Battle for the Aegis!
Malos, Jin, and Nia with Dromarch are walking out of the ship on to the dock while Malos is carrying the large container over his shoulder with the sleeping blade girl known as Pyra and the rain pours down on them. Nia is still shock and sad about earlier when Jin stabbed Rex through the heart from behind, beating up Rana and Cattleya like they were nothing compare to the two's strength, and now she wonders if she regrets on joining them.
"Nia. End them." Malos said simply, confusing the cat-girl.
"End? Like what?" Nia asked.
"The price for their lives has already been paid in full." Malos said referring to the workers they hired.
"Now that we have finally obtained the Aegis… the fewer living souls know about it, the better." Malos said as Nia gets what he's ordering her to do: kill them.
Nia never thought that she would be ordered to kill by the ones who took her in when she was all alone even with Dromarch by her side, she only joins this group because she wanted a place to call home and people who'll accept her no matter who or what she is. However, she would never bring herself to kill innocent lives which she's starting to rethink of her life choices about all this.
"I-I can't do that!" Nia refused nervously.
"These people haven't done anything wrong!" Nia stated being a little braver.
"I don't understand you." Malos said as he slowly turns his head to Nia.
"Now, now, have you forgotten why you came here to begin with, Nia?" Malos asked coldly.
"No, but…" Even with the reminder, Nia won't kill them.
"Oh, for the love of…" Malos irritated of Nia not following a simple order.
"Fine. I'll handle it myself." Malos said, not usually like getting his hands dirty much but sometimes he could use the excuse for a little workout, even though the workers are weaklings.
Just as he walks pass Nia and Mromarch, the container suddenly bursts into a blaze that surprises both Drivers and the Tiger Blade as Malos quickly threw it away so that he doesn't get burn. The container explodes into a pillar of fire and it flew on the higher point of the ship revealing herself to be Pyra, fully awake as her core crystal is now different missing an X piece in the middle. Then the floor below Pyra glow red-hot feeling of intense heat and burst through into the up making an epic landing of three certain people Malos and Jin left behind.
"Rex?!" Nia gasped seeing the boy who was killed by Jin is now alive.
"Wow, now that's what I call making an entrance!" Rana amazed of Rex's newfound power.
"You! And that sword, it can't be!" Malos disbelieved of what he's seeing now. Jin on the other hand knew full well that this is true.
"I believe it's payback time for earlier." Cattleya said angry readying herself with her sword.
"It's not nice to stab a someone in the back…" Rana prepared himself with the spear.
"You bloody psychopath!" Rex added pointing his new sword at Malos and Jin.
"Rana, Cattleya, you two fight Jin. Something tells me Malos wants me for himself now." Rex said as they nodded.
"Pyra!" Rex called out turning his heading and looking up.
"Here." Pyra responded.
"Cover me." Rex said.
"Got it." Pyra nodded and everyone charge at them.
"Jin, leave the boy to me." Malos said getting a little excited. Jin didn't argue as he saw Rana and Cattleya running pass Rex on their left and went straight for him.
Soon, Rex clashes into Malos's sword in a little power struggle.
"Sorry, kid." Malos sarcastically apologized before pushing Rex away.
"I can't let the likes of you just claim her power for yourself." Malos proclaimed.
Meanwhile, Jin blocks and dodges Rana and Cattleya team attacks with little effort.
"And to think… we could've been… friends if you didn't stab… my brother in the back!" Rana angered thrusting his spear in a rapid attack.
"To be honest, if I had walked a different path we could've been friends." Jin commented before parry away Cattleya's huge sword and kick her.
"But we don't always get what we want." Jin said, he pushes Rana away making dangling a bit before regaining his balance.
Pyra is running toward Rex to provide backup for her new Driver until Malos's Blade, Sever tries to attack her only for the Aegis dodge and backflips a few feet before facing Sever as he challenge her. Rex charges at Malos and the two begun clashing their swords.
"Give it a rest, Malos!" Nia shouted.
"Can't you see he's just a child?!" Nia begged, not wanting to see Rex die again as Dromarch notices that Rex's skills are greater than before somehow.
"A child? Don't make me laugh!" Malos said to Nia as he continues fighting Rex.
"This kid… has made himself the Aegis's Driver!" Malos revealed.
"The Aegis's… Driver? Rex is…?" Nia realized that Rex has become something very important to the world.
