Mind if I add Joshua, Thin? :P Just following Intiate Protocol 13's characters :D

Sorry Thin. I mean After Cradle, where Joshua and Arthur were friends. No matter, I think I might not do it. Writing lots of characters in a spot is NOT my strong suit. Anyways.... ENJOY!
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Chapter One:

Feron was in his office, munching on Biscotti’s haven famous biscuits, when an alarm sounded. Feron spewed the last biscuit in his mouth, leaving crumbs all over the place. “Shoot.” He muttered, getting up when the alarm sounded again. “Oh what now?” He grumbled, leaving his office and heading towards Spiral HQ control room. “What is it?” Snapping to his familiar curt, stern tone.
The technician glanced up, hesitated, then stifled a small laugh. “What’s wrong?” Feron asked.
The technician shook his head, then smiled, “You still got some crumbs on you.”
Feron scowled, and activated his Combat armour. “Now, what’s with the alarms?”
The technician immediately stopped grinning, and turned back to his console. “It appears the several squads in the Clockworks have sent distress calls.”
“So?” Feron asked, annoyed. All these alarms, just because these squads sent distress calls.
“We have sent teams tasked to retrieve them, all failed.”
“Send Delta.” Feron snapped.
“Sent, sir. They disappeared, along with Beta and Omega squad.”
Feron was aghast. What could kill Delta, Beta AND Omega? He quickly regained his composure, and said, “Recall spec ops squadron Theta.”
“Yes sir.” Feron left, and hurried the Theta squad’s barracks. When he arrived, Theta was already there waiting for him, still in their combat armour.
“Sir.” The squad leader nodded. “We’re ready. We’ll get Delta and Omega back.”
Feron nodded in agreement, then stopped himself. “This is all good, but a few people would be joining you for this mission.” He flipped open the datapad, and opened up the file, ‘Task Force Delta’ He keyed in his security code, and immediately names popped up. Quickly following that, KIA and MIA symbols followed behind their names. Only a few are still alive. “Joining your squad for this mission are two people. Kyrie, and Fang.”

Thanks, Kaijuhunter, for the application. Btw, no one knows they were recruited into the Delta Task Force. It's kinda like the Avengers Movie, where none of them (Except Tony Stark, who hacked S.H.I.E.L.D's computers) even knew they were in the Avengers Initiative. So..... Rose doesn't know.

Yeah, I looked it up on the net too, Skype. Btw, I changed your weapons to 4*, 'cuz the team are headed for Tier 3 Depths.
Find out what happens, in..... Chapter Two! (P.S No action here, guys. But I guarantee action in the next chapter) Also, see Kyrie's attempts to flirt Rose!
@Hogmos-Forums Accepted. But will appear later in the story. I got enough characters to juggle around already :P
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Chapter Two:

Kyrie and Fang stood in the Arcade, waiting for Theta to arrive. Kyrie was slouching on a wall, hands in his Ash tail coat while Fang checking on his Polaris. He didn’t want it to backfire, just like last time. He drifted off into a flashback, when Theta arrived. Neither of Kyrie or Fang saw them, and both jumped when squad leader Rose Hawthorne cleared her throat. Both saluted, and Rose nodded.
“‘Morning, soldiers. You got the briefing?” Both nodded. They had been briefed by Feron through Commlink. “Good. We’ll be starting at Depth 19, where Omega and Beta was first seen. We’ll go down then.” She cocked her head to one side, “Don’t have a lot to say, boys? I was hoping for some chatterboxes.” She smiled, then waved her squad over. “Basic introductions. Shadow, squad recon; Gildrein, squad gunner; Rue, squad medic and me, squad leader. You?”
Rose extended a hand to Kyrie, expecting him to shake.
Kyrie glanced towards Fang, “I’m Kyrie, and my friend here is Fang. I would love to shake your hand, but it would cut right through it. I’m a swordsman. My two arms here are swords, my left a Silent Nightblade, the right a Blizzbrand.”
“Hybrid. Polaris and Fang of Vog.” Fang said, grasping Rose’s hand in his own, and shook it gently.
“Well, let’s go, shall we?”

