Phantasy Star Horizon
ESKK: Well here we are my Star Wars Phantasy Star story I hope you will all enjoy it because it took a lot out of me to make it happen. Now let's begin.
"Talking."
'Thinking.'
"Story Telling."
"Dark Falz/Profound Darkness."
(Scene Break)
*Music Insert
Disclaimer: I do not own Star Wars or Phantasy Star. Star Wars belongs to George Lucas and our Disney Overlords and Phantasy Star belongs to Sega.
(Start Unknown Location)
"This is Phantasy Star Online 2 or PSO2 for short."
The scene opening upon many would be a strange yet incredible one to be sure. It was almost straight out of an Anime or even an MMORPG. The scene showed some sort of raid going on against a massive creature of pure destruction roaring out against the foes. The attackers in this raid were varying races of human, elven like beings, horned creatures with duel colored eyes, and what seemed to be robots that had signs suggesting their gender from hips and breasts to bulky frames.
Leading them was a young man with spiked hair wearing a dark blue and violet outfit with what appeared to be a cowboy hard of sorts. His outfit had a coat over it with spikes on the arm sleeves that had the glowing violet on it. With it was some sort of box hover on his back and a massive sword in his hand. As they went on with their attack it was clear that they were winning this battle. As they fought against the foe other figures were seen with the young crimson eyes man and a scar across his nose.
(Note: He is wearing the Nox Cadina set with the Oculus Hat accessory and the Fahren Forging Weapon Skin)
"The game is the latest instalment of a popular Japanese Massive Multiplayer Online Game or JMMORPG for short."
A tall and well-built machine man who was similar to a Knight with a rifle in his arms was firing his guns off at the foe with the full intention of bringing it down at all costs. He then hovered to the side and switched over to a massive cannon which he then fired off upon the massive beast. Once that was done the beast deployed smaller foes to attack opting the machine man to switch over to a pair of handguns which he then used to attack the massive creatures allies as fast as possible.
(Note he is wearing the Cheval CV set from the Lethal Design II)
"The game was originally strictly for Japanese gamers as Western gamers had zero access to it unless they could learn Japanese."
The machine man was then knocked to the ground hurt but before he was made a slaughter bag an elven woman came in and fired off what seemed to be a magic spell from her staff. She ran over to the robot man and performed some sort of area spell to cull the tide in their favor. Once that was done she then charged up another spell once the enemies were pushed back and proceeded to heal her ally smiling to him. The elven woman was dressed in some sort of armor that made her look like a Knight of some sort with head pieces on her head, big round glasses on her eyes, shoulder pads that didn't originally belong to her outfit but fit in perfectly, and what looked to be an energy shield on her left arm. She had tan skin and sapphire blue eyes as her hair was pulled into a braided tail behind her. Once he was back on his feet injuries healed the two proceeded to rejoin the battle once more.
(Note she is wearing the Lightning E. Cloths 2 F: Shadow from the Lethal Design I set with the Tall Hat accessory)
"It wasn't until 2020 that the game was released for Western gamers on Xbox One. As expected the game lifted off without a hitch for both veteran and new gamers to the Phantasy Star series alike.
As the three proceeded to regroup they charged into the battle as this was a special raid for them. The battle of course progressed for them as they went after the massive beast until more of its smaller yet large minions showed up surrounding them. Just then a dual eyed horned young woman jumped in and sliced through the enemies with a Katana in her hands taking them all out with ease. She cleared a path for them and looked over before smiling to them. Her hair was short yet spiked as it was a golden blond color with green eyes, and peach colored skin. Her outfit seemed to be a bit on the tight side that showed off some skin. IT was a one piece that had heels of an odd design. As she joined the group it was clear they were all in this together and intent on taking on this powerful foe.
(Note she is wearing the Ignis outfit from the Lethal Design II Set)
It came out of nowhere as the Admins promised a tough battle with the Raid lasting all the way till May 4 to really kick off the new years of 2021. Many of us were excited considering all the troubles 2020 had brought for us. A pandemic, politics, and many more we all needed the escape from reality and to make a five month long event suggested they really wanted us to enjoy ourselves.
The four charged into the fray once more as they stood side by side with each other. The lead the other players of this raid group of 12 to take on this foe showing they were in the final bout with it.
None of us ever realized that in truth this raid would forever change our lives and the lives of all those involved. None of us knew that come May 5th none of us would be able to tell dream from reality.
Thus they all jumped up and attacked the massive monster weapons drawn and in turn it all went off in a bright and blinding flash of light.
(Scene Break Lobby ARKS Ship Oracle Fleet)
The first thing everyone realized when opening their eyes was the fact they weren't in their bedrooms where they slept. They noticed that were in some sort of Lobby that was oddly empty with the varying TV screens all carrying an alert on them with a Special Announcement on them. As everyone looked amongst each other and themselves it was clear something was going on right now. The question was simple what the heck WAS going on?
As everyone tried to figure things out they all took notice to themselves as well. The young man looked and noticed he was not in his own body. "Wait… this isn't." He trailed off as he looked at himself noticing he was in a new body altogether. "Am I… did I become Yuvel?" The young man possibly named Yuvel asked as he looked at himself in confusion and shock. Just then an alarm sounded followed by an automatic intercom came on and thus got everyone's attention.
"ATTENTION AN IMPORTANT ANNOUCMENT IS ABOUT TO BEGIN PLEASE PAY ATTENTION!"
With that the screen then showed a woman that every player who had gone through the games story should recognized. "Is that Xion?" Yuvel asked as he looked to the woman before him. In fact the other people in this place took note to this as well as they saw Xion here looking like the Photoner scientist she modeled herself after.
"Welcome to all of you." The woman said before she approached the group from a heightened platform she made for herself. For many of the more anime informed players she looked a bit like Kayaba doing this when he announced the Sword Art Online Death game. "I'm sure many of you have questions so I shall proceed to answer the obvious ones, yes this is real, no this is not a dream in a sense, and no despite looking like Xion I am not her." The Xion looking woman said as she looked to the group.
"Those of you who had been here in bygone days would know me as one other title the Great Light who acted as a counterforce to the Profound Darkness." The Light said as she looked upon the many people who had become their avatars. "I had summoned you all here with a task of grave importance." The woman said as she looked to the many who were here. "Despite its severity the option remains for you al to leave." She added and thus many opted to hear her out showing they had nothing to lose at the moment. But Yuvel was concerned as to what the supposed Great Light had need of them what seemed to be a mass of gamers.
