Inside the command building, a small building with a table filled with maps and an armory. Elsword, Aisha, Rena, and Lowe stood around a table with a map of Elrios. Lowe finished up his plan.
"So, any questions?" When he was met with rumbling as an answer, he looked up to see Elsword and Aisha tugging on each others hair. "Hey qu-cut it-both of you sto-...Rena?"
Rena pulled the both of them off the ground and placed them on some chairs. "Remember our talk about friendship earlier? The one where you two agreed not to fight anymore?" They both shook their heads fast, scared of the elf. "Good!~" Rena released her hold on them both.
Lowe simply sighed, used to Elswords antics, and continued on. "Since I'm assuming you two missed all of that, I'll start again." Lowe walked back over to the map. "We have reports of unidentified Nasod technology coming from Elder, large mechanical weapons, humanoid shape. Lord Wally is wrapped up in something again."
"Nasod?" The team spoke in unison, Rena stepped forward. "There haven't been reports of Nasod for a century...amazing..." Rena pondered for a bit more, before asking, "Do we know what he's using them for?"
Lowe nodded. "No, however they have been carting around large boxes. Nasod the size he's using must require a large amount of El, so my assumption is that he's taken Rubens El to power more Nasod he's found."
Elsword popped up, "Right, we're on it Lowe!" He burst out through door, forgetting he had companions with him. Just watch me sis...
"That boy...Aisha, Rena, Elsword is talented but...make sure he doesn't push himself too far, ok?", Lowe asked the two that were left behind.
Aisha nodded, even though she didn't quite understand what he meant by that. "Of course, we're a team now." Aisha and Rena both ran out after the red-head, the sun shining down on them.
And that's how Elsword got here, in another argument with Aisha. "Being a mage does NOT mean I can make fresh baked cinnamon buns appear out of no where!"
"Cake?"Elsword asked, despite the cold glare he'd recieved.
"No."
"Cookies?"
"No!"
"Cake?"
"I will hurt you."
Rena pulled the two bickering teenagers by the ears. "Do we need to have another chat?" The two shook their heads, "good, you guys were bickering like an old married couple." Rena thought nothing of what she'd said, until what happened next.
Aisha's face heated up, "W-W-What?!" She turned her back to the elf. "I would never date an immature BRAT!" She spat the last word out.
Elsword turned away too. "YEAH, and I'd never date a stuck up...GIRL!"
Rena grinned like a devil. "So you like boys then Elsword?"
Elswords face heated up. "W-WHAT?! Nononononono-"
The elf cut him off "So you would date Aisha?"
"That's-You-GAAH" Elsword stormed off into the woods, leaving behind a laughing Rena and a fuming Aisha.
"I can't beleive you Rena...i suppose you're good with kids though." Aisha plopped herself back down on the log next to Rena. "
Rena smiled sadly and looked into the crackling fire. "Yeah..."
Elsword had been walking around for about a half hour, before he finally turned around and realized something. I'm lost...His tracks had been covered up by the shrubs covering the forest. He noticed a small light coming from a giant tree. Curious, Elsword charged in, completely forgetting, once again, that he had a team.
The tree had been hollowed out, with large chunks left as platforms and staircases. Bandits walked every inch of the place, carrying El shards of all different elements. At the center of all this, was a small stone walkway, upon which the outlaw Banthus stood, giving orders.
Elsword stood up taller and unlatched his sword from his back. "piece of cake..." He snuk up the spiral of the tree. The first bandit he encountered was dealt with by a strong stroke through the heart, the next the throat, the next was kicked off the ledge, for a painful landing at the bottom. About halfway up the spiral, Elsword noticed a commotion going on at the seemed to be moving out. "Damnit!" He ran as fast as he could up the stairs, slowly dispatching the remaining bandits. "Damn...i need...to get...faster!" He shouted the last word, as if saying it would make his wish come true.
Finally, exhausted yet ready for a fight, Elsword reached the top. He pulled himself up, only to have a boot planted in his face. His grip on the ledge was lost, and he began to plummet straight down. So this is how I'm going to die...
Before he hit the ground, a figure in purple caught him and levitated the both of them to the bottom of the massive tree. After setting Elsword down, Aisha spun around and started to scream. "What were you thinking?! We're a team Elsword, act like it! What if you had gotten yourself killed?!"
"Look, it didn-" he was cut off by a swift slap that all of Elrios could hear. Elsword stood, stunned by the sudden outbreak. After regaining his composure, Elsword said "Well you don't get to just go around slapping people whenever you want jeez ever heard of manners you crazy witch lady?!"
"Well I wouldn't have to slap you if you weren't such an idiot!", Aisha retorted.
Elsword began to tell Aisha about female dogs, but Rena had appeared and cut them both off. "Can I trust you two to realize that the life source of an entire village along with the #1 most wanted criminal in Elder is up there and that this is not the time to bicker?" Elsword and Aisha turned away from eachother and slightly nodded their heads. "Good! Now shut up and finish our mission!" At this she leaped from platform to platform, up to the top.
Aisha looked at Elsword, "Grab my hand."
Blood ran to Elswords face, "W-w-what?!"
Aisha hit him on the top of his head with her wand, blushing just as much as he was. "Idiot! Not like that! I'm going to teleport us." Aisha held out her hand to the young red-head. He took it and she sent them both, pulling out of his grip as soon as she could. Rena had just beaten them there.
Banthus shifted around, "So, this is what Ruben sends? 2 kids and an elf? Heheheeh...did you know that if you kill someone in the tree of El their energy flows into all the El in Elrios?"
The team shifted their feet and readied their weapons, prepared to fight. Banthus unlatched his bayonet. "Alright kiddos, your funeral!" With that, Banthus leaped forward.
Deep in the dungeons of Wally's castle, a king sat at his computer console, in the center of the room lay a metal casket, with electronic readers and screens everywhere. Moss hung from the walls of the circular room.
"Continue moving the El, our...partner will be at the pick up zone in 1 week, I expect there will be no problems?" The metallic voice spoke through the computers speakers.
"Thanks to the kings kindness, no, there shall not, our agreement is still in place?" The man at the computer asked nervously.
"Yes, Wally, you shall have your crown, goodbye." The connection was cut.
Wally stood up and walked back to the door of the room. He shut of all the lights, except for one dim light that shone down on the casket.
Rena fired another volley of arrows into the crowd, and Aisha finished them off with a blast of lightning. Banthus had led them into an ambush, so while Rena and Aisha dealt with those bandits, Elsword fought Banthus.
Thrust for thrust, swing for swing, Elsword matched Banthus's moves, using his great swords weight to overpower the bayonet, while Banthus used his bayonets speed to break through Elswords defenses. "Not...bad...kid!" Banthus's exhaustion clearly showing.
Elsword, equally tired, responded, "right...back-at-ya!" Rena rushed in and delivered a swift downward kick to Banthus's sword, then came up to kick him in the jaw, stunning the outlaw. Aisha ran in and tripped him with her wand, and Elsword pinned him down with his sword.
"heh...maybe next time kiddos..." Banthus kicked out his feet and sent Rena and Elsword off the edge.
"Crap!" Aisha dove off the edge and grabbed both their hands. With a massive effort, she pulled Rena up, then they both tugged up Elsword. When they turned around, Banthus had already disappeared.
A/N: Hellllooooo, so...i already broke my time schedule i see, i had a good reason though i swear
Elsword: no you didn-
Remember that I can kill you off whenever
Elsword: ...
Good boy, see you next week!
