A/N: This book is almost done; we are a few short chapters from seeing the
end of the story. In the true fashion of the Chrono Series there will be
multiple endings, so once the end of the book has been reached you can tack
on one of the many endings to get the one you like. One of these endings
will segue into the next book. Just a warning, if you felt this was a Mary
Sue I tried my hardest, and maybe you shouldn't be so overly critical. And
if you did feel this was a Mary Sue I would recommend that you do NOT read
the next book so those that do, do not have to wade through your vicious
reviews. If you don't like it then go away! Thank you. Now to the story,
and Happy Thanksgiving in Advance!
Chapter 15 Land of a Thousand Kitties
"Time to get up." Came Shaun's voice from afar. Paul opened his eyes and saw Diss glaring at him. Paul just sighed and joined Steena in a soft slumber. Christy walked up behind Diss and whispered in his ear. Christy tried to probe Paul's mind but failed. Paul picked up his Halberd and walked over to his boat dragging it on the beach. Shaun walked up to Paul and the two chatted for a while. Diss' senses went haywire as he whirled around to see countless Shadow Cats. Paul noticed them as well and jumped in front of Christy. Shaun punched the earth and grabbed his mace. Steena drew her sword and stepped next to Paul.
"Here kitty kitty." Paul taunted. The Shadow Cats attacked viciously using their claws. Paul was slashed across his chest and back before he was able to eliminate the first foe. Steena kicked an incoming cat and slashed another away from Christy whose back was exposed. Diss was able to fend them off before the numbers were overwhelming.
"Too..DAMN..MANY!" Shaun yelled bashing another cat away. Paul and Diss fought back to back before they were overwhelmed by the shadows.
"This could get annoying real fast.." Paul mumbled blasting himself with lightening knocking several cats away.
"Ya, I noticed that as well." Diss said getting up. Paul swung up hard and cleaved a Shadow Cat's head off. Diss was able to plant his staff and use it as a pole to kick a cat into a group of others. Christy was able to hold a small handful of cats with her mind before they overwhelmed her. Shaun swiped them off of her and was pelted in the back.
"PAUL! THERE ARE TOO MANY!" Steena yelled kicking another cat away.
"YOU THINK?" Paul replied. He hoisted a cat up and tossed it into another as he was slashed in the back again. Diss cleared them off of Paul as he swung his staff around and around. Christy fell under a large group of them when Diss blasted them off with a large bolt of fire. Steena was kicking and punching them as she tried to get back up.
"THIS..IS..PISSING..ME..OFF!" Paul yelled rising in the air blasting as many cats as he could with his magic. He slowly made his way to the center slashing the cats as he began to spin. Before he could gain enough speed the Shadow Cats tackled him down swiping crazily. Diss tried to summon all his energy but was unable to by the relentless assault.
"Looks like you mates need my help as always!" Kid yelled slashing cats off of Diss. Shaun and Serge were able to swipe a path to Paul as Fargo helped Steena get up. The sky grew dark as more cats entered the fray.
"JESUS!" Shaun and Serge yelled barely defeating a wave of cats. Glenn swung his Einlanzer carefully trying to hit as many cats as possible. The sky darkened again as more cats joined their comrades in battle. Steena and Fargo were overrun and were fighting for their lives as they flailed around. Serge and Glenn were tossed around as they fell to the swarm of cats. Diss and Christy couldn't hold them all off as they fell.
"GET THEM!" Marcy yelled pointing at the fray of kitties. A large group of Acacia Dragoons ran into battle with Karsh and Zoah and they began evening the odds. Paul blasted the area with electricity and the cats flew in all different directions. Viper swung his sword quickly slashing the cats away as he made a path to Diss. Paul was unable to see anything when a man in black armor picked up the cat in his face and threw it away.
"I believe your ghost rescued me." The man said.
"For the wrong reasons." Paul mumbled.
"Dario." The man said swiping away another cat.
"Paul." Paul replied kicking another cat away. The two fought their way over to Diss as the fight looked better with the Dragoons help. The sky darkened again and the cats leaped from the forest into the very crowded beach. One Dragoon fell down and was slaughtered. Two cats were smashed together by a vicious sandwich from a fat man and a tall gangly man.
"Excellently excellent, Peppor." The tall man said.
