Megaman ZX Omega
Neo & Maria: Welcome back to our story, folks!
Me: Kronos, I still want to know what you're doing out of the lobby!
Kronos: Do you really have to ask? I'm surprised I wasn't bored to DEATH. The others are all caught up in their own conversations, the only things on TV are a bunch of hideously dull news reports and I've read each book there about a billion times...each!
Me: And...?
Kronos: I might as well hang around and annoy you, since I won't be showing up until Devil's Pass, fleetingly!
Me: How the **** did you know that?
Kronos: Moon, amp up your security on your scripts. It sucks. I've stolen, like, six of them.
Me: !
Maria: This isn't going to be pretty. BladeofMoonlight does not own Megaman ZX. (if only...)
/Chapter 12: Completed Model I? Arceus unleashed
/Neo's P.O.V.
My buster blazed, breaking up numerous patches of ice as my opponent moved swiftly from one place to the next.
Obviously, shooting wasn't going to work, so I would have to use my saber. Absolute-Zero, huh?
My enemy shot ice at me, but I jumped, backflipped over the second burst, and landed on the third, running along it until I caught air again.
"Lady Iris will not tolerate failure!" The roar was unexpected, but Absol-Serpent (what a good name, huh?) wasn't known to be predictable. One minute, he acted like ice. And the next minute, holy ****.
Thetis suddenly struck him from the side. The halberd barely scratched his armour, but it was a nice change to have Absol not firing at me. I managed to get close, and struck a nasty blow with my sword. The strike sent Absol-Serpent sprawling... no, flying! sideways. He fell, but the staff weapon went off, and hit my sword, freezing it to my hand.
Already, I felt bloodlust. If you don't know why, let me ask you this; "How painful do you think getting your hand frozen feels?My answer: IT ****ING HURTS!"
Thetis noticed. In fact, I could swear, through the mist of pain, it looked like he was retreating.
Absol-Serpent, however, was not so smart. In fact, he was running towards me. Which really upsets me, when an enemy doesn't know how much pain I'm going to give him.
I couldn't change weapons except for a gun, which I already knew wouldn't do anything, but I didn't need to. I angled my hand, and struck a sideways blow to Absol-Serpent's head. There was a satisfying crunch as the helmet shattered, and Absol-Serpent's face was seen.
For a "serpent", Absol-Serpent was anything but a snake-like figure. He had cat-like ears, why that is I didn't know, and his hair was now tangled with shards of his broken helmet. His eyes flashed angrily.
"You arrogant fool!" Absol-Serpent howled. He swung his staff towards, me, but my second strike hit just about leg height, knocking him to the floor. The staff-thing whirled away across the floor.
I didn't know how bad this was until the entire floor froze, including around my feet. Absol-Serpent got up, steadying himself. I thought his leg was broken by the impact, because I obviously didn't severe the limb, but he could stand on it. So my saber hadn't done any damage.
"Lady Iris doesn't need your kind here." Absol-Serpent sounded like his emotionless self again, not that that made me happy.
"Iris is being controlled by Cyrus!" I yelled back. "Can't you tell she isn't herself?"
"It isn't my duty to question Lady Iris." Absol-Serpent replied. "Now, what to do with you? I've been told humans don't take temperature well-"
"Nothing takes temperature well. It pisses me off!" I yelled, swinging my sword. Absol-Serpent evaded the attack, but he had his back turned to Thetis. My friend took this opportunity.
"Ice-Hydra!" That startled me, but Absol-Serpent nearly had a heart attack. No less than seven Ice dragons hit him simultaneously. Instantly, the "Ice Guardian" was encased in a pillar of solid ice.
I let out my breath and blasted my way free. "Thanks Thetis." I said. "They can thaw him out back at HQ. Nice move."
"You're welcome." Thetis sighed. "This guy was something else. I wonder how Atlas and Maria are faring right now..."
/Maria's P.O.V.
Right now it is way too hot in this area for any normal human to survive in for less than five minutes. But me and Atlas were doing just fine so far.
Blaze-Phoenix had one BIG advantage: she could fly. So we were basically playing hit-and-run-like-crazy whenever she launched attacks from the sides. The area around us was quickly reduced to molten rubble, starting fires so huge it was as if they could touch the sky.
