Disclaimer: I do NOT own Elsword, its characters, and skills! They belong to KOG, KillerCombo, and Nexon. The only things I own are the story and the OCs that are introduced into the plot. So just enjoy the show!

Sorry everyone for the long hiatus! After getting through multiple family vacations (visiting relatives at thanksgiving and X-Mas) and the typical finals crunch, I'm finally back to give you some entertainment!

And now, the operation begins! Will the gang be able to retake the city? Or will Black Arms prevail? Get ready, because the action begins now!

Streets of the Market District, City of Velder, 8:02 am

The sky was now blanketed in a black smoke that held a tint of red from the fires raged across the city. However, the fires had begun to die down.

The initial attack of the Black Arms' army of Valaks was over. And for what seemed like an eternity, there was a sort of calm before the storm in the city. As if though the real battle was about to begin.

Suddenly, a few explosions occurred from the outmost section of the Market District, revealing the fight had begun. The Valak units in that area were now in combat with not only a contingent of the city's armed forces, but also the Magician and his friends.

The Magician had just thrown an explosive rune into one of the nasod's body from a stab wound he had inflicted on it, destroying the machine almost instantly as the explosion echoed throughout the town.

Chung had just finished another Valak unit with a single cannonball from his now enhanced cannon and went back to back with his friend.

"Sheesh! I see why you wanted an actual sword now!" Chung said with a chuckle.

Elsword responded similarly as he replied "And I see why you got so giddy about those cannonballs!"

"Focus you two!" another voice spoke from behind them. Edan was tearing theValaks apart with his blade, leaving cuts that were nearly all clean, save for a few gears that stuck out.

"Lightning Shower!" Aisha yelled out as she summoned lightning from the sky above, electrocuting the units around her. As the units fell to the ground, she couldn't help but get a smirk on her face. After all, she had just learned during the briefing that the machines were highly susceptible to large amounts of electricity of the opposite voltage.

It worked! YES! She thought as she tried to keep herself from dancing. She then saw Eve coming towards her. At first Aisha thought Is Eve that impressed!?

"Aisha duck." Eve said.

Suddenly, Aisha quickly realized the enemies behind her, as well as the girl aiming laser beams right at them. She then quickly ducked as Eve shot holes in each of the Valaks, causing them all the crumple to the ground.

"Don't get carried away Aisha." Eve mentored Aisha before moving towards her next opponent.

Aisha let out a sigh as she said "Okay, thanks…" before she started charging up her spells to attack the next set of enemies.

Soon enough, the ground was littered with the machines, and the group had already returned to running towards their destination.

"So, think your two friends will be okay?" Edan asked the Magician with a bit of worry. The two were put on the defensive line, and more importantly, Edan had to leave his brother behind so he could recover from his fight with Add.

The Magician gave him a thumbs up as he answered "Don't worry, from what I've seen, both of them should be able to take care of themselves!"

Then Chung, who was on the other side of the Magician as they ran, added "That and they have the scariest Math Teacher in the world!"

Edan chuckled as he replied "You have a point there!"

Soon enough, the trio suddenly stopped dead in their tracks as they reached a three way intersection. Other than the way they came from, the road split into a street that led directly to the Palace Gates, and the other went towards the city's downtown.

"Looks like we made it to our first stop." Edan said as he turned towards the Magician.

"Yeah." The boy replied as he looked down both paths and above, making sure none of the Valaks were nearby.

Edan then gave him a tap on the shoulder as he said "Well, good luck kid! Just don't die out there, otherwise it'll give me more paperwork!" before he walked towards the troops he was to march towards the palace.

The Magician smiled as he said "Same to you!" before joining his friends.

It had been decided at the briefing that he, Aisha, Chung, and Eve would sneak into the palace while Edan and half of the city's remaining armed forces distract the enemy by attacking the front gate. Which left Rena, Ara, and Vanessa behind to guard the camp.

And he was content with the teaming. All he could do was hope the strategy would work.

"Alright guys! Follow me!" he said as he began to run down the remaining path of the crossroad.

