[IC] HCL 2: Twisted tinkers' triumph

[supertinyking]

"Tch. Those weapons won't kill me. Of course, I had planned for this."

Genocide looks Kishin in the eye, unblinking, unfaltering. There was no fear in his eyes or appearance, despite the mortality he had displayed up until this point. And deep in those eyes, a hidden source of power could be seen.

"It seems you've got my boss tied up. But he's late on my paycheck, you see, so I can't allow you to keep him."

The plants were dying. It felt strangely natural, watching the tiny plants of the swamp shrivel up and die, watching the great tress grow old before their very eyes. Dead fish float to the surface, Already decaying, before they once more sink. It was suffocating, it was immense, the aura that now dropped into this swamp. This absolute darkness, this absolute evil that now seeped through these waters, sucking the life out of the very planet.

"Oh, I'm so sorry. Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Alucard, Lord of the Omegans."

The figure in question had the appearance of a demon. It was tall, with skin black as Obsidian, two large batlike wings extending from it's back. Two surprisingly human eyes adorned it's face, irises blood red. It's hair was a chrome white, contrasting sharply with the rest of it's body, as it stood there in the swamp. But it was far more than a demon. Greater in power even than an Omegan, with it's mere presence it brought death. All those present instantly realized that this being was not to be fucked with.

"Not that it matters. You'll all be dead soon."

@thewizardguy

That last sentence was quite the bad wording on Alucard's point. Not a man for rather fruitless talks of gloating, or intimidation, Logar raised his blade in defiance, as suddenly from the sky, hell fire rained upon the lord of the omegans. Obrbital ships fired guns made to rip apart fleet hulls, as several aircraft flew in, clone troopers repelling down, pulling out their laser weapons, and opening fire.

"All of you, take the deamon born and flee. Keep him prisoner, I'll keep this fiend back!" Logar shouts, as he charges forth, clutching the heart in his left hand, and his blade of war in the other, as he began his first, and possibly final battle in this new reality. A gunship lands, the doors open for the host of people there to drag their new captive to somewhere they could escape.

[Akihisa Yoshii]

@supertinyking
Clarent flared up, fire erupting from him. The fire was weak, merely warm instead of scorching, a soothing flame. "Cheer up Master. Would haves and could haves and should haves never help anyone. You and I are still here and the future is still upon us. Don't be sad." He didn't understand. His feelings had disconnected. He didn't care for Creed any longer. Nor did he care about Kevin. He simply wanted his master to be happy.

[supertinyking]

@Akihisa Yoshii

"If we forget failures, we're bound to repeat them..." Minx replies, and she jumps when the flames appear, but soon calms down from the sudden scare. She just sighs, and sets the blade in the passenger's seat, as she she drives off, heading to a planet which she remember hazily...

At the fairy tale guild, Blood was doing pull ups in the rafters of the building, as he had been working on his strength while he was there. Compared to the likes of Natsu, Erza...really anyone other than Lucy I think (The small girl) his physical strength didn't compare at all. While it was true he could use his powers to build mass, he felt that his body didn't adjust correctly that way. Riki was off in the corner, sitting, smoking some strange purple substance he created from a broken glass. He was drawing something in a book, one he'd been working on for some time. Soon however, he ceases drawing, as he looked into the sky.

"....Guys, either I am way to fucking high, or Darkside is showing up again." He says, and to be honest, the first option seemed quite likely as well...

[Akihisa Yoshii]

@supertinyking
The guild was rather empty. Most were off on missions, or simply doing things that one would do on a regular basis. The people who were there were rather bored, morale kicked in the teeth by the fact they had no good missions to go on. Natsu lay bored out of his mind, his head on one of the tables as flames leak out and into the air, as if he were drooling. On the other side, Grey did the same, except he was drooling ice cubes onto the table, which were regularly collected for drinks after being determined to be safe to consume by the small band of people. Erza wasn't in the building but was not far away, practicing her magic on a poor defenseless stump. Levi and Lucy sat and chatted about things that didn't really matter, while Gajeel sat silently brooding. Wendy was healing a wound on one of Happy's wings, as the winged cat complained about people mistaking him for a pheasant. "I don't even look like a bird." He grumbled to himself. "I'm a cat with wings, come on!" In fact, people were so distracted with their own goings about that not a single person paid any mind to Riki, or what he said. Dismissed as being off-his-ass high, again. Too many false alarms to really blame them, honestly.

[supertinyking]

@Akihisa Yoshii

"....Wait, no....That's not darkside. That's...." Riki starts, as the ship flies into low orbit, before landing right before the guild. Blood leaps to his feet, and sees the ship. With a singular gulp, he alerts the rest of the guild, who may not of seen the ship. "Guys, Riki isn't as high as we think he is....a space craft landed." He says, pointing out the window. Minx, wielding still Clarent steps out, and knocks on the guild building door.

