Ch.24: The War Rages On
Dart stood up, grimly. He assumed a battle position. Neen looked at him, wondering what he was going to do. Dart started to attack Neen. Neen saw the anger in his eyes and got ready to parry. To Neen's surprise when Dart reached him, he jumped. Neen stood confused until he was knocked down from behind. The last thing Neen heard was a faint laugh from Dart.
Nimbulo and Lavitz looked down at the many bodies they had killed. They slapped each other's hands.
"I'm done." Nimbulo managed
"Not nearly, look to the fort" Lavitz pointed
"Yes, but I'm old, you still have youth!" he laughed
"That's true, but we have to manage" Lavitz added before flying away.
The fort was being barraged by attacks. Lavitz didn't know how long it would hold. General Cloud must have been fighting for his life there. Unfortunately, Lavitz and Nimbulo didn't see Jake while he was being a Wingly. Nimbulo didn't even know what a Wingly was for that matter.
Jake the Wingly was having his own troubles with this warrior. He flew into the air, waiting to make a move. When he thought he had the right shot, he threw. The warrior dodged it and surprisingly ran after it. Once he had gotten on the other side of it's path, he put his armor right in front of it. Amazingly, the disc bounced off of his armor and fell to the ground with a clash. Jake stood openmouthed. The warrior just laughed and rushed at Jake.
Dart's anger exploded within him. Neen took a couple of steps back as a black flame started to form around Dart. His veins showed through his neck and eyes. The Knight screamed in pain, as the flame started to cut straight through him.
'So this is death, now I feel the power of Darkness, and Fire' he thought
Neen continued to watch this event. All the while getting more and more scared. By now the flame had erupted from Dart, sending him flying. His armor wiped off the last of the flames. But some wouldn't come off, more than enough. They emitted off of his armor. It was like he was a torch. Dart flew down, sword in hand. Neen came out of the trance and readied himself for the oncoming attack.
Shana and Jade finished up with their group of Basks. They sighed in relief as the army soon came to believe that these girls were tougher than they looked.
"Well, what next? It looks like this war is coming to an end, don't you think?" Jade asked
"Well, not quite, look over there" Shana replied
She pointed over to a nearby hill where, in fact, at least one thousand more Basks and beasts came stampeding over the hills.
"Ready?" Jade asked
"Let's go!" Shana exclaimed
The most action with Dart and Neen was just metal to metal. Neither one of them would ever get hit. Dart gave it his all as did Neen. But one time when Dart heard the sharp shrill and clang of the metal, he also heard a faint crack.
"Your sword is beginning to shatter" he stated
This reminded him of the incident with the first meeting of the Star Dragoon.
"My sword will break when it has reached its limit, that limit will only be met by killing the only hope for this world. That hope is you and your friends" Neen retorted
They went at it again after the brief moment of talking. Their mouths were silent after this, letting the rain and wind do all of the talking.
Jake tried to dodge for his only weapon. If he didn't get it, then he would be killed. He had kicked around enough by this mysterious warrior. It was more or less a human he thought.
"Pathetic." the warrior pitied
He slammed his foot down on Jake's back. Then Jake could hear the sound of a knife or sword coming out of its seethe (I think that's how you spell it).
Bejong soon made his way to where Lavitz and Nimbulo flew, protecting the last of the fort.
"This is no use." Lavitz gave up
When Bejong arrived he saw all of the slain bodies of beasts and men. It seemed as though nothing was living in this area. He ran back to the raging war.
"I just saw Bejong, he ran away from us" Nimbulo pointed out
"Yeah me too, leave him be, this is his first war" Lavitz snapped
Neen was on the ground, his arm had been damaged severely. Dart showed no pity for his opponent. This time he wouldn't do any fancy tricks to finish him off. Simply Dart took out his dagger. He pointed it face down so Neen could see. The flicker of small sunlight reflected off of the marble the dagger was made of. He rushed it down, pointing towards Neen's stomach. But suddenly the man rolled out of the way. Dart took this unexpectedly thus causing his dagger to stab the dirt. Neen sighed at his sudden death experience.
"You will not get away that easy!" Dart exclaimed Neen stood up and started to mutter something. Dark energy started to swirl around him, making a portal type image.
"Oh no, not now!" Dart yelled
He leaped at Neen causing him to fall and break the spell. The energy disappeared.