They arrived at Depth 19, combat armour on, weapons out. But there was no sign of any enemies. Even when they stepped on the party button, a thing that screamed AMBUSH! at them, no enemies appeared, bar a few totems. They had reached the elevator unscathed, except for Rue, who tripped and landed in some thorns. They clambered aboard the elevator, headed for the next depth. What they saw was the exact copy of upstairs. No enemies, just... nothing. It was Kyrie who broke the silence, “Man, my blades are itching to smash some enemies’ skulls.”
Rose nodded in agreement, “Nothing I can do here, Kyrie.”
Kyrie shrugged, then climbed aboard the next elevator. “Hundred crowns says no enemies on the next depth too, Ma’am.”
She smiled, and flopped down besides him. “I’ll take on your bet. I got crowns to spare. And don’t call me Ma’am.”
Kyrie smiled, then hit the down button.

Title says it all. Why you ask? Lack of response. I know what you might say, "Sorry, read your post, but didn't respond." Okay, fine. I do that once in a while, but it's just kinda sad. No worries guys, just post about this chapter, and you'll be doing good! (Critique and comments would be awesome. The first prologue, chapters 1 and 2, nobody commented or gave critique, so please.......

WARNING: DO NOT READ CHAPTER IF YOU ARE SCARED OF METAL AND MAIMING, EVEN IF THE MAIMING AND FIGHTING PARTS ARE KEPT TO A MINIMUM, AND NOT DESCRIBED IN GREAT DETAIL.
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Chapter Three:

Kyrie lost his bet. Depth 21 was the exact opposite with the Depths they have just seen upstairs. Gremlins everywhere, lugging bits of scrap metal, others holding axes and shields, as if they had to fight for their lives in a minute, which was true. Rose grinned at Kyrie, then held out her hand. Kyrie, grumbling, gave her the 100 crowns, then took rubbed his hands in anticipation. Rose signalled to Shadow. ‘Recon. Kill if necessary.’ Shadow nodded, and cloaked. Rose and the others flattened themselves against the wall. “Let’s hope Shadow’s recon skills are good.” Grumbled Kyrie as he deactivated his Combat armour, a Wolver pelt taken from an Ash Tail.
“He is. He’s exactly like his namesake: a shadow.” She smiled, then hesitantly put a hand on Kyrie’s shoulder. “Let’s hope your fighting skills are as good as your file says.”
Their conversation was interrupted by Shadow’s scream, which can be heard all across the Depth.
Kyrie’s and Rose’s eyes widened in shock, and quickly activated their Combat Armour. They charged into the surprised Gremlins’ midst, hacking and slashing. They were so surprised, that they just stood, and let them be cut through. The squad and Fang jumped in, dispatching the guards. After leaving the corpses on the floor, they ran towards where Shadow’s scream was heard. What they found scared all of them immensely. Shadow’s head sliced into bits, his body mauled so bad they couldn’t recognize it, and the legs missing.
Suddenly, a door slammed right behind them, blocking their only exit. A hatch from above opened, and out poured.....bits and bits of scrap metal. They all raised their shields, and the scrap metal bounced off harmlessly. But more and more begun to pile up, and before the knew it, they were waist deep, and stuck in the stuff. It was already an effort to raise their shields, and still the scrap metal came. It won’t be long before they were buried in it.
Suddenly, a bright light beamed down from the sky, and a person appeared, with a slightly feminine build. “Need some help?” She, no a he, Fang saw, a ‘He’ with a feminine build, saying. Kyrie opened his mouth, and scrap metal poured into his mouth. He can’t close his mouth, and can’t spit it out. “I’ll take that as a yes. Grab my hand, everyone.” He gazed down on everyone, clearly disappointed in the lack of response. “I’ll just have to move the pile too, then.” He concentrated, and they were gone in a flash of prismatic light. A hooded person scowled at the departure of the teleporting person, and angrily said, “They got away.”

They all appeared in a small town in the same flash of prismatic, and the team collapsed on the floor, the scrap metal which was also teleported, lying next to them. Kyrie spat out the metal in his mouth, and managed to smile at the person. “Thanks, whoever you are. Who are you? Or.... What are you?”
The person leaned her head back a little, as if remembering something, then said, “My name’s Arthur. I’m one of the many human avatars of the Core.”

