Note from Selskia
As you can probably tell from this chapter, I just plain suck at battle
scenes. :P
Mystic Destiny Chapter Three-Mystic
Klein watched the red and tan AC streak towards the moon for a second before he overboosted to try to reach his old friend. But Ares continued on, not noticing Klein's red AC. Klein even tried to message him, but the channel was blocked.
"Selskia? Do you know what happened?"
The girl shook her head, watching the AC closely. Suddenly, she teleported into the vacuum of space, perfectly fine even in the dark void.
Suddenly, Ares' AC stopped, and Klein could get a better look as he caught up. His friend's AC looked just as it had before, with a Karasawa, Moonlight, laser cannon, and a missile launcher, but there were also some strange extensions, as well.
Selskia popped back into Klein's cockpit, thinking. She couldn't see inside the Plexiglas window of the other person's AC.
"I think he blew up the station..."
Suddenly, Ares turned and shot at him, rocket launcher firing and Moonlight about to slice him in half. Selskia, however, acted before Klein had a chance to and easily teleported to the side, behind Ares. Klein wasn't so happy about the teleportation though.
"I told you not to do anything, even if it meant my life..."
All the while, he was firing at Ares and dodging. Neither was hit a single time, matched in skill, power, and speed. Selskia started to snap repeatedly, and every time she did, smaller ACS began to appear, forming a ring around Klein's red AC. They were each about a foot high, and many different colors, weapons, and shapes could be seen. Over 100, in total. Klein turned from the battle for a second, looking at Selskia in disbelief.
"What the heck are they supposed to do!?!?"
Selskia smiled, however, and popped outside to her miniature ACs. She led them with a wave of a hand to the side, away from the battle. One stray shot headed towards them, but one of the minis jumped up at the energy beam and deflected it with a shield right back at Ares. After that, they weren't fired at any more.
During all of this, Klein was busily fighting Ares, dodging a bullet here, firing his chain gun there, and intercepting the missiles that came in his direction. They really were evenly matched. Klein was thinking to himself all the while.
Maybe I am getting better. Maybe I can even be A-1, instead of just A- 2. But...Who's better? Me or Ares?
Selskia was forming the little ACs into small groups, about ten a group. She nodded, and floated back to watch her work. All of them but one streaked out to encircle the larger AC and fired small beams of energy, barely scraping the paint, but forming enough of a distraction for Ares to turn.
Klein, seizing the opportunity, quickly ran in to create a gash in the armor around the core and get a few carefully aimed missiles in the AC's head.
Selskia returned to Klein's cockpit, bringing the one remaining AC back with her. She looked around inside, showing the mini around like she had just adopted it from the pound and was showing it its new home. She was back in a playful mood, and popped out on top of Klein's AC, enjoying the view of the battle. Then she wrote a few words in the air, letters forming in smoky blue shapes. She waved it towards the view screen, so Klein could see her handiwork.
This is fun! Wanna play with my mini AC?
"SELSKIA! Don't do that!"
He frantically tried to see through the smoke, getting hit by a few missiles in the process.
"I'm a little BUSY here! Go bother someone else!"
Selskia looked down at Klein through the Plexiglas and shouted at him.
"Fine! I'll go ask him if he wants to play!"
She looked towards the attack AC, drifted off Klein's AC, and teleported right before being hit by a bullet.
Klein resumed the dodging and firing occasionally, when he noticed that Ares' AC suddenly stopped, and then started to move like a newbie that just got his raven. And none of his shots ever hit him anymore, either.
"What the!?"
A com link appeared in the corner, and on it was Selskia. She had the suit on, and was obviously in control of the AC.
"Whee!!!!! It's been a while since I was last in an AC! Didn't I tell you? I used to be a raven!"
"A raven!? Well, where's Ares!?!?"
She looked around and up at the ceiling. In the background, Klein could hear the muffled shouts of Ares, who was plastered on the ceiling, melded into the steel wall.
"Well, up there! Hm...Wanna battle? Although this AC really isn't my type...Too slow..."