Atlas was obviously losing her temper, so I took a few steps starboard just in case. Turned out to be a good idea.
"GET DOWN HERE YOU *****!" Atlas screamed, firing her busters towards Blaze-Phoenix. The winged girl dove forward, weaving around the blasts, before firing a huge burst from her huge cannons.
The burst hit at my feet, and I stopped thinking, and started surviving.
This was Blaze-Phoenix. She had a temper worse than Atlas, and a good aim despite the huge cannon. However, she had a pair of saber hilts around her waist, probably flame-bladed, but that suited us. I screamed the most insulting thing that came to mind, which apparently did the trick, because Blaze-Phoenix started concentrating her fire on me. Flames danced up right around me, and I dashed away from it as quickly as my overheating boosters would allow.
Atlas used this opportunity to jump, run up a burning metal support (Holycrapthemetalwasburning!) and kicked Blaze-Phoenix right in the face. And I really think that it hurt.
As Atlas fell, Blaze-Phoenix unsheathed both flame sabers, and, like I predicted, there were seven-foot flames. Atlas shot her once, but Blaze cut them in half. The flame guardian dove for my friend, and I made a mad dash towards her.
Atlas hit the ground before the sabers hit, and she managed to dodge both. As I ran closer, I realized Blaze's body heat alone was incredible, and that her gun had probably overheated just as Atlas had hit her. This gave me an idea.
I swung Model O's saber, but the blades, made of different types of energy, passed through each other. The scorching heat hit my shoulders, but my sword hit Blaze, propelling her backwards. This was probably the only instance in my life where I was tempted to try and explain how everything happened, but I didn't have time, primarily, because Blaze was furiously charging again, giving me about three seconds to dodge.
I must have looked like a deer in headlights, because Atlas went through the trouble of kicking Blaze as she flew past, sending her flying sideways.
"OW! Now I see why Lady Iris didn't want visitors! Die die die!" Blaze yelled, drawing yet another weapon, this time a buster.
It was kind of satisfying to see the thing explode in her hand, sending a large shard back and whacking her squarely between the eyes.
I thought that would knock her out, but it turns out that it only made her furious. The blood-lust was almost tangible through the flames.
And then, a testament to the horror that was Blaze-Phoenix. Part of her gun had sliced through an importance support in the burning structure, and it caved in. Everything piled together, and landed squarely on Blaze's head. She barely flinched.
"Stupid... piece of crap... gun...!" Blaze growled, and dashed towards Atlas.
"Far enough." Atlas said casually. I thought I heard a hint of laughter, and Blaze's charge sped up. Pretty stupid, because her enemy was pointing a bomb straight at her.
Atlas fired a bomb, which exploded the second it came into range of Blaze's head. The next thing we knew, the temperature died down almost instantly.
Blaze-Phoenix was probably made of iron, but she was now lying on the ground, smoking coming out of her ears. Alive, but very unconscious.
I let out my breath. "Wow. That was...hot."
Atlas nodded sympathetically. "Very."
/Iris's P.O.V.
I felt a bolt of pain in my side, and jerked up in my cell. Darkness enshrouded the area around me, and my hand quickly went to my side, wondering what Cyrus could possibly want from me now; I was still recovering from my last 'training session'. The chains clinked as my hand moved back, but even in the gloom I could tell I wasn't bleeding.
"But what could have-" I stopped talking abruptly. Me and my guardians had developed what one might call a 'mental bond' so to speak. When I was in trouble, they'd know, and drop everything and come to my side. When they were injured or in danger, I'd know it. Jade's pain flooded through my mind; I could see two boys, one crimson-clad and the other blue, closing in on him. I could taste his panic and started to struggle.
"NO!" Jade! Heather! I was scared. I didn't want to loose any of my inner circle; they were my only friends in the world. The hell I lay in didn't hurt as much, only because they were there with me. Call me a weakling, but you don't know what I've had to deal with.
I tried to stand up, but the override circuits kicked in again, and my body seized up. "Damn...you..." I hissed. "Let me go! I need to help Jade and Heather!"
My legs trembled and blood began seeping into my vision. Gritting my teeth, I refused to sit down. As if by instinct, I cried out.
