Unless someone else wants to.

But I agree, no mystic.

Episode 43 /•/ Laugh and Cry

(Shade Narrative) (a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6knD-7fTR-A&feature=related">Rottt Genesis)

"Almost there.." Zooduth growled, setting off a number of bombs at once. The Juggernaut's iron body seemed to be unaffected, where I attempted to strike again. A large winding scratch ran across the side of his body, then healed in an instant.
"HOW MANY DEATHS WILL IT BE HOW MANY?" He bellowed, and lifted up a foot, breaking itself from ice and fire.
"ONE," I heard a loud shout, and a huge bullet blew a hole straight through his head. He roared, and made his foot come crashing down onto the ground, a shockwave the size of the sun released itself from the area. I felt the arena itself begin to collapse, heavy metal and random rubble threw itself from the ceiling, landing on unsuspecting creatures and other somethings. 
"SHADE," I heard Evan shout, pulling up a Callahan in his left hand, while his right was completely severed off. Zooduth threw over a Proto bomb, I leapt in time for it to propel me right through the air. Following that, I felt another tiny explosion rocket me straight at the Juggernaut. Reaching for my sword, I felt the air beside me part into two. I felt the cold hilt of my sword being dragged out slowly by my own hand, followed by what felt like a reassuring warmth. I closed my eyes, hoping for the best that the Juggernaut wouldn't smack me right there. I finally opened them again, and slashed out a wide arc, cutting cleanly through his metallic body. I landed on the top part, sliding downwards as the separate parts clanged against the arena, creating a huge hole in the floor. Swarm creatures of all kinds fled from the area, looking up to Krogmo's viewing stand, he was cowardly stuffing himself behind the door, squeezing tightly before he popped out.
"Where now?" Evan asked behind me, clutching his bandaged arm.
"Wherever THIS leads to," Zooduth looked down onto the hole. I stood above it, looking down I could see some flickering lights and scorching red metal.
"Isn't that.." Tony stammered.
"The Munitions Factory, we're close to them," Blue snapped, then eyeing a crate of something.
"Remember that Striker Shield Elevator back in the first story?" Blue started to bite at the crate.
"I remember the ELEVATOR, but first story?" Dove helped her get out the stuff from the crate.
"Fourth wall, tsk,"Evan sat down on the edge, looking down onto the metal lying on the ground. (STOP)

Fifteen MINUTES BEEFOOOORE......
(Hahaisaidbeef)
(Necro Narrative) 

A quick lash of flame followed by the spawning of a number of swarm cronies sent the mood into battle.
"Did you hear that?" Wedge landed on his front hands, asking me as he tumbled by.
"An explosion? Dozens so far," I quickly said to him, lashing out a bladed attack, slicing a number of Void Lumbers to their components.
"Hah," I backed away, to see Falcon eyeing me from a distance. He let out a number of flames, burning a path straight to me, disintegrating a number of Void creatures in the quickest possible way.
"......" He silently said, dashing towards me with little space between the both of us, even less time to react. Before a spear dashed it's way right between us, hitting Falcon head-on.
Falcon stammered away, pulling the spear out from his side. Not much of a "blood" was dripping off it, more like a "black crap" thing was forming a puddle on the floor. He threw it towards Chuck, who he missed by a pixel's length. I felt a cold blast of air blow the looser parts of my armor and helmet sway, feeling my Swords turn cold, I smashed he both of them into Falcon's stomach. Shattered ice crystals and black liquid spilled in every direction.
"Wedge," I grunted, clutching my arm as I felt a second degree burn singe my clothing.
"On it," He immediately flashed behind me, taking out a Graviton Vortex and a Shivermist.
"You poor unfortunate soul..." I grinned psychopathically. I felt my senses turn sharper than a gunshot, and my vision blurred a bloody red. STOP

(???? Narrative) (Note the ???'s) TARTARUS

She felt kinda heavy of my shoulders, but the armor surrounding us was heavier than Mystic.
"God.." She panted.
"How come YOUR the one who's panting, when I'm the one carrying you?" I snapped back at her.
"Because! You smell so much the heat is unbearable!" She bared her teeth, looking at me with something Feron would do.
"Both of you, be quiet," I heard Vog's voice in my head sharply growl.
"Whatever," Mystic answered, before I finally caught up to him and Vog on the other side of the hallway.
"Come, I sense Vee's soul," Vog said, as he heaved Mystic onto his back.
Better than carrying a heavy-as-hell Trojan.

