The search continues for the lost party members.
Aaron continued to look around for the others, he had no idea where they were and what happened to them. He knows Thalia will be... somewhat safe in the village, plus she can take care of herself if she gets enough rest.
"This island is huge, where are they?" Aaron asked himself
He sighed as he continued his search for the others, hopefully finding them soon.
"Make me wonder if Eddy is taking this well?" Aaron asked himself
He shook his head, getting those thoughts out of his head, he has a mission to save them.
"AAAHHHHH!" Aaron heard
He could recognize the scream from anywhere, THAT WAS EDDY'S!
"SOMEBODY HELP ME!" Eddy yelled out in the distance
"Don't worry Eddy, I'mma coming!" Aaron said
He summoned his wings and flapped once, giving him a huge boost forward in the direction he heard the scream at.
COMBAT INITIATE!
Aaron arrived in out of nowhere, kicking the Zu in the face with a tired and in pain Eddy looking onward with awe. Aaron flipped back and landed, the Zu screeched. Hitting Aaron towards a wall behind him, he luckily managed to recover and was now on the wall. The crystal sigil appeared under Aaron, allowing him to walk on the wall.
"You forgot one thing." Aaron said
He stood up on the wall, looking at the Zu and a shocked Eddy.
"I can walk on walls." Aaron said
The Zu screeched and zoomed towards Aaron, its attack being blocked by his sword. He hit him a way and launched a flurry of sword beams (a thing he improvised by the way), he jumped off and stuck his sword out forward.
Stabbing it right in the chest of the Zu, standing on its chest, Aaron pumped energy into it.
"Checkmate." Aaron said
It then exploded, he slowly floated downward using Fey Wings, another Zu appeared to which he blasted it using Sword Beam. It still swooped down, he put his hands on the ground, manipulating the shadows around.
"DARK DOME!" Aaron said
A dome made of darkness came over him, stopping the Zu's attack, spikes than came out of the dome and stabbed it in every part. Killing it, as it burned the Dark Dome had been dispelled.
"Huh, didn't know I could do that." Aaron said
That's when his danger sense went off, he used his Fey Wings and jumped right over the group of Zu that was about to body him.
"Aaannnnnd." Aaron began
He then dive bombed down and stabbed the one of the Zu right in the chest, he jumped off of that one and onto another one.
"You are dead." He said as he killed that one
He threw his sword in another and took it right out, decapitating another one.
"Those two are dead." Aaron said
He then fired off a orb of light towards one of the others which exploded, killing that one.
"That one's blown up." Aaron said
He than jumped onto the final Zu, grabbing it by the neck.
"You are about to be dead aaaannnnnd." Aaron began
He stabbed that one right in the chest, setting it on fire meanwhile. It was finally dead on the ground, he got up and jumped off the burning corpse of the Zu.
COMBAT OVER!
"That's that." Aaron said brushing himself off
Eddy just looked at Aaron confused and shocked, he had no idea Aaron could walk up walls and manipulate shadows.
"Aaron?" Eddy asked wondering if it was him
"Sup." Aaron said simply, indicating it was indeed him
Eddy chuckled and shook his head, he looked around.
"So, I'm gonna take a guess and say you found somewhere safe right?" Eddy asked
"Yeah, Thalia's back at a village nearby resting... she's had a bad day." Aaron said, Eddy knowing exactly what he meant
"I can agree on her having a bad day cause of that, those things are a bitch and a half to kill." Eddy said with venom
"Amen bro, amen." Aaron said with a nod
The two stood their in silence, Aaron then remembered what he was about to do.
"Oh yeah, reminds me. I'm still looking for everyone, you wanna help?" Aaron said
"Yeah... I should, those things might hurt the others if they're not careful." Eddy said
He and Aaron high fived, they then continued onward to search for the next group member.
One hour later
Aaron sighed as he and Eddy continued their search, he propped his sword on his shoulder.
"So... I should tell you that in order to leave, we're gonna have to kill those thing king." Aaron said
"Oh, the Zu King basically?" Eddy asked
"In short yes, if we do, the people can repair Crystal Equinox and we can escape." Aaron said
Eddy simply shrugged, there had to be some catch somewhere, he then remembered something.
"Are we gonna kill that thing before or after we find everyone?" Eddy asked
"Depends if we find our friends first or we find the king first." Aaron said with a shrug
Eddy deadpanned internally, now he knows how Aaron felt on the trip to Terry's before finding out he was sort of an asshole.
