The Dragon Machine
OOPS! If forgot a disclaimer last time I hope I don't get sued. LOL, we'll I ended the last chapter with a cliffhanger and I think ill end this one with one too. Knowing me this one has taken even longer to post than the 4th chapter, but who knows. Ok the next couple of chapters are gonna focus on separate characters strong suits.(ex. Elyk-stealth Garian-archery ect. ect.) We'll here's chapter 5 at last.

Disclaimer: Uh I think I've gotten stf from Blade and. the Matrix. and uhh mostly Exalted but I don't own any of em. Don't you think I would be writing a movie script not a story for some fan site?

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Markus dropped his bow and pulled his sword above his head and Catte- brei did the same. Tasta started to chant something that none of the adventurers could understand, Elyk was no longer visible, and Garian Let his arrow fly but it disintegrated in the Light.

"SHIT!" Garian Yelled as he knew he could not defend against such an attack. He just stood there and drew another arrow. "When the Light disappears let down your defenses and attack as fast as you can. It will be disoriented for a short while after its attack."

The Light started to come down closer and closer to them. The heat was almost unbearable. Markus yelled as the light hit his sword and started to arc in a dome around him. The light that surrounded Catte-brei did the same but she fell to one knee and smoke started to rise off her had. She screamed in pain but held her position. Garian just stood to await his fate but to his surprise the light started to arc around him too, but he did not feel any pain like Markus and Catte-brei felt as they used their charms to protect them. Tasta looked over at Garian and smiled as he held his arm vertically with his hand flat.

Meanwhile, Elyk was already above the blast radius standing on a building behind his target. "Now where could the entrance be" Elyk thought as he analyzed his opponent. Then he noticed a small opening in the middle of the machines back between its metal wings. Elyk charged forward, leaped off the building and onto the machines back, and started walking up the back of the gigantic machine. He walked up to the opening which turned out to be a handhold for a hatch. "Lucky me" He thought as he slowly opened the hatch and dropping down. Right when he dropped down he found himself sidestepping to avoid an unknown attacker. As if in slow motion Elyk saw a dagger stab in front of him. Elyk grabbed the arm at the wrist and pushed upward with his other arm, smashing the bottom of the elbow and forcing the joint to bend in the opposite direction. Then, Elyk pulled the enemy towards him and spun the guard around so the guard's back was facing him and then put his arm around the guard's neck. Elyk released his grip on the guard's wrist and put it on the back of the guard's head. He pushed forward and waited for the snapping sound that he loved so very much.

(Outside)

The burning light was starting to dissipate and not a second to soon. Catte- brei's hand was almost black and Markus was starting to smell a little hamburger too.

"Now, ATTACK!" Garian yelled as he let loose an arrow that split into 6 others that burst into flames and struck what he thought to be an eye but looked more like a cannon. Time seemed to pause for a moment as each of the arrows hit their target and melted into the cannon. Then a huge explosion shook everyone as the arrows blew the cannon to pieces. Markus ran into the building next to him and up onto the roof. Then he pulled his bow out and shot 3 arrows into the newly made hole. A small yellow ball appeared in Tasta's hand and Catte-brei turned to see 5 men walk into the alley-way.

Garian unleashed another arrow that when strait down the barrel of the other eye cannon. Another explosion occurred and this time a body was flung out the opposite, or what used to be the opposite, eye.

The machine opened up its mouth again and started to charge its main cannon again. Then, 3 cannons down below the mouth and blew Garian from his position. Garian shot backwards from the explosion and slammed through a wall at the end of the alleyway. He emerged, wiped the dust off of him, rolled his head around cracking his neck, and looked up at the dragon. "O.. You are sooooo dead." Garian said as he pulled another arrow. This time Garian held his bow sideways and a blue stone lit up on his bow. A blue, tentacle like light emerged from the hearth stone, wrapped around the arrow, and formed into a hawk shape. Garian let his arrow loose and a blue streak shot across the battlefield and through the section of the machine that shot at him. Then, the section started to turn to ice and crack. Garian pulled another arrow and shot it at the same place causing the area to shatter. The three cannons broke into pieces and landed on the ground in front of Catte-brei who had sheathed her sword and pulled her favored weapon from her back a Giant sledge type war hammer.

Catte-brei charged forward and swung flattening her first foe into the scorched ground. She looked up and seemed to teleport into her next position which involved her hammer smashing some poor blokes head off his shoulders. The others just looked at her in fear. Catte-brei just gave them a wink and made a clicking sound. Then, they ran back out of the alley ten times faster than they came in, but with two less companions. Catte-brei looked on as she saw them return with almost fifty other armored men. "Oh come on. You must be underestimating me." Catte-brei said as she smiled. Catte-brei charged forward and spun her hammer around in circles as she entered the hoard of men. At least five fell immediately as she smashed into their lines and more were disabled. One of the soldiers stuck a spear into her side and she winced in pain but turned and broke the soldier's chest cavity in. Blood shot 3 feet out of the soldier's mouth and more bled down his back where the spike on Catte-brei's war hammer impaled him. Catte- brei made short work of ten more but the other 25 were collapsing onto her faster than she could kill them. Two spears stabbed into her sides and one into her back. She screamed out in pain and swung her hammer around but the evaded and 4 for spears stuck into her front and back. She fell to her knees and screamed even louder. A soldier with a sword stood behind her and shoved his sword down into her spin. Catte-brei fell limp onto the ground as Garian and Tasta turned to see what was happening. They both looked at each other and shrugged and Tasta went onto concentrating on his spell.

