Author's note: This is my first fic and this is my first chapter. Please be nice!. I'm apologizing in advance in case anyone gets man because the storyline of the games may be warped slightly here and there to include my OC's, sorry! Now for my disclaimer.
Disclaimer:I do NOT own golden sun or any of its contents.
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A fight for survival
Their footsteps pounded the ground. Raix slipped on the gravelly ground, he put his hands out as he fell and hit the ground. A blue haired guy running behind Raix scooped him up by the armpits and onto his feet again "come on Raix, on your feet" he said.
"Thanks Tidal" nodded Raix and they ran on.
Kyra looked back, past her brother and Tidal she saw them round the corner " Ahhh! oh no they're catching us!" she yelled.
Their pursuers rounded the corner in a quick steady and confident stride and watched the Adepts run "heh, they think they can get away." chuckled a mysterious man clad in red and black. His hair, also red and black, was held at bay by and open helm bracer.
"True, but they may escape us yet." said another man.
"What makes you say that?" asked the red clothed man.
"I don't know" he sighed and brushed the dirt from his purple and black armour "I just have a feeling they shall escape once again". He casually flicked the coloured strands of hair from in front of his face and watched them run.
A third man joined them and ran a hand over the cliff face feeling the jagged rocks, embracing his element "not if we stop flapping our gums and chase them" he said. The sun glinted of his gold and black armour as he walked up beside them. "We have to stop them from warning Issac and his friends of what will happen if the lighthouses remain unlit". He sighed "The Mercury lighthouse has already been lit. We'll deal with these fools now and let Issac finish off Menardi and Saturos, therefore ending anymore worries about anymore lighthouses being lit. Kill two birds with one stone".
"You have a point..." said the red man.
"If all four elemental lighthouses are lit we will lose our physical forms and die". The golden armoured man patted the wall with his hand. "Immortality comes at a price and this is the easiest way to solve all of our problems".
"And what if Issac fails to defeat Menardi and Saturos? What then?" interjected the man in purple.
"Then we kill them ourselves," the man in gold put simply.
"Anything to preserve our existence eh?" grinned the red man.
A woman in black and blue armour butted in "What are you waiting for?! Lets go!" she shouted. Her long blue hair billowing behind her in the wind gave her a slightly psychotic appearance.
The purple man sighed again, The chase was back on.
They were panting heavily. The Adepts were resting on and against a large rock on one of the wider pathways. A boy with red and blue hair groaned "We cant keep this up" he said.
The Suhalla Gate was massive in length and height, jagged cliff faces, sheer drops, almost no wide pathways and down below the violent sea was ravishing the cliff side. The Adepts had to make their escape on this!
"I know but we have to get away!" Raix said the panic evident in his voice. Raix felt his body stiffen at the thought of their pursuers catching them.
"Grrrrraaah!" shouted Riley "I've had enough of this running!" he turned to face the others "I say we stand an fight! There is no way they can take the six of us!".
Kyra answered his statement "but Riley they'd destroy us, they're just far too strong" Riley's face fell at this. Kyra hopped down from the rock and placed a hand on his shoulder "and besides what good are we to anyone dead?" Riley opened his mouth as if to say something but remained silent.
"Weeeeell if you're quite done..." said an older boy as he stood up. He had long hair and a loose ponytail tied at the nape of his neck and had been sitting against the rock, resting "I think we should move on".
"Xell has a point" said Tidal from his position on the rock "We should go before they find us again".
"Come on Amy" said Xell as he reached up to help his sister down from the rock. She straightened her raven splith hair band, checked her long dark red hair, straighted out her clothing and said "ready". Xell refastened his cloak, Raix sorted his scarf and brushed his hair out of his eyes and looked around at the others. His sister Kyra checking herself over and tightening her sword belt,Riley giving himself a brush down and Tidal stretching for the run, if there was to be one before tightening his headband. Raix enjoyed moments like this where everyone was at peace and it was nice and calm, this thought was short lived as he heard a terrorizing but familiar voice.
"Well, well lookie what I found," chuckled the woman in blue, peering down on them from the pathway above. She gave a sneer and held out both hands pointing on either side of the Adepts "Glacier!" she yelled and two walls of solid ice arose around the Adepts. They were trapped.
Raix stared in disbelief, Xell cursed silently under his breath and Riley looked like his temper was at boiling point. The red man appeared at the edge of the ledge "Hmph, too easy. You could have at least tried to run," he said. The two of them dropped down to the same ledge as the Adepts.
There was a short flash and the others materialized on the ledge with their allies "Well time to finish this little game of cat and mouse," said the purple man.
