't feel like being a jerk when I got out of bed this morning.

*She lifts her foot and stomps, causing the floor of the building to slide away and reveal a staircase*

Toph: Unless you want kicked out, shut up and follow my students.

*Wordlessly, Len and Taw motion for the group to follow them*

*As Toph heads down another passage, Namah and Yoruichi comply*

*Still, Zev wheezes and coughs fitfully*

<The SMU battlefield>

*two Rahkshi appear, pointing their staffs at SMMasaharu*

*one of them speaks in a Battle Droid's voice*

BD Rahkshi: You-will-come-with-us. Roger-roger.

-----

<DUK's previous location>

*a portal opens, and a black-armoured figure with a large number of weapons walks out*

???: So, Kakamu was here. *he takes out what appears to be a glowing pocket watch* Now I must wait until the Compass finds out where he went afterwards. Despite these delays, I shall find him, for I am LE CHIFFRE!

-----

OOS: DUN DUN DUN!!!!!

[ Springtime Planet, Bei Fong School: ]

*In a deep chamber, Zev rests upon a floor-level sofa*

*Sitting on folded legs beside him, Namah keeps his hand in hers*

Namah: ...It's okay, Zev. Just focus on getting better. You're safe now.

Zev: *Coughs quietly, but condition has visibly stabilized*

*Meanwhile, up on the main floor, Yoruichi and Thaleya sit in an alcove off to the side*

*Around twenty young men have gathered, each holding their fists at their sides with their feet wide apart*

Toph: ... *Paces slowy in front of the two rows of ten* ... *Abruptly raises foot up*

*Stomping onto the floor, she shakes the entire building violently*

*However, while both Yoruichi and Thaleya are nearly knocked clean out of their seats, all of the young men remain standing perfectly upright and staring straight ahead*

Toph: Good Horse Stances, boys. Now split up into pairs and practice your Hun Gar Style Earthbending. We've got to make sure you've perfected the basic style before we learn anything new.

*Wordlessly, the twenty or so young men do as Toph has commanded, facing each other in a stance with feet wide apart - Though not as much as before - One arm extended down and forward, and one arm bent above and in front of the face*

Toph: ... *Gives another earth-shaking stomp* Begin! Each loser has to repair the damage done!

*Immediately, the various young men begin movements which blast earth and rock at each other or raise the floor into protective walls*

*Meanwhile, a stunned Yoruichi and Thaleya watch on*

~ ~ ~

[ Sozen IV: ]

*The tuskarr sub-breed have been successfully pushed back*

*After continuing forward for a bit, the group can clearly detect the sound of fighting nearby*

*Each of the soldiers presses a button on their armor, causing it to ripple briefly, then blend into the snowy surroundings*

*Meanwhile, Mai adjusts some kind of wristband, causing a similar effect*

*Finally, Cid turns a knob on his shoulder armor - Though it takes a bit longer, the sounds of his footfalls are also almost completely silenced*

*Advancing once again, it becomes clear that two of the tuskarr fight some kind of humans*

*While the tuskarr hurl bone harpoons from baskets on their hips, the four or five male, tanskinned, fur-garbed humans are using some kind of martial art to strike out with what appears to be water*

*The humans move in concert with each other, using calm, flowing movements despite the flurry of bone harpoons barely missing them all around; despite how the two tuskarr are heads and shoulders above even the tallest of them, their faces are completely even and focused*

*As one harpoon nicks a single human, the thrower finds himself whipped across the face and knocked over with a tendril of water from the other*

*One of the humans goes to aid his fallen comrade, while one causes snow to rise up over the tuskarr's midesction and condense into ice, and the last of the group causes yet more water to drive the last tuskarr back*

*This human - An older man with worn, tanned skin, long gray hair save for the top of his head being bald, and a long, thin mustache - Slides his foot forward and raises his arms up in the same line of momentum*

*From beneath the ice immediately behind him, a small wave surges upward and over his head*

*It crashes down upon the roaring tuskarr, before freezing him solid*

*As Mai, Cid, and the soldiers watch, the four humans re-group*

Cid: ...! I had no idea Waterbenders lived here...

