02-11-2004, 06:45 AM
Altar room:
Finally, I shall be able to leave this fleshy prison. X thought he killed me, but I'm going to delight in proving him wrong...
Sye is unconscious, laying in the middle of a light-streaming arcane circle that is inscribed upon the floor. If anyone had been there to watch what was happening, they would've seen a brilliant white light arc up from the floor, and would've heard a keening, ever-changing song in their heads. Since no one was there, however... no one could see what took place as Zio summoned the power of the Great Light...
Sage, walking at the back of the group, suddenly collapsed to one knee, barely able to remove his staff from it's capsule to catch himself before he fell flat on his face.
Sage: "Unhh!"
Lucca:" What happened? Are you ok?"
Sage:" I... think so. Something is very, very wrong. We have to hurry."
Megatron:" I'm picking up a massive energy reading from a little further inside the ruins. It's amazing the amount of power that's being given off... I've never seen anything like it."
X:" I can feel it! We need to go, now. This is not good..."
Meanwhile, in the Military High Command Sensor Station...
A tall, caped Humar is standing in front of a computer display as technicians work. He is dressed in dark blue, with a silver mane of hair stretching down to a midnight blue cape. As an alarm goes off, he turns to look at the monitor.
Technician: Sir, we're picking up an anomalous reading from the ruin that was scheduled to be investigated today.
Caped Leader: Report!
Tech: It's a massive surge of energy. It's almost on par with the original readings of Dark Falz's energy!! What should I do, sir?
Leader: I'll handle this myself. *to his communicator*: "Brom, Kikuu, meet me at transporter three. And hurry. We have a situation..."
Tech, to other tech: "What's so bad that Eriror himself is going to investigate?"
Tech2:" I don't know, but I'm rather worried. Brom, Kikuu and the Commander are three of the most powerful soldiers we have. If they can't handle it, we're doomed...'
As the group of hunters quickened their pace through the temple, they at last came to a large open room with a massive doorway at the end. As they stepped inside, a large green energy barrier appeared over the open doorway. Through the distortion of the field, they could see a pillar of white light shooting towards the sky, through the ceiling.
X:"Wow, that doesn't look good. Wonder what's gonna try and kill us now?"
Megatron:"Oh, probably... THAT! Look out!!!!"
He was cut off by the materialization of an enormous Delbiter. While most Delbiters are the size of a Crimson Assassin or so, this was almost as big as a dragon. It was glowing with a faint green aura, as well. It stomped, shaking the ground and knocking Lucca down. It then fixed its sights on Megatron, roared and fired off a huge beam. With the speed at which it happened, he was unable to dodge. The force of the beam sent him into a wall, where he lay still and unmoving.
X:" Spread out! It's probably about to charge." He practiced what he preached by leaping to the side and drawing his katana, then settling into his typical fighting stance, sword held high above his head with both hands, point towards the Delbiter.
Lucca had time to draw her Mechguns, having eschewed the cumbersome photon launcher. As she began rattling off shots, they seemed to hit an invisible barrier a few inches in front of the Delbiter, doing no harm.
Seconds later, the Delbiter charged her at full speed. Sage managed to telekinetically push her out of the way of the Delbiter's horn, but she got his by it's shoulder and rebounded off a wall. She was once again removed from a major fight within seconds...
With only X and Sage still standing, the situation looked grim. X charged at the Delbiter, charging his sword with flame and leaping upward at the last second. His trademark Ryuenjin attack would have no effect this time, however. As his sword contacted the barrier, an enormous surge of energy was sent through his blade, temporarily paralyzing him. He fell to the ground with a shocked look on his face, and was barely saved from the trampling hooves of the Delbiter by a tk push from Sage.
Well, this looks bad. I'm going to have to overload the barrier somehow. But first, I need to stop it from moving. Sage thought, as he began firing at the Delbiter with his Red Handgun. The shots only served to enrage it, doing no appreciable damage. They did take the creature's attention off of Sage's wounded teammates, however.
With an ear-splitting roar, the beast charged. Sage was barely able to move out of the way in time, helped along with a telekinetic boost.
The Delbiter was not so lucky, and impacted directly with the wall. Barely fazed, it turned to face him again, shaking off bits of debris that had cascaded on it from the shattered wall and weakened ceiling.
