From a wall a formless blob sprang forth, slowly it took shape, becoming a man, his cloak spewed from the wall until it fell silently around his shoulder, placing one hand on the wall again he closed his eyes, he was able to see everything happening in the castle, the commotion in the dungeon and on the stairs.
"Hmmmm, enemy at the gates, or the enemy within"
He smiled.
"Why not both"
Closing his eyes he spoke to an unknown shadow, one he had sworn a blood oath with.
"I have need of you, i envoke the blood oath we swore together, your enemy is at the door, kill him, and i will keep my end of our bargain..."
With that, the mage known as Erez'Zul walked towards the dungeons, a slight smile on his face.
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Joarathil nodded and ran towards the door and the intruder.
"Ah, looks like we a have guest." He said when he met the one who had caused all the ruckus.
He smirked at him and extended the blades that were hidden in the sleeves of his suit.
Leeches saw the Nighthunters arrive and smirked to herself, she pressed a few buttons on the wall and her bodyguard unit of robots arrived. she knew this battle was not over, it was ammusing how the Nighthunters seemed to have came all this way in revenge just because their cathedral had been attacked and she said as looked at her robots and some old quote ran through her mind,
"It's laser time boys".
The robots activated their personal force fields and saluted and all said as one,
"Weapons systems fully activated mistress".
She put on her battle armour again slowly, loading two pistols with experimental ammo and slipping them into holsters with a metallic hiss. She then picked up both her swords and spun them in the air.
"Serve me as you have served my family".
She then slipped her swords into back mounted scabbards and another hiss locked them into place, she picked her vampire skull helmet up and stroked it slightly.
"Lets hope you are not a bad omen shall we humm?
Then she slipped the helmet on and pciked up a multi functional rifle and said down a communicator
"Activate the gun ships, we have a war to finish, it seems Bathory has attracted quite the crowd".
A few minutes later at Cap Au Diable:
Two heavily armoured and armed helicoper gun ships hovered over castle Bathory and Leeches floated in the air with her robots and said down her helmet loudspeakers,
"Nighthunters, withdraw immediately or prepare for the whirlwind".
With that ten armoured soldiers with laser rifles arrived wearing jet packs and they were in what seemed to be standard military uniforms but with green glowing eyes, Leeches had apparently recruited some of the Infected, into her army.
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With the barrage of assault on the castle ongoing in the background, the coordinating masterminds dismounted their bikes and positioned themselves beneath the choppers. One erected a powerful forcefield over the team of seven as the others looked on, watching for any sign of attack from the Countess Leeches.
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Two heavily armoured and armed helicoper gun ships hovered over castle Bathory and Leeches floated in the air with her robots and said down her helmet loudspeakers. "Nighthunters, withdraw immediately or prepare for the whirlwind".
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Slowly Elizabeth her body began to dissolve and a dark mist was all that remains... her voice sounded towards Kai... "Girl... I think you can directly come true to your promise. The siege I expected has started. You know what you have to do..." Her voice sounded eerie through the dark corridors of the dungeons. Then her shapeless form disappeared in the cracks between the stones.
Only to reform in her office... She stood for her black mirror. The mystic crystal it was made of almost screamed when she send the call to all of her Court that was able to hear it! "The castle is under siege... now you can show me your worth!"
In the bellows of the dungeons drums started... her army of zombies gathered. The occasional ghost and demon accompanied them.
To be sure about the security of her prisoners she send a Dark Servant to the cage and a platoon Zombies to guard it.
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"So much for stealth" said Silvas as he and Laya began moving into the castle, past the two swordsmen, cloaked in shadows. "Pious must have given in, should we call in the reinforcements?" Laya asked her father, silently moving through the bars. Following her, Silvas replied "not yet, they will be needed later". As they began moving into the lower part of the castle, they became silent, focusing on fining the prisoners.
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Outside the castle Blade Racer and three other men watched the attack, focusing on anything coming out of the door, leaving the helicopters to others. One of the men wore a black trench coat, his dark tanned skin shining in the light of the fires. Another wore a hood and black body suit, with two blades on his back. The final was in heavy metal armour, painted a dark blue with golden linings and an automatic rifle in his grip. All four stood waiting for the word to enter the castle and bring down all hell on the countess' forces.
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Blood stirred from his sleep as he heard the commotion outside, rising to his feet he smelt the scent of his cousin outside, an began to head towards the door.