"Right!" the others all replied as they followed the masked vigilante.

As they ran down the street, they saw that many of the buildings were still intact. Must be because they were built with fire resistant materials Elsword thought as they passed by the structures.

Elsword then turned the next corner as he told them "Stay close! It's just around the next corner!"

Chung then suddenly spoke "Wait, isn't your old apartment building in that area?"

Elsword nodded his head as he replied "Yeah, the entrance is i-GET DOWN!"

He then swiftly knocked down the group with a sweep kick. And barely in time, as a blast of purple light went over their heads, its heat had burned the tips their hair slightly, but it also blown away Chung's hood as well.

Elsword got himself up as he muttered "That was too close."

"Whoa…what was that?" Aisha spoke in fear and awe.

However, Eve was already looking at the source of the blast behind them.

"Add." She said with a scowl on her face, the expression of hate directed towards the white-haired scientist, who simply whistled in amusement.

"Have to say, didn't think you would dodge that. And nice to see you again Eve." Add replied as his dynamos reconfigured themselves behind him.

Chung looked at the scientist with a bit of confusion, which for a moment confused Elsword until he remembered That's right! He wasn't with us when we heard what happened to Raven!

"Who are you? A member of Black Arms?" Chung asked the scientist, carefully keeping his cannon and pistols within reach in case he needed to quick draw.

Add simply laughed as he said "My name is Add Kim, Vice Commnader of Black Arms' Engineer Core, Mr. Chaser."

Chung instantly reacted to this as he said "Heh, I'm guessing you work closely with the guy I spoke to then?"

The scientist replied "Perhaps. And besides killing you, I'm here to reclaim my property."

Chung looked confused as he questioned "Property?"

The Magician then yelled "She's not your property! She's as human as you and me Add!"

Add looked at the vigilante as he retorted "Yeah right scumbag! I was the one who modified that body to the way it is! And human? Hah! Eve is just a machine! One meant to serve me!"

Eve then snapped and fired a set of lasers at the man as she yelled "SHUT UP!"

Add simply flicked his fingers, making his dynamos block the lasers as they did before.

Add began to bloat "Kek. Give it up alread-"

However, his laugh was suddenly cut off as a cannonball not only broke through the barrier, but blew up inches from his face.

Chung's face was filled with anger, the sort that he felt when he thought about the demon who killed his father.

Elsword looked at his friend's face and tried to grab his shoulder.

"Chun-"

However, Chung cut him off as he said "You guys go on ahead. He's mine."

Elsword looked at him, and could tell from not only his face, but the tone of his voice that he wasn't going to budge.

He sighed as he spoke "Chung…don't die." He then grabbed both Aisha and Eve and went towards their original objective.

Chung simply nodded as he walked over towards where Add had been shot towards.

Add then suddenly burst out of the rubble, clearly furious as he yelled "HOW DARE YOU INJURE MY FACE!"

As Chung brought out his dual pistols, the scientist then jumped onto his dynamos and flew towards the assassin.

Chung then proceeded to shoot both his pistols and his cannon in turns at the scientist, but his shots only managed to get in a graze or two as the scientist closed in.

Chung then pulled out a grenade, prepared to throw it right in Add's flight path. However, the albino smiled as he suddenly vanished from the Chaser's sight.

He then appeared right behind the Chaser, his hand about to direct a dynamo to attack Chung.

With a single crack of electricity, Chung noticed Add had managed to get behind him. But it was too late for him to react.

Suddenly, a blue beam of light hit Add in the back, sending him reeling as he screamed in pain.

"HOW DARE YOU? I AM YOUR CREATOR!" he yelled with anger as he turned towards the Battle Seraph, her finger still smoking from the laser that had come out of it.

"You are not my master, you filth." She retorted.

Chung looked in surprise as he spoke "Eve, didn't I tell you to-"

Eve then slapped him lightly on the face as she stated "I'm not going to let you fight him alone. Because I don't want you to die."