Seeing the weakened structural integrity of the ruins, Sage suddenly had an idea. Firing past the Delbiter at the ceiling, he succeeded in knocking loose a shower of rock chunks. Aided by the pillars, stones and chunks of wall that lay around the room, Sage began using his telekinesis to bury the monster.
That won't hold it for long, but it should be just enough time for what I need to do. With that thought, he began charging his Red Handgun with technique energy in one handas he drew his Yasminkov with the other.
A fully charged shot should overload the barrier... then I can strike.
Unfortunately for him, the Delbiter had managed to free itself at this time. It stood, shaking off chunks of debris, then reared and let out a scream. It then dropped to all fours, and prepared to charge...
Frozen in a position of utmost concentration, Sage was relatively defenseless. Lucca, however was not. She had feigned taking a hit to get off an open shot, and fired off a blast from her Red Scorpio at the creature. It hit the barrier, made a shimmering distortion, then dissipated.
That brief distraction was all Sage required, however. He finished charging his shots, and yelled at the creature.
"Now, you die!!"
He fired his two shots simultaneously. The shot from the Red Handgun, boosted by all of his technique energy, was fired off in an enormous sphere of green energy. It hit the barrier first, and completely overloaded it, doing no harm to the creature. The second shot, from his Yasminkov, did quite a bit more damage... boosted by his telekinesis, it hit with the force of a meteor, blowing the Delbiter's head completely off.
Drained by his exertions, he slumped to the floor, breathing heavily.
Behind the barrier, a presence screamed in anger and frustration.
Damn! I'm so close. I've activated the path of the Nephilim, and have absorbed almost enough energy to leave this fleshy prison. Only a little more...
His dark prayers were quickly answered. A pulse of energy hit the circle from above, as if the energy streaming off of it was calling to something far greater. Sye screamed as the pulse hit his body, raising him off the floor. A dark cloud emerged from his body, and seemed to begin absorbing the energy. As the circle of light seemed to dim, the cloud took a more specific shape. Seconds later, a revived Zio stood in the center of the circle...
Now, for even more power!
Great Light, I beseech you! Allow me to cleanse the universe of all who oppose me!!!
And with those words, the Great Light granted his wish. A indescribably bright light filled the room, as a torrent of divine power flowed into him.
When the light faded, Zio stood over the slumped body of Sye. He had changed, however... his hair and eyes were pure silver, and he was dressed in clothes of the same color. He sparkled with energy now, glowing with power even to the untrained eye.
Meanwhile, back at the sensor station:
Tech:" Commander, the energy output just spiked!! It's a thousand times more energy than Dark Falz. It's enough energy to destroy the planet ten times over!!
Eriror:"Relax. We're on our way."
With that, the Humar and his companions stepped into the teleporter, fully convinced that they were the last hope of Ragol.
In the room adjacent to the one where a horrible usurpation of power had just occurred, Sage let out a yell. "Aah!! What the hell was that?"
Megatron, who had just recently finished repairing himself, replied: "It probably has something to do with the massive surge of energy I just picked up. Do we have to go in there...?"
X finally managed to get to an Antiparalysis, and got to his feet slowly. "That was pretty impressive, Sage."
Sage: "Thanks."
Lucca returned from testing the barrier to the next room, which had grown to fill the doorway, and had become completely opaque. "Well, we can't get through right now. I guess we'll just have to wait until whatever's in there is done."
Megatron: "What a great plan! Wait for the ancient evil to kill us, huh? Why didn't I think of that?"
Just then, they all heard a loud voice scream:
" Great Light, I beseech you! Allow me to cleanse the universe of all who oppose me!!!'
The voice was followed by a flash of incredibly bright light, that even screened through the opaque barrier was blinding.
Megatron: "I'm thinking that's not a good thing."
X: "No, it's not. It's...
Sage: "Zio. And he just attained an immeasurable amount of power. We have a problem..."
As Sage said this, the barrier disappeared, and a silver-garbed figure stepped through the doorway.
In an oddly lilting, musical voice it said:
"I am Zionus. I am the avatar of the Great Light's true power. To oppose me is death. Prepare to face your doom, for I am power incarnate!"
