Nexon managed to snag Skylar before the others could finish her off and luckily, he had brought her a great distance away. She was in rough shape, Nexon could feel the blood seeping from her back where she had been struck and she was bawling. He was a little horrified to be honest, he hadn't expected to see her all damaged but she was still clinging to life. "Geez, I thought I saved you but it looks like we're not safe yet. We should get out of here right away." Nexon remarked as the woman leaned against him for support. She was in a bad way but thanks to the talk Shadic had given him about being a protector, he wanted to see this rescue through. Lifting her up, he would allow his aura to flare up, however, before he could take off, the Saiyan hybrid found himself being pelted with ki blasts.
While they weren't lethal, the things were painful and scattered along Nexon's back as he was struck. Leaping off the edge of the building with Skylar still in his arms, the crimson haired Saiyan would land on the street, a crater forming where he impacted. "Ow! Something tagged me good back there..." He would remark as he looked back, his gi covered in burns and marks, however, he did manage to break the line of sight between Skylar and the turret by leaping off the other edge of the building. Flying low to the ground, he would pick up the pace, heading toward a nearby hospital in hopes that he would be able to drop off Skylar.
Reku spun out of the way, dodging Sonnelion’s dash towards him. Though in doing so the attack cancelled, the music stopping. Though effects would linger for a very short while (1 post). He looked at Sonnelion as the tuffle started scolding him and saying not to listen to Terium or something. Reku just shook his head in response. “I don’t give a rat’s ass about the god damn civilians and to be completely honest and I AM going to kill Terium next time I see him. Whatever he said to me about dark auras matters not to me. Now if you’d excuse me.”
Reku sensed the power level of the man that scooped away Skylar, and it was going away from the scene. He was not about to let it get away. His aura flared and he flew as fast as he could towards Nexon and Skylar, planning to finish the job he came here to do.
Despite covering his ears, the effects of the rings still got to him. Shadic tried to find the source of the rings, but a voice called out in his head, 'Hey! Shadic!'
The hybrid looked around, but all he could see was a crowd of civilians in mass panic, 'Who said that?'
The voice quickly echoed back in his mind, 'It's you ya dummie!'
'What do you mean its me? I'm right here!' Shadic responded, mentally.
The voice let out a sigh before answering, 'I'm just a mental construct. I'm the happy side of you, I think. We're usually united as one, but something is throwing us off!'
Shadic was very confused. He did not quite know what was happening. 'How is that even possible?'
'Well, my good friend, think about what happened. Speak your mind in your mind, I wanna hear,' The happy voice replied
'Okay, well...' Shadic thought for a quick second about the events that just occured, 'Reku attacked Skylar, I ran to protect Sythius, Sonnelion showed up, Nexon showed up to save Skylar and- ohhhhhh!'
Shadic looked over at Reku, who seemed to be tapping the side of his leg or something. The voice cheered, 'Hooray! You figured it out. Now go stop him or something, I dunno. I mean, look at those poor civilians. They don't deserve to be tortured by this awful sound!'
'You know what, you're right! Thanks me, you're the best! Shadic got in a runner's stance, ready to take off towards Reku. 'Wait, if you're my happy side, where is my other side?
'YOU CALLED?' Another voice boomed through Shadic's mind.
Shadic almost collapsed in fear, not expecting the other voice to be so loud. 'Yikes, gotta blast! He took off in a full sprint before leaping into the air at top speed. He did not want to transform, mostly in fear of harming the civilians. Shadic tried to tackle Reku despite Sonnelion already apprehending him.
Hopefully nothing happened to Sythius in Shadic's short time away.
((tl;dr shadic talked to himself in his mind and then trier to tackle reku))
The sound stopped, and abruptly, all the hallucinations and pain ceased. Sythius looked around for his bodyguard, but caught site of the devastation around him instead. His eyes bulged forward, practically exploded out of his head. Flesh was smeared into the ground everywhere, and the people that were still alive were blabbering to themselves. Mad. His hands hovered in the air, and he gazed down into them.
"I caused this..." Sythius whispered, too quietly for anyone to hear. "Blood... my hands are covered in blood.
"Skylar!" Sythius yelled. His pale green aura ignited. "Are you alive?" He roared again.
He blasted off the ground in a magnificent leap. He would go after her.
