"That was really stupid y'know!? Ow! Owwie......" Lucy nursed her rear gently, Cursing, she glared at Cas, Half irritated, Half relieved, "You're so lucky we landed in those pile of clothes.... this must be the laundry room, I guess?"Cas, for his part, simply stared at his right ankle, He tried rising to his feet but winced, "Yep..... It's broken! Damn it!" Cas cursed under his breath, the Younger Grimes cupped his ankle with his hand, "Could you find something to help me wrap it up?" "Anything else busted?" Lucy snorted, "I hope not.... really, it'd be a pain hauling your lanky ass all the way over!"Cas whistled, "Did you always have a motor mouth? is that diminutive frame hiding all that negativity?" He chuckled."Screw you! Don't call me short!" Lucy hissed as she marched over to Cas, She stood over him and glared."..... and don't call me lanky," Cas growled, "Now if you don't mind, my ankle! and don't complain about it either! Between the two of us, even in this state I'm sti
"Thank you Kindly!" Cecelia gleed as she snatched the cup of spiced wine from one of the waiters, She brought the steaming hot drink gingerly to her lips and gave off a long sigh as she finished her first few sips!She Glanced down at the ring, Calgora the Were-Hog and Fairy boy were standing opposite from each other, Neither had moved an inch not yet.... It'd been almost 20 second snow and they just.... stood there?Cece wasn't the only one wondering why, The crowd was starting to get agitated too! "Get a move on, already! We don't have all day!" One man screamed."Tear him apart! I wanna see some Red gravy!" A lady squealed.There was a chorus of bloodthirsty spectators echoing all round Cece, She almost found herself joining in, She giggled at the absurdity, A few glanced shifted in her direction but they just as quickly lost interest in her.Fairy boy took the first step, he unfolded his wings and took a fighting stance, 'Muay Thai?' Cece cocked her head to the side, The Were-Hog
"Like walking into a candy store!" Cas's eyes wondered around the steel vault, there were weapons of all kinds littered about, Swords, Axes, Spears, Blasters, Pistols, Rifles, Drones and Weapons Cas didn't even recognize.The drones came in various designs, Some were Centipede like in shape and appearance, it was the size of a mastiff, it sported multiple turrets on it's segmented body, Others were standard tank like crawlers, That also sported turrets, A couple of spy craft like planes, a flying saucer and finally a spider drone the size of a Labrador.All were silverish Red in appearance.He came across a row of Knives and Daggers, He took 1 of each, stuffing them into their holsters and strapping them round his waist.He took 2 Blasters, And their magazines, strapping the pistols on and stuffing the pouches into his bag, He also stuffed some explosives and other unsavoury things into his bag, "It's a lot lighter than I thought it'd be..." He weighed the bag in his hand, Satisfied w
Cecelia trembled with absolute joy, she looked over herself, Platinum, Gold, Silver, Obsidian, Furs of the finest quality and silk! Lots and lots of Silk! She felt like a Duchess, no a queen! All that was left was a crown befitting of her regality, She hummed a melody of sweet, sweet joy as she stared off into the distance.22 Gold chains round her neck, 11 silver bracelets, 5 platinum rings, An artificial Obsidian pair of Teeth..... 2 Fur cloaks, Grey and red, And 14 silver silk scarfs! the ones that didn't fit in her pouch she wore on her.She hugged herself close, Her eye filled with pure bliss, she ignored the furious glares she got from losers she gambled with, She ignored their Deathly auras, she ignored them all.She settled her eye on the participants in the ring, An emerald coloured harpy who was being wailed upon by a Snow Ogress, "C'mon! C'mon! C'mon!" She clenched her fists and grit her teeth, Her eye dilated, Her skin filled with goosebumps, she licked her lips wildly.Th
"Owwie....." Lucy clutched her right hand, "My hand fingers like it's on fire! What the hell!?" She kissed her fingers.... or rather what was left of them in a futile attempt make the pain go away."Can't you use your powers on yourself?" Cas wiped the blood off his face and leaned over placing a hand on Lucy's shoulder, She Glanced up at him, He moved his hand and wiped the traces of blood on her face, She frowned."It's..... harder, a lot harder on myself, like trying to solve a 7th dimensional Hexadecimal cube made by aliens Hard!" She shook her head, groaning, Was it from the pain or the stress?"I'm sorry...." Cas muttered.She shook her head again, "I.... It's okay, I'd be dead by now if not for you.... that... that was kinda stupid of me charging in like that,"Cas chuckled, Lucy smiled, "You're a bad influence on me! I'm already doing stupid shit like this! In an hour you'll probably have me sawing members off-" she trailed off, kicking one of the Legacy corpses, "-Our rude gu
Cecelia leaned over and planted a kiss on her brother's cheek, "I love you sooooooooooo much Cas! I thought I was gone!" She cried hugging her brother tight."Cece I'm trying to concentrate!" Cas tried shrugging his sibling off, "And you reek of Alcohol! I thought you quit!" Her brother focused aim on the oncoming forces, He fired a warning shot at them, The battalion gave pause.The Legacy broke off into smaller segments, what seemed like an army of 450, tripled, then quadrupled and they kept dividing indefinitely until they seemed to take over a large portion of the snowy landscape, 'Either they have Multipliers with them or they're Psychic projectors, Geez!' She looked over her brother, he was frowning."A moment of weakness is all it was," She lied smoothly, Half to ease him, half to distract him, it backfired."A moment of.... weakness? is it cuz of-""No! no... God no! I.... I was just caught up in the moment is all, Just.... let's just focus on blasting those Bigots to kingdom
Silent as a shadow.The figure moved between the ranks of The Legacy, Dancing and darting around erratically, Yet Taking care not brush against a single soldier, The figure made their way towards the front of line, just a few metres behind the floating ship.The figure gave the Crystal Treant a brief glance, before looking for their path going forward.Clear as The Crystal Blue Sky.The figure saw, Four Lay lines, Four paths, Four targets, the closest one a 20 metres to the their left, The figure nodded in satisfaction, They skipped and whistled nonchalantly as they headed along the way to their target.They'd tucked and roll every now and then to avoid the moving bodies of Legacy members or the occasional Hell fire from The Crystal Treant, It was Callous, Chaotic, and Crazy on the Side of the Legacy, Even with their Multipliers, even with their Ashen Priests, Facing a Crystal Treant, even a single one was suicide.It mattered not to the figure, If the soldiers wanted to be ignorant,
"Thank you all for gathering here, I know we're all restless ever since the invasion, First Thatch, then The Legacy.... I understand your frustrations, I understand your misgivings, I understand it all.... that is why I propose we abandon the renovations for White Berry facility for the next foreseeable future, Any objections?" Vince the Ebony Orc spoke.Cas, Cece, Lucy and what was left of the onsite team were attending a meeting in the war room, People were beaten, tired, Haggard, stressed out and worse! On top of all that They awaited Lady Eureka's verdict on the future of this facility but most had already decided it's fate in their hearts, the lack of opposition on Vince's proposal was proof of that.".... It is shame, This Facility once stood for something, It was a safe haven for unorthodox research as well as a rehabilitation centre for Our Clansmen who have lost.... the flavour for our work," Vince sighed."I'll inform Lady Eureka of our decision during the briefing tonight!