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On the opposite side of the city, Parasite Knight heard leeches voice from the loudspeeker. He began to move towards the castle, jumping onto the rooftops and moving as quickas he could towards the battle.
Upon the roar of the helicopters he swore under his breath
"God damn amateurs - no wonder the corp dont deal with these freakin idiots"
With one swift hand movement - he ordered his men entrenched on the roof to hold fire and spread out - a series of hand gestures re organizing the highly armed thugs into better positions, and slipping into a shadowform - edged his way to the lip of the nearest roof edge
He wanted a look at the scene, gauge his best way through this mess and also to see just how many simple part timers were messing this up, he wasnt about to risk his men over a stupid battle, he had faced down much smarter enemies before.
With one slow movement he peered over the edge . . .
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Leeches sent orders telephaically to the AI that piloted the helicopters, "Fire the sleep gas rockets and open fire with the chainguns".
She was a bit annoyed as Arachnos had outlawed the use of high explosive rockets within their territory, she had worked with them but they did not let her do whatever she wanted. She knew not to push her luck. Her soldiers formed up in a wedge formation and she smirked as the rockets went passed her and her robots, she then let the distraction continue, her soldiers had not opened fire yet though. She was not really sure she could trust them yet, she looked at what was going on and sighed. Squads of mercs were moving around on rooftops and the Nighthunters army was outside.
"Looks like a siege, well the Nighthunter army is obviously a distraction, which means, the heroes will be heading inside".
With that she sunk through the roof of the castle into her shadow stuff the robots following and she reappeared near the castles entrance inside it, she told her robots to act as bodyguards and waited and watched. She did wonder why the Nighthunters had came here though, it did seem suicidal.
The end is just a new beginning, Goodbye all my coh friends and even the enemies, its been a blast I will miss you all. Thank you Paragon team, you gave me a home from home I will always appriciate it.
Shaking his head again he flipped his com bead
"Kurze here calling in - Alert ops we have a situation here, and while y'r at it - someone get me patched through to our Arachnos liason, theyre gonna s**t kittens when they hear of these idiots"
He smiled to himself and look over the horizon to the nearby looming towers of Aeon City, and calculating numbers in his head he nodded to himself and moved off to another side - popping out a small electronic looking device and sticking it to a side wall as he deftly moved to the opposite parapet.
"Locator beacon dropped, got the boys waitin up top, we have a few of the Courts goons goin nuts with artillery an the Priests cosplay lookin amateurs roamin the lawns, whats the order?"
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Erez'Zul finally reached the dungeons, watching for guards he slowly looked around the room, his eyes almost immediately focusing on the now free, Damsel.
He smiled once more, but it wasnt a happy smile, there was something else behind it.
"Well....its to be expected from someone like you, the Priests wife"
He chuckled at his own words, though again, there was no humor in his laughter.
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Leeches sent telepathic orders to her soldiers, "Move to possition, open fire at my command, defend the holicopters, and if any spiders show up, the sergeant will explain to them it is in self defence, hero allied units are attacking, understood?
"Yes Mistress, but you pronmised us power, why are you scared of these heroes?
"Power will come, you will see, now follow my orders, it is not fear, it is defending my interests".
"Yes Mistress".
Leeches looked towards the main hall and smiled to herself, she nodded to her robots, "Open fire on any heroes you see, cover the zombies and I will deal with anyone else".
The end is just a new beginning, Goodbye all my coh friends and even the enemies, its been a blast I will miss you all. Thank you Paragon team, you gave me a home from home I will always appriciate it.
With as much speed as they could, Silvas and Laya headed toward the dungeons. Upon reaching them, they saw Erez taking to the freed Damsel. Standing still and silent, they watch, they're bodies as indecernable in the gloom as the shadows they walked in.
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Outside Leeches soldiers began to fire upon the four figures stood before castle Bathory. Blade lifted his sword and fly high up, headed on a collision course with one of the gunships, his armour's defences ready to punch right through it. Meanwhile the dark skinned man raised his hands and projected a force field around the himself and his companions, then began to raise a zombie horde to defend against ground assults. The other two men readied their weapons, preparing for a good fight.
