Spiral Knights - A Knight's Tale

A Knight's Tale

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Sat, 07/21/2012 - 10:33

Oroseira

This is the story of a young knight named Sarah as she finds more about cradle, after the disastrous event of the skylark crash. She will have to find a way to ensure the survival of the spiral knights. Just a warning, this is my darkest fan fiction yet. Don't ask why.

Prologue: Crash Landing

Skylark, 5:21 PM

Sarah was walking around the Skylark. Other knights were going around, talking and discussing the planet they were orbiting. "This is a great place to have an infinite source of energy!" She overheard. "Of course, with what we have, we need to find a way to create a path from our home planets to here." Another knight said. Suddenly, a broadcast came on. "This is your captain, we are experiencing weak turbulence, please stay calm." The broadcast declared.

"That's a relief." Sarah said, wiping some sweat off her forehead. Suddenly, the skylark started rocking to it's side. "Aaah!" She yelled, as she fell down to the floor by the intense rocking. Several other knights fell down. "Emergency! Extreme turbulence detected!" An alarm sounded.

***

In the cockpit, the pilots were having trouble controlling the plane. "Stabilize it!" Captain Ozlo ordered. "Sir, we can't! It's out of control!" One of the pilots said. Ozlo ran towards the control panel and flicked a switch. Beside it was "Stability Engines". The ship activated two jet engines attached to the sides, and the ship began to stabilize.

***

Sarah got up and saw it wasn't rocking anymore. Everyone else got up. "That was terrifying!" She exclaimed. Then, she saw a massive explosion, throwing her to the ground. A stability engine had exploded from an overload, because Ozlo had increased the output beyond it's capabilites. Several knights caught fire from the blast. It was a horrifying sight. She began to crawl away from the explosion and got up and ran. "This is Captain Ozlo. Everyone needs to evacuate. I repeat, everyone needs to evacuate! Head for your rank escape pods!" Ozlo broadcasted.

***
Ozlo and the pilots went for an escape pod hidden in the cockpit. He shut the door and pressed a button to deploy it. The pod unlocked from the cockpit and began to fall. He prayed for the safety of Wegner and Feron. Then he saw the two, in their pod, falling.

***

Sarah ran past the stasis chambers and ran towards the escape pods. She quickly opened the door and ran in, but then some other apprentice knights ran for her pod too. They got inside. Two males and a female had hidden with her. "Okay, this is too full, I'm closing the door and deploying it." One of the females said, closing the door and pressing the "DEPLOY" button. They watched from the window as other pods fell, and the skylark started descending at a straight angle. A stasis chamber, attached to the cockpit was sheared off as the skylark caught fire. It and the cockpit flew off into space.

***
The knights who didn't make it to the pods began to be flung towards the back of the ship, mostly apprentices, recruits and squires, and then the ship began to accelerate very fast. Then it crashed into the ground, causing a very powerful explosion that killed everyone who didn't get to the pods.

***

Sarah felt immense pain, because she felt her mom and dad die in the explosion. The pain knocked her out, as the escape pod caught fire, and began to enter the atmosphere. It caused a gaping hole in a cloud and crashed into a canyon face.

Sun, 07/22/2012 - 05:09

Oroseira

Chapter 1: The Dream

Sarah felt herself floating in an immense white void. She couldn't move, or feel anything. She saw her parents. "Don't be down, sweetie. We will carry our love for you to the very end." Her mom said. "Make sure to take care of yourself in the future, Sarah." Her dad said. "Now, wake up from your dream, sweetie, and take our love for you with us." Her mom said again. She watched as a fireball bursted behind them, engulfing them. "NO!!" Sarah shouted.

Then she blacked out.

Crash Site, 7:27 PM

"Wake up! Are you going to lay here and sleep?!" A male kept shouting at her. She opened her eyes with a flash and sat up, gasping. The male was wearing a Spiral Pith Helm and Cuirass. The others were stuck in the pod, scared to come out.

"Ariel, stop being a scaredy kat and come down!" The knight shouted at the female. Ariel jumped down. "Are you alright?" She asked. "Yes..." Sarah said. "We need to take our pod and hide somewhere safe. The sun is setting." The knight still in the pod said.

He began banging on the wall, causing the pod to fall from the face and crashed onto the ground. He fell out. "What's your name?" Ariel asked. "Sarah." Sarah responded. She got up and looked in the pod. Several kits with the words "Emergency Equipment" on it. She pulled them off the racks and gave them to the others.

"I'm Tristan." The spiral pith helm knight said. "Derek." The other male knight said. They opened the kits. Proto Shield, Swords and Guns were inside. "Too bad there's no bombs." Tristan said.

Then the sun fell. And night time began.

Sun, 07/22/2012 - 05:07

Oroseira

Chapter 2: Retrode Rampage

Crash Site, 11:34 PM

Strange, robotic zombies began to rise. Sarah looked up and jumped. "Aaaah!" She shouted. They began walking closer and closer to them. "Run!" Ariel shouted. The boys began pushing the pod faster, as it rolled towards a suitable place. Ariel and Sarah fended off the mechanical zombies.

Other colors began to appear: Red, Blue, Light Red and Green. The zombies began firing beams at them, and Sarah got poisoned, shocked, burnt and frozen all together blocking them from Ariel. Soon, the blue zombies kept freezing Sarah into an ice crystal and carried her off.

***
Cooling Chamber, 12:00 AM

Sarah woke up in some very cold enviroment under the surface. The ice around her head was melted. A bunch of mechanical zombies kept watch. Suddenly, she noticed they were guarding her from escaping! "Let me out!" She demanded. They didn't respond. Then, another person appeared.

Another knight. He was holding a gun that was red and had a lot of glowing spiked bullets lodged in it's shafts. The robots quickly moved to attack the newcomer. The next thing Sarah saw was robots exploding from the gun. The knight walked over to the frozen Sarah. "Are you alright?" He asked. "No, can you get me out of here?" Sarah asked.

The knight shot the bullets at the ice, shattering it and freeing Sarah. "Let's go." The knight said. "By the way, my name's Rhendon. You?" "Sarah." She responded.

Rhendon and Sarah left the room.