For a moment, Chung couldn't help but blush at her statement, until Add got himself off the ground as he looked at them with disgust.

"So, I seems I need to break you again so you can understand, nasod queen." He spoke with a malicious tone, the purple electricity of his dynamos gaining a red hue as they responded to his anger.

Chung took a stance as he said with a smirk "Let's beat him together."

Eve smiled as she replied "My thoughts exactly."

Meanwhile…

Elsword opened the door of the room of his apartment. As he opened the door, he saw that despite the attack Chaser made on him a few weeks prior, a majority of his room was undamaged, save for the third towards the window which was still being repaired.

Aisha looked around as she asked the redhead "So…you lived in here?"

Elsword simply replied "Yeah, until Chung blew a hole in it. You should have seen how mad Penensio was about it", not paying much attention to the conversation as he walked towards the closet.

Aisha looked around the place as she muttered "I see…"

As soon as she saw the kitchen, she noticed a bunch of notes on the fridge and couldn't help but walk over and read them in curiosity.

One of them was about the test they had the not long before she had been kidnapped but then rescued by the Magician, learning his true identity in the process.

It feels like it's been so long since then…

She then read what looked like to be Elsword's training regimen and was shocked at the list.

…to think he did this much… she thought.

Her attention then fluttered towards a picture on the upper right. The picture was of a slightly younger Elsword, probably before he transferred into Aisha's middle school, and a blond man in a black coat, wearing some sort of black gauntlets and a pair of sunglasses. In the picture, the man was holding Elsword by the head as he teased the boy, who was giggling along with his master.

I guess that's his sensei…he must have been a good teacher she thought with a smile on her face.

She then looked towards the upper left to see, of all things, a picture of her and Elsword from what appeared to be during the school festival a year ago. Much to her annoyance back then, the two of them got paired up as the "Most likely to go to college" for the yearbook that year, though Chung and Rena ended up jumping into the picture so the two would be more comfortable.

W-Why does h-he have t-this? she thought as her face turned as red as Elsword's natural hair color.

Suddenly, a loud thud was heard from the other room as Elsword called "Hey Aisha! Got it open, let's go!"

"R-right!" she replied as she ran out of the room, knocking down another picture, which was on the shelf, on the way.

Out of her kindness, she quickly reached for the photo to put it back. As she picked it up, she saw that it was a picture of Elsword, clearly much younger than the one she knew, and a girl with hair just as red as his.

She then carefully put it back on the shelf, knowing it was a picture of his sister, the one he lost long ago. It was probably one of the only remaining mementos Elsword had of his sister.

"Come on Aish'! Hurry up!" Elsword yelled from the other room again.

"I said I'm coming!" she replied back before running into the room Elsword was in.

The Camp, City of Velder, around the same time…

Rena looked off into the distance towards the place where her friends on the assault team went, and couldn't help but worry about them. After all, she had known Aisha, Elsword, and Chung for quite a while, and Eve felt like a second little sister to her.

Then, Raven tapped her on the shoulder from behind as he asked "You okay Rena?"

Rena almost squealed out of shock as she replied "I'm okay. But Raven! You should be in bed!"

Raven let out a sigh as he tried to speak "But I-"

Rena gave them gave him a hug as she told him "I don't want anything to happen to you! You're already hurt as it is!"

Raven noticed a tear run down her face, and let out a soft smile in defeat as he said "I guess you have a point."

He then wiped away her tear from her face with his human hand as he asked her "Just promise me you won't be reckless."

Rena couldn't help but giggle slightly at the irony of what he was asking her to promise. She then replied "I promise I will."

Suddenly, the alarm bells began to ring throughout the camp. Rena then looked in the distance and saw a large group of Valak units coming in from the direction of the Palace. And the swarm was as large as the group that attacked them earlier.

As she pulled out her bow, she told Raven "Leave this to us, we've got this!"

Raven smiled as he said "I trust you, Rena." Before heading back towards the infirmary tent.

Soon enough, the Valaks were close enough that Rena could now see the individual feather of each of the Valaks. But she was not alone. A large number of the remaining knights had already grouped up into a formation meant for close quarters combat with cover from archers and mages.