"As you know in ages long past myself and the Profound Darkness have been locked in eternal struggle many times taking different forms to pursue our conflict." The Light said as she looked to the gamers. "In our recent clash a tear had been caused allowing the weakened yet still powerful Profound Darkness to escape into a new Galaxy. As you are aware I cannot interfere openly to it but as it stands the Profound Darkness has arrived during a time of great struggle and is in turn feeding off of the negative emotions being produced." The Great Light said as she looked to the many who were here. "Already it has created the Dark Falz collective with vessels to inhabit. If it is not stopped soon then countless innocent lives will be lost due to my own lack of actions." The woman said as she then lifted her arm and from there the Gateway Ship path opened.
"Now I offer you all this choice, leave and return to your lives awaken with the thought of this all being but a simple dream." She began as they were all being given a one way ticket home here. "Or remain and fight so no innocent lives would be lost." She said as she lowered her arm and in turn everyone all looked to each other with concern. Soon the choice was made as many entered the Gateway ship preferring to return to their regular lives then risk their own for a world not their own. Still despite the many that had left the large crowd of what may very well be new ARKS operatives remained.
"This is your only chance to return home are you all absolutely certain you wish to remain." She urged all but warning them that if they were not strong willed then they best turn around and return to their own regular lives. When no one else made any moves to leave the Great Light sighed and nodded in acknowledgment. "Very well then your journey to this new world will take some time so in the mean time you must prepare, build a command structure and prepare yourselves and if need be build lives, your vessels shall be stocked long enough to last the journey but there are room for errors use those as a means to prepare yourselves." The Great Light said and in turn she nodded to the group just as the Gate Ship sealed itself for the long journey they were embarking upon to fight the Profound Darkness and the Dark Falz.
(Scene Break Later)
It didn't take long for those who remained to spring into action. When they each realized they weren't dreaming and missed their chance to leave they either had no one to blame but themselves or accepted it. Yuvel was in the Marketplace sitting on the ledge to the rest of the ship. From what he researched the Blocks Elevator led to different venues of the ship as well as the city below. From what he gathered they had a whole fleet working for them with each ship hosting a dome city and that's not factoring the smaller combat cruisers.
Speaking of which after the panic calmed they contacted the other ships and learned they too had received the message. From there they quickly got to work, they needed engineers, doctors, and the whole shebang here. The Casino was being put on lock down until they got everything sorted out so no one was to sneak off and good around. The Café remained somewhat opened and the Command Deck for Episode 4 of PSO2 acted as an improved meeting room for the 'leaders,' of this voyage. Though most were self-appointed they were the highest levels with the most experience among them all. They knew the games mechanics best so they will be the first to go to with any questions.
Yuvel himself didn't really care as he was looking over what he can. He like many of the other players had discovered their hubs and from there learned of a few important things. For starters their instant transportation function to their Quarters and the other sectors were shut down. Their Conversation functions with the Emotes were also gone. Basically almost everything social related was removed save for private messaging, friends list, and their Alliance.
Yuvel was quick to figure out that his statues screen can be interacted with via tapping it much like a gamer ability. As he continued to look over his stuff he also noted his item storage was as he left it as were his Mesta the local currency of PSO2. "So most if not all of the major functions are in order, the log out option was removed and most of the social based conversations have been removed. The Party Chat function still works from the looks of it but does the Friends List and Alliance based functions still apply?" Yuvel asked as he looked at the statues screen before his eyes.
"My fashion based stuff has been modified nothing major there and my armor can be changed out just like the rest of my immediate equipment." Yuvel said as he saw his sword, Partisan, Wire Blade, Gunblade, Twin Glaive, and Knuckles were exactly where he left them last. "Still I'll need to study the combat aspect if this really is my body now I need to understand it better." Yuvel said as he then noticed some of the CAST based Players trying and failing to figure out their new machine bodies. Those poor guys but they'll hopefully get the hang of it at some point… eventually.
"Ok let's check out the friends and Alliance list." Yuvel said and in turn opened it up surprised to find everyone on the list was logged on. The entire Alliance and his entire friends list was online. That was lucky to say the least that they didn't leave with the others who were smart enough to take the Great Lights warning of the dangers seriously. "Ok that's good I can work with this." Yuvel said as he was more of a tank player.
Just then one name popped up and in turn Yuvel smiled at the name showing as online. "Reggie." Yuvel said as he hadn't seen Reggie online in a while. He was always his go too Gunner whenever they went out to level up, participate in raids, farm materials, and even do any client requests they may have. Well he and two other players but they weren't rangers or gunners or a combo of those two character classes. Still if they were here they will be the next for Yuvel to search for assuming they were in the fleet and chose to stay like all the others who are currently onboard the ship.
In turn Yuvel sent a message via a Whisper or a PM as some of these things are called hoping he would answer. The message appeared in his vision much like it did in the game via third person point of view. "Come on Reggie hurry up." Yuvel asked as he hoped Reggie would answer him.
Just then the response came in bringing with it a great sigh of relief from Yuvel. "Yuvel is that you, dude?" The Response came as a thought bubble like form with question marks and exclamation points.
"Thank you Reggie!" Yuvel cheered as he shot up and in turn responded to him.
(Later Franka's Café)
Yuvel arrived at the Café where he saw many other players talking while trying to calm themselves with tea. Luckily some of the players knew how to brew it in real life and were able to do so. It seems the Café would be under new management soon to help with the dimensional transition.
"Yo Yuvel!" Came the voice of a CAST who was waving him over from the spring set up. If memory serves the game changes is areas and music based on the seasons and since it was spring they had cherry blossoms about.
As he walked over to the Knight looking Cast Yuvel smiled to him. "Reggie." Yuvel greeted as he looked to Yuvel. He and the others liked to make jabs at him that he chose a name that sounded close to one of the Council of Six in the game who was also one of the Three Heroes.
Reggie then noted how Yuvel was looking at him and put the pieces together. "Let me guess surprise I came in as a CAST." Reggie figured out as he looked to Yuvel.
"Yeah pretty much." Yuvel confessed knowing full well what he was.
"Hey no one ever told me Isekai was a thing, especially Log Horizon Isekai… though that last bit was major Sword Art Online vibes." Reggie said as he crossed his arms deep in through. "Jeez check it out this is like the first time I've logged in after that huge Raid event and this is what I come to." Reggie said as he felt he chose a bad day to have logged in.
"So since I have a robot body which can still feel a good amount of pain did you check to see if all this was actually legit?" Reggie asked as he looked over to Yuvel.
