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So i see some are curious on who is pairing with who an my answer is...
Im not sure really. I never really thought about the pairings until someone brought it up.
I only put those interactions as way to keep up the romance section of this story but i never thought of pairings.
But i guess i could try and pair some up.
Sorry for any misunderstandings.
Now onto the chapter
Chapter 23
In my Time
King Prime's PoV
I have achieved it. I have my desires, but my dream is still vastly out my grasp. I need to get the Garrison first.
The Garrison in the sky is the the floating station for the Gamma Cannon. But i still need a power source. Eve was a balance between Q-Proto-00 and Princess Apple but she can't be a substitute. Of the three, Apple had the core that allowed infinite charge energy.
If i am to take control of it, i would need her codes as well. Q-Proto-00 only has combat capabilities so she is out of the equation. I stuck out my arms "Activate, core programming. Accessing operation: Birds Eye View. Connecting to main frame networking." The wires glowed blue and traveled back to my body.
With this, i now have access to my private room and the main system.
How interesting. This must be the princess with those humans. They dare desecrate this area with there presence. But the princess is with them so i cannot act rash.
Perhaps, i should test this new body's capabilities.
Altera Core Palace
Rena's PoV
Sneaking around the palace was a somewhat easy task since Apple could temporarily disable the Royal Guard's tracking vison. All we had to do was get out their field of view in under 60 seconds, which was easy.
I could help but notice the strange black scar Apple had under her dress. It was a cracked like scar but very black and slightly spread around her body. That must be the sickness she told us about.
"This way." We turned a corner and found ourselves at a dead end. "Hidden door?" Aisha questioned. Apple got off Elsword and stumbled around before falling but Elsword grabbed her in time. It was kinda cute like a father and daughter.
He put her on his shoulder and walked over to the wall. She placed her hands on the wall and began to push at it. The wall slowly began turn into little squares before breaking away. Inside it revealed another hall. "Keep going." She tugged Elsword's hair.
We kept going through many walls until we we broke through into a large room. The room had machinery and wires decorated all around it with monitors even on the ceiling. If i had to guess, it looked like some kind of control room.
One of the monitors was showing Raven and Crow's battle against each other. Even though i didn't have sword training, i could tell they were matched, it was quite a spectacle. "This place has view on everywhere, Even the Pongo village." Aisha is right, i could even see their hideout they escaped to.
Why did they have all this? And what did Q-Proto have to do with this. "Apple find anything?" She looks down from Elsword's shoulders. "Below." So we have to go down now? Well as lo g as no soldiers come at us...
"WARNING WARNING INTRUDERS DETECTED WITHIN PALACE GROUNDS WARNING WARNING" Oh well...
We heard a bunch noises roaring everywhere followed by rumbles. Then the beautiful room that was once blue turned to blood red and began flickering. Did they find us? We gotta move quick!
"Apple, anything you can do?" Elsword asked and Apple looked around. "There" She pointed to the wall and we went to it. She broke it down but we were in too mich of a rush since we all went at the same time and found ourselves falling down a large pit hole.
Aisha clung to me and i did the same. Elsword was holding onto Apple to protect her.
Where are we going to end up now...
Nasod GraveYard
Elsword PoV
Ooo my everything again... I think i landed wrong. I looked down, oh good Apple's ok.
I got up and looked around. Aisha and Rena was dusting themselves. Seems there ok but now where are we. It seems the tunnel we fell through but now there was a small cavern leading out. "Lets head through there." They nodded and we all went out.
We found ourselves in a large, metallic cave like structure with glowing lights dimly lighting up the place. There were also other things falling from the ceiling and into small piles. "Apple any idea where we are?" Aisha asked and i put Apple back on my shoulder. Her eyes glowed yellow before looking around.
"We are in the new Nasod dumpsite it seems. This is the place for decommissioned nasods are sent to after their use is finished." So like a graveyard for them but no burials. "Any hostiles?" She shakes her head. Ok so we have some ease now.
We begin to walk around the place to try and find an exit. As we walked around we saw many nasods from the royal guards to the ones we encountered at first when we first came here. They were all covered in some kind of green algae and it seemed to have been growing on them.
