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Chapter Five: Warning
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They pulled up around sunset to the outskirts of Tolbi. They exited the landspeeder to find a resistance force waiting for them.
'An ambush!' Garet said.
'Relax, guys! We have to STAY CALM.' Michelle said, clasping her hands together and charging one of her Light-Element psynergies.
A large beam of light radiated the Tolbi troops, frying them, and allowing further passage. The group continued on in, keeping low profile. Although a man wearing a reaper's outfit and chains (which was Phil) is not very inconspicuous.
'C'mon, get inside!' A man said. He lloked like your average street merchant, but it was really one of Sumera's operatives.
'Chuck, good to see you.' Garet said, shaking hands with Chuck.
'Nice to see you, too. I saw the Shadow Fire leaving Tolbi the other day...nice disguise. Looked like a commuter aircraft on the radar.'
'It took some work, but I made it happen.' Garet said, smiling.
'So what's the plan?' David asked.
'We're going to slowly attack Tolbi. We're a small force, so we MUST take it easy. We'll be crushed otherwise.' Garet responded. 'They killed my city. They killed most of my friends and family. They...killed Jenna. Now they must die.'
'Do you feel that way about the city of Tolbi?' Rita asked.
'Of course I do. They're evil. Evil is bad. It's common logic.' Garet responded, sounding slightly irked.
'But the commonfolk of the city, do you worry about them?' Jason asked.
'No. Even if they are innocent, they still support these leaders. And they deserve the fate that came to Sumera.'
'You're pretty dead-set on that, bucko...' Phil said, laughing. He was standing over in the corner, eyeing the partially opened door carefully. 'Oh...god...'
'AMBUSH!' Phil yelled, and Tolbi troops stormed Chuck's Villa. Bullets flew all around, and there were rushes of Psynergy everywhere. Dark blasts from Phil, coupled with spires of ice from David were enough to finish off the initial attack force. But that wasn't quite enough. Garet had been hit, and was laying in a crumpled heap on the ground. The Tolbi forces had already retreated, but there was little hope for Garet's survival. Chuck, Phil, and Jason lifted Garet onto the bed of palm fronds. He was bleeding heavily, and he was fading slowly. The group was in awe. Fearless leader Garet had fallen...
Michelle cried out several times, trying to revive her fallen comrade with her Revive psynergy. But everytime it looked like Garet would re-surface, he slipped back under, deeper and deeper. It was an uphill climb, with no footholds. The group had to accept one thing. Garet was dead.
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It was late, near midnight. The group had taken Garet's lifeless body with them as they began their retreat to the remains of Sumera. The Ragnarok brought them to a small field near the town of Vault. This is where they stopped for the night. Jason and David started the campfire, while Phil and Rita pitched the tents. Michelle prepared the food, and when it was done, the party sat around and talked about their once fearless leader, now awaiting proper burial the subsequent morning. They all reflected upon him over the course of an hour or so..and then stopped talking. They reflected on what they cared for most...
(I will go into these flashbacks...)
Phil dreamed of marrying Rita, and how he wanted to stay by her side forever...Rita thought only of Phil, and her family...Michelle cringed at the thought of her old city, Saroberi's destruction. She could only remember the voice of her mother...the pictures they had had longed faded in her memory....David remembered his rejection as a healer by Mia, and how he vowed never to heal again...and Jason remembers the glory of saving his brother back in his hometown...
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Chapter Five: Warning
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They pulled up around sunset to the outskirts of Tolbi. They exited the landspeeder to find a resistance force waiting for them.
'An ambush!' Garet said.
'Relax, guys! We have to STAY CALM.' Michelle said, clasping her hands together and charging one of her Light-Element psynergies.
A large beam of light radiated the Tolbi troops, frying them, and allowing further passage. The group continued on in, keeping low profile. Although a man wearing a reaper's outfit and chains (which was Phil) is not very inconspicuous.
'C'mon, get inside!' A man said. He lloked like your average street merchant, but it was really one of Sumera's operatives.
'Chuck, good to see you.' Garet said, shaking hands with Chuck.
'Nice to see you, too. I saw the Shadow Fire leaving Tolbi the other day...nice disguise. Looked like a commuter aircraft on the radar.'
'It took some work, but I made it happen.' Garet said, smiling.
'So what's the plan?' David asked.
'We're going to slowly attack Tolbi. We're a small force, so we MUST take it easy. We'll be crushed otherwise.' Garet responded. 'They killed my city. They killed most of my friends and family. They...killed Jenna. Now they must die.'
'Do you feel that way about the city of Tolbi?' Rita asked.
'Of course I do. They're evil. Evil is bad. It's common logic.' Garet responded, sounding slightly irked.
'But the commonfolk of the city, do you worry about them?' Jason asked.
'No. Even if they are innocent, they still support these leaders. And they deserve the fate that came to Sumera.'
'You're pretty dead-set on that, bucko...' Phil said, laughing. He was standing over in the corner, eyeing the partially opened door carefully. 'Oh...god...'
'AMBUSH!' Phil yelled, and Tolbi troops stormed Chuck's Villa. Bullets flew all around, and there were rushes of Psynergy everywhere. Dark blasts from Phil, coupled with spires of ice from David were enough to finish off the initial attack force. But that wasn't quite enough. Garet had been hit, and was laying in a crumpled heap on the ground. The Tolbi forces had already retreated, but there was little hope for Garet's survival. Chuck, Phil, and Jason lifted Garet onto the bed of palm fronds. He was bleeding heavily, and he was fading slowly. The group was in awe. Fearless leader Garet had fallen...
Michelle cried out several times, trying to revive her fallen comrade with her Revive psynergy. But everytime it looked like Garet would re-surface, he slipped back under, deeper and deeper. It was an uphill climb, with no footholds. The group had to accept one thing. Garet was dead.
--
It was late, near midnight. The group had taken Garet's lifeless body with them as they began their retreat to the remains of Sumera. The Ragnarok brought them to a small field near the town of Vault. This is where they stopped for the night. Jason and David started the campfire, while Phil and Rita pitched the tents. Michelle prepared the food, and when it was done, the party sat around and talked about their once fearless leader, now awaiting proper burial the subsequent morning. They all reflected upon him over the course of an hour or so..and then stopped talking. They reflected on what they cared for most...
(I will go into these flashbacks...)
Phil dreamed of marrying Rita, and how he wanted to stay by her side forever...Rita thought only of Phil, and her family...Michelle cringed at the thought of her old city, Saroberi's destruction. She could only remember the voice of her mother...the pictures they had had longed faded in her memory....David remembered his rejection as a healer by Mia, and how he vowed never to heal again...and Jason remembers the glory of saving his brother back in his hometown...
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