Episode 45 /-/ Crunched

(Necro Narrative) (Mist)

(Continuing the last chapter's narrative)

I was pushed back by a large flame, landing on my left foot as I grabbed my  blade in time to block another fireball.
"Why don't you just die already..." Falcon frowned, igniting both of his hands.
"Snap out of it!" Wedge clung to his back, pulling out a Voltiac Tempest. Suddenly, the biggest explosion we ever heard rocked the whole Factory, as I felt the ground itself shake and shift.
"Zooduth, definitely Zooduth," I facepalmed, as the tremors gave way to the sound of metal being ripped apart.
"An explosion doesn't make that kinda sound," Falcon, also stunned, looked up as a gigantic greyish mass fell from the ceiling, falling at a great velocity.
"Un-holy COW!!" I remember hearing some unfortunate member scream, (I wonder who..).
"Tch," Falcon sent a gigantic flaming lash on my direction, I set off on the wrong foot and let the embers singe my leg.
I winced in only time to watch everyone else run away, as I watched Falcon linger over me.
"Down to hell we go.." He said, grinning before he dark look in his eyes disappeared, along with the evil aura floating around him. That, then complete blackness.
(STOP)

(Third Person Narrative) (Staring at the Shadows)

Silence befell only before the crushing sound of the Juggernaut's massive body onto the two knights. Complete quiet danced around the factory, seeming like the flames themselves stopped in time.
"HEY-O!" Evan screamed, as a dumbfounded Arus, Talon, and Rya looked up to see two Gremlins, three Skolvers, and a Were-Wolver float down by a Striker-Shield platform. 

(10 Minutes Later..) 

"What the heck happened to your arm?" Arus lumbered Evan over his back, carrying him to a tent.
"What about it? Other than it's amputated," Evan grinned sarcastically.
"Why would you amputate your arm? You're a GUNSLINGER for the love of-" Arus was about to drop him onto the scorching metal floor, when Evan looked towards Zooduth and Blue, who were looking at the rubble from the Juggernaut.
"Leave it at that, we need a meeting with the five of us," Evan hopped off of Arus's shoulder, and limped to the tent.

(STOP)

(Ether Narrative) (Regret)

Bloodless came back, holding a glowing white stone in her hands.
"You know, it kinda feels like it's trying to tell us something," Bloodless put it into the safe-case*.
"I don't think either Zooduth or Blue will be able to sleep," Dove and Tony came towards us, followed by Chuck, Burp, and Shade.
"This group really grew smaller in time,"  Shade planted his sword into the metallic ground.
"What are they planning anyways, it's like they're trying to get a death wish," Tony curled up next to Dove, who was lazily pushing around a piece of scrap metal.
"Ok, first, Mote, SHUT UP WITH THE HARMONICA," Shade nearly screamed, throwing a rock which missed Mote's eye by, that much.
(STOP

/Flashback/
(???????? Narrative) (Muted) 

I slowly opened up one of the tent flaps to see a small gremlin sleep inside.
He's the one... I thought to myself, about to grab him when I felt a rock hit the back of my head.
"You armored idiot!" I heard a gremlin yell, waving both of his hands.
"Why you-" I grabbed my Leviathan, and leapt off of my feet. 
"Talon! Rya! Get Arus!" He yelled, running away as I saw his brown fur disappear behind the trees.
Guess I'll just collect him too.. Without another word, I ran after him. I could hear his heavy breathing, as the terrain in the depth changed. I could see the wall coming in, as the Gremlin stopped dead in his tracks.
I could see the panic being instilled in his eyes, his gaze scrambling before he saw a discarded Magnus covered with dust. He scrambled to reach for it, re-activating the aged weapon in his hands. Bringing up the sword, I attempted a sideways slash to cut off his arms. He backed away in just the last second.
"Heh, look right behind you," I said, he turned around to see a million foot drop to the end of the level sphere.

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Me: Two birds with one stone!

Hariko: More like two knights with one pile of iron.

Talon: Says the one who's WEARING iron.

Dusk: >:(

It's getting lonely again..

