Akira Bane: lol, ur welcome. yes, many people get mortally wounded here... (cough cough, accidental stabbing, falling out of the building, etc. cough cough.) Jonus is awesome... he's practical, yet defends his home planet with... great... wht's the word... i dunno. feeling? enthusium? something like that, lol. Ataria? i just made it up... lol. and... the peace treaty? the only reason i had that was so they'd go past the Gnosis planet... it all just kinda flowed from there.
White Pheonix: yay, my chappies are interesting! lol. jin won't be turning SJWR for the rest of the ficcy, so don't worry. and he's safe in this chapter too... so yea. huggle away, lol. he does end up... having a lot to do though... due to... stuff. (cough cough, read the above coughing thing, cough cough)
Disclaimer: it's not mine, if it was mine, everyuone would know a lot more about gaignan by now... and albedo. URTV's are awesome...
Chapter 8
The X-Buster
"Ok everyone... we need a plan." Jr. said.
"What can we do though?" Momo asked. "All the Gnosis are coming here! We can't possibly stop them! And they're not even on our plane!"
"It's..." Shion yelled. "Perfect!"
"What?" everyone turned at her.
"No, this is perfect! If they're all coming here, we can solidify them with a wide range Hilbert Effect! Then we can fight them off!"
"Fight them off you say?" Ziggy asked. "You actually believe we can fight them ALL off?"
"Well... no... that's where I'm stuck. I don't know how we can get rid of them all."
"The X-Buster." Kos-Mos said simply. "I can absorb most of them with my X-Buster."
"Most?" Jr. asked. "Not all?"
"Negative." she replied. "Since the G.W.S. still have functioning mechanic parts, my system will not allow me to absorb them. I can only absorb things that are 100 Gnosis."
"There!" Shion jumped. "We have a plan!"
"Not quite." Kos-Mos interrupted. "It has been a while since I have charged my system, and I haven't been in battle for a long period of time." Shion cursed at not charging her on the way to Ataria. "I would require a considerable amount of time to charge up for use of my X-Buster. I am currently charged up at 3."
"Well... that can be worked out. All we have to do is stall for time while she charges." Gaignan said.
"Yeah!" Jr. added. "And while she charges, we can take care of the G.W.S!"
"Perfect!" said Jonus, who was listening in. "Now, could you please get going!"
"Ok, jeez, hold on. Now how are we going to do this?" asked Shion.
"Let's split into three groups." suggested Jr. "One group, the group with Kos-Mos, will go on the roof. This will ensure that her X-Buster absorbs as many Gnosis as possible. This group will have 2 people and Kos-Mos. The others will protect Kos-Mos while she charges up. The next group, a group of two, stays here. That group's purpose is to protect Jonus. He may not be a Federation Representative now, but he will be soon. The last group, a group of three, will go to ground level. They'll stop any of those crab things from getting in here."
"Sounds like a plan. Now who goes where?" chaos asked.
"Um... we need long range fighters at the top with Kos-Mos. Shion and..." Jr. looked around. "Gaignan should do it." he grinned as Gaignan for a moment. "Ziggy... you stay up here with Momo."
"Understood." Ziggy walked over to Jonus, while Momo took out her bow and looked out the windows.
"Well, Jin? chaos?"
"Yes..." he said "Looks like we are going to be down at ground level. How are we going to get there though? I don't feel safe taking the elevator."
"I agree Jin." chaos said. "The shafts must be infested with Gnosis by now. How are we to get down?
"How else?" Jr. smiled and ran at the window. "Race you to the bottom!" he jumped out the window, and fell like a rock to the bottom.
Jin sighed, and gave a stern look to Shion. "I'll be careful Jin. I'd be more worried about Jr. if I were you."
Jin sighed again and looked out the broken window. "Kids..." he too jumped down.
"Good luck everyone!" chaos' wings formed, and he flew down to the bottom.
"All right Kos-Mos." Shion turned to the robot. "Activate Hilbert Effect!"
"Affirmative Shion. 98.364 of the Gnosis are within range of my Hilbert Effect." her visor flipped down over her face and began glowing. "Activating Hilbert Effect." the invisible wave blew over everyone. As soon as the wave stopped, the Gnosis began their attack. Two lobsters came through the broken window.
"I got 'em!" Momo took aim, and shot one of them 3 times, causing it to fall to it's death. The other one flew in and shot at Momo. It grazed her left arm, but she didn't hold up. She shot it again and again, until it fell down dead.
"Shall we ladies?" Gaignan pushed the button for the elevator. It opened up, but hundreds of crabs came crawling out.
"Forget them!" Ziggy yelled, pushing Shion and Gaignan out of the way. He took out his arm blade and began slashing at as many crabs as he could.
"Take the stairs!" Jonus yelled from under his desk. "They should lead you to the roof!" The three ran up the stairs leaving Ziggy to fight off the crabs.
"Ahhhh! Ziggy!" More lobsters came flying through the open window.