Finally, I shall be able to leave this fleshy prison. X thought he killed me, but I'm going to delight in proving him wrong...
Sye is unconscious, laying in the middle of a light-streaming arcane circle that is inscribed upon the floor. If anyone had been there to watch what was happening, they would've seen a brilliant white light arc up from the floor, and would've heard a keening, ever-changing song in their heads. Since no one was there, however... no one could see what took place as Zio summoned the power of the Great Light...
Sage, walking at the back of the group, suddenly collapsed to one knee, barely able to remove his staff from it's capsule to catch himself before he fell flat on his face.
Sage: "Unhh!"
Lucca:" What happened? Are you ok?"
Sage:" I... think so. Something is very, very wrong. We have to hurry."
Megatron:" I'm picking up a massive energy reading from a little further inside the ruins. It's amazing the amount of power that's being given off... I've never seen anything like it."
X:" I can feel it! We need to go, now. This is not good..."
Meanwhile, in the Military High Command Sensor Station...
A tall, caped Humar is standing in front of a computer display as technicians work. He is dressed in dark blue, with a silver mane of hair stretching down to a midnight blue cape. As an alarm goes off, he turns to look at the monitor.
Technician: Sir, we're picking up an anomalous reading from the ruin that was scheduled to be investigated today.
Caped Leader: Report!
Tech: It's a massive surge of energy. It's almost on par with the original readings of Dark Falz's energy!! What should I do, sir?
Leader: I'll handle this myself. *to his communicator*: "Brom, Kikuu, meet me at transporter three. And hurry. We have a situation..."
Tech, to other tech: "What's so bad that Eriror himself is going to investigate?"
Tech2:" I don't know, but I'm rather worried. Brom, Kikuu and the Commander are three of the most powerful soldiers we have. If they can't handle it, we're doomed...'
As the group of hunters quickened their pace through the temple, they at last came to a large open room with a massive doorway at the end. As they stepped inside, a large green energy barrier appeared over the open doorway. Through the distortion of the field, they could see a pillar of white light shooting towards the sky, through the ceiling.
X:"Wow, that doesn't look good. Wonder what's gonna try and kill us now?"
Megatron:"Oh, probably... THAT! Look out!!!!"
He was cut off by the materialization of an enormous Delbiter. While most Delbiters are the size of a Crimson Assassin or so, this was almost as big as a dragon. It was glowing with a faint green aura, as well. It stomped, shaking the ground and knocking Lucca down. It then fixed its sights on Megatron, roared and fired off a huge beam. With the speed at which it happened, he was unable to dodge. The force of the beam sent him into a wall, where he lay still and unmoving.
X:" Spread out! It's probably about to charge." He practiced what he preached by leaping to the side and drawing his katana, then settling into his typical fighting stance, sword held high above his head with both hands, point towards the Delbiter.
Lucca had time to draw her Mechguns, having eschewed the cumbersome photon launcher. As she began rattling off shots, they seemed to hit an invisible barrier a few inches in front of the Delbiter, doing no harm.
Seconds later, the Delbiter charged her at full speed. Sage managed to telekinetically push her out of the way of the Delbiter's horn, but she got his by it's shoulder and rebounded off a wall. She was once again removed from a major fight within seconds...
With only X and Sage still standing, the situation looked grim. X charged at the Delbiter, charging his sword with flame and leaping upward at the last second. His trademark Ryuenjin attack would have no effect this time, however. As his sword contacted the barrier, an enormous surge of energy was sent through his blade, temporarily paralyzing him. He fell to the ground with a shocked look on his face, and was barely saved from the trampling hooves of the Delbiter by a tk push from Sage.
Well, this looks bad. I'm going to have to overload the barrier somehow. But first, I need to stop it from moving. Sage thought, as he began firing at the Delbiter with his Red Handgun. The shots only served to enrage it, doing no appreciable damage. They did take the creature's attention off of Sage's wounded teammates, however.
With an ear-splitting roar, the beast charged. Sage was barely able to move out of the way in time, helped along with a telekinetic boost.
The Delbiter was not so lucky, and impacted directly with the wall. Barely fazed, it turned to face him again, shaking off bits of debris that had cascaded on it from the shattered wall and weakened ceiling.
