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Post by Squall on Dec 12, 2006 22:26:53 GMT
Squall wafted the smoke away from his face and looked around, he smirked upon realising the effectiveness of his entrance, then picked a group of bad guys and charged at them, gunblade steaming as it cut through everything in its path.
Phil pulled up into a loop then landed in the same spot Squall had landed, he squatted as he sank into the floor a little and coiled his wings around him, with a gentle puff his wings erupted into a massive ball of purple flame, then with a sharp metallic woosh massive blades sprouted from his wings, charging in the opposite direction to squall he smashed into some clones, this shouldnt be too hard?
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Post by Ru on Dec 12, 2006 22:32:12 GMT
The elites quickly adapted to the battle, falling into combat almost expertly with the group of fighters. One of the soldiers worked on knocking Reno's EMR out of his hands, parrying it as hard as he possibly could with his sword. The ones who'd been blasted backwards by the air blast fought to recover, pushing themselves to their feet, and the ones on the edge of the attack quickly flipped over in the air and skidded to a halt on their feet, charging once more into the group. Two of the guards bolted forward to block Loz's attack, and swung their swords in a pincer attack, trying to cut the man in half at the middle. The remaining attackers went for the heart of the group, aiming for the children.
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Cid swung his spear around, knocking the flying body out of his way, but he didn't spot the man taking cover under it. Something slammed into one of his legs painfully, and a split-second later he got tackled by the hidden trooper. Gritting his teeth, he twisted against the ground, "You sonofa - " and quickly brought the point of his spear down into the man's upper back, shoving him off after a moment and standing shakily up. "Gotta pay more attention," he muttered, wiping the sweat from his eyes.
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The troopers ran from Vincent's blasts of fire, although several got taken down and rolled around on the ground, screaming as the flames engulfed them. As a result, the others refocused their attacks on other members of the attacking group, ignoring Vincent completely except for their own personal defense. A few of the more bold troupers approached Vincent from a distance warily, arms at the ready, and one began shooting at him after a moment, aiming for the man's chest.
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Post by Amnesty Lazuli on Dec 12, 2006 22:50:43 GMT
Reno lost his EMR to the unstoppable strength of the clone assaulting him... he instinctively ducked and instead brought his leg around under the clone, trying to sweep him down... Rude caught the EMR and tossed it back to his partner, who nodded thanks and used it to follow up on the sweep with a blunt hit to the back of the head...
Loz threw himself backwards to the ground to avoid the incoming swords, scissor-kicking thier legs out from under them as he went down... he jumped back to his feet at the speed of light, before either could even hit the ground, and brought a roundhouse punch at both their heads with his fully charged pile bunker...
Annie saw the flood of soldiers attacking her and closed her eyes, spreading her hands over the ground before her... the patch of earth suddenly smoothed out and became totally frictionless, causing them to slip and slide, their feet going out from under them... Ami moved in to lop some limbs from the Elites as they sprawled on the blank patch, being careful to stay off the patch herself...
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Jenova was shaking with fury... She began charging an element ball again, aiming it for Squall... She warned the troopers around him, and they scattered...
Ami paled as she saw it coming, reflected in the blades of the attacking Elites... "Oh, G**..."
Joey sent a message into her head. You can give him a hand if you really wanna, we got these losers covered... but try to keep these freaks from skewering you first! She dropped Ami out of the hyperspeed envelope, and Ami barreled towards Squall to get him out of the way of the coming attack... she had almost reached him...
Jenova saw her wayward daughter coming and abruptly changed her mind, releasing the ball at her...
Ami skidded to a stop and started to run the other way, dodging clone troopers as she went... Jenova cackled wickedly...
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Another clone came barreling at Cid from his left, weilding a pair of sais in his crossed arms, trying to use the moment of recovery against his enemy... he swung the blades at Cid's upper body and arm, swinging both his arms outward...
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Vincent was waiting for them to come... he turned around calmly, dodging the oncoming bullets, and began blasting the approaching troopers that had been stupid enough to keep throwing themselves at him...
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Post by Ru on Dec 12, 2006 23:11:36 GMT
The elite soldier allowed Reno to sweep him downwards, but braced himself with his hands, kicking himself back around in a flip and grabbing Reno's wrist when the man moved to attack. He gave a slightly evil smile and brought his sword up in an attempt to cut his opponent's hand off.
