~Chapter 1

- Jorin

I crossed both arms behind my back and laying in the shade. Haven was just as bustling as always, knights of every color imaginable, except for black, white, and every color in between. Maybe brown, but that's different. They were all oblivious to the accident that happened 3 weeks ago, seeing as the gigantic cover-up worked like a charm. I caught glimpse of a hooded knight running from a number of guards. I picked up my Calibur, running in line with the knight. He was carrying a small radio, and was dressed in a Magic Hood. His eyes widened as he saw me running to him with a sword. He stuffed the radio in one of his pockets, and took out a Brandish. I ran straight into him, striking the tip of his sword with mine. That was enough force to knock him to the right. He started running again, this time, towards the arcade.
"I'll get him," I ordered the other guards to stop, leering as they backed away.
I ran straight after him, catching glimpse of him as he entered a transmission room.
I ran inside, and found him jamming the radio controls, grabbing the mic. I reached for the power cord, pulling it as the machinery turned off.
I grinned at him, while he grinned back.
"I need to tell them," He said, before he charged both of his hands with his own energy.
"What the- Energize?" I gasped, recognizing this form of an energy burst. Energize allows someone to charge machinery with their own energy, or even temporarily stun an enemy with an energy surge. He grabbed the cord from my hands, holding the metal with both hands. His hands glowed bright blue, charging the machinery with his own energy. Electricity surged into his body, he seizured from the sheer amount of electricity flowing into his body.
"Stop that-" I grabbed his shoulder, feeling the electricity shock me as well. My glove smelled like burning rubber. I bit my lip, grabbing both of his shoulders with my hands. Both of my hands immediately felt numb, and started to burn. I pulled him away from the power cord, his blue glow fading as the energy in the computer went into an overload, the monitor exploding above us. Shattered glass fell like rain, and a number of equipment on the walls broke on contact with the floor. I covered my face with my shoulder, and I knelt down to the floor to escape the smoke plume. The knight pushed away from me, and tried to run through the door for a familiar face to grab him by the neck.
"Daxen," I rose to my height, releasing the knight from his grip, instead I grabbed his right arm.
"He blew up an entire radio transmission base," Daxen leered at the hooded knight, who cowered behind me.
"Im bringing him to Barrus, he might have a use for him," I was about to walk away, when Daxen pulled out a gun.
"Don't, or I'll shoot," He loaded an Antigua, pointing the 3 star gun at the knight's face. I walked towards him, and put down his arm.
"He can use Energize, it's something neither of us can do," I saw his expression turn from anger, to surprise.
"Fine, but it he does that again, I'll-"
"He won't, right?" I looked at him with glare.
He shook his head.
"Good," Me and Daxen said at once.

- Cue Epic Walking Scene -

Barrus was surprised to see me dragging a knight in, so was Remi.
"It was Jorin's idea, not mine," Daxen immediately said, Barrus gave him a passive glare.
"Who is this?" Barrus raised an eyebrow at him.
"What's your name?" He walked closer to the knight, who looked pretty terrified. I have to admit, I would be pretty terrified if a knight, with a bloody bandage covering half of his face, and half of his body covered in the same, bloody cloth, came walking to you with an angry look.
"Raymond," He finally managed to say a word, which was his own name.
"Raymond, is it.." Barrus looked at me with an expression that said,

"Do you even know who this person is?"

Barrus leaned close to my ear, cupping his hands.
"This guy is wanted for stealing machinery, in fact, he has a bounty of 50K crowns on his head,"
"You're going to send him in?" I angrily whispered back at him.
"I have top-notch armor and gear insurance, along with all the money I need from the Spiral Order, I don't need the money," Barrus shrugged, his tattered red scarf still intact.
"You have a point, but what about Daxen?"
"Get Daxen and Remi," Barrus leaned away, looking at them instantly signaled them to come over.
"Listen, I'll leave it up to you guys to decide the fate of this knight," Barrus then walked away. Remi looked at us with a confused face, while Daxen glared at me.
"Can you guys explain this to me?" Remi scratched her head.

- Cue Explaination Scene -

"I don't need a wanted person hanging around here," Daxen leered at me with a soul-piercing glare.
"He can be a great use to us," I glared at him back.
"Well.." Remi looked down at the ground.
"Well what?!" The both of us nearly screamed.
"I want him.." Remi's face became shadowed by her visor, looking pretty suspenseful to us. Daxen was literally drooling for an answer.
"..to stay," Daxen's face immediately resembled one of a knight who lost all of his Crowns to a beggar, and walked away. Raymond's eyes lit up, and smiled.
"Raymond, you need to change your name to keep yourself from being caught," Barrus waved a crutch at him, Raymond thought deeply of any names he would like to change to.
"Archi.." He started to say a new name, but was caught up with himself.
"Archilus," He finally declared himself a new name.
He grinned at the sight of Barrus smiling back at him, while Daxen tilted his hat downwards and began to doze off.
"Daxen, that is no way to celebrate a new member," Barrus threw a wrench at him, where Daxen caught it with ease.
"Don't throw your garbage at me," Daxen continued to doze off.
"I have Chroma-ale,"
"Congratulations and welcome to the team!" Daxen suddenly yelled at Archilus, who started laughing. Remi and Barrus started cracking up, and he nearly fell off his crutches.

