Warriors: The New Era
Chapter Fifty Six: Curtain Call
The gang is all around in this one. Enjoy.
Jayfeather grunted as he used his telekinesis to crush three soldiers in half.
"Half Moon...I've been thinking..."
Nearby, Half Moon was dodging a blade from an ARS member, and used her fighting skills to punch him thrice in the ribs and once in the head.
"Oh? Thinking of what?"
Jayfeather put up a wall of telekinesis to protect Half Moon from a flurry of bullets, coming from a nearby soldier, whom was eventually shot by a nearby ally.
"Thinking of taking the next step-" Jayfeather ducked under a swing from another Bloodclan soldier, and with the flick of his wrist, snapped thaman's neck in half, "-in our relationship."
Half Moon back handspringed away from a swing from a spear holding soldier, and when she landed on her feet, pushed the spear up, and delievered a hard kick into the soldier;s gut, causing him to throw up. Half Moon then lifted her foot up and slammed at the back of the man's head, sending him to the ground.
"Jayfeather, you're making me blush! What do you-GRENADE!"
Jayfeather almost panicked when Lionblaze charged at it and kicked like a football, sending it into the enemies line of soldiers, "COME AT US YA BASTARDS WE'RE RIGHT HERE!"
"I'll cleave ya LENGTHWISE MAGGOTS!" Hawkfrost giggled with joy as he ripped and tore apart the enemy soldiers.
Half Moon returned to her asking, piking up a AK 47 off the ground and firing into the Bloodclan and ARS soldiers, "What we're we talking about?!"
Jayfeather floated into the air, and opened his palms, shooting lighting through the front lines of soldiers.
"You asked me what I was meaning?"
"Yeah what did you mean?" Half Moon reloaded.
Jayfeather watched as a missle from an RPG went flying at him, only to smirk as Crowflight was already on it, sending it back at it's source with his powers.
"I mean let's take the next big step!"
"WHICH IS?!" Half Moon shouted as she dropped the gun and drew her side arm, firing blindly.
"Will you marry me?"
Like the battlefield had gone quiet, Half Moon had dropped everything she was doing, "W-what?!"
"I SAID WHAT I SAID!" Jayfeather shouted, floating down onto one knee, picking up her gun and handing it to her, "Will you marry me?"
Half Moon took the gun and nodded furiously, "YES!"
"FUCK YES!" Jayfeather laughed in victory, as he went back to the fight at hand.
Jaywhisker was floating up, firing all of his missiles, beams, and charges at the enemy, and smirked, "HEY FOXLEP! YOU WANT TO BORROW THE SUIT?! YOU'LL LOVE IT!"
"DON'T MOCK ME!" Foxleap screamed from behind two soldiers from the court of miracles.
"OH WHAT'S WRONG?! JEALOUS YOU DON'T GOT A SUIT OF YER OWN?!"
Foxleap hissed, and touched his arm piece and started fidgeting with it, "Payload ETA?!"
"Two minutes."
Foxleap scowled, "Damn it...come sooner why don't ya?!"
Meanwhile, on the other side of the battlefield, Poppyfrost was still on her horse, naginata in one hand, and rapier in the other, hacking and slashing all in her way.
Eventually, the horse was shot in the head, and stumbled down, trapping Poppyfost on the ground as she let a string of curses escape her mouth.
As the soldiers trained their guns on her...
"rrrmrRAAAAAHHRRRRRRHHHHH!"
A giant Bengal tiger jumped at the soldiers, mauling them as they fired blindly, only to be taken care of by Poppyfrost's quick blade work.
"GOOD GIRL CHICA!" Poppyfrost shouted at the tiger, getting back into the fight.
"RRGHHH!" Ivypool tackled a soldier to the ground with her speed, and with lighting fast movement, knocked him out with one strike, before twirling out of the way of bullets. She zoomed across the lines of soldiers, helping out her friends, just by getting to save them first.
Dovewing sped to her side, "Hawkfrost is down! He's been shot in the right abdominal! I'm taking him back to the den to heal him up."
"BE SAFE!" Ivypool shouted and went back to fighting.
"PAYLOAD IS HERE!" Midnight pointed at the sky.
Foxleap grinned madly, "Finally."
Jaywhisker smirked and looked at the sky, starting to smirk. "What?! Is it some stupid HellbatOHMYGODWHATTHEFUCKISTHAT?!"
Foxleap grinned like the devil.
