Music Halo 5 – Light Is Green
Drago's perspective
Before anybody else could react, I immediately transformed my left arm into a barrier, which Blaze crashed into. It sent him flying back, tumbling across the ground, but he just moved himself into a position where he could get up and charged at us again. He bounced off of the barrier again, and did the same thing again, rolling to a halt and getting up and charging again. He did it one more time, but I swept the barrier into him, catching him mid lunge, and causing him to fly further, smashing into the beach.
"I don't think his thought process is working." I said. "He's just mindlessly trying to get to us, without considering what's in the way."
"Maybe put a dragon on it to scare him away?" Mizu asked.
"No, that won't work." I said.
"Maybe we should return to the mansion?" Diablo asked. "From there, we can figure out how to rescue and restore Blaze."
"That's a surprisingly sane thought for you." I said.
"Watch it, I'm not Serena." Diablo said, causing all of us to giggle bar Trixella.
"I don't get it." She said.
"It's where the author tries to be funny, but fails." I said. I called Darien. "Can you get them teleported out?" I asked. "...Code Omega."
"...Are you sure?" Darien asked. "There's only one other way back."
"I understand." I said. "But we need Blaze back, and Accelerator is missing."
"...Okay. Teleporting them in 10." Darien said.
Mizu looked straight at me, trying to figure out what was going on.
"9."
Her eyes looked at the phone and back to me.
"8."
She looked at Diablo and Trixella, who were as confused as she was.
"7."
Light began to appear from beneath them.
"6."
Mizu began to catch on.
"5."
"You can't do this." Mizu pleaded.
"4."
"Please don't do this!"
"3."
"Drago, please!"
"2."
"Don't!"
"1."
"NOOOOOOO!"
"0."
And with that, they teleported away. I could here Mizu screaming from Darien's phone. It broke my heart.
"...Calm her down…" I muttered, before hanging up and looking at the beach.
Blaze had picked himself up. He was walking along the beach, one of his energy swords activated. He held it at his side, pointing downwards, trailing through the sand. The sand within the immediate vicinity of the sword almost instantly turned to glass as he cut through it. Once he had finished walked, he had looped back on himself, and had created an infinity symbol. After taking in what he had created, he looked...confused, as if he hadn't meant to make it. I looked at him, trying to figure out what was going through his mind. Before I could say or do anything, he raced off, heading towards the cliffs that blocked us from walking to Ricco Harbour. He scaled the cliff with surprising speed, reaching the top in seconds. He stood at the top and looked around the area. He turned his head towards me, and contemplated me. We both stared at each other in silence for a full minute, before there was an extremely loud piercing shriek, and before we could even cover our ears, a colossal laser, dark red in colour, blasted through the clouds, turning the sky a deep red as it fell, before completely obliterating Pinna Park, and the entire island it was situated on.
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Music Halo: Reach - Fortress
The laser slowly disappeared, leaving behind a crater that had already began filling with water. Nothing remained of the island that was once there.
"...It's gone." I said to myself. "Completely gone."
Before I could react, a second laser fell from the sky, this time hitting Ricco Harbour. Within a few seconds the laser had disappeared, but the scene was practically identical to what had happened to Pinna Park. There was nothing left.
"A second one?!" I yelled.
After a few seconds there wasn't another laser, but instead I found Shadow Mario running towards me, turning into Bowser Jr. as it went.
"What do you want?" I asked.
"Papa says we should team up!" Bowser Jr. said. "We can help evacuate the island!"
"Are they that big and scary that he is proposing an alliance?" I asked, skeptical.
"Yes!" Bowser Jr. exclaimed.
"...Fine. Evacuate the remaining settlements, and get out of here." I said.
"Yippee!" Bowser Jr. squeaked, and teleported away, to oversee the evacuation of the island.
I turned around again to see that Blaze had disappeared.
"Dammit, where is he?" I asked, looking around. There was a rumbling noise. "Not the Entrenin Army again..."
I was right, it was the Entrenin Army. A small group of infantry and some tanks were coming into Serena Beach. But that wasn't all. From the other side of the beach came another army. I could tell they were different because while the Entrenin Army was black/red, the other army was white and very dark red, the same shade as...the lasers…
"Are they the ones that fired the lasers…?" I asked, to no-one in particular. I quickly hid behind some bushes that were somehow still standing, just peeking through so that I couldn't be seen.
The other army out-gunned and outnumbered the Entrenin Army. They had enough tanks to take the island within a day, and more infantry marching behind that. The two armies stopped near each other and the commanders got out of the forward tanks and walked over to each other. I recognized the Entrenin Army commander as Brogimor, and he walked military style. The commander of the other army was female, for a start, which was interesting to see. She walked with a lot more flair than Brogimor. She constantly had one hand on her hip, and had a sly grin on her face. Brogimor had an almost pure black outfit on, with red tinges along the left side. He wore a pair of tight-fitting jeans, a trench-coat that had been cut near the torso, and he wore a pair of pure black boots, which raised him up a of the ground a few inches, making him appear taller. His hair was dark brown and
he was scowling. The commander of the other army, on the other hand, was completely different. She had long blonde hair, which flowed in the wind (which was mainly caused by the lasers), and it went down to her torso at full length. She wore a top that was obviously only there to attract attention to her assets (can I leave now? This is getting weird). She wore a tight-fitting pair of jeans, and had a pair of high heels on her feet. Her entire outfit was a mixture of pink and dark red, leading to a colour scheme that was hard to look at. They walked up to each other and stood in silence, Brogimor with his arms crossed, the commander of the other army still having her right arm on her hip. While Brogimor's head didn't move at all, the other commander looked at Brogimor from all angles.
