Well, here's the second chapter. It will probably go until Knuckle Dragger, but I'll be skipping over some details like the Claptrap talk because let's face it, no one listens when he talks, not even the guy who decided to play the guy in the Pre-Sequel (And on a side note, the FR4G-TR4P is freaking badass!) can do it for long.
Darkness and Light, Into the Chaos!
"Big brother? Big Brother?" Shiro heard his sister call, shaking him. The mostly-redhead managed to open his eyes and saw Illya with her faithful companion, and main weapon if the Archer was being honest, standing behind her, shielding both from the frigid winds.
"My goodness! I thought everyone here was dead!" came a little shriek as Shiro looked around. Ruby was brushing herself and her weapon off and Talim seemed to be coming to. Shiro's eyes then came to rest on what seemed to be a mechanical two-legged toad complete with green skin and yellow eyes. "Greetings! I am J4K3N, but everyone just calls me Jaken." the toad-bot introduced. "I live around here, scavenging for parts. I tell you, they're so hard to come by ever since Lelouch discontinued the J4K3N line of robots. I want to see him burn because of that!" the toad droned. "Maybe now that you're all alive after going against him, you can bring him down! Follow me, We'll talk back at my place!" Jaken turned and began running into the blizzard, stopping to hand each member of the group an ECHO from the dead bodies around them.
As soon as they did, a lime-green haired woman showed up on the screen. "You'll need to follow Jaken to get to Sanctuary, the city for the resistance against Lelouch." She instructed. "I'll help however I can."
"It would be nice if we knew who was helping us, lady on the screen." Ruby replied dryly.
"Of course. I'm CC, an AI for Hyperion that wants to see Lelouch fall." the newly dubbed CC replied before fading out.
Jaken opened the door to his bunker, and everyone huddled around the small fire in the corner. "Well it's not much but this is my place. It's got everything I need, even some weapons in that locker over there. Not much use since Hyperion never comes in here and the door is synced to my voice alone." he stated as his guests got comfortable.
"So it's just you here?" Talim asked.
"Yes, since Lelouch just kills everyone who comes through here he also killed all of my friends. And any he miss get eaten by the bullymogs that live around here, especially a nasty one like Knuckle Dragger. Such a brute, but I made this base and like I said, nothing can get in without my say-so! Not even those pesky Hyperion Loaders or the Bullymogs." Jaken finished. Ruby flinched as something roared. A giant bullymog came through the roof and grabbed Jaken, pulling out one of his eyes. The toad-bot fell to the ground and Ruby was by his side instantly. "The locker, get the locker." the toad-bot rasped.
The siblings opened it to see a pistol and SMG with some ammo clips. "I can just make my own weapons, and Ruby has that sniper-scythe-"
"Crescent Rose!" the reaper's call was heard.
"So I think you and Talim should take the guns." Shiro finished. "You're the only two without any sort of range, and no Berserker doesn't count." he added quickly, seeing his sister start to protest. Illya pouted and took the pistol, handing the SMG to the other girl. "Alright, now what?" Shiro asked.
"What do you mean now what? We need to get my eye back!" Jaken screamed, flailing as Ruby set him on his feet. "Let's go make that bastard bullymog pay for doing that to me!"
"You'll need Jaken to get into Sanctuary. Better do as he says for now." CC commented over the group's ECHOs. Shrugging, everyone left the bunker.
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It was kinda funny seeing Jaken bump into things due to his lack of depth perception. Illya was barely containing her laughter before the little toad-bot fell off the cliff and landed in the snow. The group laughed at that point before seeing the snow-pelted bullymogs charging for the helpless bot. Illya smiled as she held out her hand. "Go get em, Berserker!" she cheered. The giant appeared behind her, roaring a challenge before jumping into the middle of the creatures and cutting them down.
"I gotta get in on this!" Ruby smirked, pulling Crescent Rose from its spot and firing on the nearest bullymog, headshoting and dropping it. She continued shooting while Talim landed next to Jaken, firing her SMG at anything that got past Berskerker (Impossible as that sounded) and Ruby's attacks. Illya landed next to her and fired the pistol a few times, but most of the giant brutish monsters were being taken down and she knew it would be over soon.
Next to Ruby on the cliff, Shiro held out his hand and spoke two words. "Trace on." Ruby fired again and glanced at the archer as a black bow took form in his hand, a sword in the other. Shiro pressed the sword to the bow, and it seemed to lengthen and thin as he pulled back. "Take this, Hrunting!" he shouted, firing the sword. Ruby, having a decent understanding of projectile weapons, thought the sword would fall to the ground uselessly, maybe hit one of the things in the head.
This is not what happened.
The sword flew like an arrow, exploding as it hit the ground and vaporized most of the enemies. "Wha..who...HOW!" Ruby gasped.
"Tell you when we're somewhere safer." Shiro replied sheepishly, the bow dematerializing. "For now, let's join up with the others."
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Illya was being carried by Berserker as the group trudged on in the snow. Occasionally Jaken would close his remaining eye and see if his missing one had come back online, but so far no luck and the summoner was getting tired. She normally would have insisted (read: demanded) that her big brother carry her but he looked even more tired than she felt. Taking pity on him, she simply climbed into Berserker's massive hand and took a seat, the giant carrying her without difficulty. They encountered more bullymogs as they trudged forward, but between Shiro's swords flying, Talim's SMG fire, and Ruby's sniper fire, Illy barely had to fire a shot. Not that she minded. She could fight, but getting her hands dirty was what she had Berserker to avoid.
"Oh my, my eye's come back online!" Jaken suddenly screamed. "I can see a hansome J4K3N, four tough-looking humans, and a terrifying giant." he informed. Everyone readied their weapons as they realized that, "That means it's close!"
Knuckle Dragger roared and landed in the clearing, Jaken running to cower.
Knuckle Dragger
Big, strong, dumb
Illya hopped out of Berserker's hand as he rushed the beast twice his size, hard as it was to believe that. Shiro ran forward with Kanshou and Bakuya in his hands as he began slashing the beast. Ruby vanished in a flurry of petals, appearing on the cliff and opening fire on the giant's head. Illya emptied her clip into the bullymog's chest and retreated to reload when she noticed Talim had her eyes closed. What is she doing? the summoner wondered.
Talim, her necklace glowing, reached out her hand and whispered, "Wind, guide me." The results were almost instant. Knuckle Dragger was lifted off the ground, making him an easy target for the others as they continued to swing and shoot at him. Knuckle Dragger looked about done when Talim's hand moved, slamming him into the wall. Berserker then plunged his sword into the beast's heart, ending it's life. a few weapons fell from his hands, as well as a robotic yellow eye.
"Oh, my eye!" Jaken cheered, running up the incline and grabbing it. "Now we just need to get it back in me."
"Give it to me and hold still a second." Illya offered.
Jaken shook his head rapidly. "No! As much as you clearly want to put your fist into my skull, this takes a professional touch. I know just the person, follow me!" with that, Jaken ran off.
Well, what did people think? Were things believable for this gang? Do you think I did okay with the fight? I always feel I did a crap job on any fight scene. And I'm trying to keep to the personalities of the characters. Now onto Jaken. He's annoying, kinda funny, small, and everyone wonders why Lord Sesshomaru keeps him around since he serves no real purpose. Basically Claptrap and Sanctuary's relationship, am I right? Well, leave a review telling me what you thought, and this story is now on my poll. so until next time!