"LU. CI. DRALE!"
Cue Music: Rebirthing, by Skillet
There were several loud snapping sounds. In my mind, I felt like a series of walls had just broken apart, and a blazing flare of light took their place. My entire body began to burn, more so then whenever I got hit by Cyrus's punishments. A super-heated flare, even more powerful than the Cyber-Seraph abilities I had used before, stole over me as I screamed ceaselessly as power radiated through my very core. But my voice was not filled with fear or pain. It was out of shock and elation as I felt a god-like power begin to take over my body. The heat got more and more intense, and soon I couldn't see anything.
It was as if someone was pouring lava into my very soul. I could feel armor materializing on my body. I felt like my blood had been replaced with light. I felt as if something stirred in my back. All my fears and restrictions were falling away, as if a series of chains in my body crumbled into nothingness. Pain shot through my back just below my shoulder blades.
Then there was an explosion. Huge wings tore out of my back, golden feathers raining before my eyes. I felt like I was dying from power overload, and then suddenly being thrust back into the world of the living just as violently. Dying and then coming back to life...just like before...
My body could barely support me. My arms trembled. My legs buckled. My wings shuddered as they spread to their full length, pressing against the ceiling of my cell. My voice failed me. Gasping for air like a drowning child, I threw my head back and let out one final scream.
"LUCIDRALE!"
/Prison Control, with Cyrus
Every evacuation alarm in the building was going off. The ceiling collapsed, computers exploded, and raiders started running in every direction.
"What's going on!" The captain, Vector, yelled in the direction of the fleeing operators.
"There's a huge energy signal coming from the prison complex. I know there's a biometal in there, but this is ridiculous!"
"Cyrus! We've got the escape pods ready! We need to leave!" As Vector began to leave, he noticed his boss wasn't following. "Sir?" He turned around.
Cyrus's hands were tightly gripping the rail in front of the observation tower, his eyes glowing with pure delight. A twisted smile crossed his features as he stared blankly at the vortex of power coming from inside. Inside, you could just see the silhouette of a girl, two enormous wings spreading from her back, standing in front of a huge, European-style sword. She took it by the hilt and pulled it loose from the ground.
"At last..." He breathed. "It...it's done! It worked!" He started laughing insanely. "Model I is now complete!"
The girl turned in his direction, her blue eyes radiating like twin comets. There was another flash, and a wave of energy hurtled towards them.
Vector had just enough time to pull Cyrus out of the room before it struck. The blast tore a hole in the side of the building, carving a swath of white-hot destruction across the area.
Her wings coming into motion, Iris Xavier took to the sky, heavenly sword in hand. "Luminous." She hissed. "Judgment." She raised the blade again, and swiped downwards.
The ground erupted. One minute the airbase for the Feral raiders was there. The next it was a pillar of white, flaming light.
A male voice broke through the intensity of the moment, laughing like a child as if the world was suddenly going to be completely and soundly RIGHT. "Good morning milady! It is I, Lucidrale! Your wish is my command!"
/Maria's P.O.V.
I looked up, startled. For a second, I had felt like a pair of eyes were staring at me, hating me, because Blaze-Phoenix lay unconscious below me. But just like that, the sensation was over. But judging by the look on Atlas's face, she had felt it too.
"What was that?" She asked. "Or do we not want to know?"
I smiled wryly. "Let's find out..." Putting my hand on Blaze's shoulder, I sent her back to Legion HQ and ran through the doors.
Greeting us was a huge pillar of white and gold light. I could just see the fleeting image of a girl and two others floating near her.
Atlas groaned. "Why do I have a feeling that just made things a lot worse?"
"It ain't you." I said. I contacted my brother. "Neo, come in. you're NOT going to like this."
End Chapter
Yeah! I hope you like the battle scenes, I got some help from my brother so they're probably better than the other stuff I've come up with! Mainly because I suck at it. :(
I will also get around to explaining Iris's new wings, because they're important. Also, I've given this series a name! So when this is wrapped up, feel free to check out the next installments of the C.R.I.S.I.S Chronicles! YEAH!
Next chapter: Iris attacks, and Neo Maria & co face off with Sky Dragon and Earth Chimera, the two remaining Model I guardians! So stay tuned!