The crowd started to spread away (Run in terror) as soon as Rex stopped doing his annoying noise.
Sonnelions turret was firing into the ground until it noticed Skylar had moved and like a stupid turret started firing into the city. While Rex earlier killed some people. Sonnelions turret started to hit buildings trying to hit Skylar. While none were in plain site. Any idiot could guess just how many Sonnelions turret killed by shooting into buildings that can't stop the ki blasts.
Sytherius who looked at many dead bodies... And seeing what appeared to be a ki-based tree firing into a city now. Rather he felt guilt or not. There was dead bodies around. Many that supported Edgy and himself (Sytherius). And the city people he had to realize were dieing from Sonnelion. The carnage did not seem to end.
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As Skylar was being taken away she felt someone coming towards her (Rex) even if for a second (Cause both Shadic and Sonnelion tried to stop Rex). Now she wasn't sure if she was safe. Part of her felt nice and safe but part of her felt like it was all over. She said "No other politicians have this kinda problem! I swear! I feel like its cause I am a female... And I thought the persecution was over. I thought for once in my life I could be free!" as she held Nexon.
Skylars PL kept lowering. Showing signs she was about to die. She was bleeding and felt faint. But she knew she would make it if she held onto Nexon. He was about to jump off when he got shot. She thought they were gonna hit the ground. The lower and lower and LOWER! they got she screamed "AHHHHHHHHH" afraid to hit the pavement. She afterall was not use to heights ;p She never really battled that often.
When Nexon said something tagged him she replied "Don't scare me there..." as she laughed nervously scared saying "I thought you died..." as she was breathing heavily. With the day she had it would not shock her.
Nexon would feel some of the blood run down on his arm as he held her. But she took deep breaths trying to relax. She took time not doing anything letting Nexon do what was needed. But was it to late? She whispered into Nexons ear '(OOC:PM you it)' as she started to cough up blood. The skin on her face would turn pale. She smiled as she cried.
Finally her PL hit a halting point... Sonnelions Turret would stop. Everyone felt her PL vanish after hitting 0. It was a dark day for politics.
the turret shut off, and disappeared, but as far as people were aware, it was the tree's fault, and so, with people picking up axes, the tree was cut down, and eventually became firewood for the massacre it seemed to have caused, Sonnelion realized that he miscalculated, and what damage the ki turret caused. 'another mistake' he thought to himself feeling the weight of his sins weigh on him further. he sensed 'skylars' PL vanish, thus signifying her death. 'well, I did it...but at what cost' he thought to himself with deepening sadness, which he pushed down for now, his eyes hardened, and he put on a poker face. his blue super saiyan eyes blank, the scar on his face seemed to reopen, thus making him stop flying towards reku to hold his face. he looked at his hand, and saw blood. his breathing grew somewhat heavy for a moment, suddenly seeing all the deaths he's seen in his past, that of a planet getting eaten by what basically equates to space locusts, his child hood friends dead...
his aura darkened, he looked at reku who was flying away, his eyes twitching, his breathing returned to normal as he pushed the emotions back. he put the shield onto his back, and charged ki into his sword. 'well, now I'm a murderer...fuck...just...fuck....but, I can't let this push me into darkness, not like it did Reku...' he thought to himself. he wondered to himself why he even took the contract in the first place...'no, Reku needs to go down, he wasn't even showing remorse for his actions!' he thought to himself as a determined, but cold look filled his face, so he went back to ssj2, full glow and everything, and flew full speed at Reku, he noted Shadic coming up from behind him. "he isn't showing any remorse for what he did to the civilians...he needs to go down. any recommendations?" he asked shadic, the situation has hit Sonnelion hard emotionally. the scar had closed up again but signs of blood were still there. Sonnelion would be going into the hollowed mountains again soon, to go after Terium, he should have known what happened there would have affected Reku...but at least there, Sonnelion isn't anywhere near as likely to accidentally harm innocents with his power, so at the very least, he'd be punishing himself by going there. he wanted to be a power for good so much...but yet, because of his stupid mistakes people keep getting hurt! that fact eats at him really...perhaps the hollowed mountains may give him a better way...who knows really. he decides not to tell Shadic, believing its better to not involve him in his issues.
It was obvious to Sonnelion that Reku was in on the contract, he admits that they both fucked up. the difference though is that Reku isn't showing any remorse at all. THAT is what got his attention the most, the lack of remorse. this is the reason why he is going after Reku now...he took the shield out again, ready to use it if needed.
