Another So Dangerous?

[Queen Bright]

In a splattered mess of food and blood, Hikaru lost her balance and fell right into the tray. "Grrr, like I'd eat that!" She yelled back, getting herself back up and scowling at the 'crazy,' comment. "You might have poisoned it for all I know! That or you put something else in it! I don't trust enemies." She then kicked the tray and threw the book at the door. The tray she wasn't going to touch, the book was just an effect, and would most likely survive for her to read later. For now it had to be...convincing.

Pointing the walls, she boasted in loud declaration. "See the damn walls? That'll be you splattered across them once I find a way to get out of here. And mark my words. I WILL!"

[Gaserlake]

"We didn't put anything suspicious in it. If we wanted you dead or anything, we would give a clear message that we wanted to," the Aralang said, getting aggravated.

The three laughed when she threatened them with the blood. The first Aralang, seemingly the leader of the three, became serious. "Listen, what would send you bloody across the walls would be the virus, and the Garelangs. Read the book. The virus does more than you think." Unlike most of the time, the Aralang appeared to be dead serious.

[Queen Bright]

"If you didn't want me dead, you wouldn't make it two hundred DAMN years!" Hikaru shouted back, glowering at all three of them. "Someone without an age spell would die before that sentence ended. And your race calls themselves merciful. HAH, that's a lie if there ever was one. Merciful isn't two hundred years! MERCIFUL isn't solitary confinement! Merciful isn't taking every damn possession they have, even if it's no threat. Like the cross from Koty. You fools are FAR from merciful!"

Ending her speech she just shook her head. "But that's okay. Because you'll die for it all later. You, this place, and your whole damn race! Just wait till my spirit restores!" She paused, and shook her head, laughing. "Oh wait, or do you already know about that? If you read everything, then you should have read that there's no way you can stop it."

[Gaserlake]

"How ignorant are you?" the Aralang asked her in disbelief. He turned to the other two. "How ignorant is she?" He turned back to Hikaru. "I don't know if ignorance is bliss or not in this case. The reason you are here is because you're too important and possibly too dangerous to be in a regular prison. Just read the bloody book. Ignorance sure is bliss, but that's what kills people."

[Queen Bright]

"That doesn't explain the time span or things taken!" Hikaru yelled back, as she kicked the tray again, this time kicking it across the room and into the wall, knocking over the water in the process. "If you're so merciful THAN AT LEAST give me the cross back! It doesn't do anything! It just....

Starting to realize it was useless arguing with this race, Hikaru grew quiet before she could finish her final statement, dropping her head and starring at the ground. "Where am I?"

[Gaserlake]

The Aralangs looked at each other. Maybe Hikaru's telling the truth. Maybe the cross does nothing. As far as the Aralangs read her mind, the cross didn't do anything. The Aralangs read everything there was available, but they had to make sure. Memories can be locked away. "I'll make it extensive," one of the Aralangs said. He walked away.

The other two looked at Hik, and then back at each other. "Is she ok?" an Aralang said. The Aralang shrugged at that question. It was a bit weird, seeing her going from anger to wonder so suddenly.

"You're in a prison station," the Aralang replied to Hik.

[Queen Bright]

"But WHERE?!" Hikaru demanded. "I....Without magic, I can't sense my location." She shook her head, still staring at the floor. The blood from her fingers had finally dried, and though still sore, the pain had pretty much subsided.  But she could still see the splatters mixed in with the food on the floor, as she stared at a spot intently, not daring to allow herself to look up, lest they see her expression. "But I... I know it's not where I was before.  With the first Orias ritual.. There's a bond with Koty, even having no magic doesn't break that....But...."

She clenched her fists and continued to stare at the same spot. "...Ever since I arrived here, it's become more faint... I can still feel it...but not as close."

[Gaserlake]

"Well, yeah. You're in another place," the Aralang said. "You're in another dimension, in fact. So, you're a lot farther from where you came from."

[Queen Bright]

"I knew it..." Hikaru raised her head back up and ran her hand along the wall where the spell circle lay drawn in blood, thinking. Her hand then stopped when it came to the center of the circle, which she then clenched it into a fist with the flat side against the wall."Two hundred years...huh?" She scoffed. "Why don't you just kill me?" Leaning her head against her fist, she muttered in the same continuous depressive tone, "Or I'll save you the trouble and just do it myself."

