Roleplay:Full Potential

This roleplay is closed! Sorry!

Overview
This is where it all goes down. The final battle of an incident that happened a year ago ends today. It all comes down to a fight that is sure to be legendary. What of Echo though, what has happened to her? Then there is the monster that is Foxtrot, where is he? This battle is me to end all here.

Participants
NeoExlucky

Saren

MaverickHunterSigma, the guy that totally dropped out of the last RP

Involved Characters
Fey Wayward (Neo)

Neo Tranquil (Neo)

Delta Radon (Neo)

Apollo Radon (Neo)

Dr. Radon (Neo)

Saren Arcturias (Saren)

Masako Haruno (MHS)

Reiko Haruno (MHS)

Ciel Mackenzie Fay (MHS)

Rose Hellsing (MHS)

Zapor the Hedgehog (Z88)

Zak the Kirby (Z88)

Lexi the Hedgehog (Z88)

Rules

 * Don't dodge everything in combat, otherwise I'll might have to add a dice system into this somewhere and I don't really want to do that.
 * New rule: With the passage of the swearing rules this is gettting an update here to. Swearing is allowed, but will be moderated. Please do not over use swears. Crap, Damn, and Hell will always be accepted and can pretty much be said whenever. Other words can be said now but again please don't overuse it, I'll warn you if it gets to that point. For the sake of keeping this series PG-13, the F bomb will not be allowed. Furthermore any racial slurs and/or sexual slurs will not be tolerated.
 * Don't kill or take something out with a single move, that's just not cool.
 * Don't kill someone's character without their permission. Not only is that uncool, but I will not stand for it. That being said, no name characters like 'guards' or something, is something I'm okay with you killing.
 * Don't auto hit either, that's still not a cool thing.
 * Do not blatently break the fourth wall, references to things are fine, but doing something like, directly saying your in a roleplay just isn't something you should do.
 * This is not ERP, so no sexual content. Romantic things (Kissing, hugging, etc) are fine, and innuendo is fine, but don't do...you know...
 * I don't like posting orders, so we won't use one. However, if things get too chaotic and I think someone is getting left behind, I will inact a posting order using a randomizer. We're a team, we can't let someone get left behind.
 * "Do try to have fun, dear"

Part 1: It begins
Neo and the knights approached a large brick manor with long tower like buildings decorating the roof. The place was dark and looked to be empty, but the large group of minions outside proved to the otherwise. Most of which had formed a line and were fighting statue creatures, similar to that found in the hospital. Mercury instantly called he group over.

"We've been waiting for you." Mercury told the group. "We know for a fact Radon is in there, we just need you to head in and take him out. We'll hold most of the minions off."

"What about Echo?" Delta asked.

"We think she's in there too." Mercury nodded. "We don't know where exactly, though."

"Ok, so we just bust the door open, and make it up as we go from there. Yay." Lexi said.

Saren smirked. "Just don't fall behind Lexi, Zapor."

"Name one time, other than Mariko Kart, that I fell behind." Zapor told him.

"Last I checked, body count and women."

"Anyway," Fey inturrupted. "What can you tell us?"

"When you guys are ready, we can clear path for you in, but once you're in, you're pretty much on you're own." Mercury nodded.

"Well I'm ready. Lexi, you ready?" Zapor asked.

"Heck yeah I am!" Zak, are you ready?" Lexi looked at Zak.

Zak scratched the top of his head. "...Yeah, I'm ready."

"Let the fun times roll.."

"Armed and ready." Masako replied.

"Weapons systems online and operating at maximum efficiency." Ciel said.

"We're a hundred and six miles from Station Square, we've got a full mana pool, a half pack of cola, it's darker than a moonless night inside, and I'm wearing the same outfit from before. Let's hit it." Rose said.

"Do it." Neo noted.

Mercury nodded. "LET THEM IN!" He called as several of the Remnents moved out of the way. Mercury fired a large beam of some black energy into the horde, destroying all of them. It was a metal in some sort of middle between being plasma and a solid.

Mercury kneeled on the ground in fatigue. "Go, now!" Red called.

Neo and Fey led the group into he manor as they entered, the door shut behind them and fighting continued outside. The Knights had entered a well polished looking hall, covered in dust and very dark. Broken and torn pictures hung on the walls. A old rug covered the length of the hall.

"We need to hurry and find Echo." Neo noted. "She's gotta be-"

The fox was interrupted as a scythe was flung towards them, landing in the wooden post next to the group. It was Zero's scythe. Standing at the end of he hall now was a demon. Cloved hooves of a goat, with long, sharp claws, and horns growing out of his head. Big black wings unfolded on his back, and his body started to glow. He had black fur covered in purple glowing tattoos. There was a body that could barely be seen on the inside, it was a strange-looking Mobian in some weird looking robes. "I found who has Zero." Fey said.

