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*IN THE AIR*
Jacks actually slept for most of the ride, he slept without leaning to either side, he simply opened his eyes and shook the darkness from his head to notice everyone in the plane with him. The whole group sat in the plane in the normal position, sitting shoulder to shoulder across both wings of the walkway, with Spring and Freddy at the helm. Jacks was sitting next to Grey, to his left, and Vix, to his right. Everyone on the plane was in their full combat gear, and you could just hear everyone having trouble breathing from the high altitude coupled with heavy helmets. Foxy was the only exception, who wore nothing but his tank top and jeans, the show off! Grey poked Jacks in the shoulder, causing him to turn to face Grey. Grey rummaged around through his pack for about a minute, giving off an aura of frustration before pulling Jacks' dagger out from the depths. He handed it to Jacks with both hands. Jacks took it, but struggled to sheath it, as he was sitting down, and the sheath was on his waist. Once he managed to get the damned thing in the sheath, he relaxed back in the seat, and turned his head to Grey.
"Thanks Grey. So, what did you find out about it?" Jacks questioned, tilting his head and lifting a hand up.
Jacks was honestly trying to make small talk, he didn't really know anything about any of the group members other than Fawkes and Spring. Grey cocked a metal eyebrow underneath his brown mask.
"About what?" Grey was confused.
"Foxy told me that you took the dagger for studies." Jacks said, speaking slowly at first.
Grey snapped.
"Ah! Right! Sorry, I'm a bit fog headed right now. About the dagger, not much, just that it is defiantly made of joulamin. Other than that it's just an ordinary dagger." Grey said, shrugging his shoulders and lifting his hands.
"Also, joulamin is….." He was cut off by Jacks.
"Indestructible to force, I know." Jacks said, feeling pretty damn smart.
Grey pointed to Vix with his hands in a gun formation, he even made a little bang noise. He spoke with a large smile under his mask.
"It's also what Mr. Grumpy's armor is made of over there." Grey said in a baby talk voice.
Vix barely looked over before scoffing, shaking his shoulders, and facing the other way.
"It is very heavy, his entire set weighs two tons in total." Grey surprised Jacks, his eyes brightened up.
"Two tons!?" Jacks yelled, glitching out the microphone slightly while placing his hands down on the chair in an act of bewilderment.
Grey turned his microphone's volume down a lot before continuing.
"Yes, two tons, Vix and his massive biceps are the only thing that can carry it, and he isn't even slowed down by it!" Grey said, throwing his arms to the air.
Jacks was finally getting a read on the strange robot. He donned a white, flowing garment, and some weird tribal looking brown mask that covered the entirety of his face. The garment was fringed and ripped along the sides and bottom. He liked the way that Grey acted, he seemed pretty fun loving and lighthearted.
"You see, Vix's OverLoad is connected to his body, he has incredible strength and resistance to pain." Grey finished, putting his arms down while continuing to stare at Jacks.
Jacks returned the awkward stare. Spring looked back at everyone else in the plane, he wore no helmet, just his long blue jacket and some body armor.
"Hey guys, we're getting close to the rift. Everyone strap in if you haven't done so already." Spring said, putting a thumb up into the air and winking.
The whole crew reached to their left to grab the buckle end of the strap, and pulled it over their waist to attach it into the slot, to secure themselves to the seat.
Jacks felt the plane begin to dip downwards in a slow, steady fashion. It kept this slow decent for a good 10 seconds, then the plane darted toward the ground in the same fashion as the first time. Jacks was expecting it this time, and even still his heart rose to his throat. He sank his head down tight on his shoulders, Francis was laughing at him from across the plane.
"ALRIGHT GUYS! THREE! TWO! ONE!" Freddy yelled from the front of the plane into his microphone.
At the last moment, Jacks felt himself lifting off of his seat, and moving to the left. He looked down at his restraints, they had started to separate slowly. Jacks knew what would happen if he lost his restraints. He panicked and tried to keep them connected, he pressed them together and shoved on his legs while grunting, but to no avail. They completely separated, and Jacks started to fly towards the front of the plane in a flailing, shouting fashion. Everyone seemed to gasp in unison, reaching out to try and grab a limb, but everyone was fastened by their own belts. Grey reacted quickly however, he reached his hand out as a blue halo formed around his hand, as well as Jacks. Grey pulled his arm back, and Jacks moved back as well, until he was back in his seat and the plane leveled out. Jacks breathed heavily and gripped the seat tightly until he calmed down.
"Hugh, thanks Grey, I owe you one." Jacks said, scratching the back of his head
"Yea, I'll keep it in mind!" Grey said, laughing.