***
Crash Site, 1:20 AM

Ariel, Derek and Tristan were fighting off the mechanical zombies that attacked them, when glowing spikes impaled into them, and exploded. Rhendon and Sarah appeared. "Sarah! You're okay!" Ariel shouted, running towards her. She hugged Sarah and she did the same.

Sun, 07/22/2012 - 05:28

Oroseira

Chapter 3: Setting up Camp

Crash Site, 1:40 AM

"We should set up camp for the night." Rhendon said. "That guy is Rhendon. He saved me from a pack of mechanical zombies." Sarah said. "They're actually retrodes..." Rhendon said, scratching the back of his head. "What kind of gun is that?" Derek asked. "Blitz Needle. It has spiked bullets that pierce enemies." Rhendon said, spinning the gun shaft. The gun seemed to reload very fast. "It spins the gun when firing, so all the bullets are shot." Rhendon explained.

Ariel quickly ran over to a tree. "We should use this tree for firewood!" Ariel suggested. She began hacking at it with the Proto sword. Then the tree toppled, in her direction! Ariel quickly jumped away and looked as the tree crashed to the ground, leaving a dust cloud. She picked it up and Tristan ran over to help her. Rhendon and Sarah did the same. But when Rhendon pulled out his sword, it was a white sword with a blue handle and light. The two hacked away, and they both grabbed the log when it fell.

***

3:30 AM

Stones laid in a circle with two fallen logs burning, and the escape pod laid near the fire. Luckily, it wasn't flammable. Sarah went into the pod to sleep and so did Ariel. Rhendon, Derek and Tristan slept outside, under the stars.

***

10:00 AM

The knights awoke to massive explosions. They watched as escape pods fell like meteors. Explosions blasted the atmosphere. Only 10 pods fell. "Looks like we have company." Rhendon said, reloading his Blitz Needle. The pods opened and knights came running. They saw Lt. Feron's and Chief Geo Knight Wegner's escape pod, Captain Ozlo's escape pod and few other spiral order members crashing near some metropolis. It was a sight to behold.

"We don't have radio contact, so we better head for the generator." Rhendon suggested.

Mon, 07/23/2012 - 17:03

Oroseira

Chapter 4: The Gremlins

Ancient Generator, 11:00 AM

A furry, fox-like creature was running through the clockworks below the camp, and found some sort of generator. He pressed a button and it turned on. "Hee hee." The creature said.

***
Rescue Camp, 11:20 AM

Power surged through the camp like magic. "I guess we don't have to." Rhendon said, after jumping from the electricity pulsing through. Sarah and her friends got a call on their comlink. "Sarah? Ariel? Derek? Tristan? This is Kora, we've found a city called Haven, and the locals, strangers, told us they could stay, and also use the clockworks to reach the core, for a few minerals that are scattered all over the clockworks. Head over the chasm and proceed to Haven." Kora briefed. "Understood." Sarah said.

Chasm, 12:30 PM

The friends were fighting their way through the chasm. Then they started hearing a critter crying. "It sounds like that critter needs help!" Ariel said, and they ran into a room where a chroma whelp was being held in a cage, and furry fox-like creatures guarded them. "Attack!" One of the creatures shouted. "Quickly!" Tristan said, throwing a proto bomb Rhendon gave him. The creature wielding a big hammer got blown back. "Mending!" The creature with a wand shouted, casting some sort of healing spell on the creature with the hammer.

"You will never destroy the gremlins!" The creature with a flamethrower shouted. "Gremlins, eh? Let's just bust them and free that chroma whelp." Derek said, clashing swords with the gremlin thwacker. The thwacker had the advantage and knocked Derek down. Just before the thwacker could crush him with his thwack hammer, Ariel quickly cutted away at the thwacker. "Let's put a big cross in him!" Ariel said, her and Derek putting their swords together to make an "X" formation, and then ran towards the gremlin.

They quickly swung their swords into the thwacker, cutting him and wounding him. "Mending!" The mender shouted, reviving the fallen gremlin. "Get rid of the mender before anyone else." Tristan said, throwing bombs at the mender. The mender couldn't defend himself and got blasted to bits by all the bombs Tristan threw. Ariel and Sarah quickly took down the scorcher and all that was left was the thwacker. Ariel and Derek did their finishing blow, taking out the gremlins and giving them access to the chroma whelp cage. A small leather pouch hanged from it. Tristan took his sword and began lock picking the cage.

The cage broke open and the chroma was free to go. But it wanted to be with Sarah. "Put the pouch on and put him inside!" Ariel said, taking the pouch off the cage. Sarah put on the monster pocket and picked up the chroma whelp, putting them in the pouch. They proceeded, to a room full of explosives. "Yikes." Tristan said. "We shouldn't touch this or else we wi-" Tristan was cut off by the laughing of a gremlin scorcher. He walked out from behind a pile of explosives. "You idiots freed that chroma whelp we were experimenting on!" The scorcher said, upsettingly. "I'll ignite this fuse and you all will be burnt to a crisp! Mwa hahahah!" The scorcher walked onto a button and hit it, then ran.

Massive explosions began to appear around them. "Use your shield!" Sarah shouted, using her shield. Their shields blocked the blast but were badly damaged. "We better run for the exit." Ariel said. The chroma sticked out his tongue and pointed for a room, where the gremlin was. "Let's go!" Sarah shouted, running for the room. They stepped on the button, exploding a bomb near him. "Argh! I'll have to burn you all myself then, if you survived being blown to bits!"

Sat, 07/28/2012 - 07:35

Oroseira

Chapter 5: Razwog

Burning Chasm, 1:00 PM

The gremlin quickly sent a wave of fire at the knights. "Get out of the way!" Ariel commanded. They all quickly jumped to avoid the wave of fire the gremlin sent their way. Sarah began shooting at him, and them he seemed to be dead. They were dead wrong. Monsters began to appear, repeating one message: "Protect Schemer Razwog. Protect Schemer Razwog."

