[RP Practice I] :: Back to Arms

[Michael Schulz]

Michael gave Victoria a brief gaze from head to toe. Knowing him and his colorful imagination he was probably imagining inappropriate scenes. He snapped out of it to jump in on the topic going on. "Well, it ain't a bad idea." His instant change of mind towards hunting Fina down surprised Alex who gave Michael a look as if he was insane. "What? She said there's a reward. I love those." Michael clarified. He must have really wanted cash or something. Knowing his mindset no one would dare ask what he'd spend it on. Perhaps he could give those new powers a spin considering his role as a tank rose incredibly after Metallius' evolution. And with Alex's good DPS after Dante's evolution they could be a perfect team for taking care of that psycho. Maybe they could take a few extra hands with them, too- it would not hurt to get some Knights in there. Thomas Silver is an asshole, but he hates Kyuki and anything related to him so that would be a strong motivation. And perhaps Keto; she wants to put a stop to the monster her mother was turned into.

"Okay, I'm up. Any clues on where the woman is?" Michael inquired.

[Victoria Nelson]

"Yes." Victoria responded.

Bakugan orb popped up near Victoria. "Woman has masked her presence from the Admiral, but we have made visual contact." Tracker, Victoria's Bakugan, informed. However, unlike Alex and Michael he was not going to discuss this out loud. "Head to our Headquarters and find Ms.White, leader of Seven Angels. She has the info." He explained to the two. Sydney White is the leader of Seven Angels and their primary tactician; quite young, but for her age she is a very valuable member of Eden- among many leaders in the history of Seven Angels she is ranked as the third. Even Victoria has to admit Sydney is a much better tactician and a leader role model than herself. "I recommend inviting a few more resourceful brawlers. Inform the Admiral before you set off." Victoria said to two brawlers and then turned her back to them. "That would be all." Victoria walked off and sat down near one of the free tables. She ordered some odd red alcoholic drink whose names nobody reading this would be able to pronounce so writing it will not be a necessity. 

[Michael Schulz]

Michael was motivated to hit the jackpot.

Knowing Asuka, when she hands out a reward for a mission well-done it is something you do not want to miss out on. Being so nice, Michael wants to share the reward with his best buddy so why should they not hang along and crush certain mad scientist's head in? Bloodstained cash is one of the best rewards when you are a Silver Knight hunting terrorists down and getting paid for it. Since government are being useless little bitches and dealing with actual problems at glacier-speed Silver Knights are sure getting quite a lot of payment for clearing the streets of this disgusting trash. Since reward is not reduced based on who was in the group who hunts down and kills the terrorist Michael had an idea. Besides Alex he could invite someone on his 'friend list' who is overly resourceful and powerful so they score an easy kill. However, he wanted to be subtle about it.

"Say, Victoria, you are quite powerful, too..." Michael began.

"Umm..." Metallius wanted to interrupt Michael, but he stopped.

[Victoria Nelson]

"Not in your wildest dreams." Victoria brushed off.

She poured the 'magical liquid' into the glass along with two ice cubes and drank about a half. She let out a sigh and turned to Michael. "I've had plenty of entertainment for the week; Admiral would need to add a few more zeros to interest me now." Victoria explained herself. Her 'entertainment' was camping on the roofs with her sniper Bakugan and scoring headshots on Chrono Elite soldiers. They were away from their bases, lost in the ruins created by demented Hurranians. After filling their heads with her high-quality bullets she returned to the Headquarters where she had to train with other members of Seven Angels just to learn a painful fact that Luke Stewart and Yamasaki Izumo will be changing their positions in Eden so that means they will change teams, which leads to the point where Victoria needs to fill up two empty spaces since she is the one responsible for it. Definitely a reason to drink in 11 o'clock in the morning. Not hard to sympathize with that. 

"But I'll be nice and try to cheer up your Admiral. Who knows- she might end up giving you a raise." Victoria joked.

[Sydney White]

(20 minutes later...)