"Ew, its growing tenticals.." Aisha says covering her mouth. It stinks abit too, like old refrigerator. Apple holds out her hand and a light comes from. "Thanks." I told her and she nods. She shines the light around until i see something like a elevator, but it was more like a Two person per trip.
Just before we could get over there, a large nasod gets up from the masses of the dead nasods. It was covered in the green spores with yellow glowing eyes and a large drill arm and the other a flat. It began to crawl its way to us with surprisingly a fast rate, but nows not the time.
"Aisha you and Rena go first!" I told them. They ran over to the elevator and activated it and the lift began to come down. The driller seemed o want them even more now since it went from me to them now. "Sing, Scorching lanterns!" The small flame balls struck the back of the driller with little effect but it turned its head over to me.
It activated its drill and charged at me. I placed Apple on my back and jumped out of the Drillers charge. It seemed to be mindless since just went straight into the piles of nasods. I looked back and saw Aisha and Rena going up the elevator, but it was going pretty slow, maybe i could jump up onto the edge and take a lift.
"Apple clear the way for me." She held her hands by neck and the shown the Driller coming again.
I jumped on its back when it got close enough and held my balance. I looked over and saw the elevator still in reach and jumped for it. I caught onto and Rena and Aisha helped me back up.
The Driller was thrashing about looking for me in the dim cavern.
When we got back up we was met with another platform but this one was much larger. The roof lead back outside the palace now since i could see the night sky.
"Something is coming." Apple says and we got prepared. Soon after, a humanoid nasod came down from the opening and hovered on the platform with his arms behind his back. "So, princess Apple, it seems like i have found you." So they ate looking for Apple too? Its like they want anyone who looks like Eve.
"I can tell a look of defiance from my experience as soldier in the war against the humans." He looks at me when he said that. So this guy was apart of that war huh. "You must be the one in charge here then. Where is Q-Proto and Eve." I put Apple down and Rena grabbed her and went a bit further behind me.
"The failure and the Queen are here. Within me. I extracted their cores to gain this body and all i need are the Princess's codes." He hovers to them but i get in his way. Extracted? does that mean...
"You killed them.." I said and he stares at me. "They were a means to greater good. You will not understand human." I wont understand why you killed them though.
Eve... I didn't know you for long but i wish i did. I looked up at this guy and he back away. "If you wish for what humans like to call Revenge. then follow me, i have been wanting to test this new body anyway and i feel you will suffice." He flew up to the opening and held out his hand.
Wires came from his palm and hooked into a pad. "This will teleport you to the location. No deception is necessary for i am feeling something good inside me. I believe your kind calls it, Happened?" He finished and flew up.
"Apple, im sorry about Eve." Rena said hugging Apple. Apple looks down at the floor silent. She had an expression that i could tell was sadness. Even nasods feel over the loss of someone close to them. I walked over to her "Is there a way to bring back Eve?" i asked her and she raised her head.
"How would that go?" placed my hand on her shoulder. "Im sure there has to be a way to take back Eve's and Q-proto's power back if we defeat the king right?" She looked unconvinced but still nodded.
"It is a possibility." Ok then. I get up and head over to the platform.
Lets hope this battle ends this. We only came due to an crash by Wally's airship and here we are fighting the king of nasods.
How things turn around is just crazy.
Elsewhere Add's PoV
King Prime's Private Room
The blaring sirens are off and i began to move thought the chamber. It seems that after i broke off from those others, i found my self in a ruined like underground city. All of the nasods were laying everywhere but not dead, sleeping. They seemed to be in some kimd of slumber mode and wouldnt turn back on.
I wondered for a bit until i found myself here... This room must be private since no guards or any signs of activity is detected. This spot must be secluded.
I made my way down some large stairs until i was inside a small chamber. I looked around and there she was, Eve and not Eve but Q-Proto-00 there as well. Yes! breaking off from those fools did have some sense after all. I not get o e but both! with this, ill be almost unstoppable and then i could go for Apple if i can find her.