"CATTE-BREI!" Markus yelled as looked down as he saw the troops swinging down onto Catte-brei's already mutilated body.

"She's fine" Garian yelled up to Markus.

"What?" Markus said in amazement as he looked back onto the mutilated body to make sure he saw right. And sure enough, she was still lying there bleeding.

"Don't worry about her. Trust me." Garian said.

Markus saw the troops start advancing down the alley, but slowly. Then, he turned his focus only the bird and shot arrows into the mouth in a feudal attempt to stop another beam of destruction.

(Meanwhile, inside the Machine)

Elyk shook a little from the shock of two explosions but still remained unseen as he entered what he thought to be the main control room. He saw two giant holes in the wall and four men with arrows in the laying on the ground. 4 others where standing in a slightly lower area manipulating runes in the front wall that seemed to be suspended in mid air. All of them were wearing long red robes. Another two that were wearing armor, were standing right in front of him with their backs to him shouting orders. Elyk pulled his hands back and formed them into a claw shape. Then, Elyk gabbed forward and his hands went through both men's chests. The other four stopped and turned to see a blur behind their two commanders form into the shape of a man with black hair. They next noticed the man's hands through their commander's chests and each of them were holding a red object that with closer examination turned out to be hearts. One of the men turned to the control board and moved a couple runes around and the others took off their robes to reveal glistening red armor. Elyk dropped the hearts and removed his hands with sucking sound. The bodies fell to the ground and then he pulled his daiklaive from his belt. He put both hands on the hilt and slowly separated the blade into two different swords that were each 4 feet long and four inches wide. Then, He disappeared. Elyk appeared above the four men, standing on the ceiling, took both swords, and slashed inward on one of the men's heads. (One going - the other -). The head popped off like popcorn in a kettle and the others looked upward but it was too late. Elyk had already ran across the room and disappeared. The, Elyk threw two shuriekens (did I spell that right I don't know) and they slip into eight shuriekens as they sailed towards their targets.(each into 4) Two other men fell to the ground with four shuriekens in their faces. Elyk appeared and put his two daiklaives together and held the now one sword with two hands. The last soldier just looked at Elyk and then turned and jumped out the hole closest to him. "OK" Elyk said out loud. "Now. what can I screw up?

(Outside)

Markus saw a man jump from the ship and drop to the ground landing with a sickening thud on the ground below. "Wellp, that's Elyk for you. Probably scarred that poor lug out of his mind." Markus thought to himself. Then, he noticed that the dragon machine was about to fire and yelled down to Garian and Tasta, "You better get out of there."

Tasta looked up and Markus with a smirk on his face and then started to yell. This yell was not a yell of rage or pain but more of a yell of concentration. Tasta's hair started to blow upward and violet and golden light started to swirl around him that was as big as a bon fire. Then the light started to come out farther and reach up and up until it seemed that all the light in the area was being drawn to a pillar around Tasta. Then, He let out an even louder yell as the ball of light he held in his hand grew and grew.

Elyk saw this from the inside of the ship and decided it was time for him to leave. He jumped from one of the holes and onto the rooftop that Markus was on.

Then, all at once, the light from the pillar around him seemed to drop and go into the ball Tasta made. The ball grew and grew and then Tasta noticed that the dragon machine was about to fire. He then let loose his blazing solar bolt and it sailed through the air and directly into the mouth where the machine was shooting its attack. Tasta's bolt went strait through the Dragon Machines charge. First, the head exploded and then blue streaks of energy glowed upon the seams of the beast and then the whole thing exploded in a dazzling display of color and light.

The 25 troops left in the alley way continued to marched forward but were shaken by the explosion. After they got past Catte-brei's body she stood up. Markus gazed in amazement as she saw a once pulverized and torn body now stand up as good as new. The soldiers didn't know what hit them when their back line was bashed to pulp by Catte-brei's war hammer. Then the remaining troops were mopped up by Catte-brei and the party met down in the alley way.

"We should get out of Nexus. God knows what else they will send." Markus said.

"But, what the hell was that?!" Tasta yelled.

"Garian, Elyk, and I will explain later now we need to go"

The party ran as fast as they could out into the deserted area outside Nexus. The merchants and others parted to get away from them as they ran.

"Where will we go?" Garian said quietly to Markus.

"The Sun knows. We will go to the east."

"Good. That's where Catte-brei's Manse is."

"Catte-brei has a Manse?" Markus said with surprise.

"Yes, the Palace of ashes, you have not heard of it? I figured your journeys would lead you to hear of it. Even the Dragon Blooded know of us so you need not worry about drawing any danger to us. We already have to deal with more than you imagine. But, the palace is very dangerous it is on the very edge of creation. There is also a long journey to it. It will take almost a year to get there." Garian said

"So be it." Markus said raising his voice. "We journey to the Palace of Ashes!"

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Hmm this one only took me a total of 3 hours lucky me.well. lucky you actually. Thanks for the awesome reviews for chpt 4 I hope you liked this one just as much. If you read it this REVIEW it please. I like hearing from you weather its good bad or somewhere in-between. So until next time kids never give up, never surrender, and never, ever, ever eat canned spinage( or however you spell it) YUCK(Spits). -Freeloader You got it I want it.