"Destroy them." Sarah cold-heartedly said. She quickly fired a charge shot at a mecha knight, which knocked it back. Derek quickly slashed a scuttlebot and Ariel and Tristan did a cross-slash to a Lumber. They eventually destroyed all three, and then Razwog got back up. He sent a massive wave a fire at Sarah, spilled oil near Ariel and threw napalm at the boys. "Jump!" Tristan commanded and the boys jumped away from the exploding fire bomb. Sarah blocked the fire wave with her shield and proceeded to slash away at him. Ariel quickly shot, but then Razwog ignited the oil. Ariel quickly got burned and collapsed from heat exhaustion.

"Ahahaha! You meddling kids will all fall like SHE did!" Razwog boasted. Sarah quickly cut his head off. "Shut up, over-confident gremlin." Sarah coldly said, then proceeded to pick up Ariel and carry her. When she finally arrived near a square platform, Lieutenant Feron appeared before them. Sarah laid Ariel down. "You've made it safely, Sarah. We'll get Ariel back to good shape before your next mission." Feron said. Sarah picked up Ariel again and she and her friends, and Feron, went up an elevator to a passage to Haven. Knights saluted before them.

They reached haven successfully, with Ariel exhausted. What will be their next mission?

Tue, 07/24/2012 - 20:22

Oroseira

Chapter 6: The Wonders of Cradle

Haven, 1:30 PM

They reached haven. Several knights who had managed to make it across on their own wandered about haven. They bought and sold wares at the auction house and conversed. Sarah overheard knights chatting. "I can't believe I wasn't chosen for Alpha Squad!" One knight said. "I also can't believe that." Another knight said. "I wonder what this Alpha Squad buisness is?" Tristan said, in confusion. Suddenly, a comlink message was broadcasted to them. "We have an emergency! Something has riled up the beasts near the Aurora Isles, where our Geo knights work, and they want to devour the Geo knights! Hurry and stop them!" Kora said.

"We're on our way." Sarah said. She and her friends ran for the elevator, while Ariel was being watched over by Lieutenant Feron to make sure she recovered.

The Aurora Isles, 1:45 PM

The isles were torn apart places of land. Beasts and Slime wandered around, but a pack of wolvers were headed for the Geo Knight camp. Sarah, Derek and Tristan arrived quickly. Sarah's Chromalisk quickly spotted the pack, and they ran towards it, but the islands were sheared. A wind gust could carry knights across. "Let's use that wind funnel and approach the pack." Derek said. They took the funnel and were blown towards the vicious dogs. One of the wolvers didn't seem quite right.

It was gray and black, emanating a pixely aura. It had pulsing pink eyes and it looked like it wanted to deal some serious trouble. Sarah walked over and picked up the puppy. The other wolvers didn't react, because they were attacking the mist barrier. The wolver started snapping and letting out ear-piercing barks. Nobody reacted. Then the wolver quickly squirmed it's body to move towards Sarah and bit her.

"OW!" Sarah shouted, dropping the wolver. A warning flashed on her screen. "WARNING: Infection detected. Minor threat. Eliminate if it evolves." It said. "Feron will have to analyze that. That's something I've never seen before." Quickly, the wolver was eliminated to prevent any more infections. "Take the rest out! Move!" Sarah commanded. Derek and Tristan took out the wolvers fast, just as they shattered the mist barrier.

A Geo Knight ran over to them. "Thanks so much! We thought we were going to be dinner for those beasts!" The knight said. He quickly pulled out a few cobalt sets, two caliburs, a blaster, and a blast bomb. Tristan took the bomb and a cobalt set. "Cool, explosives." Tristan said, polishing it. "I see you like bombs." The knight confessed. Sarah took a calibur and a blaster. "Ariel might need this." She said. "Oh, you have one more?" The knight asked. "She's sick. She caught heat exhaustion fighting a gremlin pyromancer." Sarah said. He handed Sarah a cobalt set too. "Thanks." Derek took the final cobalt set and the last calibur. "Whoa, a spiral order sword. Awesome." Derek said.

Arcade, 2:00 PM

Feron analyzed the infection Sarah had obtained. "It seems to be some sort of virus that can evolve. Like the warning said, it needs to be removed. But our medical equipment can't remove it. How will we get rid of it?" Feron said, then asked. "Does it have a name?" Tristan asked. "For lack of a better name, we'll call it The Swarm." Feron said. "The wolver you reported was swarm-infected. Could a virus be going through the planet?"

Suddenly, an alert sounded. "What's the news, Kora?" Feron asked. "Alpha Squad...they've gone missing!" She upsettingly said. "No! How could they?" Feron asked. "They said they were entering the light and then the recording abruptly stopped." Kora explained. "We need to find them." Feron said. He turned to Sarah and her friends, and to Ariel, who had recovered. "I'm sending you on a quest to find Alpha Squad, but first we need to find their recon modules. One of them is in the Gloaming Wildwoods." Feron said. "Sarah, decide the roles."

"Alright, Ariel, you'll be gunner, Derek, you'll be guardian, and Tristan, you will be bomber." Sarah commanded. "You shall now head to the hall of heroes to get your gear. Make me proud!" Feron said, saluting. Sarah and her friends saluted. "You are a team, a squad to find Alpha Squad and if possible, bring them back. Your squad name is Beta Squad." Feron said. "Now head to the hall of heroes, and become heroes!"

Mon, 09/24/2012 - 16:32

Oroseira

Chapter 7: The Hall of Heroes

Hall of Heroes, 2:00 PM

They arrived at the hall. Several knights stood around, and a terminal was nearby each one. "Looks like your the squad sent to find Alpha Squad, correct?" A knight wearing a Nameless Set asked. "I'm Daxen, representative of gunners for the hall of heroes." "Right. We're here to get gear to get prepared for the mission." Sarah said. "Just up ahead is Remi and next to him is Izola." Daxen explained. "Talk to Lieutenant Barrus and we'll get a little battle testin out of you, if you catch my drift."

"Alright then." Sarah said. She checked the terminal next to him and got recipes for Prismatech Alchemer, Shadowtech Alchemer and Autogun. She then got the recipes for the Gunslinger set for Ariel. Then she went to Remi. "So, which one of you is the bomber?" Remi questioned. "I am." Tristan said. Sarah bought Tristan recipes for the Spiral Demo set, a Blast Bomb, A Freezing Vaporizer, A Toxic Vaporizer, and a crystal bomb. Finally, they over to Izola. "It seems that if Tristan is bomber and Ariel is gunslinger, then Derek is the Guardian, right?" "Yes, Izola." Derek said. Sarah bought him a Troika, Spiral Plate Mail set and a Magnus.

