"NDS: Book 11: Chapter 70: On the Move"
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Within the metal halls of Generator Eon were Jet, Gallows, and Emilia, and all were walking towards the intersection of the hallway they were in and the one that led to the bridge. The halls were large for the common sandcraft, and were more fitting of a dungeon. They came to a stop at the fork.
"So…then the bridge and Nobuo should be this way." Jet noted just as they were about to make it to the turn. "At least these halls look large enough to move around in. If Nobuo attacks us we should be able to fight him in here."
"Is that so?" Nobuo chuckled as he approached them from the hall. The three heroes clasped their weapons in defense. "Slow down some boyo. I do not wish to fight the woman or the Baskar. It is only Jet I am interested in right now."
"Why me?" Jet wondered with a creased brow and scowl on his face.
"Why not?" Nobuo simply replied. "You are the only person who has ever really grasped my attention. The only person who has ever been a challenge for me to deal with. From the first moment we met, I sensed that you and I would be equals in the end, given time, and I need someone to tell me I'm being bad and try to stop me…" He grinned boastfully. "That time is now. So…I want to take you alone before going after these other pathetic humans. So…I'll let these two go do as they please."
Jet nodded and looked to the others. "All right then. We'll fight."
"Are you sure, Jet?" Emilia wondered.
"Yeah, go on to the core." Jet simply replied with confidence.
Emilia glared at Nobuo. "Won't you try and stop me from going there?"
"You'd think I would make it that easy? Go ahead, and find out. You will soon find things are not so simple." Nobuo replied.
"What, is one more of your pathetic henchmen down there?" She wondered.
"No, it will only be you and Eon." Nobuo grinned with a hidden gleam behind his eyes.
Emilia looked at him confused, but Gallows next words stopped her from asking another question. "Let's do what we came here to do and leave Nobuo to the punk."
"Gallows," the Baskar looked to the woman who called his name. "Don't do anything stupid."
He grinned. "Same to you." With that the two of them left Jet and Nobuo at the intersection. Emilia going down the hall further and soon turned right, headed for the core. Gallows meanwhile walked down towards the bridge as Jet and Nobuo stared at one another.
"So…how will this go?" Jet wondered.
"This is to the death, Jet. No more games I'm afraid to say."
"I see." Jet looked somewhat distant. "So any hopes of going back to my friends is no good."
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"This is to the death, Jet. No more games I'm afraid to say."
"I see." Jet looked somewhat distant. "So any hopes of going back to my friends is no good."
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"This is to the death, Jet. No more games I'm afraid to say."
"I see." Jet looked somewhat distant. "So any hopes of going back to my friends is no good."
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"This is to the death, Jet. No more games I'm afraid to say."
"I see." Jet looked somewhat distant. "So any hopes of going back to my friends is no good."
"I can't see how any more discussion would help." Nobuo declared. "Let's just get right to what we both came here to do."
"Hold on." The two men looked to Clyde who was simply walking calmly towards them.
"You?" Nobuo said with wroth. "For eighteen years you and your group have been getting in my way! Making it take so long to get to this point when I could have already whipped the planet clean of humankind. You took the Elements away and hid them from me since that time eighteen years ago, all except Lone. You thought that one was the most powerful so you gave it to that old man to make a sandcraft. Only for his son to complete it and pass it on to the woman with the sword!" Nobuo's rage fell away as he began to laugh. "It's only fitting of you to show up just like your younger brother, here, has already. He is as much of a pain in my side as you are."
Jet immediately looked to Clyde. "Yes, Jet, you look a lot like my brother. And sure enough, you may very well be. In the end, it was nice to see and talk to my younger brother again…even if it wasn't really him." Clyde looked to Nobuo seriously. "Nobuo, I will get in your way every time. And even now. So, so long, Nobuo, this will be the last time I interfere with you, and so long Jet, I probably won't be seeing you again." With that Clyde ran past them towards the way Emilia had run. As Nobuo went to stop the older Enduro brother, Jet threw himself in the way.
"You forget that you already intend to take on this Enduro. You can't skip out now."
Nobuo laughed as he stopped his chase of Clyde. "You're right. So enough talk then!" With a wave of his hand Nobuo send a strong attack wave at Jet who blocks the coming wind-like disturbance. It was some sort of pressure that just moved at him, but it was invisible. "I told you, only one of us will walk away!" Nobuo declared.
"…What if…" Jet regained his stamina. "What if we both die out and fade into the dark?"
"It is impossible for me to die until all of civilization has been killed as well."
"I see. Then I feel sorry for you then."
"Sorry? For me?" Nobuo scoffed. "It's you I feel sorry for, and you should too!" Nobuo let's loose another wave that Jet dodges around and lunges outward at the older man. The man with black and green hair dodged Jet's attack and kicked the boy backwards. Jet quickly recovers and maneuvers around the floor as Nobuo goes to attack and misses, Jet takes this moment and uppercuts Nobuo's jaw. The two met with their eyes and Nobuo jabbed at the android who effectively caught it.
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The sandcraft used by the Maxwell Gang was struggling as it pushed through the snow on a direct path for Eon. All four within in were wearing determined faces, with Sakura at the helm, and Clive at the guns, with Adven and Virginia on deck.
