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The Clones Return (Chapter 9)
By Vader
Para stood in the throne room of the Leader of the Flooders. River had related to her practically a thousand times the experiences he'd had in the Leader's throne room when he had been his apprentice so long ago, what he did there. But only now did she connect with his feelings of darkness when she was in it herself.
The Leader's throne swivelled from overlooking the giant plain battle below him. He stood up, and walked down his stairs, circling her, his face shielded by the black hood attached to his flowing black robes. His evil glare was not seen by Para, who stood, unsure of what to expect. "Do you know of what pain that awaits you, my young maiden?" he asked her, his voice dripping with menace. Para looked at him, worry just barely beginning to creep into her thoughts. She simply shook her head, but only slightly. "It will be the worst you have ever felt," the Leader continued, "And yet I would rather not waste you, my dear. I can see that your skills would be of much use to me. While you could use definite refinement in the ways of darkness, you would be a welcome one to take River's place as my appre-"
"No." Para's single word of denial echoed through the darkened room. Her words were firm, strong. She said it, knowing she would receive retaliation, expecting it. Yet she couldn't have braced herself for what was hurled at her next.
Red, blazing, searing bolts of sheer energy came generating forth from the slate black walls, the hidden devices having been activated by the furious Leader, tearing into her and knocking her backwards. The surge had completely been taken her by surprise, for River had never told her that the Leader had possessed such power. The aftermath of the shocks produced thin, winding lightings curling around her body, consuming parts of her clothing and burning it to ashes. She started to get up on her feet again as she saw somebody else come to enter the room from behind the Leader.
Prepare to face your ," River's dark tone echoed through the room. The Leader turned as Para pulled herself up from the floor. River chopped off the panel from the wall that the Leader had been using, the red lightning energy from within consuming the blade of his sword. absorbing the blot with his sword, which caused it to glow red. River gazed back at Para. "Run! I'll take care of him!" Para ran to the corner to leave the throne room as fast as possible.
River turned, fire burning in his eyes as the Leader brought up the sword he had taken from Raptor-Rex at the battle that took place right after the Unnamed Site's explosion. River's face scrunched as he gave a purely evil look at the man who had raised him, a look of pure, raw, unadulterated hatred, rage, and loathing. He exploded in rage as he leapt towards the Leader, consumed by anger. Their duel began.
The battle on the plains raged on.
Majestic-1 bent low kicking his leg out at the knee joints of a group of the clones causing them to tumble backwards. He brought one of his mega-machine-guns forward to unload upon when as he whipped his other behind him to smash the head of another clone. He spun around, took that one out, jumped and landed in the middle of another troop, crouching low and spinning, holding down the trigger to rapid fire on all the clones around him. Finished with the clones immediately in his area, Majestic ran over to another part.
As he did, the mammoth double doors at the base of the nearby clone device opened once again at their recognizable clang. Majestic groaned and a whole other set of hundreds upon hundreds of warriors marched out to meet the forces of good. He ran forward to unload upon the new clones as well taking down several of them. As the clones to continued to march out of the doors, troop after troop, they retaliated upon Majestic. He ducked to avoid the thick shower of bullets that reigned on top of him. He ran forward, back into the crowd behind him as more clones advanced.
Jon and Rexoraptor approached from behind. "Maj! I don't know how we'll win this! We've lost half our men!" Jon cried out.
"We'll try our damndest, anyway!" Maj said, excitement emerging from him as he reloaded his two weapons. Rexoraptor and Jon nodded firmly and joined their friend open firing. Despite the doom that now loomed over the entire United Legislature, they would fight to the .
Vader, Raptor-Rex, JohnArnold, and Cyros made their way through the piping in the vent. It was almost like a maze, with pipes and wired running everywhere, all around them. It was becoming more and more narrow and a squeeze as they advanced. "Do you hear that?" Raptor-Rex asked the others. The stopped and listened. Right below them, they heard the faint buzzing of extreme power. Cyros ripped off a piece of metal below them with his sword as they peered downward. Through a large vat and beyond, they saw the huge, bright, orange glow of the central core that powered the entire device.
Without question, the Admins dropped, whipping out their swords to cut through the vat as they fell, causing an array of sparks and landed in the room with the generator. JohnArnold reached into his pouch as the Admins looked on at the impressive core, retrieving the ten, very rare es needed to completely wipe out the machine.
With a loud bang, Cyros suddenly dropped to the floor, , his head lying in a pool of red. Bewildered, the Admin's eyes darted around to search for the shooter in denial. "Cyros!" Raptor-Rex yelled as he bent low.
"Look!" JohnArnold yelled as he aimed and fired upward. Several elevators came rocketing down from the top of the core, packed with clones inside, aiming to fire at the Admins. Vader and Raptor-Rex pulled out their swords, twirling their blades to deflect any bullets that came their way. John open fired. He was about to use one of the es to hurl toward the troops of Flooders that would soon be upon them, but knew every single one of the small, weapons would be needed for the detonation.
The elevators reached the bottom. Vader and Raptor-Rex advanced, showing no fear, cutting down and deflecting. JohnArnold brought his legs back and then jumped high into the air to land on top of the generator in the middle of the central core. As fast as possible, he struggled to set every single explosion set. He didn't get far before clones climbed up to meet him. They all circled him. He was shot directly in the leg and he fell to the base. The clones aimed again, this time for John's head.
There was a huge flash and nearly two thirds of the clones in the room were sent into flames and explosion in a surge of smoke. John looked over to see the man in green armor high near the top of the room who'd wiped out the crowd of clones, the man who River had identified as Jedrek Div. John had no clue as to why the man would save his head from being blasted open, but he was glad that his life had been saved anyway. Jedrek disappeared from the core room and as Vader and Raptor-Rex continued to battle the remaining clones in the room, John pulled himself back toward the middle of the center of the core, clutching his leg.
A womanly body ran up to him, her clothing half torn open and scorched. John looked up to see the person's face. I was none other than Para, who picked up a from one of the clones. "I'll cover you," she smiled and she quickly helped him get back to set the es. Within a few minutes, John had it set. He and Para jumped down to join Vader and Raptor-Rex. They had five minutes to escape with their lives. Para was hoping with all her heart that River would join them soon . . .
2/22/2002 11:45:39 PM
(Updated: 2/22/2002 11:51:51 PM)
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