"Now that you all are geared up, shall we begin a little battle testing?" Barrus asked. "Hold it right there!" A knight in a Skolver Set holding a Dread Venom Striker shouted. "Echo? Why did you try and prevent it?" "Because Sarah forgot to get gear." Echo explained. Sarah went over to Echo's terminal and got herself a Wolver Cap and Coat, a cutter, a calibur from Jorin and a swiftstrike buckler. "Let's go."

"Alright, begin!" Barrus shouted, shooting a valiance bullet into the air. The two groups charged at each other. "Man, they're fast!" Tristan exclaimed, jumping to avoid a Nitronome Remi planted. Sarah and Echo were locked in fierce combat. Sarah quickly began violently slashing at Echo, dealing severe pain. "Aaaagh!" Echo shouted in pain from a deep cut caused by Sarah's Cutter. Daxen quickly overwhelmed Ariel. "Ariel has been defeated!" Barrus announced. Sarah did one final blow to Echo, damaging his mist tank. Echo lifelessly slumped to the ground. Sarah smirked.

"Echo has been defeated!" Barrus announced. Then Barrus saw the damage Sarah inflicted. "Whoa, she even managed to take out Echo, who managed to outlast most knights. I bet she'll have no problems in the clockworks." Barrus thought. Sarah quickly took on Daxen and took him out very fast. "Daxen has been defeated!" Barrus announced. "They're dropping like flies." He thought again. Tristan finally managed to take out Remi with a carefully placed Freezing Vaporizer and then a Blast Bomb. "Remi has been defeated!" Barrus shouted.

Izola and Derek were equally matching each other, finally taking themselves out with one final blow. "Beta Squad has won! 2-0!" Barrus announced. "You've exceeded our potential. I know you will make a great leader Sarah." Barrus said. "Thanks." Sarah said, sheathing her Cutter and flipping open her cap. "So, where's the first module?" She asked. "The Gloaming Wildwoods. Be careful, as beasts are everywhere in the forest." Barrus told Sarah. Sarah flipped her cap on. "We're going for the Gloaming Wildwoods." Sarah said.

***
???, 2:15 PM
A knight, wearing a elemental set, was rushing through the dark, hiding from gremlins. "In the name of Isora, let me escape this place." He quietly murmured. Next to him was a recon module. He played back the tape. Astounded by what he found, he put a tracking device on the module, since it was Alpha Squad's recon module.

Mon, 09/24/2012 - 16:37

Oroseira

Chapter 8: Unexplained Power

Thunder Fist Arena, 2:30 PM

Beta squad was busy slicing and cutting up monsters. Tristan had to be helped up twice because of the office furniture throwing devilites. Trojans, Devilites and Greavers caused tremendous trouble and so did Silkwings. "This is crazy! Whoever devised the clockworks is a maniac!" Ariel cried out, shooting her Autogun at the back of a Trojan.

Gloaming Wildwoods, 3:30 PM

After taking their loot, they went for the elevator. The Gloaming Wildwoods were up ahead. When they went down, they found themselves in a forest. Wolvers and Chromalisks prowled. "Let's sneak quietly through here." Tristan whispered, and they managed to get through, until they saw it. The Snarbolax. It roared at them and then burrowed. "Let's go." Sarah said, and then they went to the next level. The beasts quickly began attacking, and then Sarah did the impossible. Her hand glowed bright blue. "What is this?!" She exclaimed. Words flashed on her screen. "ENERGY BURST READY" What nobody ever saw was the swarm symbol glowing on the palm of her hand.

"ENERGY BURST!!!" She shouted, slamming her fist against the ground, causing a gigantic explosion. Doors collapsed and trees fell. Monsters were vaporized. The blast's power was so tremendous, it gave the Snarbolax a scar. Sarah's friends were blown against a locked door, destroying it with sheer force. When it all ended, the entire level was destroyed. "What did I just do?!" Sarah cried out, her eyes changing back from red to blue. "You destroyed the level. Freaky." Derek said.

"I need to find a way to control this." She said.

Lair of the Snarbolax, 4:00 PM

Sarah and her friends reached the lair. She smirked. "Let's do this one." She said. They hit the button and the Snarbolax came up. It roared ferociously. Sarah never knew why she could do an energy burst when she wasn't even defeated. "I think I can use that burst again. Stun it, if you will." Sarah commanded. Derek lured it and then Ariel shot the bell. "Now...let's do this again. Energy...BURST!" She shouted. Her hand glowed blue once again and then she smashed her fist against the ground. The Snarbolax was destroyed.

"Now let's go pluck it's fangs." Sarah said. They took it's fangs and ran for the treasure. But then, Sarah collapsed. "Oh crap! Sarah!" Tristan shouted. "She's in a comatose state. We better head deep for now, it's the only way to find some way to get her out of this." Ariel said. Ariel used a energy link to lock Sarah to her, and Derek wore Chroma's monster pocket for the time being.

???, Unknown Time

Sarah found herself in some sort of nightmare, in a dark place. She saw Alpha Squad. But then a black pixely mass infected Euclid. The other squad members began shuddering in fear. "Where am I? Why is Alpha Squad here? Why did you posses Euclid?!" She demanded. "We are the Swarm. We are infinite. We share one goal in mind: To corrupt cradle. You Spiral Knights are perfect for possessing to help us with our goal. You were infected by a monster infected by us. That energy blast you could do was because of us...

You have to pay the price. We tried to consume Alpha Squad before, but then those fools entered the core, the only weakness of us! Otherwise, you'll be subject to nightmares, FOREVER! Ahahahahaha....." The swarm explained. "Noooooo!" Sarah shouted. Then she blacked out.

