Advent

Rescue

Advent

Chapter 5: Rescue

Gale, along with Kari and two other Engraved, Leon and Zach had reached the hangar where they found Kiku, a girl whom the moderators had put much attention to. Unfortunately, there wasn't much time left as she was already being transfered to the capital.

"Get the girl in the ship, now!" A guard yelled amidst all the crashing noises ringing back and forth in the hangar. The soldiers were caught off-guard by the Engraved's sudden ambush but quickly regained their footing.

"They're heading to the ship!" Kari alerted before disarming a guard and swinging her firearm straight at his head. Reacting quickly she turned around and shot two more at their legs. There was still another, but a sudden bash from a sword's hilt had knocked him unconsious.

"Stay sharp" Leon said before the sword floated back to his hand like a puppet.

With a thankful nod she replied, "Yeah, thanks for that"

Meanwhile, it'd seemed that the ship had already begun to take off. Seeing this, Gale quickly hopped on a few towering boxes before having enough leverage to leap straight to the ship's roof. In a moment's time his body lit up with swirling red energy that flowed around him like energetic lights.

"Exceed!" He yelled, and the energy suddenly burst through his sword. Even with the ship's reinforced armor, a single cut from the blade wrung it open. From below, Leon used the ship's broken exterior to his advantage. Maximizing his ability, the amethyst-user manipulated many of the downed soldiers' weapons and made them float in mid-air. Pointing them at the ship's rear thrusters he flung all of them at once, battering the ship and rendering it useless.

"Down for the count" Zach grinned as he neared the ship. In a last ditch effort the soldiers exited the aircraft and opened fire. With great speed the silver haired Engraved dashed towards them and grabbed one by his leg, throwing the soldier to another before taking the trooper's gun and propelling it to one more man's head. "Tch...so much for a friggin' warm-up" he said, taking a look at all the unconscious bodies around him.

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There was still one soldier left, however, and it'd seemed the target, Kiku was being held hostage to gun-point. 

"Step any closer and you know what'll happen" The brown haired man threatened with a cold voice.

The small girl was in a predicament, but she didn't look quite panicked. The man proceeded to walk away with her, but that silence had been broken by a shot from Kari's gun, hitting his hand and forcing him to drop his firearm. 

"I think the situation's changed somewhat" Leon said sarcastically as many floating swords were now pointed directly at the soldier. Kiku ran towards Kari and stayed behind the blond Engraved as the irritated personnel begun to suddenly laugh.

"So that's it? You think you've won?" He said, taking out a vial of dark liquid which he quickly gulped down. He continued laughing, even when his body had started to deteriorate into another form. Dark scales appeared, and he'd grown quite large. Fangs on his teeth and claws on his hands also made their appearance.

"The hell? He looks just like a Keii now!" Zach exclaimed just before the transformed man let out a loud roar. Without waiting, Kari quickly fired a few shots. They clearly hit their target, but the scales on the Keii's skin was solid enough to block them.

"Move!" Leon yelled as the Keii clenched its large fist and smashed it on the ground. Gale attempted to slash at its armored face, but was knocked back by its solid arm. Leon ran straight for the enemy, flinging a wooden box as a distraction as Zach swiftly came up from behind and jumped, knocking it on the back and pushing it before Gale slashed at the monster's chest.