Chap 1.1 Eye of the Storm
"I already said it, my decision was final!" Kael Sunstrider just sighed at the boy's answer.
"Are you sure it's a good idea to just let yourself stay in this dumpy place instead of actually taking down a villain?"
Kamijou Touma glared from his seat at Kael Sunstrider. "Says the one working for Magneto!"
Another villain's attempt to recruit him did not help Touma's mood. He knew he was considered a threat since in his franchise, he was the protagonist. This was the third time Kael had been sent here again, to ask Touma to join them. His right hand with the ability to negate any magical of supernatural being is what the armies are after.
"This is the last time we're going to ask you. Your life is at stake here" Kael informed with a serious expression.
"If anything, I would've avoided fighting for a villain."
"Magneto was able to find out Doom's plans. Remember how he was with Doom on the past, he discovered what he is really planning and he formed us to stop him. If you join us, we assure we'll give you shelter-" Kael stopped speaking to look around the cracks around the room. "-food, and all the necessary things you want. Even your friends can-"
"All of them have died," interrupted Touma standing up and looking out of the window of the room. "I've seen them die and wasn't able to save any of them. All because of the ones you work for."
Touma closed his eyes remembering how all of them died, including Index and Misaka. Nearly no one he knows from his canon had survived until this date. All of them died either trying to survive from crossfire or assist the rebellions. He tightened his fist at the thought of how the villains got access to time travel anyway. The one he hated the most was Doom whose army killed the most of his allies.
"You wouldn't know the feeling when you see your allies died and you can't do a thing against them!" Touma shouted at Kael, eyes full of hatred.
As Touma headed closer to him, Kael narrowed his eyes "Then join us. Give you're your hatred and vengeance against them. Your allies will be aveng-"
The blood elf Leader was interrupted as Touma delivered a punch. With fast reflexes Kael managed to block it with his hand. There was a sound of glass shattering before the punch struck Kael at his chin, slightly disorienting him. Mages were never known for their physical strength and rely on mana to fight. No matter what magical effect he used, Touma could negate it.
"You declined so we'll stop trying to get you to join us. By the way, have you heard of Yeerks?" growled Kael. "It would have been a shame if you fought for the others. And just so you know, I know the feeling as your allies die without you being able to help them."
Touma's gritted his teeth before he entered a bathroom and closed the door. Kael only smirked before looking at a certain cockroach at the floor.
"It's time to change tactics, as he will be joining us soon. There is a fate worse than death but I don't think he'll be able to avoid it nor like it"
You know he'll be trying to escape now Visser One, formerly Visser Three said via telepathy. As the leader of the Yeerk battalion at Earth, he controls a sizeable amount of fellow yeerks and had been using them to control more natives or newcomers. With the ability to morph any creature he touched, the alien leader was capable of turning into a gigantic chaotic beast or somebody he killed.
"Yes, but we have a vast army as Magneto once said. One man can't stand up to our army. The captured American Technology had boosted our power along with the="
The cockroach slowly morphed into a blue creature.
Do not underestimate someone like him. I had once done that with the six rebels that call themselves animorphs, and they turned the tides of our invasion on Earth. I regret how my army failed to stop only, six, rebels Visser One was now on his andalite form, like a body of a blue centaur and tail blade. His face doesn't reveal a mouth but reveals two stalk eyes added to his pair of eyes. Visser One however was only a yeerk inside it, the only andalite-controller, a yeerk inhabiting the powerful body and capabilities of an Andalite.
"I would have been slightly nervous by how you morph from creature to creature. But then again, I've seen far worse from the undead and Burning Legions's battalions," Kael answered with a yawn.
It would be a big blow to us if we let this human escape. Imagine Breaker is the only one that we could use to disable the magical barrier surrounding the underground. Not to mention handle some of the more, magical enemies we have.
Visser One kicked the loose door of the bathroom with his hind leg, knocking it to the ground. The alien entered the room, looking around to find signs of the boy. Noticing a loose rope attached to the window, his tailblade moved in a flash and the rope was cut to two.
"Well, looks like more work for us," Kael walked up behind him only to receive the visser's tail blade at the edge of his neck.
If we end up allowing this human to escape, we'll end up losing a vital host against the magicians and rebels. And I will personally make the rest of your life miserable the visser threatened with clear distaste on his message.
"Watch your tail blade yeerk, my blood elf brethren had been scattered around this city with your alien hosts. Mix up the special weapons hidden around, he won't even be able to set foot a block away from this apartment. We even have the Dolerean on our side, there's no way we can't hunt him down. Even if he does escape this city, where will he go? We have this place, Africa, Germany and South America," Kael responded with a calm expression.
The visser only headed towards the exit of the apartment room, aiming to kill Imagine Breaker himself. Kael looked down from the windows before following the Visser.
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He expected them to kill him some time. He expected them to use their blood elf army's magicians and swordsmen. That's why Touma had been training with a katana lately. To give himself a weapon against non-magical weapons which he cannot dispel.
Touma grunted as he heard a loud scream from around a corner followed by something splashing and then silence. The Unwritten law was clearly forgotten long ago.
He turned towards another alleyway before continuing his thoughts. Although, he did ready himself for the worst that Magneto's army could do, he did not expect another mysterious group of enemies. When Kael said Yeerks, a warning signal went on throughout out Touma's brain.