Sanctuary, Unknown Time

Sarah found herself underwater, and a person wearing a Chaos Set overlooked her. "Don't feel hopeless. Just try and find your way out of this nightmare. If you can, then I'll meet you." The knight told her. "Who are you?!" She demanded. "My name is Kyle. I am the one who found one of Alpha Squad's modules. You can find the rest. But it won't be easy. This place is the core's fleeting dream, the only place safe from the swarm." Kyle explained "Then how do I get out of this nightmare?!" She demanded. "You have to fall into the core in this nightmare. You'll wake up and the infection will be gone." Kyle said.

Sarah could move around in this comatose dream, and got out from the water. She quickly ran for the elevator, and before leaving, Kyle was nowhere to be found. The elevator was moving for what seemed to be an eternity, then the chains stopped and Sarah fell into an opened core.

Mon, 07/30/2012 - 10:28

Oroseira

Chapter 9: 3 Months Later

(Short note: YES, Chapter 8 and 9 are 3 months apart. Sarah's nightmare lasted 3 months and they've recovered the modules in Royal Jelly Palace and Gloaming Wildwoods. Kyle still exists too, he's the knight seen briefly in chapter 7.)

Ironclaw Munitions Facility, 12:30 AM

Sarah woke up with a jolt. Everyone was asleep and she couldn't believe where she was. Her armor looked different too, and so did her weapons. She was now equipped with an Ash Tail set, a Vile Striker, an Ascended Calibur, a Dark Thorn Blade, an Avenger and her shield was a Dark Thorn Shield. Her friends looked different too.

Ariel now wore a Sunset Set, and her weapons were a Prisma Driver, a Shadow Driver, a Strike Needle and a Master Blaster. Her shield was a mighty defender.

Derek had a Heavy Plate set, a Mega Magnus, and a Khorovod.

Tristan wore the Heavy Demo set, had a Mighty Defender for a shield, having a Master Blast Bomb, a Freezing Atomizer, a Radiant Sunshards bomb, and a Spike Shower. A month before, his Toxic Atomizer broke, from a gremlin demo bomb, so he got a Spike Shower.

She also saw Kyle. His personal color looked the same from her nightmare, but his armor was a miracle set, with a wise owlite shield, wielding a Grand Flourish, a Graviton Bomb, a Blazebrand and a Master Blaster.

Sarah sighed and took Chroma from Derek and put it back on. "Why did I bother trying to hold that Swarm Wolver...it got me into this mess. Finding the swarm's intent, meeting Kyle, falling into the core and waking up in the Ironclaw Munitions Facility..." She thought silently. "It's just a race against time to stop the swarm from corrupting the Alpha Squad."

Tue, 09/25/2012 - 17:40

#10

Oroseira

Filler...

...for now.
I plan on making everything after that chapter much more interesting. Chapter 11 will have the twins battle, chapter 13 will have the five entering the Snarbolax shadow lair, battling the rabid snarbies(that's a songfic) and Chapter 14 will have Sarah fight a possessed Euclid in the unknown passage, and then finding the sanctuary in person, not in dream, chapter 15 is Heart of Ice, Chapter 16 is Ghosts in the Machine, Chapter 19 is Firestorm Citadel, and chapter 22 is the Grand Arsenal, and Chapter 25 is Legion of Almire, and Chapter 28 is Compound 42. Finally, Chapter 30 is an epilogue. Then I'll make a sequel.

Tue, 07/31/2012 - 07:19

#11

Oroseira

Chapter 10: The Factory

(sorry for being away, I got grounded from playing SK so I'm stuck secretly hiding on the forums, while my parents are distracted by the olympics.)

Ironclaw Munitions Facility, 5:00 AM

Kyle woke up. "Sarah?! You're awake!" Kyle exclaimed. "I've been awake since 12:30. What is with the gremlins anyway?" Sarah said, drawing a Avenger. "Get the others up."

Kyle woke up the others and they were on their way. Gremlins attacked them and they attacked back. Kyle managed to shut down the facility's rockets and destroyed the prototypes. "Objective: Total Destruction." Sarah ordered. All the prototypes of Project R and other things were eliminated. However, the gremlins had a secret weapon they hid for only the time they annihilate Haven.

They saw the laser prototypes, but a gate was blocking the way to the prototypes. The group hit a party button and then rockets propelled into solid blocks. "Move that big gate." Kyle said, shooting a solid block. Derek moved a switch forcing the gate to change. The rockets hit a ghost block and allowed them to go. "Shut down the lasers and then we'll take out Project R." Derek said. They quickly shut down all the lasers in the explosive way.

When it was finally over, they only had to get rid of Project R and haven's safety is ensured.

Thu, 08/02/2012 - 10:48

#12

Oroseira

Chapter 11: The Roarmulus Twins

Roarmulus Twins Chamber, 5:30 AM

The elevator dropped. They could hear someone smashing something and shouting "DIE! This is my revenge for killing my best friend!"

"What's his problem?" Derek asked. They ran to the healing pads and healed up. They quickly saw the knight got blasted by a laser. "Yikes!" Kyle said. "Let's do this." They ran onto a button and the gate shut behind them. "Oh dang. He needs help fast." Tristan said, and then threw a Master Blast Bomb at one of the twins. The twin exploded and quickly targeted it's cousin, firing nukes at it.

"Teamattack. Stupid." Sarah coldly said, cutting the damaged twin with her vile striker. Suddenly, nukes began dropping like rain. "AAAH!" She shouted, getting hit by a nuke. She was hanging on by her hand. Tristan couldn't handle all the nukes and ended up tossing the wrong bomb: Radiant Sunshards.
The explosion exploded the twins, but the fight was not over yet.

Cables attached to the twins and robotic bodies attached to them. "Oh no..." Sarah said. She got up and activated her transmitter. "Feron...we have a serious problem. The twins have entered their final stage!!" She told Feron. "Blasted Gremlins! I'll send you an atomic bomb. Use it carefully!" Feron said to Sarah.

An atomic bomb Feron promised to Sarah appeared in the middle. "USE IT NOW SARAH!" Derek cried out, getting pummeled by a nuke. One of the twins swing an arm at Tristan and blew him back against the unconscious knight. His eyes opened and he saw something he had a nightmare about: The full extent of Project R.