*Sits in emo corner*

Episode 46 /M/ The GORE Chapter*

*In 3 Chapters (I got the idea from Car Ads)

(Feron Narrative) (Living With Determination)

Square shadows from the windows posed as an ironic negative against the well lit hallways. I tossed another Nitronome towards him. The explosion pushed me forward, as I called out again.
"EVERYONE GET THE VOG OUT!!" 
I finally caught glimpse of the gigantic exit door. Before the blackness spread fast enough to cover the entire door. He was reduced to walking, as the lights began to go out as he followed by them.  Shattering glass and defiant wind blew from the open windows.
Im sorry Cort.. 
I planted the sheath of my Leviathan into the blackened mass, tilting my head down as I closed my eyes. I waited for the coming of my death, until a few seconds later, I looked up, to see him staring a me blankly. He didn't even settle for breathing, his eyes and body were frozen in place. The blackness curled away from the walls, finally coming back into him.
"What..?" He rubbed his forehead, as I slipped through the door. I found myself in a whirlwind of running knights, each one running like there was no tomorrow.
(STOP, play Heroes Collide)
I switched on the interface communicator, hearing crackling before Barrus's raspy voice finally came through the static.
"Get the knights, and those in the hall of heroes to calm down the crowd, but get them ready, there will be bloodshed tonight," I barked over the noise.
"What's the problem? Can't you just take care of it?" Barrus replied, I couldn't hear very well either, as I heard a combination of static and screaming from his part.
"Get everyone into the Arcade, NOW," I switched off the call to bump a knight into the fountain.
"Feron!" Kora leaped out from the cold, stagnant water.
"Kora, get everyone to the Arcade, border it up," She nodded, taking out something that she invented in case of an emergency like this.
"EVACUATE INTO THE ARCADE, I REPEAT, EVACUATE INTO THE ARCADE," She yelled over the random chatter, as the whole crowd began to move in one direction. I dug my heels into the dirt, feeling the brush of sharp and rough armor dig into my arms and body. I felt a tap on my shoulder, turning around to see two faces I wouldn't expect, not even in a time like this.
"We need to hurry," Fang grabbed my arm, as Kozma nearly ran alongside us. 
STOP

/More flashback/

(Evan) (Nyx)

The Knight kneeled down to my level, a look from a mix of ferocity and quietness were present on his face.
"See this gun?" He said in a low, raspy voice, grabbing the barrel of it. 
He pointed it to his forehead, with him still holding it.
"If you don't have the guts to slay a living being, you have already lost this fight," The ferocious scowl left me reeling with the look.
"You leave him alone!" A familiar yell echoed in the breeze, as I saw a silver spark followed by the sound of a sword clanging against he steel of another rang in my ears.

(Stop..)
(Natsu's Theme)

"Hm? A Swordmaster Gremlin.." The Knight traded steel with Arus, as he was  pushed backwards from an elbow to the chest.
"Evan, stay down," He didn't bother to look at me, coughing a little blood as he brought his sword up again.
"Believe me, I've been through worse," I chuckled, standing up as I felt his scowl without having to look at him.
"Can you use that to fight?" He looked at the Magnus in my hand.
"Probably one shot left," I grinned, reactivating it as the whir of machinery inside of it started to warm itself up.
"One shot.." Arus began, bringing his sword to a defensive stance.
"One kill," Taking the gun into a two-handed posture, as the knight finally leapt forward, bringing about his own sword.
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Me: No, it's not Dusk.

Dusk: Eh.. what?

Me: It's your clone from one of my twisted experiments. 

Also, ONE SHOT, ONE KILL, the quote I remember hearing somewhere, but I don't remember. So, please don't start ranting on copyright.
(Insert more Legal Stuff here)

Please, fill out the paperwork.

*Dumps a huge-15 inch packet on your desk*

And I will evaluate and send back the results in.... 5-10 weeks.

(Got the Idea from.... something)

We have notes in this chapter. Oh joy. 
(Notes, used for tying up loose ends, (Metaphor needed) will be displayed accordingly at the end of a chapter. 

