thanx all for teh reviews again! here's the battle!
Disclaimer: yea, yea, i don't own any of the xenosaga stuff...
Chapter 3
Gnosis Attack
Night had fallen, and everyone was gathered outside of the Elsa around a campfire.
"Man, we're finally out of the ship!" Jr. sighed.
"And what's wrong with the ship?" asked Matthews.
"Nothing, nothing!" Jr. stepped back. "It's just that repairing broken parts all day kinda take a toll on the body you know what I mean?" Hammer and Tony agreed immediately.
"I sure do." said Gaignan. "It happens all the time with the paperwork at the Foundation. No matter how much of it I get done, more of it just reappears! It's just like the Gnosis... I'd take Gnosis over paperwork any day!"
"You must either really hate paper, or are really confident in your fighting skills." laughed chaos.
"Well, sure! Would you rather file papers all day or fight some Gnosis?"
chaos laughed again. "I see your point."
"Well, it's getting late." Ziggy said, noticing Momo yawn. "You all get some sleep, I'll take first watch."
"That's nice of you Ziggy." said Shion, walking over to Gaignan
"Shion! Sleep over here by me! We wouldn't want you disturbing Gaignan now would we?"
"Yeah right. I'm sure you'd love her with you wouldn't you?" Jr. mentally joked.
"Now's not the time for this." Gaignan mentally blocked Jr. "It's perfectly ok Jin." Gaignan assured. "Your sister is not at all disturbing, in fact her presence is more than welcome."
"Ha! See Jin!" Shion stuck her tongue out at her brother. "He doesn't mind!"
"Well... ok then. As long as he doesn't mind. Hey Ziggy, I'll take next watch." Jin mentioned. "Just wake me when you get tired."
"Ok, thanks." the cyborg walked further from the campfire, preparing to circle around his friends.
"Ziggy! I'll watch with you!" Momo rushed up to join Ziggy. "I can make sure you don't fall asleep!"
Ziggy smiled. "I'd like that."
With no other words said, or needed, everyone fell asleep preparing for the worst but hoping for the best.
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"Everyone! Wake up!" Momo's voice pierced the silent night.
Jin, a light sleeper, was the first to awake.
"What's the problem?" he asked a fearful Momo.
"Gnosis! They're everywhere! Ziggy... he's..."
"Hurry everyone! Get ready!" Ziggy burst through the bushes that Momo had just came through. "They're coming! We have to-" he was suddenly cut off. A large green claw protruded from Ziggy's chest, just missing his metal parts and puncturing the flesh near his heart. Falling to the ground, the large spider-like Gnosis yanked it's leg out of Ziggy's body.
"Ziggy! No!" Momo ran towards the Gnosis, brandishing her bow and arrow but Jr. quickly held her back.
"No, Momo, don't go! Let us take care of the Gnosis so you can get Ziggy into the Elsa."
Momo nodded and everyone began brandishing weapons as Gnosis began surrounding the small group. Pushing Cpt. Matthews, Hammer, and Tony into the Elsa, Gaignan joined the others. Not wanting their prey to get further away, the Gnosis quickly attacked.
chaos' "wings" grew and he began fighting off the airborne Gnosis. Kos-mos' wings appeared and she flew off to join chaos. Jr. lured the spider away from Ziggy, and Momo pulled him back towards the Elsa. Things were flying through the air, threatening to cut through anything that got in it's way. Acid from Gnosis, bullets from Jr., and energy waves from chaos and Kos-Mos filled the night sky.
"Momo watch out!" another spider rushed Momo, seeing her trying to take away Ziggy. Shion ran over to her and instantly began firing upon it. Getting it's attention, she rushed off in another direction, distracting it enough to give Jin the time to stab it from behind.
"Thanks you two!" Momo smiled as she dragged the unconscious android into the Elsa. They smiled back but quickly tuned back to the battle as they were assaulted by a pack of wolf- like Gnosis.
Gaignan, having no weapon of his own, had to use his psychic powers to defend himself from the Gnosis threat. Seeing some winged Gnosis flee from chaos, he stopped them from moving, allowing chaos to deliver the finishing blow. More winged ones flew down to Gaignan, so sending a strong blast of psychic power towards them, he sliced their wings off, rendering them motionless. Moving along, so as to avoid any stray shots, he encountered a short blob of a Gnosis who spewed out acid. The blob spat out a huge glob of acid, so his immediate reaction was to send the acid flying back at the Gnosis, which he did. What he didn't expect to happen was for it to go flying back... and land in front of Shion. With Jin preoccupied with the remaining wolfs and Shion not noticing the short blob, it attacked.
"AHHHH!" Shion screamed out in pain.
"Noooooo!" Gaignan yelled. His eyes began glowing green. An green aura engulfed his body. "No... not now!" he yelled out, falling to the ground. "Damnit!" he struggled as he stood up "Red Dragon mode... activating!" the aura enlarged and flashed bright, brighter than the campfire. He ran towards the Gnosis and lifted it up psychically. Everyone turned to watch, and the remaining Gnosis fled, sensing his great power. The blob could be seen squirming in Gaignan's grip. Gaignan brought his hands together, and squashed it.
"Gaignan..." Shion said weakly, attempting to get up.
He turned around and stared at her, eyes still burning with the power of the Red Dragon. Without warning, he punched Shion, sending her back many yards.
"Gaignan!" Jr. yelled. He ran to him. "What's the matter with you?" Gaignan struck out with his other hand, but with his hand open this time. Rather than hitting him, he pushed Jr. back into a tree, and he fell down unconscious.
"Hahahaha!" Gaignan walked over to Shion's weak body, and brought up his hand. Forming a psychic blade, he prepared to strike.
"Oh no you don't!" chaos tackled Gaignan, and pushed him into the ground. "I'm sorry..." chaos took his palm and smacked the side of Gaignan's head, knocking him out.
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A/N: and so the Red Dragon shows itself! what's going to happen next? a talk with Albedo, that's wht.
