To Weaver: yes, they do meet early, but who is it to say that it is the end..? I plan to have at the very least around 15 chapters before I decide to end this fanfic, so it is safe to say that this is not the end…
Note: for some reason, I think this chapter really sucks, but I don't know why. I apologize if you thinkt he same. School starts tomorrow, so maybe it is stress. Or, maybe I just wanted to get this chapter over with, and get on to the next chapter (which I promise will be much better than this one).
.hack/OMEGA
Chapter 4
Test
"Sorma! Ol' Winged One! Where are you!" Ikardis called with his hands cupped around his mouth to amplify the range of his call.
A hooded figure appeared around fifty feet away. White wings emerged from the cloak, and the cloak fell off. The cloak and hood gone, you could see the man who had been hidden. He had white hair, gray eyes, and wore a set of dark blue armor. The man unsheathed his sword, going into a battle stance.
"Sorma! So good of you to come! I've been waiting so long for this."
Sorma smirked, remaining silent.
"Silent, strong Sorma. Still the same." Ikardis laughed. His scythe blades swung forward, locking in place. Ikardis charged at top speed. He was a blur, which streaked at Sorma. When the blur stopped, Ikardis' blade was in Sorma's head. When he pulled his blade from Sorma's head, Sorma shattered into data. "He didn't gray out… Someone is playing games with me!"
"The illusion was a test," spoke the woman's voice from the sky.
"Morgonna, you made a fool outta me! I hate that!"
"I apologize my Knight. I just had to make sure that you wouldn't hesitate to destroy our enemy."
"I'll forget this annoyance, so it doesn't damper our relationship, eh?"
"The only thing that would damper our relationship is you failing to keep up your part of the bargain."
Ikardis snorted. "Have more faith! I couldn't fail if I tried!"
Morgonna paused. "You may want to turn around."
"Wha-" Ikardis jumped out of the way, seeing the shadow of something large behind him, and a gigantic claw slammed down where he had been. He tumbled to the desert sand. When he stood, Ikardis examined the monster that chose to attack him.
A jellyfish. It stood fifteen feet into the air on each tentacle. The ends of the tentacles were equipped with crab claws. Sand poured off the jellyfish's flat pancake top; it had just unburied itself. It was red as if it was constantly sunburned. The sound it made was a loud, clicking sound.
"Have fun," Morgonna said to him, now taking her leave.
"I will…as always." His weapons were still ready. Ikardis looked down at his left blade and then his right blade, remembering each blade's ability. It was time for him to give these a test run.
The jellyfish swung a claw downwards from the air, the liquid arm shaking slightly. The claw hit something invisible and hard.
Ikardis was pointing his left blade up at where the claw was. From the point of his blade, a red aura of energy had formed a shield.
The jellyfish swung more claws at the shield, but all it did was make a loud crashing sound with each hit.
Ikardis laughed at the monster's attempts to get him. "So, it works!"
But, with one last blow from the jellyfish, the shield cracked and shattered. The claw was a complete hit.
Ikardis was sent skidding across the sand.
The jellyfish jumped across the land to where Ikardis lye. Its claw now shot downwards into Ikardis.
Ikardis choked as his Hit Points were reduced. He pointed the magic blade at the jellyfish again.
Lightning came down from the sky. It struck down upon the jellyfish's top, shocking it. It was now paralyzed for a few moments.
Ikardis got to his feet. He jumped twenty feet into the air, and landed where the lightning had struck. He furiously swiped at that area with both blades.
The jellyfish squealed in pain
Ikardis' right blade began to glow its recent dark purple as it was thrust into the jellyfish's back. The blade pulsed.
The jellyfish's squealing immediately stopped as it was numbed. Black lines moved out from the virus blade's wound.
Ikardis jumped to the sand to watch Morgonna's prize weapon in action.
The veins of the jellyfish glowed in its body a dark purple before fading to black. The virus was moving through the veins obviously. The jellyfish did not move; the paralysis effect with the virus effect seemed to make the paralysis last longer. Once all veins were black, the jellyfish's red color became black also. The jellyfish faded out of sight.
Ikardis' eyes narrowed upon the spot where the monster had been. "That was it? That was it! How lame!"
"Please, stop it!" yelled a voice. It wasn't Morgonna's, but a much younger female voice.
Ikardis' weapons flipped back into their resting positions against his forearms as he turned. "Why should I?" he asked the girl.
The girl's favorite color seemed to be white. Hair, clothes, skin, all white; her eyes were blue, but whatever. "You make Morgonna stronger with each infection! You only add to her army! You must stop."
"Army? She has no use for an army! She only wants a friend of mine dead."
"You don't understand, no, you don't understand! Morgonna is-"
"I will PK my friend, and then never talk to the chick again."
"If you don't stop, it may be the end of The World!"
Ikardis smirked at her. "You are Aura, aren't you? Morgonna warned me of some little girl's insanity. Wow, didn't expect you to be this insane! Killing Sorma does not mean the end of The World, it means the rebirth of my honor!"
"A man who works for evil has no honor!"
"A little girl who insults me will have no tongue!"
Aura took a step back, fear taking hold for a few seconds. "Please, give back the two Weapons of the Eclipse before you start the End!"
"Weapons of the Eclipse? Man, you need help," Ikardis said with a laugh.
Aura's eyes widened. "I can see that my words mean nothing to you." She sighed. "I will have to call forth my friends…"
"What you going to gang up on little ol' me?"
Aura stuck out her tongue before fading away into light and disappearing.
"Man, now I'm alone again." Ikardis looked around, stomping his foot. He looked out at the city separated from the desert. He looked down at his leather, Twin Blade armor, which wrapped around the top of his chest. "My armor is out of date. And I do have some money to get rid of." He shrugged, running towards the town.
About an hour later, Ikardis took his steps away from a bazaar with his new leather equipped. It really wasn't any different, just a darker brown meaning more strength. I sighed, turned the corner of a building, and there he was. I smirked, and said, "Hello again, Sorma."
"Ikardis… I assume you want a fight," he replied.