Episode 49 /S/ She's a Teacher (Oh god)

(Silent Ensemble)

~Wedge

I heard the voice of a adult female gremlin wail through the trees, I grabbed Rya's hand and ran through the woods in pursuit, finally coming upon a clearing wih the others in it. Arus and Evan were knocked on the ground, and Rachel was perched on a tree, looking down upon the Knight that had ambushed us earlier. 
"Talon?" I felt her glove press against my shoulder.
"I really don't feel like killing your kids or anything," The Knight gestured a taunt towards Rachel, who uncoupled a Moonstone, and Valestone staff from her band.
"I am NOT married!" Rachel threw the the Valestone staff to the knight, which he dodged with ease.
"Hah, and I thought you're a TEACHER, not a dimwit," He taunted.
"I'm not just a teacher, I know more than mending magic itself," Rachel threw forward her Moonstone staff, hitting the ground straight upwards. The two staffs were positioned next to the knight.
"Reaction: Cooler!" Rachel focused the elemental energy put in both staffs, unleashing a strong pulse of freezing energy between the both of them. The knight, caught by surprise was frozen to the ground. Quickly picking up the Valestone staff, and replacing it with Crimsonite staff instead, she then proceeded to cause another reaction.
"Reaction: Assimilate!" (Note 1)  Rachel caused the both of the staffs to glow, causing the air around the knight to glow purple. A collection of elemental plasma started to form around the side behind him, where he looked behind him to see the level sphere. Rachel nearly smirked, before the energy sustained in the air was released, leaving a gigantic blast mark in the ground, and more importantly, the Knight's dent mark was traveling upwards on the Level's wall. 
(STOP) (Mask of Life) (Note 2)
"Rachel, what was that?" Talon immediately said.
"That was something I've been researching, the use of two wands if different minerals to create a reaction," Rachel clipped the two wands back to her back.
"Also, good news," Rachel looked at all of us, her metallic locket swinging in the breeze.
"You all passed, being able to deal with a tier three knight with Arus's current state," Rachel looked towards the fake moon as it drifted above.
"So?" Evan shifted his look from "YES" to "whatev".
"I'll teach you myself, you five will train alongside my other pupil," Rachel started to walk in the direction of the elevator, we followed her without hesitation.
Finally, stupid provisional training. 
(STOP)

~Donovan (Still exists) 

(Troubled )

Andrien stared at me, wide eyed as we heard those last sentences emanate from their meeting tent.
"Oh god," He whispered, worried.
I was about to pick myself up and shout to the others, when a gremlin's hands covered my mouth. 
"Hold it.." Talon let go of my mouth, staring at me with eyes colder than (something cold).
Andrien had a gun pointed to his forehead, and before we could even notice, we were being dragged to the inside of the tent.
"Okay, so we found these guys hiding outside the tent, ideas?" Arus put the metal latches on both of them, putting them against the table. (Yes, they have latches on the table)
"Well.." Arus whispered something close to Evan.

~Third Person

"Do you're psycho impersonation," Arus grinned sarcastically.
Evan walked towards the both of them, as he took out a nice looking Sentenza.
"How long has it been since I've killed an actual living thing..." Evan turned his back towards them.
"A very long time..." Arus crept towards his side. (Crept, yes)
"Would you guys like to.... watch?" Evan grinned the most nauseating smile in his entire being. (Sounds familiar?)
Andrien was panicking entirely, sweating from his head down.
Although, Donovan wasn't buying any of it.

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Note 1: I know already that the normal reaction for a "Knocker" gremlin is "Harmful Reaction," 
But really.
Try playing a game that says "harm" instead of "damage" or "kill".

Note 2: Because this takes place before the second story, and that one is the backstory, that means Rachel was nowhere near this point in time.

Begonias! I'm going to write a fic after this about the HOH people, no copying! 

Episode 51 /-/ The King of Darkfire

(Rya Narrative) Mist 

Clinging by Wedge's side, he didn't even bother to glance at me.
"No turning back," Arus drew his sword, stepping on the pressure plate. 
Talon, looking down, stepped along with Evan onto the  plate as well, drawing both of their weapons.
Holding my hammer backhanded, I watched as Wedge stepped onto the plate, turning back to look at me with eyes that once stared blankly into the sky.
"Long time since we got to do something together, right?" Evan smirked quietly, showcasing a palette of guns.
Nodding, I grabbed Wedge's hand as I stepped onto the pressure plate. 