"Shaking!" Peppor replied.
"Solt, Peppor, cover my flank!" Karsh yelled swinging his axe around trying to cleave the heads off the Shadow Cats.
"YOU LIKE THAT?" Marcy yelled slapping a cat in the nose. "HUH?" She yelled again backhanding another cat with her shield. The sky darkened again as more and more cats were being pumped into the beach war.
"GET THE DAMN TABLES!" Paul yelled loudly as he rammed a large group of shadows into nothing.
"GET THE TABLES!" Diss, Shaun, Serge, Glenn, and Fargo replied.
"GET THE TABLES!" Paul yelled again swiping two cats away as he ran to the others.
"GET THE TABLES!" the small group replied. Shaun grabbed three rocks and made them into a large stone table. Paul flipped over a charging cat and swiped another away. Rocks lifted Fargo, Glenn and Serge as they carefully held the table over a large group of cats. Paul charged at Diss and Shaun and at the right moment they lifted him into the air tossing him as Paul slammed himself on the table causing it to free fall squishing a large handful of unsuspecting cats. Dragoons cheered as the cats began to thin in numbers. Viper and Dario fought back to back slashing away cats as they made their way to Paul and the others.
"GLAD YOU SQUASHED THE CATS, NOW HELP US!" Steena yelled backing into a corner with Christy. Paul and Diss charged full steam checking cats out of the way. They slashed the cats into nothing as the girls grinned in approval. The sky darkened and another legion of cats joined the battle. Acacia Dragoons began falling in large groups.
"I NEED HELP!" Marcy squeaked loudly kicking cats away. Paul ran to the rescue and was checked away by none other than a large Shadow Cat.
"YOU-WILL-NOT-GO-HOME!" It said in a voice similar to that of the computer FATE. Paul backhanded it away and ran to Marcy and tossed cats off of her like tossing salad. Marcy and Paul fought their way to the center where everyone was gathering. The cats were advancing on them tearing and swiping their way trying desperately to kill anyone in the way. Paul hit the field with lightening again and created a small distance of breathing room. The sky darkened again and more cats appeared, but the sky remained black. A large floating saucer began to slowly approach the small beachhead. Paul tried to blast but the cats took the hit. More cats were being transported into the crowded battlefield. The ghost of Garai was slashing away at the cats protecting Steena with the help of a large Hydra and an old woman. Paul was knocked on his feet as the large saucer was clearly seen overhead.
"Twenty minutes and counting." Came a loud computer voice. Paul's eyes widened as energy began to go to a small central core.
"Uh-oh." Diss said quietly. Serge swung the Mastermune and managed to get to a small clearing where he was able to use magic before he was tossed back into the fray. Garai screamed loudly a war cry that built more confidence in the Dragoons spirits. Zoah was punching crazily with Marcy before they were overrun. Shadow Cats covered the Hydra as it rolled to squish most of them. Paul rose in the air but was blasted down by a ray of dark energy. Diss was unable to keep going as he fell from exhaustion. Dragoons were dropping like flies as the cats kept coming and coming. Garai fell down as Shadow Cats swarmed him. Shaun tried to hurl rocks but he was too worried about hitting a Dragoon. Paul kept up but was overwhelmed by numbers as his swings grew weaker and weaker. Steena fell down and was punching off cats as the Mother ship spoke again.
"Five Minutes to your destruction. Have a nice day." Diss sighed as Christy kicked another cat away.
"How generous ta ask us ta have a nice day during a BLOODY FIGHT!" Kid yelled fighting off a wave of more cats. Cats pelted Viper and Karsh who was unable to swing his axe anymore. The cats continued to keep coming and tiring down everyone. Serge made his way to Diss and the two chatted for a while when Serge rose in the air. Diss was able to summon his energy, but the Mother Ship had built up enough power.
"I love you Steena!" Paul yelled as he jumped over cats to reach Diss and Serge. He rose in the air and began to build enough speed so the cats were unable to stop him. The power of the Mother Ship was being drained by a fraction courtesy of Paul as Diss released with Serge, releasing Solaris. Paul released his energy at the right moment and the flames erupted blowing up and destroying anything robotic. The Mother Ship fell into the sea and the Shadow Cats stopped coming. The Dragoons were able to stop the cats as Paul, Serge, and Diss hit the ground with a distinct thud.
