Kalmar watched a large shadow creature fly towards his prey after dodging a pair of energy blasts. His prey avoided the monster's rush, but he was still uneasy.

"Damnit, he is mine," he muttered under his breath as his sword once again changed into a large scythe.

Edited by Fallen on November 14, 2006 at 17:54:29.

"Damn god-moders!" R.D. shouted, readying his blades again. Got to get back in control of my emotions or we'll be in trouble.

"Shadow creature, huh? Then take this!" he shouted as he lifted a hand a fired a number of quick-moving Light Beams at Draco, knowing that they'd damage him even if he transformed into a shadow again.

"Son, you're gonna have to dig deep if you want to kill me!" Matt shouted.

He made a big motion with his hand, and a shockwave of power travelled across the ground at Draco. "Reppuken!"

"He copied Rugal's Reppuken?" Hsien-Ko gasped, arriving on the scene.

Hugo brandished his pickaxe. "Yeah, he does that, sometimes. Now, less talking, more fighting!" With a battle cry he ran toward Draco, charging power to his weapon.

Kalmar began channeling energy into his scythe, wanting to engage in battle but having no real reason to aid them.

"As long as they don't touch RD," he rationalize to himself, "then we will have no problems."

He clutched his cloak around himself a little tighter, hoping this would be over soon. Frankly he was beginning to become impatient with these distractions.

"Well, that's not really surprising," Matt muttered to himself as Draco entered his own Mach speed. "But nothing I can't-"

That was when the full force of six powerful slashes impacted his body, and with a loud cry of pain, he fell.

Hsien-Ko also cried out-unable to fight against such high speeds, she was unable to block Draco's high-speed attack, reeling from the blow.

As Draco charged in, Matt got up, at the same speed. "You're not gonna get me AGAIN!" he shouted, launching a vicious punch at his enemy's face.

For some reason, R.D. had anticipated what Draco was about to do, and when Draco assaulted Matt and Hsien-Ko, he moved in position to attack Draco when he returned. Just as Draco moved in to attack, one of his Phase Blades ignited on fire and he leapt up, swinging upwards, as he shouted "Ryuuenjin!"

Edited by RisingDragon on November 14, 2006 at 18:27:51.

He was suprised by the speed at which the shadow creature assaulted the group. He simply watched and wondered how this battle was going to turn out.

"Looks like they posess great power," he said as he watched them trade blows.

Edited by Fallen on November 14, 2006 at 18:32:10.

OOC: Where have I heard of that attack before...

"Power Shotgun!" This time Hugo kept his ground, only skidding backwards as his pickaxe launched the powerful shot.

Hsien-Ko pushed her sleeves to the ground-they trembled with unknown power. "Rising Soul Blade!" Underneath Draco, the ground burst open as enscripted blades shot upward.

(OOC: Gee, I wonder.)

R.D. was forced to shove himself away from Draco to avoid the attack, but the slash left a shallow cut in his side.

R.D. landed and turned, firing Light Beams at Draco's back. As he did, Alasea was rushing in, her blades held down low to attack.

Edited by RisingDragon on November 14, 2006 at 19:10:57.

"Photon Array!" The rows of guns appeared underneath Matt's arms, and he fired rapidly at Draco.

I gotta make him stop ghosting and moving everywhere, Matt thought. But how can I do that?

Edited by The Helldragon on November 14, 2006 at 23:06:59.

R.D. watched as Draco leaped into the air and Matt begin firing on the shadow creature. He fused his weapons into the Phase Lance, pointed his palm up at the monster, and began firing Light Beams. As he did, he began trying to develop a plan to crush this freak.

(OOC: They're beams of light, not lightning! >.< Urg! That's why it's called the LIGHT BEAM!)

"Now!" R.D. shouted to Alasea, who shot forward and jumped, landing on the flat of the Phase Lance's blade. R.D. used Lumiya's strength to launch the girl into the air, and as she flew upward, she slashed at Draco's side during the pass, with the Reverser Strike dispelling the shadow energy. She landed nimbly on a building and jumped down, looking to see as R.D. followed up with a pair of plasma shots.