Mai: Thanks to that little outburst, now they know we're standing here too.

Cid: *Notices the flat glares of the other humans* Oooooh.

*Rising up, each of Mai's group de-cloaks and holds their hands open, palms-out at their sides*

*The apparent leader of the Waterbenders - The older man who froze the second tuskarr - Sizes the group up*

???: ...If you're here to assist us, you're quite late in the game. However, your help would still be greatly appreciated.

Mai: I'll get to the other questions, but may I ask your name, first?

???: I am Pakku. I presume you are the Noblewoman they call Mai?

Mai: You presume correctly. I suppose we'll follow you?

Pakku: Yes. If you're the ones who sent those other tuskarr running, we shouldn't have to watch out for you. Good thing I never intended to carry you Phoenix Empire louts in either case.

*Turning on his heel, he leads the other three of his group away*

Mai: ... *Eyes narrow slightly, but leads her group without comment* ...Stay on guard, Cid.

Cid: On guard. *Brings up the rear of the group*

*SM Masaharu shoots some spikes at the Rahkshi, disabling their arm functions*

SM Masaharu: Heh.

-----------------

<The Eternal Universe, Leader Council Chamber>

Kakuma: I know this being. We need to send someone special, someone who has defeated him before.

???1: But who?

???2: Hmm...

Kakuma: Breakout?

Breakout: Yes? Maybe. I am unaware of his capabilities.

Kakuma: Then find them out.

Breakout: I shall send scouts first. Caution is appropriate here.

*Breakout gets out what looks like an iPad and types on it. A few seconds later, three figures appear in the center of the room*

Breakout: Blockade, Brawler and Starscreech. I want you to venture again into the Dark Universe and find out as much as you can about the Kakamu from that reality. Stay alive and report back to me.

Blockade: Yes sir.

Brawler: Uhh... okay. Yes sir.

Starscreech: I shall do as the Leaders command.

Breakout: Excellent. Your mission begins.

*he opens a portal which the three walk into, and it closes behind them*

<the SMU battlefield>

*two more Rahkshi appear and shoot stasis blasts at SM Masaharu*

*meanwhile, GGBlackout, Overlord Blackout, and Barricade teleport away*

-----

<underground lab on Mordor>

*Ganos Lal is talking to a GB scientist, Walter Bishop*

Ganos Lal: What is the status of Project Tin Man?

Walter Bishop: Are you seriously asking me that question?

Ganos Lal: .....Yes.

Walter Bishop: Terrible! You people are setting arbitrary deadlines, sending Knights to 'watch over' the project but who do nothing but interfere in things they don't understand, and still you have the temerity to ask what the status is! Say what you will about Angonce, but at least he allowed scientists time to develop their projects, instead of rushing them!

Ganos Lal: I understand your frustration, but TPK wants results.

Walter Bishop: If our lord and master TPK really does want results, then he should give me time to achieve them. I remember back when patience was a virtue. Where have those days gone?

Ganos Lal: Ugh. Are you at least anywhere near completion of.....anything?

WB: Series-1 AIs is almost through beta-testing. Thankfully, we started that before you started your meddling. The shells are the easy bit, really.

Ganos Lal: Can you tell me anything more about Series-1? TPK is obviously very interested.

WB: Well..... *he turns on a projector, and pictures start appearing on a wall*

Spoiler:

WB: This one is code-named 'Black Phantom'. We expect it will have powers of Fire, Plasma, Magnetism and Gravity.

Spoiler:

WB: This is 'IG-88'. The emphasis with this model is on weaponry and intelligence. The exact weapons that will be used are still a subject of debate amongst the staff, but we have reached an agreement on the blaster and the DAS-430 electromagnetic projectile launcher, and we expect it will not take long to settle the other arguments.

Spoiler:

WB: And this is 'Straxus'. With this one, the emphasis is on brute force. We expect it will be used to defeat enemies the first two cannot.

-----

[ Springtime Planet: ]

*By now, Toph's class have finished sparring*

*As the young men who lost use their Earthbending to repair the reshaped floor, Toph begins to head down a side passage she's opened*

*However, she stops and smiles, speaking without turning*

Toph: If you two wanted to come along, you could've just asked.