"I don't wanna ride the pony anymore mommy." Diss mumbled before going unconscious.
"THAT WAS COOL!" Marcy said getting up and dusting herself off.
"Indeed." Zoah said exhausted.
"AGAIN!" Fargo and Glenn screamed. Steena and Christy ran to the fallen.
"Owie." Paul mumbled through the sand.
"Dittto." Serge mumbled.
"What the bloody hell was that?" Kid asked.
"Gather round kiddies, today we are going to talk about Solaris Prime." Everyone conscious gathered around. "With Solaris in effect Paul used his Electric Obliteration attack to a small degree to erupt Diss' flames into mega flare. This caused a chemical unbalance with Luminaire causing Solaris to erupt into Solaris' Prime point. Thank You." Shaun said matter-of- factly. There was soft clapping from everyone who was impressed. Paul just fell into Steena's arms and rested closing his eyes falling unconscious.
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Diss groaned as he started coming around. He felt someone helping him sit up as he quickly started taking in his surroundings. He was in a tent and had bandages all over his body. He groaned as he felt nausea.
"Hold on Diss, I'm here just hold on." Christy said softly.
"I'm trying." He mumbled as he felt pain stab him in the stomach. He hissed.
"Don't move or I can't get these wounds clean Diss," Marcy said snappily.
"I take it the last of FATE's power plays is dead?" He said through gritted teeth. Marcy looked up at him a second before nodding. She returned her attention to the wounds as Diss again hissed in pain. Christy gently took his hand in hers when he noticed she too was covered in bandages. He gently squeezed her hand before hissing through his clenched teeth in pain. She returned the squeeze shortly after.
"We're going to wait till we're at a hundred percent. Then we're going to finish this stupid adventure." Christy whispered softly in his ear.
"Where are Paul and Shaun?" Diss asked as Marcy started bandaging his wound.
"Checking the dead for survivors," Christy said sadly.
"Anyone we know?" He asked stiffening at the word 'dead'. Christy shook her head solemnly. "When's the pyre?" He asked softly.
"In a few hours." She responded slowly.
"I'll rest up till then, but first get me some matches." Diss said slowly.
"Diss, no you're not taking the easy way out on this one, heal up normally," Christy lectured him.
"Fine." He said grumpily as he laid back, his head in her lap. It was then he noticed that his shirt was beyond any hope of repair. He sighed.
"What's wrong Diss?" Christy asked stroking his hair softly.
"This was my lucky shirt." Diss said holding up a strip of the fabric that was almost completely ripped off.
"What?" She asked confused.
"It's the shirt I was wearing when I proposed to you. It's my lucky shirt," Diss replied matter-of-factly.
"Boys," she mumbled under her breath before kissing his lips lightly. "When we get back I'll buy you a new one. Then we'll do something to make it really lucky." She grinned as she whispered against his lips. He kissed her back.
"How's our child?" Diss asked softly. Marcy had finished bandaging and moved onto the next victim the last of Diss' wounds bandaged up.
"Our son is doing great Daddy, thanks to you," She grinned before kissing him deeply. He returned the kiss fast as his arms wrapped around her. She pulled back looking into his eyes, "Not so fast Turbo. Not so close together or Paul and Shaun will eventually get us mid act." She put a finger to his lips tracing them before going on, "Besides, I want to wait till we get back. The others can keep Paul and Shaun at bay much easier than our friends here."
"Agreed," Diss said kissing her finger.
"Diss awake yet mate?" Came Kid's voice. Diss could feel Christy's silent laughs stop in her as she replied.
"Yes, Diss is awake. You wanted to talk to him?" Christy asked. Diss looked to see Kid nod at the entrance to the tent. Christy whispered a soft good- bye before gently setting his head on the pillow and leaving. "Go ahead and talk to him, I trust you," She said smiling at Kid before leaving. Kid smiled in turn nodding before heading over to Diss and sitting next to him.
"How ya holding up there mate?" Kid asked.
"Like I've been chewed up and spit out," Diss chuckled.
"I came cause I wanted ta ask ya something." Kid said uncomfortably.
"My hand in marriage?" Diss asked dryly.
"No actually, its about after this whole mess is over mate." Kid said chuckling.
"Go ahead and shoot," Diss said laying back.
