Shouts were heard as armies collided, men vs. squids. Squids had once again broken the tranquility by attacking the passive-aggressors. "Charge!" The commander of the army called, his golden sword raised, pointing forward. His messy brown hair blew through the summer breeze as determination sparked in his eyes. He felt a hand on his shoulder and turned to see a spacesuit wearing man. "Jason-what are you doing here? I thought you would be with the archers, not the soldiers!" Jason raised an eyebrow behind his visor, "I think I'm just going to command...I mean, Ant and the Captain are both there with quite a few recruits."
The commander scoffed. "Sky, I think you need to take a break. I think you've been a bit stressed out lately." Jason tried to persuade the unwilling Sky, only to get a light shove. Sky turned around to meet the gaze of a teen, "What are you doing here, Ty?!" Sky almost yelled. Jason sighed visibly and Ty fell back in shock. "I-I just wanted to check on you..." The boy stuttered at his friend's harsh tone and the eldest's eyes beating down on him. The commander quickly noticed and loosened up, almost grabbing the headphone wearer. "I'm sorry, Ty...and you too, Jason." Sky sighed sorrowfully as his arms fell to his sides. "The war really has been getting to me."
The cry of a squid snapped the three back to reality. The commander unsheathed his sword and quickly dashed ninja style at the cephalopod, the blade causing a deep gauge as it made contact on its side. Jason had drawn an arrow back in his bow and Ty had brandished his sword. The three stood together and would fall together. They parted ways as they tried their own strategic techniques against the immense force of squids. In the process of slashing an enemy, a squid had crept up behind an unaware Ty. It smirked crazily at the thought of killing a leader of the rivaling army. It raised its tentacle and its shadow cast against Ty's back. When the teen turned around, he fell back. An arrow had pierced it in the direct bend of its appendage. Ty glanced up to see Ant cheering and Sparklez amusedly glaring daggers at the amulet wearer. The teen waved in thanks of their quick reflexes.
"Nice shot..." The captain scoffed as he crossed his arms, unamused. Well, he had a right to be jealous: Taylor had already sniped sixteen squids, where as Jordan had only killed twelve. The thought of continuing their little 'competition' began to feel pointless to the captain, but alas, he continued. It surprised him when the amulet wearer ran out of arrows. Ant drew his sword out of its sheath and rushed down the ladders, receiving a silent salute from his companion. "Stay alive."
The brown haired commander continued to slay the cephalopods in hordes of at least fifty. He was amazed that he hadn't had a difficult encounter yet. That was until a tentacle slid across the bare surface of his arm. Sky cried out in disgust before separating the appendage from the squid's body. The commander stumbled back as the deceased annoyance plummeted. It then hit him that he was still on a battle field, and it didn't help that he was surrounded by numerous enemies. One swung its tentacle, only for the amulet wearer to duck his head to avoid the blow. He uppercutted his sword up and jabbed it into the jaw area, causing the lifeless creature to alight. As he struck down another, a diamond sword swung to his left. The commander recognized it as Ty's blade after he saw some of the teen's pale skin tone.
Jason launched two arrows at once from his bow, quickly nailing two adjacent aquatic creatures. He turned suddenly to his left to see an airborne sword peg a squid like a bullseye. The sword shimmered silver basking in the sunlight, its tip tainted crimson. A man in black grabbed the blade's hilt as he set his gaze on the spacesuit wearer. "You've got to be careful, Jason." The amulet holder scolded. "Thanks..." Jason let his focus fall back on his bow as he pulled another arrow from his quiver.
"Hope this'll be over soon..." Sky mumbled under his breath after many precise slices. "It will be." Sky turned around in reflex, switching to a battle position. His gaze was met by a navy blue blade. The wielder, a squid, slashed Sky, shooting him backwards against the cold stone wall behind him. With a loud thud, Sky was kicked against the wall multiple times, probably doing enough damage to knock him out. Right before he did, he heard Ant yell his name and run up to the collapsed commander. As Taylor knelt in front of Sky, Jordan walked up behind the two, not noticing the fallen of the two. "Hey, Taylor, I-" Jordan cut himself off as he peered over Ant to see Sky wounded, "What happened?!" The poor commander couldn't respond to the Captain nor Ant, nevertheless move or speak. "We should take him to the infirmary." Ant said, his eyes never leaving his fallen comrade.
Ty took quick notice to the two taking Sky, and wanted to alert the recruits. "Guys, keep fighting!" Most recruits nodded, then turned their attention back on their targets. Jordan and Taylor continued through the vacant halls of the infirmary. They really hoped that they would make it in time and that there would be at least one nurse or doctor. The one person they did see was Dawn, but they didn't stop. They needed to get Sky to medical attention. As the two lovers passed by each other, it seemed like the two were moving in slow motion. Sky held his eyes barely open as he laughed weakly, the thin blood line still trailing from the edge of his mouth. Dawn looked on in worry, but she knew Sky would be alright.
"Nurse!" Jordan yelled, a little strained from carrying Sky. The commander was held by having one arm around each of his comrades necks. "Sky needs medical attention!" Almost spontaneously, a nurse neared the edge of their vision as she motioned to an adjacent room. "Bring him in here!" She ordered as she turned to the doorway and walked in. In a few seconds, the two had arrived and set the commander on the bed. They took two empty seats near the bed as they watched the nurse set up wires and take blood samples. His vitals looked okay, but they couldn't be sure.
It had quieted down as time went on. Ant and Sparklez stayed in the room with Sky, keeping themselves to their own thoughts, quietly sighing as they narrowed their eyes in despair. They hadn't noticed that the commander's heart rate seemed to rise, then drop. A weird pattern, but it was Sky that we are talking about. It took a while, but Sky finally woke up-well, mentally at least. He somehow floated out of his body, similar to how shocking it was for him to awaken this quickly. He looked transparent and was able to float about. "I wonder how I'm able to see my body...it's like one of those dreams where you're outside your body. Hmph..." He thought to himself, hovering over to the two others.
"Officer Sparklez, Officer Venom," A nurse's voice addressed the two, drawing Jordan's attention on the door, but leaving Taylor's on Sky, "After running a few tests, we figured out that commander Sky is in a coma, and we don't know if he'll wake up or not." The nurse's face had worry written all over it. Ant bit his lip as he stared at his friend, eyes half lidded as he hoped the other amulet wearer would survive. "Ant! Cap!" Sky yelled, but a response never came. They must have not been able to hear him. His tone softened as he suggested a thought to himself, "Maybe if I try something physical..." Sky tapped Ant's shoulder, but the golden apple lover didn't react.
Or so Sky thought.