Darkness and Light, Into the Chaos.
Archer looked at the Gardens, barely visible in the dark night. "It will be tough to get in, even with Archer of Red gone." he stated.
"We'll get in without much problem." Asiko shrugged. "Jack, fog us please." Jack nodded as her eyes closed. The fog spread across the sky, effectively hiding the plane.
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Caster of Red(Referred to from now on as Shakespeare) watched the fog appear. "Under the cover of the London Smog, the enemy approaches the Fortress." he narrated. Rider of Red(Referred to from now on as Achilles) rolled his eyes at the annoying Servant. Karna (Got sick of saying the Servant classes) just ignored him as Semiramis stepped out next to Shiro.
"They'll be expecting us to notice, orders Master?" the Assassin asked.
"Rider, Lancer, you're our vanguard." Shiro ordered, looking to the two heros. "Caster and Assassin take the hall between here and the Grail. I'll wait in the Grail room in case they make it past all of you." With that, he turned and left, Caster and Assassin in tow. Achilles and Karna hefted their lances as the plane came in for a landing.
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"They know we're here." Ruler warned.
"Seig, if you would?" Asiko asked with a smirk.
The Homunculus nodded and closed his eyes. Rider, kick things off. he ordered.
You got it Master! Rider replied.
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"Let's get this party started!" Rider called, swooping in on his gryphon to attack Karna. The Lancer barely dodged the attack, but Rider was already swinging around for another attack.
"Take this!" Karna spat, tossing fireballs at the paladin. Rider managed to dodge most, but a few singed him. In the time it took for Achilles to realize what was happening, he saw an arrow zip past him.
"Shit!" the Rider hissed, dodging another arrow coming towards him. "So he's here."
On top of the plane, hidden by the fog, Archer took his aim again. This time you won't get away. he thought, firing another arrow.
The plane touched down in the courtyard and the ramp was down in seconds. "It's ShowTime!" Mordred called, emerging from the fog to help Rider. The fog began moving as Jack and Asiko moved, planning to take out Achilles before Seig and Ruler emerged with the Yggdmillennia siblings close behind, Fiore in her mecha suit. Archer continued to fire his arrows at Achilles, his sight easily penetrating the fog of the Assassin Servant.
"Rider, hang on!" Seig called, swinging his sword at Karna before Mordred slashed at him, cutting across the Lancer's torso. Rider then came from behind and lanced him through the heart(The irony!).
"You'll have to do better than that!" Karna hissed, sending his fireballs toward the Homunculus and Servants.
With Achilles, he was mainly focused on keeping from getting shot as he dodged another arrow. "Damn it." he muttered. "If I can't get out of this fog..."
"Why would we ever let you do that?" Jack asked, blurring as she dove for his foot. The Rider Servant barely managed to dodge in time. "Oh, you're no fun!" Jack complained.
"Well it wouldn't be much fun if he let us kill him." Asiko pointed out.
"Oh yeah! You're right Asiko, this is more fun!" Jack cheered. "Now let's see who gets hit first, the Rider, us, or Asiko. I really hope we win."
"You and me both." Asiko replied humorously, charging from within the fog, Jack doing the same from another angle as Archer shot another volley. "Dude's light on his feet, think it has something to do with the fact that's his weakness?" the Magus taunted. Everyone who heard the jab couldn't help the giggles that came on.
"Fiore, do it!" Jack called. No sooner than she had spoken than a volley of mana bullets came flying at Achilles who dodged quickly. Jack appeared behind the airborne Servant. "You can't dodge us up here!" she laughed, slicing her knife across his heel. The Rider began to fade as his weakness was exploited.
With Seig, Ruler, Mordred, Rider, and Karna, the five were still locked in combat, each badly injured and exhausted. "Damn," Karna hissed, "It seems that Rider is beaten."
Taking advantage of his momentary distraction, Rider flew past the Lancer before rushing back. "This'll end it!" he called, pointing his lance at Karna. Karna leaped and landed on the point. "What?" Rider gasped before the Lancer knocked him away.
"Rider!" Seig called in alarm, swinging his sword only to have Karna dodge it. Mordred appeared behind the Lancer before he could react and sliced him across the back.
Karna let out a grunt of pain before noticing Ruler standing in front of him. "This will end it." she declared, hefting her banner and stabbing it between the Servant's eyes., effectively killing him. "Let's move." Ruler called to the rest. Jack's fog dispersed and everyone nodded.
The battle has begun. Who will emerge victorius? Will it be Shiro's Squad or will Asiko and Jack lead the rest to victory? Next time: Shakespeare's plot, Beware Black Faction!