[thewizardguy]

@ShadowVentus
((Sorry for missing this. Our posting record here sucks XP))

Mia smiles, as she observes from above. An evil copy, that was simple enough. It would be a useful tool in her future endaevours, and Ven himself might prove a useful asset as well. She would utilize this occasion to attempt to figure out how these keyblades worked, as they were clearly linked to the Soul. If at all possible, she would apply the technology to her own ships and mainframes, further bonding them to her person.

With the exertion of a mental muscle, she opened Micheal's containment area. The original came sputtering out, green liquid soon draining down the grills placed around the room at regular intervals, even as the many tubes that had been implanted into his back sprung loose. It would be amusing to get his input on the matter. And, of course, she had to see the results of her work. She was a professional after all, and a dip in quality would not be allowed.

[Teoinsanity]

@thewizardguy

The bus drifts right In front of Mia as smoke emerges from the door ,out of the door emerges Teo ,still broken and glitcy .

"Hey Mi.Mi..Mi..Mia"

The barely functional cyborg bleeps out as he falls to the ground

teo ,you're in no condition to fight

Melody says as she and brown pick him up.
((Sorry for disappearing))

[Wraithblade6]

@supertinyking Stryggy looks from Logar to Genicide and back. After a moment, he asked them both, "Who are you?" But even before he could get an answer, a great corruption feel down with them into the swam, beginning to kill and rot everything. Logar had spaceships target and attack Alucard, far too close to the group for comfort when considering hellfire and explosions, yet Kishin, Stryg, and the Dark One lived. The Bloodseeker recoiled from Alucard, who was still somehow standing. Logar charged him and the rest, apparently took Genocide with them as a prisoner into the newly arrived gunship.

I think I got that right.

The gunship started taking off while Logar kept Alucard busy. Bloodseeker kept a watchful eye on Genocide and kept him well threatened.

[kishin asura]

@Wraithblade6

"So what now?" I ask bloodseeker

[Wraithblade6]

@Wraithblade6

"So what now?" I ask bloodseeker

@kishin asura

"We keep this one from causing any trouble." Bloodseeker proceeded to tie up the prisoner with whatever manacles the gunship had and stood back again, glaring in his direction. He indicated Genocide. "You cause trouble... I make you bleed. Now, tell me who you are."

[Akihisa Yoshii]

@supertinyking

The door is opened by the pink-haired fire dragon slayer, who smiles and did a small wave at Minx. "Hiya." He greets. Gray and Lucy and some of the others of the small band of characters waved as well, leaving Just Gajeel to sit and glare at her. They didn't seem to remember who she was, if they knew her, yet the sword drew some eyes and a few showed slight recognition at the blade.

[supertinyking]

@Akihisa Yoshii

As Nastsu began to speak, Minx's hands move swiftly, anger in her eyes, pulling the blade and aiming to drive it into the heart of the dragon slayer.....

But someone, the only one able to move fast enough, knocks Natsu out of the way, taking the blade into his chest. Riki, having slipped out of reality for a split second, only to appear to push Natsu out of the way, lets out a partial gurgle as he twitched on the end of the blade.

"......You...let him die...." Minx whispers, a message which only met the ears of Riki, as she pulls the blade back, letting Riki crash to the floor, holding his chest as blood pools around him, and Minx's feet. She steps over the bleeding junkie, and looks around at the group, now most likely readying attacks, weapons, and the like.

"...Kevin...My poor Kevin...you two let him die....you two knew about how he traveled, and you....didn't help him at all!" She screams, and as she does, her eyes drift around the guild hall, as she sought her second foe. "Blood...you're next..." She whispers, but just loud enough for all to hear. Just loud enough to cause fear to spread, if it had a place in the guild's heart after facing the likes of Darkside. Blood, who was in the rafters, hiding, aiming to leap down for a surprise attack let this be known, as he could be seen falling down above Minx, aiming to grab her. As he falls, she swings the blade upwards, channeling her anger though Clarent, hoping for an attack which would reduce Blood to ash, and bone.

[Akihisa Yoshii]

@supertinyking

The sword is stopped midway through the slash and held by another sword meeting it, Erza sliding into view and holding a stance protective of Blood. However, Minx found herself to be quite stronger than she previously was, and a good shove matches and surpasses Erza's strength, knocking her away enough for breathing room. Erza charged, and Minx found herself moving without her own approval. She flicked her blade up and met Erza's, blocking the blow. Erza made several more two-handed offensive strikes, each one batted back by Minx with relative ease. The sword would of grinned if the metal would have allowed him too. He sensed the coming of a bloodbath and grew excited, vibrating lightly in Minx's hand.