She immediately began to shoot back, although she was obviously not used to these weapons, overshooting and such. Klein was surprised at the girl's skill, for she was actually quite good.
"Gah! I'm getting in my own AC! This thing moves like a slug!"
Klein watched as she appeared out in space, and snapped her fingers. Instantly, a white and sky blue AC appeared off to the side of his. It had a chain gun, Moonlight, Karasawa, and a simple missile launcher. Very light- weight, as far as he could tell. Selskia popped back in, and re-enabled the com link, turning back into the raven image she had at the station.
"Well, how do you like it?"
He looked back to his computer, although he doubted he would get any results.
"Vengeance, any stats on that AC?"
Raven: Selskianna Laputian Raven Nickname: Mystic AC Name: Mystic Angel No further information
Mystic Angel...He remembered that name from somewhere...Looking back up at Selskia's face, he realized who he was seeing. He was looking right at the legendary Raven, the only female to get to the A-2 rank, who also died years ago. And the hyperactive teenager who had messed up his life only minutes before. He couldn't remember much else, but it was a start. He would have to check the database back in his dorm.
"You're the Mystic!? Why didn't you say so!!!!!"
End Part I
"Well, you never asked! You should've known I was Mystic when I turned back to my old form back at the Raven's Nest!"
Selskia was watching the battle, glancing back at the com link occasionally. It was actually going quite well, as far as she could tell. No need to join yet...
Suddenly, Ares vanished.
She looked back to her radar, checking to see if he had used some stealth unit that she hadn't seen. It was easy to blend into the endless void out here with a good stealth attachment. But there was no third red dot of color. Only the blips that represented herself and Klein were on the screen.
"Where did he go!?"
Selskia boosted forward, to the very spot Ares had been in. Nothing. She tried to teleport one of her miniature ACs into her memory of the cockpit. The AC disappeared without a trace, and even Selskia couldn't call it back.
Then he appeared
Right in front of Klein
Charging at him, laser blade flashing
"Augh!"
Klein boosted back and away, firing everything he had at the tan AC while doing so.
But he couldn't hit Ares.
Because Ares had disappeared again.
"Selskia, are you doing something?"
On the com link, Klein could see her shake her head in amazement.
"Of course not...I'm in shock as you are...But he's gone now..."
She shot a few rounds of chain gun into the empty void. Nothing.
"Guess he has to appear to attack...Then disappears again into nothingness to dodge..."
Ares appeared right then, firing about ten missiles before disappearing again, only to reappear behind Klein to slash at his ACs back. Klein boosted up again, looking in amazement.
And so it went on. Ares had flashed in and out of vision, and kept on doing that for a little while, toying with Klein almost.
"Well that would explain why Ares wins in the arena all the time...He cheats."
"Or he could be possessed. I remember, I saw him before. He wasn't acting like this then..."
Ares appeared again, but this time, Selskia jumped in. She fired 5 missiles and boosted up, to bring down her Moonlight on his head, but he disappeared. The Moonlight hit nothing but air.
"This is an impossible battle, Selskia! Turn back time!"
"But it's impossible! I can't turn back time more than onc-"
Her words were cut off by Ares' reappearance. She was the target of the attack this time, and she deftly wove around the missiles as Klein fired for her. Again, right as Ares was about to get hit, he disappeared and the KARASAWA shots flew past, hitting nothing, as Ares was gone.
"We can't beat Ares with this extension on him..."
At those words, Selskia smiled, a plan forming in her head. She turned to teleport all the mini ACs to the void, readying their various weapons. When Ares appeared again, he went after Selskia. With a small hand motion, the minis overboosted at Ares, straight at the extension, and began firing everything they had at it while Selskia continued to dodge, managing a few missiles this time. As Ares disappeared again, Selskia happily noted that he flickered for a second before vanishing, getting hit once. She counted the minis and noticed one was gone. She hadn't seen any explode during the small battle.
"Guys, where did he go?"
