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Mupod Negnirt looks up from an endless stack of files. "A tiny leadership squabble, turning into civil war, and snowballing into disaster. Draws striking parallels to the downfalls of other great armies..."
"Meanwhile, as Antioch and Akkad are in complete ruin, Asgard stands untouched. The LZA is in our castle... G'arrgh. I can't let this happen!"
Mupod gets up off of his seat and tries to find an old communicator. He grabs it out of a pile of files and tries to turn on the camouflage-colored communicator. The static hurts his ears as he talks across to someone.
"Yeah, just a little favor. Why...?" Um... They're terrorists? Is that a good enough excuse? Come on, you know they're after the terrorists. I guarantee that you'll have some fun with it, though."
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ViperMJS7, thebrain31, and Grig run out of the stairwell and onto the flat helicopter pad roof, half of the roof is surrounded by the slanted castle roofs, but the other side is a drop-off down far to the ground. Grig runs over to the helicopter, and says, "Wait by the stairwell! Make sure no one follows us while I fire the helicopter up!
Viper and thebrain turn around and face the door, and Grig climbs into the helicopter. Vegetaman and Bubba26 bust down the door, and look through the pouring rain at their opponent. Vegetaman pulls out his gun and shoots at Grig through the windshield. He panics, fires up the engine, and flies away, muttering, "They can take care of themselves."
Viper and thebrain face Bubba and Vegetaman. Viper jumps backward, climbing back onto the slanted roof. Vegetaman rushes at Viper while he charges up for a magic attack. Bubba and thebrain face each other. Bubba pulls out the Excalibrrr, and thebrain takes out his staff. Bubba quickly charges the Excalibrrr, and runs at thebrain with fury. Thebrain blocks the sword blow, but darts to the side as Bubba runs past him, slipping on the puddles of water. thebrain shoots a fireball from only a few feet away, but the rain drenches the fire before it can reach Bubba. Bubba slashes again and thebrain blocks the attack again. Bubba runs back, charging up the Excalibrrr. He shoots a beam of ice into the air at the cloud pouring all of the rain. First, hail rains down, but the ice falling from the heavens becomes more and more deadly. Brain casts a magic barrier around himself, while blocking Bubba's slashes with the Excalibrrr. thebrain casts a lightning attack that hits Bubba in the right hand, completely burning it, and making him drop the Excalibrrr. Brain whacks him with his staff, sending him reeling through a puddle.
Then, the tide of the battle turns. A stray beam of energy from Viper hits thebrain's shoulder, knocking him down and causing massive damage. He staggers up, giving Bubba enough time to grab his sword with his other hand. Bubba tries a few more slashes, but to no avail. He quickly notices that brain was preparing for a magic attack. Slashing a few more times, and focusing his energy on the Excalibrrr, Bubba unleashes a downward, jumping slash, that coupled with the power of the ice, would have been one of the most powerful moves in Bubba's arsenal if his right hand wasn't burnt to a crisp. Thebrain, however, casts his own fire spell at the same time. Both fighters get knocked off their feet and thrown in the opposite direction. Bubba gets to his feet first, and tries to shoot an ice ball at thebrain, that skips across the puddles, because of bad aim.
Meanwhile, brain stops himself from falling over the edge, as he staggers up. He looks up, only to see Bubba rushing towards him, and a ball of ice energy skipping across puddles at him. The ice hits him square in the chest, knocking him off of the rooftop. Bubba waits a few seconds, and goes over to the edge to make sure brain wasn't hanging on. He leans over, when he is kicked in the back of the head with extreme force. He falls over, but grabs onto the edge of the roof, with his right hand, almost totally burnt. He looks up and sees ViperMJS7 looking at him, and Vegetaman running at him, still at the slanted part of the rooftop. Viper brings his leg up, and stops as hard as he can on Bubba's hand. Bubba falls down off the rooftops, so far that the sound of the impact cannot even be heard.
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Grig double checks to make sure he has his "Veteran" card. He sees it, and resumes flying toward the LTU border. On one side, he sees the land of Veterans, now a bleak wasteland. On the other side, there is nothing but black sky, a wall that separates LTU from something "unknown". Trying to see what it actually is, Grig squints at the wall. Emerging through the blackness, he spots something approaching. Something flying. Grig takes a pair of binoculars, and concludes that they are very high-tech planes. Grig tries to make contact with them, but nothing. They turn to go towards Grig's plane, and whoosh by overhead. Grig stares in awe, as they circle around back, missiles emerging from the sides of the planes. One of the planes turns to face Grig, and shoots the missiles. Grig twists and turns the helicopter, avoiding the missiles, but the missiles circle back around once they pass him. Grig keeps trying to evade the homing missiles with his helicopter, but to no avail. The missiles crash and explode into the cockpit, the smoke from the explosion falls onto the ever changing border of LTU and the real world.
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Vegetaman stares at Viper in disgust. He pulls out his sword, Dual Blade, and Viper also draws his blade. A standoff ensues, each waiting for the other to make a move as the pouring rain weighs down and even more dreary battle. As if waiting for someone to tell them to start, they just exchange trash talk. Viper says, "Why even bother? Even your own LZA fighters rank me higher than you."
Vegetaman responds, and the complacent landing of his boot splashes a puddle. "I beat you in AWIT, I'll beat you again."
"AWIT was a year ago! I've been getting better, changing to fit what's happening at LTU. You fight like you're at RP/FF. That's the stuff that gets you obliterated." Viper twirls his sword.
"The fact remains, I still won. And if the LZA was so bad, how come your castle and city are in ruins while Asgard remains untouched?"
"I give you that one. Too bad you're never going to see it again."
Viper takes his sword, and runs at Vegetaman. He jumps as high as he can into the air, and slashes downward with both hands. Vegetaman swipes upward with Dual Blade, and blocks the blow, his own swipe pushing Viper off balance and down on the ground. Vegetaman casts an energy spell on his sword when Viper isn't looking. Viper gets up again, and runs at Vegetaman. Vegetaman blocks his slash, and releases the energy from his sword that sends Viper careening across the rooftop. He lands on the ground, hard. Viper feels the blood running down his forehead, but is re-energized with adrenaline. He slashes madly at Vegetaman, but is blocked repeatedly. Vegetaman brings his sword back, and stabs, almost getting Viper in the shoulder. With a flick of the wrist, Viper makes a deep gash in Vegetaman's thigh.
The fighters both power up for a magic attack, using their pain as fuel. At almost the same time, they shoot a sword beam of energy at each other, knocking each other senseless and off their feet.
The two fighters face each other at the center of the helipad. Bloodied and battered, but full of adrenaline, the warriors grab their swords. They find it useless, as their bodies are too much broken to physically carry on the fight. The warriors collect all their energy for a last-gasp magic attack.
Next Chapter...
-----Chapter 21-----
-Desperate Measures-
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Resistance HQ: ???
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Resistance HQ: Rooftops
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Grig's Helicopter: The boundary of LTU
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Resistance HQ: Rooftops
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