Silence filled the plane, nothing but the noise of the turbines, and heavy breathing from everyone. Jacks rose back up, shrugged his shoulders a few times to stretch, and looked out the small window to his left. He saw nothing but a vast blue sky with white clouds slowly drifting along, and a couple grey clouds as well. The plane's turbines turned vertical, so the plane could hover downward through the opened ceiling of the hangar. They touched down without a problem, everyone unbuckled and exited the plane one after another, hopping down the steep stairs on the side. Cold air blasted against everyone's armor as they exited the large empty space through a giant hole in the building. The trees outside appeared to have varying colored leaves, mixing orange, brown, red, and yellow to form a blend of beautiful hues. A pile of them had formed along the ground in front of the building, Francis giggled like a school girl as she ran toward the pile and body slammed into it, sending leaves flying in all directions. She put her hands behind her head and sighed.
"I love coming to Earth this time of year." She said with content.
Everyone walked past her as Jacks walked over to help her off of the floor. He extended his arm, Francis grabbed it, but instead of getting up, she pulled Jacks into the pile on his back. Jacks yelled as he fell to the ground, and grunted when he smacked into it. He was about to shout at Francis, until he looked up. He saw nothing but the beautiful blue sky dotted and streaked with white clouds painted across the giant canvass, with a multi-colored, leafy frame around it. Jacks was starstruck.
"Woah….." Was all he could say.
"Yea, I know, Earth is a strange lil' rock, with strange lil' features." Francis said quietly.
She began to get up, followed by Jacks, and they both ran to catch up to the group. They talked as they ran.
"Down here, the way the environment acts seems to change all the time, four times to be exact." Francis yelled, cutting out with every step.
"Really?" Jacks asked turning his head to face her, but continuing to run.
"Yep, there's this one, where it starts to get cold, and the leaves all change color and fall to the ground. Oh and another one, where it's really REALLY cold outside, and there is nothing but frozen water on the ground!" Francis word vomited to Jacks.
"Wait, you mean ice?"
"No no, it's not completely like that, it gets soft!" Francis spoke quickly.
"Soft ice huh? Ever since I joined you guys, the world continues to amaze me…." Jacks trailed off.
They saw Spring's ears begin to appear, so they slowed down to a jog.
Everyone was conversing about something, Bonnie and Chica were chatting about the aspects of a perfect knife, Foxy and Grey were exchanging different cooking techniques, Freddy and Spring were laughing about something, but Vix just kept walking along, his armor reverberating and booming with immense weight on every step. They seemed to be having a dysfunctional family reunion!
They walked along a dirt trail, tall grass and trees surrounded them, but sun still shone through brightly. Everything seemed to be very bright, and everyone seemed to not have a care in the world. It confused Jacks, he figured it would be a very serious thing. Francis turned to converse with Jacks, trying to talk over everyone.
"Soooooo, what does a tail taste like?" She said, poking him in the shoulder.
"OH SHUT UP!" Jacks yelled quietly, and slightly pushed Francis to the side, causing her to chuckle.
"So, what are we after again?" Jacks asked, having forgotten.
Francis spoke immediately.
"That giant Sin that crushed my rib cage, and anything else we come across." She spoke, her sharp glare pierced through Jacks even through her helmet.
"Oh, hah, right." Jacks stuttered as his heart dropped.
"You scared?" Francis asked, poking his helmet.
Jacks grinned and tilted his head.
"Of course I am." He said, knowing what Francis wanted to hear.
"Good, so am I." She said, turning back to face where she was walking.
Bonnie backed up to walk next to Jacks.
"So kid, if you're gonna be fighting with us, you might as well have a weapon that you can use." The bunny said, reaching to her side.
She made a motion of unsheathing a sword, and blue pixels began rushing to under her hand. The pixels began to shape into a rod like formation, when they finished, a whole longsword was formed in her hand. Jacks was speechless as she handed it to him. It was surprisingly light, even though it was a pretty big sword.
"The blade is made of joulamin, but it is hollow, so that it's easy to swing around. I made it myself, as a welcoming gift." Bonnie said, flipping the blade around to hand the hilt end to Jacks.
The boy examined the blade, and gave it a few good swings, he loved it.
"Well, thank you Bonnie, I appreciate the thought, and that you welcome me here." Jacks said softly.
Bonnie laughed at the generous gratitude.
"Don't mention it, you sound wise beyond your years." She put her hand up as she walked back up to continue talking to Chica.
She suddenly got a surprised look, and turned around, throwing a weird looking object at Jacks. Jacks caught it, but didn't know what it was at first. He realized that it was a sheath to the sword, it was lined with thick metal, and centered with wood. On the front was inscribed "Be Brave".
Jacks through the strap across his chest and made sure that the inscription could be seen on his back. He looked like an absolute dork sheathing the sword, savoring every second.