"Are you going to stay here after it's done?"
"After what's done?" Diss asked confused.
"This whole mess mate."
Diss looked down, he knew the answer. He just didn't want to say it. He did like the girl. She was a good friend, but if he left her he would probably be doing so for the rest of both their lives. "Yes, I'll probably go back with Christy." Kid looked at him a second before turning the tears brimming in her eyes as she left. It was all Diss could do not to join in with his own tears.
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"Man, we got trashed out here Marcy." Paul said softly. Marcy moved around before she replied checking someone's pulse,
"Ya, HEY I GOT ONE!" Steena ran over to Marcy as did Paul to catch the man draw his last breath.
"Wow, that got me depressed." Paul said quietly. Steena just turned around avoiding contact with anyone. "You okay?" Paul asked. Steena nodded softly sniffling. Paul wrapped his arms around her before he looked at a man stirring softly. He ran over to him and helped him up as he dusted off his armor. "You my friend are very lucky." Paul said quietly.
"I appreciatly appreciate your help." The man said rubbing his head. "My name is Solt, one of the Shaker Brothers." Paul looked around to see another Dragoon slowly get up.
"Where's Viper?" the Dragoon groaned. Steena went to the mans aid and helped him limp over to the tent the survivors were stationed at.
"We took a lot of casualties." Paul said sadly. Solt rubbed his back as he looked for Peppor. Paul scanned the area as he spotted Dario slowly getting up. He ran over to him and helped him up placing Dario's arm over his back.
"Did we win?" Dario asked.
"Yeah, but we lost a lot of good men out here, not to mention I still have a huge gash on my back." Dario took a look at it.
"Yeah, that does look like it hurts. See this scar." Dario lifted his pant leg.
"Ohh." Paul said in aw. He lifted his shirt and showed him a scar across his chest. "Courtesy of the Black Dragon." Dario nodded in approval. He lifted up his cape and showed a large scar that ran down his spine.
"That was from the Isle of the Damned." Paul lifted his pant legs showing two large scars on each.
"Aryan invasion!" Paul said in triumph.
"PORRE INVASION!" Dario countered lifting his front shirt after removing his armor. Paul showed the back of his neck and said with pride,
"PISSED OFF STEENA!" Dario laughed pointing to a spot on his head.
"PISSED OFF RIDDEL!" The two laughed merrily to the tent as Marcy and Steena looked at them smiling.
"You got any Shaun." Shaun lifted his shirt to show a large bruise on his chest.
"Pissed off Orlha." Shaun said in embarrassment. After awhile every male in the compund was showing off his scars and battle wounds. The ladies just sat and watched. Christy looked at Diss who looked like he wanted to show off his.
"You do you die, and sleep on the couch." Diss just sighed laying back.
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At around five in the morning Kid was walking around the beach alone thinking to herself about what Diss said earlier. Paul walked out with a cup of water and he drank it slowly.
"Why you up mate?" Kid asked quietly.
"Same reason you are." Paul replied casually. Kid looked at him before she spoke.
"Aye mate, remember the brawl we had, ya know, the non magic duel?" Paul nodded grinning.
"We both got to tired to finish." Paul said laughing. "After we speared each other in the air and landed on each other." Kid laughed softly remembering the rib cracking moment.
"Yeah mate, I won that duel." Kid said in a teasing manner. Paul just laughed.
"Let me ask you something Kid." Paul asked sincerely.
"Shoot Mate." Kid replied.
"If you had to choose to join us and leave your way of life, or stay here, what would you choose?" Kid thought for a moment and shrugged. She then said softly,
"Let me ask ya this. If ya had ta choose between Steena and home, who would ya choose?" Paul looked at Kid blankly.
"I would.I would." Paul said trying to answer. Kid tapped her foot. "I don't know Kid." Kid nodded figuring she was right.
"I know how you feel mate." Kid said sitting next to him. Paul sat down as well and watched the crack of sunlight pear over the hills.
"Nice sunrise." Paul said in a half whisper. Kid nodded drawing her legs in. They spent the rest of the morning watching the sunrise.