"One of the first things I did when I got to the Marketplace." Yuvel confirmed and in turn he looked to him. "Despite being the ships systems augmenting everything to be life like all of this is definitely real." Yuvel said as he put his hand in the water next to the patch of grass the duo were sitting at. "So it's clear we're not dreaming since I doubt everyone can have the exact same dream or have a hallucination of this magnitude." Yuvel confirmed as he noted how his hand was wet.
"So great we got isekai's into our favorite MMORPG joy." Reggie said as he would have an annoyed face if he still had his face to make it with. "So it's a long shot but any idea how to get back home, besides the ship we missed because of whatever reasons we have?" Reggie asked and thus Yuvel sighed to this.
"Nope The Great Light told us all it was a one way trip if we didn't board it then we have no one to blame by ourselves." Yuvel said as he then stood back up. "Without any way to get back out or even to our actual bodies we may need to consider this to be our home for the time being." Yuvel said as he looked over to his friend.
"So any idea how to do that?" Reggie asked as he looked to Yuvel.
"We don't treat this as a game, we may know how to play in this world but we have no clue how to live in it." Yuvel said to which Reggie understood. "Even more so it's not the same PSO2 we don't have access to our Earth assuming it was even our Earth to begin with." Yuvel said as he looked to Reggie.
"Fair enough glad to see you still have your head on straight at least better than mines." Reggie confirmed knowing full well Yuvel had a good head on his shoulders. "So what's the plan?" Reggie asked as he stood up and holstered his high level rifle ready for whatever came next. "I mean until we find the others I know you got one right?" Reggie asked as he looked to Yuvel with anticipation.
"Just keep our ears out, pay attention to any information, and hopefully try to keep the peace." Yuvel said and thus Reggie nodded.
"That I can agree with." Reggie said as they began to leave the Café for the rest of the ship Arks ship.
"I know this isn't what we hoped for but welcome to the PSO2 Update." Yuvel said holding his fist up to Reggie.
"Yeah glad to be here!" Reggie responded as they headed through the ship.
(Later)
"So you've already tried logging out then?" Reggie asked as he and Yuvel had just gotten through with their explorations.
"That was one of the first things I tried believe it or not." Yuvel confessed as he figured Reggie had tried to do the same before. Besides the major areas such as the Marketplace and the ARKS lobby they managed to find a way through to the Alliance Areas. Their basically PSO2's versions of Guilds where players band together to raid together and gain rewards for it.
Already several players had gone off to the main cities to explore and from the looks of things the cities were deserted but were like a more advance version of home. Crews have already started reporting their findings and had even found some of their Private Quarters there. Since the Artificial environments simulated seasonal changes and the like some players questioned those who had different locations of their Private Quarters. Everyone who was on this ship had their Quarters location reset to the city and from the looks of it the tickets they used for it was refunded.
The only ones not affected were the Alliances Quarters which were more or less left untouched. Speaking of the city itself parties have already started to enter them and set up their nests there so to speak.
As for their items it seems their gear switch for weapons as well as the sub-pallet for items and attack skills were more or less the same. They required to be tapped for it but it was ok for the time being. For their skills Yuvel didn't want to risk it until they had the simulated training quests set up so he opted for his items. It was no longer a click and use system they had to actively drink or activate the items to use them. Some items were now gone such as Skill Disks and the like. Mind you they were still available but their rarity had gone up big time due to this.
From what Reggie had told him some of the crafters are trying to make more but it was a slow process for all of them involved. They basically had to relearn how to craft items from scratch which was going to be a problem for many of them if they don't learn how to craft again. The duo walked with Reggie holding his hands behind his back while they walked.
"The Casino and the Gate Ships are on lockdown according to the rumor mill the fleet has a preset course with stops here and there to gather up supplies and perform repairs or maintenance. Without someone like Xion, Xiao, or Xirea to help oversee the day to day systems for the fleet we're flying blind so to speak." Yuvel said as he looked to them. "At least as far as we know on this." Yuvel said knowing one should not judge a book by its cover so soon without all the information on the mentioned book.
"So no quests for a while got you." Reggie said and thus they continued to change the topic.
"So I guess things are back to normal at work for you now that you're here." Yuvel asked and thus Reggie nodded.
"Yeah this blond haired jackass who liked to mess with the autistic kid and cry foul when he gets busted for it finally got his ass fired for it." Reggie said as he recounted his day to day life. "Best part the kid got a promotion after dealing with harassment from a co-worker for so long with no help so he's my equal now." Reggie said happy for the kid. "Bad news the boss didn't hire any new babes to take the jerks place." Reggie said and thus Yuvel smirked to this.
"Not like you can enjoy them now." Yuvel said and thus Reggie glared at him for that.
"Shut up man!" Reggie said glaring at Yuvel who chuckled in response to the CAST's embarrassment.
"Anyway any stuff we have in the storage is still there, so in case you need parts we know where to go." Yuvel joked but he was also being serious about this. This also meant they would probably have to put the outfits on the old fashioned way from here on out.
"Yeah lucky you all you have to do is change clothing I have to change actual limbs!" Reggie said as he looked to Yuvel clearly not happy about his predicament.
"You chose the CAST Race not me." Yuvel said knowing that the CAST despite having genders didn't wear actual clothing it would seem.
"Yeah good for me now can we hurry up… by the way where the hell are we going anyway?" Reggie asked as he looked to Yuvel with concern going on.
"Well my plan was to head to the Alliance Quarters but…" Yuvel began until something his Reggie giving off a metallic clang once the object had made impact with him.
"Huh?" Reggie asked as he knew something did hit him since he heard it but he hardly felt the particular items impact against his body.
The two were surprised by this and looked to see who had thrown the object. Yuvel proceeded to pick up the object to see exactly what it was. Thus in turn saw it was a Photon Drop mainly used unlock a weapons hidden potential when once was enhancing said weapon. Looking to the source the dup saw a familiar Deuman standing there as she was quiet familiar to the duo. Her duel colored eyes were a dead giveaway after all and the fact she was known for her less then conservative outfits added to this.
"Zurna." Yuvel greeted as he was surprised and happy to see Zurna came looking for them on the ARKS ship.
"We need to talk I assume you two area going to the Alliance Quarters?" Zurna asked to which the duo already had the girls answer.
"That was the plan." Yuvel said confirming Zurna newly made Deuman girls suspicion on them. Zurna often switched between the Fighter, Bouncer, and Braver Classes. She never explained why save for keeping her options opened in that particular regard. Though it was quiet clear she favored the Bouncer and Braver Classes over the Fighter Class.
