Akira Bane: yes, he a very big ole' meanie, ain't he? lol. yes, jin gets owned... and he doesn't get revenge.. cause he's not in the attack party... (you'll find out later.) and... how old is Emmy?(looks around nervously)i don't know... i never really thought about it... she's young... in my eyes. well... the way i see her... she looks like... nephilim but with green hair and eyes and stuff. i dunno... young enough to be cute but old enough to... comprehend wht's going on? and to fight? so tht would make her wht... like 6 or something? i dunno... >>
Chapter 4:
The Worst Surprise Ever
When Gaignan got to the beach, all he saw at the table were Jr. and Shion.
"Hey, Gaignan! What took you?" Jr. attempted to wave while stuffing his mouth with more cake. "Mmm, this cake is really good!"
"Shion! Where's Emmy?"
"She's out there on the beach, playing with Momo and Ziggy. Why?"
Gaignan looked out, and saw them all making a sand castle, with Ziggy in it. "Oh um... no reason. Just... checking up on her."
Shion looked at both his hands and found them empty. "Weren't you going to bring some work with you?
"Huh?" In his rush to get to the beach, Gaignan forgot all about the paperwork. "Oh, about that. I just told Mary and Shelly to file it up for me. I didn't want to waste time getting here."
Things didn't seem as they should to Shion. "Are you ok Gaignan? If there's something you want to tell me..."
"No..." Gaignan gave a reassuring smile. "Everything's great."
Shion gave him a skeptical look, but then went off to go help Emmy and Momo with their "castle". Gaignan was about to check where Albedo was, to see if he was actually coming or not, when a large beach ball landed near him.
"Hey Gaignan!" Jin waved at him. "Come and join us!"
"Yeah!" chaos yelled. "It's really fun! Bring Jr. with!"
"Hmm..." Gaignan looked over at Jr., who seemed to have a hard time leaving the cake, but ran off.
"Come on Gaignan! All work and no play make Gaignan a cranky boy!"
He joined them, but sent a mental message to Jr. "Stay alert."
"What? Why?"
"Just... keep on your toes. I don't want anything... bad happening..."
"What? Is it Albedo?"
When Gaignan didn't respond, he took it as a yes.
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The rest of the party went extremely well. After the volleyball and castle making was done, Momo and Emmy started a giant game of tag, tiring everyone out. After a nice long swim, it was finally gift opening time.
"Ok Emmy! What gift do you want to open first?"
"It's gift time? Well... get ready for the biggest surprise yet!" a voice said.
"Damnit! He really did come!" Gaignan swore.
"Albedo?" Shion cried out, recognizing the voice. She suddenly turned to Gaignan."You knew he was coming?"
"He started toying with me at the Foundation, but I didn't think he would really come!"
A mass of purple energy appeared in the middle of the group. It moved around, stopping at each person. When it came to Emmy, Gaignan, quickly pulled her behind him.
"What's this? Got a new kid now? Aw... how sweet!" the mass of energy came back to the middle of the group. It stretched around, as if to elongate itself. It then took the form of a human, and Albedo appeared. "Now... who's ready to play?"
"Everyone! Get back!" Gaignan yelled out.
Jr. ran up beside Gaignan. "We'll take care of him!"
Everyone instinctively surrounded Emmy, keeping her away from Albedo.
"Mom? Who's... who's that?"
"That's Albedo... he's a bad person... just stay by me ok?" Emmy nodded.
"What do you want with us Albedo?" Gaignan yelled.
"Well, I was coming to greet the newest member of my family happy birthday!" he laughed.
"Yeah right! Well, if you came for a fight, then you sure found one! Now, Gaignan!"
They both ran up to Albedo, but before getting to him, Jr. jumped to the side and ran at him from the side while Gaignan continued from the front. Before they reached Albedo, he just jumped back, shooting blasts of energy at them. Jr. took out his guns and began blasting at Albedo, while Gaignan kept running, hoping to intercept his landing. Their plan worked, as Albedo landed he had to position himself to keep the bullets form hitting him. This allowed Gaignan to prepare his attack, a flurry of swipes from his psychic blade. All of Gaignan's hits landed, causeing Albedo to buckle. Jr. ran behind Albedo.
"Ziggy!" Momo took out her bow, and motioned at Albedo. Ziggy nodded, and let her go. She prepared her shot, and yelled out at Gaignan. "Move!"
Looking back, he saw the arrow flying at him. He quickly moved to the side, and threw his dagger at Albedo. The dagger hit, but it warned him to the arrow. Despite the pain, he jumped back, over Jr., who was preoccupied with shooting Albedo. When Albedo landed behind Jr. he stuck out his arm, psychically pushing Jr. back. "It's for you Rubedo!"
Jr. looked back and saw the arrow, but had no time to react. It pierced his back, and the head of the arrow could be seen coming out of his chest.