"You ever seen that old movie called...Avatar?"
Being carried by a giant drone, a GARGANTUANT Mech Suit, armed to the teeth with shoulder mounted rockets, arm mounted turrets and rocket boosters at the back.
"I made some improvements."
As the bullets the enemy fired bounced off the drone and suit, Foxleap leaped into the air and caught it's foot, hoisting himself up and climbing around the back, before hopping into the suit. Instantly, he grabbed a dome like headset, and fastened it on.
All while Jaywhisker started cursing.
Foxleap smirked, and moved his right arm, the mech suits arm moving in sync.
He pressed a button and the drone dropped it, and he landed on his feet.
"WOAH THIS THING ROCKS!" Foxleap smirked, making a fist out of his left hand, shooting his machine gun, "BEAT THAT JAYWHISKER! I TOLD YOU I'M SMARTER!"
"I could have built that! I just...haven't seen the movie!"
Foxleap charged into the enemy line, taking them all on as he hollered and hooted.
Lionblaze charged through like a juggernaut, not being faltered for a sec, "WHERE'S BERRYNOSE?!"
Poppyfrost hollered back, "DON'T WORRY! HE KNOWS THE PLAN!"
"What the fuck is the plan here?" Berrynose grunted, following Seashell as he and the rest of the team passed through the mountain side.
"We go in, disable the bomb, and get out. There defenses are low, because everyone is fighting in the valley," Seashell explained.
Berrynose scowled, "There are DEFINITELY going to be defenses."
"Yeah, well, it won't be as big as the ones out there," Dusty sighed from the rear, watching their backs.
Daffodil smirked, leading the crew down the shiny hallways and corridors, "As long as your guys do their part, we shouldn't have a problem."
Sunfield twirled his katana, almost slicing Honeyfern's arm, "Ack! Stop it!"
"Sorry," Sunfield squealed.
Berrynose growled, "Don't even aim that blade at Honeyfern again, you little cre-"
BANG!
Daffodill's face exploded with blood, as the bullet passed through her brain, killing her instantly.
"DOWN!"
"DAFFODIL!" Mallowleaf shouted in rage as she fired down the tunnel, while everyone else dropped behind some crates. "DAMMIT!"
Seashell leaped out of the way and before she started crying, lifted her gun to fire on the shooter.
Dusty roared in rage, while Berrynose tackled Honeyfern into cover, protecting her firstly.
Seashell snarled as she reigned cover fire, and snarled when she saw the shooter.
"GARRISON!"
The tall man hissed as he lit up the hallway with a machine gun, an ARX 160 to be precise.
"COME ON! YOU THINK YOU CAN STOP ME?! I TOOK ON JAYFEATHER, FIRESTAR, JAY'S WING, AND FERNSONG ONE HANDED!"
Seashell roared as the two continued their shootout, peeking over their respective covers, while Garrison hid behind a corner.
"IF YOU'RE SO GOOD, COME OUT AND FIGHT WITHOUT THE GUN!" Seashell hollered back.
Dusty stifled a cry as Sunfield moved to hide his eyes from the body of Daffodil.
Berrynose grunted, "Fuckin hell...WE GOTTA PUT AN END TO THIS!"
Garrison shouted, "I AM! COME ON OUT! YOU'RE NOT TOUCHING THE WEAPON!"
Seashell hid behind the crates and growled, "We can't get through him...we need a distraction."
Sunfield smirked.
As Garrison reloaded his gun, leaning against a corner.
SshhhING!
Garrison peeked over the side to see Sunfield confidentially striding forward with a katana.
"I CHALLENGE YOU GARRISON, TO A DUEL NOT WITH THESE UNCIVILIZED INSTRUMENTS, BUT WITH OUR BLAD-"
Garrison lifted his gun in annoyance.
BANG!
Sunfield ducked down, just in time for Seashell to light up the now open Garrison.
The four bullets pressed through Garrison, and the gun dropped out of his hands, just in time for Sunfield to charge forward and push him back, slide kicking the gun behind him, so Honeyfern would pick it up.
Sunfield grinned, "Blindsides eh?"
Dusty grinned from back, and started to snarl, "Sunfield! Kill him!"
Sunfield looked back at Dusty, "Pleasure's all mi-"
In the second that Sunfield's eyes left Garrison, the downed ARS member gripped his side arm holstered at his backside and aimed it at Sunfield's head.
BANG!