"Let's go." Zurna said and in turn the duo turned trio were off to their Alliances Quarters as to regroup.
(Later at the Alliance Quarters)
The group arrived at the Alliance quarters and in turn found themselves in what was clearly their Quarters with the Skill Tree standing tall. They had all the seats, the Photon Tree, the nearby bar, and most of all the table where Alliance requests come in minus the actual lady who normally oversees that counter. As they entered they found a Newman sitting on the bar twirling her hand on the table in a bored matter showing she had been waiting for them to arrive.
As they all entered the girl took notice of them and smiled when she heard their footsteps coming torts them. Yuvel, Zurna, Reggie… that is you right Reggie?" The Newman girl asked she looked to the CAST of the group.
"Yeah screw you too!" Reggie responded as he knew that being a CAST was going to take a LONG time for the guy to adjust.
"Yeap that's him alright." The Newman girl said as the four were gathered together.
"Laura play nice." Yuvel scolded her as to which Laura got off her bar stool and joined the others. She in turn smiled and when she did it was like everyone wanted to do things for her by that smile alone.
Seeing it Reggie decided to further voice his discontent as a CAST now. "Damn my robot body." Reggie said really wishing he could travel back in time and change his race to a human one just for a chance to finally get a girlfriend.
(Later)
The group were gathered by the Photon Tree as they discussed what they could. "So none of us can log off then?" Yuvel asked as he looked to the group.
"Nope not at all." Laura confirmed as she looked to her friends.
"Jeez this is fucked up." Reggie pouted as he sat down cross legged with his arms crossed. "Not only can't we log out but this isn't like the PSO2 anime or the Episode 4 saga of PSO2." Reggie summarized as he sat there.
"Until we can figure out our next move our best bet would be to get our bearings with this fleet and see where it takes us." Zurna said as she looked to her three friends. "Speaking off our 'self-appointed leaders,' up top have already made progress on how to approach this." Zurna said as she looked to the group. "Apparently some of them found what might be instructional videos on how to handle the day to day subjects for ARKS as well as any minor things involved with it." Zurna explained as she had clearly been digging into such information while Yuvel and Reggie were staring at the Deuman girl and her choice of wear.
"From the sounds of things it seems as though their studying it themselves before teaching the rest of the improve crew we have here." Laura said as she sat on the Photon Tree's energy platform.
"It's a start but we also need to start relegating who does what around here, we have an entire city on this ship it would be a shame not to use it." Yuvel said and in turn they all agreed on this. "Plus since their mainly comprised of player vets it would make sense to put them in charge, let's just hope they have technical know-how in their day to day lives." Yuvel said and in turn the group nodded to this. "Ok while the higher ups figure out what to do we should gather the Alliance online once we've brainstorm a plan of our own to get through this." Yuvel said and in turn they all were in agreement on this plan of action. The Question remained on how long their voyage through space would last and what they would find during their journey.
(Scene Break 3 Years Later)
Three years had passed while they traveled through the stars. In that time they had begun relegating tasks to each member of the crew. Those who were new and chose to stay were to remain in the cities until they can be trained to get up to speed on things. The more experience players were tasked with getting the others up to stuff and so on and so forth.
Their three year voyage had hit a few bumps in the road here and there a lot of stuff caused a panic. But halfway through the second year of their voyage they all managed to find some form of normalcy on this trip. For many that was to keep themselves busy and apparently some of their crewmates had careers that matched up to the spots they needed handling. It was a tough adjustment for all of them but somehow they all managed to adjust well enough.
Many of the crew had more or less started making their lives here. The Crafters were crafting items to sell/trade, and some of the less combat oriented players took more jobs closer to home. Making the drinks to keep them healthy was a new things as well as cooking meals. All in all it was starting to look like home for many who were here. Mind you those who were for combat didn't stay idle one bit on this. The First year involved riots and the like of people feeling they got tricked by the Great Light. Of course said riots were quickly calmed down that despite being stuck here they all failed to heed the warnings to leave when they had the chance.
The Riots lasted for about a good week until they were broken apart. Thus they opted to get improve law enforcements to keep the peace. Many didn't like it but after nearly a week of rioting it was needed. Best part no one could claim race since it was no longer about skin but actual races as in Humans, Newmans, CAST, and Deumans. Of course all the security force members were given regular look overs to make sure they didn't grow drunk on power.
After that everything started to die down. The Cafés were normally empty and a lot of people couldn't last off of the meager stuff they had for long. So many Chefs stepped up and started cooking for the people. Many eateries were made in the city blocks and had the actual tools needed to cook from fast food to legit restaurants. In that case many players who were in dead end jobs at a Fast Food restaurant finally got to shine there.
With Food handles came the important part… ship maintenances. It was a hard project and they all had to make sure none of the ships went haywire for any reason less they find themselves in deep shit. That had taken them the whole year to figure out and by the end of the first year they had more or less gotten a full understanding of the ships in this fleet. They had also taken that same time to learn how to fly these ships and thus thanks to this Oracle was up and running by the halfway point of the second year.
But there was more as it stands the fleet had made regular stops to planets to refuel and restock their supplies. Thankfully the Photons made Oracle all but self-sustaining but food wasn't and neither was her crew. In turn they all began to learn how to use the Gateway ships to land and enter what might be combat areas. From there they faced many dangers and had the motto of no man left behind. Everyone was tasked to watch each other's back even if they weren't in the same party. They had 12 in any given run to keep any loses at a minimum. Thankfully not many people suffered and despite a few major injuries everyone came back more or less in one piece.
Of course there were the occasional bastards but they were quickly dealt with upon discovery of their unruly actions. In turn they eventually arrived at their destination which was the Greater Galaxy at large by the end of the Third Year. Their first planet was apparently a ship yard based planet as orbiting the planet was what looked to be the same ships on the ground as were in space. Thus their adventures truly began.
(During this the Galaxy At Large)
It was quiet aboard the Resolute, almost unusually quiet. Though many of the Clone Troopers and crew would be active around this time, this was not currently the case. Many were sleeping, eating in the mess, or going about their duties.
In this case, sleep being the preferred choice of activity for the Troopers and non-essential crew of the Resolute.
"Lucky them," Padawan Ahsoka Tano thought to herself, as she tossed around in her bunk, unable to find rest herself. After she and her Master, Anakin Skywalker, had returned to the Jedi Temple after a skirmish on the planet Ocerion Prime in the Outer Rim, they had both expected to get some well-earned down time.
However, there was no such luck on either of their parts, as the two of them and Master Obi-Wan Kenobi had been given a new mission only about an hour after their arrival at the temple.