"Energy...Revive!" He shouted, initiating an energy blast. He quickly drew his Final Flourish and began cutting off the cables on one twin. "Sorry Gremlins, I'm the Knights' Project R!!!" Sarah shouted, slamming the bomb with tremendous force against the floor. The explosion knocked everybody out and the blast caused serious damage to the clockworks. The factory was incinerated and the platform the six were on fell towards depth 20. A wolver den nearby was sheared from the blast, seperating two voltails. They began yelping and yelping as they fell towards the royal jelly palace.

The island crashed down and the dogs died. The explosion destroyed an office building in the Dark City, the blast incinerating innocent devilites inside the building. The blast even caused a sinkhole in haven, where the alchemy machine was. The stranger leaped and landed on the stable ground, as the hole consumed the entire mesa that the machine was on.

The platform fell further and further to it's demise. Then it crashed down, kicking up a dust cloud. Feron had lost contact with Sarah.

What happened to the six?

Thu, 08/02/2012 - 10:50

#13

Oroseira

Chapter 12: The Darkest Depths

Power Complex, 7:30 PM

Sarah woke up. She heard the roar of the snarbolax, like it was crying out to her. "Is...someone there?" She asked. She heard the roar again. Suddenly, her weapons and her shield began glowing. They quickly changed to the ultimate versions. Her friends' equipment changed too.

Ariel had the Nameless set, Derek had the Ironmight Plate set, Kyle had the Chaos set, Tristan had the Volcanic Demo set and her armor...didn't change. The weapons did however. Then she heard a voice. "Come to the shadow lair..." it whispered. "Time to rock." She said, darting off.

Her friends woke up later and ran to the same depth too. Powerful monsters impeded them as they ran for the clockwork terminal. Finally, they all met up at one spot. "Why hasn't your armor changed?" The knight in Valkyrie asked. "The Snarbolax might want to test me, to see if I'm worthy." She said. "Wait...I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Gale Harrison." He said, flipping his Nova Driver. "We need a shadow key first." Kyle said, looking around. A shadow key lied meters away from the elevator. "Let's use it."

Sarah took the key from Kyle and put it in the keyhole. She turned the key and the lock, key and chains disintegrated into swarm mist. They stepped on the lift and it went down.

Wed, 08/01/2012 - 02:50

#14

Oroseira

I'm excited....

....I'm holding back for now. Just enjoy. I'm gonna have my party today.

Mon, 09/24/2012 - 16:42

#15

Oroseira

Whoops.

....why did I copy this.

Tue, 09/25/2012 - 15:01

#16

Oroseira

Chapter 13: Miasma

Gloaming Wildwoods?, 7:31 PM

The lift went down, but a noxious mist had appeared. Gale coughed from the toxic gas. "This miasma..." Gale started, coughing again, "is way too toxic..." "Wow, whoever did this wants us dead!" Kyle said, covering his mouth with his arm. "This is some toxic miasma. Stay in my Ironmight Plate Shield." Derek said, pulling up his shield, it activating an energy field that sealed out everything, even miasma.

They ran through the toxic woods, fending off Drouls, Vile Howlitizers, Hurkats, Deadly Virulisks and Rabid Wolvers. They eventually reached a room where two snarbolaxes, both with a dark green hide and pulsing green eyes stared at them. They both roared and the miasma faded. "Sarah, now is the time to fight. We shall test you and if you are worthy, we shall grant you our power." She heard.

"Let's begin, shall we?" Sarah said, pulling out her barbarous thorn blade.

Songfic time, as I promised. The song is Let's Go by Ne-Yo ft Calvin Harris. Linky, since the normal coding has had a bad day at work: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZVo4Nv2hWI&feature=BFa

SONG STARTS NOW!

Sarah and the gang prepped their weapons.------Let's go
The Snarbolaxes roared. ----------------------------Make no excuses now
The Swarm Seed and a Silkwing appeared.-------I'm talking here and now
The fight began. Kyle was on bell, Gale attacked--I'm talking here and now...

the silkwing, and the others bumped the snarbies-Let's go
to the bell. They sustained little pain. --------------Your time is running out
"Why aren't they dying?" Sarah pondered. --------I'm talking here and now
"Maybe we need to step it up!" Ariel said, ---------I'm talking here and now...

revving up her blitz needle.--------------------------It's not about what you've done
When one became weakened, Sarah and Ariel----It's about what you doing
quickly attacked with charge attacks. ---------------It's about where you go
The snarbolaxes stepped it up too. ------------------No matter where you've been...

"Quickly now!" Kyle shouted. -------------------------Let's go...

"Now!" Derek shouted. --------------------------------Let's go!

They all attacked with intense power. ---------------Let's go!

The snarbolax was resilient and quickly attacked----Let's go!
with intense speed. "You'll have to try harder!" -----Oh,
Sarah heard, from one of the snarbolaxes ----------It's now or never
mocking her. "AAAARGH!" She shouted. ------------Oooh, oooh!

"One is almost done!" Kyle shouted. -----------------Let's go!
"We're not finished yet!" Sarah ----------------------Tonight was good
heard again. "JUST GIVE IT UP!" She shouted. -----Tonight is better
She attacked with brute force, taking one out. ------Oooh, oooh!
"Alright, my brother is out. You are good." ----------Let's go!

Sarah heard from the snarbolax that was ---------- There ain't no better time
still in battle. It made mass copies of itself ----------I'm talking here and now
and quickly caused intense harm. "NOOO!" ---------I'm talking here and now
Derek shouted. "AAAGH!" Kyle screamed. ----------Let's go!

"GAH!" Gale yelled. "Ungh!" Sarah grunted,-----Right now is where you shine,
kneeling to the floor with pain. ------------------- I'm talking here and now
"Wow, so strong..." Terrence said, falling -------I'm talking here and now...

flat on the floor. "Piece of cake." -----------------It's not about what you've done
The Snarbolax mocked at Sarah. ----------------It's about what you doing...
"I can still win this!" Sarah cheered -------------It's about where you going
to herself. She stood up and coldly --------------No matter where you've been...

stared at the snarbolax. "Well played." ---------Let's go...

The snarbolax said. ------------------------------Let's go!