Loz's attack had slightly more success with the clones; the two smashed into each other with the force of the man's punch, and hit the ground hard, struggling to recover. Almost instantly, they both bore down on him again, once more from separate directions to try to distract him. A few of the elites under Annie's attack attempted to fall forwards outside the patch of slick ground, diving for the rough dirt and escaping by rolling off. They ran for the girl, two shooting at her back as she slashed at the others.
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Cid sidestepped one of the incoming sais, bringing the blade of his spear up to lock into the metal and giving it a violent twist, snapping the prongs of the weapon off. He tried to use the rest of his spear to block the other sai the trooper wielded, until he could deal with that one too.
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The troopers fled Vincent's attack, many of them turning their sites on Jared instead, who didn't seem as threatening or as vampiric as the former man. Cid shot a glare at Vincent, slamming the attacker with the sais in the gut with his spear to drive him off a bit, "D*mmit, how d'you do that?!"
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Post by Amnesty Lazuli on Dec 12, 2006 23:30:12 GMT
The element ball was bearing down on Amnesty... she thought for sure it would incinerate her at any moment... An unstoppable force slammed into her from the side, knocking her out of its path as the ball slammed into the ground behind them, punching a crater into the ground and frying some of the nearest troopers as Jenova's cackle became a screech of frustration...
Yazoo and Ami tumbled to a stop some feet away. He found himself flat on his back when they finally stopped moving... Ami was sprawled out a few feet away from him... he glanced skyward at the angry screech. "This is a woman in severe need of psychotropic therapy," he commented dryly. He got up and helped Ami stand. "Can you make it, sister?"
She nodded, the wind still knocked out of her. She watched the evil figurehead above them, coordinating the attack... "Gimme a Twister," she wheezed.
Yazoo shook his head. "You need--"
"Twister, d**n it!" Ami was resolute.
Yazoo stepped back... this was not the same girl he had left behind two years ago... they locked arms and sprang upwards... he started to spin in midair, going progressively faster... until he finally launched Ami at Jenova at meteoric speed... Ami screamed with anger as she swung the sword at her "mother's" neck...
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The sai trooper stumbled at the end of the spear being punched into him, but grabbed the spear's end to keep from toppling... he took advantage of the split-second diversion of Cid's attention to gash him on the wrist... he kicked the spear aside powerfully, almost knocking it from Cid's hands, and came in with a punch from his opposite hand aimed directly for Cid's head...
Vincent began picking off the clones attacking Jared, who seemed to be in danger of being overwhelmed. How do I do it... simple. "Practice."
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Post by Amnesty Lazuli on Dec 12, 2006 23:50:09 GMT
Joey pulled her EMR and charged with an angry yell, smacking the Elite's fingers full force to make him release her father... Annie ignited the White Wave and plunged it into the Elite's side, twisting it and slicing him in half... Reno goggled. If these are eleven year olds, I can't begin to think what the adults fight like...
Annie spun around and blocked the shots coming at her with the Wave, the energy blade neutralizing the plasma charges... Joey joined forces with her father and swung her EMR at the Elite's leg... He came from the opposite direction at his head.
Loz bent forward and stuck out his fists, straightening back and slamming them into his opponents' heads, bowling them over...
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Post by *~Nikkole~* on Dec 13, 2006 4:49:26 GMT
Kamen stopped, his head swimming. He felt dizzy and sick. He looked around and couldn't see his shields... He panicked, checking for them. He wasted a lot of energy testing and retesting his barriers... In reality they were fine, but he couldn't see or feel that. His mind raced with possibilities and he looked around for signs of being noticed... He could feel his fear and panic... the feelings that his master was making him feel but he didn't know.
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Post by Amnesty Lazuli on Dec 13, 2006 4:54:37 GMT
Oh, sheeeeeezzzz... this guy always picks the WORST times to come pick on the kid, Reno thought after dispatching the Elite trooper. He sent a message for Kamen's master into his head... Yo, big bad wolf, stop huffin' and puffin' at my door and p**s off. We're kinda busy SAVING THE PLANET HERE in case you ain't noticed, yo.