"He-hey! Now ya look like a Knight!" Francis said, putting an arm around his shoulder as he walked along.
Jacks smiled under his helmet, he was happy that he had an actual loadout.
The group suddenly stopped walking, and everyone's smile suddenly disappeared. Silence once again filled the area, only Freddy's deep voice could be heard through the wind blowing.
"I'm getting a read on a Sin signature, west, about a half mile, and moving east." That was all Freddy needed to say for everyone to begin moving west.
They ran and ran and ran through the chilled woods, they ran until the sun was no longer shining through the canopy. They jumped over logs and ducked fallen trees, juked past vines and leaped over rivers. Jacks was beginning to get tired, he could tell as he was lagging behind. Fawkes took notice and tried to slow down to help him. Jacks shrugged him off, he wanted to be independent. Jacks shot his grappling hook around a high tree branch and pulled as hard as he could, launching himself into the air. He got butterflies in his belly from the sudden upwards movement, but he tried to ignore them. Jacks struggled to straighten out, but when he did, he shot his hook at another branch and swung forward. Jacks was happy that he pulled this off, as was everyone else. He even showed off a bit by doing spins or flips on a couple swings. Everyone heard a grotesque, inhuman noise coming further ahead. Jacks wrapped his hand around the cord and pulled backward to slow down, and hanged there until he thought he should drop down. Freddy stepped forward a few feet, taking great care with every step. He peered through the treeline before quickly turning around and nodding. Everyone broke into a sprint through the trees while Jacks was dropping down to follow. Jacks staggered when he hit the ground and had to place a hand on it to push himself back up. When he finally pushed through the brush, he saw the whole group in a line, staring at the giant Sin in front of them. The beast looked different, instead of a dark black the creature was a dull grey color, and had a weird black mucus film on parts of its arms and legs. It's leg was still messed up pretty bad, from where Grey had hit it, but it's forehead seemed to had regenerated a bit. It just stood there in that gorilla style stance and stared right back at them with it's big, white eyes. Vix cracked his knuckles through his gauntlet and yelled while charging at the beast.
"THIS IS FOR WHAT YOU DID TO FRANCIS!" He kept shouting random noises like a wild animal, and leapt into the air.
The Sin just stood there looking up at him, it did not seem to care one bit. Everyone else just watched, no emotion, no smiles, no frowns, just observational stares as Vix came crashing down on the Sin's back. The Sin staggered over to the ground and let out a huge groan, shaking while falling. Vix flipped the beast over with one hand, and climbed up to sit on it's chest. He let out strange noises while punching the hell out of it.
*SMACK, SMACK, SMACK, SMACK*
Vix slowly drew back with every punch, and hit with all his might.
*CRACK, CRACK, CRACK, CRACK*
Vix's hands were covered in a strange, maroon liquid.
*CRUNCH, CRUNCH, CRUNCH, CRUNCH*
The beast was dead already, Vix was punching a pile of liquid and skull bits. He slowed the pace of his punches to a stop, closing his eyes on stopping. He then tilted his head back, keeping his eyes close behind his cold, joulamin helm. Freddy nodded a couple of times before a distinctive beeping noise caught everyone's attention. The noise came from Freddy's small device, he looked troubled at it.
"Freddy, what's the matter?" Spring said, grabbing his shoulder.
Vix was walking back over to the group, the liquid dripping from his hands. Freddy kept looking at the device, the beeping becoming more frequent. He looked at it franticly, his eyes darting back and forth.
"Multiple Sin signatures just appeared! Three, f-f-ive, ten!... fifty!" Freddy quickly put the device in his bag and drew his hammer from the pixels.
Everyone drew into a circle as a rustling noise could be heard from the trees. Leaves shook, and branches cracked as a pair of small Sin walked out on all fours, circling the group. They were followed by eight more, and they were followed by twenty more… The group was surrounded by a sea of Sin.
"How the fuck did they….." Chica trailed off, brandishing her heavy gun.
"Doesn't matter, they're here now." Bonnie answered, readying her twinblade.
Spring looked to his side to see Jacks, shaking in his boots and struggling to hold his sword steady. He could hear his dagger jostling around in it's sheath.
"See Jacks, we don't plan for these things!" Spring said, aiming his rifle at the crowd.
Jacks did not even acknowledge that he was being spoken to, the hyperventilating and tunnel vision was kicking in already. A few moments of great intensity occurred. Everyone could hear their own hearts beating out of their chests, the wind bellowed as the Sin backed the group into a tighter corner, causing their stress to skyrocket. A single sin let an ear piercing screech, and the whole horde charged in at them.
The group matched the cry with one of their own, and charged back to them.
Man, I love cliffhangers! Be prepared for some punching next chapter, as well as a special guest from TornadoWolfFNAF!