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Chapter 22: Rescue "Roy, I think you'll have to stay behind here." I nodded to Roy and stepped through the laser webs. They hurt slightly as I passed through, absorbing them. Alexis followed and we soon reached the other end of the room. I opened the door and the laser web deactivated. Roy ran through. "I guess the electrical wiring was in the door." he remarked, checking the side of the door. That was the last room. When we stepped through, we were in an expansive room that occupied at least 3 floors. A central shaft ran up through the middle of the massive room, probably the elevator. Two guards were staring at us. We knocked both unconscious and fanned out to search the room. Most of the people were were too busy staring into computer screens to notice us sneaking past. Roy gave a light chuckle. There was a box of steel welded into a corner of the room. It had laser barred windows and a laser barred door. A sleeping guard was lying beside it. A light crying sound came from inside the box. Roy silently and deftly pickpocketed the guard's keys and we peeked into the box. A teenage boy with angel-like wings was inside. He looked up as we approached and he shrank back. "GET AWAY FROM ME!!!" he screamed. The people in the room instantly turned around to look at us. Someone dropped his glasses. "Great. We come to break you out and this is what we get." Roy grumbled as he unlocked the door. A klaxon sounded and armed guards ran into the room. The teenager walked out, surprised. "Who're you? Why are you here?" he asked. "I'm Roy, she's Artemis and that's Alexis. We're here to break you out." Roy smiled at him. "Oh. Where are you taking me?" Sevin asked again. "Not now!" Roy pushed him to the floor as a flock of bullets came sailing towards us. I quickly retrieved the Archaeion from my quiver on my back while Alexis unsheathed the Jikyeon Sword. "Strafe!" I yelled, twanging the bowstring four times. I socked four guards at once as Alexis charged towards them, planted her feet and pirouetted. She spun around in a circle on the spot, grasping her sword tight. That move managed to knock a guard's gun out of his hand and slit another's throat. "Nice!" Sevin laughed. "What job are you?" Roy asked, jumping into the air and throwing a huge throwing star at a group of guards. Most were decapitated. "Hunter." Sevin replied. I reached a hand into my quiver, dragged out a Red Viper and threw it to him. "Use it!" I shouted. He nodded and flapped his wings, soaring into the air. He closed his eyes and seemed to concentrate. "Strafe!" he shouted, opening his eyes a second later and launching four arrows at a guard. One impaled his heart, another shot through his leg and two whizzed past his head and hit another guard behind him in the legs. "Sorry, I'm not that accurate." Sevin scratched his head. "Oh, it's...... ARGH!" Someone had ducked under my guard and stabbed me in the stomach. Roy yelled. The dagger was absorbed into myself. "Wha? What the heck are you!?" I looked down to see an astonished Bandit with his hand in front of my stomach. I launched my foot upwards and kicked him hard, but he disappeared just as my foot hit him and reappeared behind me. "Too slow!" he yelled and stabbed my back with another dagger. Again, it was absorbed. "You gotta be kidding me." the Bandit groaned and disappeared again. Alexis was plowing through guards like a bowling ball and a group of bowling pins. Her sword shot left and right so fast it left images where it previously was. The Bandit suddenly appeared behind her and punched her in the stomach, disappearing again. She coughed slightly and turned around. Another punch, this time in the head. I launched an Inferno towards her before I knew what I was doing. The flaming arrow soared through the air towards Alexis and her eyes widened in horror as she saw it. She bounced the arrow off to the ground with her sword and glared at me. "Sorry! I wanted to hit the Bandit!" I hurriedly apologized, bashing a guard on the head. Her frown turned upside down and she tripped the Bandit neatly with a foot. "Ow." he said in disbelief, struggling to his feet. Alexis tripped him again and ran off. Sevin saw me using Inferno and he closed his eyes again. The next second, he had blown a group of guards apart with an Inferno. How could a Hunter pull off Ranger skills? Then again, I had done the same in my past life. A missed Inferno from my Archaeion blasted a hole in the side of the building. The air rushed out through the hole, blowing some guards out. The scientists had mostly run for cover now though. "You thinkin' what I'm thinkin'?" Roy looked at me. "Alexis, Sevin, let's go!" I shouted to Alexis. Sevin descended to the ground and followed us. Alexis kicked a guard into a wall and then ran after us. I flapped my wings violently and lifted off the ground. Sevin and Alexis followed suit while Roy ran down the side of the building with Haste, giving us two thumbs up. "How do you know my name?" Sevin asked as we decreased altitude slowly. I heard a dull thump from the ground. "Roy?" I swooped down. My horn broke the wind neatly as I flew. Roy was face-down in the dirt on the ground, and he appeared to have blacked out. His nose was bleeding. Our troubles weren't over yet! A hailstorm of bullets cascaded around us as we ran for cover. A few guards were also on the ground, bleeding severely. There was even a severed hand on the ground! "Where are you taking me again?" Sevin asked, eager to catch up. "To safety." I replied. I was carrying Roy while Alexis guided Sevin. A bullet smashed into my leg and was absorbed. "Why do you have horns and wings?" Sevin asked again. The bullet storm stopped after quite a while. We eventually reached the house, tired and panting. I walked into the house and put the injured Roy on a sofa, placing my hand on his broken nose. "Heal." I breathed. His nose mended itself and stopped bleeding. Lacus and Lopez ran down and stopped when they saw Sevin. "Who's he?" Lopez asked. "Who're you?" Sevin asked back. "Mei Ling isn't back yet. Said she had some sort of meeting." Lacus said. Sevin was running around the house, rapid-firing questions at us. Alexis and me retreated to the swimming pool for a quick and refreshing bath. Lacus followed. "You scared me with that Inferno back there." Alexis said. "Really, I'm sorry." I replied. "Apology accepted." Alexis grinned at me. Lacus looked at our clothes. "You need front extensions." she remarked. "I know." I replied. Suddenly, Alexis's wings began to vibrate. "Huh?" she craned her head around to look. The Akasha Charm on her chest appeared to have a small hole in it! "Bullet." I realized. "Quick! Make another one for her!" I shouted at Jakito just as her Charm shattered. "I can't! It's too late! She'll have to transfer to someone else!" Jakito snapped. Lacus stared at Alexis's wings. "I can't force you to do it." Alexis turned to her. "Can't you transfer into me?" I asked. "Impossible. A person wearing that armour cannot transfer extra powers to someone who is already wearing one as well." Jakito sighed. Alexis's wings were vibrating faster now. The vibration was already spreading to her body. Lacus quickly grabbed Alexis's hand and nodded. "Do I have a choice? You can't die now, you two need to beat that Saevio guy." she smiled. Streams of white energy flowed through Alexis's arm and into Lacus. Her body vibrated for a few seconds, then her Dark Requirre seemed to fade away. It stopped mid-fade. "Huh?" Lacus looked at herself. Alexis's wings weren't vibrating anymore, and the armour hadn't appeared on Lacus. "I forgot. Magicians can handle magic much better than the other 3 classes, hence they do not need the armour to conduct their powers for them. Transferring powers to Magicians will cause that Magician's power to increase." Jakito explained. Lacus heaved a sigh of relief. "The energy flowing through the armour is white magic, so it will benefit Clerics, Priests and Bishops more." Jakito added. |
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