Chapter 37:
A gloved hand wiped a sea of sweat off of a brown hedgehog fur. Sand swirled quickly as six trails of green was all that was left.
Now Gemini could understand why it was named the Twilight Desert. The sky was a blanket that was not not quite night but obviously leaving day. Stars coated the top of it like grains of salt, leaving a awe inspiring and beautiful sight.
"Its beautiful!" Vibra commented.
"It is!" Wave agreed.
"Does it matter?" Storm hissed.
"Men!" Vibra snapped.
"They just don't know what beauty is!" Wave added.
"Look!" Lunar advised as he pointed his sheathed sword upwards towards a group of winged pawns flying off into the distance. All four swerved back and forth in the air, but they were all heading to the same place.
"Let's pull back so they don't discover us!" Jet advised. The trails of green decreased slightly and the swirling sand died down.
They followed them for hours, sweat dripping down all of their faces, but thanks to the decreased sunlight it wasn't as bad as it would be.
Gemini was starting to doze off when he heard quick but soft footsteps. He turned around, and found a rather startling sight.
Assassin Pawns dashed across the desert, their feet a blur. They then jumped onto their own Extreme Gear, the Black Comets, rushing at the group.
Lunar thrust his sheath at one, who swatted it away. But it found a sword thrust through it as it disintegrated into black particles. The other two pawns came around, but were knocked apart into particles by waves of sound energy.
Storm reared back and seared the flames of his Type-S gear onto another one, causing it to blow apart as well. Jet spun around and swung his fans out to create a whirlwind and knock them into the air. Wave then threw her wrench like a boomerang, cutting through both.
The heroes wasted no time, looking forward to see if the winged pawns heard the quick skirmish. They didn't, but that wasn't the problem.
The minions found their destination, and it wasn't exactly what they were looking for. A huge encampment of elite, assassin, and standard pawns swarmed it, all armed and aware of the intruders.
The pawns on top of the encampment towers fired arrows of dark energy. The heroes scattered to avoid the first volley and split up to attack.
Gemini and Storm rushed off to the right, then split up as the paths forked around another tower row. Storm leaped into the air and slammed his fists into the ground, causing a shock wave to erupt from the ground and knock away a row of regular pawns. Elite pawns jumped from the side of each tower and attempted to attack, but Strom spun on his heel and thrust his gargantuan fists out, knocking away all of them. Some pawns knocked into the sides of the towers, damaging their foundations.
Gemini leaped from the side of one tower to another, and launched off with a burst of dark energy to land on the rows of towers where the archers stood. They all turned to fire at him, but he put his fingers in a shooting motion, ducked under each shot, then spun and fired numerous projectiles of dark energy that moved quickly in the air and tore through their targets.
"Dark Shot!" the hedgehog bellowed as he ran off across the row of towers. But it crumbled below him due to the result of numerous Elite Pawns smashing through it.
"Watch it Storm!" Gemini scolded.
Storm ran under the opening, replying with a, "Sorry!"
Lunar, Jet, and Wave pulled out their sword, fans, and wrench respectively, and attacked their fellow pawns ferociously.
Lunar slammed a pawn with the hilt, which knocked into another pawn. He then spun around and rotated the sharp end out, cutting through an entire circle of them. When another one rushed at him from the side, Wave knocked that one and numerous others away with her wrench. The swallow then pressed on her detonator as the pawns fell into others coming towards them. This created a couple of explosions, destroying many parts of the encampment.
Jet thrust his folded fan into one pawn, then unfolded it to create a flying slicer of wind which cut through many towers and pawns. Jet took advantage of the onslaught by charging up with his fans out, and thrusting them forward to cut through many of the elite pawns trying to enter the conflict.
The hawk then waved his dual weapons upwards as a flipping Vibra rode the current up, jumping on to the center tower. The royal pawn who led over the encampment was destroyed by a strong kick with a shock wave added to it. Vibra then spun in place and slammed downward, causing a massive shock wave to destroy most of the base.
Minutes later, the six rode away from a burning encampment.
"That was a warm up," Jet stated.
"Definitely," Gemini supported, "That couldn't be the real thing!"
"That is," Vibra told them as she pointed out in front of them. A massive base stood before them. It composed of a circular bottom with numerous columns sticking out of it. They had wooden platforms which led to the middle column, where one figure was tied up in chains. Unfortunately, he could not be seen because of how far away he was.
"Crescent's in there," Gemini confirmed, closing his eyes, "And two other things, one of them with amazing power, the aura is killing me already."
The group got off their gear, save for the Babylon Rogues.
"Open it, we'll rush in there first, and you guys follow behind," Jet offered.
"That sounds good," Gemini declared, "Let's go!"
Vibra sent a pulse of sound into the door, completely obliterating it. Jet, Wave, and Storm rushed through, followed by Team Hyron.
On the other side stood a wave of elite pawns, and behind them stood another monster. This one resembled a feline of sorts, but it had huge, sharp horns sticking out of its joints and forehead. They lit up with black energy. It also had red irises in a sea of black, and three fingered claws instead of hands, which had horns coming out of the knuckles as well.
"My name is Hierga, and I exist to serve my King Corrupt Darkness!" Hierga bellowed, which caused the six to move into fighting positions as if on cue.
To Be Continued...
A/N: Well see, this I already had written, so that's why it came so quick. Please review when you read, try to check out my forum, and that's it, because you guys are just too awesome! Also, you can still submit the form from the end of chapter 33. I will need these ideas later along the road! Also, Corrupt needs some techniques! I have two of them, but I need a mega powerful attack and some close range ones! The problem is I want them to be completely different from moves I've already used. Just throw me some basic ideas in your review, not the entire thing, just things that will get my brain moving. Babylon Sky Hawk, I'm counting on your unparalleled creativeness here, especially!