The demon slammed his hoof onto the ground creating a vortex of shadow so powerful that it could slam any non-shadow user onto he back wall.

Neo recovered from the attack. "Saren," Neo started. "We need to keep going. Do you think you can take him?"

"Hell yeah, just give me... Oh I dunno, Ten minutes tops!"

"Right." Neo said. "Let's move." Neo led the group around the demon, ducking through into another room. Fey charged what looked to be a wall around where Saren and the demon would fight.

Neo led the group further into the building. "The lab isn't going to be up." Delta said. "We need to go further down if we want to find everyone." She opened a hatch on his side of a wall and revealed a stair case. She went down.

Into the next room was a large white room looking like it was meant for testing. The roof was tall, leaving the group in wonderment as to how far they went down. There was nothing anywhere else except a little opening featuring a hall to the next room. No the center of it all stood a familiar man carrying a katana and no machine, although there was a large scabbard on his belt now. "Ciel!" Aero called. "You and I need to talk." He pointed his blade at her.

"Ciel," Neo said. "We're gonna keep moving."

Ciel narrowed her eyes at Aero. "Is that a threat? If you're raising your blade to me now, I suspect that I won't like what you're about to say anyway."

Large transparent walls grew around the two, causing the team to be seperated from Ciel.

"Yes, it is a threat." Aero said. "You know what I find interesting? In all of time, you are never mentioned, not once, not even in my Father's journal. Which tells me something. You shouldn't exist." He pulled his blade back. "Which means, I have to kill you."

"Ciel!" Masako unsheathed her blade and struck the barrier. All that did was throw her off-balance.

"Are you sure this is what you want, Aero? What could you possibly hope to accomplish by killing someone who's only trying to help?" Ciel asked him.

"Masako we need to move." Neo urged, grabbing her arm and taking her with him to the next area.

"Saren fights some goat thing. Ciel fights Areo...I think thats him. Jeez, they are really making us work." Lexi muttered as the group proceeded.

"Um, Grape Juice? If you know this place like the back of your hand, is there any room we should be concerned about?" Zapor asked Delta.

"Not anymore." Delta shook her head. "Most of them we bypassed when I made the shortcut down here. The only place I can think of now would be the courtyard."

The next room, which similar to the last, was large and white, oddly enough it was full of items, like a bed, several posters, dressers all around, clothes scattered all over, and a photograph on the wall. Upon closer inspection it was a family picture, containing Apollo, Bravo, a tall red cat in a leather jacket, Delta, Echo, a tiny brown cat who couldn't be older than five, and Dr.Radon. All of them looking pretty happy.

"This was Bravo's room." Delta said, after a moment of silence. She paused before she asked her next question. "Why did you do it?" She asked. "Why did you kill my brother and let me live?"

"Well, think pf it like this. Lets say you both were killing people, right? You kill a bunch of people, and eventually get to us. We would know that you guys killed a bunch of people, but would still believe you could be a good person if they just tried. We'd then let our guard down, and let you decide." Zapor told her. "If it was you, you would actually think about what you've done, how many people you've killed, and the lives that were ruined, and turn into a good person. Bravo would be the one two kill us on the spot, or say he'll be good and go back to killing later."

Zak looked at the picture on the wall. "Who's the small brown cat?"

"But Bravo isn't like that!" Delta said. "He's just a little boy who-"

"Delta." Neo interjected. "Who's the cat?" Pointing at Zak.

Delta struggled for a minute. "That's...Foxtrot."

"What?" Neo asked.

"The Echo Project is failed for a reason." Delta said. "Sooner or later we all turn into that thing. It's the glitch in our genetic code. Echo, Charlie, myself..."

"Wait, so you guys turn eventually turn into the same thing as Foxtrot?" Lexi asked.

"Maybe it works differently?" Zapor said.

Delta shook her head. "We're all failed for a reason, Zapor. We all have an experation date. All the original test subjects didn't last, the only ones who held their normal form for so long were children. Omega was the first to turn, I don't remember much about him, it was shortly after my birth..."

"So what does that mean?" Fey asked. "What about Full Potential? And Zapor has the serum in him, what does-" "Having the ability to use full potential and being a project are two unrelated things." Delta shot. "The serum is given to us after our birth. Zapor will be fine."

"Was Bravo nearing his experation date?" Neo asked thoughtfully.

"...Yes." Delta admitted. "And Apollo...any day now he could turn."

"What if you achieve full potential?" Neo asked. "Well, the achievement activates our regeneration glands allowing us to not transform but it's impossible to transform." Delta sighed. "The only way to transform is to have a direct flow of chaos energy, but unless you somehow have a Chaos Emerald on you, I doubt that's gonna happen any time soon." Neo looked over to Zapor. "Um..."