"That's your plan?" Eddy said
"Nah, just me winging it." Aaron said with a small shrug
"...If we find Sockhead first, I'm gonna think life's playing some sort of game with us." Eddy said
Aaron shrugged, that's when they heard this.
"SOMEBODY HEELLLLPPPP, THIS THING'S GONNA EAT ME ALIVE!"
They deadpanned and sighed.
"Should have kept my mouth shut." Eddy said with a grumble
"Probably, now let's go save D." Aaron said unsheathing his sword
He used his Fey Wings to get a burst of speed to the location with Eddy running behind him while swinging across the branches.
"I DON'T WANT TO DIE!" Double D yelled
"YOUR NOT GONNA!" Aaron yelled
COMBAT INITIATE!
Aaron than decapitated the Zu that was attacking Double D, a pissed off look on his face.
"CAUSE I'M HERE NOW!" Aaron said
He looked up to see a group of Zu rather than one, he sighed as Eddy arrived.
"You know... life's fucking with us." Aaron said as he put his hands on the ground
Double D was helped up by Eddy, seeing Aaron summon Dark spikes from behind him.
"Is that Aaron?" Double D asked a bit shocked at what Aaron just did
"Yeah, he's got a few tricks up his sleeve." Eddy said with a grin
Aaron was then knocked backward off a cliff, he gritted his teeth as he stabbed his sword into the cliff. Causing him to stop, he put his feet on the wall causing the sigil to appear under his feet yet again.
"HEY ASSHOLE!" Aaron yelled out getting his sword out
The Zu flew downward towards Aaron, said human ran forward.
"I CAN WALK ON WALLS!" Aaron said, his eyes turning red for a second
He jumped up and stabbed the Zu in the chest, causing the two to go into free fall.
"SCREEE!" The Zu went
"Don't know what you're saying but I don't give a fuck, youse a dead bitch, I can tell you that." Aaron said
He stabbed the Zu in the chest multiple times, finally killing it, he jumped off and used his Fey Wings to fly back to the two.
COMBAT OVER!
"Woah." Double D said amazed
Aaron brushed himself off and sheathed his sword with a nod.
"Killed'em." Aaron said casually
"...When have you had the ability to walk on walls?" Double D asked a little confused
"Since last night, I have no time to answer how that works. We've got to find the others, kill a blind bird king, and get the ship repaired... in no particular order." Aaron said, finding him self repeating that a lot of the time
"What?" Double D asked confused
Eddy just shook his head at Double D.
"Don't try to question it, let's just go and help him do this." Eddy said
Double D slowly nodded, not getting what's going on but rolling with it anyways since it's not like he has much choice.
"Okay, I'm gonna help... did you find some of the others?" Double D asked
"Besides you and Eddy? Thalia and that's it." Aaron said
"...Darn, we should hurry up and find the others." Double D said
The two other people of the group nodded, and so they continued the search for their friends.
Yet another hour later
The three had been walking for what seemed like forever, Aaron sighed as he looked up at the sun. It seemed to be nearing mid-day, he nodded.
"We should hurry up and find another person, it's going to be night at this rate. Wonder if I'm gonna find Ed next?" Aaron said
The others were about to nod when they heard something.
"Hahahahah!"
That dopey laughter... is that Ed's?
"...No fucking way." Aaron said, thinking what he just said might be right
He flew up and indeed saw Ed running around laughing, he sighed.
"Dammit Ed." Aaron said a little annoyed at his theory being right
He took a deep breath and then yelled out this, knowing it would get his attention.
"HEY ED!"
Ed stopped and looked around the area confused.
"Santa Claus?" Ed asked a bit confused
"No, it's not Santa Claus, it's me... Aaron." Aaron said
"Oh... hey Aaron!" Ed said, his voice brimming with positivity
"Hi Ed, listen. I'm gonna pick you up and get you over to where we are, you okay with that?" Aaron asked
He could see Ed nod in the distance, he flew over and picked him as a hawk would pick up a fish.
"Thanks Aaron." Ed said
"Your welcome, now let's hurry up and get to the village." Aaron said
"Wait what about Crystal Equinox?" Ed asked
"Unless you know where it is, I doubt we're staying there." Aaron said
Silence as Ed looked at him with a nervous look, Aaron facepalmed.
"You know where it is don't you?" Aaron asked
Ed reluctantly nodded, Aaron sighed.