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~Chapter 3

~Neil

I coughed out some blood, sitting up as tiny shards of glass scattered on my body fell off.
"Shoot," I said, picking myself up and started limping away.
I found myself back at the guildhall doors, the pains finally receding from my face.
"Good afternoon guild master Neil-"
"Cut the crap, open the door," Growling at him, the guard opened the door, greeted by a wall of cold air.
"Neil! What on Cradle happened to you-" Isa ran to greet me, her pet Sapphire Greaver fluttering beside her. That thing looked like an oversized killer butterfly. That was BLUE.
I wanted to swat that thing away, with a bat, but then that would lower my chances with her. After all, Nero was eyeing her as well. I'm not going to lose to a slobbery, drooling idiot who spends more time in other people's blood than he does in a shower.
"Earth to Neil, earth to Neil," Mira's floating skulls waved in front of my face. I broke through one with a single punch, she backed away along with her spirits.
"A beer explosion, nothing more," I said with a deep tone in my voice. Then I noticed Nero watching from a distance, his red eyes matched his Vog Cub coat.
"I see the wolf returned to his den," I taunted at him, until I noticed another silhouette grew from his back. An Alpha Ash Tail stared at me with pure hate, baring it's sharp canines.
"His name is Agro," Although Nero speaks gibberish and insanity when he's tearing down a city, he almost never seems as calm as this.
"Alright, you guys have your own pets, and what do I have?" I slid it out from my pocket, and showed it to them.
"Watch closely," I taunted at Nero, who gave me a fiery leer.
I threw it onto the ground, and it started to unfold and connect. It finally assembled itself into a Mecha Knight, but customized with a few extra things.
I saw Nero twitch.
"Remember, these babies are hand built, from hours of-"

*WAM*

Nero pulled away his Combuster from the smoldering wreckage that was my Mecha Knight.
"Wha- did you just- how did-" I gargled my own speech. I was dumbfounded by the simplicity of his action.
"It isn't that strong, isn't it.." Nero scratched his head, and sheathed one of his Combusters.
"YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW LONG IT TOOK ME TO BUILD THAT THING?! 5 WEEKS! 5 PAINSTAKINGLY LONG WEEKS OF SITTING IN A SMALL, CRAMPED LABORATORY WITH A FATTY WHO CAN'T PICK UP A SWORD!" I screamed at him. Sure Isa was watching, but it was well worth her watching.
"I resent that," Husk lazily yelled from a mere 4 yards away. I pulled out my Polaris, and pointed it at Nero. I really wanted to pull the trigger on him, but with Isa and a growling Alpha Ash Tail tugging my leg, I couldn't.
"Just this once, you freak of nature," I scowled at him, and walked towards the laboratory again. Another 5 weeks, already planned out for me.
Freaking Nero.

| Thousands of feet away.. |

~Zebulon

"Zebulon, you really are a weirdo," Walkon, drunk smiled at me, and fell of his chair. I didn't even take a sip out of the Chroma-Ale.
"What are we even playing?" I growled, throwing the cards onto the table.
"I dunno, Checkers?" Walkon blushed all of a sudden, while the bartender came over.
"That'll be 2K crowns, boys," He stuck out the glove of his Mighty Cobalt set. I reached into my pocket, and grabbed all the change I had.
1980..
1990..
2000, perfect.

I handed him the wad of cash that was everything else I had in my pockets.
"No more beer," I grabbed Walkon, and headed out. Walkon wasn't even walking anymore, it was more like the Chromalisk was dragging a guy in a Jelly Set.
"Hey.. Zeb.." Walkon tugged at my shoulder. He was pointing to a mercenary guild stand, where someone was handing out some fliers for their guild.
"What? Oh, you want us to join?" Walkon nodded. I dragged him into line, and watched as we started to come closer to the front.
"Wait, lemme do something," I put Walkon down, and changed my armor using a loadout. Instead of wearing a Chromalisk set, I was now wearing an Angelic set.
"Smart," Was all Walkon could say, before gurgling like a baby. I sighed, but then I finally came eye-to-eye with the recruiter.
"Hello, what are your names?" He asked, and stared at Walkon.
"Walkon and Zebulon,"
"Occupation?"
"Drunkards,"
"Any special talent?"
"We're able to do this blue, cross slash thingy,"
"Work of interest?"
"Field work,"
"Now, anything else you would like to remark?"
"Give all the payment to me, Walkon will just use it all to buy beer," I sighed, as Walkon passed out on the floor.
"Good good, secret evil agenda?"
"Wait, what?"
"Nothing, welcome to Crimson Skies,"
"Thank you, so, when's our first job?"
"Next," He pushed me and Walkon out of the way, and left me there with the signed papers in my hand. This guild must be desperate for members.

