Reuploaded the chapter cos the notification system was down.
And so, we have reached over 50 chapters in this story! I'll be honest, I never expected the story to go this far or gain as much support as it did. It may not be the most popular story on Fanfiction, but it's mine and I am so happy I could give people something to enjoy!
Of course, we are not done yet, not by a long shot! So I hope you all continue to enjoy what I write and follow through until the end. It may well be done by the end of the summer as I will have a lot more free time on my hands then!
Reviews now.
SparktheDog: It is truly glorious, especially the boss themes. We may well see more of that OST in future chapters!
Gravenimage: Um... a little bit late now so...
Locke Lynx: If you remember, they were taken out earlier by an enemy who I shall not name in case some people skipped that chapter. Jaune's got them though, he's a bro like that!
Grimlock987: The scrapyard would be a merciful place by the time Blake is done with him!
Yaboioverthar: Indeed. By the way, Lumine is a guy. There is a myth that he was a girl in Japan but it's just a myth. He's definitely a dude.
Ultiamte Kuuga: Lumine always was a philosophical prick in X8. It seems 8000 years have done little to change that.
Onwards!
The clang of metal echoed around the empty cell as X was tossed into it. He bounced off the floor, still weak from the beating he had received not too long ago. He just managed to lift his head up a little, enough to look at the door and his captors. Double and Sigma stood either side, watching him as Xandria walked up to him, confident in her victory.
"Home sweet home, right X?" She taunted. "Of course, the prison cells weren't here when you last saw it but, I decided to a little redesigning. Do make yourself comfortable, we have a lot of work to do but for now, you should rest."
She turned to leave, her feet clacking along the cold, hard floor of the cell while Double and Sigma moved aside to let her pass. X tried to crawl after her, straining under the weight of his own weakness before he gave a defeated sigh and collapsed down again.
As Xandria was about to step out the door however, she turned around with an almost sadistic look on her face.
"Oh my! What sort of host would I be if I didn't offer some entertainment?" She said in an over the top voice.
"How about some television? And I know just what to watch."
Clicking her fingers, a holographic screen appeared out of nowhere, covering an entire wall of X's cell. It was a live feed of the resistance base, and what X saw horrified him.
There was team RWBY, ready for battle, as Lumine stood in front of them, awaiting the moment to strike. X tried to react but his stunned form was still too weak, just letting out a few grunts in response. He was understandably worried, he knew what Lumine could do from experience.
"Well, I'll leave you to it. Enjoy!" Xandria joked before the steel door slammed and mechanisms locked it tightly, leaving X to watch his friends and pray they would be alright.
(Insert music: Megaman X8 OST – Lumine Battle 1)
Before the first attack, Lumine surrounded himself in a glowing blue energy aura, levitating a few feet off the ground. He then placed a hand on his chest and summoned forth eight crystals of different colours. His preparations made, he folded his arms and goaded team RWBY on.
"Come on." He said.
Ruby was the first to strike, zooming up to Lumine before leaping up and performing a Rasetsusen. With her scythe held in front of her, she spun forward repeatedly in the air, effectively becoming a wheel of death for anything too close. Lumine raised his altitude and floated above her as Ruby ceased her attack and landed back on the ground.
"Ice Flower!" Ruby ordered.
On hearing the command, Weiss summoned a white glyph which Ruby jumped in behind of. She then fired Crescent Rose's shots through the Glyph, giving them and ice effect. Each shot exploded near Lumine into balls of ice with sharp icicles coming off them. Lumine ducked and dived out of the way of each attack with ease.
"Yang, shrapnel!"
Yang now fired uncharged buster shots at each of the ice attacks that floated around the battlefield. When they were hit, they exploded into tiny fragments of razor sharp ice all over the area. There was no escape for Lumine this time as several chinked off his metal body. Alas, they only did superficial damage, as well as pissing the Reploid off.
Lumine backed away and held his arms out. The girls noticed a brown crystal was floating into his central chest piece.
"Oh no you don't!" Yang tried to stop him by firing a charged buster shot.
She was too late as the crystal was placed upon Lumine. He came back down to the ground and smashed a hand against the dirt, sending out a small shockwave around himself.
"Crystal Wall." He said softly.
Upon hitting the ground, several beautiful crystals were summoned. They were purple and slightly transparent in colouration, with a flat top and hexagonal shape to them, spinning on the spot where they were summoned. With a laugh, Lumine sent the crystals gliding towards team RWBY.