"Let's get the others and head there, it's only me, Double D, Eddy, and Thalia so far." Aaron said
"Baby sister is still out there?" Ed asked
He looked away and soon nodded, knowing that Ed cared for her to the extreme.
"...We'll find her soon, she can handle herself. She's a big girl now." Ed said with a somber smile
Aaron never liked to see him sad, it doesn't suit him AT ALL, it concerns him truthfully whenever his emotion is negative. Espically anger, an angry Ed is not a good Ed.
"I know, for now we need to get the others." Aaron said
He then continued his flight back to the group.
Later
Aaron had managed to get some parts of the crashed ship working, the power grid is extremely low on power. So they don't have much, they do have sleeping bags made out grass by Thalia thanks to her nature powers, they even made a small fire on the observatory. Currently, it was nighttime.
Morale was a bit low due to the fact there weren't a lot of people, so conversation's silent.
"...Remember when we were kids." Ed suddenly said out of nowhere
Everyone looked at Ed, Aaron sighed with a small chuckle.
"Yeah... back then, we didn't think anything like this was gonna happen, look at us now. In a crashed airship, separated from friends and family alike. No actual beds, just sleeping bags... no offense Thalia." Aaron said
"None taken, I'd love an actual bed right about now." Thalia said laying on her sleeping bag
The mood was somber, Aaron looked at the moon.
"We can still do this, we'll kill him." Aaron said to himself
Everyone then went to sleep, they were somewhat protected at least from the Zu.
Meanwhile
Terry was in a cave, he had some bruises and scratches but was pretty much alive, he sighed.
"Hope Eddy's alright, along with Aaron and the others... damn those things... I've gotta find the others." Terry said
That's when he heard a stick crack, he got out his bow and put fire energy into it.
"Who's there?" Terry asked a bit tense from what he heard
"Just me." A familiar wimpy voice said
Terry slowly lowered his bow, not knowing if Zu can mimic people or even speak.
"What's my name?" Terry asked suspicious
"Terry McGee, your Eddy's older brother." The same voice said
Terry switched his arrow to light energy and launched it, finally seeing Jimmy in the darkness of the forest.
"Sorry, thought you were one of those things." Terry said now a bit more calm
"I do not blame you, mind if I stay with you? I don't know where Sarah or any of the others are." Jimmy said
Terry nodded, Jimmy walked over into the cave and sat down. His shirt sleeve torn off, most likely from the crash.
"You think the others are fine?" Terry asked
"Of course, It'd take a lot more than some crash to kill Aaron." Jimmy said
"Good, be a damn shame if we lost our leader." Terry said with a small grin
Jimmy laughed lightly and shook his head.
"Not wrong there." Jimmy said
Terry got out a pack of smokes and used a fire arrow to light it, he did the usual thing that everyone did with cigarettes.
"Ah that's the good stuff." Terry said breathing out the smoke
"Smoking's bad for you." Jimmy said waving the smoke away
Terry took another long drag and puffed outward, leaving a put, he used a water arrow and put it out. Flicking it away into the grass.
"I only smoke once a year." Terry said as he sat back and relaxed a little
"...How's that work?" Jimmy asked a bit confused about what Terry meant
"Let's just say, I can keep some restraint from addictions." Terry said
Jimmy decided to stop questioning it from there, Terry got up and gathered some sticks. Putting them down on the ground except one, he used a fire arrow and lit the tip on fire.
He threw it into the pile of sticks and it went ablaze, making a campfire, he sat down and let the warm heat near him.
"Fuck that's nice." He said the heat helping dull the cold pain in his body
Jimmy sighed and sat nearby, knowing this would probably be the best situation he could be in with someone.
Members found by Aaron:
Thalia [X]
Sarah []
Nazz []
Kevin []
Rolf []
Terry []
Artemis []
Felsig []
Leaf []
Theos []
Jonny []
Tavola []
Jimmy []
Ed [X]
Double D [X]
Eddy [X]
Search incomplete
Current Status:
Thalia [Currently looking for other members]
Sarah [Unknown]
Nazz [Unknown]
Kevin [Unknown]
Rolf [Unknown]
Terry [Trying to survive]
Artemis [Unknown]
Felsig [Unknown]
Leaf [Unknown]
Theos [Unknown]
Jonny [Unknown]
Tavola [Unknown]
Jimmy [Trying to survive]
Ed [Currently looking for other members]
Double D [Currently looking for other members]
Eddy [Currently looking for other members]
Aaron [Currently looking for other members]
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