"Where's the leader?" She asked, coolly. "I didn't expect to see a little grunt out here in the dangerous outdoors."
"Watch your mouth!" Brogimor snapped. "I am the leading member of the research and development team of the Entrenin Army! Our leader personally sent me here!"
"Your leader sent you to some backwater island with nothing but blue coins and fruit? He must REALLY love the work you have done!" The othe commander giggled.
"What are you meant to be, anyway?" Brogimor asked, ignoring her giggling.
"Do you not know?" She giggled.
"Enlighten me." Brogimor said, getting agitated.
"I am the commander of the Dragoniv Army. I decided that this island has been around for long enough, and am going to wipe it out." She said, a smirk flashing onto her face.
"You can't do that!" Brogimor said.
"It is what you were doing, is it not?" She asked, the smirk getting bigger.
"That's my point. We will destroy it. Not you." Brogimor retorted, staring deep into her eyes, showing no fear, despite her being a good few inches taller.
"It is a shame that our laser cannon can only do two shots from a full charge." She said, staring directly at him. "We are going to have to wipe you out directly, instead." And with that, she raised her hand, and the army gathered behind her moved to encircle the small remnants of the failed invasion force.
"FALL BACK!" Brogimor yelled, but by then it was already too late.
The Dragoniv Army began firing,wiping out the remnants of the invasion force. Within half a minute, they were wiped out. Even the tanks had been blown up. Brogimor was the only one still standing, having not had a chance to move.
"...So you wipe us out." He said, looking at the bodies and destroyed vehicles of the invasion force.
"And now it is your turn." She said, drawing her pistol. "I have always wanted to kill a high-ranking member of the Entrenin Army. "And I get to do it in front of Darien's newest pet!" She turned around and aimed directly at the bushes I was hiding in. I stood up, raising my hands as I did.
"Not bad, you knew I was here." I said. "I'd love to fight you and stop you, but looking at your army...no chance." She turned her gun back to Brogimor.
"I will kill you first, then I will kill the little twerp." She said.
"Go ahead, kill him. See if I care. All he's done is get in my way, anyway. Oh, and did I not mention that I have a jet-pack?" He asked, and with that, his jetpack ignited, and he immediately flew off, heading towards Delfino Plaza. She looked at him fly off, and smirked.
"He will die soon enough anyway." She said, turning back to me. "I will just kill you, instead."
Before she could fire, there was a bright light between us, and Darien teleported in.
"Drago, back!" He yelled.
"So, the hero himself has appeared." She said, looking him up and down. "It has been a long time, brother."
"Why must you do this?" Darien asked, walking up to her. "Both of you..."
"At least I did it well." She said, smirking. "That useless other brother of ours has created an army that can't even take over a back-water island!"
"You're both in the wrong. You shouldn't be doing this, Nilla!" Darien said.
"Aw boo hoo." Nilla mocked. "This island will fall before the end of this day."
"Drago..." Darien said, turning to me. "Get back to Delfino Plaza, find Blaze, find Accelerator and get that artifact. I'll teleport you to Delfino Plaza, but that is the best I can do."
"Send me, then." I said. Within seconds, I was in Delfino Plaza, away from Sirena Beach.
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Music Halo: Reach – New Alexandria
Everybody was gone. Bowser and Bowser Jr. had obviously done a good job evacutaing them. While the area was still perfectly fine, there was a depressing atmosphere to everything. The red sky didn't help matters. I was alone now. Blaze had disappeared back at Sirena Beach, Accelerator was missing, and I'd sent the rest of them awy to keep them safe. I hoped that Darien had gotten away quickly. If my timing was correct, I had 6 hours to save Blaze, find Accelerator and obtain the artifact before Brogimor did.
As I walked through the Plaza, I realized that I wasn't alone. I could hear really loud, mechanical footsteps coming from the other side of the plaza. I stuck to the walls and snuck around to the side of the plaza that had the beach.
Once I was in a position where I could see, I was taken aback by what I saw. A mechanical suit was walking across the beach towards me. It was about 8 feet tall, was dark green in colour, and looked like a large cyborg. The arms were very bulky, the legs were as thick as the arms, the body looked as tough as a brick wall, and the head...was…
"Fancy seeing you here, transformer boy!" Niall yelled, his head poking out of the body of the cyborg.
"...I thought you were dead. Killed at Darkion's hand." I said, staring directly at him.
"Oh, but I died many times." He said, smirking. "Why would I let that stop me? Besides that nice chap Brogimor did me a favour. In exchange for destroying you, I got this snazzy suit."
"You're going nowhere, Niall." I said, not feeling any fear. "If you side with them, then I will have to destroy you."
"Come at me then!" He yelled, jumping up into the air, and flying down straight at me.
I ran and dived out of the way as he smashed into the ground fist first. He picked his fist up and looked at me.
"The end of this pathetic island has come. AND SOON, YOU WILL SINK WITH IT!" He screamed, flying at me.
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Next time…
Niall declares his revenge on Drago, and thanks to Brogimor, he is able to try to get it. Drago has to survive his onslaught, and even if he does, Corona Mountain awaits. Will he find Accelerator? Will he obtain the artifact? And will he be able to save Blaze…?