Near the edge of Wild Space, their newest mission had taken them to the Republic controlled the planet Mycera and its three moons. Though the planet was not suitable for permanent habitation, primarily due to weather conditions, the abundance of resources there and large plateaus to house ships and bases was too tempting to resist.
As such, the Republic constructed a shipyard on the highest plateau, and it was currently home to three Venator-class cruisers and two Acclamator-class transports in need of resupply or repair. At least that was the case, until the shipyard's distress beacon went off, with only a brief audio-only transmission being added to the beacon.
"This is Mycera Shipyard Command! We've been overrun by unknown forces! These things are everywhere, need backup immedi...GAH! URK…" The message haunted Ahsoka as it was followed by what sounded like monsters on the other end. The Native life on the planet were more focused on their own survival in the harsh conditions then randomly attacking the highest of platforms.
While many in the Jedi Council believed the Separatists to be behind the attack, there were several factors that hindered that assumption.
First, the Separatists had no suitable bases nearby to launch a fleet assault, and all current Intel reported they had no ships in the area.
Second, Mycera was a remote world, and droids fared no better than Clones due to hostile weather and the acidic, oxidizing nature of the planet's atmosphere below the plateaus.
And finally, the Mycera Shipyard was not located anywhere of importance strategically, as it was positioned to allow for easy access to materials. Furthermore, the Republic troops on the ground consisted of the crews of the ships, a small contingent of regular Troopers, and the base commander.
And though many did not voice it the sound of monsters being heard was one to be worried about. It may suggest that there was in fact life on that planet that by some miracle survived and deemed them invaders in its home.
So, a sudden attack that had presumably left no survivors amongst the forces there was quite unusual, enough to warrant a full Naval Task Force, led by the Resolute and protected by the 501st Legion and 212th Attack Battalion, to investigate.
Ahsoka threw up her hands and let them fall to the thin mattress in frustration before standing up and heading to a nearby desk chair to meditate. Closing her eyes and focusing her mind, after a few moments, she felt like she was starting to get drowsy.
Then, the door opened, snapping her back to the living world. She turned to see Captain Rex standing there, with his helmet off.
"Hey, Rex." Ahsoka said weakly as she saw the Clone Captain standing there. "What's up?" She asked with her greeting wondering if he was having as much trouble sleeping as she was.
"Not much, kid." Rex replied and noted how late it was. "I'm surprised to see you're still awake." He admitted honestly expecting Ahsoka to be asleep right now.
"So am I, honestly." she scoffed as she figured Rex was also having trouble sleeping. "Why is it that everyone else can sleep now but me?" Ahsoka asked as the question did have a bit of truth to it.
"Well, I don't know what to say." Rex shrugged as he had a feeling whatever bothered Ahsoka was also the reason the Generals were still awake. "But you're not the only one who's troubled right now." Rex added as he looked to Ahsoka.
"Oh?" Ahsoka asked as she was not curious if not worried.
"Generals Kenobi and General Skywalker are on the bridge with Admiral Yularen, trying to raise any survivors at the shipyard. They haven't had any luck so far, but here's the interesting part. Bio-scans show plenty of life-signs at the shipyard, but whoever they might be, they're not interested in communicating with us." Rex said reporting what he had recently found out.
"Meaning they can't be droids." Ahsoka nodded knowing full well that whoever or whatever did this was not friendly. "Another reason as to it not being the Separatists?" Ahsoka asked as she looked to the Clone Captain.
"Probably." Rex said, sitting down on a provided seat. "Which makes me a little uneasy. That shipyard may not have been placed strategically, but it was well-defended for a place of its size." Rex said as he showed the concern he was feeling. "So someone out there, whoever it may be, has the firepower, numbers, or skill to take on a fully-staffed Republic base and come out on top." Rex said as whoever these guys were had to be trouble for them and the Republic from this clear act of aggression.
"Yeah, not exactly the best way to go into a mission." Ahsoka chuckled, causing Rex to do the same, only a bit more moderated. She was trying to ease the tension a bit with limited success.
"You should get some rest, Commander." Rex said once the room was quiet again. "We'll be there in the morning." Rex said and in turn began to take her leave.
"Thanks, Rex." Ahsoka replied, climbing back into her bunk. "Goodnight." Ahsoka said as Rex was at the door.
"Goodnight." Rex responded before he left the room. As the door closed behind Rex and the lights turned off shortly after, Ahsoka soon fell into a dreamless sleep.
(The Next Day)
"Ahsoka, it's time to get up." Came a voice that caused Ahsoka to stir. Ahsoka's eyes blinked open at hearing the sound of her Master, Anakin Skywalker's voice. Pushing herself upwards, she looked into her mentor's eyes and gave off a yawn.
"Morning." she greeted as she was tired. "Sorry, I didn't get a lot of sleep last night."
"It's alright." Anakin replied, placing a hand on her shoulder. "Just make sure to get some proper rest when this mission's over. Anyway, we're needed on the bridge. We've arrived at Mycera." Anakin said as he looked to Ahsoka as he could figure why she was tired. Once she was ready she followed Anakin out the door and to the bridge.
(Later)
As the two Jedi walked through the passageways of the Resolute, they were soon joined by Captain Rex, Echo, and Fives.
"Morning, Sir." Rex greeted as he saw the two arrive. "You sleep well, Commander?" Rex asked as he looked to Ahsoka.
"I'm good." Ahsoka replied as she looked to the Troopers. "Echo, Fives, how are you?" She greeted looking to the two remaining members of Domino Squad.
"We're all set." Echo replied showing he had his gear ready. "So, what's the situation?" Echo asked as wanting to know what the mission will involve.
"Well, we've been scanning for life signs across the shipyard so far." Anakin replied as the five of them entered an elevator, which would take them to the bridge. "As of now, the current scans don't match the previous ones." Anakin said as he looked to the Troopers.
"That's not very reassuring, sir." Fives said knowing that whatever this was had bad news all over it. "Do we know that there's even anyone left to rescue?" Fives asked with concern over what was going on.
"Well, there had to be someone alive, in order to set off that distress call." Anakin said but even he felt something was wrong with all of this. "If anyone survived the attack, we'll get them out." Anakin said knowing that this survivor might just lead them to whomever or whatever had caused this.
As the elevator came to a stop, they entered the Bridge and headed for the holotable, where Commander Cody, Master Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Admiral Yularen were waiting.
"So, what's going on?" Anakin asked as he looked to the three. "Any luck?" Anakin asked as he looked to his former Master.