I went over to the beds they laid on, sleeping huh? well this works in my favor much more. I commanded my dynamos and they latched onto Q-Proto-00. "Activate Extraction." Her codes can't be all that hard to break due to her model being much older than Eve's.
I waited for awhile before the dynamos created a holographic message. "Extraction failed?" What how could this be? did i underestimate her blocks? what happened.
I shook her but nothing happened. "No...Activate scan and on Eve as well." The dynamos latched onto the orbs on their foreheads. Then a the message appeared. "No...Data." No...this can't
How did this happen. What went wrong.
Damn it!!!!!! I slammed my hands to the metallic ground. How did this happen. Was i too late? no...no no no. I rise up from my crouched position. My only two sources of power...gone...
But...
What if...what if i manage to find the El? that shard Wally wanted so long ago. If it had the immense power that he boasted about. Then maybe... maybe this could work. Or maybe i could take advantage of that mysterious time traveler. He has power that could come in handy. But wait! there still the king of nasods.
Yes...yes! the lose of these two are nothing! i still have plenty of options! i jumped on to my nasods and began to exit the place. I can still do it, i still have a chance.
I just need to make it to the core.
Nasod Foundery
3rd PoV
Raven and Crow were on moving gears clashing with there looking for openings but to no avail. "Cannon blade!" Raven shot the blast ground creating a small smokescreen. "hmph" Crow charged out the smoke with his ready ready for a slash.
Raven parried the strike and punched Crow but had no effect. "Tell me, why are you fighting." Crow asked jumping away and firing several blast at raven. "You should know, you are made from me so we have similar thoughts" Raven evaded the blasts.
Crow the disappeared into the moving gears and Raven ran after him. "Your right l, but not this time." Crow said from seemingly everywhere. "You have no reason for going with those kids. Why join them?" Crow fired several metallic disk that struck Raven's back.
Why the hell should i tell you!" Raven took out the disks stuck in his back and threw them toward where Crow fired them but hit nothing. "So your going to remain blindless? if you do you'll end up destroying yourself along with those precious to you" Raven widen his eyes. "So you even have those memories."
"I am essentially you, why wouldn't i have them." Crow came down if front of Raven. With little time to react, Raven received a slash to his stomach. "Gah! damn you!" He attempted to cut Crow but he already vanished.
"Come and fight me!" Raven yelled into the moving gears all around him. "The arm is slowly taking you, and you dont even know it." Raven looked at his arm but it looked the way it always did. "What do you mean. Its fine."
Crow looked at his camera viewer on his arm. "Seems the king has already done it. Guess all thats left is to take him down but they need all the help they can." Crow came down in front of Raven. "We need to get to the others, we will settle this later." Crow said and ran off. "Who made him in charge." Raven then reluctantly followed.
Garrison in the Sky
The Garrison in the sky, a floating island on a floating Island. The island served as control post in cast the main core was destroyed or captured. It is also the trigger to secret cannon pointed at Lurensia that could potentially destroy half of it in one blow.
At the center was a tunnel that led under the island. It large space that king Prime chose as their fighting grounds.
Elsword and crew landed on the large field. "Have you readied yourselves. Know that death will be your only option. King prime folded his hands standing in front of them. Elsword clenched his fist. Rena and Aisha stood behind him and Apple way behind as a spectator.
"We came here as an accident, now we have fight the king of an ancient race." Elsword sighed and loosened himself abit before going into his battle stance. "Lets go."
King Prime came at them with blinding speed breaking all them apart. He kicked Elsword in the gut before giving him an uppercut to the stomach making him fly up. "Ice wall!" The ice wall appeared in front of Prime to stop his advance but prove to be inefficient as he simply punched the wall shattering it to bits.
"Weak." He said and fired an energy blast at Aisha. "Storm blockade!" A gust of wind formed and became a raging force around Aisha redirecting the blast. "Sing, scorching lanterns!" several fire blast struck Prime's back but did barely anything.
Prime turned back and saw Elsword charging him. Rena fired several arrows combined with wind energy at Prime as a distraction. Prime caught the arrows and threw them at Elsword with more force. Elsword jumped up to evade but was met with kick to the face by Prime.
