Jordan was rolling backwards to avoid a swipe from the Flygon. Derrek witnessed the power of someone who had to fight for her life, she was constantly pushing her attacks, as shown by the ferocity in her attacks. Her swings and mental attacks were going to be horribly disabling had they hit. She was able to dodge one or two people's worth of attacks, but not three, three is a good number for combat. Derrek had to roll out of the way of her swing at him, she had impaled the ground beside him with her wing. he staggered his step before launching into a Fury Swipes, she had blocked her face with her wings, so he had instead gone for her belly with his swinging. It was the first good hit on her, by anyone, so she hadn't really been affected by it. Derrek had motioned for Jordan to jump off of his back, Jordan did so then smashed the flygon using a Metal Claw. She blocked quickly, and Derrek went in for a Night Slash, she couldn't block something like that, but she could start blocking them from being close to the other fighting her. She immediately did so, using her wings as a buffer between her two foes. Derrek cried out to the now unconscious Urist, "HEY, WAKE UP!"
"Don't bother, its not happening! We've been trying for nearly fifteen minutes, if he isn't awake now, he's not waking up!" Jordan yelled, seeing that it would be near impossible to deal damage, now that they were forcibly separated, they couldn't team up.
"Come on, it's not that likely that only they made it back with one. They're probably working hard, and getting the last one. There's no other place for it to be, there are no other dungeons for it." Pikachu said, "We've not seen Team Blanket finish their assignment. If they don't bring home a cube, then we can panic. Otherwise we're completely fine, trust them."
"I do, but something seems unusual. With how we made it back almost instantly, I'd think that there's something massively bad with this. Maybe they ran into some sort of protector? I'd hope that it is something simple that they have to do, and not anything that's hard on them." Cherry said, "We need these things." Pikachu crossed her arms.
"If you can hear us, even if it isn't possible, please…"
"Come back safely." Urist heard, he recognized that it was someone he had heard before, but he didn't remember who it was. He looked around and saw nothing, and he felt unnerved.
"I will do everything in my power." Urist said, he knew he was asleep, or unconscious, or something, but he couldn't do anything about it. He was stuck here, but he was determined he would find a way out. He couldn't think about why he was in there, he didn't care.
He thought, "Maybe if I can release enough power into this place it'll release me." Thinking this to be true, he started expending his energy in attacks into the ethereal wall of the prison. He used a myriad of attacks, before finally using one of his newer attacks, he had just gotten it. This attack shattered the invisible prison, it released him to help his friends.
"Hey! Welcome back! Now could you please help us?" Jordan said, screaming the help us part.
"Although we need the help, you don't need to yell at him. Could you attack her while she's open?" Derrek asked, trying to get around the flygon's wing. Urist shook his head, he opened up with a Dragon Breath, his mother had no means of blocking his attack, and took it straight to the face. Derrek yelled aloud, "NICE! That was the second good hit we've gotten in now! Keep going!" The battle went quickly from there, whoever she blocked would leave her open to the third attacking her. When she attacked the three would just get underground, and she couldn't really touch them, or they would use a move to deflect the attack, it was a losing battle for the defender of the Dream Cube.
She knew that she would lose. "Stop! I yield! Just take it, it is in the back corner. All I ask of you, is that it isn't abused."
"We won't, we're going to use it to protect the region. I'm sorry we had to fight, we'll return it after we're done. I promise." Jordan said, looking to behind her, only Derrek could see it, but Jordan still tried.
"Alright, we've got it, let's go." Derrek said, coldly. Derrek shivered, something unnerved him in this area.
"I won't see you when you return it." She said, "Be careful, and make sure that the Cube returns to where it was resting."
"We'll do that." Derrek said, holding up his badge.
"Bye now, I love you Mom!" Urist said, waving.
"Goodbye! I'll miss you, even though we fought, it was nice seeing you!" Flygon yelled, and Team Blanket returned back to the guild. Flygon cried, she was not going to be able to see her child ever again.
"That should be the last one. We're home!" Derrek yelled, the rest were on the opposite side of the camp.
"Thank goodness. You have it right?" Gina yelled, shaking her head.
"Yeah! That makes all four right?" Jordan shouted, Gina just nodded, "Great! Now what? Jeez, look at the time! We should go to bed" Looking at the time, it was almost dark. When Jordan voiced his lack of a plan, everyone shook their heads or shrugged.
"Goodnight!" Cherry yelled, walking off towards town with San.
"So much unusuality, Goodnight?" Someone said, off in the distance.
"We're tired, if you're interested, then go ahead and come back tomorrow." Derrek yelled, glaring in the general direction of the voice.
"Right then, we'll do so. See yah tomorrow." A different voice said, it sounded unlike any voice heard before.
"Well, goodnight, I'll see you in the morning." Urist said to everyone, as they headed their separate ways into the night.
He was falling, again, his life was about to be over, he was about to go splat. He was screaming at the top of his lungs. "Hey! We'll be here to catch you! You'll be fine!" Derrek heard, he opened his eyes to see his two team members, Urist and Jordan waiting at the bottom of the fall, this would hurt them should he not slow down.
"NO, get away! You'll get crushed!" Derrek yelled, motioning for them to get out of the way.
"We'll catch you! Trust us!" Urist replied, insistent.
"And if you don't? If you can't stop me?" Derrek asked, he was getting closer to the ground now, he was starting to be afraid for his friends, he knew they couldn't.
"Then we'll let it happen, just let us try!" Jordan said, fore-legs out in preparation to catch Derrek. Derrek was going close to the ground, it was now or never.