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Post by *~Nikkole~* on Dec 13, 2006 5:00:53 GMT
It hit him, what was going on in his head. Kamen pushed away and started fighting.
Kamen's master chuckled. You really have no idea who you are dealing with... on either side. I was merely showing the boy what will happen to him in the end.... He decided to leave.
Kamen looked a little fearful, the images and thoughts infecting his brain made him shake slightly.
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Post by Ru on Dec 13, 2006 5:34:47 GMT
"Not the answer I was lookin' for, g*dd*mmit!!" Cid swore at Vincent, mentally brushing aside the pain in his hand. He let his head fall back as he grabbed his assailant's wrist, pulling the trooper in using the man's original momentum and kneeing him hard in the stomach before kicking him away. "You ain't tellin' me there's an easy trick?" Cid asked Vincent again with a scowl, wiping his forehead and leaving a streak of blood from his injured wrist. He quickly adjusted his grip on his spear once more, and turned back into the onslaught.
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As soon as Annie had destroyed one Elite, another promptly stepped in to take his place, swinging his sword down at the young girl. Yet despite the best efforts, their ranks were slowly beginning to thin. The clone troopers were not faring much better at the hands of the other group; Vincent alone had probably killed at least ten by now, and the others only added to the number. One of the Elites standing guard at the inn moved forward to join in the fray, then hesitated, then moved forwards again, raising his gun straight at Loz and sending a volley of bullets towards the man's head as he slammed two other Elites into the ground.
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Post by Amnesty Lazuli on Dec 13, 2006 6:54:35 GMT
It didn't much help the clones' cause that the third group finished mowing down the decoys and charged onto the scene at about this point, streaked with green blood, Cloud and Kadaj leading the charge... They attacked the main body of clone trooper from the rear end of the assemblage, slicing and dicing left and right...
Jenova snarled, sending a message to half her remaining Elite units. Finish that rebellious brat and his make-believe SOLDIER friend... Strike them down NOW!
She stretched out a hand and Ami froze in midair, her sword still poised over her head... Jenova looked her in the eyes with pure loathing. "You little worm," she hissed. "I offered you a place at my side... and you chose instead to defend this little mudhole... to betray me!"
"Betrayal seems run in our family, mother... f**ker," Ami spat back.
Kadaj, in the midst of battle down below, saw Jenova draw back the Dark Lifestream, prepared to finish Ami off... Young Jenova smirked sadistically as she spoke. "As much as I hate to rob poor Xima of this moment... I admit I will be overjoyed to see your entrails decorate the ground below us."
He sliced down one last clone that happened to be in his way... "Strife..." He winced. "A little help?"
Cloud, following his gaze, quickly sized up the situation... he drew his blade over his shoulder and nodded curtly to the Remnant... Kadaj returned the nod as he leapt back several feet and lauched into a running start... Cloud braced himself and swung his sword up, over his head... Kadaj sprang at the flat edge of it and used it for a springboard, angling up towards his "mother"... Cloud pushed back against his launch to give him a boost... the Remnant went flying, sword pointed directly at Jenova...
She stretched out her hand, shaking slightly... he braked to a midair stop, but it took a considerable amount of effort, and his blade was almost at her throat... "Foolish maggot."
A flash of blue energy glowed faintly around her... Suddenly she realized, she was surrounded by blades... Buster blades...
And before she could react, Cloud was there, moving at the speed of light, performing that same limit break that had once destroyed her son... the one that was quickly working to destroy her now... Green blood started to stain her red dress... And finally, Cloud descended on her with a blinding flash that ended in his descent to the ground, soon followed by Ami and Kadaj... the Remnant's attack had been no more than a mere distraction, and Jenova had fallen for it, hook, line, and sinker.
The corpse landed with a sickening thud, dead before even striking the ground.
Kadaj went to Ami, still half-crumpled, and helped her rise. "Are you insane?! Don't ever do anything that stupid ever again, do you hear me?!"
Ami seemed ready to defend herself before he pulled her into an almost crushing embrace. "Good G**... I just got back... you aren't in that big a hurry to get away from your big brother, are you?"
If she hadn't known better, Ami could have sworn she heard his voice shaking. "No... of course not."
