Imma do an online spinner thing with Eve, Nick, and Aekun to see which one goes...
EDIT: Nick and Eve go back up.

I'm working on it don't worry mah friends!

The next chapter will be out tomorrow guise don't worry. I'm doing schoolwork.

Eve and Nick nodded as Will spent them back up to the Spiral Order to get help. As they ascended the stairs, Will turned back to the other knights. He put his hand on the cultist's chin and lifted his face up.

"I'm going to ask you again. Why did you attack us, and who do you work for?" He said.

The cultist merely smiled, until blood started to trickle out of the corner of his mouth, and his eyes became empty. Will let his face fall, and then his eyes flipped to a small needle hidden in the man's glove. It was now empty, but a few green drops of poison were still visible inside.

"Scrap." Doomskull said. "Guess we won't be getting anything outta him."

"No, we won't, it seems." Will replied. He observed their gear and weapons. "Although, taking some of this stuff back home would sure as hell help out during the war." They walked off to explore the rest of the city.

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Rodric strode through the ruined city streets accompanied by a group of soldiers. Their commander, Avalanche, strode with his heavy gold sword dragging behind him. Drace and Caesar were searching the West entrance and nearby areas. He had been assigned the Main Square and the Financial District.

"Perfect..." Rodric grumbled. "Another issue to interrupt my experiments." He sighed, and kept walking. Suddenly, the silhouettes of two knights caught his eye.

"Intruders!" He shouted. "After them!" The two knights ran as Rodric and Avalanche pursued them.

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Will, Doomskull, Aekun, and MechTeka trudged through dirty water as they came into a flooded part of the city. Drace spied them from a rooftop, signaling Caesar to attack. Caesar nodded, and leapt from the rooftops, his sword coming down on MechTeka. Just before the blade found its target, Doomskull whacked Caesar to the side, averting a death. MechTeka turned around in alarm, and unsheathed his sword, ready for any other attackers. Drace teleported down to Will and nearly impaled him on her sword. Will dodged and rammed the hilt of his blade into her, throwing her back.

"More of you?" He pointed his sword at her throat. "Who do you work for?" Drace vanished and reappeared behind Will, kicking him in the back and sent him into the water.

"That doesn't matter." She replied. "At any rate, you wouldn't have gotten a chance to tell anyone." She raised her sword, but Will splashed water in her eyes before she could bring it down. Seaweeds and pebbles got stuck in her helmet, and Will threw a heavy left hook at her. Drace stumbled back, the air knocked out of her.

"I don't want to hurt you," Will said. "But I will if I have to!"

"Same." Drace replied. "But I suppose our motives are very different."

While fighting, Drace got a glimpse of her other opponents. Caesar was having better luck with his attackers, but something seemed off about on of them, the one wearing the proto cre-

A dark bolt of pain shot through Drace's mind, stopping her dead in her tracks. She fell to her knees, screaming.

"NO STOP I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOU NOW!" Dark energy exploded all around her, flinging Will into the nearby building. The water around her started to evaporate and the vegetation started to smoke. While the team was distracted, Caesar took advantage of the situation. He dashed to Drace, held her tight, and flew. Wings unfolded from his back, and he soared above the rooftops, leaving Will and the team far behind.

"C'mon, we have to chase 'em!" Doomskull said. "I'm itching for some skulls to crack, and these guys severely need it."

"Alright team, move out!"

They took to the rooftops, Caesar on the edge of their sight. They fired at him, keeping him tired so they could catch him. When they were just in reach of him, a shadow dropped from above, blocking their path. A very menacing, tall knight stood before him. The three lights in his hood gave off a morbid glow that none of the others did. A pair of large, feathery dark wings were mounted on his back. A Jalovec was in his right hand, crackling with energy.

"No farther shall you go." He rasped. "None shall stop profession to godhood." MechTeka advanced, and slashed at the knight with his Black Barrage. The stranger simply parried, as if it were easy as breathing, and disarmed him. He was about to go for another strike, when Aekun fired at him. The bullets glanced off the Jalovec like spitballs, and with lightning accuracy and speed, he sliced the gun in two.

"oh, scrap..." Aekun murmured. The stranger quickly subdued them, with little to no effort. He concussed Will, broke Aekun's shoulder, shattered Doomskull's hand, and cut up MechTeka's chest.

The stranger took out a small obsidian obelisk, and spoke to it.

"They are taken care of, master." Sheogorath stated.

"Good." Said another voice. "Bring them here, and prepare for an interrogation. We may be in need of both Rodric's and your talents."

"As you wish."

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Will blinked, squinted through swollen eyes. When his vision cleared, two figures stood before him. One was the attacker who saved Caesar, and the other was a man with a mustache and pointed goatee.

"Hello, Defender Elite Will Soran."

"How do you know my-"

"We know many things about you." Said the bearded man. "Exalted soldier who survived a mission gone horribly wrong, discontent with current rank, questions why Order has not promoted him."

Will narrowed his eyes.

"We are in need of information, Mr. Soran." He said again. "The Spiral Order must fall to restore universal balance, and we need some key points of data from you."

"And why the hell would I help you?"

"Hmmm..." The bearded man nodded. "I thought it would come to this." He flipped a switch, and the unconscious bodies of Nick and Eve dropped from the ceiling, suspended by wires and chains. Will's eyes widened, and he looked back at his captor.

"What the hell did you do to them?!"

"Nothing at the moment. But that can change if you don't co-operate."

Eve struggled slightly, whispering:

"Don't...don't tell him...a-anything..."

Will trembled. The bearded man put his proposition out again.

"What will it be? Time waits for no man."

Choice:

A. Tell the secrets you know of.

B. Keep quiet.