When Angels Fall
The airship lifted off, debris from the explosion scattered around it. Nobody noticed the capsule until a loud cracking sound filled the air and the remains of the capsule raining down.
A dull, red light slowly appeared, and the machine gazed around itself slowly. It looked at it's own hand and asked, "Who am I?" Suddenly, all the thoughts and memories of Kefka came to him. "Yes... that's right, I am Kefka, God of this pitiful world. This mechanical body is perfect for me to rule once again." He pointed his hand at a forest and a white beam shot out and destroyed the forest in a bright flash of light. He heard a loud screech and gazed down at a ship far below him, and the small pink being on it.
Sabin rushed to Terra's side. "Terra, your... you're an esper again!" Shadow's gaze drifted upwards. "Relm... was that what you wanted to tell me about? Is that...Kefka? Because if it is... we are in a lot of trouble." Shadow lifted his hands and began to chant, a small ball of fire beginning to form, Relm already beginning to sketch it. "Relm, stop that," Edgar shouted, "You don't know what that will do!" Celes chanted for a few moments then pointed her hand at the machine, "Ice 3." A spear of ice formed and shot out, freezing the air around it. The spear smashed into the machine, but nothing happened. She fell to her knees and shook her head.
He turned and gazed down at where the ice had come from. "So these puny mortals want to challenge me? Fine, I shall match them blow for blow until they are crushed. Fire 3!" He watched the sphere smash into the hull of the ship and turned his attention elsewhere.
Cyan saw the blast coming and chanted, "Shell!" A green sphere overlapped the ship for a second, then the flame hit, rocking the ship and knowing everyone down. Terra leaped up into the air and rushed at the machine.
He saw the pink thing leap up and charge at him. It was nothing more than a fly to him. He spread his metallic wings to their full extent and turned to a ton just north of the tower. "Now you shall se the brink of my power," And saying that, he put his hands close together, a white light forming between them. He brought his hands together, the light shooting out. A bright flash of light, then a giant crater stood where just a second ago, the town was, and quickly filling with water. He heard a voice call out "What kind of monster are you?" He gazed down at the ship and replied, "I am the Mechanos Angel... no, I am Kefka... God of these worthless mortals. Bow before me and you may survive." He turned away from the airship and felt a tingling across his back as lightning hit him. He turned back to the ship, annoyed that someone would challenge his might. "For that you shall all perish. Ultima!"
An explosion formed in the sky, the shockwave ripping across the deck of the airship, hitting everyone with pure magic. Shadow, his arms crossed in front of his face, tripped over a rope and rolled down the stairs. Relm's sword went flying out of her hands, almost hitting Mog, whose spear was stabbed into the boards.
After the shockwave subsided, Relm lifted her head and looked around. Everyone was unconscious... or dead. She picked up her sword and put it back into its sheath. She picked up her sketch pad and began to draw.
He slowly looked around, taking in everything that had changed while he was gone. A few new villages, some small cities. Nothing that truly interested him. Suddenly, an explosion hit him across the back, strong enough to damage some of his components, nothing truly vital though. He turned and saw another machine flying there... no... it was the same one. He lashed out and tore a hole through the center of it. It began to collapse on itself. He grasped it firmly and ripped it in half. "Paper? How can this be made out of paper?" He turned back to the airship and saw a girl standing there, a sketch pad in one hand. He swept down and knocked her overboard. He heard a scream, but ignored it.
Shadow struggled to the top of the stairs just as Relm was knocked overboard. He grabbed the rope and tied a dagger to it. He tossed it down to Relm. The line slackened for a second, then went taut. He turned and looked up at the machine. He whispered softly, then raised his hand and called out "Holy!" The sky brightened as small spheres of light filled the air and began to swarm around the machine, then began flying into it.
He saw the light circling around him, and felt small explosions on the steel. He turned back to the airship, wondering who still dared to challenge him. He saw a man, dressed in pure black. Something in him feared this man, but a larger part felt only felt hate. He gazed at the man, wondering who this person was, until asking "Who are you?"
Shadow walked forward, his gazed locked on the machine. "I am the Angel of death. Everything that has a beginning has an end. You call yourself a god, yet even gods have fallen before me. You were once a human who toyed with the power of the goddesses but paid the price. You may have a new body, but that will also fall and you shall perish once again." Then, chanting the ancient words, Shadow raised his hand and called out, "Meteo!" Dark clouds quickly formed, black lightning crackling between them. The sky glowed red as the large rocks rained down on the machine. Shadow chanted again, and pointed a hand to the machine, "Flair!" The metal of the machine glowed bright red as the spheres of fire swarmed into it, then quickly flew out of it. Steam rose from the metal as it quickly changed back to it's original color. "Do you think your puny little attacks can harm me? You can't damage me even with your most powerful spells, so just give up," and saying this, the machine shot a sphere of fire at the ship. Shadow quickly killed the flames using Ice, then began chanting again. He raised both hands to the air and called out "Stop!" A bright flash, and for a moment, the machine appeared to stop, but quickly began moving again. "Do you think you can stop me so easily?" the machine asked, raising both hands above his head. Another white sphere began to form, and he shot it at the ship. Shadow slipped on the memento ring, and leaped n front of the blast, taking all the damage. He fell back on the deck and wiped at the blood at the corner of his mouth. A bolt of lightning shot out from the machine and knocked Shadow down.