Vanessa made her way next to Rena, and then held her spear up high and yelled out "FOR THE CITY OF VELDER!"

The soldiers followed suit as they let out their war cry "FOR THE CITY OF VELDER!"

The soldiers then began to run forwards to the impending enemies, just as the archers and mages began their own preparations.

Rena had been put in charge of the archers, much to her surprise. But she knew they didn't have the time to argue about the matter. The enemy was almost in reach of the infantry.

"TAKE AIM!" she yelled, aiming her own arrow as well as the troops notched their arrows.

At the same time, from not far away, Aisha's older sister ordered "READY….", signaling the mages to prepare their spells.

Just as Rena saw the lights of the Valak's visors, both of them cried out:

"FIRE!"

The soldiers then began to shoot a rain of arrows and thunder magic, striking down a multitude of the Valaks that had been unlucky.

Vanessa then yelled out the order "All units fire at will! And prepare the cannon barrage!"

The soldiers then followed orders, quickly brining up the few wheeled and hand cannons they had, as well as a few soldiers carrying the new Disfrozen ammo to them.

And Ara happened to be one of the people who happened to be carrying them nearly tripped on nothing, but managed to catch herself before making her way to the cannoneers.

Ara, you don't have to do this. Your body is still worn out from your transformation! Eun scolded her, worried about her health.

However, Ara retorted back I won't! Just because I'm tired doesn't mean I can't help everyone! Elsword is risking his life out there, so at the very least I can help defend the camp!

Eun stood silent for a few moments, but then chuckled I suppose that's a fair point as Ara delivered the ammunition.

As Ara ran back towards the ammunition tent, she couldn't help but look towards the castle, the place where the one she loved was headed.

She then silently prayed "Please be safe Elsword."

Secret Passage, City of Velder, 8:19 am

The dark of the underground passage was nearly pitch black, save for a single flame in Elsword's hand, which lit only a small portion of the passage.

Aisha looked down the passage with some disbelief. The darkness around the two made the hall seem almost endless. She couldn't even tell how long they had walked for anymore.

She looked at Elsword and asked him "Just how long is this thing?"

However, Elsword did not respond to her, simply continuing to walk down the stone passage.

Aisha then asked him again "Elsword, how long is this passage?"

"Oh. What did you say?" He responded as he turned his head towards her, his eyes stating he looked slightly confused.

Aisha then pouted "I asked how long this thing is" as she looked back from the way they came, which was just as dark as the way in front of them.

Elsword then replied "It's a few miles, maybe 5 or so. My place is-well, was pretty far from the palace. And we couldn't put anything electric or whatnot, otherwise someone else would have found it a long time ago."

Aisha contemplated what he said and with a small nod responded with "I guess that would make sense."

Rune then turned back to looking ahead as he walked down the corridor, as he said "Yeah…"

Aisha then let out a sigh before she said "Stop spacing out ElDork."

The vigilante was caught off guard for a moment as he replied "ElDork? Really?"

Aisha then smiled for a moment, but then went back to looking down the dark abode.

After a few moments, she said "I can tell when you're thinking about your past you know."

This time, Elsword was caught completely off guard. He hadn't expected her to catch onto his behavior so quick.

Note to self, Aish' is more observant than she looks he thought to himself before saying "Yeah…something is bugging me is all…"

Aisha put a hand on his shoulder as she spoke "Don't worry, whatever happens, I have your back" she said with a smile on her face.

He made a simple response to that.

"Yeah."

Though as Elsword looked forward, Aisha couldn't help but blush as he looked away. Little to her knowledge, Elsword was doing the same under his mask.

Good thing I have my mask on right now he thought to himself.

After another ten or so minutes of walking, they came to the end of the passage, the frame of a door in its place.

Aisha walked forward and examined the door as Elsword backed up for a moment. She noticed the door was completely closed shut, and in fact, it didn't even have any hinges.