*Chuckling, Yoruichi steps out from her spot hiding beside the tunnel entrance*

*Meanwhile, Thaleya has a much more uneasy look on her face as she steps out from the other side*

*Wordlessly, they heed Toph's gesture and follow her down the passage*

*It continues quite far, until both Yoruichi and Thaleya can barely see in the gloom*

Toph: *Due to her Seismic Sense, has no problem navigating*

*Distantly, the sounds of rock and dirt being scraped aside can be heard*

Yoruichi: If I may ask, who or what are we coming down here to see?

Toph: The ones who taught me Earthbending.

*They continue moving forward*

~ ~ ~

[ Sozen IV: ]

*Beneath the onset of night, the group keeps moving forward*

*High above, it can be seen that two moons nearby shine in the night sky*

Mai: ...So. I guess that those moons are what allow your tribe to Waterbend here?

Pakku: How perceptive you are. Yes. While our style would be very different had we learned it on this moon, those two moons nearby make our Waterbending even stronger.

Cid: ... *Gives a confused look forward, before nudging a soldier nearby* ...Uhhh...What are they talking about? Help me out, here.

Soldier: ... *Stares at him through mask* ...You seriously don't know? The very first Waterbenders developed their art by watching the moon's draw on their planet's ocean.

Cid: ...Ah. Thanks. I...Guess that makes sense... *Scratches at head* ...Kinda...

Soldier: *Sighs exasperatedly, turning gaze back forward once again*

*The group continues marching forward*

*However, as a number of huge, lumbering figures can be seen nearby, Mai's soldiers prepare to fight*

*However, Pakku and another Waterbender use a fluid movement to raise a bank of icy mist from the ground*

*This obscures them from view until the enemy can be seen retreating*

*Even then, the group remains silent within the mist*

~ ~ ~

[ Springtime Planet, Tunnels Below Toph's School: ]

*Soon, the group reaches a dead end*

*However, with a simple gesture, Toph crumbles the wall away from herself*

*This reveals a huge cavern beyond, with the dull echoes of tunneling reverberating all around*

*As Toph leads Yoruichi and Thaleya into the cavern, the wall next to them crumbles away*

*Out emerges some kind of huge, badgerlike creature, with a striped face and blind eyes*

Toph: *Gestures for Yoruichi and Thaleya to keep calm* ... *Steps forward*

???: *Lowers head, sniffing Toph's face idly* ... *Tilts head*

*As it abruptly licks Toph's face with its long tongue - Causing her to giggle uncontrollably - Yoruichi and Thaleya watch on, perplexed*

Toph: ... *Looks at them* ...I was taught Earthbending by the Badgermoles here on Fánróng. *Strokes the huge creature's nose*

Badgermole: *Grunts quietly, rubbing nose against the palm of her hand*

Yoruichi: That's...Odd, being taught such a technique by an animal. Though, I guess a lot of martial arts were based on animal movements...

Toph: Actually, Badgermoles were the original Earthbenders, and first taught humans the art.

Yoruichi: Huh. So...Is this the only reason you let us come along?

Toph: Not exactly. I didn't want to be the one to tell that girl who's really close to your sick friend, but...I could tell from his vitals. If he doesn't get special help, he might never fully recover.

Yoruichi: Well, then. Where can we find this special help? I'm sure it won't be an issue.

Toph: As I'm sure that khajiit can tell you, the Foggy Swamp will be a biiig issue.

Yoruichi: ... *Sighs, turning to look at Thaleya* ...Guess that's not good?

Thaleya: *Pale beneath fur* ... *Shakes head fearfully*

Toph: Would you like me to fill the two of you in?

Yoruichi: Sure, sure. *Siiigh* Go ahead.

Toph: *Raises stone benches to sit down*

*She begins to explain*

OOS: You copycat YOU BROUGHT IG-88? AWESOME!

*Ultron is hit by the strikes. He crashes into the ground a few feet away. Despite the bruises on his arms, he is quite fine*

Ultron: "You have proven quite the interesting opponent, Visitor. It would be a shame to kill you."