"Time to finish this off." Sarah said. -----------Let's go!

"SARAH!" Gale shouted, charging --------------Let's go!
his nova driver. Sarah and the -----------------Oh,
snarbolax were locked in battle. ----------------It's now or never
"HAAA!" She screamed, getting ----------------Oooh, Oooh!

a successful stab at the beast. ------------------Let's go!
"Your stronger than I thought. -------------------Tonight was good
Maybe I thought wrong about you." --------------Tonight is better!
It said. Gale shot his driver, -----------------------Oooh, oooh!

permanently disabling it's invincibility. -----------Let's make it happen
The two were fierce. The stakes were ----------Ooh, let's make it happen
high. The battle was coming to an end. ---------tonight....

"War. War never changes. Yet you---------------Let's make it happen
still are alive. Why are you so --------------------Ooh, let's make it happen
resilient?" Sarah said.------------------------------tonight...

"Look." The snarbolax said. Sarah ----------------Let's make it happen
stared at the seed. It had been buffing the ------Ooh, let's make it happen
snarbolax all this time! "See?" it said. ------------tonight....

"Argh! I'll have to get rid of that first!" -----------Let's make it happen
She shouted. She ran to the seed and -----------Ooh, let's make it happen
madly attacked it. It slowly retracted. ------------tonight...

"Now to deal with you." She said. ----------------Let's make it happpen
The two quickly went wild at each ---------------Ooh, let's make it hapen
other. Gale assisted her. "No! --------------------tonight...

Don't die on us!" Terrence shouted. -------------Let's go!

"Come on!" Derek taunted the snarbolax.-------Let's go!

"Be strong!" Ariel shouted. -----------------------Let's go!

"Get him!" Kyle shouted. -------------------------Let's go!
"Don't give up!" Gale shouted. -------------------Oh, it's now or never
Sarah quickly made it take massive blows -----Oooh, Oooh!

to the face. ----------------------------------------Let's go!
The snarbolax also hit her in the face. It was -Tonight was good
a fight to the finish. ------------------------------Tonight is better!
Eventually, Sarah had dealed enough, ---------Oooh, oooh!
and so did the snarbolax. -----------------------Let's go!

Songfic is over.

Suddenly, out of nowhere, an aura from a divine avenger quickly cut the snarbolax in two. Then someone appeared.

Euclid.

"Euclid?" Sarah asked. He quickly jumped away. "Oh no! We have to go after him!" She shouted. She got everyone up and they pursued Euclid.

Tue, 09/25/2012 - 15:02

#17

Oroseira

Chapter 14: Unknown Passage

Unknown Passage, 8:00 PM

The lift fell.

A dark, foreboding path lied ahead of them. Dead gremlins littered the pathway. They walked down the pathway to a button. Pressing it, the level suddenly became one big room. Euclid was there, staring at what seemed to be an elevator. Parma, Rulen and Grantz were there two. The group ran over. Parma turned around. "He's not responding to us. Do you think something got into him?" Parma questioned. Sarah had a flashback to her nightmare where she saw Euclid getting possessed by the swarm.

"Something." She said. Euclid turned around. "So you have managed to locate us, have you?" Euclid asked. "We have, but why did you finish off that Snarbolax for us?" Sarah asked him. "I don't know what got into me but I had this urge to help." He explained. "He he he...you still seek the light. So you've brought me more test subjects?" A voice called out. Suddenly, Parma, Rulen and Grantz collapsed. "Parma! Rulen! Grantz!" Tristan, Kyle and Gale shouted. They ran to their side. Sarah, Ariel, Derek and Euclid looked up.

"Well, what do you think?" Euclid said to some sort of abomination. It had a singular eye and was a mass of swarm pixels. Euclid's voice sounded more monotonous and seductive. The swarm mass laughed. "Perfect. I was starting to get bored of experimenting on you, so now you can relax. I'll deal with these foolish knights myself." The mass said to Euclid, before striking everyone down with stygian lightning. Sarah got up while everyone else was knocked out.

"Oh you. I'm going to have to destroy you now. Euclid, show her your power." The mass said. Euclid made a swing at sarah, generating a thin air blast. "Ah!" She shouted. She pulled out her Dread Venom Striker and ran at him. The two clashed at each other and then they struck each other down. Euclid's eyes faded to his normal purple. "What have I done..." he said. He walked over to Sarah. "You found me. Thanks. Now we have to escape." Euclid said. "I don't think so." The mass roared at Euclid. Euclid's Argent Peacemaker used it's charge to destroy the mass.

Everyone else got up. "Let's leave now." Alpha and Beta squad walked to the lift and it lowered, to a place that Sarah thought she knew...

Tue, 09/25/2012 - 16:59

#18

Oroseira

Chapter 15: Heart of Ice

Sanctuary, 8:15 PM

The lift lowered. Sarah picked up what seems to be the fur of the snarbolax. When everyone else walked over, Kyle noticed a stone. Everyone but Sarah ran over to listen to it. Sarah put her Spiral Tailed Helm and Brigandine on and dropped her Ash Tail Cap, Ash Tail Coat and the Nightmare Mane in the water. She heard a voice. "I can make a Snarbolax Cap and Coat from that. Shall I?" It asked. "Yes. Do it." She said. A bright light emnated from the water and when she peered in, the cap and coat became what the voice told her it was going to become. She took them out of the water and put them on.

Suddenly, the two squads got a transmission. "Come in Alpha and Beta Squad! We have a double urgency! We've heard that some fiendish cult is going to freeze Cradle and we've gotten a distress signal from what seems to be a derelict factory. Alpha Squad, respond to the distress call. Beta Squad, head to Amu-Sol and stop this deranged cult from destroying the clockworks." Kora briefed. "Alright." Sarah said. "Let's go."

Amu-Sol, 8:30 PM

The lift lowered. The four pulled out one of their weapons and rushed out the gate. Devilites, Greavers, Howlitizers and Frostifurs fell like dominoes. That was, until they reached an arena. Tons of monsters sat on benches. A monitor stood on a pole. "Whoever did this wants them to have a front-row seat to our deaths." Gale said. Kyle walked backwards to see how many there were, and then, he heard a button being pressed. Looking down, he had turned on a button.

