::Note from MeteorSummoner...
Here it is...the second chapter (actually third, because of the preview...) What does the figure in black want with Mag and company??? The remake of Chapter 2 of the Beginning of the End, I'm going to try to explain why Sephiroth killed everyone.
Sorry, but I do not own the characters, places, Cyframes, and story of Evolution.
Unknown
"What the...who is that swordsman??? He's going to ruin our plans!! It's obvious he's there for his own reasons. "
"Don't worry about him. Just concentrate on what you are supposed to do and I'll concentrate on mine."
"But...we need some of those people to power up the -"
"HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU...DON'T TALK ABOUT THE ULTIMATE WEAPON!!! SOMEONE WILL HEAR AND MY PLANS WILL BE RUINED!!!"
"Sorry, sir…But what should we do about that swordsman?"
"Heh…Nothing we can do."
"WHAT??? Nothing!? But he's killing everyone!!"
"I know that. I'm not blind. It's easier to transport people from different places and worlds when they're dead, then when they are alive. Once they are taken care of, we can send the one's that I've chosen here and continue forth with total world domination of Evolutia (name of planet where Evolution takes place)!"
A sigh. "If you say so."
Museville
The warrior in a black cloak, black pants with knee-high black boots glared at them all, a six foot sword in hand. Mag, Pepper, Gre, Chain, and Bomberman were standing in the entrance to the Society HQ. For a while, they just stared at each other, then the swordsman opened his mouth and said, "The end is near."
Mag was confused by what he had said. "What...what do you mean by the end is near??" he called to him. If he was the one responsible for Linear's disappearance…
"You do not realize what is about to happen," came the reply. "You are just a mere insignificance to the Ultimate Plan."
"What!? What "ultimate plan"!?!" Mag exclaimed, confused and angry. He didn't like that swordsman, who had also ruthlessly killed the defenseless people who worked at the Society; the bodies littered the courtyard. He didn't even realize that he took a few steps forward so that he was two or three feet closer then Gre and the rest.
"Mag! What are you doing!?" Chain exclaimed.
"Don't get too close!! I sense something bad about him!!" Bomberman cried.
"Master Mag!! Come back here, this instant!!" Gre said, panic in his voice.
"Hey, listen to us!" Pepper pleaded. "This isn't a good idea."
Mag did hear them; he was intent on getting an answer, and, after a slight hesitation, got one.
The swordsman just shrugged. "The Ultimate Plan to destroy this planet and all those who live there," he explained, almost sounding like he's saying it absently. "Every time I collect a soul, it's power is added to mine and I grow stronger. I realized that to gain even more power, I need to absorb the planet's life. In other words, I'm here to collect the LifeStream of this planet. When I do, no one will be able to beat me…not even my rival from ago…CLOUD STRIFE!! Hmph." He glanced at Mag with a look of smug contempt on his face. "By the looks of you, you're not even worth fighting. You should just lay down quietly and await your end - there is nothing you can do to stop me." He finished with that final tone, my-mind-is-already-made-up kind of voice.
WHAT!?! Mag was angered by the swordsman's words: "Not even worth fighting" "lay down quietly and meet your end" "There is nothing you can do to stop me". The anger rose within him like lava rising from inside a volcano; soon, he was going to blow up and attack and not even the Messenger of Light or Evolutia can stop him.
"Never!" Mag shouted, also realizing that the swordsman would be a danger to the entire world itself. Somehow, someway, he was going to stop him, even if it kills him. "I don't care if you are powerful or not. What makes you think you can just destroy a world as you please?"
"Uh, Mag…" Chain said but Mag ignored her and continued:
"Who are you anyway? Are you the one who kidnapped Linear??? Tell me!! Or…"
The swordsman raised his head so that he is looking directly at Mag. "I...am Sephiroth...That is who I am," he said before skewering him with his sword. He had moved so quickly, no one had time to move or even blink. Mag shouted in surprised shock, and fell to the ground.
"MAG!!!" exclaimed Chain, Gre, Pepper and the rest. As they ran to his side, Sephiroth jumped a few feet back out of the way and looked at them with little or no interest. But they could do nothing about Mag; his injury was far too severe for Naolin to help, they didn't have any Red Vipers on hand and Linear wasn't there to heal him. His face was already very pale.
"Who's this Linear anyway? I don't know that person," Sephiroth said, looking at them with no emotion.
"Master Mag!! Hold on!! I'm going to get help!" Gre said, he turned to go, but Pepper stopped him.
"He's already gone," she told him.
"I…I…" Gre was at a loss for words. He turned his attention back to the injured Mag.
"I...I'm not...supposed to...die...yet...My father's request...to...protect Linear...I...failed...sorry..." Mag managed to say, his voice getting weaker towards the end. He closed his eyes and lay still.
Chain was furious. "You killed him!!! What did he do to you??? You're going to pay!!" she shouted, angrily. "I will avenge his death!! YAHHHHHH!!!"
She darted forward towards Sephiroth, who just stood there, with a neutral, bored expression on his face. When Chain got close enough, she swung the huge blade Cyframe sideways at him with all her might...and missed.
"What the..." she exclaimed, looking around in surprise. "Where'd he go?" she shouted, hoping for an answer before it was too late…but, unfortunately, it was.
Sephiroth had jumped in the air to avoid the blade; now he hovered in the air like he was floating for half a second then, as he came down, drove the long thin blade through Chain's back. Her eyes widened in surprise, said something inaudible, then slumped over the ground. It was obvious that she was dead. Sephiroth put a foot over her head and pulled out his sword, which was stained red with blood. He looked up at Gre, Bomberman and Pepper which seemed to say, "Who's next?"