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Diss and Christy were pleasantly sleeping together when Marcy closed the tent. She walked down the path and checked on Shaun, who was sleeping in a bed of rocks. She made her way to the other tents and saw Paul and Kid by the ocean. She walked up and sat next to Paul and leaned on him. Paul just placed an arm around Marcy as he enjoyed the sunrise. Steena shortly joined between Paul and Kid with a blanket that was big enough for all of them.
"Sugar water?" Paul asked in a whisper passing around his cup.
Chapter 15 Land of a Thousand Kitties
"Time to get up." Came Shaun's voice from afar. Paul opened his eyes and saw Diss glaring at him. Paul just sighed and joined Steena in a soft slumber. Christy walked up behind Diss and whispered in his ear. Christy tried to probe Paul's mind but failed. Paul picked up his Halberd and walked over to his boat dragging it on the beach. Shaun walked up to Paul and the two chatted for a while. Diss' senses went haywire as he whirled around to see countless Shadow Cats. Paul noticed them as well and jumped in front of Christy. Shaun punched the earth and grabbed his mace. Steena drew her sword and stepped next to Paul.
"Here kitty kitty." Paul taunted. The Shadow Cats attacked viciously using their claws. Paul was slashed across his chest and back before he was able to eliminate the first foe. Steena kicked an incoming cat and slashed another away from Christy whose back was exposed. Diss was able to fend them off before the numbers were overwhelming.
"Too..DAMN..MANY!" Shaun yelled bashing another cat away. Paul and Diss fought back to back before they were overwhelmed by the shadows.
"This could get annoying real fast.." Paul mumbled blasting himself with lightening knocking several cats away.
"Ya, I noticed that as well." Diss said getting up. Paul swung up hard and cleaved a Shadow Cat's head off. Diss was able to plant his staff and use it as a pole to kick a cat into a group of others. Christy was able to hold a small handful of cats with her mind before they overwhelmed her. Shaun swiped them off of her and was pelted in the back.
"PAUL! THERE ARE TOO MANY!" Steena yelled kicking another cat away.
"YOU THINK?" Paul replied. He hoisted a cat up and tossed it into another as he was slashed in the back again. Diss cleared them off of Paul as he swung his staff around and around. Christy fell under a large group of them when Diss blasted them off with a large bolt of fire. Steena was kicking and punching them as she tried to get back up.
"THIS..IS..PISSING..ME..OFF!" Paul yelled rising in the air blasting as many cats as he could with his magic. He slowly made his way to the center slashing the cats as he began to spin. Before he could gain enough speed the Shadow Cats tackled him down swiping crazily. Diss tried to summon all his energy but was unable to by the relentless assault.
"Looks like you mates need my help as always!" Kid yelled slashing cats off of Diss. Shaun and Serge were able to swipe a path to Paul as Fargo helped Steena get up. The sky grew dark as more cats entered the fray.
"JESUS!" Shaun and Serge yelled barely defeating a wave of cats. Glenn swung his Einlanzer carefully trying to hit as many cats as possible. The sky darkened again as more cats joined their comrades in battle. Steena and Fargo were overrun and were fighting for their lives as they flailed around. Serge and Glenn were tossed around as they fell to the swarm of cats. Diss and Christy couldn't hold them all off as they fell.
"GET THEM!" Marcy yelled pointing at the fray of kitties. A large group of Acacia Dragoons ran into battle with Karsh and Zoah and they began evening the odds. Paul blasted the area with electricity and the cats flew in all different directions. Viper swung his sword quickly slashing the cats away as he made a path to Diss. Paul was unable to see anything when a man in black armor picked up the cat in his face and threw it away.
"I believe your ghost rescued me." The man said.
"For the wrong reasons." Paul mumbled.
"Dario." The man said swiping away another cat.
"Paul." Paul replied kicking another cat away. The two fought their way over to Diss as the fight looked better with the Dragoons help. The sky darkened again and the cats leaped from the forest into the very crowded beach. One Dragoon fell down and was slaughtered. Two cats were smashed together by a vicious sandwich from a fat man and a tall gangly man.
"Excellently excellent, Peppor." The tall man said.
"Shaking!" Peppor replied.
"Solt, Peppor, cover my flank!" Karsh yelled swinging his axe around trying to cleave the heads off the Shadow Cats.
"YOU LIKE THAT?" Marcy yelled slapping a cat in the nose. "HUH?" She yelled again backhanding another cat with her shield. The sky darkened again as more and more cats were being pumped into the beach war.
