Chapter 11: Revolution part 1
Los Angeles, the City of Angels. Former HQ of the Fanfiction Author Fighters, now a cesspool of Darkside scum. Everything that was wrong with Drake's reigime was present here. However, today will be different.
A plane soared over the city with no one being the wiser. It slowly circled LA.
"What're you waiting for?" Rook asked, impatiently.
"The signal from the others." Sogekihei answered, "If you guys just drop in, there are thousands of Darksides waiting to attack you. They need to get their attention first."
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"I say it's about time." Wraith smirked as his group entered the city with no problem due to their lack of black cloaks. He looked at Zchazz and Poz before asking, "Are you two ready to do your part?"
"Yeah." Zchazz said as he and Poz walked into a hotel with Vordan and Shadra right behind them. The second Zchazz passed through a metal detector, it went off. When security guards flocked over to him to try and solve the problem, he pulled open his jacket to show that guns filled ever single corner of it, "Wow. Deja vu."
Poz pulled out a switchblade before throwing it at a guard, hitting him the chest. Shadra vanished into the shadows as Vordan brought his tiger claws slashing through one of the guards before beheading another. Zchazz pulled out his .45 revolver and fired into each one. He looked over at the obviously terrified bystanders.
"Hey, this is funny." Poz said to his partners in an eager voice. He looked at the bystanders and simply said, "Boo."
They screamed and began running away in terror.
"Never gets old." Poz sighed.
"Let's just do our job." Shadra stated.
Zchazz pulled out an RPG-7 as they began going into an elevator. Shadra heard something and immediately tossed a knife at a guard who was still alive.
"Problem solved." Shadra stated. She stayed out of the elevator, "I'll slow down any intruders."
Casual elevator music played, completely contrasting to the man carrying a rocket launcher and another one with a battleaxe. Only Poz looked reasonably content.
Their elevator opened up on the top floor. They walked through the hallway before Zchazz booted a door open. Immediately inside, there was a half-naked couple making out. Upon having three intruders, they immediately stopped.
"Sorry, I need to use your window." Zchazz stated as he loaded a rocket into the launcher.
"I'm headin' for the roof!" Poz said as he took off with the fleeing couple.
"Let the first shot be fired." Vordan stated.
"Here ya go, Drake." Zchazz said, "A gift from the bottom of my heart!"
He pulled the trigger and fired.
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BOOM!
The missile hit the statue of Drake (which was about ten times his actual size), sending chunks of debris flying everywhere. GS growled as he pulled his Armalite off his back.
"I guess I'll be checking this out." GS murmured before shouting, "Johan! Omaddon! We're needed!"
The Chaos Duo jumped before following the Darkside sharpshooter.
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"And there's the signal." Sogekihei said as the RPG's grenade exploded, "Get ready to jump out."
"Thankfully, most of us can fly, so paracutes are a moot point." JC said, "Drop us at reasonable heights and so we can't be noticed easily. We've got to go in and hit Drake as fast as possible."
"We already knew that." Nukid said as TL grabbed an extra seat with levitation. Both of them got onto it.
"Keep radio links open. Speed, not stealth." Reynol ordered as he put in a communicator.
"I'll be manning the plane with the chick." Rook said.
"Call me that again and you'll see how powerful a round from a Desert Eagle can be, first-hand." Sogekihei said in a calm, yet oddly threatening manner.
"Uh, yes ma'am." Rook replied.
Kitty grabbed Lunatic under the arms as Ross grabbed Reynol and Hikari. Phoenix grabbed JC.
"You got a handle on those powers yet?" JC asked.
"Here's hoping." Phoenix said.
"Let's go!" Reynol shouted.
The authors jumped out of the airplane. TL was whooping as he rode the seat like a snowboard. Oddly enough, Phoenix was keeping herself and JC levitated and speeding towards the ground. Kitty let Lunatic go before going in a different direction with Ross, who deposited Reynol and Hikari close by.
The ex-SOLDIER, Balance, and Fictorian Ninja landed within two yards of each other before immediately rushing back.
"Okay, we've got three of those things that absorb data." Lunatic said, holding out one.
"In layman's terms, yeah." Reynol said, holding out one.
"So, we've got three chances of getting Sempai-kun out of Drake." Hikari stated, holding hers out before pocketing it.
"So, let's go." Reynol said before pulling out his M4 and loading a clip into it.
"Right." Lunatic said as he pulled out the UFO Fang Sword and Hikari her Twinsegia.
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TL and Nukid landed a mile away from Lunatic, Reynol, and Hikari landed. The hedgehog pulled off his patch.
"BYAKUGAN!" he shouted as the skin around that eye tightened. He looked around the area and saw the explosives under the ground. He then noticed something...different, but familiar. He looked over at Nukid and said, "I've spotted something...odd. Just try and make it to Drake's HQ. I'll catch up."
TL took off running.
"Oh, you're not just running off like that." Nukid stated, taking off after the Fictorian.