The minis promptly began to make trails of smoke, forming words.
He went with the guy
For one of the first times ever, Klein saw true sorrow flicker over her face, as well as excitement. Maybe the mini got at the extension in...wherever...and could defeat Ares there?
Selskia teleported one mini into her cockpit, and hooked the little guy to her AC. The screen flickered for a second, and then an image of the mini AC latched onto Ares' broken attachment appeared.
"I...I think Ares is stuck..."
Klien looked slightly worried for a second, but shook the thought away.
"And I can't leave the Raven's Nest gone, either..."
Klein looked back at the bits and pieces of twisted metal which were the remains of the once glorious space station.
"Selskia, change it back...It's the one home I even remember..."
The girl looked over at him, and nodded gravely, muttering.
"God, I hope the punishment isn't too severe..."
She looked and snapped once. The station reappeared, bustling with activity as if nothing had happened.
And Selskia abruptly keeled over, exhausted.
The mini AC with her took over the AC, and started to pilot it back to the station, Klein following close behind.
Klein docked the AC and got out, walking to Selskia's AC. She was still asleep.
"Great...Now what am I gonna do? I am NOT going to carry her..."
The mini looked up at him, and produced a holographic hover board under the sleeping girl.
"Ok...Come now, er...thing..."
He walked up to his dorm and the mini AC laid Selskia on his bed.
"I really should let her sleep on the floor...Oh well, sheesh."
He got out a holo computer and started to type, looking for any missions he could get. Behind him, Selskia woke up again, and, noticing Klein was obviously not in the mood to talk, she began to make small improvements to her mini AC with small scraps of metal she conjured. Hours passed as Selskia began to catnap on the bed and stare at the featureless ceiling. Abruptly, Klein stood, still holding the computer.
Mission: Eliminate unmanned weapons Location: Caimalin Desert, Earth Units: Unknown Number of Units: Unknown Payment: 70,000 for destruction of all units
Setting it down, he turned to leave, looking back as he was stepping out the room.
"So, are you coming?"
End Chapter Three, Part II End Chapter Three
Mystic Destiny Chapter Three-Mystic
Klein watched the red and tan AC streak towards the moon for a second before he overboosted to try to reach his old friend. But Ares continued on, not noticing Klein's red AC. Klein even tried to message him, but the channel was blocked.
"Selskia? Do you know what happened?"
The girl shook her head, watching the AC closely. Suddenly, she teleported into the vacuum of space, perfectly fine even in the dark void.
Suddenly, Ares' AC stopped, and Klein could get a better look as he caught up. His friend's AC looked just as it had before, with a Karasawa, Moonlight, laser cannon, and a missile launcher, but there were also some strange extensions, as well.
Selskia popped back into Klein's cockpit, thinking. She couldn't see inside the Plexiglas window of the other person's AC.
"I think he blew up the station..."
Suddenly, Ares turned and shot at him, rocket launcher firing and Moonlight about to slice him in half. Selskia, however, acted before Klein had a chance to and easily teleported to the side, behind Ares. Klein wasn't so happy about the teleportation though.
"I told you not to do anything, even if it meant my life..."
All the while, he was firing at Ares and dodging. Neither was hit a single time, matched in skill, power, and speed. Selskia started to snap repeatedly, and every time she did, smaller ACS began to appear, forming a ring around Klein's red AC. They were each about a foot high, and many different colors, weapons, and shapes could be seen. Over 100, in total. Klein turned from the battle for a second, looking at Selskia in disbelief.
"What the heck are they supposed to do!?!?"
Selskia smiled, however, and popped outside to her miniature ACs. She led them with a wave of a hand to the side, away from the battle. One stray shot headed towards them, but one of the minis jumped up at the energy beam and deflected it with a shield right back at Ares. After that, they weren't fired at any more.
During all of this, Klein was busily fighting Ares, dodging a bullet here, firing his chain gun there, and intercepting the missiles that came in his direction. They really were evenly matched. Klein was thinking to himself all the while.