"War never changes. Only the instruments of war and the people who play in it."
"What is my true name? What Destiny awaits one such as I out here, outside of Lordroth?" Quin
"You can tear me down all you want, I will Never give you the satisfaction of my Death! I am ASPARA! FEEL MY FLAMES AND BURN!" Aspara
"I need time to think." Sonnelion
"Orkses neva lose if we run we'll jus' come back fer more! If we die it don' count!" Barrigan
Nexon continued to soar through the city, the sound of people yelling out in pain grew louder as Sonnelion's turret continued to fire into the city. Moving as quickly as he could, Skylar warned the red headed half-breed that people were following and with the condition she was in, Nexon was between a rock and a hard place. As she whispered into the Saiyan's ear, Nexon would take a sharp turn into a nearby series of alleyways, weaving through several of them. Just like everyone else, he could feel her power level drop and as it did, Nexon stopped. Walking out and standing in the street, the Saiyan would spike his strength up, his muscles and the like bulking up.
So many people attacked her and continued to pursue even when she was injured, he could feel it building up inside of him. His aura would roar out, the glass windows of the surrounding buildings shattering as he let out a roar, his clothes covered in crimson blood, his left arm nearly painted red with it. His energy would no doubt be able to be sensed by everyone as it tinted to a crimson, the Kaioken technique being activated. If anyone wanted to fight, despite all that happened, he would be more than willing to beat someone down.
((Uh Hypno, Sonnelion didnt hit Skylar with the tree weirdness, read nexon’s post ffs :/))
Reku stopped in midair as he felt Skylar’s energy completely disappear. The only conclusion he could come to is that A) The man who rescued her killed her, or B) She died from her injuries. Either way, she was dead and that’s all that mattered. Though he wondered if it counted, since he was the last one who hit her if he remembered correctly. Suddenly, he heard a loud roar from the man in front him as the crimson aura manifested, and that energy was huge. ‘Oh my…’ He couldn’t finish thought as he was interrupted by the shattering of glass from multiple buildings around him.
Turning back to see that maybe he should probably stay out of his sights, he saw Shadic and Sonnelion heading towards him. ‘That’s weird, didn’t they sense Skylar’s energy disappear?’ He wondered, only to realize that they weren’t going for Skylar. That’s when he let out of a huge sigh and powered down from his Super Saiyan Umbra form. He could probably take on Sonnelion, but not with Shadic helping out as well, let alone the angry monster of destruction that was behind him.
As Shadic chased after Reku, he kept note of Skylar's quickly depleting power. All the pieces were coming together, and Shadic was not happy about it. Reku may or may not have wanted to kill Skylar, but something motivated him to do it. The details of Sythius' protection contract also started to make more sense. The whole event was a trap; a trap that worked perfectly. Almost perfectly, aside from the civilians caught in the crossfire. Nobody wanted that.
Sonnelion seemed set on defeating Reku for what he'd done. How he worked into the whole thing still was unclear to Shadic, but right now he seemed like a random passerby, much like Nexon. Speaking of Nexon, he was mad. Even though he had flown away with Skylar, the crimson hair's powerup could be felt across the city.
When Sonnelion asked for recommendations, Shadic just shook his head. "Not here. You can't fight him here." He looked around at the mess they had made. The injured, the dead, the property damage, it was all wrong. Nexon was likely going to be more relentless since his memory was shot. He had no reason to hold back, mostly because he didn't know better. That worried Shadic, for Nexon's sake as well as South City's, "Get Reku out of town before Nexon gets here. This city has suffered enough. Go!"
The hybrid looked in the direction Sythius has scurried off to. Behind his sunglasses he sneered, unhappy that he was convinced to stoop so low for some measley zeni. "I have some unfinished business to take care of." Shadic took off, trying to find the reptilian politician he'd been hired to protect.
He knew she was dead. That mysterious hero wouldn't save someone and leave them unless they were dead. His scales sliced through the air. His tail flapped around like a empty balloon.
Sythius almost crashed into the ground near Skylar's body. He looked at her dead face. It was dead. It was deader than dead, cadaverific even. The lizard leaned down over her body. "I killed you..." he muttered. "I'm sorry." Sythius began to cry.