Each team member focused on getting over the wall that slid towards them. Ruby fired Crescent Rose at the ground to propel herself upwards with the recoil, flipping gracefully before coming back down on the other side. Blake's catlike reflexes were enough to enable her to scale the crystals without losing balance despite them rotating quickly. Weiss used a glyph and launched herself straight up and over with ease, while Yang just pulled an arm back and smashed through the crystal coming towards her, letting the pieces clink to the ground in small fragments.
Yang shook her hand a little, the walls were pretty tough after all. Punching through it had given her an opening however and she fired several shots of Ember Celica at Lumine.
"Useless."
Lumine used the crystal wall again, this time encasing himself in a protective layer of the generated mineral, causing the shots to deal no damage to himself.
Yang ran up beside Lumine and began punching the crystal repeatedly. Just like a punching bag, she pummelled the shield tirelessly. Lumine would have been confident at the strength of his shield, until he saw several ever growing cracks in the outer layer. Realising she would break through, Lumine pushed his arms outwards.
"YAH!" Yang cried as the shield exploded, knocking her back.
The crystals in Lumine's chest began to switch, this time to a purple one. Raising his hand to the sky, several small black holes appeared above team RWBY. Pulsating briefly, several blocks with glowing purple energy lines were conjured out of the holes.
"Taste destruction!"
With that, Lumine brought them down upon the team of Huntresses.
Each block that fell was around the size of a tank, making them difficult to avoid. Ruby had no problems avoiding the blocks as she used her semblance to reach maximum speed, a trail of red a rose petals were all that the blocks fell down upon.
Rather than dodge around the blocks, Weiss focused a glyph around herself, acting as a forcefield that pushed away any nearby blocks. One fell directly above her and she used the attack to her advantage. Changing her glyph angle, she flung the block at Lumine. The Reploid had precise timing however, bringing a new block down at just the right moment so that it hit Weiss' returned one, shattering both.
Lumine turned his gaze to Yang, who was diving aside of each block with difficulty, speed not being her forte. He conjured four blocks beside each other in a square formation, directly above Yang's head! The blonde brawler gulped as she saw the imminent threat.
"Yang!" Blake called as she realised the threat too. There was no way she would be able to avoid them in time!
Thinking fast, Blake fired out one of her ribbons straight at Yang. It silently wrapped around her waist. As the blocks began to fall, Blake pulled back with all her might. The ribbon tightened and Yang was pulled back with a jolt. She skidded back on her feet as she was pulled clear, before the blocks smashed down on where she had been a mere second ago.
"Tsk." Lumine was annoyed with himself at missing such an opportunity.
Team RWBY however, would not.
"Bumblebee!" Ruby gave the command.
Keeping the ribbon around her waist, Blake slammed the attached katana into the ground to ensure it did not move. Yang then fired Ember Celica at the ground and began swinging around on the rope, using the gun as a pivot to gain momentum. She gained speed to rival that of her sister, becoming a yellow blur to anyone watching.
"Yang! Now!"
Yang slipped the ribbon loose and was thrown forwards. As she travelled, she activated her enraged form, engulfing herself in a ball of flame as she headed straight for Lumine.
Rolling his eyes, Lumine gave a smug look as he raised his hand and fired a normal energy blast. It made contact with Yang before vanishing into nothing, unable to pass her barrier of fire. Looking slightly more concerned, her fired again with the same result. He raised both hands and fired wildly in an attempt to stop Yang.
But it was too late.
"RRRRRRRAAAAAAAAGGGGGGHHHHH!"
For a split second, Lumine saw Yang's face right in front of his. Snarling at him with a pair of blazing red eyes staring into his very soul. After that, all he saw was fire and felt a burning fist against his face. The force of the punch sent him back at almost supersonic speeds.
Lumine spun a few times in the air before regaining his composure. He looked down to see a proud looking Yang Xiao Long, blowing some smoke off her fist as she went back to normal form.
Lumine seethed with rage. "Now you've made me angry!"
He switched to a green crystal as team RWBY gathered in front of him, preparing to strike again. Lumine brought one arm back and remained motionless. The girls were puzzled by his actions as they cautiously advanced on him. Peering around the side of him, Blake looked at the arm he had pulled back and gasped as she found it was glowing with power!
"Look out!" She warned, a little too late.
*BOOM*
Lumine threw a punch forward, seemingly at nothing but air, before a massive green shock wave pulsed out from his hand, rippling against the air like a stone thrown into the water.