Two young Knights headed to the Training Grounds inside Eden Headquarters. Victoria pointed them towards Seven Angels' leader, Sydney White, who manages formations and strategies of the team. She possesses information on Fina's whereabouts two plan to use to get to the crazed woman and shut her down once and for all. Michael's idea was to invite Sydney to the action as well considering she is, arguably, the strongest of Seven Angels and probably stronger than Alex and Michael. Two arrived to the young woman asking for her aid. She provided them with information on Fina's location; she was hiding in a secret location in Ohio. Location was, presumably, organized to serve for Kyuki's escape in case his laboratories got destroyed and was supposed to jam any signal so that no one could track him down. Considering Victoria's Bakugan wounded Fina and planted a tracking device on her; Fina did not teleport right into her safe location, but teleported nearby and entered the location where signal disappeared; that must mean she is where signal disappeared. 

"You want me to accompany you on this mission?" Sydney questioned once asked if she wanted to tag along for share of her reward. "Tempting..." 

"We do get a share." Vergilius, Sydney's Bakugan added.

"Why not ask one of your Mighty 5 teammates?" Sydney inquired.

[Alex Andersen]

Considering Sydney's position she probably already knew the answer to that question. Other three members of Mighty 5 were stationed in other locations so they cannot cooperate effectively on long distances. Due to this they need to ask for aid of other Knights and Eden members. There are some Knights on the list, too, but due to their attitudes even asking Sydney sounds more reasonable. Thomas Silver and Keto are probably the best options among Knights, but Thomas tends to be a great asshole while Keto has some 'issues' fighting enemies that are related to her- that girl would probably blow up Ohio trying to catch Fina. 

"Michael and I are only left of Mighty 5 here." Alex responded.

"Makes it difficult to cooperate..." Dante added.

"We will invite some other Knights though. Thomas and Keto will do fine. And, yeah, you get a share so... what do you say?" Alex asked.

Out of all people it was most important for him to have Michael and Sydney since they are easiest to cooperate with. Both are very agile and deadly in combat. Sydney is very strategic, too, so her expertise and planning might come in handy. Michael can track and 'stalk' Fina considering Metallius has Specter Movement. As for Keto she probably has the best stunlock and damage combination in a short period while Thomas combines quick movements with high DPS. 

[Sydney White]

Yes, Sydney already knew situation of the Mighty 5.

They were in quite a pickle and from Sydney's perspective their team would sooner or later be disbanded. Such shame considering Marcus Lyonel and Jason Sylvester are quite powerful, especially now that both of their Bakugans have evolved. However, it was not Sydney's concern to think or talk about those things much. It was not her problem either. Alex said he would invite Thomas and Keto; two names that are often commented on among Eden members- especially those who like gossiping. Thomas is known as the 'loud ass-face' considering how much he trash-talks and how much crap generally comes out of his mouth. And Keto is sometimes called 'a little prick'; tiny girl who tends to give everyone a hard time.

"Those two... Ah, fine. I will come along." Sydney accepted the offer.

She was informed some time ago by Victoria there was a bounty on Fina. Seeing those numbers would make anyone want to take a risk and just go for it. Even if reward is split among five people it is still a huge number and Sydney is modest when it comes to her share. There is not much she wants to spend on; perhaps for gift for Petra's upcoming birthday. 

[Alex Andersen]

Sydney was in on the action. That was great.

Her fight-style would definitely come in handy for the upcoming battle. Vergilius is far more agile than Dante and his agility is to be compared to one of Metallius; combine that with quick and numerous attacks and you've got many enemies skewered already. Of course, that would mean less rewards for everyone else, but it was okay- plus, defeating Fina is a priority over rewards. Her on the loose is worse than Kyuki; she is far too creepy and brutal. 

"Okay, we've got a deal then. Want to give Keto and Thomas a call?" Alex said.

"Wait, we do not have a healer, do we?" Dante pointed out.

"Yeah, you're right. Sydney, you want to invite anyone?" Alex asked their new teammate.