*he begins walking towards the Visitor*

Me: *telepathically* Heh, You ever wonder how we do this? Anyways, I appreciate your concern. I'll keep an eye out. If you're lying, well, you are a slobbering slobberer.

*they get into the troop transport, and leave RacKoon City*

*HK-47 goes through the liquid nitrogen*

HK-47: "Taunt: Exactly what were you trying to do? I am not a meat bag, you sorry silly nilly!"

*fires his blaster at his enemy's head*

---

*Several minutes later, Klak has arrived at a hospital*

*Peter is with Jinx and the Baterra outside of the room, while Nadle, Klak, and a doctor are in the room*

Doctor: "I don't usually treat Makuta. Much less Makuta inhabiting foreign bodies. It looks like he's been keeping most of his antidermis in him, but whatever attacked him has injured him enough. He'll lose it all once those bandages come off."

Me: Th....thank you, doctor.

Doctor: "No problem. He'll need to stay here until we find that he's able to go out there again. The option of surgery is debatable. I know doctors who are more capable for this and I'll ask them what they think should be done."

*Doctor leaves, Peter, Jinx, and Baterra walk in*

Me: Whatever fought Nadle....it wiped the floor with him. It couldn't have been one of the infected.

Peter: "The most powerful was the one that looked like it was studying the other. It just stood there through his attacks."

Me: I feel as though that was what tried to kill Nadle. It curb stomped one of the most powerful Makuta in this universe. Nadle could beat Blackout at arm wrestling if he wanted to.

Peter: "Could it be a personal vendetta?"

Me: No. It would have been more personal, and whatever was fighting him didn't look like it had emotions...no offense, Baterra. Wait....you were there! What did you see?

Battera: "That thing beat the living daylights out of him. It knew Nadle's attacks and predicted them."

Jinx: "Well, we're jinxed."

[ Fanrong, Deep In The Forest: ]

*Having left Toph's school, the rest of the group are heading through the dim woods*

*While Yoruichi and Thaleya keep close to her, Namah supports Zev over her shoulder once more*

Zev: *Ominously similar to what Toph predicted, has become quietly weakened in his coughs and movements*

Namah: ...So. The "Foggy Swamp" we have to reach is a while longer of walking ahead. What exactly did that little brat say about this place?

Yoruichi: ... *Starts to recount Toph's explanation*

---

[ Flashback~ The Cavern: ]

Toph: As I'm sure the khajiit can tell you, the Foggy Swamp is a place far more dangerous than the forests you just came through. Dozens of people go missing every month or so while trying to pass through without the right preparation.

Thaleya: ... *Picks up from there* The few who have survived the Swamp tell of strange people garbed in leaves and of a gigantic swamp creature which fought them away from passing through the Swamp's heart. As well, the weather patterns of the Swamp defy all reasoning, and travelers report strange visions that they cannot bring themselves to describe.

Toph: However, I heard of someone who found a healer somewhere deep in the swamp. He wouldn't say much of it to anyone, but he should be able to fix up your friend easily.

Yoruichi: ...Right. Because easy is exactly how this sounds like it's going to be.

Toph: *Ignores her, picking at something between toes*

~ ~ ~

[ Back to the Present: ]

*Once Yoruichi has finished explaining, the group spots a band of sunlight up ahead through the trees*

*Picking up the pace, they draw close to the huge cliffs becoming clearer up ahead*

*Upon reaching the edge, however, the group stares out at the sight before them in awe*

*A huge swathe of jade-green trees extends outward far below, eerily silent*

*However, the group's attention is drawn to a strange movement just ahead and a rushing sound*

*Without warning, a massive cyclone forms and swiftly approaches them*

*Though Yoruichi grabs Namah close, and though she tries to grasp tighter twice, Thaleya is drawn away*

Yoruichi: Thaleya!! Don't worry, we'll find you!! *Finds voice robbed by the wind*

Thaleya: *Seems oddly calm as she's whipped far away on the gale*

*As Yoruichi, Namah, and Zev slowly descend in a circle, everything goes hazy*

*It all goes dark long before they reach the ground*

~ ~ ~

OOS: Might add onto this post.