OKay Hogmos.... I'll make the next one longer

Btw, Crowns are made of metal, and blades are metal, so metal against metal is okay. Hands just have properties, but he can make his hand into a fist or something.

I just love when people nag at me. Nag nag nag. The perfect time to practice my ignorance skills.

Anyway, in this chapter, you won't be seeing Rose fight, but in the next chapter. The importance of this chapter: Basic introductions of Arthur, and Rose's sudden 'feeling' of Kyrie!
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Chapter Four:

Rose and the team had sought refuge in the small town, somewhat similar to Emberlight. But instead of Gremlins, knights walk around. It was actually quite famous for being a safe Haven when in the Clockworks, a haven away from Haven.
They were seating around a campfire, sipping some tea the locals had given them. Kyrie sipped a slowly, then lifted his head to address Arthur. “So you’re the human avatar of the Core?”
Arthur, who seemed like dozing off, but actually telepathically communicating with the Core, snapped up, and answered woozily, “Wha...? So.. yeah yeah, a human avatar of the Core.”
Rose glanced up, then asked, “What were you before you were an avatar?”
“Blacksmith.... Around three hundred to four hundred years ago.”
Kyrie spewed his tea all over the campfire, smothering the fire, and killing it completely. The others glared at him, and he shrugged, “What do you mean, three hundred to four hundred years?”
“Well..... The first Skylark DID crash in Cradle 5 hundred years ago. I’m from the first one. I’m assuming you’re all from ‘The Valiance’, aren’t you? The one housing the rescue party that was supposed to rescue The Skylark from Cradle?”
The squad glanced at each other, then nodded. A small smile reached Arthur’s lips, and he stood up. “It’s getting late. I’ll be in that tent,” He pointed at a small tent, painted silver, just like his hair. He then entered the tent.
“Well, you heard the old man. Sleep time, people. Get our your tents.” Rose stood and said, looking towards Kyrie and Fang. “You don’t have survival kits, don’t you?”
Kyrie shrugged once again, and gave Rose the I’m-just-an-innocent-rogue look, whereas Fang just said, “I don’t need it.” He deactivated his combat armour, and looked around. No one but Kyrie and Rose. The others have already crawled into their tents and fallen asleep. He spread his wings from the shirt he was wearing underneath his armour, and wrapped it around his body. “Good night.” He said quietly, so quietly that Rose had to strain to hear. Rose then diverted her attention to Kyrie, who was standing there awkwardly.
“Well...... I guess I could share my tent with you....” Rose asked, shifting from one foot to another. She had worked with males in her job, but she didn’t have any siblings and have never been in a relationship before. This, was getting her real nervous, despite facing Seerus alone in in Operation Crimson Hammer had not even fazed her.
Kyrie, just like Rose, had not had been in a relationship before, but he was less nervous. He looked around, trying to come up with an excuse, then managed to say, “You shouldn’t.... I’ll manage.”
“No, it’s okay. I insist.” The words were out of her mouth before Rose even thought of it, and she tried to take it back. “Urm... what I meant was....”
“I guess so..... It wouldn’t be a problem, right?” Kyrie asked, wringing his hands.
“No problem.... I’ll set up the tent first...” She asked, distraught. What has caused her to let Kyrie sleep with her? Perhaps she had taken a liking to to him? No, that was impossible. She had seen far more handsome boys. Then why? She was so caught up in her thoughts, that she didn’t notice she was repeatedly tying the tent to the ground, then untying.
Kyrie stepped up behind her, then helped her tie it. “There, that should do it.” He glanced at her, and their eyes met. Rose suddenly had a sudden urge of affection.
She blinked, then muttered, ‘Thanks.” She went past him, not even bothering to say good night, and slept.

The sun was just beginning to rise when Rose awoke, and found herself face-to-face with Kyrie. Kyrie’s eyes were closed, and breathing steadily. Sleeping. Rose gulped, then looked down. He had deactivated his Combat armour, and had wore a tank top. She gulped once more. She slowly got up, and out of her tent. She glanced back at the sleeping body of Kyrie, and headed out for a walk.