Aisha then turned towards Elsword as she began to ask "So, how does this door o-"

But as she turned around, she had her answer.

The Magician tackled the door with all of his might, causing the slab of stone to fall back.

He then cleaned off his sleeves as he said "It was built for one time use. So Penensio wanted to kepp it simple"

The purplette couldn't help but let out a sigh. After all the things she had seen him do, this was kind of a disappointment. But she decided not to worry about it and ran out of the passage.

They had come up in an outside hall near the courtyard of the palace. Other than the rubble of broken doors and gates, the corpses all over the place, and the smell of gunpowder, Rune thought the place seemed pretty much untouched.

As the two of them walked towards the center courtyard, Elsword heard the sound of a jetpack. Assuming it was one of the Valaks, he then hid behind the end of the wall that separated them from the center courtyard, signaling Aisha to do the same.

He looked in the courtyard to see one of the Valaks land at the central steps. As it touched down, a man walked down the steps.

It was his face that made Elsword nearly snap. It was Wally, the man that had tortured him and took away his sister all those years ago. But the feeling of Aisha's hand made him snap back to reality. And so, he stayed behind the wall, eavesdropping on their conversation.

"Report, Alpha" Wally commanded the nasod.

Valak Alpha then stated "We have resistance at the front gate, and they have made a defensive line near the outskirts of the city. It is likely that is their main camp."

Wally then spoke "And where is Kim?"

Alpha then reported "He was last seen in the downtown sector sir."

Wally then let out a grumble before speaking "Very well then, if anyone survives, be sure to bring them in. I'm sure we can make some use of them in our…experiments."

This time, Elsword couldn't keep his temper in check.

He then walked out of the alcove as he yelled "No way in hell Wally!"

Both Wally and Alpha looked towards the boy, slightly surprised to see one of the people he was so desperate to kill right at his doorstep.

Alpha was the first to speak.

"Target Priority 1 in sight." It spoke in its monotone voice.

Wally then responded "Well, this is a surprise, if it isn't the Magician! Have you come alone? Because that would make this so much easier!"

Aisha decided to show herself to the enemy as well, her staff already charged with magic energy.

"He's not alone!" she spoke, pointing the end of her staff towards the Valak.

Wally laughed before he spoke "Well, at least you have a friend to go with you to the grave."

"The only thing going to the grave is your machines and your plans, you sadist!" Elsword replied, his sword already glowing from the heat of his magic.

Wally then let out one last laugh as he spoke "Is that so? Well then, if you plan on sending all of my machines to the grave, then how about we see how long it'll take Valak Alpha to rip you to shreds!"

With the end of Wally's statement, Alpha then pulled out his own sword as he spoke "It shall be done, Master Wally."

Soon enough, Alpha then rushed towards the two, its orange eyes ablaze with determination to destroy the vigilante and his friend, who were just as ready to take it on.

Elsword: Well, seems like we're finally at the last big fight!

Aisha: Yeah, I just hope we can beat it! Just don't space out, okay?

Elsword: Yeah. And hopefully everyone else does fine as well!

Edan: Hmph, you better be thanking me after this Elsword, because I'm going to be fighting a lot of those Valaks, RIGHT WVH?

WVH: Don't worry, I'll be sure to give you some screentime in that!

Edan: Good!

Chung: You guys have fun with that…meanwhile, I'm going to make Add pay for what he did to Eve! *hits Add*

Add: Dood! We're not fighting IRL! Just in the story!

Eve: *slaps Add* Doesn't mean you deserve a punch or two. I saw you steal Chung's pudding cup last night!

Add: …oh…you saw that…

Chung: I freaking knew it! *attacks Add*

Ara: Calm down you guys!

Rena: Don't worry Ara, they're just having male bonding!

Raven: I don't think male bonding works like that Rena…

WVH: Meh, give em a few minutes, then they'll settle down

Raven: I guess…

WVH: Well anyhow, I hope everyone enjoyed the chapter! And don't worry, I'll be sure to try and wrap up the first season soon! And remember to R&R everyone!