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High past leeches machines, a small, cylindrical drone floated surveying the battle. It sent a video feed wirelessly to a satilite which redirected it to a secret underwater base in the ocean between Paragon City and the Rogue Isles. The video displayed on the wall of a room, were ten men sat in comfortable armchairs around a table watching the feed. "Is everything ready as planned?" asked one of the men. "yes, despite the early retaliation of the hunter heroes, we are ready to begin holding up Arachnos reinforcements" replied another. A balding man at the head of the table nodded thoughtfully "then give the order, Arachnos must not interfere with this battle, is that understood gentlemen?". All the men pulled out cell phones and began talking into them, giving their orders. after finishing this they each turned back to their leader, "Yes Sir".
Bill sat back in his chair and formed a tent with his fingers.
"This is Bill. Locator detected an' coordinates sent t'Thomas t'patch them int'Arachnos! Do whatcha gotta do my friend...we're gonna do what we do best..."
Placeing a cigar to his mouth he struck a single match against his chin and placed it to the cigar. He took several puff till the cigar was lit. He removed cigar from his mouth and blew out the flame so the cigar smoldered. He placed his head on the back of the chair as he waved the match out and took a long draw. He held the smoke in the back of this throat before letting a thick grey cloud escape his lips.
He grinned as he rose from his chair.
"Todays gonna be a good day..."
Nodding to the static reply over the com channel Kurze, hitman for the corp, lookd up and smiled to his men on the rooftop
The two enforcers took sideways positions to give covering fire as Kurze laid his Desert Eagles down and unwrapped a long muzzled L96A1 rifle, a weapon he rarely used but did take good care of. Kissing a pendant given to him by his partner Aquis, he smiled as he lined up a his first target, a mean looking soldier type, the one leading the mercenary band as they moved forwards.
Suddenly one of the larger brutes took to the skies towards the choppers and the bubbled mercs kept moving - Kurze smiled to himself and looked up to his men.
"Good news boys, we're a go, so just as we planned yeah? when the first one drops - unleash hell "
The thugs nodded and smiled to each other as the Arsonist lit two sticks of dynamite and threw them in a long arc - giggling maniacally as the sticks flared overhead to the lawn where the nighthunter troops were massing minus the brute.
"Good throw Kain - now just need to wait for the riiiiight moment . . ."
His finger sqeezed gently on the trigger - waiting for that hairsbreadth moment . . . .
He didnt have long to wait as the ground erupted in a loud *thwoom* and a sound like a sharp crack followed instantly from the roof, then followed as weapons opened up along the rooftop.
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Leeches sent orders telephathically to the AI that piloted the helicopters, "Fire the sleep gas rockets and open fire with the chainguns".
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...ground erupted in a loud *thwoom* and a sound like a sharp crack followed instantly from the roof, followed as weapons opened up along the roof.
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The four teams of minions surrounding the castle were still firing on the building, now weakening it's defences. The mercenary troop’s commander was sending out a message over his radio comms when suddenly, he was no longer there. His unconscious body laid twenty feet across the yard, a nasty concussion bruise swelling up on his forehead. His ranking soldiers took arms and began retaliatory fire towards the rooftops. The robots holding the line on the south face of the castle just outside the front door watched on as two sticks of dynamite exploded before them, buckling their armoured frames. With the weapons they still had functioning, they too turned their fire upwards towards the roof.
One of the forcefield-shielded masters made his move; taking to the skies with sudden force and dangerously increasing speed. As his invulnerable skin shrugged off the chain-gun machine fire, it became apparent that this brute had no intentions of stopping. He aimed himself squarely with the helicopter's fuel tank, similar to what one of his commanding field leaders Blade Racer was doing. As Blade flew at one chopper, the brute targeted another; it seemed an explosive collision was precisely the plan.
Meanwhile... inside Castle Bathory
Six reputable members of the Court of the Blood Countess had managed to slip through the enemies outside and were now rushing through the Castle. They arrived at the staircase and found Joarathil challenging a familiar vampire who was clearly intruding. Joarathil was more than capable of holding his own so they left him to it and made their way down into the dungeons. As they progressed deeper into the castle underbelly, the sounds of drums could be heard in the distance and the distinct stench of the undead caught their noses.