"So…how do we go up against that?" Virginia questioned.
"It won't be easy." Clive announced. "I've observed it and I can tell that while it must have a weak spot, it isn't open to us. What I can tell you is that it looks like all of it's defenses are controlled automatically, and the ship itself can sense us."
Virginia nodded. "That would hinder any move we make." She looked to Adven. "Adven, I want you up on the roof."
"What? Why's that?" He wondered.
"Shut up!" She shouted which closed his lips. "I want you using your Negative Cannon to disable as many of Eon's defenses as you can. Clive will back you up as he pounds away at Eon itself. Sakura will keep us pointed in the right direction.
"Wow, she sure is fierce." Clive remarked. "Sort of being rash, like Jet was."
"What do you mean by 'was'?" She remarked with a glare. Before anything can be said the ship rocks from a near-hit. Sakura is able to dodge the most of the shots, but some do hit the sandcraft, leaving minor damages to the hull. "Adven!" She looked to find that the brunette was already atop the roof.
"Right!" He looked at the guns on Eon and aimed with an outreached right arm. His finger spread wide. "Negative Hand Blast!" Purple negative energy blasted out from Adven's one hand in a narrower beam than the Cannon, and with much more accuracy he was quickly taking the guns visible by him on Eon out, one by one. Clive quickly aimed and fired the craft's cannons at Eon in an attempt to damage it, but it was at that time that Eon began to move. It moved with much speed, much more than one would expect judging by it's size. It was too fast for even the Maxwell Gang sandcraft. Eon had to be at least three times faster. As Eon hit the mountain walls they crumbled, revealing their location. They were just outside of Yggdrasil now as the early morning twilight blue shone down on them. It was only near to three in the morning now.
"Damn that's fast." Sakura remarked. "I can't catch it."
"Leave it to me!" Clive said as he jumped down and ran to a console. "Harpoon, go!" The harpoon flung out of the front of the ship and broke through the back-right side of Eon's hull, latching them to it. "Now we don't even need to use our engines."
"Yeah, but where do you think it's headed?" Sakura wondered.
"Based upon our direction, our location, and that of the moon…It's the Ark of Destiny." Clive simply said out-right.
"There?" Virginia questioned. "If I were to start killing all the people I would start with those who are like this world's leaders too. Thought there is no government our countries, Ark of Destiny is the closest to be in control."
There came a knock on the window of the bridge and Adven's face was against it; expanding his cheeks. "Can I come in yet?" He pleaded.
"Who is that? Adven?" Sakura wondered as she looked up. "No you can't come in! So be quiet!"
Adven sighed and moaned. "But it's too windy." He slid back onto the roof.
Virginia looked to Eon. Something in her stirred. "Jet, don't die yet?"
"Oh, so you don't care about the rest of your team?" Clive mocked.
"It's not that." She shook her head. "Something…something just tells me Jet is in pain right now."
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With bruises Jet was flung into the wall. A small line of blood leaving his mouth. "Is this all you have to offer me?" Nobuo wondered, thinking he might have regretted this.
"Some reason," Jet breathed out hard, "All I feel when I hit you is perpetual sorrow. Every time you hit me as well. It's like, I can't hurt you without hurting myself."
"So…you will die just like that, then?" Nobuo seriously wondered disappointedly. "That really makes my Ragnorok no fun."
Jet used his red scarf to wipe away the blood on his lip and chin. "You're right. I can't just die either. Everyone is sort of counting on me now, and I have to go back to them, because I promised Sakura that I would."
"So then, you will fight?"
"There is no decision to be made. I have to fight you, Nobuo. Any emotions will not get in the way of that."
"Emotions?" Nobuo questioned with a laugh. "You say odd things. Use words like friends, allies, emotions…You say that you hate me, but you hate to hurt me as well?"
"What I'm saying, is that you're weaker, and you don't even realize it." Jet declared. "I…was once like you. I changed, and you just never did. To think…I could have been like you if I never bothered to change."
"Weak?" Nobuo fumed. "I'll show you weak! Ha!" Another surge of Nobuo's power headed for Jet in a flash.
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Hmm…sadly, tomorrow will be the last NDS for some time. I had just gotten back on schedule, and now I'm going to be headed for Virginia for five days and won't be back until Tuesday. So…I know I will have one more chapter tomorrow, but it won't be that great of one because it's just an Ark of Destiny Navy tries to stop Eon chapter, with like, two paragraphs referring back to Jet and Nobuo, and then some stuff with our heroes on the craft and Gaea. It's the chapter after that which will primarily have a Jet vs. Nobuo fight. I'll try to make that one as well before I leave. Anyway, I go back to playing Star Ocean 3 and watching Spaceballs as I admire my shiny new Zeta Gundam box set (It really is shiny, and it comes with 9 pencil sharpener figurines…sigh…and I can't start watching until next week if I want to see them all without any interruptions other than life. I can't watch all 50 episodes by Friday after all.)
I feel a bit hyper. It may have been all the salt water taffy I ate, I think there's sugar in it after all.