Seeing the weakened structural integrity of the ruins, Sage suddenly had an idea. Firing past the Delbiter at the ceiling, he succeeded in knocking loose a shower of rock chunks. Aided by the pillars, stones and chunks of wall that lay around the room, Sage began using his telekinesis to bury the monster.
That won't hold it for long, but it should be just enough time for what I need to do. With that thought, he began charging his Red Handgun with technique energy in one handas he drew his Yasminkov with the other.
A fully charged shot should overload the barrier... then I can strike.
Unfortunately for him, the Delbiter had managed to free itself at this time. It stood, shaking off chunks of debris, then reared and let out a scream. It then dropped to all fours, and prepared to charge...
Frozen in a position of utmost concentration, Sage was relatively defenseless. Lucca, however was not. She had feigned taking a hit to get off an open shot, and fired off a blast from her Red Scorpio at the creature. It hit the barrier, made a shimmering distortion, then dissipated.
That brief distraction was all Sage required, however. He finished charging his shots, and yelled at the creature.
"Now, you die!!"
He fired his two shots simultaneously. The shot from the Red Handgun, boosted by all of his technique energy, was fired off in an enormous sphere of green energy. It hit the barrier first, and completely overloaded it, doing no harm to the creature. The second shot, from his Yasminkov, did quite a bit more damage... boosted by his telekinesis, it hit with the force of a meteor, blowing the Delbiter's head completely off.
Drained by his exertions, he slumped to the floor, breathing heavily.
Behind the barrier, a presence screamed in anger and frustration.
Damn! I'm so close. I've activated the path of the Nephilim, and have absorbed almost enough energy to leave this fleshy prison. Only a little more...
His dark prayers were quickly answered. A pulse of energy hit the circle from above, as if the energy streaming off of it was calling to something far greater. Sye screamed as the pulse hit his body, raising him off the floor. A dark cloud emerged from his body, and seemed to begin absorbing the energy. As the circle of light seemed to dim, the cloud took a more specific shape. Seconds later, a revived Zio stood in the center of the circle...
Now, for even more power!
Great Light, I beseech you! Allow me to cleanse the universe of all who oppose me!!!
And with those words, the Great Light granted his wish. A indescribably bright light filled the room, as a torrent of divine power flowed into him.
When the light faded, Zio stood over the slumped body of Sye. He had changed, however... his hair and eyes were pure silver, and he was dressed in clothes of the same color. He sparkled with energy now, glowing with power even to the untrained eye.
Meanwhile, back at the sensor station:
Tech:" Commander, the energy output just spiked!! It's a thousand times more energy than Dark Falz. It's enough energy to destroy the planet ten times over!!
Eriror:"Relax. We're on our way."
With that, the Humar and his companions stepped into the teleporter, fully convinced that they were the last hope of Ragol.
In the room adjacent to the one where a horrible usurpation of power had just occurred, Sage let out a yell. "Aah!! What the hell was that?"
Megatron, who had just recently finished repairing himself, replied: "It probably has something to do with the massive surge of energy I just picked up. Do we have to go in there...?"
X finally managed to get to an Antiparalysis, and got to his feet slowly. "That was pretty impressive, Sage."
Sage: "Thanks."
Lucca returned from testing the barrier to the next room, which had grown to fill the doorway, and had become completely opaque. "Well, we can't get through right now. I guess we'll just have to wait until whatever's in there is done."
Megatron: "What a great plan! Wait for the ancient evil to kill us, huh? Why didn't I think of that?"
Just then, they all heard a loud voice scream:
" Great Light, I beseech you! Allow me to cleanse the universe of all who oppose me!!!'
The voice was followed by a flash of incredibly bright light, that even screened through the opaque barrier was blinding.
Megatron: "I'm thinking that's not a good thing."
X: "No, it's not. It's...
Sage: "Zio. And he just attained an immeasurable amount of power. We have a problem..."
As Sage said this, the barrier disappeared, and a silver-garbed figure stepped through the doorway.
In an oddly lilting, musical voice it said:
"I am Zionus. I am the avatar of the Great Light's true power. To oppose me is death. Prepare to face your doom, for I am power incarnate!"