Rex is doing well holding his own against Malos, but Malos is stronger and more experience in fighting than the young boy as he kicks to send him away. At the same time, Jin kick Rana away towards Rex as the brothers crash into each other, Malos smirks thinking they're done for as he tosses the sword up and Sever catches it.
"It's over!" Sever declared and blast an X-shaped slash blast at the boys, then Pyra quickly came in just in time to block the blast with a forcefield.
"Thanks, Pyra." Rex thanked as he and Rana slowly get back up on their feet.
"You're welcome. Now, don't let up!" Pyra said not taking her eyes off Malos and Sever.
"Right. Rana, how're holding up?" Rex asked his younger brother.
"Well, I'm still alive so that's a good sign." Rana groaned seeing Cattleya struggling with Jin as she is being push back while doing more defense than offense.
Rex and Pyra charge at Malos and Sever as Rana ran back to fighting Jin to help his Blade-Mother. Sever fire some slash blasts as Pyrah ran ahead and blocks them with the forcefield than Rex ran pass her to attack Malos. Just as Jin knock Cattleya down on her butt, Rana slams the spear to the ground to perform a high jump and dive down to get between him and Cattleya.
"You okay, Mama?" Rana asked as he swings his spear at Jin who step back a bit.
"Yes, thank you, son." Cattleya sighed in relief as she got back up.
"You call each other mother and son, acting more than Driver and Blade working together." Jin commented.
"Of course, it has been that way since Rana awoke me when he was just a baby." Cattleya revealed. Jin's eyes widen of shock of this.
"(Awaking a Blade as a baby, seem this boy is more special from the start like Rex.)" Jin thought.
Meanwhile, Rex warned the other workers to get on the other ship and sail away. But Malso wasn't going to let them go as he prepare himself to blast them to the cloud sea.
"Hey, you bully, over here!" Rex shouted as he fires a flaming slash attack at Malos.
Malos quickly notice it coming and slash it making some smoke.
"Mama, let show him our special attack!" Rana suggested, Cattleya nodded and he put the spear back in the hilt of the sword as they hold it together; Cattleya behind Rana with her huge breasts pressing against his back and head.
As the smoke clears in front of Malos, Rex and Pyra jump higher than him while holding the red sword together and glow of golden aura coursing through their bodies.
"Burning Sword" Rex and Pyra swings down the bursting-flame sword at Malos causing a big explosion.
"Giant Slayer Charge" Rana and Cattleya run together in unity with the large sword in front like a lance, Jin held his sword in defense position as they collide against him creating a large burst of shockwaves, and slowly pushing Jin back.
Back with Rex and Pyra still fighting Malos as he blocks the attack with his sword looking angrier than before.
"You brat. How can a nobody like you…?" Malos paused himself as he stares into Rex's eyes reminding him of something from a long time ago.
"…Ah, but with those eyes… I guess I should've been more wary from the start." Malos said thinking he underestimate this kid.
"What'd you mean?" Rex asked.
"Like I tell you." Malos said with a dark-purplish energy ball in his left hand and swings it at Rex, but Pyra manage to pull him and herself away before it could make contact as they all jump from the high point and back down on the dock.
Jin see Malos is having a little trouble with his fight and push the large sword of Cattleya's aside forcing them to charge pass him and he make his way to Malos's side. Rana and Cattleya quickly made their way to join Rex and Pyra's side.
"You two doing okay?" Cattleya asked concern.
"Doing well, so far." Rex said.
"Let's be careful, they're stronger than what we seen." Pyra warned her new friends.
"Then let's give it everything we got!" Rana said spinning his spear a bit and everyone nodded.
The heroes charge at the villains and they decided to switch opponents for a bit as Rana and Cattleya are fighting Malos, and Rex and Pyra are fighting Jin. Sever charge at Cattleya as she blocks the tackle though he's pushing her back a bit, though Cattleya smirks as she begun to push Sever back with greater strength than his and kick him away. Rana is some hit-and-run tactic as he strikes Malos and runs around the man, Malos finds this annoying as he blocks the attacks. Though there have been some close calls that he almost cut Rana as he manages to dodge them.
Rex attacks Jin with some serious barrage as the masked man blocks and counters them, then suddenly appear behind Rex to cut him down but got blocked by Pyra as she fires two fire balls at him as he moves away from the boy. Soon, the brothers look at each other and nodded, decided to switch again as they run pass each other with their Blades and continuing fighting.
