Techna

-==IC: Blade==-Blade shook his head, a scowl on his face."Some people just don't learn, even when dying." Blade muttered, but looked to the hacker army, which was obviously very mad now."Well. Shall we meet up with our allies?" Blade said with a smile to Tain and Hrunja and the others."Also, I have an idea, Quada..."

GM: Gust (Western Front, Hacker Siege)Equinox.Hello, Gust.I assume you're paying attention to current events.If viruses had the capability to occupy seats, I'd be on the edge of mine.Whatever you have planned, I could care less at this point. We need an edge.And so you come to me.Whoever designed you clearly put some sort of common sense into you.Thanks. I'll pass that on to them.Them?Them.The Hackers?Nope.Techna?Nope. If I had a cigar, you wouldn't be getting it.What are you?Equinox.Ugh. Whatever. Listen. I need you to occupy my body again.Though the idea of rifling through your emotions again sounds entertaining, I fail to see why I should intervene.Because if you're not Hacker and you're not Techna, you clearly have some affiliation with whatever's hurtling towards the ship, and if the Hackers have their way, your goals will end up crushed, just the same as ours.Probable.So, will you help?Questionable.Can you answer more efficiently?Doubtful.Please?There we go. If I had a verbal language, you'd be speaking it.And suddenly, Gust felt the familiar sensation that his emotions and body were no longer his. Memories began to flit through his brain once again, but this time, they did not pain him. Instead, they gave him strength.And he grinned.-Teezy

-==IC: Blade==-Blade gripped his sword, as he ran forward, charged electricity around his fist, and then used an uppercut on the nearest hacker he could find. The hacker in question was flung back, even as Blade swung his sword at a second hacker, who parried the attack. Blade then jumped into the air, landed behind the hacker, and then whirled around quickly, as he stabbed the Hacker in his heartlight from behind quickly, and then withdrew the blade and kicked him away."Come on; give me more of a challenge already." Blade said, as he unleashed an aura of lightning around himself, in preparation for the next fighter's attack.

IC - Dorcha - Western front, hotel:Feeling out ahead with his sonar, Dorcha was aware of another person. Not on that, but he was aware of about eight persons trying to smash through the window behind him. He made a quick decision, and decided to go further in, towards the lone person. He heard a voice, and assumed the person was talking. Dorcha was relaxed but ready: it was highly likely that this person would try to friendly-fire him the second he was spotted.

GM IC:The siege on the western front was long and fierce. Bodies littered the streets, forcing soldiers to step over them, steeling their emotions so as to avoid distraction. The ratta-tatta of firing guns, intermingled now and again with the BOOM of an explosion, formed a deafening wall of sound that left combatants' audio receptors ringing. The closest description of the melee would be complete, utter chaos: No battle lines existed, resulting in many a noble soldier being gunned down from behind; barely any semblance of command was present, instincts serving as the lone universal commander and surprise serving as the lone advantage.But the eastern front?Torch had called Technan survivors to the east before exiting radio contact. Those few who made it through the crossfire found a large group of Toa, Glatorian, and other assorted species in a large, armed group. Together, forming a solid line, these Toa pushed the Hackers back to the Science District and away from the cockpit.Torch was locked in that very cockpit. Radio silence left his goal a mystery.IC (Technology Tower):"Evryx, go!"Pausing only to take a deep breath, Evryx charged across the cross-corridor. A spattering of fire pounded the wall of the T-intersection, but Evryx reached the other side without a scratch.In doing so, he had effectively drawn the defenders' weapons to the side, if only for a second. That second was enough for Raknar to shoot two Matoran, sending them to their knees.The Matoran guards swung their weapons back.Evryx's grenade blasted them all to kingdom come."Clear," said Raknar, hugging the corner as he entered the hallway. The white walls reflected the artificial lightstones' yellow-white glow in a garish fashion. Down the hall, a sign that read FLOOR 5 was mounted above the middle elevator doors in a cluster of three elevators.Raknar grinned. "I do believe we've neutralized resistance. The CPU is down that hall -- I'm taking point, and Evryx and Fialga, you two'll stay behind--"He was cut off by Ryjak's announcement.For a long minute, he was silent. Enaltai, dead. Ryjak, leader. Him, ticked off as he could be."Double-time, boys," he said, jogging down the hall.