"WOAH!"
Ruby and her friends were thrown across the battlefield, their ears ringing as the wave tore through everything that wasn't embedded into the earth. Ruined weaponry was shattered by the wave and the Reaverbot remains were flung far and wide.
Ruby held her head and shook it as she got back onto her feet, her team doing the same as Lumine flew over to them with a red crystal on his chest now. Flying between them, he held his arms out to the sides and let fire burst out from them! It shot past team RWBY, though Blake felt her ears get a bit singed as she ducked under the flames, before it travelled out in a circle to create an arena of fire.
With limited manoeuvrability, Lumine ascended again and readied his next move. With a blue crystal activated, he pointed both hands down at the ground, while the girls felt the air tingle around them for some reason.
"Thunder Dancer."
A bolt of lighting shot out from his hands, impacting right next to Ruby, who leapt up into her big sister's arms with a small yelp. Weiss tried to stifle a laugh at Ruby's reaction, while Yang seemed puzzled.
"Umm... Ruby?" She asked.
"I'm afraid of lighting! I admit it!" She squeaked as another bolt came down behind Yang.
Weiss meanwhile, was using her scroll to film the moment. Not only was it adorable, but it would certainly be useful later on if she ever had to negotiate with Ruby.
"Weiss!" Blake snapped.
"Sorry. Golden opportunity there." She chuckled.
A lightning strike next to her exploded a pile of debris, making Weiss realise that now was not the best time for that.
A trail of bolts followed Blake, each one narrowly missing her heels by a miniscule amount. She skidded to a halt on the dirt and cartwheeled back the way she had come, letting the bolts pass her by. With a free moment on her hands, she fired her pistols at Lumine. One shot hit him in the face and, while doing damage, succeeded more in getting his attention as he glared down at the faunus with a sick grin on his face.
He fired several more bolts at her teammates to keep them back, then switched to a purple crystal and landed just a short distance in front of Blake.
"You're through!"
Swinging his arm across his chest, a purple blade of energy, several times the size of Lumine himself, was brought towards Blake. She rolled under the first strike as Lumine pulled his other arm back and slashed with that too.
Blake leapt over this one and activated her katanas. Seeing that Lumine was vulnerable, she readied an attack against him.
Just as she was about to strike however, Lumine grabbed her by the arm. As she struggled to get free, he brought his elbow down on her chest. Blake's breath left her as Lumine relinquished his grip and let her fall back down, barely able to breathe.
Lumine now brought himself down in front of Blake as she was on one knee before him. Activating the purple blades again, all be it smaller this time, Lumine held both against Blake's neck, ready to decapitate her.
"Blake! No!" Yang gasped.
The rest of her teammates ran up to try and aid her. Lumine growled and extended one of the blades before slashing it at the rest of Team RWBY. The girls raised their weapons as they strained to try and block the attack. With their low aura from the earlier battle however, it was futile. Their guard gave way and the blade pushed them all back as they tumbled to the ground.
"Now, where were we?" Lumine chuckled as he still had one blade against Blake's neck.
Blake tilted her head back as the blade edge scratched against her throat, drawing a little blood that trickled down along her skin or sizzled as it hit the burning hot energy weapon. Though she tried to show no fear, her heart rate and rapid breathing, along with a slightly quivering lip, belied her brave face.
"Blake!" Ruby yelled as she pushed herself back up.
The whole team began rushing back to her aid but Lumine fired another flame wall down in front of them, making a barrier between himself and his kill. The rest of team RWBY tried to find a way through the flames, but the heat was too intense. Through the heat wave, they could only watch in horror as Lumine prepared to finish off their friend.
"Farewell, Miss Belladonna!"
Lumine held his arm high to stab Blake right through her throat. The faunus girl looking at him with anger as she awaited her fate. The blade was about to be brought down on her, Lumine grinning like a madman with joy.
*PEW*
"GAH!"
A shot tore through Lumine's shoulder, fragmenting several chunks of the covering and going right through the joint. He held his damaged arm, which now flopped uselessly and prevented him from finishing Blake off.
His eye's darted around, looking for who fired the shot. It couldn't have been Team RWBY, as the flames he produced were specially created to block all forms of attack. With no one in sight, he instead returned to the task at hand.
This time, he opted to use the buster in his hand to finish off Blake. He placed a hand against her head, not noticing her lack of a reaction as he did so.
He fired the shot.
"What the-?" He gasped.
