Black Feather: Episode XXXX
"Four Pale Horsemen"
Ytoell Prairie
11:00 p.m., 03/21
I was prepared to die again... My body trembled and the heat of the generator room made my sweat steam. Iris... Somehow, I must...
Nothing happened... Total silence...
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"Did Qastor get out yet?"
"Negative. If he doesn't then..." Garnet stopped her sentence when I stood up from the chair. "Where are you going? We've done all we can..."
"No, we haven't. There's still 'that,' right?" I proceeded to the hangar with brisk strides, leaving the command bridge closing behind me. "Helmsman, take the controls."
"Lucifer!" She gave up and turned away. I heard her sigh.
I had to hurry fast. Silgerd, Laevaentteinn's flagship, was moving away from the MSWE, so every second counts. Grenadier waited for me...
"Open the hatch." I ordered the helmsman as I started up the main system. I noticed the Logic Drive was active and ready. The stalls released their hold and I leapt out into the night. I activated the Logic Drive.
The transformation occurred silently and I activated the overboosters, diving towards the doomed war engine. My dual machine grenade rifles clamored on the thigh clips.
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"Rose, get in quick!! The who thing'll blow up!!"
"But, Iris is still..."
"She's deep inside! I doubt she'll make it out in time!! Now, just get in the transport!"
"Egret... I'm not leaving until I find Iris. If you're going, then go..." I dashed away. The transport hatch closed and so did my chance of getting out of here alive.
"Rose... You're making a big mistake... Rose!!!" I could sense Egret slamming his controls with his fists. The transport sped away, and I proceeded without looking back.
The surface quaked and a sudden clash of metal screamed to the moon. I glanced at the ground beneath me, which collapsed rapidly. A large hole engulfed me as I slipped and plunged. I landed on a large dent in the metal floor of an interior level. Something flashed on the status screen.
"Logic Drive active. Awaiting total activation." There was a contact- button on the screen. A force of will drove me to press it. A flash ensued, but subsided before I could cover my eyes...
_____________________________
"Qastor!? Qastor!!!" He was nowhere to be found. My Logic Drive was running out of time. I switched it off and turned it back on to reset the timer. I activated the Logic Drive Condenser to stop "time." Sparks from adjacent circuit lines in the ceiling hung still like a fireworks photo.
Nowhere... The generator room was frozen like it should be, but no sign of Qastor anywhere. There was a towering MT in the center of the room. Its body motion suggests that it was struck by some kind of percussion clash. Its waist was disconnected from the legs and small sprays of flames and black blue energy protruded like a frozen flower. Similar bulbs of explosions and flames littered the room. Flying debris hung in suspended animation in the air. This place was beginning to blow up. I realized that my condenser field was running out, so I bolted away.
"Aahh!" A girl...? There was another AC that stopped at the sight of me. Pinkish-white luminescence emanated from its armor. Long, sharp side- skirts scraped against the floor, while four straight, narrow wings fluttered against the frozen air. An Anima...
I reacted by initiating my overboosters and charging straight for her. We clashed and I held her tight as I thundered through several layers of metal unharmed. The condenser field returned to normal and the tunnels jarred violently. I looked behind. A stampede of flames pursued. Other explosions popped up in my face.
The night sky opened up. After boosting for a few seconds, I released the AC, which instantly floated in the air. I turned rapidly and watched the MSWE as it was being devoured by obscuring shrouds of flame. An enormous explosion tore the hull away from the entire body, dropping and stabbing the earth beneath it. Waves of hills rippled outward from the impact, shifting the very terrain itself.
"Who... Who are you!?" I finally had a good look at her. A shower of cherry blossoms pranced and swirled about her Anima AC.
"I am Lucifer. Prepare yourself, as the true war engine shall reveal itself." I unlatched my dual grenade rifles.
Large chunks of the war engine disconnected, dropping and littering the plains below. The weapon finally unveiled itself as it crumbled away altogether.
It was a huge statue of some sort. Four horsemen sculptures circling each other, their hands were wide open, forming a circle, with a sphere of black energy laughing in the center. The bouquet of spikes from the MSWE detached themselves and formed a ring around the statue, a flower of doomsday. It now towered over us, two and a half miles in height.
The Four Pale Horsemen...
"Apocalypse..." This is going to be one hell of a fight...