"GET THE DAMN TABLES!" Paul yelled loudly as he rammed a large group of shadows into nothing.
"GET THE TABLES!" Diss, Shaun, Serge, Glenn, and Fargo replied.
"GET THE TABLES!" Paul yelled again swiping two cats away as he ran to the others.
"GET THE TABLES!" the small group replied. Shaun grabbed three rocks and made them into a large stone table. Paul flipped over a charging cat and swiped another away. Rocks lifted Fargo, Glenn and Serge as they carefully held the table over a large group of cats. Paul charged at Diss and Shaun and at the right moment they lifted him into the air tossing him as Paul slammed himself on the table causing it to free fall squishing a large handful of unsuspecting cats. Dragoons cheered as the cats began to thin in numbers. Viper and Dario fought back to back slashing away cats as they made their way to Paul and the others.
"GLAD YOU SQUASHED THE CATS, NOW HELP US!" Steena yelled backing into a corner with Christy. Paul and Diss charged full steam checking cats out of the way. They slashed the cats into nothing as the girls grinned in approval. The sky darkened and another legion of cats joined the battle. Acacia Dragoons began falling in large groups.
"I NEED HELP!" Marcy squeaked loudly kicking cats away. Paul ran to the rescue and was checked away by none other than a large Shadow Cat.
"YOU-WILL-NOT-GO-HOME!" It said in a voice similar to that of the computer FATE. Paul backhanded it away and ran to Marcy and tossed cats off of her like tossing salad. Marcy and Paul fought their way to the center where everyone was gathering. The cats were advancing on them tearing and swiping their way trying desperately to kill anyone in the way. Paul hit the field with lightening again and created a small distance of breathing room. The sky darkened again and more cats appeared, but the sky remained black. A large floating saucer began to slowly approach the small beachhead. Paul tried to blast but the cats took the hit. More cats were being transported into the crowded battlefield. The ghost of Garai was slashing away at the cats protecting Steena with the help of a large Hydra and an old woman. Paul was knocked on his feet as the large saucer was clearly seen overhead.
"Twenty minutes and counting." Came a loud computer voice. Paul's eyes widened as energy began to go to a small central core.
"Uh-oh." Diss said quietly. Serge swung the Mastermune and managed to get to a small clearing where he was able to use magic before he was tossed back into the fray. Garai screamed loudly a war cry that built more confidence in the Dragoons spirits. Zoah was punching crazily with Marcy before they were overrun. Shadow Cats covered the Hydra as it rolled to squish most of them. Paul rose in the air but was blasted down by a ray of dark energy. Diss was unable to keep going as he fell from exhaustion. Dragoons were dropping like flies as the cats kept coming and coming. Garai fell down as Shadow Cats swarmed him. Shaun tried to hurl rocks but he was too worried about hitting a Dragoon. Paul kept up but was overwhelmed by numbers as his swings grew weaker and weaker. Steena fell down and was punching off cats as the Mother ship spoke again.
"Five Minutes to your destruction. Have a nice day." Diss sighed as Christy kicked another cat away.
"How generous ta ask us ta have a nice day during a BLOODY FIGHT!" Kid yelled fighting off a wave of more cats. Cats pelted Viper and Karsh who was unable to swing his axe anymore. The cats continued to keep coming and tiring down everyone. Serge made his way to Diss and the two chatted for a while when Serge rose in the air. Diss was able to summon his energy, but the Mother Ship had built up enough power.
"I love you Steena!" Paul yelled as he jumped over cats to reach Diss and Serge. He rose in the air and began to build enough speed so the cats were unable to stop him. The power of the Mother Ship was being drained by a fraction courtesy of Paul as Diss released with Serge, releasing Solaris. Paul released his energy at the right moment and the flames erupted blowing up and destroying anything robotic. The Mother Ship fell into the sea and the Shadow Cats stopped coming. The Dragoons were able to stop the cats as Paul, Serge, and Diss hit the ground with a distinct thud.
"I don't wanna ride the pony anymore mommy." Diss mumbled before going unconscious.
"THAT WAS COOL!" Marcy said getting up and dusting herself off.
"Indeed." Zoah said exhausted.
"AGAIN!" Fargo and Glenn screamed. Steena and Christy ran to the fallen.