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Phoenix and JC came to the ground.
'One thing I don't get.' Phoenix thought, 'You said long a go that your Exaltation powers will go back to heaven and have their memories wiped clean before coming back to Earth. Why are you still aware of who you were?'
'Maybe God had a plan, maybe it was a fluke, maybe we'll never know.' the voice of Hurricane's Quill answered.
'So, in other words, you're saying 'ha-ha! You're never gonna find out!'?' Phoenix thought as she and JC ran through the city.
'Basically.' HQ answered.
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Shadow-DJ materialized in the center of the city and began walking through. He had all the time in the world. He suddenly sensed a presence and wheeled around with his scythe in hand.
"Good day to you." Said the Face, nonchalantly as he cleaned his nails with a bayonet.
"The Face." DJ simply said.
"How would you prefer me to answer?" The Face asked with a smirk, "Correct, affirmative, bingo, indeed..."
"Just say 'bingo' and get it over with." DJ said.
"Well, you know the drill." The Face said, pulling out his mini-UZI and loading a fresh clip into it, "We do our best to try and kill each other!"
"I like the sound of that." J said, holding up his scythe and UFO Blaster.
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Ross and Kitty flew around the city before landing on the rooftops.
"So...we go to Drake's headquarters?" Kitty asked.
"If we can." Ross said.
The ice dragon and Pokemorph began running towards Drake's HQ. But what they didn't know was that Regalia was watching them from the shadows.
"You're not gonna make it far, I'm afraid." The Darkside Balance snickered before extending her nails into razor-sharp claws.
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On top of the hotel, Poz and Glory-Feather were standing right next to each other.
"Are you SURE you can manage the right spells?" Glory-Feather asked with a playful sarcasm, "We don't want another walrus falling on you."
"Yeah, yeah. I got the spells." Poz said as he clapped his hands together. When he pulled them apart, glowing blue circles appeared on each of his palms. He then shouted, "REHTAG SMROTS GNINTHGIL!"
The skies immediately began darkening as lightning crackled, causing mighty booms of thunder.
"Wind Spell 14—GALESTORM!" Glory-Feather shouted, bringing his arms in a swooping motion. The winds immediately began to blow stronger, as if a hurricane was tearing through LA.
"Think you'll be okay?" Poz asked.
"Hey, I'm used to flying in adverse weather conditions." Glory-Feather said, "Wind Spell 20—TRANSFORM!"
In a gale of white winds, Glory-Feather had transformed into a griffin with white feathers on the eagle half, and white tiger fur on his lion half. He then took off into the skies.
"Show-off." Dark-Blaze murmured as he tied a string around the safety pin of a grenade before taping it to the side of a door.
"So...will that end up killing us if someone walks in?" Poz asked, nervously.
"Only if we stay out of the blast radius...and be sure to stay clear of the shrapnel." Dark-Blaze replied before pulling out more grenades, "Try and get these as widespread as possible...without hitting our comrades."
"I'll try. SIELLA ETACOL!" Poz shouted, bringing his hands together. In his mind, he could immediately tell where the authors were located and where they were going. Dark-Blaze pulled the pins out of his grenades before tossing them into the air, "DNAMMOC YM OT EVOM, STCEJBO!"
The grenades froze in midair before Poz hurled them into the city, causing explosions to go off throughout the city.
"I love the sound of F-1 grenades going off in the morning." Dark-Blaze stated.
"Could you say that in a LESS creepy way?" Poz asked.
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GS noticed a grenade coming right at him. He thrust out his hand and caused a blue force field to surround himself and the Chaos Duo.
"So, they're not afraid of collateral damage this time?" GS asked.
"Uh...wasn't it bright and sunny a few minutes ago?" Omaddon asked.
"Yeah. I know cities around oceans tend to have frequent storms, but isn't this a bit TOO spontaneous?" Johan asked.
"Whether it's spontaneous or not, we still have a job to do." GS said as he immediately saw people standing around a hotel, "Isn't it odd that there are people around the hotel who AREN'T panicking or going inside?"
"Hey! You're RIGHT!" Omaddon yelled as he slipped spiked brass knuckles on before charging at the group of assembled Darknesses.
"Looks like we've been found out." Wraith said before cueing with his finger.
"And they said only ONE wind-based magic user would be enough." Tanuki stated before holding out her hands, "TORNADO BLAST!"
A tornado immediately appeared and began tearing through the city. GS jumped into the air and caused another forcefield to cover himself and the Chaos Duo. They were sucked in by the tornado and immediately spewed out, flying right at them.
"Well, that's why we've got OTHER means of fighting 'em off." Wraith shrugged. He then felt something before smirking, "Guys, I'll be off doing something else. Kiva, you're in charge while I'm gone."
"You got it." Kiva said as Wraith vanished in flames.
GS, Johan, and Omaddon landed in front of Kiva.
"MetaGang member." GS stated as he rose to his full height, "I guess I should've been in charge of finding all of you."