Tidal looked around at the others, they were all transfixed by the enemy except Riley. There was a spark in his eye. Tidal just hoped they wouldn't see it.
The red clad one stepped forward "How shall we finish them?" he turned to the others. "Suggestions?".
The blue woman gave an answer "How about we impale them in various ways and let them bleed to death?" she said with a menacing grin.
The purple one gave a sigh "Are you always this violent? Haven't you ever considered the quick and painful method?" He turned to the Adepts "Any particular way you want to die?" he asked.
"Nah not really" spoke up Riley and he tensed up, Raix felt the power of Riley's skyrocket and accidentally let out a short gasp.
"What is it boy?" The womans eyes were full of hatred "Afraid to die?" She gave a short laugh and raised her weapon "Prepare yourself!".
Raix wasn't afraid of death as much as he feared the sudden power change in Riley. "Weeeell we weren't planning on hanging around anyway..." said Riley. Raix could feel the strength in his friend he was overflowing with power he shouldn't have. Riley spun on his heel to face the wall "PYROCLASM!!" he yelled throwing his arms up. Four massive volcanoes erupted under the ice wall blocking the Adepts escape. The force of the blast tore the wall apart razor sharp shards of ice were thrown everywhere what didn't fly off melted instantly. It happened so fast that the mysterious warriors were caught off guard and couldn't react in time. The Adepts were off.
As they ran Raix could feel the strength radiating from Riley. He reached out with his mind and connected with his sister Kyra. "Kyra?" Raix enquired.
"Yes brother?" she replied.
"What happened to Riley back there? I know he's strong but a pyroclasm and one of that strength, its way out of Riley's league still isn't it?"
"Yes it is, true I do not know what happened but we were lucky it did. Who knows what might have happened it didn't" he felt her shudder at the thought "just think of it as a..." She was cut off as a fireball slammed into the wall next to Raix's head and exploded. He was thrown to the ground and scrambled to his feet as fast as he could.
"Damn, don't these guys EVER give up?" shouted Tidal as a bolt of energy crackled past his head.
"Apparently not" answered Xell the shout of 'Quake sphere!' came from behind and the whole path shifted and churned under the Adepts feet. A huge divide opened up in the ground Tidal wobbling on the edge and then falling backwards slightly shaken.
"Its a sheer drop directly into the jagged rocks and the sea below!" shouted Tidal as a warning to stay back from the edge. The ground still shook and Amy stumbled and fell backwards Xell narrowly catching her.
The purple clad warrior observed the Adepts as the quake sphere continued, looking for an opening he picked out the girl with sandy coloured hair "mind read" he murmured. His advanced psynergy let him read minds from a distance "hmph, Kyra eh?" he said to himself. He watched her she was totally unbalanced by the quake sphere, A chance to strike.
"Inferno" said the red clad warrior, a torrent of fireballs flew from his hands towards the Adepts, Riley rose to meet the challenge.
"INFERNO!!" Riley yelled fireballs flew from him. As the fireballs met in mid air the blue woman saw her chance.
"Deluge!" she shouted. High powered blasts of water erupted from her hands, knocking most of the Adepts off their feet. Riley was forced to give up casting infernos to stop the incoming fireballs to protect himself from the water attack. Tidal dived in front of Riley and took the blow for him. Riley looked up the fireballs were still raining down "protect!" he shouted and a line of protective shields appeared in front of them.
Raix stepped up to help "Resist!" he shouted and more shields appeared to reinforce Riley. Their shields took the attack head on and caught it. They grunted as they broke their own shields ,and in doing so, dispersing the fireballs.
The sun was beating down mercilessly but Riley didn't feel it in fact he just felt as if it was amplifying his strength further. He could feel himself losing sight of his companions but he didn't care. He was focused on one thing and one thing only. Winning, surviving...
"Ragnarok!" shouted the Venus warrior. A huge sword materialized in the sky and flew straight at Xell. He parried it with his sword but it unbalanced him and he fell hard and cracked his head off a rock.
"Xell!" shouted Amy. Tidal went to his aid.
"Ply well" he murmured. "Amy he will be fine he is just unconscious...WATCH OUT!".
Amy turned to see a huge dragon fume flying straight towards her, she let out a scream she could feel the hatred and the strength radiating from the dragon fume, the heat grew unbearable and she prepared for the strike but it never came. She felt the heat of the blast as she was thrown backwards and he looked up. Tidal was standing, arms spread, in front of where she had been standing moments ago. Tidal blackened from the attack fell to his knees "You...you will not...harm my friends..." he murmured and collapsed.
"No! Tidal!" Amy screamed, she ran to him "Healing aura!, Healing aura!" desperate to help him. She glanced at how the others were fairing it was a grim situation.