Edited by RisingDragon on November 14, 2006 at 20:40:08.

Matt dashed in front of Hsien-Ko to block the wave with an improvised energy wave. "Damn it, I am getting sick of these ridiculously difficult bastards!" he shouted.

"You gotta find a way to gum him up!" Hugo said, firing shots at Draco.

"I'm working on it!" Matt slapped his hands together. "You two work him over a bit!"

"Got it!" Hsien-Ko ran in, Hugo trailing behind her, and her claws launched at the shadow creature.

Kalmar watched the shadow being fly up into the air, and begin throwing off waves of dark energy with it's wings. He also watched the other's attacks against the creature end in vain.

If this keeps up, he thought absently, RD won't have enough strength to even give me a challenge.

The thought sparked a small flame of anger inside of him. He had come all this way, risked his life and abandoned the one woman he was ever afraid of to find this man. Just so he could regain his sanity, and now this?

This creature was going to take all that away from him, and what was he going to do about it? Stand by and watch it happen? No, he had to do something before he lost his prize.

He slowly began walking forward, his scythe still charged with dark energy.

Something snapped in R.D. His vision went strange, and despite the speed Draco moved at, he knew he could counter. Light broke into his reeling mind as he moved.

Before Draco could reach Hsien-Ko, R.D. materialized in front of her with the Lance ready, and shot forward to meet Draco halfway. His first slash was aimed at his chest, and he shot behind and slashed again, followed by a kick to knock Draco off-course.

As he exited the strange movement sequence, he felt pain all over his body, and knew that he had pushed his body beyond the safe limit.

"All right, I'm sick of this crap!" Rushing foward, Matt abruptly stopped and lashed his hand out, firing a great sphere of light at Draco, passing over the monster until it was completely surrounded. As long as Matt held it, he knew Draco couldn't escape. But...

"Get him, R.D.!" Matt shouted, straining to keep the sphere in place.

R.D. split the Phase Lance and held the swords out upwards diagonally, forming large blades of energy around them. He swung them down in a cross slash, shouting "Shin Kougenjin!" and firing a pair of arc blades at the imprisoned Draco.

Dark Dragon: C-Carnax... I won't die in vein... If I am to die here.. Then... SO BE IT!!!! *his energy rises out of control, he explodes, the blast is so big it takes out the surrounding area*

*far east of the city*

DragonFire: I can't believe this... I just.... I can't fight anymore... I've lost... There's nothing I can do.... Grrrr.... JUUUUUUNNNNOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!

*his scream is so loud it can be heard for miles*

"Damn it!" Hugo swore. "There's nothing we can do! That bitch just shrugs it off!"

"No..." Matt stared at their enemy, and took a step foward. "There is one thing I can do."

"What is it, Matt?" Hsien-Ko asked, cradling her arm. She did not like his tone.

Another step foward. "I will show him the true power of the Omega Core. And I will show him why trifling with me is not a good idea."

R.D. cried out as the first blow struck. However, luck was on his side, as the sonic speed of the first slash sent R.D. flying across the ground--and thus avoiding the subsequent five slashes that followed, despite the speed of swings. He rolled on his side out of the way and got up into a kneeling position, readying himself despite the pain radiating from his back.

He stared at Draco hard. "Looks like you're a disobedient soldier, you disgusting freak," R.D. growled, "Had those all struck I'd have died... and you're supposed to bring me back alive."

He stood up completely as his Phase Lance crackled with energy. He stared hard at Draco, keeping the shadow creature's attention on him. And that's why Draco never saw Alasea strangely point one shortsword at him and fire a beam of energy that traveled across the battlefield instantly.

*DragonFire appears behind Juno, his body battered and bruised*

DragonFire: Ju... Juno.... Ugh.... Help me.... I was wrong... I can't win.... Dark Dragon is dead... Please... Help...me..... *he passes out and falls on his face*

Alasea dove off of the platform she was on, barely clearing the blast zone. At the same time, R.D. used the distraction to his advantage and swung hard with the Phase Lance, shouting "Kougenjin!" The blade fired off an arc blade of energy that streaked through the air at Draco's unprotected back.