"Storm Fang" Aisha held out her hand and a great gust of wind came from behind her. The wind knocked Prime out the air and back to the ground with a few scratches on his armor. "Hmm so your the main threat, I've been focusing on the boy for no reason." Prime turned to Aisha and flew to her charging his fist with energy.
"Oh im a threat alright." Elsword tackled Prime mid flight and both slid on the floor. Elsword recovered quicker and punched Prime in the lower abdomen while he was still down. "Rising maelstrom!" Wind erupted from under Prime and he flung up by a storm of wind casted by Rena.
The wind enveloped Prime and Aisha took this chance to attack. "Lightning storm!" A magic circle appeared at the tip of the storm and rained down thunder bolts into the wind storm. "Burn out, exploding flame shot" Elsword shot a burst of fire at the storm creating a large flaming storm with lighting.
The three elements collided and created a large explosion. Apple put up a force field to block the shockwaves. When the field cleared up Prime was standing in the middle with a red force field around him. "No way..." Aisha said widening her eyes.
"I must admit, if i didn't have the power of Eve's barrier codes, i would habe taken far more damage." He came down and deactivated the barrier. "It was a most impressive attack however." He then came at Aisha again. Aisha slammed her staff to the ground and created her ice wall spell.
Prim broke right through the wall but was met with Elsword's fist. He flew back a bit before recovering and flown upward. "hmph." He held out his hands "Photon Bomb" small light orbs appeared near them and began to grow.
"Guys!" Elsword shouted but was too late as the bombs exploded simultaneously.
When the explosion cleared the crew was gone. Prime turned over to Apple and began to hover to her. "Thats that princess, your guards ar-" Prime received a powerful blow to his face making him fly to the other side of the field. Elsword was breathing after having been teleported suddenly to escape the explosion.
"Not yet..." He fell down to his knees. He looked back and saw Aisha knocked out and Rena on one knee. 'damn, Aisha's out and Rena is almost down." Elsword looked in front of him and saw Prime in front of him. His face had cracks at where Elsword punched him.
"I am 20% impressed" He then grabbed Elsword by the neck with both arms and held him up choking him. "And 80% livid" Elsword thrashed about trying free himself but to no avail. "Gaaaaaa" Elsword tried to speak out.
Prime was then shot in the lower abdomen by Rena's nature force arrow. It managed to knock off Prime's grip from Elsword. Elsword fell to the ground coughing up. "You little worm" Prime flew to Rena with blinding speed leaving Rena no time to react. Prime shot an energy beam into Rena's stomach creating a small hole.
"N...no..." Rena fell down coughing out some blood. "RENA!!!!!" Elsword began run to her but was punched in the gut by Prime. "I believe there is a saying to this. You reap what you sow." He then grabbed Elsword face and slammed it to the round creating a small shockwave and crater.
"Now time to-" Prime was cut off by a surprise attack by a sword. He looked back and saw Crow thrusting his arm at his face. "Now to what" He fired a point blank blast at Prime's face. Even with a new powerful body, he will surely take damage by a point blank blast.
Prime stumbled back but was tackled by Raven from behind and he slid on the ground into a wall. "Elsword!" Raven ran over to him but saw he was out cold. He looked and saw a small pool of blood under Rena.
"No..." The scene, reminded Raven of what happened to his previous lover. The same wound that was inflicted on her in the same spot. Raven glared over at Prime before charging at him.
Crow joined in as back up "You should have stranded down, Crow." Raven's nasod arm was cut clean off from his body making him widened his eyes. He fell down and received a bone crushing stomp to the chest.
Crow jumped away to regain his visual on Prime but didn't seem him anywhere. "You were made from him Crow, no matter how you train." Prime came from behind Crow and plunged his arm into Crows body. "Your all the same." He took out his arm and Crow fell to the floor and began to slowly inch away over to apple.
Prime began to walk over Apple, kicking Crow away. "Now, i believe there are anymore interuptions, Yes?"
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Sorry but this time guys, but the NEXT chapter will be the end of this ark
I didnt want to make this ark tok long and i may have made too many fight scenes. Next chapter will definitely end this ark.
Hope you enjoyed
Peace