Corrupted Radiatons

by Michael Rogers

  Synthoss: *Grazes appeared all over her body, as the tornado acted as sandpaper.* (It hurts!-)

  *A sudden thump could be heard and felt along the ground, cueing the swirling tornado to lose its power, revealing Synthoss lying on the pool of crystals.*

  Rachael: *The mud hardened and cracked, before crumbling to the ground.* "Leave-" *She glanced at the rock arm, causing it to burst away into sand.*

  Champion: *She noticed blood around the crystals.* (Rachael isn't leaving her a chance to strike back, and every single attack is at maximum power-..) *She shook her head.* (It's like it's even stronger than her maximum capacity.)

  Synthoss: "Harh.. Harh-" *She looked scared and punched the ground beside her, shattering the crystals.*

  Rachael: *She cupped her hands as if she was holding onto something.* "..."

  Synthoss: "You, dirty lamp-" *She leant up, noticing her blood drip down on a nearby broken crystal.*

  Rachael: "Ground Fissure." *She violently punched the ground in a hammer-like motion, causing the ground to crack in a zigzagged pattern towards Synthoss.*

  Champion: (What Azure Burst is this-?!)

  Synthoss: *She slowly leant up with buckling knees.* "Why are you getting stronger-?!"

  *Four eruptions of rock pillars jabbed towards Synthoss from different angles, smashing towards her as if she was the centre.*

  Synthoss: *She gasped with widening eyes.* (No!-)

  Rachael: *She stared at a growing multicoloured blue, brown and silver sparkling dirt cloud.* "Hmp-" *She waved to the side, blowing the dirt cloud away.*

  Synthoss: *She awkwardly stood on the spot, failing to notice a broken bone protruding out of her leg.* "What-?"

  Rachael: *She raised her leg towards her cheek and kicked the ground underneath her, causing a spear-like shard of crystal to shoot up underneath Synthoss, violently piercing through her chest.* "Rock Pillar."

  Synthoss: *She coughed out blood.* "N-No-..."

  Champion: (Rachael got her vital organ-) *She used all her strength to stand up on her knees.*

  Synthoss: "Dirty, dirty lamp!" *She shouted, as the cracks on her body travelled down past her knees.*

  Champion: *She felt the ground rumble, before a miniature quake started to activate.* (This surge of Neurons!)

  Rachael: "Render it asunder-"

  Champion: *She mustered all her strength and stood up.* (That incantation!-)

  Rachael: "DESERT DRAGON" *Her emotionless voice echoed and before she motioned anything with her body, the champion appeared behind Rachael, grabbing her on the shoulder.*

  *Rachael glanced at the champion with a serious face, as if she was unsure she was friend or foe.*

  Champion: "Rachael, it's done."

  Rachael: *The champion guided her attention back to Synthoss, who showed no signs of energy.* "..."

  Champion: "I can feel her Neurons fading." *She whispered to Rachael.*

  Rachael: "Kah-" *She gasped with emotion, as if she just woke up from a dream.* "Champion?"

  Synthoss: "No, no, no, no, no! Fufufufu." *She chuckled to herself.*

  Rachael: *She looked down, noticing the ground covered in shards of crystal, blue stones and piles of rock everywhere.* (It looks like a war zone-)

  Synthoss: "Kayliana, Johnasire-..." *She looked up with a weakening voice and triggered a flashback.*

  --

  *Synthoss, Kayliana, Johnasire, Ginger, Ordin and Carrie stood on top of a building, listening to strong winds blow across the area.*

  Synthoss: *She stared in front at an enormous mountain.* (It's impossible, it's impossible to reach something so far away! This is the most unbelievable training-)

  Sakurai: "Ougi." *He spoke on his breath, causing the students to gasp in fear.*

  Carrie: "Narh!"

  Johnasire: "You gotta be kidding!"

  Kayliana: "Your sass won't ever hurt me! I'm an independent woman!"

  Ginger: "Ey, Sakurai, I thought we were beyond this!"

  Ordin: "I won't ever give up." *He jammed his sword into the ground and tightly closed his lips, readying himself physically and mentally.*

  Synthoss: (No!) *She froze on the spot.*

  Sakurai: "The Shi's Keikaku." *Warp images of whips swayed up through the cemented floor, filling the students with fear.*

  –

  Synthoss: *She twitched in fear, as she blankly stared into the distance.* (His Ougi was nothing but mental and emotional pain-)

  *Synthoss thought to herself in recollection, ignoring her current situation or Rachael.*

  –

  Sakurai: *He watched all the students collapse, cueing him to turn around while playing with his moustache.* "I will not be happy, until the successor of SWI is announced."