"Owie." Paul mumbled through the sand.
"Dittto." Serge mumbled.
"What the bloody hell was that?" Kid asked.
"Gather round kiddies, today we are going to talk about Solaris Prime." Everyone conscious gathered around. "With Solaris in effect Paul used his Electric Obliteration attack to a small degree to erupt Diss' flames into mega flare. This caused a chemical unbalance with Luminaire causing Solaris to erupt into Solaris' Prime point. Thank You." Shaun said matter-of- factly. There was soft clapping from everyone who was impressed. Paul just fell into Steena's arms and rested closing his eyes falling unconscious.
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Diss groaned as he started coming around. He felt someone helping him sit up as he quickly started taking in his surroundings. He was in a tent and had bandages all over his body. He groaned as he felt nausea.
"Hold on Diss, I'm here just hold on." Christy said softly.
"I'm trying." He mumbled as he felt pain stab him in the stomach. He hissed.
"Don't move or I can't get these wounds clean Diss," Marcy said snappily.
"I take it the last of FATE's power plays is dead?" He said through gritted teeth. Marcy looked up at him a second before nodding. She returned her attention to the wounds as Diss again hissed in pain. Christy gently took his hand in hers when he noticed she too was covered in bandages. He gently squeezed her hand before hissing through his clenched teeth in pain. She returned the squeeze shortly after.
"We're going to wait till we're at a hundred percent. Then we're going to finish this stupid adventure." Christy whispered softly in his ear.
"Where are Paul and Shaun?" Diss asked as Marcy started bandaging his wound.
"Checking the dead for survivors," Christy said sadly.
"Anyone we know?" He asked stiffening at the word 'dead'. Christy shook her head solemnly. "When's the pyre?" He asked softly.
"In a few hours." She responded slowly.
"I'll rest up till then, but first get me some matches." Diss said slowly.
"Diss, no you're not taking the easy way out on this one, heal up normally," Christy lectured him.
"Fine." He said grumpily as he laid back, his head in her lap. It was then he noticed that his shirt was beyond any hope of repair. He sighed.
"What's wrong Diss?" Christy asked stroking his hair softly.
"This was my lucky shirt." Diss said holding up a strip of the fabric that was almost completely ripped off.
"What?" She asked confused.
"It's the shirt I was wearing when I proposed to you. It's my lucky shirt," Diss replied matter-of-factly.
"Boys," she mumbled under her breath before kissing his lips lightly. "When we get back I'll buy you a new one. Then we'll do something to make it really lucky." She grinned as she whispered against his lips. He kissed her back.
"How's our child?" Diss asked softly. Marcy had finished bandaging and moved onto the next victim the last of Diss' wounds bandaged up.
"Our son is doing great Daddy, thanks to you," She grinned before kissing him deeply. He returned the kiss fast as his arms wrapped around her. She pulled back looking into his eyes, "Not so fast Turbo. Not so close together or Paul and Shaun will eventually get us mid act." She put a finger to his lips tracing them before going on, "Besides, I want to wait till we get back. The others can keep Paul and Shaun at bay much easier than our friends here."
"Agreed," Diss said kissing her finger.
"Diss awake yet mate?" Came Kid's voice. Diss could feel Christy's silent laughs stop in her as she replied.
"Yes, Diss is awake. You wanted to talk to him?" Christy asked. Diss looked to see Kid nod at the entrance to the tent. Christy whispered a soft good- bye before gently setting his head on the pillow and leaving. "Go ahead and talk to him, I trust you," She said smiling at Kid before leaving. Kid smiled in turn nodding before heading over to Diss and sitting next to him.
"How ya holding up there mate?" Kid asked.
"Like I've been chewed up and spit out," Diss chuckled.
"I came cause I wanted ta ask ya something." Kid said uncomfortably.
"My hand in marriage?" Diss asked dryly.
"No actually, its about after this whole mess is over mate." Kid said chuckling.
"Go ahead and shoot," Diss said laying back.
"Are you going to stay here after it's done?"
"After what's done?" Diss asked confused.
"This whole mess mate."
Diss looked down, he knew the answer. He just didn't want to say it. He did like the girl. She was a good friend, but if he left her he would probably be doing so for the rest of both their lives. "Yes, I'll probably go back with Christy." Kid looked at him a second before turning the tears brimming in her eyes as she left. It was all Diss could do not to join in with his own tears.
