Near Command Bridge - Pillar of Autumn - Henir's Time and SpaceRight as Nera began to approach, The Master Chief slammed the knife straight into the ground beside John's head and tightly grabbed the Spartan's neck before shifting his body sideways and turning to meet the lucario at startling speeds, far surpassing that of even John. The Master Chief then performed an open palm strike against Nera, taking care in avoiding the spike and striking the portion of her arm beside it with great force, pushing her away before pausing for a moment and continuing.
It was not known whether or not Nera's message had gotten through, but John had more immediate concerns, like getting free of his deadly clone's grip. Seeing that the clone Spartan had planted the knife into the steel floor beneath him, John grabbed at the hand over his neck with one hand and yanked the knife out of the ground with the other. Unfortunately, right as John stabbed at the inside of the Master Chief's elbow, he was greeted to him catching the blade in his hand and snapping it with ease before slamming an armored fist into his visor, fully depleting his shields and nearly cracking his visor. Immediately after, John was greeted to another punch, then another and another as the clone began to lay down a barrage of punches. John's visor held for the first few punches, but after a few, it began to crack.
John knew that if he did not act now, he would die, so in a last ditch effort to break free, John raised his hand towards the Master Chief's chest before unleashing a powerful blast of Darkness. The impact was so massive that the Master Chief was thrown from John's chest and slammed straight into the ceiling, denting the metal surface and destroying the light housed within. The Master Chief then fell to the ground, though it seemed he had recovered very quickly from the impact and was ready to fight once again. Meanwhile, John had risen to his feet rather quickly and already had a surge of Light ready for his clone.
Firestorm CitadelTakoizu lightly grinned at the softness of the sprite before finally deciding to alter the boundary of here and there, taking the sprites to where they could be cured. After all, as much as she would like to play with the little beings more, she had more pressing matters to attend to. After that, Takoizu turned to the Higher Power with a small smile beneath her helmet before speaking.
"Okay, that's out of the way. Let's go dethrone ourselves a king.", Takoizu said to the Higher Power.
Santa CruzIsaac simply shrugged as he began his search for the people inside the building, rushing through each room, but taking enough care to search all the places where someone could be hiding.
"Hello! Come out, we're here to get you out of here!", Issac shouted as he tore through each room. Eventually, Isaac came across a locked door and slowed to a stop as he heard footsteps on the other side. Isaac did not know what was on the other side of the door, but he was about to find out. Wasting little time, Isaac kicked the handle of the door with enough force to break the door open. He then aimed the flashlight of his Plasma Cutter inside the chaotic disaster zone of a room and saw that it was empty. He did not see a single person, but he knew he heard somebody.
Isaac trusted his gut, and not knowing who or what he would find, held Plasma Cutter at the ready and entered inside. The room was a large messy bedroom with clothes thrown across the bed and the pillows on the floor. Blankets covered the windows, possibly in an attempt to hide the occupants inside. There was blood spattered on the carpeted ground, signifying that someone might have either been injured or had died, and as Isaac took a closer look, he could see that it seemed to lead over to a nearby closet.
Isaac quietly swallowed and sighed as he readied himself for whatever might happen next, and slowly approached the closet door. His heart pounded in his ears as he reached for the closet door, his hands trembling slightly as he felt paranoia set in. Issac was expecting for one of the undead to burst out from the closet as soon as he opened the door, but to his relief there was a family of five huddled together in the corner of the tiny room as it was illuminated with his flashlight.
"Hey, hey, no need to be scared. I'm not gonna hurt you. We're here to get you out of here.", Isaac said to the family as he lowered his weapon and slowly raised out a hand to try and comfort them. Isaac was close to placing his hand on the husband when they all turned to look at Isaac, revealing gruesome visages with shredded skin and deformed jaws, screeching with inhuman rage and hunger as they lunged after Isaac.
Isaac screamed out as he fell over, dropping his plasma cutter. As Isaac attempted to regain his composure, he felt hands wrap around his ankles before the freakish monsters gave a mighty tug, dragging him along the ground to get him into the closet. Isaac shouted once again as he frantically looked about for his gun, quickly finding it to his right hand side and grasping for it, only to be yanked away from the plasma weapon. Isaac grunted as he turned over to his stomach and clawed against the ground, pulling against the creatures and inching closer to the gun. He reached out and tried to grab the gun, but then felt a small body land on his back. Isaac jerked and spun over to his back before yelling and swinging a fist at the demonic child, his fist finding its chest and launching it off of him and into the corner of the room. At this rate, Isaac was not going to escape these creatures and decided to switch tactics. Thinking quickly, Isaac raised his left hand and fired his stasis module at the cluster of creatures, slowing them in a stasis field as he laid on his back, looked behind him, and used his kinesis module to pull his gun towards himself. With his gun firmly in hand, Isaac sat back up and fired into the closet, pelting the monsters with intense blasts of plasma. The undead were no match against such intense heat, and just as quickly as they had attacked, they were blown to pieces and severely scorched.