Kiva immediately summoned his Dark Claws before springing at GS. The Darkside hedgehog evaded the initial strike, but the following slash ripped his rosary off.
"You should NOT have done that." GS said before pulling out his trench knives. In a burst of blue light, the two small blades immediately became three-foot-long, jagged blades.
"This should be interesting." Kiva smirked as he sprung forward again.
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Drake growled in frustration as he looked over the city. Just when he was about to get the vault to the Author Fighter's artifacts open, THIS had to happen. He made a bet with himself that this had SOMETHING to do with the FAF. Just when he thought he'd have killed them all, there was always one left to try and destroy all he had built.
The Chaos Trio found a wrecked base right below the Buzzing Sign Diner (which everyone avoided for obvious reasons). However, the authors were nowhere to be found.
Drake sighed as he pulled out his Dark Saber. It had been a long time since he had actually fought with it.
"This is gonna be so good." Drake said to himself.
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TL jumped from roof to roof before landing at the location he spotted with his Byakugan. He looked around to see that no one was present.
"Odd..." he said to himself. Something then hit him in the back, causing him to tumble forward and fall off the ledge. An aura arm quickly grabbed the edge of the roof as he slowly pulled himself up, 'MAN, that hurt! Whoever attacked me obviously knows about the Byakugan's blind-spot...'
TL pulled himself up and got an eye-full of who attacked him.
"I thought you were dead!" he said in disbelief.
It was Hanabi.
"Half." Hanabi replied, "If you came to find me, you'd have known."
"If you saw me getting killed, would you have stayed long enough to see how my corpse was desecrated?" TL asked.
"You always were a pathetic medic." Hanabi stated, "I drop my pulse for five seconds and you leave me for dead?"
"Where have you been for the last two years?" TL asked.
"In Drake's employ." Hanabi said, gritting her teeth, "He's made me do things that would make your Demon Form scream in pain..."
"If this is about me running, I'm sorry." TL said, "I TRIED to save you...just like I did with the others."
"You think this is about you leaving me?" Hanabi snapped, "TL, I NEVER held that against you. But, all I have to ask is...WHY IN GOD'S NAME IS DRAKE STILL ALIVE? EVEN BEFORE ME, WHY DIDN'T YOU AT LEAST TRYING BLOWING THAT SCUMBAG OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH?"
"Maybe because I don't do vengeance anymore." TL said, "A few years ago, I might've turned into a force that'd bring Drake to his knees...but I'd also cost hundreds of innocents who never did any harm in their lives."
"And you call yourself a warrior." Hanabi snarled. She pulled out a katana and said, "If you're not going to do anything, you're useless to this cause!"
She bolted at the Fictorian and slashed out. TL narrowly dodged, feeling the steel rip through his poncho.
"I'm not gonna fight." TL said, tipping up his hat, "But I'm not gonna make it easy for you either..."
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JC and Phoenix immediately halted as someone jumped in front of them. There was no mistaking the long black hair—it was Regalia.
"I noticed you Authors flying into the city." The Balance Darkside said as her nails extended into blade-like points, "Now, considering the new order of things, I think it's obvious why I can't let you go any further."
Phoenix suddenly summoned her Keyblade and sprung at Regalia, who barely blocked with her claws.
"RUN!" Phoenix shouted at JC.
Not having time to waste, JC quickly tore off towards Drake's HQ. Regalia deflected the strike before lashing out with her claws, which Phoenix evaded. One scratch and she was done thanks to rotting away via Chimamire Kushaku.
"Well, this should be entertaining." Regalia snickered.
"I won't run away. Not THIS time." Phoenix said to herself as she gripped her Keyblade tighter.
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Krolton charged through the city with his Shadow Skull Blade in hand. Anyone unfortunate enough to be in his way was quickly decapitated. A burst of black flames appeared right in front of him just as he slashed with his sword again. The being that appeared did a back-flip over the strike and summoned a black miniature-flamberge to block the strike.
"Nice to see you again, old playmate!"
Krolton's smirk broaded as he realized who he was fighting—his old rival, Wraith. His army and Wraith's Legion of Darkness had crossed paths on many occasions...and both had managed to stomp on the others' toes.
"Wraith, I was wondering where you've been all this time!" Krolton smirked as he brought their blades down before back-handing the Darkness, "You never call, you never write, I was getting bored!"
"Well, ya know how it is with leading a resistance." Wraith replied, nonchalantly as he stood up and drove his boot into Krolton's face, sending the warlord staggering back, "You don't have enough time to contact the ones you used to hold dear."
"What was the score we were at?" Krolton asked, wiping some blood off his face, "I believe it was your sixty-five to my seventy-two."
"Well, consider this my sixty-sixth!" Wraith proclaimed as black fire erupted all around him before getting absorbed into his skin. Wraith now had razor-sharp teeth, black quill-like hair, and his sword had merged with his wrist, "Welcome to my nightmare."
"This is gonna be fun!" Krolton yelled before charging at the Darkness.