IC: Savina - Information District - Battle -Blade didn't notice as he fought that a hacker was coming from behind him, with a dagger in his hand. Fortunately, Savina saw this.The hacker lunged with his knife, only to be suddenly pounced on by the cat-Hordika. He struggled for a minute, trying to fight off the clawing Savina. Until Savina decided to bite him in the neck, his body went limp instantly as she torn through his neck.

-==IC: Blade==-Blade nodded to Savina in thanks, and then charged up a ball of lightning in his hand."Begone!" He said to the hacker, as he slammed the ball into the hacker, which caused an explosion that knocked him back and away. He was likely not dead... Yet. If he tried to fight some more, though, he probably would be dead. Blade then looked around, as he tried to figure out the best way to use some of his more advanced techniques, without hitting his allies.

IC: Gust (Western Front, Hacker Siege)Gust took off with a gust of air, flying towards the giant hovercraft floating above the Western Front. He whipped out his pistol as he landed on the roof and shot open the lock on the roof, opening the door and dropping in. The new Hacker leader was facing the windshield."Ryjak."The Toa of Shadows remained silent, and Gust sighed."You need to stop this. Now. I've seen how it ends."His eyes glowed a deeper purple with every word he spoke."The greatest mistake of the Great Beings, a civilization founded on blood and spite, the destruction of the Techna, and the two of us, stuck in the middle, leading what's left of our factions to their imminent doom. We can stop this. Together. Just call the Hackers off."-Teezy

IC: Savina - Information District - Battle -Savina came up to Blade, growling viciously at the hackers surrounding them, the majority of the hackers didn't seem to want to get too close to her, as they had seen how savagely she'd ripped their comrade to shreds. Then one of the hackers got the bright idea of just simply shooting at her. He pulled out his gun, aimed, and pulled the trigger.

-==IC: Blade==-Blade noticed that, and stepped in front of Savina quickly, and then winced, as the bullet embedded itself in his left shoulder. Blade then concentrated, and had a blade-shaped bolt of lightning fall from the sky and pierce the hacker in return, though he growled slightly."Anyone know how to get this thing out of my shoulder?" Blade asked, as it was hindering his fighting ability.

IC: Savina - Information District - Battle -Savina roared in anger as she saw her friend get shot, she lunged at the mass of hackers, taking them by surprise, she torn through the first hacker that had shot Blade with her claws, he was already pretty messed up from Blade's lightning. The other hackers attacked, but Savina leaped out of the way of the sword of one hacker, and then pounced him and clawed his face, scratching through one of his eyes. He screamed in agony, she didn't have time to finish him off though, as a hacker with a machine gun opened fire, she leaped to the left to escape the barrage of bullets, and then quickly ran toward the hacker, who dropped the machine gun out of fear. The other hackers around began to surround the Hordika cautiously watching as she ripped apart yet another hacker. Savina was too enraged to realize she was getting too far into the enemy lines, she could probably take out quite a few more hackers, but she'd get overwhelmed pretty quickly if she didn't back out soon. OOC: The field will be full of BLOOD!!!! AND FIRE!!!!!!

-==IC: Blade==-Blade frowned at that."Savina!" Blade called out, and then growled, as he ran after her, more than a little mad at the hackers for all this. Blade managed to fend off a couple hackers, however, his left arm was damaged further, and the hackers began to surround him as he met back up with Savina."Get back, I'm going to use a powerful attack." Blade said to the Cat Hordika, as an aura of lightning slowly surrounded him.OOC: And lightning too, to mention that. =P

IC: Savina - Information District - Battle -Blade's voice was able to snap her out of her rage, she looked at him, blood all over her face and paws. She saw the aura around Blade, and immediately understood she didn't not want to be anywhere near him. She leaped off the hacker she had been maiming and darted back toward the others.