The monitor powered up. A trojan appeared on the screen. But it was white and blue, with a little ice on his left eye. "Ah ha ha ha! You meddling knights are going to be easy to take care of. Legion of Permafrost, attack!" he commanded. Monsters began to pour into the arena. "I'm sick and tired of this." Derek said. "Back me up on this one."

Kyle silently nodded as the two sliced and diced through the enemies while Sarah, Tristan, Gale and Ariel dealt with the Trojans. Then, only two alpha wolvers were left. Sarah sliced and bashed, but they didn't get a scar. A bell popped up. "Another beast bell." she said. Gale hit the bell and then Sarah made quick work of the wolvers.

Proceeding on, they reached the trojan's room. "You insignificant kids! Do not interfere with what I'm setting in action!" He yelled. "For I am Maulos, and I will smite you all!" He turned around and then let out a discharge, closing the gates and creating two Pearl Greavers. Gale and Kyle baited the Greavers while Ariel, Sarah, Derek and Tristan attacked. Eventually, Maulos's armor had chipped and cracked enough to be damaged by weaponry. "Time to end this!" Sarah shouted.

She pointed her Barbarous Thorn Blade forward, and rushed at Maulos. Maulous pointed his Ice Mace forward and rushed at Sarah. Sarah and Maulos made quick slashes at each other. A frosty wind blew, and then, Maulos's armor shattered. A cold blast made a massive hole in the middle of the floor, then another explosion enveloped the room in white light. When it cleared, a knight wearing a Cool Spiral Crescent Helm and Flak Jacket lied on the floor, unconscious.

"Looks like he was a corrupt Spiral Knight." Sarah said, sheathing her Barbarous Thorn Blade. "Derek, use an energy link to lock him to you." Sarah said. Derek linked the knight to him, and then, Sarah looked down. The Everfrost Core had exploded. "Warning. 3 minutes to core meltdown. Warning. 3 minutes to core meltdown." An alarm sounded. "RUN!" Sarah shouted. They jumped down the hole and ran though the many floors of the Everfrost Tower. The tower began to collapse. Devilites fled the downtown part of the city as tons of ice and stone crashed down.

By the time they escaped, the tower was long past gone. Then Sarah received a transmission. It was from Alpha Squad. "Emergency! We're surrounded by exploding zombies! Quickly, come to us soon!" she heard from Parma. "We have an Alpha Squad to rescue." She said.

Thu, 09/27/2012 - 07:46

#19

Oroseira

Chapter 16: A Ghost in the Machine

Derelict Factory, 8:45 PM

The lift lowered. "Split up and find the statues." Sarah ordered. They all rushed off. Frankenzoms, Sparkies and Voltrodes were ruined in their wake. By the time they had finished, only a Static Deadnaught remained. Sarah made quick work of it. Then they reached the second level. The unconscious knight woke up. "Wh..where..am I?" He asked. "It's hard to explain, but, we're in a derelict factory." Derek said. Derek disabled the energy link and the knight was free. He walked over to the terminal.

It read, "help us". But when he checked the next part, it said "THE SITUATION HAS BEEN RESOLVED, PLEASE EXIT THE FACILITY". "What's your name?" Gale curiously asked. "Er...I'm Maulos.." he responded, nervously. "So Maulos was your name even before you became a Trojan." Kyle said. "It was just so cold and dark back there...then these little horned creatures found me." Maulos explained. They walked on to another terminal.

Up ahead was Alpha Squad. Kyle read out loud. "They will kill us they will kill you....hm, curious." Kyle said. "Ah, you came! Quickly, get us up!" Grantz shouted. Derek ran over and helped up Grantz. Then he got everyone else up. "There's no other monsters. Strange." Parma said. They grabbed the key and opened another door. "We already did one, now let's see what's back here." Euclid said, as the two squads walked through the mass of wires and broken metal.

"A button!" Maulos pointed out on a wall. He ran over and pushed it. "Maulos, we don't know what that does!" Ariel warned him. But it was too late. They heard sounds of something powering up, and they turned to see screens turning on. The light illuminated a gigantic battlepod. Euclid ran over and read the print on the front. "The Big Iron...looks tough." he said. Then the eye turned on and looked at Euclid. He jumped. "Yikes!" Parma shouted. Part of the eyelid came down like an angry eye.

A purple field surrounded it and bullets began spinning around it. It began opening cannons on it's bottom and shooting everyone. "Duck!" Sarah and Euclid shouted. The two squads ducked as Sarah got closer to The Big Iron. When it stopped and the field went down, she quickly attacked it, and it shut down. Then it turned back on. "This thing doesn't give up!" Rulen shouted, shooting some live wires with his Argent Peacemaker. Then it stopped again. Sarah, Euclid and Maulos quickly bashed it.

It shut down again and turned back on. This time it began discharging lightning on the arena, firing lasers and using it's live wires in an attempt to kill Alpha and Beta Squad. However, it sacrificed it's shield, allowing the squads to destroy it. It finally exploded in a grand explosion, bringing tons of metal down and dropping everyone into the Cargo Bay. "Two missions solved. Now let's get some rest." Euclid said, and they walked off to Haven.

Thu, 10/04/2012 - 18:01

#20

Oroseira

Chapter 17: A Gauntlet of Beastly Proportions

Sarah walked through haven. The night sky had a few stars and a moon. She looked up at it. "Things like these remind me that I'm shooting for greater goals. I really should shoot for them otherwise I'll get sidetracked. What I'm striving for is really the survival of the Spiral Knights. But even while backed by two squads, how can I do this?" She said.

The next day was rough. Running through the darkest part of the clockworks to reach the arena Vanaduke devised by himself was not easy. But the challenge that lied further was even harder. Even two squads wasn't going to be enough. Maulos had joined Beta Squad as the technician. Running to the entrance, they saw a small sign. Reading it, they saw the words "The Gauntlet". They ran to the gate. Maulos stared at the projectors. "So we're facing Voltails and Quicksilvers. Prepare yourselves!" He said, reading the symbols.

They ran on the button, and countless enemies swarmed them.

(WIP)

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