"Oh, no!! Chain too!!" Pepper cried. Her voice turned angry. "Reckless killing? You're going to pay for that!!" She quickly aimed her bazooka-type Cyframe at Sephiroth and shot a fireball at him. But he dodged it and it struck Bomberman, who had been trying to sneak behind Sephiroth to try to toss a bomb at him. Bomberman dropped the bomb and began to run aimlessly, screaming madly, his entire body engulfed by flames. He suddenly fell to the ground and started to roll around to extinguish the flames. When the flames were finally gone, it was too late. Bomberman was dead too.
"Hmph. You should've retreated when you had the chance - now you will join them." Sephiroth lunged forward suddenly, slamming Pepper backwards into the wall of the HQ building, denting it inwards with great force. She hit her head hard, shouted something indistinguishable, fell a few feet to the ground, twitched a little, then stopped moving altogether.
Gre watched, eyes growing wide. "Pepper!" he exclaimed, when she stopped moving. He looked up and saw Sephiroth coming his way. On they way, he swung his sword at Nina, who was trying to escape unnoticed, and slain her as well - she made no noise as the blade cut into her, then she collapsed silently to the ground. "Oh no...no...NO!!!!" In his panic to get away, he stumbled and fell. He quickly scrambled up and started to run, everything seemed like in slow motion, except Sephiroth, who was approaching rapidly with inhuman speed.
Sephiroth advanced forward, sword raised for the final kill.
…Or so he thought.
The door to the Society HQ opened and Eugene stepped out, sword and gun in each hand. "What's going on out here!?" he demanded. "I'm busy so keep it out or…"
He froze and watched as Sephiroth stabbed Gre through with his blade, from the back. Gre shouted painfully and fell to his knees. Then he slumped facedown on the ground, a look of shock on his face. Sephiroth pulled out his sword, looked up and saw the Crown Prince staring back at him, his eyes wide with shock and looking very surprised and afraid.
"What the...W-w-who are you?" he said in a shaky voice, taking a step back; he was preparing to run.
"Hmph. It's your turn to die," Sephiroth raised sword, paused for a moment then charged at him.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!" Eugene dropped his weapons and turned to run, but he did no better than Gre; he got no further than one step.
With one powerful swing of the sword, Sephiroth cut his head off. It landed somewhere in the bushes near the Society building.
After taking care of the Crown Prince, Sephiroth stood there and started to laugh madly. The planet started to self-destruct for no reason. Explosions were heard everywhere. Pieces of land started to break lose from each other and some were starting to float upwards as the planet's gravity weakened. The sky was covered with dark, angry clouds that often flashed lightning. Thunder rumbled across the skies, as well as Sephiroth's maniacal laughter. As the final seconds of the planet's life ticked down, Sephiroth opened a warp with a wave of his hand, then disappeared through it just in time.
Now we move out to see what will happen to the planet...
Cracks began to appear on the planet's surface and started to spread, joining with other cracks as it wrapped around the doomed planet. Light appeared from the center, going outwards. As more light appeared, a rumbling noise got louder. Finally, there was a great flash of light as the planet exploded. Space glowed brightly for a few seconds, then slowly faded to black again. The world of Evolutia is no more...
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Unknown
"Status report, now!
"Well, the Chosen Ones for that world is dead, and we would've been, if not this base were protected."
"Excellent. And what about the town of Pannam and Museville?"
"Uh...destroyed, but the world was too."
"Hmph. That wasn't supposed to happen to the planet - must of been Sephiroth's doing...Oh, well. It's easy enough to repair...so do that first. Afterwards, bring the Chosen Ones back to life and send them to the prison hold here. Once the weapon is up and running, we'll use them. As for everyone else, let them continue their lives as normal…before they are enslaved to serve ME!!!" Laughter is heard.
"Yes, sir. Will do, sir."
A screen showed the planet miraculously reappeared and repaired itself. It zoomed inwards to show Pannam Town, then split into two screens to also include Museville. It looked how it did in the morning before everything started happening - normal.
"Good. Now that it is done, send me these people...Mag Launcher, age 16; Linear Cannon, age 17; Chain Gun, age 15; Gre Nade, age 58; Pepper Box, age 24; Bomberman - what's he doing there??? Oh, well, don't have to destroy Planet Bomber after all...- age unknown and Eugene Leopold, age 31. They are very important, so don't mess anything up. Now go. Don't come back until they are safely secured in the prison cells!!"
"Yes, sir! Right away, sir!"
The sound of footsteps faded to nothing. There was a sigh and the screen switched to a fairly large prison cell, where some people were already being held. One of them, a white-haired boy with strange clothing was talking to a blond-haired girl in a strange dress. Their clothes were of Evolutian by style, pattern and design. The girl, wearing a short white dress with long sleeves that widened at the end, also wore a turtleneck-type blue shirt with no sleeves and blue shorts underneath. Her hair was tied into a ponytail by a large purple ribbon. Her purplish eyes looked worried and afraid. The boy, wearing a blue vest, baggy light-blue pants and pink arm sleeves with gold decorations, turned and glared back to the camera with fire-red eyes. He seemed to mouth, "I know you're plans. You're not going to get away with this."
Soft amused laughter. "Don't bet on it," he said to himself. "My plan continues as planned…"
To be continued...
::Final word from MeteorSummoner::
Hope you don't mind that everyone died again, but it has a true purpose this time. Sorry it's so short, but the story is probably going to get a little more complicated. Linear was lucky; she wasn't there when all that slaughtering happened...but then again, she might've been able to save Mag, thus changing the story. I wonder what'll happen then? I'll have to think about it.
Anyways, I hope you enjoyed it. I told you there were going to be violence and bloodshed...The next chapter will be the final chapter that almost resembles the Beginning of the End but the chapters after that, it'll be a totally different story.