-==IC: Blade==-Blade breathed in and out slowly, as the hackers surrounded him, and the aura of lightning then became more tangible, as it flowed upwards, as the Toa of lightning twirled his sword in his hand, and then stabbed it into the ground."RENDING SABER!" Blade yelled out, as the ground more or less exploded with electrical energy, as Blade intended to at least send the hackers flying back at the very least. Whether they would be dead or not, was a different question. He did drop to a knee after that blast, however, as he panted, and hoped that someone would be able to make enough of a distraction for him to get away from there for that moment, especially with his wounds on his left arm.

OOC: Wow, about 6 pages in a day and a half. This is quite the battle.IC: Emma - WarzoneThat distraction for Blade came in the form of a group of Hackers being blown away by a very angry Toa. Emma snarled, exhausted and injured beyond anything she had experienced before.She sprinted over to Kairan's group, out of breath, with a long gash down her left leg, and scorch marks blasted across her chest."Hey, sorry I'm late," she said casually, as though just meeting them for dinner.-Void

IC: KrayzikkA large Hacker was approaching Tain from behind, unknown to the Toa. Just as it was about to strike, the Hacker's chest suddenly sprouted a sword.As soon as it was retracted, an armored hand through him into a pile if Hackers in front if Savina. Krayzikk stood where the Gacker once did, Matrapolux's sword in his hand.

IC: Savina - Information District - Battle -Seeing that more help had arrived, Savina quickly got back into the fight. She started picking targets that were either by themselves, wounded, or somehow distracted. She took every one of them by surpise, ending each hacker's life with a bite in the neck or excessive clawing. She began taking hits though, some would try kicking or punching at her as she pounced them. She got a few scrapes and scratches from swords, knifes, fly shrapnel, elemental attacks and explosions, as the battle continued, she never stopped for a moment, but she was starting to get worn down.

-==IC: KairanBladeZero//Warzone==-Kairan chuckled, as another hacker, which had been about to kill Blade, managed to have a sword stick out of his shoulder, and then was kicked away. Blade looked over at Krayzikk, Kairan, Emma, and the others, and smirked slightly."About time you guys got here. I thought I was gonna be listed as making a heroic sacrifice for a moment there." Blade said, and Kairan rolled his eyes."Yeah, that's definitely something you'd hate, being listed as having done something heroic." Kairan muttered, and smiled at Emma."No problem there; we only just met up with the group ourselves." Kairan said, and Blade paused."I think I have something for you..." Blade said, and drew a second sword, and tossed it at Kairan, which made him look up in surprise as he caught it, since it was his sword."I found it in the rubble during our fight, didn't have much of a chance to return it before now." Blade commented as Kairan nodded, and ran toward the fight again, now that the two groups were united once more."Right; anyone here a healer?" Blade asked, as he looked over at Krayzikk's group again.

IC: KrayzikkKrayzikk shrugged as he decapitated a Hacker. "I know first aid, and minor battlefield aid, but that is it. Guard standard."

-==IC: Blade==-"Enough to take a bullet out of my shoulder?" Blade asked, as he mostly just wanted to be able to use his left arm without the bullet causing a ton of pain; he could handle sealing the other wounds he got, with slightly controlled lightning. But sealing the wound with the bullet still inside, which he was careful to avoid accidentally doing in his earlier lightning attack, was just asking for trouble, and Blade knew that.

IC: Savina - Information District - Battle -As the battle raged on, Savina kept fighting in a berserker like rage. Over time though, she took on a few more serious injuries, she had a large gash on her belly, and a few deep cuts on her arms and legs, she leaped in front of where Blade and the others were for a moment, panting loudly, before she growled again and leaped on yet another hacker.

IC - HovercraftRyjak turned on his heal."What? You don't understand. We must get back to Spherus Magna." he said.He made no move for his weapons. "To do that, we must take out enemy forces."Unexpectedly, he swung his arm at Gust. Being ten feet away, it looked ridiculous......until his arm erupted into a purple version of the limb, as if a giant was inside of him.