"Hang on!" braving the crab covered floor, Ziggy ran to the elevator and pushed the emergency close button, cutting off the rush of crabs. With less enemies to deal with, he finished them off with a couple swipes of his arm blade and ran to help Momo, who was being swarmed with flying lobsters.
"I sure hope the other's are doing better than we are!" Momo cried out.
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Jin and Jr. were free falling down the side of the building, attacking the winged Gnosis as they passed them. "Haha!" Jr. laughed as he put his arms to his side to fall faster. "I'm going to make it to the ground before you!"
"I wouldn't be so happy about that if I were you." Jin pointed to the ground, which was covered in crabs.
"AHH!" Jr. frantically started shooting at the ground below him, which was coming up fast.
chaos laughed heartily. "This, my friends, is why you have wings!"
"Well, sorry! I'm not lucky enough to be the one with wings!" Jr. landed on the ground awkwardly and he heard a loud crack. "OW!" he fell to the ground and was quickly surrounded by crabs. Dropping his guns, he grabbed his ankle and screamed out in pain.
"Jr.!" chaos yelled, speeding up past Jin, to assist Jr. "What's wrong?" he asked as he landed, shooting aura blasts at the abundant crabs.
"Ahhhhh... my ankle. I think I landed on it..."
Jin, who grabbed a nearby tree, flipped around the branch, and jumped off, landed safely by chaos. "Don't try to get up. Wait until we get rid of these Gnosis first."
"Um... good luck." Jr. muttered, as dozens of G.W.S. flew down toward the trio of guys.
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As the door to the roof opened, Gaignan, Shion, and Kos-Mos ran out onto the roof. "My god..." Shion whipsered.
Hundreds upon hundreds of Gnosis were swarming the building, and more were on the way.
"Um... Kos-Mos? How much longer until you're fully charged?" Gaignan asked, showing just a hint of nervousness.
"I am currently 22 charged." she reported.
Suddenly, without warning, many of the Gnosis turned and faced the trio on the roof.
"Looks like they've found us... get ready!" Gaignan yelled.
Taking out her M.W.S., Shion charged up a giant ball of electricity. Gaignan suddenly was surrounded with a green aura... "Gaignan! No! Not now!"
"Don't worry Shion..." his voice was normal and he had no fire in his eyes. "I'm in control this time..."
They all flew down towards Shion and Gaignan. Shion let loose her giant electro ball, shocking a group of lobsters and causing them to fall. Gaignan was turning around in circles, shooting blasts of energy here and there. Each blast hit it's target, cutting of a wing here, a head there. Regardless of what it hit, the Gnosis it belonged too fell to the ground.
"Hey Kos-Mos! Can we get a little help here?" Shion yelled, chargin up her M.W.S. again.
"Negative Shion. While charging, I can not enter battle mode. I am afraid you are on your own. Don't worry, I am currently at 34."
"Uh oh..." Gaignan stopped. "Here come the big guns." the lobsters suddenly stopped attacking, and flew down. Replacing them, were just as many G.W.S. units. "Go for the mechanical parts!" he yelled at Shion. "They won't be able to use the A.G.W.S. weapons if we short circuit them! And if Kos-Mos fully charges up, she can absorb them if they don't have any mechanical parts!"
Shion nodded and began firing again. They were both doing very well for a while, breaking off all the mechanical parts on the G.W.S. units. It seemed as if they were going to win, when Shion heard a sound she was dreading she'd hear since she started fighting. click... click "Gaignan! I'm out! No more energy!"
"What?" in that small moment of confusion, the Gnosis took their chance. One G.W.S. rushed up to Shion, and slashed her from behind with it's blade. "No!" Gaignan's aura grew brighter, and he squashed the G.W.S. as he did the Gnosis blob. Holding back his power, he mentally moved Shion over to him. "Are you ok?"
"Yes... I can still walk... but it won't stop bleeding!"
"Just... stand there. Stay by Kos-Mos." holding one hand by Shion and Kos-Mos, he created a mental bubble. The green bubble acted like a shield, reflecting the bullets and stopping the slashes from the G.W.S.. Left with only one hand, Gaignan attempted to fight off the overwhelming numbers of G.W.S. units, but they just kept coming. "Kos-Mos! How much longer?"
"I'm getting there Gaignan. 48."
Grunting, he pushed back all the Gnosis, and took a deep breath. "This... is gonna be harder than I thought."
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Ziggy and Momo were doing a great job holding back the flying lobsters, but the suddenly stopped coming. "Where'd they go?" Momo wondered out loud.
They heard a crash, and the floor rumbled slightly. They heard a bang from behind them, and they saw a huge bulge in the elevator door. A beam blasted through and hit Ziggy in his mechanical leg. He screamed out as the leg short circuited and fell to the ground. "Don't worry about me." he told Momo. "Just worry about the Gnosis."