Instead of a body falling down dead, Blake's form had instead shattered into tiny fragments of glass that lay scattered all over the ground. Lumine was in shock. How was that possible? How did she do that?
"Nice job, kid!"
Realisation washed over him as Lumine heard a voice he thought he would never hear again. Clenching his one good fist and practically grinding his teeth to nothing, Lumine called the name of the one who owned the voice.
"VILE!"
(Insert music: Megaman X8 – Main Theme)
There, flying just above the flames, was Vile. He was holding on to Blake by the hand as she looked on in a mix of relief, nerves and disbelief.
Aiming at the fire that burned around them, Vile released a cloud of sub-zero mist from his cannon, immediately dousing the flames and letting them smoulder as white steam floated into the sky. He then came down and placed Blake gently back on terra firma.
"Aaaand there we are, safe and sound! Hey team RWBY, how's it going?"
Of course her friends ran up to help now their path was clear, but they were all just as amazed as Lumine was. All except for Blake, who remembered what X had told her after being rescued from Vile's base.
"X said you had a choice to make, I'm just glad you chose this one."
"So am I, kitty cat. So am I." Vile replied, as Blake nodded to her friends, letting them know Vile was on their side.
Lumine was outraged.
"Vile! You traitor!"
Lumine fired several buster shots at the group. Team RWBY flinched in anticipation of the attack but Vile just stood still with his arms folded, as someone teleported in front of them with an open parasol to block the shots.
Closing the accessory, Neo smiled sweetly before curtsying to Lumine and moving in beside Vile.
"That was some nice illusion work back their, Neo. You're good, real good." Vile praised as Lumine realised why the other Blake had shattered on impact.
Thank you, Vile. You weren't so bad yourself. Do they know we are on their side by the way? I didn't really leave a good impression with them on our last meeting. Neo signed, which Team RWBY couldn't understand of course.
"Don't sweat it, they know we're here to help. And right now, helping involves kicking Lumine's ass back to the scrap heap! OW!"
Vile rubbed his arm after Neo had slapped it.
"Language!" She scolded.
"Come on, I know you look like a kid but you're not that young. Besides, after what we've been through, bad language is the least of your worries!"
"THAT IS ENOUGH!" Lumine screamed. "I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS PATHETIC FIGHT! I'M GOING TO END YOU ALL RIGHT NOW!"
Lumine ascended, his arms outstretched as if embracing something. Small feathers fell from his body and he started to glow white, obscuring all his features. A glowing sphere encompassed him and it began pulsating with power.
Team RWBY and Neo shielded their eyes from the blinding glow that followed, while Vile just watched unaffected thanks to his robotic vision.
As the light subsided, our heroes looked up to a jaw dropping sight.
Lumine had transformed. His body was similar for the most part, though his head piece was now much more pronounced with two purple head parts extending to the sides of his head from the central crystal. His fingers were sharp claws and a glowing red crystal protruded from his chest.
Most obvious though were the wings. Two regular looking ones, though made of metal, were present on either side. In addition, there were four triangular shaped metal plates that extended out of his back from thin appendages, pointing out in all four diagonal directions. They could move as freely as the wings and seemed to be brimming with energy.
"You ready for this?" Vile asked team RWBY.
All of them nodded and readied their weapons to strike. It was time to bring Lumine down and end the battle of Patch Island for good! Vile loaded his cannon and Neo got her parsol ready, twirling it gently.
"Let's finish this, Lumine!" Blake shouted as the battle began again.
(Insert music: Megaman X8 OST – Lumine Battle 2)
Lumine began by diverting power to the four extensions on his back, allowing a pale light to travel up them to the tip of each. He then pointed them down at the various heroes, as beams of light rapidly fired out and dissipated as soon as they hit anything.
Neo put up her parasol to defend them but found herself being scooped up by Vile as he flew with his jet pack.
"You sure you wanna try blocking that thing? I wouldn't risk it if I were you. Besides, we're speedy enough, right?"
"Easy for you to say! You can fly!" Yang shouted back.
She leapt up just before a beam of light hit the ground where her feet were. Like a ray of sunlight, it scorched the ground, leaving black marks wherever it hit.
Ruby was faring better as her speed was the fastest of everyone there, but even then she was getting a run for her money. The beams of light seemed to track her movement as each one hot the ground just behind or in front of the young prodigy.
Blake and Weiss had taken a different approach, using their semblances to block the attacks, rather than try and avoid them. Weiss' defensive glyphs proved strong enough for her, while Blake was sending out clones on a suicide mission as they dived in front of each shot.