Cloud covered them, giving them time to regroup... The fighting at least kept him from thinking about all these crazy things that kept being thrown at him... Whenever he got a split second to spare, he kept glancing at the Remnant and the Sacrifice, because the sight was so beyond him... he had never seen any evidence before that a Seraph could love.
The Elites kept throwing themselves at him...
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Post by Amnesty Lazuli on Dec 13, 2006 7:29:33 GMT
Two troopers charged Cid at once, both with dragon tooth daggers in each hand... They met his spear with opposing hands and slashed in at him with the other two, smirking evilly...
Vincent shook his head slowly. "Easy tricks, in my experience, are the fastest way one can get himself killed." He kept on picking off troopers, one by one... He fired at one of the Elites charging Cloud, but he deflected his shots and began advancing on him... Interesting. He flung a fireball at him... He merely deflected it with his energy blade, forcing Vincent to dodge aside... VERY interesting...
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Annie met the Elite's blade with hers, shoving back angrily... her blade disappeared as they contacted. Great. A cross-sporadic frequency blade. She spun the White Wave and began pulling its plasma trigger, shooting at the Elite's face instead with energy charges...
Reno noticed Annie in distress and charged the Elite, bringing the EMR at his head, swinging wildly (and barely missing Rude, who ducked at the last second)... Joey took on another Elite on her own, zipping around him at hyperspeed and forcing him to move in slow motion as she struck at him in several-- er, VULNERABLE areas... she giggled maniacally, the hyperspeed causing her laughter to sound almost like a squirrel on helium...
Loz took a couple of hits from the gun to his ribs before turning towards his assailant, zipping towards him at lightspeed and body-checking him several feet backwards...
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Post by Ru on Dec 13, 2006 7:46:36 GMT
Cid glared bitterly at the two men coming in to attack him; his injured leg was not strong enough for him to jump to avoid the troopers, so he moved away from the sweep of their weapons as best he could, although he still received cuts. Immediately after the men's swipes, Cid bent forwards and elbowed the one to his left as hard as he could in the neck, and, with the renewed control of his spear, stabbed the other one in the chest and flung him away. "Well, thank you for that information," he snapped at Vincent sarcastically, "And don't you say I asked for it, 'cause I know I did." He slashed another approaching trooper across the torso as the man approached him.
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The elite Loz had pounded flew backwards and smashed into one of the buildings, struggling to get up from the attack through the broken pieces of wood and tile that surrounded him. Meanwhile, the Elite Joey had dealt with bent over in crippling pain, completely vunerable to the rest of the fighters. Another Elite dodged Reno's EMR once, grinning maniacally at the man, continuing to block the attacks until one of Annie's attacks hit him full on in the face and knocked him backwards. The Elites still standing guard around Kalm Inn now looked a little more than anxious, and another one abandoned his post to go fight with his comrades.
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Post by Ru on Dec 13, 2006 7:59:23 GMT
One of the Elites approached Cloud, stepping easily over Jenova's corpse and drawing his blade. There was no fear in his eyes at all, despite what he had witnessed only moments before. In an instant, he stood in front of the man, poised in a stance and bringing his blade straight for Cloud's midsection.
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The Elite with the energy blade took full advantage of Vincent's use of fire, angling his weapon so that the fire shot off towards Vincent's allies or the piles of trooper corpses. He advanced slowly but deliberately, waiting to make a move until Vincent changed his strategy. For now, he could use the fire to his advantage, manipulate his enemy's attacks to wound others rather than himself.
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Post by Amnesty Lazuli on Dec 13, 2006 8:00:06 GMT
My eleven-year-old daughters are beating these guys up better than I am. This is pathetic, Reno thought to himself. He concentrated on the one that Joey had... uh, squirrel-smacked, and sheathes of energy started passing over him until he was transformed to stone. Score one for the father to be. Feeling a little drained, he waited for his Lifestream energy to recharge as he returned to melee fighting, picking on the one that was now charging in... Rude joined him, both aiming their respective fists at the clones charging them, Reno swinging high and Rude coming in low...
Joey and Annie concentrated in unison on the clone that was struggling to rise, and he too was quickly petrified... They met with Loz and began moving in on the units still standing guard...
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