"Sonic slash!" shouted the Jupiter warrior. Raix struggled to his feet to face the oncoming attack, he refused to die without a fight.
Riley had become something of a fighting machine his rage fueling his psynergy. He saw the oncoming attack to Raix "FLARE STORM!!" he bellowed. The sonic slash met the wall of fire and was dissolved by the intense heat. The Jupiter warrior was still watching Kyra closely. She was struggling under the relentless attack from his companions, the time to strike was near.
Kyra pointed her palm forwards "Flash bolt!" she shouted. Bolts of electricity shot from her hand.
"Mega cool" murmured the woman in blue and a wall of jagged ice formed. The lightning slammed into the wall and was halted. The Mercury Adept lowered her wall and laughed "is that the best you can do? Hah pathetic".
Kyra's confidence faltered and Raix moved to protect her. The Mars warrior saw an opening "Pyroclasm!" he shouted. Raix felt the heat built beneath he and his sister "move!" he shouted and threw Kyra off to the side before diving in the opposite direction. Kyra landed and rolled next to the hole in the pathway and looked down at the drop, it was high but she wouldn't let her fear of falling stop her.
The line of volcanic eruptions separated Raix from his sister. He rolled onto one knee and thrust his arm forwards "Astral blast!!" he shouted. Three stars were launched from his outstretched palm. The Mercury Adept couldn't react fast enough and was caught square in the chest by Raix's attack and was thrown against the wall and slumped to the floor unconscious.
"Lucky shot runt!" shouted the Mars warrior as fire appeared in his hands and he prepared for another attack.
The Venus warrior looked above the Adepts and saw some over hanging rocks "they have done well to last this long" he thought "but their futile efforts will soon cease" he turned and silently pointed out the rocky outcrop above the Adepts the Mars warrior saw it and nodded "Stone Spire!" shouted the Venus Adept as the Mars Adept yelled "Liquifire!"
"Stone spire?" Raix thought, puzzled "but there's no roof to call them from". The beams of fire shot from around the Mars Adept and surrounded Raix and Riley. "Riley watch out!" called Raix but Riley was so caught up in the rush of battle he never heard him. There was a cracking sound from above. Realization hit Raix like a hammer blow. His gaze shot up and saw the falling rocks. They couldn't avoid both attacks. he glanced back at Riley he still didn't notice the danger, Raix ran towards him.
"Now" murmured the Venus Adept. The Mars Adept relaxed his arms and drew them down and past each other in one quick sweeping motion.
The beams gave a short flash. Amy didn't notice she was to busy tending to Tidal and Xell. Raix dived into Riley, catching him by surprise and knocking him to the floor at Raix's feet. "Ward!" Raix cried and he threw a bubble up around himself and Riley and braced himself.
Amy heard Raix shout and looked up and saw what was about to happen "NO!" she screamed. The beams darted inwards, the rocks struck and a huge explosion engulfed Raix and Riley. Amy gasped and ran forwards and skidded to a halt as the remaining rocks slammed down in front of her narrowly missing her. She stumbled backwards and fell onto her behind. She looked at the rock wall dividing her from Raix and Riley "Raix!,Riley! No!!".
Kyra felt so useless. She was trapped behind a wall of magma and she couldn't do anything about it. She wondered how the Mars Adept was holding this magma flow while still attacking Riley and her brother. As She watched the smoke clear she was overwhelmed by worry for the boys still fighting to protect them.
The Jupiter Adept watched the fight calmly. Kyra was vulnerable, he could finish her right now he thought but he wanted to see the smoke clear.
The smoke drifted off out over the sea. "No way!" exclaimed the Venus Adept as he saw the what had been veiled by the smoke. In the middle of a small crater there they were, those two boys one lying down the other,dropped to one knee, was still holding the protective bubble.
Raix dropped the bubble "Is that all you got?" he jeered. Amy let out a sigh of relief, they were ok.
A grin spread across Kyra's face " I knew they would survive" she thought. Xell stirred but no one seemed to notice.
The Mars Adept gave a groan and dropped to one knee, the wall of magma ceased. "The strain of holding up that wall must have taken its toll" the Jupiter Adept thought "oh well, time to end this".
Raix helped Riley to his feet "you alright?" Raix asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine" he replied. Riley turned to see the rock wall "Raix cover me, I'm gonna clear the wall" Raix nodded in acknowledgment and turned to face the enemy, poised to defend himself. Riley charged up the psynergy needed.
Kyra tried to go to Raix but she noticed the Jupiter Adept had his arm outstretched towards her. She was paralyzed with fear of what was to come.