But instead of zombies, a young and beautiful Chinese girl emerged from the shadows. She looked innocent enough with her punk-style spiky brown hair, white crop-top and mini denim skirt, complimented with an inviting smile. As she approached the assorted group of six, she waved eagerly. The werewolf passed her by, so did the two horned demons. The mad scientist waved back, as did the vampire but the sixth member; the ghost, froze up with a strange look on her face. She squared up the harmless-looking girl upwards from the toes, taking in her long white puffy socks and bright pink sneakers before arriving at the face. Suddenly, one of the vampires grabbed the pale-skinned ghost by the arm and tugged her along.
Sword Runner stepped out in front of the group of Courters. "well well now, what do we have here?" he asked them "running from battle are we? cowards?". He drew one sword and stood in an ungaurded stance, the sword pointed at his feet. "well? where are you going to?".
The werewolf stopped and nodded to the others, as to tell them to keep walking.
He then started to grin at Sword as he made a drawing motion as if he unsheated a sword. At the moment he unsheated a katana, the werewolf disguise failed and Morilanthi were standing there where the werewolf had been standing just a moment earlier.
"Save the others, i will deal with this one."
One of the helicopers visibly shuddered as Blade racer hit it and ripped a hole right through its armour. It shuddered more and a explosion ripped through it, it spun out of control and exploded again into fragments. The other chopper saw what was coming for it and lifted higher and fired sleeper rockets in the targets face, it lifted higher and tried to pull out of the range of its attacker.
In the castle Leeches moved to the front door letting her robots cover the guards and letting the unknown vampire pass. She was content to let him walk to his doom, undeads were not her problem, she had to admit though this one in question had a interesting attitude. with that she made ready to enter combat. The defences were weakening, things were about to get very rough.
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Sword laughed through his helmet, "oh i see, you've come here to try to save those poor fools in the dungeons? let me guess, your the angel lover yes? must say she was a lot of fun before the end...good set of lungs on her". With that he charged, bring his sword around in a curving arc, bringing a second sword down towards Morl's head.
Morilanthi dodged the second sword calmly and blocked the other one.
"Dont you dare mention her." He spoke with an eeire calmness in his voice.
He then aimed his sword against Swords torso and tried to cleave him.
Sword blocks the attack and the following three attempts by Moril to cut him up before responding with a set of his own strikes, pushing Moril back with each blow. Sword's skill easily matchs Moril, but he can not break Moril's defence.. They continuously take it in turns to strike at each others defences, while the castle rumbles from the battle outside.
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Damsel kept her ground, bidding her time. She bombarded the approaching Nighthunters with telepathic messages, directing them to the dungeons. Her fiery aura burnt brighter and brighter as her adrenaline levels rose. She extended her telekinesis and caused items in the stone room to levitate, ready to hurl them.
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"Well....its to be expected from someone like you, the Priests wife" He chuckled at his own words, though again, there was no humor in his laughter.
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Erez'Zul simply smiled, watching the floating objects for a second then again turning to Damsel.
"Now now, i doubt your clear on who you face, im not saying that im more powerful, just that without knowing what i can do, you cant predict my movements, therefore, if we were to fight..."
Erez'Zul looked over at the children then back at Damsel.
"Someone could get hurt....therefore i simply wish to speak with you, perhaps even strike a bargain, one that will benefit us both, and do keep in mind that the castle is under attack, it is far more likely that a member of the court will come walking through those doors soon enough than a Nighthunter"
Smiling once more, the same humorless smile he used before, he said one last thing.
"Will you talk, or fight?"
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After tightening the wraps around his hands, Bill removed the cigar from his mouth and chucked it aside. He looked at the stolen Arachnos flier, one they had taken a long time ago during the war between Arachnos and The Corporation. Supplies were being loaded in a hurry, time was running short.
"Thomas? Where the hell are you?"
A young man came running in, in his hand a digtal handheld screen,
"Here boss man!"
"What's the word?"
"Arachnos have been informed and are sending out fliers as we speak." He taps the pad and showed him the data sent and recived. "They thank you for informing them and claimed they knew all along and wanted to see how things would 'pan out'"
"Typical egotistic bastards. Don't wanna people t'think we were more aware of the situation then they were!" He stepped up onto the boarding ramp and looked around. He saw the team approach and grinned..."Who wants to play a game?"
Joarathil leaned against a wall and shook his head slowly.
"I may be a heartless killer.. but killing a child that cant defend itself.." He muttered to himself.
"You brought this upon yourself, countess.. looks like you will reap what you have sown. I will stay.. but not for long." He thought and started to merge with the shadows.