Kefka turned away from the ship and saw a small farming village. He shot out again, destroying the town and farms in a sphere of fire. In a moment, a giant crater remained where the town once stood. He turned to the fleeing prisoners and fired off smaller spheres. One by one the prisoners fell, there skin burning.
Relm finished climbing aboard the airship and looked around. "This worked once, it might work again." She took out her sketchpad and began to draw.
Kefka continued his wave of destruction, blasts of energy destroying trees and crops. Suddenly, another blast of energy slammed into him. He turned and saw another copy of himself, which was quickly disposed of, then he turned back to the airship. "Why do you continue to annoy me? I shall finish you off once and for all. Doom!"
Shadow lifted his head and saw a dark shadow pass over Relm as she fell to the deck. "It ends now. Too many people have had to suffer because of Kefka, and any machine that destroys without mercy must be destroyed." Saying this, Shadow began chanting, his hands clasped together. "Vanish!" Dark shadows fell across the machine, which quickly faded away. Shadow chanted one last spell and gazed up at the machine. "X-Zone!" A giant tear formed in the sky, then closed as everything around it was sucked in. Shadow looked across the deck into the devastated landscape and shook his head. "Why must everyone perish because of this? Why did Kefka strive for such power?" He chanted and looked around "Life!" Shafts of light broke through the clouds of smoke and one by one, the party stirred. Shadow looked around one last time then leapt over the side and climbed down the chain. He turned back to the airship, then ran towards the tower remains.
The man lifted his head and looked around. The others were not going to like this, he thought. He climbed out of the hole and wiped the dust off his uniform. Suddenly, a dagger landed at his feet. He looked up and saw a man clad in pure black standing over him. "Tell your leader that the Angel of Death is coming for him, and no matter what, he will die." After hearing this, the man turned and ran away from the tower, and the strange man dressed in black.
Several weeks later...
Terra lifted the monster carefully and called to Sabin, "Another one." Sabin rushed over to Terra and said, "Hard to believe, ever since magic was brought back into this world, espers have begun to appear more and more frequently. Soon you'll have to open the sealed cave once again, Edgar's little haven for them is filling up pretty fast." Terra looked at the monster and stated the long trek back to Figaro castle, and the haven for espers.
The airship lifted off, debris from the explosion scattered around it. Nobody noticed the capsule until a loud cracking sound filled the air and the remains of the capsule raining down.
A dull, red light slowly appeared, and the machine gazed around itself slowly. It looked at it's own hand and asked, "Who am I?" Suddenly, all the thoughts and memories of Kefka came to him. "Yes... that's right, I am Kefka, God of this pitiful world. This mechanical body is perfect for me to rule once again." He pointed his hand at a forest and a white beam shot out and destroyed the forest in a bright flash of light. He heard a loud screech and gazed down at a ship far below him, and the small pink being on it.
Sabin rushed to Terra's side. "Terra, your... you're an esper again!" Shadow's gaze drifted upwards. "Relm... was that what you wanted to tell me about? Is that...Kefka? Because if it is... we are in a lot of trouble." Shadow lifted his hands and began to chant, a small ball of fire beginning to form, Relm already beginning to sketch it. "Relm, stop that," Edgar shouted, "You don't know what that will do!" Celes chanted for a few moments then pointed her hand at the machine, "Ice 3." A spear of ice formed and shot out, freezing the air around it. The spear smashed into the machine, but nothing happened. She fell to her knees and shook her head.
He turned and gazed down at where the ice had come from. "So these puny mortals want to challenge me? Fine, I shall match them blow for blow until they are crushed. Fire 3!" He watched the sphere smash into the hull of the ship and turned his attention elsewhere.
Cyan saw the blast coming and chanted, "Shell!" A green sphere overlapped the ship for a second, then the flame hit, rocking the ship and knowing everyone down. Terra leaped up into the air and rushed at the machine.
He saw the pink thing leap up and charge at him. It was nothing more than a fly to him. He spread his metallic wings to their full extent and turned to a ton just north of the tower. "Now you shall se the brink of my power," And saying that, he put his hands close together, a white light forming between them. He brought his hands together, the light shooting out. A bright flash of light, then a giant crater stood where just a second ago, the town was, and quickly filling with water. He heard a voice call out "What kind of monster are you?" He gazed down at the ship and replied, "I am the Mechanos Angel... no, I am Kefka... God of these worthless mortals. Bow before me and you may survive." He turned away from the airship and felt a tingling across his back as lightning hit him. He turned back to the ship, annoyed that someone would challenge his might. "For that you shall all perish. Ultima!"
An explosion formed in the sky, the shockwave ripping across the deck of the airship, hitting everyone with pure magic. Shadow, his arms crossed in front of his face, tripped over a rope and rolled down the stairs. Relm's sword went flying out of her hands, almost hitting Mog, whose spear was stabbed into the boards.