"No! Jr.!" Gaignan ran to his brother.
"Hey Nigredo... you look tired... why don't you take a swim?" he psychically pulled him away from Jr. and threw him into the water.
He looked over to the group. "Now... where's that birthday girl?"
"Oh no you don't!" chaos stepped forward, extending his wings. Kos-Mos stepped forward, doing the same.
"You want to make this difficult? Fine..." he jumped up and spread out his cape, allowing him to glide. Kos-Mos and chaos took flight.
"Your skills are no match for mine!" Albedo began shooting out beams of energy at chaos.
"I have to disagree!" summoning up aura balls, chaos canceled out each one of Albedo's attacks.
"Hmm... looks like I've misjudged your power."
chaos grinned. "Not only that, but you've forgotten about Kos-Mos!"
Albedo gasped, and turned around, just in time to get hit by Kos-Mos. They both began falling like rocks, punching and kicking to avoid being the one on the bottom. In a swift counter, Albedo grabbed one of Kos-Mos arms, and held her down. He kept her below him long enough for them to land.
When the cloud of dust disappeared, Kos-Mos was seen shaking, due to the impact. "Shut down... imminent... shutting down..."
But Albedo was nowhere to be seen. "Where... is he?" chaos wondered.
"Up here!" Albedo flew down, using the sun to prevent himself from being seen. Delivering a punch to stun chaos, he then hit him point blank with a beam of energy, and chaos fell to the ground. "Now..." Albedo landed. "Where was I?"
"With us!" Jin yelled. "Ziggy!"
"Right!" Ziggy said, running up to Albedo with Jin. Side by side, Jin and Ziggy ran towards Albedo.
"You fools!" Albedo set forth a huge beam of energy.
"Now!" Jin yelled. Ziggy held out his hands and Jin stepped up on them. Ziggy then tossed Jin up, right before the beam hit him, sending him flying back. Sticking out his foot, Jin came in for a flying kick.
"How pitiful." Albedo ran up, grabbing Jin's foot, and slamming him into the ground. "Who's next?"
"I am!" Momo knelt down. "This time, I won't miss!" she shot another arrow at Albedo.
"Ma peche..." he shook his head, grabbing the arrow in midair. "You really should enlarge your arsenal." he threw the arrow back, and faster than it had come to him, it was returned to the sender. Momo fell to the ground, electricity crackling from the spot where the arrow impaled her.
Albedo looked around... and saw that only Shion was left. "Aw... only mommy's left."
"Albedo! I don't know what you want with our child... but you won't get her! I swear it..." Shion's M.W.S. appeared on her arm and she ran to Albedo, her M.W.S. surging with electricity.
"You don't expect to take me down with such a simple attack do you?" Albedo sighed. "Is there anyone here worth my time?" he grabbed Shion's arm and twisted it behind her, pushing her to the ground. Stepping over her, he took her M.W.S. off her arm. "You know... I've always wondered how you got this thing to work... let's test it one you!" putting it on his arm, Albedo pumped up the energy as he pulled up Shion's head with one hand, and moved the M.W.S. closer to her face with the other.
"No!" Emmy yelled out. "Let Mom go!" she ran towards Albedo.
Albedo scoffed, and dropped the M.W.S., putting up a mental bubble. Emmy didn't notice, and bounced off the bubble. He threw Shion away, and walked towards Emmy.
"No..." Shion groaned. "Someone help!" she cried out.
Gaignan groaned, and got up. "Shion!"
"Forget about me! Help Emmy!" she yelled.
Jin and chaos also got up, having heard Shion's cry for help, and rushed Albedo all at once.
"You fools..." Albedo's aura grew bright, and he separated it into two energy balls, one for each hand. "Are so PREDICTABLE!" he put his arms to his side, and the energy balls exploded. Fueling the explosion, Albedo sent the wave of energy flying out, sending everyone back.. When the dust cleared, everyone save Emmy was knocked out. Albedo walked over to Emmy and grabbed her. "You're coming with me kid..."
"No!" she kicked at Albedo, but nothing helped. "Mom! Don't leave me!"
"You want her? Fine." he picked up Shion's lifeless body, and jumped up towards the glass ceiling. Breaking through the glass, he landed on his A.G.W.S. , entered it, and flew off.
Alarms went off as the air from the beach escaped through the hole Albedo created. Nothing needed to be done though, as the auto defense system initiated, and the metal shields covered up the section of the Foundation where the hole was. And in closing the hole, it closed the path to Albedo.
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A/N: meh... everyone got whooped. see? lol. i've been wanting to use that "you fools are so predictible" thing for so long... and i finally got to use it! (waves little flag) yay! and this is actually a long chappie! finally! lol. well... review k? next chappie... lost in space.