"I should've known that would've happened!" Neen slashed his sword with his good arm
Dart dodged the attack. He drew his sword and rushed for a counter attack. The metal collided this time. Dart knew Neen's sword was going to split soon; so all he had to do was launch easy attacks until it broke. His attacks were seemingly too easy; Neen took the hint and used his speed instead. Now instead Dart was the one being attacked. He concentrated on where Neen was. He kept moving and taunting him.
"Am I over here or here or there or here?" he chanted
This was a plan to throw him off. He just didn't listen. Dart drowned out the chant with the noise of the war. The hissing and grunting was almost too much to take. For a split second his eyes grew a faint red. Neen saw this and stopped.
"A Magi." he stared
"A what? I am not what you speak of!" he yelled
Dart slashed with his sword making Neen go flying. He landed in a rock pile about a couple of yards away. Dart couldn't really see him, but he saw the oncoming Shadow Blast Neen had launched. This time the small attack not only hit him but sent him flying back also.
Jake heard the metal coming down for his chest. The knife sliced through the air. Before the metal met his chest, he launched a kick, which sent the warrior back. Then he dodged for his disc and threw it at the thing. Blood seeped down to the ground as his torso was cut clean off. He sighed a sigh of relief only to find a group of Basks charging toward him. Suddenly, a blue flash followed by a green flash killed them all. They were revealed to be Lavitz and Nimbulo. The two looked as if they had partners in war their whole lives.
"Thanks." Jake sighed again
"No problem" Lavitz remarked
Soon after the encounter, Shana and Jade came to join them. The look on their faces told everything so they said nothing. The five Dragoons flew off to take out the last of Neen's pawns.
Out of the corner of his eye, Dart caught a glimpse of the five flying towards the last of the army.
"Don't worry about them!" Neen caught him
Dart realized he was off-guard and got a little side tracked by his friends. Neen's sword met Dart's armor for the first and what Dart thought was the last time that it would.
"That was lucky, this time, your armor will be the victim" Dart snapped Dart stood only to go back down again. His shoulder was in extreme pain. He looked but that's not where Neen had hit him. There was not a scratch on him. The pain intensified into a burning. It hissed under his armor. Neen just stood watching. Dart couldn't move his armor to see what was happening to him. Suddenly the pain ceased. He would check this thing later. He launched his sword at the unsuspecting Neen, sending him flying again. He got up, threw Dart's sword back at him, and ran towards the opposing Dragoon.
"SHADOW.DRAGON!" Neen yelled
"O shit! DARK-FLAME DRAGON!" he mumbled to himself
Neen's dragon came out from the sky. A black wind tunnel came down from the black clouds and the dragon burst out. Dart's dragon came when he was emitted out through Dart's Dragoon Spirit. The two dragons collided in a one on one battle. They bit and snapped at each other's necks, showing extreme hatred and anger towards one another. Dart was the first to draw blood. Neen took his dragon back, knowing it would get weak soon. Dart realized there was no point in having one dragon, even though he could've easily defeated him. He drew his back and then rushed at Neen. He let out somewhat of a battle cry as he started to raise his blade.
Neen knew he had to let Omega out soon. This was that time, he used his blinding fast speed to get as far away from Dart as possible. He sped past all the hills, all the dead bodies. Dart tried to chase him but was no match for the Shadow King. As long as there was a shadow to pass by, Neen could use it to transport himself to it. But that was it! Dart thought. He needed sunlight. But the rain was endless. When Neen had stopped he was only a speck that was as far as Dart could see. It would take him awhile to get where he was.
His shoulder started to act up again. He fell to the ground, as the pain was worse than before. He transformed to a human and lifted up his old red armor. It seemed as that a black arrowhead had pierced him. When he touched it he felt nothing, it was a tattoo. He found a small basin of water and tried washing it off.
"That was never there before" Dart mumbled
Then as Dart lifted his head to the sky, he found that Neen was summoning Omega. All the black energy was coming together, opening the Dark Realm. He couldn't help but noticed the huge portal that was about ten times larger than he. He transformed again and started flying to where Neen was. He couldn't let the burning slow him down.
All the others looked to the black portal. It was very visible from where they were flying. Lavitz was the first to speak up.
"We loosen him up first, then to the towers!" he commanded
Everyone agreed without even saying anything. So they flew off to where the Dark Realm was opening. Who knew what other creatures would be unleashed besides Omega.
Bejong stared in awe at the opening. This was it. He saw all of the other Dragoon's flying overhead and beckoned to them. Lavitz created his thermal and Bejong floated around them.
When they reached Dart, they sped up to land by him.