"Not yet." Obi-Wan replied as clearly he was worried as well. "We haven't been able to reach anyone in the shipyard, and general communications beacons haven't picked anything up, either." Obi-Wan said as he sensed this was some sort of trap.
"Whoever attacked this base is being quite thorough." Yularen noted as he knew something was wrong with all this. "There's no indication of life, and all our attempts to access the systems aboard the anchored vessels have been blocked." He added and in turn whoever or whatever did this was clearly trying to stay hidden or worse trying to draw others into a possible trap.
"So do we go to the ground? Start a search and rescue op?" Cody asked ready to move at a moment's notice.
"Possibly." Obi-Wan nodded as that may be the only viable option. "But the catch is, there's no guarantee that we'll be able to keep communications or tracking online to monitor whoever goes down there. A large force would likely draw too much attention." Obi-Wan said as there was no telling if the shipyards attackers were still out there.
"Then why not send a small one?" Ahsoka suggested, drawing everyone's attention. "Well, I think I could take a small platoon on a single gunship and take a look around." She said before gaining a cocky smirk. "Sometimes being smaller has its advantages. And since we don't believe it's the Separatists, maybe a smaller force would be more...easy to work with. We might be able to find out peacefully who's down there if we don't go in with force or with blasters blazing." She said knowing that if whoever is down there is sentient maybe they can be reasoned with also.
Yularen gave a small smile of understanding to his friend. "Well I think it is possible." he said as he saw the logic both diplomatically and strategically. "A smaller group would certainly be less noticeable, and with fewer signatures to track, monitoring them wouldn't be as much of a problem." Yularen said and in turn an idea began to form.
"And it would mean less of a chance at being detected by whoever or whatever did this." Fives added as he knew this could work. "Good thinking, Commander." Fives said knowing that despite her age Ahsoka was gifted more so then other Jedi.
Ahsoka barely managed to hide her smile at the praise. Anakin in turn gave a sigh and looked to Obi-Wan, who merely nodded.
"Alright, Ahsoka." Anakin conceded knowing he was outvoted. "Take Captain Rex, Torrent Platoon, and any other Troopers you can. We'll monitor you from here. But if you run into any danger at all, report in before doing anything reckless." Anakin ordered and in turn Ahsoka understood.
"I understand, Master." Ahsoka responded with a nod, as she, Rex, Echo, and Fives headed out of the Bridge towards the hangar deck. "We'll be in and out in no time." She said just before the door closed behind them.
Once they were gone Anakin frowned ever so slightly. "That's what worries Me." he said quietly as he was worried for Ahsoka being out there on this mission by herself.
(Scene Break Later in Oracle)
On the other side of Mycera, at the same time, space itself broke apart to allow the Oracle Fleet to punch in and came to a halt near the planet. Inside the fleet the entire crew of ARKS operatives were awoken from hyper sleep to see this. Everyone cheered as they finally arrived to the end of the first part of their journey. Now came the second part eliminating the Falspawns and taking out the Dark Falz BEFORE the Profound Darkness could form.
As everyone was cheering their celebration was short lived as in turn their commanders all spoke up. The New Council of Six comprised of Two CASTS, three Humans, and a Newman much like the cannon ones. One of them was even wearing Regius plating's but that was beside the point. "Good we've all made it safe and sound." The CAST said as he sighed in relief. After such a long journey he was grateful to see the end of this part. As everyone cheered alarms soon sounded and in turn all eyes were widened to this.
(ARKS Lobby)
As everyone saw the alarms and the ceiling flashing red in alarm everyone began to panic to this. "What's going on now?" Reggie asked hoping they didn't lose something or worse engine trouble.
"ALERT ALL ARKS OPERATIVES DANGEROUS LEVELS OF FALSPAWN DETECTED ON THE NEARBY PLANET." Came one of the techs through the intercoms as everyone went wide eyed. "I REPEAT DANGEROUS LEVELS OF FALSPAWN DETECTED ALL ARKS OPERATIVES MOBILIZE THIS IS NOT A DRILL!" The tech called out before the CAST Leader showed up on screen.
"You all heard the woman load up into the Gateway Ships and move out!" He called out and in turn everyone got moving.
"WAIT SECOND FLEET DETECTED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PLANET ORIGINS UNKNOWN! WE'VE ALSO DETECTED LIFE SIGNS ENTERING THE PLANET!" The woman said and in turn they all went wide eyed to what they had heard.
Yuvel going wide eyed looked to his go to party and clearly they were all ready to move out and kick ass. "Come on!" Yuvel said and thus he and his party sprang into action. They knew whoever had just gone down there had NO idea what they were facing down there.
"Wait where they going?" One of the people asked as they looked to see Yuvel heading to the Gateway ship with his team backing him up deploying without prior orders.
(Later on the Planet's Surface)
The gunship made a landing as Ahsoka lead the Clones out to locate the survivors or whoever had done this. They were steady and calm with their movements as they went out looking for whoever or whatever caused this. All around them destruction and wreckage could be seen suggesting that this wasn't just a battle it was a senseless massacre.
Rex had his laser pistols out as the Clones looked around shining lights on whatever may be here. It was deathly quiet as the entire place seemed like it was turned into a graveyard as they progressed on through here. AS they continued to look around everything felt a bit tenser then it was before.
"I have a bad feeling about this." Fives confessed as he and the squad looked for any survivors.
Ahsoka had to agree with Fives on this as something dark was going on it felt like they were at the wrong place and they needed to leave NOW. "W-where is the distress Beacon coming from?" Ahsoka asked and thus one of the Clones pulled up the scanner looking for the beacon.
"Right over there, sir." The Trooper said pointing to the nearby building. With a nod the group proceeded to move in to find the survivor or survivors and get them out of here. They had to move seeing as there was no telling when the ones responsible will come back. The moved quietly and carefully as there was no telling if the platform was even still structurally stable after whatever happened to this area here.
Nearby something was watching them and in response Ahsoka sensed it. She looked and in turn so did the Clone but as quickly as they looked it ran off. Assuming it was their minds playing tricks they continued on forward looking for the survivors of this dead place. They eventually came across a blocked path that the signal was coming from at its strongest. Through the Force Ahsoka lifted the debris out of the way to hopefully find the beacons origin and with it the survivors of all of this.
Once the debris was out of the way they could hear the beeping sound of the transponder beacon and in turn began to investigate. "Hello anyone here?" Ahsoka asked as she looked around. "We received your distress Beacon we're with the Republic." Ahsoka said hoping to find the beacons owner.