  Synthoss: "Your excellence." *She spoke with a struggle, catching Sakurai's attention.*

  Sakurai: "Speak."

  Synthoss: "I want to become the protector!"

  Sakurai: "So do all of these other people."

  Ginger: "..." *She stared at the ground, as if she didn't want to be there.*

  Synthoss: "But-"

  Sakurai: "The city's protector can't be selfish!"

  Synthoss: ".. Please."

  Sakurai: "Ykkt-" *He grunted with a growing frown.* "Begging like that, nothing makes my blood curdle more than that."

  Ginger: *She frowned and stood up.* "You want results?! Ey, Sakurai?!"

  Sakurai: *He looked confused.* "Ginger Sus-"

  Ginger: "This is what you wanted! Please respond!" *She screamed with an echoing voice and the area darkened, as nothing but thunder could be heard.*

  –

  Synthoss: *She twitched on the spot, as her arms dangled around the crystal spear.* "All I can hear are their cries!"

  *Synthoss looked to each side with widening eyes, as if she could only see her flashback.*

  Synthoss: "If it weren't for Ordin, we could have all died-.. Fufufufu, actually, a part of me did that day."

  *The champion hobbled over to Lezard and picked up his hat, as she waited for him to regain consciousness.*

  Rachael: *She slowly shuffled up to Synthoss, showing no signs of exhaustion.* (Has she lost her mind?)

  Synthoss: "Blake, he found me strolling around the outskirts of the city. Lost, I didn't know what to do. With my family's pride, I was not to show myself until I somehow regained it."

  Rachael: (Is she having a flashback?) *The few clouds moved out of the sun's light, causing the area around Synthoss to sparkle due to the array of crystals.* (Did I do all this?)

  Synthoss: *She coughed out blood.* "I lost my dream, I lost my closest friends, I lost my home.. The Black Brigade.. Was it my twin sister that summoned Blake to get me? She was the bad one, she was the family's pride, yet, she was the one that ran away."

  Rachael: (Blake.)

  Synthoss: "I've done terrible things, but I did it for the only people I can proudly call family-" *She coughed out blood and wheezed.*

  Rachael: (Unlike Tara and the other men of this guild, she seems to have hidden compassion-)

  Synthoss: "Tara and I.. It was never meant to be?"

  Rachael: (Tara?)

  Synthoss: "I'm sorry-.." *She looked down and tears ran down her face.* "All I wanted was to protect Silver Wind Island.. I hope I can accomplish my dreams in another life-..................."

  *Synthoss sighed and glass-like cracks could be heard, before her entire body shattered into tiny crystalline shards.*

  Rachael: *She stepped back in shock and watched the crystals sparkle on to the ground with watering eyes.* "No more pain and suffering. Your fight is over."

  *Rachael sniffed and wiped her eyes in a girly-like manner, noticing all the crystals and rock formations crumble back into the ground.*

  Champion: "Rachael!"

  Rachael: *She watched white orbs float up from out of the ground.* "Is that her?"

  Champion: *She noticed the white orbs float high into the sky.* (Synthoss has been defeated-)

  L
ezard: "Ooo, you two delicious ladies shouldn't touch Lezard like that, bwarharh-"

  Champion: *She felt Lezard's forehead, noticing he was very cold.* (He's unconscious, but I'm worried he's this cold-) "Rachael!"

  Rachael: *She quickly turned around, aware of her surroundings.* "What's wrong?!" *She readied to jog up to the champion and the unconscious Lezard.*

  Champion: "I'm going to get help from the village." *She motioned her head towards The Remenistic Village."

  Rachael: "Okay, cool. I'll help-"

  Champion: *She shook her head.* "I didn't want to mention anything, but half way through our encounter, I felt powerful Neurons from the tree."

  Rachael: "From the tree?" *She looked over her shoulder, focusing her attention to tiny red dots in the tree.* (Fire-?)

  Champion: "I also felt disappearances of life Neurons."

  Rachael: "Disa-?" *She quickly looked back around, staring at the champion.* (Karol, Luna, Nathan!)

  Champion: "Go now!"

  Rachael: *She hesitantly nodded her head, as if she wanted to assist the champion.* "I'll come straight back!"

  Champion: "Their safety is imperative, but don't forget why we're here!" *She shouted with urgency.*

  Rachael: (I understand!) *She nodded her head and started to sprint towards the distant tree.* (I'll be back as soon as I can, champion.)

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  *Nathan glared at Tyson with a pride-filled face, listening to the gargle-sounding thunder which came from the two flapping butterflies.*

  Tyson: (His Neuron signature hasn't increased, it's more like combined, this is why it's giving him a different Neuron-)

  Nathan: *He waved his arm across, causing two swords made of blood to solidify from his hands.* "I'm ready."