"So this is it." he mumbled
Dart stood up, grimly. He assumed a battle position. Neen looked at him, wondering what he was going to do. Dart started to attack Neen. Neen saw the anger in his eyes and got ready to parry. To Neen's surprise when Dart reached him, he jumped. Neen stood confused until he was knocked down from behind. The last thing Neen heard was a faint laugh from Dart.
Nimbulo and Lavitz looked down at the many bodies they had killed. They slapped each other's hands.
"I'm done." Nimbulo managed
"Not nearly, look to the fort" Lavitz pointed
"Yes, but I'm old, you still have youth!" he laughed
"That's true, but we have to manage" Lavitz added before flying away.
The fort was being barraged by attacks. Lavitz didn't know how long it would hold. General Cloud must have been fighting for his life there. Unfortunately, Lavitz and Nimbulo didn't see Jake while he was being a Wingly. Nimbulo didn't even know what a Wingly was for that matter.
Jake the Wingly was having his own troubles with this warrior. He flew into the air, waiting to make a move. When he thought he had the right shot, he threw. The warrior dodged it and surprisingly ran after it. Once he had gotten on the other side of it's path, he put his armor right in front of it. Amazingly, the disc bounced off of his armor and fell to the ground with a clash. Jake stood openmouthed. The warrior just laughed and rushed at Jake.
Dart's anger exploded within him. Neen took a couple of steps back as a black flame started to form around Dart. His veins showed through his neck and eyes. The Knight screamed in pain, as the flame started to cut straight through him.
'So this is death, now I feel the power of Darkness, and Fire' he thought
Neen continued to watch this event. All the while getting more and more scared. By now the flame had erupted from Dart, sending him flying. His armor wiped off the last of the flames. But some wouldn't come off, more than enough. They emitted off of his armor. It was like he was a torch. Dart flew down, sword in hand. Neen came out of the trance and readied himself for the oncoming attack.
Shana and Jade finished up with their group of Basks. They sighed in relief as the army soon came to believe that these girls were tougher than they looked.
"Well, what next? It looks like this war is coming to an end, don't you think?" Jade asked
"Well, not quite, look over there" Shana replied
She pointed over to a nearby hill where, in fact, at least one thousand more Basks and beasts came stampeding over the hills.
"Ready?" Jade asked
"Let's go!" Shana exclaimed
The most action with Dart and Neen was just metal to metal. Neither one of them would ever get hit. Dart gave it his all as did Neen. But one time when Dart heard the sharp shrill and clang of the metal, he also heard a faint crack.
"Your sword is beginning to shatter" he stated
This reminded him of the incident with the first meeting of the Star Dragoon.
"My sword will break when it has reached its limit, that limit will only be met by killing the only hope for this world. That hope is you and your friends" Neen retorted
They went at it again after the brief moment of talking. Their mouths were silent after this, letting the rain and wind do all of the talking.
Jake tried to dodge for his only weapon. If he didn't get it, then he would be killed. He had kicked around enough by this mysterious warrior. It was more or less a human he thought.
"Pathetic." the warrior pitied
He slammed his foot down on Jake's back. Then Jake could hear the sound of a knife or sword coming out of its seethe (I think that's how you spell it).
Bejong soon made his way to where Lavitz and Nimbulo flew, protecting the last of the fort.
"This is no use." Lavitz gave up
When Bejong arrived he saw all of the slain bodies of beasts and men. It seemed as though nothing was living in this area. He ran back to the raging war.
"I just saw Bejong, he ran away from us" Nimbulo pointed out
"Yeah me too, leave him be, this is his first war" Lavitz snapped
Neen was on the ground, his arm had been damaged severely. Dart showed no pity for his opponent. This time he wouldn't do any fancy tricks to finish him off. Simply Dart took out his dagger. He pointed it face down so Neen could see. The flicker of small sunlight reflected off of the marble the dagger was made of. He rushed it down, pointing towards Neen's stomach. But suddenly the man rolled out of the way. Dart took this unexpectedly thus causing his dagger to stab the dirt. Neen sighed at his sudden death experience.
"You will not get away that easy!" Dart exclaimed Neen stood up and started to mutter something. Dark energy started to swirl around him, making a portal type image.
"Oh no, not now!" Dart yelled
He leaped at Neen causing him to fall and break the spell. The energy disappeared.