Raix caught the Jupiter Adept out of the corner of his eye "No...he wouldn't" he thought. Raix saw the look in his eye, "KYRA!" he yelled.
"She won't survive this" he thought. The Jupiter Adept focused his psynergy and he heard the boy shout for his sister. "hmph, that shall make this all the more sweeter" He smiled to himself.
Part of the wall had fallen away and Amy had a clear view of the situation, she gasped she could see what was about to happen.
A sick smile played across across the Jupiter Adepts mouth, he licked his lips and shouted "Spark Plasma!!".
Kyra's blood ran cold. A rumble sounded above her, she screamed and covered her head. Bolts of plasma rained down on her he whole body was engulfed in pain she screamed again and a darkness swept over her.
"KYRA!! NOOOO!!" Raix yelled. He ran to where she had been standing. Kyra's unconscious body flew through the air, it arced up and over the cliff edge and she plummeted downwards towards the raging sea below "sister! No I wont let you die! I need you here with me!" Raix yelled as he ran towards the cliff edge and threw himself off it after his sister down into the cold harsh sea.
Riley seen Raix run But he couldn't stop him and he watched his friend throw himself off the Suhalla Gate. He forced himself to return to the task at hand "NOVA!!" he yelled and a series of explosions tore the wall of rocks apart. Riley ran through the dust and smoke to the others.
"KYRA!!,RAIX!!" screamed Amy she jumped to her feet and ran after Raix but Xell was on his feet and he hooked his arms under hers and held her tightly, she struggled against her brother but to no avail.
"Amy! Amy! Stop struggling! Theres nothing you can do for them now!" he shouted. Amy realized the futility of her efforts and collapsed in her brothers grasp. Amy was sobbing loudly the tears streaming from her eyes. Tidal hauled himself to his feet and looked at what had just happened "no..." he murmured. Riley burst through the smoke from his nova attack and fell onto all fours shuddering. Xell gazed at the spot where Kyra had been standing moments before he felt the emotions bubble up inside of him.
The Jupiter Adept sniggered "well, that was easy" he laughed "who's next?".
Xell was speechless. Kyra, and her brother, gone he couldn't believe it, he refused to believe it.
The Mars Adept advanced towards them "you're finished!" he exclaimed.
Everything caught up to Xell there and then, he felt a power rush through his body and veins "I refuse to let you kill anyone else this day!!" he shouted. The air around him started to vibrate, the pebbles rattled on the ground " I REFUSE TO DIE HERE!!" he shouted he dropped his sister to her knees and outstretched his arms. A golden glow surrounded him, "GRAND GAIA!!!" he screamed as if the strength he was feeling was paining him.
The earth started to shake violently under and around the enemy's feet "what the..?" shouted the Venus Adept.
The cliff wall and pathway started to split and crack in front of the Mars Adept "such power..." he murmured and jumped backwards to avoid falling into a hole. There was a huge groaning sound and what sounded like and underground explosion and a huge gash was torn into the Suhalla range magma and rocks being throw 50 feet in the air the Adepts were separated from their enemy.
Xell fell to his knees, and Tidal helped him up "we have to go, NOW!" Tidal shouted. Amy came to her senses and dragged Riley to his feet. They ran as fast as they could.
They lay there, panting, in a clearing in the woods near the Venus lighthouse. Amy was crying beneath a tree at the edge of the clearing and the rest of them were silent. "Raix...Kyra..." started Riley "there gone aren't they?" no one answered him. Xell spoke up "no...don't count them out yet" he said "those two are pretty amazing, I doubt their dead".
Night fell. Riley had started a fire to keep them warm, Amy still sat in the darkness of the tree thinking, tear stains streaking her face. Xell got up from his seat next to the fire to go and comfort her, Tidal reached out and caught hold of his trouser leg "Xell...don't, I think she needs some time alone" Tidal said.
Xell sat back down "your right Tidal but..." he looked over at his sister "...I'm worried about her"
"I know how you feel Xell" said Riley "but she'll be alright, trust me".
"I wonder if Raix and Kyra survived the fall?" said Tidal " and the sea, they will be lucky if they do" Tidal sighed and looked at his meat, suddenly he didn't feel hungry anymore and threw it in the fire.
"Hey, I coulda eaten that!" complained Riley.
"Shut up Riley..." said Xell. He gazed into the fire, its light reflecting in his eyes. Tidal could tell he had a lot on his mind.
Tidal leaned backwards on his hands and gazed up at the stars floating in the clear sky " so, how did we end up in this mess?"
Author's note: End of chapter 1. I hope you enjoyed reading my story so far cause I enjoyed writing it. Reviews would be appreciated as they would help to improve my writing. Until next time (waves)