[thewizardguy]

@supertinyking

Blazing fire streaked down from the heavens, beams of light focused for an instant as the thundering roar of rapidly expanding heated air echoed over the forest. Leaves burst into flame, as the air grew thick with water vapour from the swampy ground and thick pools of muddy water. And yet, as the light show faded, Alucard still stood, simply smiling. It was as if none of the attacks had even touched him, and Logar could tell that this person had used some mysterious magic to shield himself.

As Logar charged, Alucard calmly stepped forward to meet him. And yet, even as Logar sliced downwards, his blade hit nothing but air. In the time he had swung, Alucard had moved around him, completely ignoring the attack.

"I would love to fight you, but right now I need to save my boss."

As the dropship prepared to take off, Alucard simply extended on hand. At enormous speeds, his hand started stretching out, the rate of expansion nearly causing it to break the Sound Barrier. Fingers like spiked tentacles groped the ship, as each sprouted arms of it's own, grasping the exterior of the ship like a giant rapidly growing black fungus. Thick veins pumped foul liquid through the growth that had so rapidly spread, all still connected to Alucard's arm.

Then, with one great swing, he smashed the ship back into the ground, shattering the hall and inflicting critical damage to all complex systems on board. The remains began to sink into the swamp as Alucard turned around, satisfied that Genocide, as well as Bloodseeker and his allies, would sink into the bog after the impact.

"Now, shall we continue?"

The great growth seemed to detach, leaving a fully intact arm. It had formed it's own organism, leeching life from the environment like a giant parasite, draining the earth of it's natural energies. Not just the physical nutrients, but the very souls of the creatures in this swamp were being absorbed as this infections started spreading by itself. Through this simply, nonchalant action, already this planet had been doomed to be reduced to nothing but an empty husk.

[kishin asura]

@thewizardguy

As the ship sank, a portal opened. Out rushed four bizarre appendages that bolted into the bog. As it slowly lifted the dropship out, a figure floated through. Despite the heavy cloak, his appearance was known, and much appreciated, by many

"Sorry I'm late." Asura said "I had business to attend to."

[supertinyking]

As the growth began to absorb the very essence of the world, the emperor barks orders rapidly. "I need a rad strike near my quards, now. There is a bio-magical infection. Danger close." He roars, as his soldiers inject themselves with a strange green liquid, as they keep opening fire on Alucard. Several clones fall back, moving to the raised gunship, their weapons aimed at genocide, rather than Asura..but they seen rather worried about a Kishin showing up. Soon, a large pellet is fired into the odd growth, a bit of enriched metal, letting out an extreme amount of radiation. If any normal creature were around, it'd would be suffering massively from the radiation...but near by were only powerful beings, ones which this amount of radiation would have no instant effect on. The growth, however, may be suffering from having its cells ripped apart due to radical particles flying out of the metal blasted into it.

"Give up, you're outnumbered a Decaillion to one, fool. You can't win." Logar states, as he attacks once more, but before the strike connects, a large puff of black smoke appears, shrouding him.

[thewizardguy]

Even as Drac charged forward, the Dragon Emperor turned, smiling. "It's been a while, hasn't it?" Laughing, he held up on hand, blocking a punch that would have shattered cities, obsidian and cinders cracking beneath his feet as he slowly slid backwards. "Come on, is this all the force you can muster? You must know why I'm here, after all. Because after your little group decided to destroy my palace, my servants, and the basis of my power..." Stepping forward, he started equalling Drac's strength, off hand grabbing off hand as he attempted to wrestle Drac to the ground. "I lost everything I'd built up for a thousand years. So let me do you the same favour, right? Allow me to free you from your earthly connections."

Cosmos grinned, as he stepped back. "Alright. I'm done. Go crazy."

5 didn't smile. There was no need to. This had, after all, been predetermined from the very start. He would destroy all who opposed the path - how could he not? Those who swum against the stream of time could only hope to delay the inevitable end. But as the power of a thousand tortured souls filled him, he allowed himself a brief moment of satisfaction.

Lightning crackled around him, as he held up both hands. The Dark Side of the force swirled around the battlefield, gathering around this new centerpoint, focused and given form as great swirling winds and arcs of lightning. An immense pressure, as if the very air was attempting to crush those who now resided in this dimension with it's mere weight. Leeroy stood before his opponent, knowing that he now faced someone potentially on-level with Darkside. 5, at maximum power, overflowing with energy.

"An now, we end this little charade."

5 held up one hand in an almost majestic gesture, as if he were passing judgement upon the lower class. Immense forces clashed in the space between him and his opponent as Drac stared, helpless to escape from the lock the Dragon Emperor had him in. Eruka lay, as Lisa stood over Eruka's still form.

And with that, Lisa was wreathed in light. And then in black.

And then there was nothing.