(STOP Battle for Everyone's Soul )

The ground rumbled, the path before us tore apart. A large, hulking figure emerged from the fissure, a purple cursed insignia floating in front of it's face.
"Vanauke's Counterpart, Darkfire Vanaduke," Talon grabbed her staff with both hands. Two black swarm seeds appeared on both sides, already squirming around like liquid.
"Watch out for the ceiling," Evan quickly flashed his battle grin, taking out both guns as he ran to the side. Talon, flanking Arus as they ran forward. I turned around to see a blur of colors as Wedge was already setting bombs.
Hearing a growl, I quickly slammed my hammer against a number of void whatchamacallits, all of them being launched in the direction of the hulking figure. A gigantic shockwave was discharged from the center of the area, as Darkfire Vanaduke's mace glowed with an eerie light. Raising it again, a silver streak of light revealed to be the fiery blade of a sword slashing through his thick skin. Running forward, I slammed random swarm bits into Evan's target-zones, their entire bodies riddled with holes until they dropped dead.
"Rya, shockwave!" Wedge called over, barely missing a Void Lumber's attack.
Slamming my hammer forward, it destroyed a portion of the ground, and following the shockwave, Wedge jumped in time for the ground to toss the Lumber out of the way. I heard a number of deranged screams  behind me, turning to see Void Gremlins and Void Wolvers about to pounce. 

"Reaction: Spark!" 

A spark connected all of them, they dropped to the floor, twitching until they seizured dead.
"Thanks," I said, Wedge helped pull me back up.
"That wasn't me," He rubbed the back of his head, throwing a Graviton Vortex behind him, a loud explosion followed by flying Swarm blew over the top. We stared at Talon, who activated the next reaction.
"Reaction: Toxic!" She shouted.
(STOP)

(Sylvin Narrative) (Rample Rouser)

"Daxen, Jorin, Sylvin, keep the crowd down! We need to get everyone in here situated," Zebulon yelled, screaming for everyone to stay quiet.
Of course, in situations like this, people tend to do the exact opposite.
Zebulon was pushed to the ground by accident, a knight's leg accidentally stepping on his back. Angered, he threw the knight off of him and he landed in a pile of scrap metal.
"Daxen, we need to use force," Jorin shouted, his Azure Gaurdian set gleaming in the crowd.
Daxen took out an Iron Slug, and aimed it at the ceiling.
"Shoot, I'll take care of it from there," Jorin grabbed a couple crates of something, despite the weight, and with my help, we were able to get them together into a little stack.
"Now!" Daxen yelled, then shot his Iron Slug a couple times in the air to get everyone's attention.

*BANG*

*BANG*

*BANG*

Suddenly, nearly every knight in the arcade turned their surprised faces towards Jorin, who was standing on top of all the crates, his Leviathan and Cold Iron Vanquisher hung across his shoulders.

(STOP True Strength)

"All of you, listen," Jorin shouted, I held up a mic so every speaker in the vicinity extended his voice.
"I know and realize this is a tough situation, but we need to be ready for whatever comes next!" He shouted, his echo bounced from each wall to the other.
"Everyone! We need to be prepared for the worst! If we all die, we will all die fighting as the knights who crash landed on an alien planet, not as some rag-tag group of weaklings who cower behind swords and weapons, we are..

(STOP, Okikurmi the Hero )

THE SPIRAL KNIGHTS!"Jorin shouted, bringing both swords up as a roar of cheer emanated from the crowd. 
"Gunners, position yourselves at the entrances of the Arcade, if anything black and wriggly comes into your field of vision, don't stop shooting until it's dead!" A rush of Gunslinger knights hurried over to the entrance.
"Swordsmen, create a barrier closer into the corner of the Arcade," Another rush of the tide of knights left only the Demos standing.
"Demos," Jorin began, grinning.
"Blow 'em to pieces!" Another happy roar of the Demos as they stocked themselves with bombs of any kind.
"Monsters, help in any way you can, support us or you will fall along with us as well!" A mix of Beast growls, the determined moan of the undead, the loud shaking of jelly, the trumpet-like sounds of Devilites, and the roar of Constructs and Gremlins filled the air wih even more crashing noise.
"This is the final stand of the Spiral Knights," Jorin raised the mic to his face.
"And we won't go down without a fight!" 

________________/
The Arcade is crazy huge, just sayin.

Like, think of around 3 blocks radius around your block. Then, think of multiplying the area of that by 16.

Huge, right?

It's going to be over soon...