The bullet tore through the left side of Sunfield's neck, and he gurgled and grabbed his neck in shock, blood spewing across Garrison's face.
"SUUUNFIEEELLLD!" Dusty screamed in shock.
Garrison hoisted himself up as Sunfield sunk to his knees, and Dusty raced forward to catch him.
Berrynose grabbed his gun and fired at the running Garrison, getting him twice in the back, and Garrison winced at the shots, falling to lean on the wall of the hallway, but trudging forward to the weapon.
"Stay with me!" Dusty shouted in desperation.
Sunfield nodded desperately, tears forming in his eyes as his hands became coated with blood in an attempt to stop the blood flow.
Berrynose scowled, and turned to Seashell, "Where is the bomb?"
Seashell looked at Sunfield's body in sorrow.
Berrynose lowered his voice, "Tell me, or there will be another billion children like him bleeding on the streets..."
Seashell looked up at him and pointed down the hallway where Garrison ran.
Berrynose scowled.
"Cover me...keep any reinforcements from coming."
Mallowleaf closed Daffodil's eyes and nodded, "We'll keep 'em busy. Dusty! Get Sunfield outta here."
Dusty nodded ferociously.
Honeyfern looked at Berrynose, who stood a good five yards away.
"Don't worry," Berrynose nodded, "I get to be the hero this time..."
Honeyfern nodded, "Be safe."
Berrynose nodded and picked up the gun, walking down the hallway, blood in his eyes.
Rock scowled, from the summit of the mountain he watched the battle in the valley.
"It's impossible to tell who is winning," Rock growled.
Sky nodded, "It seems it's evenly matched. I always knew my army had what it takes to beat gods..."
Rock floated upwards, "Not me..."
Sky smirked, "At the moment...we never really tried."
Rock scowled, "It was a mistake to trust you."
Sky shrugged, "We all make mistakes. My mistake was not treating you like the threat you really are."
"Thank you," Rock grinned madly.
"Instead I should have treated you like the moronic fool you are..."
Rock growled, and Sky nodded again, "You're a despot. A fool. With a half baked plan of destroying the world and for what?"
"Humanity has become too corrupt...to murderous and traitorous."
"Like you? You're murdering and betraying everyone..."
"To save humanity while we can..."
"Look at us...do we look like we want your saving grace?"
Rock heard the drawing of a gun, and turned around to see Sky having drawn a smooth pistol.
Rock was unimpressed, "You know that can't kill me..."
Sky smirked.
"I know."
She placed the gun to her chin.
"See you around."
BANG!
The bullet passed through her skull instantaneous, and she crumbled like a deck of cards to the floor, gun skidding out of her hands...
Rock looked in surprise...
Why did she...
What did she mean by...
Rock didn't know.
And like all the other times...
It angered him.
Berrynose passed through the hallway, and tried to kick the door open.
"Open...Open...DAMN IT OPEN UP!"
Berrynose noticed the handle, and with a slight pull, slid it open.
Berrynose mumbled.
Still a moron.
He flung the door open, and looked upon the scene.
Garrison, who was taking a knee on the floor, was guarding a apple shaped device, larger then three men were...A panel beside it showed the countdown, which revealed they had a decent...twenty minutes before it went off.
Berrynose scoffed, "Of course you're still alive...does no one stay dead anymore?"
Garrison huffed, and pulled out a bullet, grumbling, "It does get redundant doesn't it?"
He tried to reach for his holster, but he grabbed nothing but air.
Garrison scowled, and grunted.
Berrynose smirked, "Must have dropped it as you ran..."
Garrison pulled out a combat knife, "I can still fight."
Berrynose raised Sunfield's Sword at Garrison's head.
"So can I."
Garrison tried to strike first, gripping the knife in a reverse grip and attempted to swing at Berrynose's neck, only for Berrynose to dodge, and swing upward, nicking Garrison's elbow.
Berrynose attempted a left swing, and a upward slam, but Garrison deflected the swing, and parried the other, dragging his arm back and swiping at Berrynose's face, this time slashing him across the head, above his left eyebrow.
The blood seeped down Berrynose's head, and blinded his left eye, and he quickly side stepped back, making space between Garrison and himself.
"You're not touching the bomb..." Garrison huffed, like a statement more then a order. "There is no stopping the bomb. It can't be disarmed."
Berrynose grunted, "Then why are you defending it?"
"Because I have a bone to pick with you're friends...and seeing as how you're the closest...you'll do for steam blowing."