  Karol: (Me tooh!)

  Luna: (Let's kick his ass, aye.) *She grunted, causing one of the butterflies to flap harder.*

  Tyson: "FLORIAN DRIVER"

  Nathan: *He stepped forward and flashstepped directly in front of Tyson.* "Double Slash."

  Tyson: *He frowned and raised his arm in a defensive-like manner, watching Nathan's slashes spark off his arm.*

  Karol: (I kan do this!) *The slightly smaller butterfly flew above Tyson and flapped a wave of blood downwards.*

  Nathan: *He watched the blood burst away and around Tyson.* (Looking at the blood, it's like he's covered by wind.)

  Karol: (Yheah-)

  Tyson: *He carefully waved his arm above, bursting the butterfly into a spray of blood.* "Fufufu-"

  Luna: (Heap of shit!-) *She flapped her wings and a blood-soaked, red stream of lightning sparked towards Tyson.*

  Tyson: *He quickly stepped to the side in reaction and shock and his skin on one side, ripped open.* "Ouch-" *He grunted in pain while watching the lightning spark and splinter away from him.*

  Nathan: (Did anyone see that?) *He watched Karol's butterfly swirl and merge back into shape.*

  Luna: (The wind. It looks like he's kinda trapped in that thingy, aye.)

  Karol: (Yheah, the lightning didn't even touch him!)

  Tyson: (It's hard to focus on the gentleman and two small-)

  Nathan: "Air Slash." *He sliced both swords downwards, causing two visible airwaves to slice towards Tyson.*

  Tyson: *He spread his arms and took the two air slashes, watching the wind burst around him.* "Useless-" *He watched his leather uniform slowly repair itself over his wounds.*

  Karol: (What do we dooh?) *His squeals echoed in Nathan's head.*

  Luna: (Oi, it looks like he's trapped inside his wind shield thingy.) *She attempted to remind Nathan.*

  Nathan: (Trapped?) *He watched the two butterflies fly in front of him, one shooting a small stream of lightning and the other a wave of blood.*

  Tyson: *He waved downwards, bursting the lightning and blood backwards towards Nathan.* (Pests!)

  Nathan: *He noticed blood had sprinkled on Tyson's face.* (Some blood bypassed his shield!)

  Luna: (Those times he waved his arms and the bark on the ground exploded, I think we get him to lower his wind shield and strike!)

  Karol: (Bhut how?!)

  Nathan: (Blind him with the blood!)

  Luna: (Aye?)

  Nathan: *He flashsided next to Tyson and slashed the sword across, watching it bounce back from a wave of sparks.* (This explains why he moves so cautiously. He also can't physically touch himself without the wind shield getting him.)

  Tyson: *He noticed Nathan moving back and forth between attacks.* (Is he learning how my Florian Driver works? Improbable-)

  Karol: *He spiralled directly in front of Tyson and flapped his wings, waving a pool of blood in front of his face.* (I kan do this!)

  Luna: (Aye!) *She flew behind Tyson and shot a small stream of red lightning towards him, watching the lightning break and scatter around him.* (No luck here!)

  Nathan: "Hard Blade-"

  Tyson: *He watched the blood from Karol's attack swirl out of his vision, allowing him to wave his arm across Nathan.* "You all are foolish!"

  Nathan: *He watched an aura grow around his sword before blowing away like a fire from a candle.* (Damn!)

  Tyson: (These two-) *He watched the butterflies continue to fly around him.* (I could easy deactivate Florian Driver, using the density of the Rasticsplash to defeat them both, then use Flurry Styx to kill the gentleman.)

  Nathan: (I've got an idea! Karol, Luna, fly directly towards him-)

  Luna: (The fuck? We'll get shredded!)

  Nathan: (I've seen Karol get exploded, in your current state, you're invincible.)

  Karol: (Ohkay!)

  Luna: (OK?!)

  Nathan: *He leant forward and flashstepped directly behind Tyson.* "Double Slash." *He slashed the swords in opposite directions at the same time and quickly flashstepped away.*

  Tyson: *He turned around, noticing two splintering waves of sparks.* (He's gone?)

  *Tyson looked over his shoulder and gasped, as the two butterflies flew directly at his face, bursting into blood, causing him to stagger back.*

  Tyson: *He watched the blood swirl around him, before fading out of his vision.* (That caught me off guard.)

  Nathan: *He flashstepped in the distance, catching Tyson's attention.* (You guys alright?)

  Karol: (Yheah!)

  Luna: (Roger.)

  Tyson: "What are you doing all the way-?" *He shouted at Nathan and stopped, as strings of blood swirled into a ball, forming a butterfly directly next to his face.*