I'm gonna guess how many actually read this anymore.

Episode 54 /-/  Peow

(Amber Narrative) (Mist)

"What the he-" I immediately said, stepping off the elevator in the arcade. It was a full-on war, knights and monsters fighting the swarm.
"Ah! Amber!" Kora yelled, running towards us, Feron, Kozma, and Fang following her.
"What's going on?!" Alex brought out his sword, Faust and Avenger yelled at the same time.
"No time to talk, we need to hold it back," Feron caught glimpse of Vaelyn, thrusting both Flourishes into the thick-bodied swarm. 
"Bloodless, Ether, locate the injured and help them," Alex said, and slashed the Void Lumber behind him.
"Zooduth, do as much collateral damage as you want," Feron only took a second to notice that Zooduth was loaded with explosives.
"The rest of you," Feron only nodded, and we quickly understood. 
Following Alex, we came upon a number of knights fighting the black substance creeping all over the place.
A huge explosion, followed by the screeching of metal and machinery being torn apart knocked me onto the floor.
Bringing my block upwards, I immediately slashed the Swarm behind me. It was warm and humid in the arcade, the smell of burnt flesh seemed to make the air rot. I nearly tripped over the body of a dead knight, his items spread across the floor. Looking to my right, those Sentinel things materialized from the Swarm. 
"Ale-" I was about to say.
"I'm already there," He snapped back from the intercom. I saw a purple and black blur speed from behind me. Rushing towards the Sentinels, he spun around with his sword, slicing them apart cleanly. He clutched his chest, catching his breath when I saw one of the surviving Sentinels brought up his sword behind Alex's back. Without thinking, I took out my sword. Not even a moment was used for aiming it, I threw my sword in the direction of the Sentinel. He blocked it with ease, using his blade to block the spinning metal. 
He was quite surprised to see he end of a sword impaling him through the stomach.

(Wedge Narrative)  /5 Years Ago/ (Rample Rouser)

Throwing a Freezing Vaporizer onto the ground, I ran across it in time for it to me loose a chilly air. 
Hari clutched the Spark in his hands, the glowing fragment shed it's faint light. 
"Hari, you remember where Rachel's house is, right?" Talon began to take off her cloak, handing it to Hari.
"Yeah.." Hari took of his, showing Proto Armor and a scabbard under his cloak.
Talon handed Hari her cloak, without hesitation he put it on.
"Run, I'll lead them away," Talon put on the Knight's cloak, the loosely made garment dropped to the ground.
"Wedge, take care of him," Talon suddenly stopped running, I nearly crashed into the both of them.
Talon suddenly changed directions, leaving me with Hari.
"C'mon, it's not that far away," Hari grabbed my hand, running as we passed by stands of confused gremlins. We turned right, nearly slamming our faces into a stand for Wolver food. Turning left, we finally spotted Rachel's house in the corner. Panting, I finally opened the door, finding Rachel inside with a pot of boiling water.
"Glad you could make it back,"

(Arus Narrative) (Battle Hymn of the Soul)

Burning hellfires raged side to side, leaving me only a small space to move around. Hearing rumbling behind me, I dodged and countered a Slag Guard. A powerful shockwave rattled the ground, I nearly tripped if it wasn't for that I used my sword to lean against. A debilitating angst held itself in my throat. Slicing through the rubble that Vanaduke rained from the ceiling, I ran through the fire and flames.
"Talon, immobilize him," I yelled, seeing that she picked up both wands she laid to combat the Swarm. I suddenly felt myself slow down, looking down I noticed I was standing in a puddle of Swarm. The itchy fluid began to crawl up my leg, until a gunshot coming from Evan's direction freed my leg. Looking down, I noticed a gun bullet just passed through all the Swarm on my skin, not even leaving a scratch on my leg.
"Watch your step," Evan grinned sarcastically.

AFTER Necro and Falcon were crushed my the Jugernaut falling from the ceiling, the group continued onwards. But then, Evan said to Arus, Rya, Talon, and Wedge that they should leave everyone else behind. And so they did. Then there was a backstory. The rest of the group was forced back to Haven by a surprise attack, and found out Haven is being invaded. However, the five gremlins fighting Darkfire Vanaduke didn't know that. So, there we are now.

Oh, somewhere along the way, some of the killed members turned into poltergeists.