And if she does someone to invite that means another split in the prize. Small price to pay for a greater cause. They do need a healer. Would be much simpler if Alex could invite Jason since he used to cover that role as well in Mighty 5, but their lucks does not allow so.

[Sydney White]

They, indeed needed a healer. Two would be preferred, too.

Unfortunately, Sydney had only one available in her team while the other one was already on a mission somewhere else. Considering that one Bakugan in the planned mix is a tank, and two are tank/DPS hybrids they have a high amount of health that had to be monitored and restored in case of high damage coming from the opponents. Maintaining health of so many tanky individuals is not an easy work considering it takes time to restore massive amounts of health. Shabelle Carter, one of Seven Angels and a good friend with Sydney, is a very powerful healing-oriented support brawler; she can restore high amounts of health of multiple Bakugans at once. Then Xia whose Bakugan is actually a super-hybrid of tank/DPS/support and can easily heal a single target to full health in seconds, but she is too busy so she falls out of the mix.

"I have a person suited for the job. Now, you two go and gather other Knights. When you're done contact me and we will make a plan. Got it?" Sydney said.

Shabelle was her choice for a healer. Considering everything that is at stake and the reward involved there is no chance Shabelle would decline. She is very reliable in and outside the combat, from Sydney's previous experiences, so they should not be worried about it too much.

[Cyber]

Two Silver Knights headed to their comrades' quarters to ask for aid in the quest to find and defeat Fina and then bring her to the justice. Thomas Silver gladly accepted with a lot of unnecessary and inappropriate commentary on how far he would go in his brutality against Fina. Keto, wanting to see the end of monster her mother was turned into also accepted. She would not confess that as her main goal claiming she was doing it for the money. In the meanwhile, Sydney White asked her teammate, Shabelle Carter, to accompany her which the healer of Seven Angels gladly accepted. Shabelle, like Keto wanted to end the nightmare; Fina was a famous scientist who lived to help others and was turned into a monster- letting that slide was simply unacceptable. And then the party of six was formed; Alex, Michael, Keto, Thomas, Sydney and Shabelle- soon they would head towards where Fina's location was marked and make sure justice would be done.

In the meanwhile... Ohio, Fina's secret base.

The woman came back to her base gravely injured from Ares and she had to treat herself. Due to the haste she failed to notice multiple signatures that had surrounded her secret base. And, no, that was not the party of six mentioned above- that was a horde of dozens of soldiers belonging to the infamous terrorist organization, Chrono Elite. Hideous murderers, thieves, robbers and anarchists who would slit their mothers' throats for their foolish ideals. Some of them were accompanied by the cultists from Cult of the Triad that was nearly destroyed once Kyuki decided to root it out. Attack consisted of unusual brawlers and Bakugans; brawlers were dressed in dark-blue clothings; normally it would be dark-red. Their Bakugans were covered in dark-blue shells and rock-like armor. In the middle of the horde was a single person leading; the top assassin of Chrono Elite, Cyber. He is a man whose true origins remain unknown; a masked heartless murderer whose greatest power lies, primarily, in hacking. Among all hackers on the planet he might just be the most-skilled one as he can hack in almost any system even while on the run and can mask his presence completely. Once Kyuki made him into that monster he realized that Cyber's power would surpass any existing once that monster begins overusing the power. Due to this Kyuki gave Cyber in Chrono Elite's service. However, for some reason he is now attacking Kyuki's secret base and Fina in it; no matter that woman's wickedness and power- she will not stand a chance.

"We're going in!!" One of the soldiers said over the microphone.

"Khhhh..." Static sounds could be heard coming from Cyber's mask as the man, apparently, is not capable of speaking.

Using Cyber's hack they opened all of the entrance hatches for the secret base and hurled in. Cyber used 'Data Movement' to teleport himself through the data flow into the building. Soon, building was overrun by terrorists looking for Fina, ready to slit her throat the moment they see her. Soon they will find her and soon she will be no more.

"The reckoning draws near..." 

[Keto]

The End