"I am to please," Berrynose snapped back, and thrusted the blade forward, managing to skewer Garrison's shoulder.
Garrison was slow, and a little sluggish, but was fighting well. Strike for strike, he matched Berrynose's injuries with injuries of his own. The two were fighting well.
Berrynose dodged a sweep, and crashed the blade down on Garrison, who blocked it with his own. Garrison pushed Berrynose, but since Berrynose was clearly more athletic, he shoved Garrison to the ground.
As he hit the ground, Berrynose swung downward on Garrison, hoping to impale him to the ground. But the ARS commander lifted his knife to block the strike, and quickly slashed across Berrynose's gut, as he rolled away, clutching his stomach.
Garrison got to his feet, and swung the knife, aiming at Berrynose's head, but the jock caught the sword with his palm spewed blood, but he didn't let go of the knife. In one strike, Berrynose wrenched it out of Garrison's hands and slashed the sword down on Garrison's arm.
Correction.
Through the arm.
Garrison screamed as his right arm fell to the ground, as blood gushed like a fucking waterfall. He tripped on his own feet and kicked himself back to rest beside the bomb, unfastening his belt and trying to tie a tourniquet.
This fight was done.
Berrynose went to the bomb, and started talking to his earpiece.
"Foxleap! I'm at the bomb!"
"Okay! There should be a master switch somewhere, or some sort of keyhole. You get the master key, or pull the master switch's wire, it should disable the bomb."
Berrynose turned to Garrison's body, "Gimme the key!"
Garrison chuckled darkly, "What key? I told you there is no stopping the bomb. No master switch, no master key. NOTHING!"
Berrynose looked at the panel in desperation.
He was right. This bomb was going off.
Berrynose gulped.
"What if we can reduce the blast radius?"
Garrison immediately bulged his eyes.
No...
Berrynose could hear Foxleap sigh in the background.
"Berrynose..."
Berrynose nodded, "I know...I'm ready bro...take care of Honeyfern for me..."
"I will...pull the red wire...and start putting in these equations, EXACTLY as I say them!"
As Berrynose went to work, he pressed the earpiece again. "Seashell! Mallowleaf1 Get outta the mountain now!"
"We're pinned down!"
"GET OUT OR YOU'LL DIE. THE BOMB IS GOING OFF!"
"If the bomb goes off, there won't be anywhere to run! It'll take all of Forrestlake! We-"
Beryynose sighed, "No...no we can save Forrestlake...but we can't save the mountain..."
The coms went silent.
"Understood. We'll get Honeyfern out..."
Berrynose cried with joy..."Thank you Seashell..."
Garrison began pulling his radio out, but Berrynose paid him no mind. This bomb wasn't stopping.
"SKY! SKY, they found a loophole! They are trying to reduce the blast radius!"
The voice that came back, wasn't Sky.
"WHAT?!" Rock roared back.
Garrison immediately understood.
He stopped fighting, and let himself bleed out.
"What's your name kid?" Garrison asked.
"Berrynose," he answered, as he finished what Foxleap told him.
Garrison nodded, "I'll remember that..."
"Sure you will..."
Berrynose looked as the timer went down.
"Heh...my turn to be the hero..."
The blinding light enveloped the mountain.
A bright light blinded the team. It was so bright, they had to lift their hands to cover their eyes.
The air felt like it had gotten twenty degrees hotter.
Their was a ringing sound in their ears...
The light faded, and soon enough it was gone.
Ivypool peeked her eyes open and gasped in shock and surprise.
The mountain was gone...
Leveled...
A MASSIVE hole in the ground where it should have been.
The grass beneath their feet was dried out...
Ivypool looked around...
"Wait...IT DIDN'T DESTROY US!"
Jayfeather, who had reached the same conclusion, was hollering for joy as Half Moon hugged him largely.
Foxleap opened the glass shield of his suit, and wiped his teary eyes...
"Berrynose?" Lionblaze asked...hopeful.
Foxleap shook his head.
Lionblaze hung his head low, "Oh..."
The team looked at each other, as the remaining ARS soldiers lowered their weapons as Coalstrike and Ashtooth lead their resistance forces to gather their weapons.
Rock...
Was kneeling right outside the massive crater.
Not angry.
Or glowing with power.
Just...
Sitting there...
The three took a look at each other.
And walked up to him.
I'd say I'm sorry. But I have a right to deal with my life. Enjoy.
Adios