:|

Oh, and Cort got impaled, but who remembers him anyway?

Episode 56 /-/ Grimalkins! 

(Talon Narrative) /Flashback/ (Basment )

The shadow loomed across the ground, turning into the grotesque face of what looked somewhat a Mewkat.
It wasn't just one of them now, it was at least 3 of them.
"What the..." I whispered, backing away when I turned into a run. The shadows were chasing me, and I ran without even thinking of where I was going. Suddenly, I felt something grab my leg, feeling another one of those Kat things hold my leg with it's sharp teeth. I cried of pain, as I felt my leg bleed.
I closed my eyes, waiting for it all to be over, until I felt the pain recede. I finally opened my eyes, to look at the face of a young gremlin, holding a small candle. The candle gave off a warm, amber glow, illuminating the area. (STOP Mystic )
"Who are you?" She said, clenching her hand into a fist. 
"I just stumbled into the elevator," I said, about to stand up when I felt myself crumple beneath my indeed. 
"Oh dear," She said, staring at the bloody gashes in my leg.
"Come with me," The little gremlin took out a lighter from her pocket, and handed it to me.
"Those things won't follow you, as long there is light," She lit the fire starter, handing me it as I felt it's warm glow.
We walked for a few minutes. I tried my best to remember where we were going.

Coming upon a small clearing with a hollow center, I watched as she lit the surrounding candles with her own candle. However, instead of a regular amber glow, I was greeted by a heavenly pale blue aura.
"Here," She handed me a bottle of disinfectant. I quickly took out a small handful of it, and spread it over my wounds. It stung like a bullet, grimacing as the clear liquid dripped down my leg. 
She threw over gauze, and in seconds my leg was covered in white bandages. 
"You must be on your way," She hurried me over to the end, and handed me her candle.
"Can I come back here?" I said, as I stepped onto the elevator.
"Just don't bring anyone else," She punched the UP button on the elevator. I waved to her through the metal mesh platform. I turned Hari's cloak inside out, thankful that the pattern inside was different from the one outside.  

(Arus Narrative)  (STOP Bfes)

Darkfire Vanauke's legs were frozen to the ground. While I tried my best to hack away at the part that wen't frozen, Wedge was making sure he was kept frozen. Vanaduke wailed, slamming his mace so near to me, it nearly took my head out. Knocked back several yards away from the force of impact, I grabbed Burning Buckshot with both hands, swinging it like a club at Darkfire Vanaduke. A screech and roar echoed through the area, as a glowing purple spirit emerged from Vanaduke's body. It was instantly aflame, a number of bullets were fired in every direction. Ignoring the Swarm around me, Talon doused the spirit with water. Wedge froze it in place, grinning as Evan took care of the surrounding area. Focusing my mind on the situation, I closed my eyes and firmly gripped my sword. Running to the spirit, I slashed it into two with a single hit, flames laced through the gap caused by my sword. Darkfire Vanaduke's soul let loose a nerve-wrenching scream, as it started to implode on itself. Surrounding Swarm began to fall, their bodies dissipating into nothingness. Wiping a brow of sweat from my forehead, I sighed of relief as any trace of hostility disappeared from the chamber. 
Rya used her hammer to lean on, as she limped to the elevator. 
"Echo Stone?" Talon put back all of her wands. Red, blue, yellow, green, and purple sparkles from their lasting streak followed her as she walked around.
"Uh oh," Wedge called us over, and pointed to a glowing, white stone balancing by the thread of a hair on an I-beam. (STOP)

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Vog: I have brought you to the very place where the souls of the undead roam freely.

YOUNG Vanaduke: Sounds like a guild meeting.

Vog: it's where every moment in there is like living in a wide-awake nightmare.

Vanaduke: Still sounds like a guild meeting.

Vog: LOOK, We're in a SHADOW LAIR, did the giant, squirmy black swarm not tip you off?!

Vanaduke: I thought they were officers.

Vog: T_T

Vanaduke: Wearing Snarlbolax Coats.

Vog: No such thing, I'm afraid.