Growing tired of this method of extermination, Lumine ceased firing and conjured an orb of light that he cradled in his arms. Shards of light emerged from it and began rising up to the sky above the heroes heads. They began arranging themselves in formations before coming down on them like meteorites.
"Now that's just cheating! How are we supposed to get around that? Yang complained, her usual self still showing despite their impending doom.
"Neo, up here!" Vile commanded.
Acknowledging his request, Neo leapt up gracefully and stood on Vile's shoulder, opposite his cannon. Her size made it easy for her to fit onto the metallic juggernaut. Vile aimed his cannon up and began charging a shot while Neo opened up her parasol and held it directly in the line of fire of the cannon.
"Let's hope this works!" Vile laughed to himself.
"Wait... hope it works?" Weiss did a double take.
"It'll be fine!" Vile reassured her before whispering to the side. "In theory..."
Vile then fired a concentrated beam of energy from his cannon. It passed through Neo's parasol and began refracting across a wide area above their heads. The sky rippled as the energy moved through the air, it was beautiful in many ways.
Unsure of what they hoped to achieve through this, Lumine continued to bring the light shards down towards them. Team RWBY looked around with slight worry, while Neo gave Vile a concerned look.
"Come on baby, come on!" Vile whispered to the shield, despite the fact it couldn't hear him.
The first wave of shards reached the shield. They pierced the top of it and began moving through, causing team RWBY to be a lot more worried than before. Suddenly, the shards began shaking violently, small arcs of unstable plasma covering them. They vibrated quicker and quicker, before finally destroying themselves several feet from the heroes location. The waves that followed did the exact same thing, until none of the attacks remained.
"It worked!" Neo signed.
"Told you it would! Haha! I wasn't worried!" Vile boasted before turning away and letting out a sigh of massive relief.
Angered, Lumine dived down through the shield, his power being strong enough to resist it and forcing Neo and Vile to move, making the shield a non-issue.
As it turned out, Lumine's wings were not just to look pretty. Swooping in low, he brought one wing down and tore it across the ground, leaving a deep crevasse in it, though he had hoped to tear through one of the heroes instead. Regardless, he pulled up and tried another run.
This time ,he targeted team RWBY specifically, he wanted Blake dead especially! Bringing the wing down once more, he gave chase to Blake. She began sprinting away as the wing blades drew ever closer. They were right on top of her when Yang leapt in and threw a punch to Lumine's central crystal.
"Take this!" She shouted before a fiery punch hit him.
Lumine backed off and examined the crystal. It was cracked and light emerged from within the cracks. This was getting too risky, it was time for the final move, the one that would ensure their defeat.
Hovering above their heads, Lumine threw his arms up to the heavens.
"Paradise Lost!" He proclaimed.
The girls noticed the horizon was becoming dark. Their vision grew dimmer and dimmer, until only a circle of light around their battle area remained. Lumine then placed the wings over himself in defence, as the darkness edged closer and closer to the team.
(Insert music: Megaman X8 - Paradise Lost)
Yang tired punching fire into the darkness to try and illuminate it. Alas, every fire shot that went in was swallowed by the darkness and destroyed.
"You got a plan for this Vile?" She asked, worried.
"Yeah." He replied. "Destroy the source."
Ruby scooted back as the darkness nearly reached her. Looking up, they saw Lumine was still protecting himself. Not for cowardly reasons, but because he had to if he wanted to use this attack. It must have been drawing a lot of power. One more good hit would do it!
"Sis, going up!" Ruby said.
Yang grabbed the end of Ruby's scythe and flung it up like a javelin, with Ruby still holding onto the end of it! She soared through the air and swung a powerful strike at Lumine.
*CLANG*
Two of the additional shapes were knocked out of position as Lumine teleported to a different area of the arena.
"Now it's our turn, come on Blake!"
Weiss activated a glyph and allowed Blake to leap onto it. She drew her arm back and the Glyph started to build up kinetic energy.
"Ready?" Weiss asked.
"Yup."
Releasing the hold on the glyph, Blake shot upwards, her Katanas held across her chest for the strike. Passing over Lumne, she swung with all her might and landed a solid hit.
*CLANG*
That just left the two main wings as protection for Lumine, as well as two heroes who hadn't attacked yet.