"No! Just wait." she dragged Ziggy under Jonus' desk. "Keep an eye on him." Jonus nodded, and Momo turned her attention back to the elevator. More beams blasted out of the door and they finally broke through. A gaping hole in the bottom of the elevator explained how they got in. Hundreds of crabs and quite a few lobsters began piling in. She shot down the lobsters, but they just molted to let out more crabs. The entire floor up to Momo was covered in crabs. She backed up, shooting as many as she could, but it had no effect on the numbers. Whenever she'd shoot one down, two more took it's place. They just wouldn't stop. Momo suddenly gasped. She had reached the broken window, and lost her balance. Regaining her balance, she noticed that more lobsters began flying through the hole. She tried to shoot them down as fast as she could, but they reached her and rammed right into her. "No! Ziggy!" she cried out as she fell through the window.
"Momo!" Ziggy cried from his position under the desk. At the sound of his voice, all the Gnosis turned at him.
"Nice job." Jonus muttered.
As Momo fell she tried to stay as useful as possible, continuing to shoot down Gnosis. But the ground was speeding up to reach her, and all she could do was scream.
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Knowing the Gnosis would attack Jr. from behind if they attacked in only one direction, chaos went to Jr.'s left and Jin to his right. As the pain subsided, Jr. grabbed his guns and shot anything that got close to him. Ignoring the crabs on the ground, they both took to the air, and faced the G.W.S. units. Jin jumped from unit to unit, stabbing each one in the head. Since all the controls in an A.G.W.S. are in the head, this automatically shut them down. chaos, on the other hand, would make them shoot each other. Jumping on the head of one, he'd send an aura blast at another G.W.S.. This would grab it's attention, and cause it to attack chaos, but he would jump on the attacking G.W.S. to avoid the attack and allow it to destroy the former G.W.S.. After that was done, he'd repeat with another G.W.S. and move on. This continued on for a while, but one G.W.S. ignored chaos and Jin, and went straight for Jr. "Guys! A little help here?" he attempted to shoot it down but to no avail.
Jin landed on one side of the G.W.S. and chaos landed on the other. Jin rushed at it with his sword forward, in a stabbing attempt. chaos flew towards it, filling his fist with his aura energy. The G.W.S. looked from Jin to chaos and just flew up. chaos, who was in control of his powers and flight, stopped flying and dissipated the energy he had gathered. Jin on the other hand, who was running at full speed, couldn't stop. As per law of inertia, neither did Jin's sword, but it found a resting spot, deep in chaos' chest. Jr. and Jin both gasped at what happened, but chaos waved it off. "I'll..." he coughed, spitting a little blood out on the sword. "I'll live..."
Tha G.W.S. landed behind Jin. "I'm sorry." he muttered. He turned around, yanking the sword out of chaos and chopped the G.W.S.' blade in half. chaos groaned, but stayed standing. Jin slashed again, this time chopping it's entire arm off. He then jumped, and sliced the entire G.W.S. in half. He turned back to chaos. "Listen... chaos..."
"It's ok." he put his hand to the wound to lessen the flow of blood. "At least... I can still fly."
"Guys..." Jr. interrupted. "I hate to break up the love party here... but there are still Gnosis flying around!" he shot down a lobster that almost flew into Jin.
"Sorry." Jin muttered, jumping off to assault more G.W.S..
chaos was about to do the same, when he heard a scream. He looked up, and saw Momo falling! "Momo!" he whipsered, flying up.
"What?" Jr. snapped his head up. "Momo?"
chaos took his hand off his wound, and flew even faster towards Momo, trailing a large flow of blood. He then stopped, and held out his arms, grabbing Momo. "chaos! Oh... thank you so much!"
He smiled at the realian. "No problem. Always glad to help."
Jr., who had witnessed the entire thing, saw a lobster fly towards chaos. "chaos! Look out behind you!"
They were so far up though, they couldn't hear Jr. The lobster rammed into chaos' back, and they both fell to the ground. Before they hit the ground, chaos made a feeble attempt to put Momo above him, so as to break her fall. He was successful, and he hit the ground first, falling unconscious.
"Momo!" Jr. cried out. "Are you ok? What happened up there?"
"We were surrounded by crabs! Ziggy's leg short circuited, and I got cornered! I fell down... thank goodness chaos was here."
"Yeah... are you ok? Can you get up?"
"I think I'm ok... but wait." Momo wasn't moving. "I can't move! My movement reactor isn't responding! It must've been damaged in the fall... what are we going to do?"
"Jin!" Jr. yelled out, getting his attention.
Jin jumped off the G.W.S. he had just destroyed and landed by Jr. "What is it? Momo? What are you doing here? Where's Ziggy?"
"Long story." Jr. said. "You have three people to protect now, all of which can't even move."
"Oh great." he grunted, turning around to survey the situation, which wasn't looking good. "We're going to need... some backup."
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A/N: so how was the Gnosiss battle for their lives? basically everyone is... like dead. > don't kill me! it's great... angst! lol. and no1 DIES, so it's nothing bad. well... now that the end of the story is coming up... (2 or 3 more chapters left! AHHHH!) i need to know from you peeps... you want a sequal? or no? cause i have something... but i won't be posting if it's not wanted. so review peeps! comeing up next, SAVED!