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Episode 59 /-/ No Reason

(Rya Narrative) [Flashback]

Because Talon lives in the building and room next to me, I could hear her when she gets up from bed. I was instantly awake, and I heard her strap on her weapons. Although I didn't want to, I curiously got myself dressed and followed her outside. I dressed dark so she wouldn't notice me. I stalked her from a couple yards. In the middle of the night, where in the world would she be going? 
I followed her to an old and abandoned elevator, she immediately went down. I climbed down by clenching the emergency breaks, watching as we descended into total darkness. I was still following her, hearing her footsteps until we saw light. A young gremlin girl around me age was standing there, shining a silver candle that was a alit with a mystical blue light. It almost felt like the candle was radiating an energy, other than light. I crept behind a wall, and listened to their conversation.
"It's you again.." The young gremlin said, sounding a little grim.
"Why did you come back?" She said, a little worry in her tone.
"Because, I'm a little worried about you, why would a 7 cycle old gremlin be in a place like this?" Talon sounded scared, but her usual voice of affection calmed her down.
The gremlin smirked, and giggled a little bit.
"Did you ever hear those ghost stories of the creatures who are turned to ghosts by the shadows?" She said, her voice drifting off.
"Wait, don't tell me.." Talon took a step backward.
"Ghosts stay around for a few millennia, before they finally fade away, pulled into hell, but the ghosts of monsters usually form to destroy those who opposed them," She said, showing her hand as it flickered transparent. 
"And why aren't you a Mewkat or a zombie?" Talon said sternly, curious about the girl.
"Im an exception, I didn't want to kill anyone else, but instead, I used my spirit in these candles," She said, her voice drifting off in the distance.
"These candles hold a bit of my spirit, a soul who wishes for no more darkness in this world," She alit a blue candle with her hand, it's azure light warmed my face from a distance away.
"But unfortunately, my time is up.." She sighed, as she began to turn transparent. 

*EEEIAAAHH*

I jumped from the nerve rattling scream, trying to find out where it was coming from, until I realized I was the one screaming. A dark shadow had it's jaws enclosed on my leg, the pain made my lungs yell. 
"Rya- oh no.." Talon took out her staff, when the girl stopped her.
"We can't help her, she's being eaten by the shadow," She firmly stated, the shadow seemed to wince in sight of the candle.
"Yes we can," Talon said, taking the candle from her hands. The girl protested, but Talon shooed off the shadow with her light. She and I turned around to see that the girl was gone, all except for a number of oversized candles surrounding the area she stood.  
"What did you do?" I angrily whispered, Talon looked at me with bewilderment  in her eyes. 
"A soul who wishes for no more darkness in the world.." Talon said quietly. Then, her ears perked up the way gremlins do when we get ideas. She lit the other candles with the smaller one, their blue light almost blinding. However, some were an amber color instead of blue. Talon started putting them around the place, until the area was covered in candles of blue and red. 
"Thy might not last forever, but it's a good try," She smiled, a little depressed. 
The shadows didn't try to attack us on the way back, which was pretty convenient. I tossed a charcoal onto the ground on our way out, for no reason. I smiled grimly as we went back up, the beautiful light disappearing as we entered back into the city.

~Arus 

I didn't feel very courageous sneaking into Hari's room and dragging him out. But before that, Rachel had to work some magic again. She positioned a Moonstone, Valestone, and Dark Matter staff on the corners of Hari's bed, and when she activated it, Hari stayed as still as a sculpture. 
"This will put him out for a while," Rachel collected her staffs, and took Hari on her back. I felt a little awkward, walking with Evan back outside and to the elevator. We rode for a while, in complete darkness. It never occurred to me that underground, the time cycles like the places above it. But since the city is at the middle, I wonder which place's time it's copying.
After around 10 minutes, we arrived in what looked like a Knight's rescue camp. Everyone was sleeping, even the guards. Rachel knelt down and laid Hari inside a vacant tent. She had a tear in her eyes, she took off the silver pendant on her neck and laid it on Hari's hand. As we were walking away, I heard shuffling from behind us. 
"Arus, take Daxen and run," Rachel said, taking a Crimsonite and Luminite staff in both hands. 
"What?" I whispered back to her, exchanging glances with Evan.
"These people are nothing like you have ever fought, I will hold them back," She said as the staffs in her hands started to glow. 
"There's 89 hundred thousand crowns in the lockbox under the stairs, enroll in a good academy and practice, with your friends," She said as a couple knights woke up.
"But-" 
"No exceptions, my time is up," Rachel said as she unleashed a wave of fire across the field.