IC: Emma - WarzoneEmma knelt down next Blade, checking out the wound, "I think I can handle this. It'll hurt quite a bit, but only for a bit..."Closing her eyes, she focused on the molecules around the bullet, merging the oxygen and the hydrogen, forming small droplets of water. More and more, slowly the water pressure pushed the bullet upwards, making the wound walls slick and greasing the object's route.After about a minute the misshapen lump of metal fell out of the wound, into Emma's outstretched hand."There...you..go," she said, sounding more and more tired every second.-Void

IC: Gust (Ryjak's Hovercraft, Hacker Siege)Gust backflipped, avoiding the strike and landing cleanly on his feet. His face was pained, as if he knew Ryjak's reaction before he made it, but still dared to hope it wouldn't come."Alright, then," he said sadly, his eyes glinting Equinox's distinct shade of purple, "I don't have to regret what I'm about to do."He used his Kakama, tackling the rapidly-growing Toa of Shadow and sending both of them flying through the windshield of the hovercraft to the ground below.-Teezy

-==IC: Blade==-Blade had bit his lip to avoid yelling out, but nodded in thanks, as he stood up, and then walked back toward the hackers, a lightning aura surrounding him to seal off the wounds he had gotten."Thanks, now get some rest." Blade said to Emma, as he dashed toward the hackers, and punched one of them away with an uppercut. He seemed to somehow have gotten a second wind of such; possibly from hope of them actually being able to succeed in pushing the Hackers back, after the second group reached them.

IC - HovercraftHe closed his eyes as he fell to the ground, calm. Ten feet... Twenty feet... Thirty feet... Impact. Ryjak rose, becoming a titan of shadow power. He was crackling with energy."Rise to meet me, Gust. I know you can."

IC: Gust (Western Front, Hacker Siege)Gust rose to the occasion, rising up to Ryjak's size and creating a giant titan of air around his body, one that he controlled with every movement he made."Lovely view for a spaceship," he called out, well aware that they could be seen throughout all of Techna. The final battle between the commanders of both forces had begun.-Teezy

-==IC: Blade==-Blade noted the the two giant forms, and nodded, as he and Kairan ran forward, Replica and Original fighting side by side for the time in their lives. Both of the Toa of Lightning summoned auras of lightning around themselves, as they each fought one hacker each. The hackers were damaged by the lightning, which Kairan condensed into a ball, like he had done earlier; while Blade simply sliced out with his sword, dealing the hacker he was fighting four gashes, and Blade then jumped back, and fired a concentrated bolt of lightning straight at the hacker from the tip of his sword, which went straight through the hacker due to the heat energy and momentum, and nearly shocked about a dozen more hackers in the crowd that was attempting to surround the Technan forces. Blade knew they weren't really doing much to any of the forces, but he knew that he had to help out however he could...

IC: Zaphos"I'm being outdone by a bloody Hordika?" said Zaphos incredulously as he watched Savina claw into the Hackers. "Well, then I'll have to work harder I suppose."A nearby Hacker promptly found themselves ripped in half. A malicious grin covered the Frostelus' face as he attacked several other Hackers nearby. One Hacker found themselves with an arm in their chest, while another had their head eaten. There was a reason why people hated his species, and they were finding out right about now."BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD! SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE!"

-==IC: Blade==-Blade stopped fighting for a moment, as he jumped back, and blinked at Zaphos and Savina tearing through the hackers.I'm half tempted to have Quada summon Zaphos away temporarily, and I have no clue how I'd stop Savina. Blade thought, as he shook his head, and evaluated the fight once more, wondering what else would happen shortly.

IC: Sil and NikaronThe cat was following Savina, striking at foes, seconds before they may strike Savina, the two cats were looking out for one another.Meanwhile bullets began to rain down from the rooftops at the Hackers, not just bullets but also Disks. Someone was sniping off the Hackers one by one. That some one was the Night Angel, he was back. The Sniper he was using was the same one he'd picked up in the caves. The a Hacker began to approach Blade, attempting to strike him from behind, he didn't succeed, a bullet in the head from the Night Angel took care of that.