Hikaru knew her choices. She could either die, get judged, go to hell. Or wait out the time there, and then go straight to hell after, due to her deals. Wasn't a very prosperous decision to make. And the fact they hadn't commented on the spirit energy bit, yet clearly knew her memories, just made her think they were up to something. Why else no answer?

[Gaserlake]

The Aralang understood Hikaru. "It's what we do. Killing you would defeat the purpose," he said in a calm voice. He looked sympathetic. "We'll try to stop you from killing yourself. We can tell if you are dying or not."

[Queen Bright]

"Heh..." Hikaru closed her eyes and turned her head away.. "So you won't even let me find escape in death...."

Raising her head back up, she walked to the center of the room, kicked the book, and anything remaining away, and then bit her index finger and let  a few drops of blood fall to the floor. "Well then, I believe it's time I get out of here." Finally enough rested, Hikaru held her hands out, focusing on her energy, her life energy, thus her spirit. Around her hands, the same red ghostly energy began to glow. When it had faded the Revelation spell book lay closed within her hands. A Summoning Spell.

Not stopping there, she quickly held her other hand over the book, focusing all of her thoughts onto it and sensing the part of herself within the bound pages. "Niaga ecno, elohw em ekam ti tel dna, nelots evah segap eht, em fo trap eht esaeler. Noitalever fo cigam eht ot edam evah I tcap eht evomer suht dna selttab ym dellifluf won evah, Hikaru I!" Instantly, a wind began to pick up and the book blew open, the pages scattering in a fluttering motion. Out of the pages, the same energy poured out and joined the energy that was around Hikaru. It would take a few seconds at most but by the time they would unlock the door and get to her, Hikaru would have all of her spirit energy back.

[Gaserlake]

Sensors have picked up an anomaly in Hik's cell and the room that contained the Revelations Book in a storage station. Then, the sensors picked up an energy spike, and it appeared that all the energy involved has been sent to Hikaru. Troops have been sent to check out Hik's supplies and Hikaru herself.

The two Aralangs looked at each other after they saw red energy go into Hikaru. "What the hell?" they both said in unison. They know she's onto something. They got their rifles ready, for just in case anything bad happens. They waited for reinforcements to arrive.

[Queen Bright]

Refusing to even acknowledge the guards till she was completely finished, Hikaru focused upon one more item. Directing her thoughts to visualization, soon after, katana that was taken away, appeared as well. Giving one glance around the room, she used a last spell of spirit energy to shrink the book and then swallowed it. With magic, she could get it out later. But for now, she needed to be wise. She had taken all of her energy back, but it was still her life. Therefore she was still limited to what she could do. No big blasts, no killing for the hell of it, and definitely no advanced spells. That was why she needed the katana.

Using the blade to slice through the door, as it did cut almost anything, she slashed out the door, and ducked down, to avoid the guards, skidding to a stop out into the hall of wherever she was. She wouldn't kill the two guards, they had been semi-nice, and therefore didn't deserve it. And even if they did, Hikaru really didn't have the time for it there and then, as she surveyed the area and her surroundings. Spinning around, she held the katana out to warn them not to come near her, as she urgently demanded.  "Tell me how to get the hell out of here, and I'll spare your lives. You can already read my mind, so see that I'm not lying!"

[Gaserlake]

There was a barrier of shielding, but even that failed. The two soldiers were very surprised. A lot of things happened at once. They didn't get what was going on until Hikaru raised the katana at them.

The two Aralangs aimed down the sights on Hikaru. "We're martyrs!" the Aralang yelled. "We won't tell you if our lives depended on it! Now get down on the ground! NOW!"

Through the Aralang linking, the two Aralangs informed all guards on the situation. More Aralang troops are on the way. Twenty troops, ten from each side of the hallway are close to blocking the hallway exits. The area is close to being surrounded.

[Queen Bright]

"Or what?" Hikaru mocked. "You'll shoot me? But apparently you won't kill me. Now that seems to be a problem, doesn't it?" Though she didn't have the time for mocking, she wasn't wasting it either. Using a very small bit of spirit energy enough to do a mental scan of the area, she used it to sense where the lack of magic was the strongest. When she had it figured out in her mind, she smirked back. "Lucky for you, I don't have the time to kill those that wrong me."

Hikaru then disappeared. Invisibility spell, another small one, but would suffice for the time being. When that was done, she jumped out of the way and ran down the hall where she sensed the lack of magic stronger, following the mental scan she had taken.