Light enveloped the area, the sudden change in surrounding had startled him, "Sorry about not being here sooner, I was a little… hung up." The voice said, it was the one that desired to be his protector, "I see that you've gotten the dream cubes." Derrek just nodded, She immediately replied, "Next, you must get it to my master's tower, its in the middle of the region, atop of what is now Ragnarok Mountain, go, and save the world."
The light faded and he was on the ground next to his friends, watching someone he didn't recognize fall. "Please! Catch me! I don't want to die!" The voice cried, vaguely familiar.
"Jordan, Urist, get me up on that wall, so I can jump to catch him." Derrek barked, the two of them used earthquake and launched Derrek up onto the wall. Before jumping off of the wall, Derrek braced for a hard hit, from what he remembered, it would hurt to do this, but it could save the stranger's life. The cliffside crunched as he jumped, the air seemed to move out of the way as Derrek neared the falling man. There was a strange sound as Derrek collided with the stranger. It sounded as if it would hurt, but no pain was given to either party.
"Thank you, now I've got a date to make with someone that I promised, long, long time ago. My work is almost done." The voice said, looking up to the sun.
"Good luck." Urist said, nodding.
"Thanks." He said, the dream fading away.
"Hey, now you must go and fight for this region, your time will save the world." A voice said, "Ragnarok Mountain is your final destination." Gina tilted her head.
"Where's that?" She asked, scratching her head.
"In the center…" The voice replied.
"Welcome back! Work's fine, we're on schedule." An employee said, smiling to Gina.
"Good, great job David-kohai. Keep an eye out for slacking." Gina said, smiling.
"Yessir!"
"Welcome! What's your commands?" Another employee asked.
"Nothing, just keep doing the good work." Gina smiled wider. This was her dream, a bunch of people being happy, together, working well.
It was dark, it was cold, a faint tune could be heard. Familiar to so few, it was an extremely niche tune. It was a tune that signified his connection to his sister. It was so quiet that it almost couldn't be heard. "Sis…" He sighed, he was so sad, he showed anger, but what he really held was more regret than anyone should have. He desired to free himself from the pains, but he knew that this time, this time was the time she couldn't come back. Every time he would hear that song, he always felt sorrow. "I'm sorry, I should have been able to…" He nearly cried, but he knew now wasn't the time. He knew that he had to release his longing of her.
"I'm sorry." Someone said, he didn't care, he had heard it too many times.
"I DON'T CARE. You don't understand." Jeremy yelled, punching the person in the face, it had become habit. So much had hurt him, so much had happened.
"Fine then, I extended my sympathy, now get out of here. Leave, you aren't wanted." The voice said, pushing Jeremy out. It didn't matter, it was just the same either way, he was hurt, and would be hurt.
"His heart, only left room for pain." Jeremy muttered, talking about himself.
"So wait, how do you plan on escaping this world, if you can't finish your mission?" A voice asked, it hit Jeremy to the core, he wanted to escape, but never told anyone.
"I… I don't know. I was hoping that it would sort itself." Jeremy stuttered.
"Really? It would? Doubtful, you can get out if only you follow through with this."
"But, but…" Jeremy stuttered more, he was sad, and afraid.
"Listen, you're pretty determined, but you can't get out on determination alone, you must find a path that isn't determination alone."
"I know, I don't know, I just want to leave."
"It's not that easy. You must work for your desires."
"Why am I the one stuck here? All I wanted was to find my way, and now its impossible."
"Follow the others, you'll find your way out. Trust them, and you'll be rewarded." The voice said, it seemed to fade.
Clickity clack, tick, tick, tick. Brian was having a hard time thinking, his job was peaceful, but he didn't want it. It only seemed to bore him. He swore off of violence ever since he saw someone young die, if he got out of the war. Now he's regretting every choice before the war, after, and during it. He didn't know it would be so tough at a desk job. He did not want anything near to a job that hurt people, and thought this desk job would do. He was a bit rash, and rushed into the new position. His heart wasn't in it, something was different compared to his previous desk job. "Hey, you working? You've already met your quota, take the rest of the day off. On me." His boss said, smiling slightly. Brian always met his quota, he never had a problem meeting it because he was used to more.
"Yes sir," Brian said, then sighed, "I'll be at the bar."
"Go ahead, we won't need you though. I wish you luck in finding whatever you are searching for."
"Thanks sir." Brian started walking, he grabbed his stuff from a rack near the front door, then left the building.
"You want this?" A voice asked, "Are you sure that such a thing is your desire?"
"No, but its the only thing. I can't go near fighting, not again." Brian said, looking about.
"But you want it here?"
"What do you mean?" Brian looked right at the voice, a young girl, bright blue hair, but pure white eyes.
"Well, there's so many other places to work… Why here?" The girl asked, her hair flipping over her shoulder as she turned away.
"What other places? Other towns? It'd be the same, Other countries would be the same too, there's so little difference in this world, language, or culture, or people, they're all the same at their core. Everyone's the same at their core."
"Oh really? If it were different would you be happier?" The girl asked.
"I doubt it. There's just nothing…"
"Go with them tomorrow. You won't regret it." She said, disappearing. Just like that, everything disappeared.
Author's Note
The fight scene was a pain to write, everything else went easily, I wish I was better at writing fight scenes. It'd make so much more of what little skills I have. Have a happy Easter! I unfortunately won't have a post that day. Maybe I'll write a special, have it take place somewhere before this huge hubbub.
Post author's note
Surgery. Just Surgery... Currently I'm shivering at the thought of seeing the afflicted area.
Post-Post author's note
There's gonna be a long hiatus until I finish this story. Many apologies, but for now, I feel like thanking all of those who have followed and favorite'd. This will be a couple weeks, if not months. Sorry for taking so long!