IC: Quada"So what did you want me to do again?"

IC: KrayzikkKrayzikk slashed a Hacker across the torso. "Alright, I'm going to get in contact with Airu. He has a building secured."

IC Kylus - Housing District(?) Underground - ... sneaking?: He hadn't released Fulok from his house just yet, the Toa had been intoxicated when he went to sleep, and he was in fact still sleeping in his house. He had locked it up to prevent the Toa from escaping, yes, it was kidnapping, but it was for Fulok's own good. At this moment, he was in the 'Housing District', he had heard from a reliable source that there was a Hacker containment cell in the district, and that they were keeping prisoners in it. Well, being who he was, Kylus wasn't going to let that happen; he had decided to head to the cell, and free whoever was inside.He could only guess that they were holding Techna in there, and maybe some who were neutral to the whole war. He didn't like the Hackers, and he didn't always agree with the Techna, but he certainly would protect the civilians, those who didn't have a say in the war, and were merely victims to the two sides.According to the map he was provided with (which was displayed on his HUD), the cell was coming up soon, just a few more city blocks and he would be at there. Of course, he was underground at the time, but his map was still counting the blocks as if he were on the surface. -Kylus

IC: The Golden Hammer / BattlefieldA communication patched in from Kinksh to Swuiop and Thuiop -"Get out of there. This is too big for us now. You heard what was said - Techna-Nui is heading home. All that matters is we escape the fight unscathed."A similar message was sent to Skull - "Skull, can you read me? Report to the home of the former Toa Levacius. We need to count our losses. Bring any allies you managed to recruit."Kinksh turned behind him. While the battle went on, he had amassed a good two to three dozen criminals and discouraged warriors - both former Technans unwilling to go with Gust, and Hackers who refused to follow the shadow toa. For now it was just a rabble, but that didn't matter. It was a start, and that's all he needed.He paced before his newly assembled force. "This battle has gone beyond us, my friends. Enough have died this day - the victims of this battle already number in the hundreds. We will return to our last stronghold and assess the situation from there."One Steltian grunted, and said, "Why not just kill those two in the lead? Maybe take over!"Kinksh grinned. "No, my friend. It's not time yet."Swuiop and Thuiop came rushing, a path of stone and lightning along them and a trail of corpses between them. The metallic cat followed.Raising his hammer, Kinksh declared, "The Golden Hammer - forever!"-Toa Levacius Zehvor

IC: JikalAcknowledged. En route now. I feel it is worth noting, however, that I was contacted by the rumored 'Reichenbach'. He is almost as clever as the rumors indicate.Jikal grinned at Inc and Arkrak. "Well, sorry gents, but I've got to go." With that, he took off down an alleyway, and back onto a different street.

IC: Savina - BattleSavina kept tearing through hacker after hacker, she was in such a frenzy she didn't even notice anything else around her. She completely ignored her wounds, she didn't even feel the pain, she just kept picking the most vulnerable looking hackers, and systematically took them down, clawing, biting, and ripping them apart.To her allies she looked like a bloody mess, and probably need to be calmed down soon, she'd collapse from sudden exhaustion if she kept this up for too long.

IC: ZaphosOne of Zaphos' arms streaked out and grabbed Savina, his bestial strength stopping her from continuing. "Oi, no stealing my kills."

IC: TainTain darted out, and started trying to drag Savina back. "Savina, take a break. Let Mr. Monster take over for a while."

IC: Kinksh / Heading back to Base"Understood. Fill be in on what you know once you reach the base. I have some intel on him, but if you have a few more pieces, that would be nice to have."His criminal associates were spread out more, now that they were in uninhabited area. He made sure to keep them out of private places, but the banks had no such luck, along with the homes of those reviled by the commoners. He knew how to place this game.-Toa Levacius Zehvor