Author Topic: The In-Between Darkness (Read 6302 times)

K2 · « **on:** November 01, 2010, 01:14:40 AM »

A massive rip appeared in the sky of some mysterious, dark valley. From this rip, a brilliant display of lights came, lingering there in the sky. From those lights in the sky fell the seemingly unconscious form of C2323.

Queen Bright · « **Reply #1 on:** November 01, 2010, 01:24:23 AM »

Following, not so long after, Hikaru came falling as well. The position she had been in and the wings around her protected her fall, the wings opening up and catching the air, allowing her float softly down. Spinning herself around before she was completely on the ground, Hikaru turned her wings back upright and surveyed the area. Her attention just then catching sight of C2323. Where the hell were they?

Ignoring her curiosity for now and pushing it to the side, Hikaru threw her hand up and caught the staff that tumbled after her. Pointing it at the unconscious C2323, she aimed and swung it in an arc, a crescent shaped wave of Revelation-Genesis magic released at him, head-on. She was going to finish the battle. Any worry for where she was, could be addressed at a later time.

K2 · « **Reply #2 on:** November 01, 2010, 01:31:50 AM »

The energy collided with C2323's portal armor and would have gone through if.... If Plex had been accessible from there. Instead, the attack was broken down and used to further fuel the portal armor around C2323. That fueling of portal armor allowed C2323's body to focus less on the armor. Within moments, his nanite systems were operating to help his body repair....

A few moments later, his portal armor failed. He was no longer in dragon form. Here sat a dumb-founded C2323 who looked right up to Hikaru, his eyes wide. "Sister? Where the hell are we? I knew that this 'halloween party' thing was a setup! What have you done with Kai!?"

Hikaru had won the match... But she'd just submerged herself into an unknown realm... And now her brother's clone had lost years of memory.

Queen Bright · « **Reply #3 on:** November 01, 2010, 01:41:32 AM »

Hikaru was about to strike once more and finish the job, but before she could, she paused, her hand shaking and causing grip on the staff to loosen. Dammit! Of everything that had happened between unlocking the rest of her memories and now, she still couldn't manage to kill someone?! Had this become a curse? Shaking her head and sighing in frustration, Hikaru narrowed her eyes and glared at the clueless C2323.

Quickly adding up the time he was speaking of, she concluded he had lost it. Further releasing her grip on the staff to a lighter one, she sighed once again and stepped closer to him, offering her hand out. "Come on. I haven't done anything to Kai." She replied, "He's back in.... Australia, awaiting us. There was an attack from some unknown party, and we were separated to this area. ...It would be wise to find out where we are..." Hikaru's expression softened as she explained.

K2 · « **Reply #4 on:** November 01, 2010, 01:47:45 AM »

C2323 smiled, taking her hand and standing. "Alright," he said, clueless. "Kai probably led them straight towards us."

Before C2323 could take a single step, he looked up and gasped. A thirteen year old girl was falling from the sky. He quickly prepared a giant bed made of giant, soft pillows to cushion her fall.

Queen Bright · « **Reply #5 on:** November 01, 2010, 01:58:22 AM »

"Who the hell...?" Hikaru questioned, glancing to the girl that had fallen. She didn't seem at all familiar. Yet she had came from Hell as well? Things just weren't adding up.

K2 · « **Reply #6 on:** November 01, 2010, 02:00:42 AM »

The girl landed rather roughly on the bed of pillows.

"Come on," C2323 insisted, "Let's go check on her."

Queen Bright · « **Reply #7 on:** November 01, 2010, 02:03:14 AM »

Hikaru nodded and walked towards the bed and the young girl atop it.

K2 · « **Reply #8 on:** November 01, 2010, 08:57:03 PM »

The young girl had formed some sort of bubble under her to cushion her fall. She looked up with young, innocent eyes like that of an angel. Those beautiful, blue eyes landed upon both C2323 and Hikaru with apprehension of the situation in its entirely. She smiled and stood before the two, bowing.

"Hi... You're C2323, and you're Hikaru. Right?"

"Um... My name's K2323."

"Uh...?" the girl was confused.

Queen Bright · « **Reply #9 on:** November 01, 2010, 09:02:10 PM »

Hikaru sighed and sent a telepathic message aimed only at the girl, "He's currently lost his memory. It would be very unwise to return it to him as of now. So for now, he thinks he's my brother, K2323." Out loud, however, she only nodded. "And you are?"

Gaserlake · « **Reply #10 on:** November 02, 2010, 09:03:51 PM »

From a distance, there was Mr. Smith. He made sure Hikaru would notice him, but to Hikaru, it seemed like she didn't notice he was there until just now. C2 and the other girl wouldn't be able to see him or detect him at all.

K2 · « **Reply #11 on:** November 02, 2010, 09:17:16 PM »

The girl merely smiled, looking upon Hikaru like she was some prized diamond. There was a long pause before finally she whispered, "Finally, I've found you... But you shouldn't be here. They're coming."

Before she could do anything, the sound of the young rallying a war call filled the dark hills... An army of about 50,000 men and women clad naked with bows and arrows appeared on the hills surrounding the three/four.

Queen Bright · « **Reply #12 on:** November 02, 2010, 09:24:23 PM »

Catching sight of Smith, Hikaru was about to react, but was stopped before she could by the girls cryptic warning and the arrival of what looked like a nudist army. Completely confounded by now, she merely blinked, and just accepted it. "...And where exactly is here and them?" Hikaru muttered in question, observing the bows and arrows distastefully. Well they sure weren't a threat, that was a given.