Nia watching all this was both shock and amazes to see the boys made fun of earlier are holding their own against two of the strongest people she knows.
"You're good, kid. It's no simple feat to control the Aegis like that…" Malos complimented on Rex efforts as the boy charges at him.
"However…" Malos's hand glows of the dark ball again, Rex jumps to down-slash only for Malos to grab the sword with the dark-glowing hand and punch him in the gut then throws Rex away and the sword further away from him.
"Rex!" Pyra worried as she tries to get to him but Sever wasn't going to let that happen.
"Don't get cocky, you little shit!" Malos grunted and run towards Rex to finish him off.
"Dromarch!" Nia said.
"Understood!" Dromarch said knowing what his mistress is thinking.
Nia quickly jumps onto his back and they charge at Malos, Dromarch fires a sonic blast of his roar at Malos.
"What?!" Malos gasped as he prepares himself, luckily, Sever blocks it with his forcefield.
Nia and Dromarch jump and move in front of Rex who's regaining consciousness.
"Get out of the way, Nia! Have you gone mad?!" Malos asked angry.
"You're the one who's off your nut, waling on a child!" Nia pointed out.
"Nia… I don't think you quite comprehend your position." Malos said, getting furious of this betrayal.
Then, Pyra ran pass Malos grabbing the sword begin clashing with him. Pyra has shown to be a great fighter against Malos. Pyra jumps back and fire some fire balls at Malos as he dodges and knock them out, then Pyra collide against him into a power struggle.
"You're pretty sharp for someone who's only just woken up." Malos commented.
Rex got up seeing Pyra fighting Malos, hoping she'll be alright.
"Takes me back to 500 years ago…" Malos said then notices that the Aegis he's fighting has a different appearance than before.
"I'm guessing your goal is Elysium…" Malos assumed.
"That is our dream!" Pyra stated of her and Rex's.
"Then I have no choice but to stop you!" Malos shouted as he attacks and Pyra jump back away from him.
Then Malos's ship appears next to the ancient ship and brought out their cannons aiming at Pyra. Just as Pyra notice them, Cattleya and Rana are seen sliding neat her by Jin and the cannons start firing as Pyra blocks them with her forcefield also protecting Cattleya and Rana. However, the assault pushes them back as Rex runs to them checking to see they're okay.
Things are looking grim for our heroes as the cannons aim for them even though Nia and Dromarch jumps in to protect them. Suddenly, something started blasting the ship, the boys and Cattleya saw a big flying creature they all know too well.
"Gramps/Grandpa!" Rex and Rana cheered at the same time.
"Thank goodness, he got me distress single!" Cattleya smiled.
Azurda flies around the old ship as his sight spotted Jin.
"Jin… still you persist…" Azurda said and he saw the other man he also knows.
"And is that… Malos?" Azurda shocked.
Azurda flew up and back to the ship firing some fire balls on the dock, Jin slice through one with ease, the old titan flew near the ship as he tells everyone to get on and they run down and jump on Azurda's back. Some of the cannon shots hit Azurda as he screams in pain a little, but not giving in to the pain until he gets everyone to safety.
"Turn her around! Ready the cannon!" Malos ordered.
"It's no use, they're out of rang." Jin stated.
"Damn it! They gave us the slip…" Malos angered.
Jin stare to the sight of where Azurda and the others flew.
"Turn around." Jin ordered as he turns around and walk away.
"We're not chasing them?" Malos confused.
"The Aegis is awakened… that's enough for now." Jin said. "I'll have Akhos on the hunt, along with your… "girlfriend" as well." He smirked.
Malos sighs when mention the girlfriend part.
"That slimy bitch is never let it down when she hears this." Malos muttered as he looks at the stormy horizon.
KO a new chapter is done and hope you all enjoy it!
Sorry about the absent last week, something went work with the Microsoft, but everything is okay now!
Our heroes have been through a first epic battle as Rex seen to have gotten use to the new power as a Driver pretty quickly though the enemies were still strong. Luckily, Azurda rescued them in time and are heading out to a safe place as Rex and Rana's biggest adventure has only just begun as they'll learn more about Pyra and other things in the world. Though they'll also be hunted by some people who wants the Aegis.
And it seems Malos has a "special" in his life, though can't tell if he's happy about it or not.
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