After the shockwave subsided, Relm lifted her head and looked around. Everyone was unconscious... or dead. She picked up her sword and put it back into its sheath. She picked up her sketch pad and began to draw.
He slowly looked around, taking in everything that had changed while he was gone. A few new villages, some small cities. Nothing that truly interested him. Suddenly, an explosion hit him across the back, strong enough to damage some of his components, nothing truly vital though. He turned and saw another machine flying there... no... it was the same one. He lashed out and tore a hole through the center of it. It began to collapse on itself. He grasped it firmly and ripped it in half. "Paper? How can this be made out of paper?" He turned back to the airship and saw a girl standing there, a sketch pad in one hand. He swept down and knocked her overboard. He heard a scream, but ignored it.
Shadow struggled to the top of the stairs just as Relm was knocked overboard. He grabbed the rope and tied a dagger to it. He tossed it down to Relm. The line slackened for a second, then went taut. He turned and looked up at the machine. He whispered softly, then raised his hand and called out "Holy!" The sky brightened as small spheres of light filled the air and began to swarm around the machine, then began flying into it.
He saw the light circling around him, and felt small explosions on the steel. He turned back to the airship, wondering who still dared to challenge him. He saw a man, dressed in pure black. Something in him feared this man, but a larger part felt only felt hate. He gazed at the man, wondering who this person was, until asking "Who are you?"
Shadow walked forward, his gazed locked on the machine. "I am the Angel of death. Everything that has a beginning has an end. You call yourself a god, yet even gods have fallen before me. You were once a human who toyed with the power of the goddesses but paid the price. You may have a new body, but that will also fall and you shall perish once again." Then, chanting the ancient words, Shadow raised his hand and called out, "Meteo!" Dark clouds quickly formed, black lightning crackling between them. The sky glowed red as the large rocks rained down on the machine. Shadow chanted again, and pointed a hand to the machine, "Flair!" The metal of the machine glowed bright red as the spheres of fire swarmed into it, then quickly flew out of it. Steam rose from the metal as it quickly changed back to it's original color. "Do you think your puny little attacks can harm me? You can't damage me even with your most powerful spells, so just give up," and saying this, the machine shot a sphere of fire at the ship. Shadow quickly killed the flames using Ice, then began chanting again. He raised both hands to the air and called out "Stop!" A bright flash, and for a moment, the machine appeared to stop, but quickly began moving again. "Do you think you can stop me so easily?" the machine asked, raising both hands above his head. Another white sphere began to form, and he shot it at the ship. Shadow slipped on the memento ring, and leaped n front of the blast, taking all the damage. He fell back on the deck and wiped at the blood at the corner of his mouth. A bolt of lightning shot out from the machine and knocked Shadow down.
Kefka turned away from the ship and saw a small farming village. He shot out again, destroying the town and farms in a sphere of fire. In a moment, a giant crater remained where the town once stood. He turned to the fleeing prisoners and fired off smaller spheres. One by one the prisoners fell, there skin burning.
Relm finished climbing aboard the airship and looked around. "This worked once, it might work again." She took out her sketchpad and began to draw.
Kefka continued his wave of destruction, blasts of energy destroying trees and crops. Suddenly, another blast of energy slammed into him. He turned and saw another copy of himself, which was quickly disposed of, then he turned back to the airship. "Why do you continue to annoy me? I shall finish you off once and for all. Doom!"
Shadow lifted his head and saw a dark shadow pass over Relm as she fell to the deck. "It ends now. Too many people have had to suffer because of Kefka, and any machine that destroys without mercy must be destroyed." Saying this, Shadow began chanting, his hands clasped together. "Vanish!" Dark shadows fell across the machine, which quickly faded away. Shadow chanted one last spell and gazed up at the machine. "X-Zone!" A giant tear formed in the sky, then closed as everything around it was sucked in. Shadow looked across the deck into the devastated landscape and shook his head. "Why must everyone perish because of this? Why did Kefka strive for such power?" He chanted and looked around "Life!" Shafts of light broke through the clouds of smoke and one by one, the party stirred. Shadow looked around one last time then leapt over the side and climbed down the chain. He turned back to the airship, then ran towards the tower remains.
The man lifted his head and looked around. The others were not going to like this, he thought. He climbed out of the hole and wiped the dust off his uniform. Suddenly, a dagger landed at his feet. He looked up and saw a man clad in pure black standing over him. "Tell your leader that the Angel of Death is coming for him, and no matter what, he will die." After hearing this, the man turned and ran away from the tower, and the strange man dressed in black.
Several weeks later...
Terra lifted the monster carefully and called to Sabin, "Another one." Sabin rushed over to Terra and said, "Hard to believe, ever since magic was brought back into this world, espers have begun to appear more and more frequently. Soon you'll have to open the sealed cave once again, Edgar's little haven for them is filling up pretty fast." Terra looked at the monster and stated the long trek back to Figaro castle, and the haven for espers.