"I should've known that would've happened!" Neen slashed his sword with his good arm
Dart dodged the attack. He drew his sword and rushed for a counter attack. The metal collided this time. Dart knew Neen's sword was going to split soon; so all he had to do was launch easy attacks until it broke. His attacks were seemingly too easy; Neen took the hint and used his speed instead. Now instead Dart was the one being attacked. He concentrated on where Neen was. He kept moving and taunting him.
"Am I over here or here or there or here?" he chanted
This was a plan to throw him off. He just didn't listen. Dart drowned out the chant with the noise of the war. The hissing and grunting was almost too much to take. For a split second his eyes grew a faint red. Neen saw this and stopped.
"A Magi." he stared
"A what? I am not what you speak of!" he yelled
Dart slashed with his sword making Neen go flying. He landed in a rock pile about a couple of yards away. Dart couldn't really see him, but he saw the oncoming Shadow Blast Neen had launched. This time the small attack not only hit him but sent him flying back also.
Jake heard the metal coming down for his chest. The knife sliced through the air. Before the metal met his chest, he launched a kick, which sent the warrior back. Then he dodged for his disc and threw it at the thing. Blood seeped down to the ground as his torso was cut clean off. He sighed a sigh of relief only to find a group of Basks charging toward him. Suddenly, a blue flash followed by a green flash killed them all. They were revealed to be Lavitz and Nimbulo. The two looked as if they had partners in war their whole lives.
"Thanks." Jake sighed again
"No problem" Lavitz remarked
Soon after the encounter, Shana and Jade came to join them. The look on their faces told everything so they said nothing. The five Dragoons flew off to take out the last of Neen's pawns.
Out of the corner of his eye, Dart caught a glimpse of the five flying towards the last of the army.
"Don't worry about them!" Neen caught him
Dart realized he was off-guard and got a little side tracked by his friends. Neen's sword met Dart's armor for the first and what Dart thought was the last time that it would.
"That was lucky, this time, your armor will be the victim" Dart snapped Dart stood only to go back down again. His shoulder was in extreme pain. He looked but that's not where Neen had hit him. There was not a scratch on him. The pain intensified into a burning. It hissed under his armor. Neen just stood watching. Dart couldn't move his armor to see what was happening to him. Suddenly the pain ceased. He would check this thing later. He launched his sword at the unsuspecting Neen, sending him flying again. He got up, threw Dart's sword back at him, and ran towards the opposing Dragoon.
"SHADOW.DRAGON!" Neen yelled
"O shit! DARK-FLAME DRAGON!" he mumbled to himself
Neen's dragon came out from the sky. A black wind tunnel came down from the black clouds and the dragon burst out. Dart's dragon came when he was emitted out through Dart's Dragoon Spirit. The two dragons collided in a one on one battle. They bit and snapped at each other's necks, showing extreme hatred and anger towards one another. Dart was the first to draw blood. Neen took his dragon back, knowing it would get weak soon. Dart realized there was no point in having one dragon, even though he could've easily defeated him. He drew his back and then rushed at Neen. He let out somewhat of a battle cry as he started to raise his blade.
Neen knew he had to let Omega out soon. This was that time, he used his blinding fast speed to get as far away from Dart as possible. He sped past all the hills, all the dead bodies. Dart tried to chase him but was no match for the Shadow King. As long as there was a shadow to pass by, Neen could use it to transport himself to it. But that was it! Dart thought. He needed sunlight. But the rain was endless. When Neen had stopped he was only a speck that was as far as Dart could see. It would take him awhile to get where he was.
His shoulder started to act up again. He fell to the ground, as the pain was worse than before. He transformed to a human and lifted up his old red armor. It seemed as that a black arrowhead had pierced him. When he touched it he felt nothing, it was a tattoo. He found a small basin of water and tried washing it off.
"That was never there before" Dart mumbled
Then as Dart lifted his head to the sky, he found that Neen was summoning Omega. All the black energy was coming together, opening the Dark Realm. He couldn't help but noticed the huge portal that was about ten times larger than he. He transformed again and started flying to where Neen was. He couldn't let the burning slow him down.
All the others looked to the black portal. It was very visible from where they were flying. Lavitz was the first to speak up.
"We loosen him up first, then to the towers!" he commanded
Everyone agreed without even saying anything. So they flew off to where the Dark Realm was opening. Who knew what other creatures would be unleashed besides Omega.
Bejong stared in awe at the opening. This was it. He saw all of the other Dragoon's flying overhead and beckoned to them. Lavitz created his thermal and Bejong floated around them.
When they reached Dart, they sped up to land by him.
"So this is it." he mumbled