K2 · « **Reply #13 on:** November 02, 2010, 09:47:36 PM »

"In between your foolish existence and what truly exists... And they're what defends that true existence from the likes of... Us," the girl explained quickly as she went through a series of hand motions. By the end of her speech, what seemed at first like a small ball of fire left her hands. She quickly created a barrier around the three just in time...

All around the barrier, the force of an explosion hit. That explosion was from her fireball. She'd tried to wipe out the enemy.... But the three saw as the explosion came to rest that the army was still standing well alive, fighting back with shots of blue energy.

Queen Bright · « **Reply #14 on:** November 02, 2010, 09:59:34 PM »

Hikaru couldn't help but scoff. "I'm not afraid of some damn primitives with sticks and bows. If they don't even have the capacity to clothe themselves. They're hardly a threat." She crossed her arms and laughed at the explosion, as well as the failure to destroy the nudists. "Anyways. Why are we here? Was it the battle? If so, how do we return, and just who the hell are you?"

K2 · « **Reply #15 on:** November 02, 2010, 10:06:56 PM »

"Watch your tongue, girl!" the girl hissed, "This isn't some Aralang you're speaking to! And those out there aren't Starclanners!"

Suddenly, the enemies all turned transparent -- almost blackish, like phantoms -- and began to fly at top speeds towards the barrier.

Queen Bright · « **Reply #16 on:** November 02, 2010, 10:10:59 PM »

"Yes, well maybe if someone explained who the hell they are, and answered my other questions, I wouldn't have to resort to such insults. But as it stands, right now, all I care about is getting back." Her words dripping with sarcasm, Hikaru proceeded to roll her eyes at the attack. "High and mighty or not, at this point in time, I don't see why I should care."

K2 · « **Reply #17 on:** November 02, 2010, 10:14:25 PM »

"SHUT UP, YOU STUPID GIRL!" the girl yelled as she focused worriedly on the phantoms, the very existence around each of them seeming to warp just a little, "If they get to us, we're dead! Deader than dead! We-"

"STOP!!!"

The voice of a man echoed out throughout the land, and the phantoms all stopped in place. The male voice chuckled. "Well, Anise, you decided to pay us a visit, did you?"

Queen Bright · « **Reply #18 on:** November 02, 2010, 10:18:39 PM »

Offended by now, Hikaru bit her tongue and forced herself to stay silent. She'd shut up for now, but whoever the hell they were with, would hear it PLENTY at a later time. For the moment, she instead turned her head, glancing around for the source of the voice.

K2 · « **Reply #19 on:** November 02, 2010, 10:36:08 PM »

"Um... Hello!?" C2323 shouted. "Can you give me directions to the nearest-?"

"Rest in peace, boy. Refuge is here," the male voice bellowed out, "I am Kouros."

Suddenly, the group was in a hot-tub where a man with a crown was relaxing in swimming trunks.

Queen Bright · « **Reply #20 on:** November 02, 2010, 10:45:39 PM »

That had been more than Hikaru could take. Her clothes now soaked (because no way in Hell was she switching to a bathing suit.) Hikaru glared coldly at the man, and stormed through the water towards him. "ALRIGHT, you perverted bastard! I want answers, and I want them now!" She threw the staff that had still been in her hand, straight at his head. "Where are we?! Who are the two of you?! How do we get back?! AND JUST WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON HERE?! I don't have time for this! I have a tournament to be at! IT'S THE DAMN SEMI-FINALS!"

K2 · « **Reply #21 on:** November 02, 2010, 11:31:11 PM »

The man laughed as Hikaru reached a barrier which protected him automatically... The barrier zapped the very spirit of those who tried to touch him with a jolt. "I," he explained, "Am Steve. This is Anisa. You're in a realm... Well, it's hard to explain, but you're not exactly on the dimensional plane. Getting back to from where you came from may be a bit of a challenge... Um, Anisa?"

"Yeah," Anisa explained, "But don't worry. I tied Lucifer up before I came here. He'll wait on you. But about getting back... Here's the thing. I can only take one of you back. The other will have to wait for two thousand years here before they can get back."

Gaserlake · « **Reply #22 on:** November 02, 2010, 11:46:22 PM »

"Looks like you have a simple choice," said a voice. It was Smith. This time, he was right up to Hikaru, yet outside of the hot tub. He was still unnoticeable by all the others. "However, the consequences aren't, especially when you're stuck in a middle of a dilemma."

Queen Bright · « **Reply #23 on:** November 03, 2010, 01:03:16 AM »

Zapped back, and shocked into surprise, Hikaru proceeded to glare at the many. He had to be lying. First he said his name was Kouros, now he says it's Steve? Would he change it if she should ask again? Things were starting to seem suspicious...

Without a word, Hikaru turned only her eyes to Smith, "If you're insinuating that I have to kill C2323, you'll be sadly disappointed. He may not be my brother, but he's close enough to being family. With what we've gone through together, I will not. Especially now, he's lost his memory. He's harmless." After sending the message through telepathy, she sighed, then quickly added. "It wouldn't be.... right."

"Why only one of us?" Hikaru's attention had returned to the small group. "What keeps you from taking both of us back? And what happens to the one forced to stay?"

Gaserlake · « **Reply #24 on:** November 03, 2010, 04:33:43 AM »

Smith smiled. "Interesting. Showing affection for... a machine," he sneered. He sounded like he saw it coming. "Well, that's ironic."