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"Man, we got trashed out here Marcy." Paul said softly. Marcy moved around before she replied checking someone's pulse,
"Ya, HEY I GOT ONE!" Steena ran over to Marcy as did Paul to catch the man draw his last breath.
"Wow, that got me depressed." Paul said quietly. Steena just turned around avoiding contact with anyone. "You okay?" Paul asked. Steena nodded softly sniffling. Paul wrapped his arms around her before he looked at a man stirring softly. He ran over to him and helped him up as he dusted off his armor. "You my friend are very lucky." Paul said quietly.
"I appreciatly appreciate your help." The man said rubbing his head. "My name is Solt, one of the Shaker Brothers." Paul looked around to see another Dragoon slowly get up.
"Where's Viper?" the Dragoon groaned. Steena went to the mans aid and helped him limp over to the tent the survivors were stationed at.
"We took a lot of casualties." Paul said sadly. Solt rubbed his back as he looked for Peppor. Paul scanned the area as he spotted Dario slowly getting up. He ran over to him and helped him up placing Dario's arm over his back.
"Did we win?" Dario asked.
"Yeah, but we lost a lot of good men out here, not to mention I still have a huge gash on my back." Dario took a look at it.
"Yeah, that does look like it hurts. See this scar." Dario lifted his pant leg.
"Ohh." Paul said in aw. He lifted his shirt and showed him a scar across his chest. "Courtesy of the Black Dragon." Dario nodded in approval. He lifted up his cape and showed a large scar that ran down his spine.
"That was from the Isle of the Damned." Paul lifted his pant legs showing two large scars on each.
"Aryan invasion!" Paul said in triumph.
"PORRE INVASION!" Dario countered lifting his front shirt after removing his armor. Paul showed the back of his neck and said with pride,
"PISSED OFF STEENA!" Dario laughed pointing to a spot on his head.
"PISSED OFF RIDDEL!" The two laughed merrily to the tent as Marcy and Steena looked at them smiling.
"You got any Shaun." Shaun lifted his shirt to show a large bruise on his chest.
"Pissed off Orlha." Shaun said in embarrassment. After awhile every male in the compund was showing off his scars and battle wounds. The ladies just sat and watched. Christy looked at Diss who looked like he wanted to show off his.
"You do you die, and sleep on the couch." Diss just sighed laying back.
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At around five in the morning Kid was walking around the beach alone thinking to herself about what Diss said earlier. Paul walked out with a cup of water and he drank it slowly.
"Why you up mate?" Kid asked quietly.
"Same reason you are." Paul replied casually. Kid looked at him before she spoke.
"Aye mate, remember the brawl we had, ya know, the non magic duel?" Paul nodded grinning.
"We both got to tired to finish." Paul said laughing. "After we speared each other in the air and landed on each other." Kid laughed softly remembering the rib cracking moment.
"Yeah mate, I won that duel." Kid said in a teasing manner. Paul just laughed.
"Let me ask you something Kid." Paul asked sincerely.
"Shoot Mate." Kid replied.
"If you had to choose to join us and leave your way of life, or stay here, what would you choose?" Kid thought for a moment and shrugged. She then said softly,
"Let me ask ya this. If ya had ta choose between Steena and home, who would ya choose?" Paul looked at Kid blankly.
"I would.I would." Paul said trying to answer. Kid tapped her foot. "I don't know Kid." Kid nodded figuring she was right.
"I know how you feel mate." Kid said sitting next to him. Paul sat down as well and watched the crack of sunlight pear over the hills.
"Nice sunrise." Paul said in a half whisper. Kid nodded drawing her legs in. They spent the rest of the morning watching the sunrise.
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Diss and Christy were pleasantly sleeping together when Marcy closed the tent. She walked down the path and checked on Shaun, who was sleeping in a bed of rocks. She made her way to the other tents and saw Paul and Kid by the ocean. She walked up and sat next to Paul and leaned on him. Paul just placed an arm around Marcy as he enjoyed the sunrise. Steena shortly joined between Paul and Kid with a blanket that was big enough for all of them.
"Sugar water?" Paul asked in a whisper passing around his cup.