Black Feather: Episode XXXIV
"Longinus: Laevaentteinn's Secret Weapon"
Gardens Accord Keep Underground
7:43 p.m., 03/19
"Qastor, what's going on?" A familiar, calm, cold voice was comforting in this dire situation.
"Lucifer!? Get your #@$% outta here!!"
"An Omnis..." I was shocked when Lucifer blankly said that. "I'll take care of it. You go on up. There's a temporary pulley to get you out of the hole." My boosters were off-line also, so I had to jog out, but I stopped as soon as I saw Lucifer transform. The grenade launchers on his back multiplied by three and spread out in a curve like a smile. His core shifted to accommodate them. His arm weapons twisted and writhed into two identical machine grenade rifles. "Hurry up! I can't hold him off forever."
I activated my Stealth extensions just in case. I stared at Lucifer's AC, it's black armor gleaming in darkness. I blinked and he was gone. Rapid explosions hollered in the distance of the shadows. I reached the point where the giant had been. All that remains is an enormous streak on the ground. A streak of burnt flesh, molten metal, and shattered bones. Whatever Lucifer did to the giant I dare not think, but I never doubted his skills ever again, even with his slow heavyweight AC.
The temporary pulley lifted me up faster than my boosters would've carried me if they were functional. The tunnel quaked with rapid explosions again. I looked down and saw flames coming up at me.
"CRAP!! PULL FASTER!!!" The pulley accelerated, but the conflagration rose steadily. If it reaches me, I'm toast...
I could finally see the night sky. The flames were gnawing at my AC's heels. I jumped up and out of the hole, and found myself sliding against the keep's dome armor. I jumped again and landed on the soft night soil, where a transport waited. I turned and looked back. A pillar of fire raged from the hole in the dome. The pulley team withdrew. I got in the transport as it prepared for lift off.
"Hey, wait! Are you just gonna leave your leader in there!?"
"There's no choice! We've lost enough units as it is and they're only going to send more reinforcements!" It was a good reason, but I still objected.
"But-"
"Just be quiet and don't worry. You'll see." The transport pilot sounded confident.
In a moment, I did see. Lucifer's AC exploded out of the dome with unparalleled speed. It reverted back into its normal form. Still in my AC, I saw the transport hatch lower.
"What the hell are you do-"
"Make way or he'll run into you!!"
Lucifer activated his overboosters and flew straight for the transport.
"Holy-" Lucifer almost rammed into me as he entered the transport in midair.
"Get the hell out here now!! He's coming!!" Lucifer was right. That 'thing' called Angelus busted out of the dome and faced us, floating still above the three-hole dome. The keep now looked like a bowling ball, which reminded me of Malirant. Angelus just floated there, staring at us.
The transport hatches closed and we chased the moon back home.
Home...? I stayed there for less than a day and I'm already calling it 'home.'
"Longinus: Laevaentteinn's Secret Weapon"
Gardens Accord Keep Underground
7:43 p.m., 03/19
"Qastor, what's going on?" A familiar, calm, cold voice was comforting in this dire situation.
"Lucifer!? Get your #@$% outta here!!"
"An Omnis..." I was shocked when Lucifer blankly said that. "I'll take care of it. You go on up. There's a temporary pulley to get you out of the hole." My boosters were off-line also, so I had to jog out, but I stopped as soon as I saw Lucifer transform. The grenade launchers on his back multiplied by three and spread out in a curve like a smile. His core shifted to accommodate them. His arm weapons twisted and writhed into two identical machine grenade rifles. "Hurry up! I can't hold him off forever."
I activated my Stealth extensions just in case. I stared at Lucifer's AC, it's black armor gleaming in darkness. I blinked and he was gone. Rapid explosions hollered in the distance of the shadows. I reached the point where the giant had been. All that remains is an enormous streak on the ground. A streak of burnt flesh, molten metal, and shattered bones. Whatever Lucifer did to the giant I dare not think, but I never doubted his skills ever again, even with his slow heavyweight AC.
The temporary pulley lifted me up faster than my boosters would've carried me if they were functional. The tunnel quaked with rapid explosions again. I looked down and saw flames coming up at me.
"CRAP!! PULL FASTER!!!" The pulley accelerated, but the conflagration rose steadily. If it reaches me, I'm toast...
I could finally see the night sky. The flames were gnawing at my AC's heels. I jumped up and out of the hole, and found myself sliding against the keep's dome armor. I jumped again and landed on the soft night soil, where a transport waited. I turned and looked back. A pillar of fire raged from the hole in the dome. The pulley team withdrew. I got in the transport as it prepared for lift off.
"Hey, wait! Are you just gonna leave your leader in there!?"
"There's no choice! We've lost enough units as it is and they're only going to send more reinforcements!" It was a good reason, but I still objected.
"But-"
"Just be quiet and don't worry. You'll see." The transport pilot sounded confident.
In a moment, I did see. Lucifer's AC exploded out of the dome with unparalleled speed. It reverted back into its normal form. Still in my AC, I saw the transport hatch lower.
"What the hell are you do-"
"Make way or he'll run into you!!"
Lucifer activated his overboosters and flew straight for the transport.
"Holy-" Lucifer almost rammed into me as he entered the transport in midair.
"Get the hell out here now!! He's coming!!" Lucifer was right. That 'thing' called Angelus busted out of the dome and faced us, floating still above the three-hole dome. The keep now looked like a bowling ball, which reminded me of Malirant. Angelus just floated there, staring at us.
The transport hatches closed and we chased the moon back home.
Home...? I stayed there for less than a day and I'm already calling it 'home.'