[Gaserlake]

Scanning systems scanned the area, looking for any biological systems. They have detected and identified Hikaru, as Hikaru's just invisible to the naked eye. Infrared sensors also displayed her position. A sensors operator then relayed nearby troops via link where Hikaru's detected, down to the very inch.

Aralang troops, all 22 of them, aimed at where Hikaru is. They positioned themselves so that friendly fire is kept at a minimum, for just in case the sensors are wrong in any way. They aimed down the sights and fired. Pulses of lasers coming from 22 rifles came straight for Hikaru.

[Queen Bright]

How the hell had they found her?! Hikaru may not have known technology, but by the fact they could still shoot her despite her invisibility spell, meant they had to have some other trace on her. But what?! Not stopping to think about it, she ducked down and hit the floor to avoid the laser fire. Knowing that it wouldn't be enough, she focused another small amount of spirit energy, calling forth cold to her free hand. Placing her hand on the ground, she sent the spell  to the floor, and watched as it instantly it began to freeze as it went across to the where the soldiers were, freezing the ground solid.

Using the katana, Hikaru stabbed it into the ground and used it as a grounding to jump back up. Then pulling it out, she slid to the corner of the hallway to where there wasn't ice and rounded the corner, taking the next hallway. From her experience of magic fights,  Hikaru was used to such tactics. The soldiers however? They could have fun ice skating. 

Following each and every hallway, through the detection of the AM Field source, Hikaru knew she had to be getting closer, as the lack of magic seemed to be getting stronger.

[Gaserlake]

The soldiers went sliding. More soldiers have been sent to block all the exits of the interconnected hallways. The soldiers stopped sliding when they hit non-slippery ground. They then tried to chase her by using their rifles to steer.

[Queen Bright]

Weakness was starting to set in, and Hikaru could feel it. So far she had been wise, doing the most in the least amount of spells possible to conserve her spirit. But if she didn't cut down on even those, it wasn't going to be enough. If they kept pursuing like they were doing, she was going to most certainly lose. She had to give them another target, something harder to chase, something they couldn't see as well. But what was there to do with the limits she was under? Shapeshifting was magic.... Unless....

There was ONE form she could take. And it wouldn't require that much spirit at all. As it was a part of her, to her very soul even... "Well I haven't done this for a while," Hikaru muttered to herself, while running. And it was true, she hadn't done this particular tactic since... since the Excel tournament and the fight with her brother. But at this point, it was her only move.

As she took another hallway that wasn't blocked yet, Hikaru focused on her spirit, calling the energy to her soul, and searching through it till she felt a familiar presence. Stopping abruptly once she felt it, Hikaru surrendered herself completely to the spirit magic, her body then and there bursting into flames as if she had suddenly spontaneously combusted. But the flames were far from normal, as they took the tint of ghostly red, the same color as her spirit energy.

Something was definitely happening, and it wasn't a pretty sight if there was anything around to witness it. Hikaru couldn't be too sure, as she didn't know how far behind they were chasing. But it was too late now, as her body began to melt into the flames themselves. Feathers formed out of fire, and then out of it all, flew what resembled a crimson and gold eagle, with deep penetrating gold eyes, and longer than normal tail feathers, with tips of gold on the ends. A Phoenix.

In it's golden scaled talons, the katana could be seen, as it took flight to the ceiling of the hallways.

[Gaserlake]

The soldiers were a bit confused. She turned into a... phoenix? Shapeshifting abilities? You don't see those everyday.

The entire are of hallways have been surrounded. It's only a matter of time until they effectively cut Hik off from the rest of the station. Aralang-only shields are on the 'borders' of hallways and other rooms or areas. Hik can't get out system of hallways without having to get through these shields.

As Hikaru flies, soldiers catch up to her. Soldiers catch up with her just as she passes an intersection, and the soldiers arrive as soon as she passes another intersection, and so on. They shoot at her from behind.

[Queen Bright]

The Phoenix that was Hikaru continued to fly with them on her tail, literally. With her wings and small form though, it made the task of avoiding the lasers much easier. But she was far from safe. Using the keen eye sight of the form she was in, Hikaru kept a look out as she flew, watching for the one thing she needed. And with the turn of another intersection, she found it. Near the ceiling,A Vent.