Maybe I am getting better. Maybe I can even be A-1, instead of just A- 2. But...Who's better? Me or Ares?
Selskia was forming the little ACs into small groups, about ten a group. She nodded, and floated back to watch her work. All of them but one streaked out to encircle the larger AC and fired small beams of energy, barely scraping the paint, but forming enough of a distraction for Ares to turn.
Klein, seizing the opportunity, quickly ran in to create a gash in the armor around the core and get a few carefully aimed missiles in the AC's head.
Selskia returned to Klein's cockpit, bringing the one remaining AC back with her. She looked around inside, showing the mini around like she had just adopted it from the pound and was showing it its new home. She was back in a playful mood, and popped out on top of Klein's AC, enjoying the view of the battle. Then she wrote a few words in the air, letters forming in smoky blue shapes. She waved it towards the view screen, so Klein could see her handiwork.
This is fun! Wanna play with my mini AC?
"SELSKIA! Don't do that!"
He frantically tried to see through the smoke, getting hit by a few missiles in the process.
"I'm a little BUSY here! Go bother someone else!"
Selskia looked down at Klein through the Plexiglas and shouted at him.
"Fine! I'll go ask him if he wants to play!"
She looked towards the attack AC, drifted off Klein's AC, and teleported right before being hit by a bullet.
Klein resumed the dodging and firing occasionally, when he noticed that Ares' AC suddenly stopped, and then started to move like a newbie that just got his raven. And none of his shots ever hit him anymore, either.
"What the!?"
A com link appeared in the corner, and on it was Selskia. She had the suit on, and was obviously in control of the AC.
"Whee!!!!! It's been a while since I was last in an AC! Didn't I tell you? I used to be a raven!"
"A raven!? Well, where's Ares!?!?"
She looked around and up at the ceiling. In the background, Klein could hear the muffled shouts of Ares, who was plastered on the ceiling, melded into the steel wall.
"Well, up there! Hm...Wanna battle? Although this AC really isn't my type...Too slow..."
She immediately began to shoot back, although she was obviously not used to these weapons, overshooting and such. Klein was surprised at the girl's skill, for she was actually quite good.
"Gah! I'm getting in my own AC! This thing moves like a slug!"
Klein watched as she appeared out in space, and snapped her fingers. Instantly, a white and sky blue AC appeared off to the side of his. It had a chain gun, Moonlight, Karasawa, and a simple missile launcher. Very light- weight, as far as he could tell. Selskia popped back in, and re-enabled the com link, turning back into the raven image she had at the station.
"Well, how do you like it?"
He looked back to his computer, although he doubted he would get any results.
"Vengeance, any stats on that AC?"
Raven: Selskianna Laputian Raven Nickname: Mystic AC Name: Mystic Angel No further information
Mystic Angel...He remembered that name from somewhere...Looking back up at Selskia's face, he realized who he was seeing. He was looking right at the legendary Raven, the only female to get to the A-2 rank, who also died years ago. And the hyperactive teenager who had messed up his life only minutes before. He couldn't remember much else, but it was a start. He would have to check the database back in his dorm.
"You're the Mystic!? Why didn't you say so!!!!!"
End Part I
"Well, you never asked! You should've known I was Mystic when I turned back to my old form back at the Raven's Nest!"
Selskia was watching the battle, glancing back at the com link occasionally. It was actually going quite well, as far as she could tell. No need to join yet...
Suddenly, Ares vanished.
She looked back to her radar, checking to see if he had used some stealth unit that she hadn't seen. It was easy to blend into the endless void out here with a good stealth attachment. But there was no third red dot of color. Only the blips that represented herself and Klein were on the screen.
"Where did he go!?"
Selskia boosted forward, to the very spot Ares had been in. Nothing. She tried to teleport one of her miniature ACs into her memory of the cockpit. The AC disappeared without a trace, and even Selskia couldn't call it back.
Then he appeared
Right in front of Klein
Charging at him, laser blade flashing
"Augh!"