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Reference?

~Chapter 5

~Daxen

I can't argue with them, being caught with the Spiral Order wasn't exactly my job of choice. We had to do whatever we did at whatever time needed. Even after all that work, we still have more stuff to do. As in, piles of reports, paperwork, and anything else that practically destroys the hands when done. I constantly complain that if I have to get surgery for a broken finger or something, it'll hamper what I'm able to do in times of an attack. Even though I complain about this to Barrus, the most he can come up with is,
"Then we'll fire you!"
That idiot.

"Listen, there's never been a death here, save for one," Remi said, trying to look helpful. She's the one to talk, it looked like death on her armor. Blood, scrapes, blast marks and dents everywhere. It looked like someone put a disaster movie on that thing. But unfortunately, unless we actually do something big, we won't get any upgrades.
"We're already enrolled in Crimson Skies, I don't think we need any more jobs than that," Zebulon said, trying to help a passing out Walkon. From Zebulon's look, resembled a Chromalisk who just got it's tail cut off. Walkon's face looked like a tired jelly. If jellies can even have facial expressions.
"Just stay here for a day, that's all," Barrus said, with a reassuring voice.
"Fine," Zebulon said, trying to stand up before his legs gave away.
"My apologies, I think I broke my leg from the explosion," He smiled like it was no big deal. I glared at Remi, who suddenly found an interest in the floor.

~Walkon

The truth is, I actually did want to join them. But I knew I should trust Zebulon with this decision, because he's been like that for a long time.
"Let's treat your wounds first," Remi said with a mischievous look in her eyes.
"What?" Zebulon said as she took out a gigantic suitcase. I peered inside, and nearly fainted from fear. There were Scalpels, Bandages, a Mist Tank, and many other surgical interments. I even found a couple shots of Adrenalin in there.
"Now then," She said as she reached inside of there. My mind was racing like a falling elevator, what was she going to choose?
The Scalpel?
The Scissors?
The Surgical Laser?
The Mallet?
I could tell that Zebulon had fear racing in his mind, because the back of his armor shook when he was scared, and it looked like he was having an earthquake.
"Here we go, some coolant and maybe a roll of bandages?" Remi took out a bottle filled with a light blue liquid, and a roll of thick bandages.

~Husk

Adam was busy planning in his mind, as always, and Nero and Neil were both fighting over Isa. Mira, was in a conversation with one of her spirits, the ones she made friends with. And most of all, Jay was eating. I really could use a nap right now, but Adam says that we need 50 more tanks of Toxigas by next week. Toxigas was the first stage in his plan, the gas would be spread into Haven and kill everything in it's way. Toxigas is made from the vaporized remains of a Toxigel, and getting he temperatures high enough to melt something like that, isn't very easy. However, I only had 20 of them left to go, which was a good thing. I was watching the docile creatures creep around the containment room, carried in glass boxes by my little helpers, much to Jay's dismay, but I was able to bribe him with a 16-pack of Haven Fried Snipes. It never occurred to me that Jay never gets fat, which is very odd. He looked like Nero for some reason, probably because of the fact-
"HUSK, can you play with me?" Mira popped in out of nowhere, ruining my narration.
"Sorry, not right now Mira, maybe later?" I tried to sound optimistic, even know we both knew I wouldn't be able to be with her.
"Aw.. That isn't fair," She stomped off somewhere again. I keep forgetting she's only 10. But since she's been friends with the dead more than the living, I can see why she's always so lonely. Just when I was feeling sad for her, Adam walked upon me.
"It's a shame.. right?" He always sounded old, like someone's grandfather. But he was only around 20 or something.
"She was locked away by her family, because they didn't like her," Adam said, grimly staring at the Toxigels being vaporized. I remember that Adam asked us what our story was before we decided to join.
"You were a guardian who wanted to be a technician,"
"Nero had his parents killed,"
"Neil wanted to be known to everyone,"
"Isa wished for everyone to like her,"
"Jay well.. his sin pretty much defines his story," Adam shrugged, flashing a smile he almost never showed to anyone.
"And you?" I said, before his smile quickly turned to a glare. It was one of those glares, that makes you want to turn and hide in the corner.
"My apologies," I turned and faced the machine again. 15 tanks of Toxigas were filled up, and I needed to replace a couple pipes.
"By the way-" I wanted to talk to Adam again, but he disappeared like he always does. I wonder how he does that. I was going to change the pipes when I noticed a black spot moving away in the corner. I couldn't get a closer look at it, since it vanished into the hallway.