He turned just around a corner and stopped abruptly. What might be the Yeerk the blood elf's leader said was just standing few steps away from him. With noticeable four limbs each having sharp claws and a reptilian body. Clutching something on one of its hands has an appearance like a flashlight. But Touma knows better than that. He readied himself as the Hork-Bajir aimed its weapon at him.
The Dracon Beam fired a trail of thin red beam at him but Touma managed to dodge. The red streak passed close to his face.
"At this rate," he muttered before being struck by a beam at his left hand. Touma grimaced clutching his arm. He ran back before noticing the lack of blood on his arm, a numb feeling however stayed behind.
The Hork-Bajir still continued firing but this time, noticeable burn marks were left on the ground he ran across. He turned to the corner when he heard a sound of a body falling. Touma turned back to notice the Hork-Bajir knocked out with no trace of why.
Touma glance above, before he sprinted again, not forgetting to grab the Dracon Beam. Whoever that was, he wasn't sure it was against his survival.
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As Visser One walked outside the ruined apartment before he looked around. Hork-bajir and human controllers a distance away captured civilians. Blood elf squadrons arrived via Humvees provided by the captured U.S. blueprints and hosts.
"The perfect way to get more for your army right?" Kael asked walking behind him.
Right now, hosts are getting more and more difficult to capture. We have to take as much chance as possible to get more
Kael grunted before raising his hands. His hands glowed red, before a phoenix formed out of nowhere burning brightly.
Are you sure it's a good idea to summon something that Imagine Breaker could simply negate from existence? inquired Visser One. The phoenix flied to the skies, with an obvious objective to find its target.
"I'm not stupid. I had a small group of my warriors find him and with my phoneix's help, the kid would be easily captured for infestation. No requirements for any of your warriors at all."
A large explosion and a scream dragged their attention to the north.
"Besides, even if that kid actually escapes our borders, what I said awhile ago was true. Palpatine would not at all need him at all. Doom's undead army will find him a threat due to their instincts, and Medusa Gorgon's Army would no doubt drive him to insanity and he'll eventually kill himself. The only rebel force here that is led by newcomers are very far away from here. I doubt he'll reach them at all,"
Magic had been traced on the moon for awhile. I will see for myself that your tactic will work and that he does not escape
Visser One immediately started to gallop determined to avoid a threat against magicians to reach the enemy. Leaving behind, Kael who watched as Visser One disappeared from his sight.
"War surely changes everything, even villains' attitude," his face suddenly winced.
He faced a blood elf lieutenant standing by. "Fourth Lieutenant, have your squad along with Spell Breakers. Head to the north afterwards. Warn the northern guardians to prepare themselves" he commanded walking towards a humvee.
"Yes milord. But not to question your orders but, what is with the sudden change of attitude?" the lieutenant asked with a curious tone on his voice. "You were pretty confident awhile ago,"
"I sense a powerful magic source that just passed us," Kael boarded the Humvee. "I'll go ahead but inform Magneto about this potential threat. Inform him that the Delorean might be used."
"Do you think it was the rumored kid who uses Green Flames?"
Kael sighed, "There's another way to find out than just waiting. Hurry up, will you? I don't know that mage either but I heard he manage to escape several times from Magneto before with rescued prisoners. He might be aiming to rescue the kid,"
With that said, the lieutenant was left as Kael's escort trekked across the road heading north.
"I'm glad us blood elves doesn't have to be infested with yeerks" he muttered before heading to his squad.
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Touma continued running again before taking cover behind a garbage dump. He had managed to dodge another volley arrows and dracon beams by doing so. Touma pulled out his katana and block a hork-bajir's claws few seconds away from slicing him.
"I never really was great at it," Touma muttered jumping to the side to avoid another blow. It attempted another attack but Touma parried right on time. Although Touma could dodge the attacks, he couldn't keep it up forever.
Risking a glance behind the hork-bajir, he could see the archers preparing another attack. He dodged another slash attack, before shooting at the hork-bajir with his dracon beam. The beam struck it directly but it only slowed down its movement.
"What are these things," growled Touma as he attempted to lunge at it with his katana. Only for the alien to regain its composure and dodge, just as arrows and beams were fired from the other side.
Touma attempted to move to the right, dodging most of the arrows and beams. The hork-bajir he was facing also had a dracon beam, and had aimed at where he was expecting Touma to move.
The red beam released from the dracon beam struck Touma at the left leg, forcing him to halt. The boy grabbed his dracon beam only to felt a barrel of a dracon beam at his forehead.
Touma glared at the hork bajir who had defeated him. From how he was aiming, there was no way he would miss. If Touma dodged, the archers and other dracon beam wielders close by will surely be able to hit him.
"Surrender now and you will live. Any further attempts to escape would result in your death," a seemingly normal human commanded walking towards him. Noticeably, he carried a cellphone with him.
"So Magneto found a way to control people now?" Touma asked forming a fist.
"Your question will be answered very soon," the human replied smiling. As he closed the distance between the two, a green slug came out of the cellphone.
Touma closed his eyes only to notice a change of heat and screams. He reopened them to notice most all of his enemies are burning on the ground with green flames.
"The Unwritten Law had long been abandoned. Don't forget to use it to your advantage. Otherwise you'll be in a lot of trouble."
Touma turned to the source of the voice to find a redhead teen motioning him to come over.
"Who are you?" as Touma asked this. The boy remembered this was the exact thing he said when he first met Kael. Touma sighed and hoped that this newcomer wasn't working for another villain. Red haired people that can control green fire aren't really common.
"Me? Dylan Hankins, Gensokyo agent sent in to escort you to safety. Now follow me,"