Neo was the first to strike, leaping onto Vile's back and jumping off it, she opened her parasol to float gently down. As she moved in front of Lumine, he drew the blade from her parasol handle and parted the wings with one downward swing. Lumine saw her face to face and she blew him a kiss before he saw Vile charging his cannon at him.
"Light's out, Lumine!"
The shot fired from the cannon covered Lumine in disabling energy, almost like an electrical cage around his body. His wings stopped supporting him and he fell to the ground.
"Let's do it! Team RWBY, combo him!" Ruby instructed.
She and Blake began zipping back and forth past Lumine, making quick slashes all across his form, leaving glowing trails as they went. Yang and Weiss then attacked. Weiss placed several glyphs around Lumine, as well as one in front of Yang who began firing several flame shots and buster shots into it. They multiplied and emerged out of each glyph, doing severe damage to Lumine.
The girls then surrounded him and all activated their ranged weapons. They aimed them at Lumine and they began to become charged with energy. Lumine strained to try and get up but the disabling shot held him firmly down. With their opponent unable to evade, the girls fired at the same moment.
The crystal shattered.
"No! NO!" Lumine gasped.
A small explosion went off on Lumine's wing. Then another, and another, their frequency and intensity increasing. Each blast did more damage as the wings and appendages were blown apart one by one.
Finally, Lumine leaned back and screamed to the heavens, his voice echoing across the plains as a final gigantic explosion blinded the team and Neo.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
The girls opened their eyes slowly as the light subsided. Looking at each other, they all started laughing slowly, their joy growing until they all started hugging each other.
"We did it! We actually did it!" Blake cheered.
"Heh...heh heh... you actually...think... it's over?"
(Insert music: Megaman X8 OST – Sorrow)
Breaking off their celebration and looking over, the girls saw Lumine's ruined form in front of them. He was back in his original state, on his knees with his back bent over so he was looking straight up. His arms were missing, blown off in the explosion, as was part of his face and headpiece, revealing his robotic inner workings.
"Unbelievable... You actually... beat me..." Lumine laughed weakly. "You may have defeated me... but it's too late to stop... what's already begun..."
"If we can beat you, we can beat the rest of your little council as well!" Ruby defiantly stated.
Lumine just laughed again.
"You really don't know what's coming... do you? Not to worry... you'll see... you'll all see... soon enough. With X in our hands... you're... all... doomed..."
Yang had heard enough. Raising her buster, she charged a shot and fired it at Lumine's remains. A fiery explosion shot up and made the rest of Team RWBY jump slightly at it's abruptness. The flames quickly died down, revealing nothing but smouldering scraps and ashes.
Lumine was no more.
Breathing heavily, Yang looked at her friends who had understandably lost their joy of victory. The reminder that X had been taken, along with the unthinkable idea that he was key to their destruction. Needless to say it hit a nerve, especially with Blake.
The girls just watched the burning crater in silence, until Blake felt a metallic hand on her shoulder.
"Let's head back to the base." Vile said. "We've got a lot to do."
X's Cell – Neo Arcadia
X let out a relieved sigh as he saw Lumine's defeat. He never doubted his friend's abilities for a moment, but he would be lying if he said he wasn't worried. Shortly after the final explosion, the feed had cut off, leaving X alone in silence as he recovered from his weakened state.
The cell door hissed open again, getting X's attention as Xandria walked in. She didn't seem too disappointed, though X could tell Lumine's defeat had angered her.
"That was certainly... unexpected." She admitted. "Your friends have incredible skill and power, not to mention you even convinced Vile to help them. They truly are something special."
Compliments from Xandria? Unusual for one who hated humanity as much as she did.
"That is exactly why I'm not going to risk any more of my forces trying to kill them. No, that honour, shall fall to you, X."
With a wave of her hand, a set of electrical handcuffs were placed on X's wrists. Xandria then moved aside as two Sharukurusu guards moved in to escort him. Lifting him under each arm, they dragged X towards the door.
"We tried to break you gently, X. Now it seems we will have to do it the hard way."
She then addressed the guards.
"Take him to the main repair bay and prepare him for reconditioning."
"This is insane, Xandria!" X protested, as he strained against the guards moving him. "You can't use the Eleos! You'll destroy everything!"
"Precisely." Xandria sneered, as she followed the guards down to the repair bay. "The final phase is abut to begin."
A longer chapter to accommodate the fight scene!
Lumine is gone, the battle of Patch Island is over. But what is Eleos and why does Xandria need X to unlock it? What is the next move for our heroes?
Until next time
TOODLE PIP!