Klein boosted back and away, firing everything he had at the tan AC while doing so.
But he couldn't hit Ares.
Because Ares had disappeared again.
"Selskia, are you doing something?"
On the com link, Klein could see her shake her head in amazement.
"Of course not...I'm in shock as you are...But he's gone now..."
She shot a few rounds of chain gun into the empty void. Nothing.
"Guess he has to appear to attack...Then disappears again into nothingness to dodge..."
Ares appeared right then, firing about ten missiles before disappearing again, only to reappear behind Klein to slash at his ACs back. Klein boosted up again, looking in amazement.
And so it went on. Ares had flashed in and out of vision, and kept on doing that for a little while, toying with Klein almost.
"Well that would explain why Ares wins in the arena all the time...He cheats."
"Or he could be possessed. I remember, I saw him before. He wasn't acting like this then..."
Ares appeared again, but this time, Selskia jumped in. She fired 5 missiles and boosted up, to bring down her Moonlight on his head, but he disappeared. The Moonlight hit nothing but air.
"This is an impossible battle, Selskia! Turn back time!"
"But it's impossible! I can't turn back time more than onc-"
Her words were cut off by Ares' reappearance. She was the target of the attack this time, and she deftly wove around the missiles as Klein fired for her. Again, right as Ares was about to get hit, he disappeared and the KARASAWA shots flew past, hitting nothing, as Ares was gone.
"We can't beat Ares with this extension on him..."
At those words, Selskia smiled, a plan forming in her head. She turned to teleport all the mini ACs to the void, readying their various weapons. When Ares appeared again, he went after Selskia. With a small hand motion, the minis overboosted at Ares, straight at the extension, and began firing everything they had at it while Selskia continued to dodge, managing a few missiles this time. As Ares disappeared again, Selskia happily noted that he flickered for a second before vanishing, getting hit once. She counted the minis and noticed one was gone. She hadn't seen any explode during the small battle.
"Guys, where did he go?"
The minis promptly began to make trails of smoke, forming words.
He went with the guy
For one of the first times ever, Klein saw true sorrow flicker over her face, as well as excitement. Maybe the mini got at the extension in...wherever...and could defeat Ares there?
Selskia teleported one mini into her cockpit, and hooked the little guy to her AC. The screen flickered for a second, and then an image of the mini AC latched onto Ares' broken attachment appeared.
"I...I think Ares is stuck..."
Klien looked slightly worried for a second, but shook the thought away.
"And I can't leave the Raven's Nest gone, either..."
Klein looked back at the bits and pieces of twisted metal which were the remains of the once glorious space station.
"Selskia, change it back...It's the one home I even remember..."
The girl looked over at him, and nodded gravely, muttering.
"God, I hope the punishment isn't too severe..."
She looked and snapped once. The station reappeared, bustling with activity as if nothing had happened.
And Selskia abruptly keeled over, exhausted.
The mini AC with her took over the AC, and started to pilot it back to the station, Klein following close behind.
Klein docked the AC and got out, walking to Selskia's AC. She was still asleep.
"Great...Now what am I gonna do? I am NOT going to carry her..."
The mini looked up at him, and produced a holographic hover board under the sleeping girl.
"Ok...Come now, er...thing..."
He walked up to his dorm and the mini AC laid Selskia on his bed.
"I really should let her sleep on the floor...Oh well, sheesh."
He got out a holo computer and started to type, looking for any missions he could get. Behind him, Selskia woke up again, and, noticing Klein was obviously not in the mood to talk, she began to make small improvements to her mini AC with small scraps of metal she conjured. Hours passed as Selskia began to catnap on the bed and stare at the featureless ceiling. Abruptly, Klein stood, still holding the computer.
Mission: Eliminate unmanned weapons Location: Caimalin Desert, Earth Units: Unknown Number of Units: Unknown Payment: 70,000 for destruction of all units
Setting it down, he turned to leave, looking back as he was stepping out the room.
"So, are you coming?"
End Chapter Three, Part II End Chapter Three