Now free, Isaac scrambled to his feet before taking aim once more at the burning creatures, firing three more shots at the still burning enemies. Isaac was breathing heavily and could feel his pulse through his skull, his heart racing as he recovered from the scare. After a couple seconds, Isaac's breathing returned to normal and he looked to the exit of the room. It seemed that this room held nothing, but there was still a chance that people were in the building.
Unbeknownst to Isaac, the demonic child he had punched across the room began to stir and quietly rose to a stand before sneaking up on Isaac, ready to attack once more.
En route to Prometheus Labs - LondonAt the very moment Vala finished speaking, there was a loud shouting at the other end of the communication channel, no doubt that it was the exasperated Spartan driving behind her.
"GOD DAMMIT VALA! ARE YOU INSANE!?!? STOP RUNNING!!!", Mike shouted into the communication channel as he sped after Vala in his Warthog. It seemed that Vala's actions were placing the Spartan under serious emotional distress, and he was NOT happy.
Testing Chamber - Armor Technologies Lab - Sector 4 - Prometheus Labs - LondonAs Lily converged on the Hunter, the hulking colony of worms swung their cannon at the SPARTAN, to which Lily activated her thrusters and flew upwards. Right after approaching an altitude of 40 feet, Lily slammed straight back down on top of the Hunter. The Hunter's helmet was destroyed from the impact and many of the worms composing the head were crushed into a gooey orange paste as her fist tore through. Much of the Hunter had been scattered from the devastating shockwave after, and as the Hunter tried to recompose itself, Lily threw a grenade at the pile of worms and fired at it with her pistol. The grenade detonated, killing even more of the worms, and just as that had happened, the other Hunter was upon Lily. In a near instant, Lily saw the enemy on her radar and performed a roll in the air as she narrowly avoided the second Hunter's vertical strike. After that, she quickly followed up by climbing onto the Hunter's arm, jumping onto it's head, and pulling out a grenade as she used her momentum to slide around the head and onto the spines on its back. Lily slammed the grenade deep into the Hunter's neck and backflipped off the large creature as the grenade detonated, severely injuring the Hunter, and before it could recover, Lily had sprinted after it and fully activated her thrusters, performing some kind of charge that was powerful enough to tear through the Hunter's knees and send the creature onto the ground. After that, Lily stomped the worms until there were not enough to form another Hunter.
It was quickly becoming evident that the armor Lily was wearing was much more effective than her older one. Just watching her gave the impression that she was truly invincible.
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Streets of London | Jack and Mag's current LocationRight as Mag turned to leave, the groaning of metal could be heard coming from the pile of steel and scrap, and as if by some nightmarish miracle, the Spartan she had been fighting tore through his prison like it was tin foil. Soon, Jack was free, and by how he twirled his blades in his hands, he was not happy.
"You should have run while you had the chance. Now I'm going to kill you.", Jack coldly said. Immediately after, Jack activated his thrusters and lunged after the Mag with both swords in hand at 200 mph. If Mag did not dodge, the blades would most certainly do extensive damage to her armor.
Observation Deck - Sector 4, Prometheus Labs - LondonIf Cole looked very closely, he would have seen the smallest twitch of emotion on Alice's face, though whether it was anger or hurt was not known, for she turned to Flandre as if to speak. Meanwhile, Alice had overheard what Cole had just called her under his breath, and to be honest, she was not happy. Alice had been nothing but kind to the two of them since they got here, and she felt she did not deserve such treatment. Alice's face twitched at the word uttered beneath Cole's breath, but in that single instant, the Spartan realized that confronting Cole about it now would upset the happy little girl prancing behind her. Alice may have been a Spartan hardened by battle, but she could not bear to drag the happy little girl into their problems. This would have to be something Alice would confront him on later when Flandre wasn't around, and with that in mind, Alice began to speak.
"Okay then Flandre, let's head to the mess hall and get you a bowl of the stuff. Does that sound like a plan?", Alice asked Flandre with a smile.