[supertinyking]

@thewizardguy

Leeroy saw what had happened. He saw the massive increase in power......He saw 5's attention be diverted from Leeroy just long enough for Leeroy to do something extremely stupid, and reckless....but, that may just save the day. As 5 focused on attacking Lisa, Leeroy rushes, and grabs the creature in a full nelson, and suddenly, 5 felt....a odd peace. A odd calm, as if everything was right. To everyone else, there was a blinding light, within total darkness.
Leeroy was doing something extremely dangerous. He was activating his magic purge with as much power as he could muster, everything he had was going into this. His body began to return to which it once was, his legs fusing together, and his arms becoming odd branches, holding 5 still. 5 began to feel strange, as if he very soul, or his being, was getting pulled from his body, for 5 was some sort of amalgamation of machine, and magic. Soon, all that would be left was a tree, with two fruit, one filled with a kind soul, full of life, and nature energies. The other....would be filled with whatever 5 was.
Clayman rushes Cosmos, not going to let him unweave what was happening. With grunts of utter pain, he formed a large spike, and chucked it at Cosmos, hoping to spear him. Extremely desperate times, called for extremely desperate tactics. Even as it flew, the spike began to correct its flight path, aiming for a center mass hit.
Drac struggled within the hold, before his gauntlet began to glow, and his body began to let off a dark green energy, necronic energy, that which gathered in massive gatherings of the undead, or in their kingdoms. This would begin to weaken the dragon emperor, if he was a living being. If undead himself, it would heal, and empower him. If an automaton, it would begin to rust him, and age him, in a sense.
In the darkness, the bounty hunter kept his lock on the void walker, and as he dashed forth, he began to weave some sort of magic, which he launched at her. He wanted to either kill, or capture at least one..and she seemed to be quite the prize, being rather useful to her allies. As he chucks said magic, he also throws a large amount of odd beads, aiming to have them land around her, rather than on her. "Surprise, purple chick!" He yells, grinning, again having fun, despite how bad things are.

[supertinyking]

@supertinyking

The sword is stopped midway through the slash and held by another sword meeting it, Erza sliding into view and holding a stance protective of Blood. However, Minx found herself to be quite stronger than she previously was, and a good shove matches and surpasses Erza's strength, knocking her away enough for breathing room. Erza charged, and Minx found herself moving without her own approval. She flicked her blade up and met Erza's, blocking the blow. Erza made several more two-handed offensive strikes, each one batted back by Minx with relative ease. The sword would of grinned if the metal would have allowed him too. He sensed the coming of a bloodbath and grew excited, vibrating lightly in Minx's hand.

@Akihisa Yoshii

As Minx and Erza clashed blades, Erza could feel a grip form around her throat, constricting it tightly, as Minx lifts her arm, the force around Erza's neck being able to crush the bodies of weaker foes. For Erza, it simple constricted. "I am going to make you watch as the life drains from them, all of you!" She screams, as she throws Erza at the no doubt rushing Natsu. As this happens, Riki slouches up, holding his bleeding chest, as he begins to focus. Minx takes a step backwards, to get the advantage of being outside the door, when she finds that she steps knee high into burning tar, searing the flesh of her leg. She lets out a roar of pain, as she swings her sword, reflexively due to the pain. Blood rushes forwards, and tackles her, leading to the both of them being swallowed by the liquid tar. Riki, thinking fast, seals the pit in a odd metal, leaving the two trapped in a tar pit...with no air...burning....

Riki is a bit to high to see how that effects blood too, or he just doesn't care. He then summons a large metal weight to crush the pit, repeatedly.

.......

((A note from Riki "I am sorry for the friendly fire." - From the future, and not so high, Riki Rodin))

[thewizardguy]

@Teoinsanity

Mia raises an eyebrow, as she looks over to the mysterious trio that had barged into her home. Of course, every such situation was a bargaining opportunity, and it seemed from the beginning the chips were in her favour. "Oh my, you look beat up! However could you have gotten such grievous wounds?" Smiling, Mia walked forward, crouching next to where Teo sat. It seemed most of his fleshy bits had been damaged, but the necessary ones remained intact. His mechanical aides, however, had in many places been completely destroyed. His vocal center had taken come damage, but it was fairly easy to repair. Harder to fix would be the the internal systems, but at least nothing fatal had been hit.

"However, it seems you managed to do the job well enough. Congrats, you just saved the universe. Your first time, isn't it?" Mia takes a scalpel out of a previously invisible pocket in her black dress, even as she gestured for the building to rearrange itself. She slightly increased the volume of her voice so as to be heard over the rumbling engines that moved the rooms. "All right, I'll patch you up. Don't you worry, you'll be right as rain near the end of it. Better, even. I already have my mind on some... improvements that could be applied to your..... systems. Yeah, we'll go with that."

The door opened as the building once more came to rest, and Mia walked through it, knowing that the strangers would follow. They really had no choice in the matter.