Even high tech places had to have oxygen. Especially prisons, as some prisoners would need to breathe over others. This place proved no different. Flying towards the vent, Hikaru turned her wings and flew upwards at the last second, letting the katana cut into the grate over the vent. When she heard the grill clatter to the ground, she flew down and into the open shaft. It wasn't that much space, but it was enough room for a Phoenix.

With the guards no longer a threat, Hikaru continued to follow where she detected the AM Field, flying through the venting system.

[Gaserlake]

The sensors still pick up the bird. And the Aralangs used their telepathy on Hikaru. Apparently, Hikaru is going for the AM generators.

"Grenade every vent leading to the generators. Get something to cover the vents, too!" the Elite Aralang shouted.

"Every vent?" said one of the troops.

"EVERY VENT!" he screamed into the soldier, extremely furious. The Aralangs hurried to the vents. "I don't want some goddamn prisoner to escape! We'll have to blow this place to Hell if we have to!"

As Hikaru is flying in the vent grenades seem to be going after her. As she nears close to the generators, the grenades eventually catch up to her, and now there are grenades in FRONT of her. The Aralangs also covered the venting exits after placing a grenade in there. Since the walls are thick, there aren't any ruptures in the venting system. Most of the shock wave is traveling through the vents.

At the generators, at the core of the area, the Aralangs are setting up defenses, mounting up heavy machine guns equivalent to a .50 caliber. Even rocket crews are ready with rocket launchers.

"Get the PLRAD on her! Now!" said the Elite Aralang, still furious. The Aralangs quickly set up the PLRAD, and targeted Hikaru's mind. It's first set to 150 decibels. It's equivalent to 150 decibels, actually, as it isn't really sound.

[Queen Bright]

Before her mind could be targeted, however, Hikaru had flown to the exit of the vents above the room with the generators. With all the grenades caught up to her, and even in front of her, she did the only possible thing she could do. Lose the Phoenix form.

Wrapping her wings around her phoenix form, Hikaru flew fast to the now covered exit. During such, she focused on pushing all the spirit energy out of her soul, and in the process she burst into spirit flames once again, the feathers just melting off. Cramped into the small space of the shaft with the grenades, as soon as she had one hand shaped enough to use, she took the katana and rammed it through the closed off vent ending, stabbing through it and falling in a mess of spirit fire, feathers, and broken metal. Behind her, the shockwave blew.

Once on the ground in the room with the generator, she was back in sage form, but weak. The katana clutched in one hand, Hikaru rolled over and lay on her back, looking up into the mess that was waiting for her. She didn't have long to think about it, though, because at that time, the most piercing sound hit her mind. Dropping the katana, she cringed and screamed, willing part of whatever spirit she had left to shield her mind. It didn't matter if it was a strong shield, just something!!

[Gaserlake]

The PLRAD was still on to her. 15 Soldiers came rushing into the room,5 of them carrying very strong tranquilizers. They all shot their tranquilizers at Hikaru, quickly reloading for another round. The other 10 aimed their rifles at Hikaru.

[Queen Bright]

"No, no, no, no, no, NO!" Hikaru screamed.  Her whole body reverberating from the pain of the sound. It felt like her head was going to literally explode as she cringed in pain. She couldn't think, she couldn't focus, she just wanted it to stop! Even if it meant her recapture... NO! She couldn't get recaptured.  She was one of the sage three, god dammit! Her brothers wouldn't fall to these idiots... and Neither will she!

Feeling her concentration slipping and her grasp of her spirit energy failing, Hikaru used what she still had a hold on to expel a shield outward. Not around just her mind as that would require focus, but her whole body. If so much energy used, killed her, then so be it, it killed her. But in this instance, it did not. Instead a radiant burst of her red spirit energy surrounded her like a barrier, killing off the 'sound.' But something  seemed off... , every other color of the spectrum seemed to be mixed in as well, as if it wasn't just her spirit. For a long time after, even Hikaru would wonder why. But she didn't have the time, now.

Because of the shield, the tranquilizer darts burned up in the spirit energy. Rolling to the side, Hikaru ducked behind the generator, and grabbed the katana; which at her touch and contact with the shield, also lit with spirit energy. Forcing herself to stand with what strength she had left, she stabbed the katana through the center of the generator, whatever lie between it and all, and then pulled down on the hilt, bringing the blade shredding down in an explosion, the spirit energy flowing through the blade and into the generator its self.

It had just better be the AM Field Generator, or she had just lost, game over.