Eventually they arrived at a pile of rubble where the beacon was loudest and in turn Ahsoka moved it. The Beacon was here alone and no survivors with it. Making her go wide eyed just in time to hear a sound a human sound.
"The Republic?" Came a voice unknown to the gathered Republic soldiers. From behind a wall they heard footsteps wondering if it was a survivor of all this. "You all came here faster than I had expected." The woman's voice said as she walked out revealing herself. She was wearing a high collared suit like outfit that seems mixed with armor with large pointed shoulders, a tie with dark red gems on it, two head pieces with similar gems, tan skinned, heeled boots, tan skin, and crimson red eyes. Her entire visage was something alluring as she walked out but for Ahsoka this woman just screamed bad news of the worst kind.
"And just when I was finally got bored of waiting around in this place." The woman said as she walked to them acting like she could have left the planet at any time she pleased. "Glad to see it wasn't for nothing now." She said looking upon the new arrivals. "My pets were starting to get bored of waiting as much as I was." She added walking to the side a bit showing two weapons on her person.
"Your pets?" Ahsoka asked and in turn started to figure it out. "Wait you did this!?" She asked shocked to hear just one woman could do this. In turn the woman faux gasped when Ahsoka spoke.
"Oh we speak the same language good to know." She said and in turn she chuckled. "For a moment I thought I'd have to speak Twi'lek for you." The woman said and Ahsoka glared.
"I'm a Togruta." Ahsoka defended glaring at the woman.
"Huh could have fooled me, then again all you mongrels look alike but." She stopped before vanishing and appearing behind Ahsoka. "You might prove to be useful as a host when this one eventually expires." She whispered and vanished again before Ahsoka turned to see her gone.
"Still." The woman continued as she sat atop some broken debris towering over Ahsoka and the Clone Troopers. "I suppose I could play around with you all while after all I did what I needed to do here so I have free time to kill now." The woman said and in turn stood up and smirked. "Allow me to introduce my… pets." She said and with a snap of her fingers bug like monsters appeared out of balls of dark crimson energy and looked ready to kill. The Clones and Ahsoka in response were shocked by this and got ready for a fight against the woman.
"What are those?!" Echo asked shocked to see the woman summon them like that.
"Well since you asked so fearfully I'll comply their called Falspawn and there is nothing they love more than tearing apart, consuming, and corrupting their prey." The woman said as she pet one of the insect like Falspawn causing it to purr under this woman's touch. "Now then be sure to scream for me, I do love watching as your faces contort in pain." The woman said smiling sadistically and in turn the Falspawn attacked without needing to be told yet sensing what their mistress desired.
"Open fire!" Rex called out and in turn the Clones fired upon the Falspawn. Their blasters did damage but they kept coming like a swarm and clearly it wouldn't be long before they were overrun.
The few that got to close Ahsoka proceeded to start hacking and slashing with her Lightsaber but it was evident that this was not going as they hoped. They take out a few of them and more took their place in response to this. Already some of the Clones were caught as one Falspawn dragged him off before a second showed up and fought its sibling for the clone. The Clone didn't last long forcing Ahsoka to make the call on this. "Fall back!" Ahsoka called out and in turn the group began to make a run for it. This was becoming a problem and they needed to run and get help to have some kind of fighting chance.
(Resolute)
Not long after they had confirmation of Ahsoka landing Anakin had hoped to hear from his Padawan. So far there was no news on the planet no doubt to keep radio silence on this subject. But eventually he felt something was very wrong about all of this and eventually the answer came through the communication.
"Master it's a trap!" Ahsoka called out making go Anakin go wide eyed as he saw her hologram was running. "It's not the Separatists and it's not friend either we need help!" Ahsoka called out and in turn Anakin moved into action.
"General our instruments have detected a flux of some sort!" A crew member called out and in the Resolute's fleet bore witness to the arrival of another fleet all surrounding a massive ship about the size of a planet if that was even possible.
"That is concerning." Obi-Wan said as he saw the fleet's arrival making him grow wary of the firepower they might be in possession of.
"Sir we have communications from the unknown fleet is coming in." Another Clone came in and in turn Anakin was about to give these guys a piece of his mind.
"Put it through." Obi-Wan said wondering if they were going to demand their surrender.
In turn they were met with a pointed ear man with cyber like glasses. "Pardon for the intrusion." The Green haired man began and cut right to the chase. "But are those your soldiers down there?" He asked his voice edged with concern.
"Yes, are the ones attacking them yours?" Obi-Wan asked and in turn the man surprised them.
"No they are not but you need to get your troops out of there now!" The man said with urgency and the yelling Anakin was about to do fell short on this.
"Trust me we intend to my friend but what are they facing exactly?" Obi-Wan asked and in turn the man sighed.
"No time crisis first then explanation." The green haired pointed ear man said before he cut the communications.
Seeing they had to act Anakin looked to the crew. "Well come on we need to get Ahsoka and those men out of there." Anakin said as he took charge here.
(With Ahsoka and the Clones)
The woman yawned as she saw how Ahsoka was standing her ground unfearful of this force despite the Troopers with her being cut down by the Falspawn one by one. She then sighed when she realized her show was taking too long to finish up. "You know I was hoping for a little bit more screams of terror but now I just feel robbed." The woman said as she looked to this.
"To bad I'm not a screamer." Ahsoka said and thus the woman chuckled.
"Oh you will be after all I've got a few tricks of my own up my sleeve." The woman said and in turn she clapped her hands together. In turn a large energy sphere appeared and from it a large insect monster crawled through roaring at the troops "Now this will be a show." The woman said no doubt wanting to see which gave first, these foes or her Falspawn. Even if they escape the F-Factor of her Falspawn has already tainted all of them. In turn the battle continued with more fury as the group focused fire on the larger Falspawn attacking them all.
(With Yuvel's group Gateway Shop)
The ship had already deployed with Yuvel and his team on it. As they made their way to the pool at the edge of it Yuvel held his hat a bit clearly fond of it with his coat making a small backwind as he walked. He continued to walk before he clenched his fist ready to launch into the fight. With clenched fist he jumped to the pool and performed a spin flip just for a bit of showing off. Once his feet hit the pool its energy splashed and solidified for a moment before reforming back on him and into its previous flat form.
(On the Planets platform surface)
Yuvel and his party members came in like Photon Blue Comets as the landed on the ground ready to move in. Yuvel then raised his head and saw the battle against the Falspawn had already begun. Moving into action Yuvel ran off and in turn his party followed their leader close behind him.