"Four Pale Horsemen"
Ytoell Prairie
11:00 p.m., 03/21
I was prepared to die again... My body trembled and the heat of the generator room made my sweat steam. Iris... Somehow, I must...
Nothing happened... Total silence...
_____________________________
"Did Qastor get out yet?"
"Negative. If he doesn't then..." Garnet stopped her sentence when I stood up from the chair. "Where are you going? We've done all we can..."
"No, we haven't. There's still 'that,' right?" I proceeded to the hangar with brisk strides, leaving the command bridge closing behind me. "Helmsman, take the controls."
"Lucifer!" She gave up and turned away. I heard her sigh.
I had to hurry fast. Silgerd, Laevaentteinn's flagship, was moving away from the MSWE, so every second counts. Grenadier waited for me...
"Open the hatch." I ordered the helmsman as I started up the main system. I noticed the Logic Drive was active and ready. The stalls released their hold and I leapt out into the night. I activated the Logic Drive.
The transformation occurred silently and I activated the overboosters, diving towards the doomed war engine. My dual machine grenade rifles clamored on the thigh clips.
_____________________________
"Rose, get in quick!! The who thing'll blow up!!"
"But, Iris is still..."
"She's deep inside! I doubt she'll make it out in time!! Now, just get in the transport!"
"Egret... I'm not leaving until I find Iris. If you're going, then go..." I dashed away. The transport hatch closed and so did my chance of getting out of here alive.
"Rose... You're making a big mistake... Rose!!!" I could sense Egret slamming his controls with his fists. The transport sped away, and I proceeded without looking back.
The surface quaked and a sudden clash of metal screamed to the moon. I glanced at the ground beneath me, which collapsed rapidly. A large hole engulfed me as I slipped and plunged. I landed on a large dent in the metal floor of an interior level. Something flashed on the status screen.
"Logic Drive active. Awaiting total activation." There was a contact- button on the screen. A force of will drove me to press it. A flash ensued, but subsided before I could cover my eyes...
_____________________________
"Qastor!? Qastor!!!" He was nowhere to be found. My Logic Drive was running out of time. I switched it off and turned it back on to reset the timer. I activated the Logic Drive Condenser to stop "time." Sparks from adjacent circuit lines in the ceiling hung still like a fireworks photo.
Nowhere... The generator room was frozen like it should be, but no sign of Qastor anywhere. There was a towering MT in the center of the room. Its body motion suggests that it was struck by some kind of percussion clash. Its waist was disconnected from the legs and small sprays of flames and black blue energy protruded like a frozen flower. Similar bulbs of explosions and flames littered the room. Flying debris hung in suspended animation in the air. This place was beginning to blow up. I realized that my condenser field was running out, so I bolted away.
"Aahh!" A girl...? There was another AC that stopped at the sight of me. Pinkish-white luminescence emanated from its armor. Long, sharp side- skirts scraped against the floor, while four straight, narrow wings fluttered against the frozen air. An Anima...
I reacted by initiating my overboosters and charging straight for her. We clashed and I held her tight as I thundered through several layers of metal unharmed. The condenser field returned to normal and the tunnels jarred violently. I looked behind. A stampede of flames pursued. Other explosions popped up in my face.
The night sky opened up. After boosting for a few seconds, I released the AC, which instantly floated in the air. I turned rapidly and watched the MSWE as it was being devoured by obscuring shrouds of flame. An enormous explosion tore the hull away from the entire body, dropping and stabbing the earth beneath it. Waves of hills rippled outward from the impact, shifting the very terrain itself.
"Who... Who are you!?" I finally had a good look at her. A shower of cherry blossoms pranced and swirled about her Anima AC.
"I am Lucifer. Prepare yourself, as the true war engine shall reveal itself." I unlatched my dual grenade rifles.
Large chunks of the war engine disconnected, dropping and littering the plains below. The weapon finally unveiled itself as it crumbled away altogether.
It was a huge statue of some sort. Four horsemen sculptures circling each other, their hands were wide open, forming a circle, with a sphere of black energy laughing in the center. The bouquet of spikes from the MSWE detached themselves and formed a ring around the statue, a flower of doomsday. It now towered over us, two and a half miles in height.
The Four Pale Horsemen...
"Apocalypse..." This is going to be one hell of a fight...