Geez. Five Chapters… probably going to be more of them… this will inevitably become it's own story! And to think, Nogias' Rescue Saga was one chapter long, and something my brother and I came up with completely at random one night before bed! Odd… Anyway, Part 5 of the ASHE RESCUE SAGA, right now! Enjoy!
PART 5: CHAOS: Nanotech's Weakness!
Cloud sliced through Orikka's flesh over and over again, but to no avail. Clover attempted a fire casting, but it also brought no result. For hours, the mindless slaves of Shin-Ra attacked, and healed every injury inflicted, never showing any emotion, not speaking a word. All they did was hack, slash, shoot and blast. After five hours, Cloud, Sam Clover and Alex were heavily injured. Ashe looked at them, then in front of himself,where Ulrikka was dashing at him Ashe deflected Ulrikka's strikes with his sword and pushed her back. Then, Ashe had an idea. "Cloud," Ashe called over, "step aside! All of you, get out of the way! NOW!" Ashe started to charge magic, only his was two different colors, white and black.
Cloud quickly hustled the girls to the side, and Ashe called out, "King of darkness, rain you unheavenly hatred of peace on this world! Become that which you hate and strike! CHAOS WAVE!" Ashe released his energy, his eyes now flashing black and white, as a giant demonic creature rose from within him and pointed at Ulrikka. As the nanotech girl stood there, devoid of emotion, the attack whipped through her body. Suddenly, on her expressionless face came the look of a woman who'd just been stabbed through the chest: pain, fear and sadness.
As she fell to the ground, Ashe returned to normal and ran over, sword in hand. When her eyes opened again, Ulrikka saw the form of a tall man above her, sword held aloft and ready to kill her. "NO!" she screamed. That's right, she screamed. The emotionless nanotech girl who, like her compatriots, hadn't spoken a word since their arrival, now screamed in pure terror. Ashe looked at Ulrikka, who lay cowering in a ball on the floor, then at Cloud, who shrugged. He sure as hell didn't know what was happening.
Ashe leaned down close to Ulrikka's head and felt for an aura. He found it: an aura not of mindless obedience, but of pure terror and fear. This … thing was now almost scared to death. "Excuse me, miss, are you meaning to tell me that you're honestly afraid of me?" he asked, to which came Ulrikka's reply: "YES! PLEASE DON'T HURT ME!" As Ulrikka continued to cower in fear, Ashe looked at Cloud, who once again shrugged. Then Ashe realized that his Chaos magic had scrambled the Nanotech inside Ulrikka's body, giving her control of herself.
Ashe leant down, and heard something he hadn't heard in years: crying. Ulrikka was actually weeping! Ashe stared at the other two, then had an idea. "Listen, I won't hurt you, ok? Just tell me how to beat your friends over there, and you're free to go. OK? How about it?" Ulrikka looked up, still frightened out of her mind, and said, "Really? You're sure?" "Absolutely. Sure. But first, maybe a little background on yourself, maybe those two?" Ulrikka looked over and said, Oh, they're here too, huh? They are my siblings. My younger brother and twin sister. I'm the older of the two of us, by about one minute."
"If you're the older of the two, why does she look older?" Ashe asked. Ulrikka said, "I don't know, but I am older. We were happy and carefree until we got jobs here at Shin-Ra. Soon, we caught on to what the Pres-man was up to, and when we tried to get out, his men knocked us out. from there I don't remember much, except for the small blurred images I had when I was fighting you guys. But, now that I have my memory back, I should thank you-" Ashe grunted slightly as Ulrikka jumped up and kissed him on the lips. Breaking off, she said, "And there's your show of gratitude!"
She gave a big smile and looked at her brother and sister. "ORIKKA! MUSAJI! Come on, Let's go-" Ulrikka began. She was cut off when Orikka zipped past her, slashing and cutting a large hole in her sister's chest. Ulrikka fell to the ground, a splash of blood hitting the ground beneath her. "ULRIKKA!" Ashe shouted, as he ran forward to catch the fallen girl, only to get attacked himself. Sliding back across the floor with Ulrikka in one arm, his other hand using his sword as a brake, Ashe looked back at Cloud with a bloody eye.
"Cloud, I accept your offer to work with you. I'll take Ulrikka on as my apprentice if you heal her! PLEASE!" Ashe said, his voice faltering. As he collapsed, Cloud pulled a pair of small vials out of his coat, and, uncorking them, threw them at Ashe and Ulrikka. The contents fell through the open necks of the vials, and soon, both were healed. As Ashe stood again, he looked at Cloud and said, "Cloud, I've figured out their weakness: My Chaos Magic scrambles their nanotech circuits, turning them into actual human parts. So, I was thinking to do the same to the other two, and- huh?!"
Ashe was interrupted by Ulrikka, who had a hand in between Cloud and Ashe, who said, "NO. Orikka attacked me. If I can get through to her, and to Musaji, I may be able to snap them out of this. Please, let me do this?" Cloud looked her up and down, and said, "If you succeed, I'm going to make you the Head of Negotiations and Public Service for NEO-AVALANCHE Ok?" Cloud said, to which Ulrikka nodded, smiling. "Alright! It's a deal, Cloud!" Ulrikka said, before creating her sword-and-dagger hands, and walked back over.
"ORIKKA!" shouted Ulrikka, standing in front of Orikka, her hands in weapon form, now purple eyes gaining a small fire of hope, "ORIKKA! WAKE UP! IT'S ME, ULRIKKA, YOUR SISTER! LISTEN TO ME!" Orikka lunged at her sister, creating a small gash in her chest. However, from there, Orikka began acting differently. She'd go berserk and strike, stop, hold her head, scream, and go berserk again. After a half hour, the cycle stopped, with Orikka collapsing to her knees and screaming while holding her head, her eyes wild and aiming skyward. After three seconds, Orikka became still, and her hands fell to her sides, her head dropping to her lap.
Ulrikka slowly moved toward Orikka, and knelt down next to her sister, holding her body, her breathing heavy and labored. "Si-sister." Ulrikka breathed before collapsing from loss of blood. As Orikka raised her head, her solid black eyes, changing to a deep hazel color, looked around at her surroundings, she saw her sister, laying on the floor, eyes closed and body covered in deep wounds and blood. "Wha-ULRIKKA! WHAT HAPPENED?! WHO-!"
Orikka gained a dangerous look in her eyes and, pointing at Ashe, said, "YOU! YOU DID THIS TO MY TWIN SISTER!" "No!" Ashe said, defending himself, " I'm the one that got your sister out of the same nanotech trance that your brother's in!" Orikka looked over at Musaji, whose eyes were still a solid black tone. Getting up, she walked over to Musaji and said, "Hey, Mus! Let's go! We need to get-UNGH!" she grunted, as Musaji punched her in the stomach with the barrel of one of his machine-gun hands. "Mu… Saji… What're you…?"
When she turned around, she found herself looking up the barrel of the same gun hand that just punched her. "Wha-What? Mus? What're you doing?" As Orikka looked up around the barrel of the gun, she could have sworn she saw a tear run down Musaji's eye. "Musaji…" Orikka said, "What's wrong with you?"
Who would have though that Orikka could be so dumb? And just for reference, their names are pronounced Nogias (NO(hard o)-GI(hard i)-a(soft a)s), Ashe (o(soft o)-sh), Orikka (O-reek-kah), Ulrikka (U(hard u)l-reek-kah), and Musaji (MU-sa-jI). There are going to be other self-created characters coming in (eventually), so just ask in a review, and I'll send you the pronounciation in a reply. R&R, flames are always welcome!