Heading to where the danger was Yuvel, Laura, and Zurna jumped and avoided the obstacles with a bit of parkour. Reggie on the other hand was hovering using his built in boosters to keep up with the others as best he could. As they headed to the battle they jumped down to the same level as the area and were quickly met with the Falspawn. A handle shot forth from the case on his back and in turn Yuvel grabbed it and drew his sword. Yuvel charged in and slashed his sword down on the Falspawn taking it out with one blow.
Next up came Zurna who took a battle stance with her hand on her Katana's handle. Once the Falspawn was upon her she slashed through them all with a single strike of her blade. As she stopped behind her fallen foes she in turn smirked to this knowing she was still an amazing Braver Class.
Following her up was Laura as she jumped up and unleashed a thunder based technique giving Reggie a chance to come in and fired off a rapid fire shot at the remaining Falspawn getting its attention on its four attackers. Yuvel then came in and sliced the foe in two finishing the dark monster off. Once that was done they continued their dash to go aid those under attack by the Falspawn on the planet.
Eventually they got to the battle sight and found the Clones facing what Yuvel recognized as the first Story boss from Phantasy Star Online 2. And nearby watching it play out was clearly something worse than the Falspawn doing battle. Acting fast the group of four sprang into action to face this foe before them. Thus the group proceeded to move in on the foe. Starting off Zurna switched to her bow and fired off a charged Photon arrow to the sky. When it went up it came back as a rain of arrow that his the massive Falspawn. Following it up Reggie hovered around the beast firing his cannon after switching out his rifle for it. The damage was clearly showing as the group took out the beast before them.
"What that who are they?" Echo asked shocked to see this.
"Whoever they are they look to be on our side." Ahsoka confirmed as she saw them fight against this creature called a Falspawn. Joining in Yuvel switched his available attacks over for his Wire Blades and jumped up and stabbed the monsters head with them. Once that was done he reeled himself torts it and then jumped over it. He proceeded to switch for his Partisan and slammed the weapon down on the monsters head. Roaring in pain as the weak spot there was hit the monster forced the ARKS operative back as with the others.
"Go for the legs the arms is weakest there!" Yuvel ordered as the legs armor had cracks on it paying credit to this order. In response the group rejoined the battle with the full intention of bringing down the Falspawn against them.
"Order Commander?" Rex asked as he looked to Ahsoka.
"Give them cover fire!" Ahsoka ordered as she in turn joined the battle.
"You heard her men open fire on the giant bug!" Rex ordered and thus they began to fight.
As Zurna jumped back while sheathing her Katana she noticed the laser fire hitting the massive insect Falspawn as it roared in fury against it. "Huh?" Zurna asked and thus turned to look to its source.
"Looks like we got help!" Reggie said as he fired another round at the Falspawn they were facing against.
"Sure seems that way huh." Zurna said and thus Yuvel took command.
"Laura try and keep them healed up." Yuvel said and thus Laura nodded.
With her staff in both hands she nodded to Yuvel understanding his order. "Got it." She said and in turn charged into the fray once more to help keep their new friends in good health.
Nearby the woman was shocked by what she saw as she clenched her fist and grit her teeth to this. The battle continued as the massive bug of a Falspawn was on its last legs. "Let's finish this with a Photon Blast." Yuvel said as he then used his Sub-Palette to activate the Photon Blast. First off a massive circle came to form as it went out before it came back in on Yuvel. This made the monster a target of the Photon Blast which then took the form of a white unicorn like creature.
The Blast then went for the Falspawn charging it before using its horn turned beam blade to slice it up. The Result was the monster's imminent death in response to the killing blow. Its body broke down and turned into small black/red particles. As the Particles went out the ARKS Agents used there Photon Powers to clean up the remaining F-Factor.
"Dammit!" The woman yelled as she jumped back down and glared at her foes. "You fools haven't won yet I can summon more much more to deal with your annoyances." The woman said only for laser fire to hit from above causing a small explosion from it. The two sides shielded themselves and in turn more gunships descended down and made landfall on the ground. One this was done more troopers came out and started to surround the woman giving her zero space to escape from them.
"Put your hands up and surrender miss." Cody said as the combo of the 501st Clone Battalion and the 212th stood ready to open fire on her. Growling she glared at those surrounding her and in turn realized when she was beaten.
"You are all lucky it's too early for me or any of the others so to act." She said as she then got ready to escape. After all she needed to gather more energy to ensure the Profound Darkness's resurrection. "Take pleasure that you were nearly destroyed by the Dark Falz [Apprentice] the Vernal." The woman now identified as Apprentice vanished through a portal of dark energy just as the lasers flew at her. They all missed as she vanished from all their sight.
"Where did she go?" Anakin asked shocked as to what just happened.
"That…is a long story." Yuvel said as he looked to the group while walking up to him.
"A story I'm sure you can tell us, with your friends it seems." Obi-Wan said and right on cue the ARKS Dropships came in and thus it was clear a meet and great was in order here.
(Scene Break Apprentice)
Apprentice appeared out of her portal scowling to herself while she came out. As she stood on what was clearly open space atop a destroyed Republic Cruiser she received visitors. "Apprentice." Came a new voice and thus Apprentice looked and saw a pair of twin children who mirrored each other and a masked man in a long duster based coat and a suit like outfit. As he stood there silently the twin children spoke first to them.
"Why didn't you destroy them?" The boy began as he stood there.
"Why didn't you eradicate them?" The girl asked as she looked to Apprentice.
"Great Gemini still choosing Twins for hosts I see." Apprentice said as she looked upon Gemini.
"We have to keep ourselves hidden. We have to ensure this war rages on now they know of us." Female started off as she looked to Apprentice.
"We have to stay quiet. We need to make them keep fighting. We can't let them see us." The Male said while looking to Apprentice.
"I get it I screwed up anything else I don't know?" Apprentice asked as she then looked to the silent masked guy. "So whose tall dark and broody?" Apprentice asked as she looked to the unknown fellow here.
"He's our newest Dark Falz." The male started off before the Female cut in.
"He's called Dark Falz [Persona] The Masked." The female one said as Apprentice smirked.
"Great now all we need is [Luther] the Fallen and [Elder] The gargantuan and we'll have the whole gang back together." Apprentice said as she then got serious. "Besides our plans have hit a hitch recently." Apprentice said to which the Gemini were all curious as to what it was. AS light grows stronger so too does the dark. The question remains if darkness can be truly cast out from a Universe currently at War.
(TBC)
ESKK: Well here you go the first chapter of a new fic. I hope you all enjoy it and will join me next time for the next chapter. So until then be sure to review before leaving and as always I will again say ja-ne.