Maybe.

<Malchior IV, RacKoon City>

The Visitor: Whoever built your armour must have done quite a good job.


Xintrix: "Very well. In the end, you are the master of your own fate. If you wish to die, then that is your prerogative."

*he breaks off contact, and jumps behind Ultron*

Xintrix: Surprise!

*he jabs the sharp end of his staff into Ultron's armour, and sends a powerful surge of lightning through it*


*Abeloth tries to evade HK-47's blast, but it hits his jetpack instead*

Abeloth: Statement: Jetpack damaged beyond repair. Form-switch necessary.

*he switches to the form of an Emperor's Shadow Guard, and attacks HK-47 with his lightsaber*

-----

<orbit of Jurai>

*a small ZFT shuttle approaches Jurai*

[ Orbit of Jurai: ]

*The planet below is massive, dominated by jade green and azure blue forests and magenta seas*

*Abruptly, a roaring voice shouts over the communicators of the ship*

???: THIS IS KING AZUSA OF THE JURAIAN EMPIRE!! KEEP ON COURSE AND I'LL SHOOT YOU!!

??? 2: M'lord, you're supposed to say or I'll shoot you, or I'll shoot you!!

Azusa: I KNOW WHAT I SAID!! *Apparently hits a button*

*From a huge structure on Jurai's surface, a massive shaft of light engulfs the ZFT shuttle*

*However, instead of disintegrating it, the ship is being guided safely to the beam's source*

Azusa: Just kiddin' ya, brother. I'm not the kinda A.H. who shoots down friendlies.

??? 2: *Sighs shakily* Disengage your thrusters, and we'll guide you to a safe docking place.

Azusa: Some of our tech-experts developed this to prevent crashes.

*Indeed, the ship is being pulled away from other ship routes*

*Soon, it's being drawn through the cloud-cover*

~ ~ ~

[ Fanrong, Foggy Swamp: ]

*Groggily, Namah awakens*

*She finds herself splayed over Zev with her face buried in his neck*

*Blushing, she leaps up and distances herself from him*

*Meanwhile, Yoruichi sits upon a huge, gnarled tree-root with a sh!t-eating grin*

Yoruichi: You having fun with your boyfriend Namah?

Namah: Screw off Shihouin. *Inspects their surroundings*

*The sun barely manages to penetrate the thick foliage, dimly rippling on the murky water below*

*All around are huge trees of densely-interconnected roots, forming a cross between a swamp and a mangrove*

Namah: ...I hope Thaleya's okay...This isn't the kind of place to be alone in...

Yoruichi: Yeah. At least we have an unconscious pretty-boy to snuggle up to.

Namah: Oh God Yoruichi, that's just...Ugh. You really amaze me sometimes.

Yoruichi: Thank you. *Peers off into the forest* ...Company.

Namah: *Looks off into the gloom as well, watching shapes approach*

*They appear to be canoes ridden by two figures each; one stood up at front moving in some kind of pattern, and one sitting down further back with some kind of rudder in hand*

Yoruichi: *Flickers over, lifting Zev and Namah clean up* We'd best make ourselves scarce.

*In an instant, she's crossed a large distance over to a large root-mound*

Yoruichi: ...These roots are slick. Better not try that again.

*Down below, the canoes slowly pass on by*

*The trio goes unnoticed*

Shikhazra: *she smiles at him and dances closer* Yeah that's nice. How much control DO you have over your forms?

**

Blue: Oh! Did I tell you guys I'm here on a date?

Stelladi: Woo! I think we need to buy that brave soul a DRINK!

Blue: *blushes* aww, shucks. He actually asked me and that angel chick, Shikhazra out at the same time.

Sandra: ...I was about to leave you morons to it as I actually have work to do but I would like to see that class of imbecile. Sheba, if you will?

Sheba: Alright! *picks up a microphone and hits a button, projecting her voice all over the club* Okay, would the super hot hottie who took my girl Blue here out on a date pleeeease come to the bar for complementary drinks!