"Heh..lets just say that a certain person..." Zapor said, then muttered it at a very low volume, his eyes making the small anime circle eyes. "...may or may not have given us one...maybe."

"Excuse me?" Delta asked.

Neo pulled a red chaos emerald out of his jacket, alongside a second, new, white chaos emerald. "Time Spinner used it to track out position." Neo explained.

"You're telling me you have two chaos emeralds and you aren't even using them properly?" Delta asked.

"I don't know how to use Chaos powers, and neither does anyone else!" Neo stated.

"I...don't know how to activate the form though..." Delta said sadly.

"Wait," Fey turned to Zapor. "Didn't Echo go into that weird form when you fought with Apollo?"

"Yeah. He slammed his sheild on the ground light came out, then she went into that form." Zapor told her.

"Are you sure Echo entered full potential?" Delta asked.

"No, only a dark form." A familiar voice said as Apollo dropped from the ceiling. "Dark Potential and Full potential are two different things, you know."

"A-A-Apollo!" Delta stammered.

"Ooooh, it is great to see you again little sister." Apollo laughed. "But are you sure siding with them is such a good idea? You know what they did to Bravo it's only a matter of time before they do the same to you."

Delta looked from Zapor and Neo, to Apollo. "We can work this out!" Delta explained. "I've come up with ideas for a treaty that-"

"Delta you are a traitor to your familiy and a failure to our cause, you have led these people into our home and allowed them to slaughter our brother, the only way left to redeem yourself now is turn agains them and help me kill these monsters!" Apollo commanded. "Do as I command!"

"No!" Delta yelled back. "I don't want to be like you, I want to be like the knights."

"And what do you know about the Mythic Knights? In my experience of being with them they have done nothing but continuted to meddle in affairs that get them into trouble only for them to be barely alive afterwards, and always with the help of some random follower." Apollo scoffed.

"Well he's a ray of sunshine." Zak muttered ironically.

"Wonder what Saturdays are like for them." Zapor muttered to Zak.

Masako stepped in front of Delta. "No. We're not letting you decide her fate. You know what you're destined to become, and you'd rather drag her down with you instead of letting us find a solution?"

"You IDIOTS!" Apollo said. "Do you honestly think you can change her? Sure, maybe you can save Echo, the higher grade model but Delta? In this world it's Kill or be Killed, and Delta has that written in her genetic code. She is nothing with out the Radon Family!"

(Tales Decision: Stand up for Delta and A) Make her a Mythic Knight, or B) Tell Apollo that she can be changed)

(Even though Saren (the character) the character isn't here, Saren (the user) can still vote. Just vote OOC and Fey will make the vote in character.)

"Heck yeah she is! Grape Juice is a temporary knight who might get upgraded to a knight! And can't say you guys can't change, because Bravo said that she was just like some Charlie person." Lexi said.

Zak nodded. "And it isn't that you think she can't change. It's more like you reject it."

"And she knows way more about us than you, you Apoll-..." Zapor stops to think of some sort of comeback. "Apoll-loser!"

"She's already made her decision. She's a knight." Masako said.

"I will not be like you!" Delta said. "We can just work this-"

"Shut up!" Apollo shouted. "You are all so stupid, you think that this is something you can fix but you can't. She is doomed!"

"We don't care if she's doomed." Neo said. "We stand with her!"

Apollo started laughing. "Then she'll die with all of you. I will make sure of that." Apollo started to change color to a stormy grey. "You forget, I'm a project with them too...which means I have just as much power to destroy you!"

Transparent walls built up around the group, with the notable exception of Masako, who was left out of th rigt.

"Masako! Keep going!" Neo called as he was locked up.

"Well... we knights are supposed to stick together, right?" Rose said. "Let's show him we mean business."

"Wait. I'm just throwing this out here in the name of pacifism, but how about we don't fight, and try sorting this out reasonably?" Zapor stated.

"Then you will all die together!" Apollo shouted, sending his sword into the ground, and sending beams of moonlight at each person.

(Heroes and Villains - The Mythic Knights vs Apollo)

Zapor just barely dodge his attack. "Well, so much for that idea. Vioclence it is!" Zapor shouted before shooting a fireball at him.

Apollo quickly repeated this attack, sending a fireball back out at Zapor's, destroying both of them. He also rushed to Zapor, and attempted to bash him with his shield.

Rose charged at Apollo from the side, acting like a freight train without any brakes.

Zapor was hit with the shield bash, knocking him back. Lexi ran and used a spike roll attack against Apollo.

Apollo very quickly launched himself off the ground, several feet into the air, and fired a beam of sunlight straight down.

Neo created a blast of air to shoot at him, which pushed him, causing Apollo to be crooked when he fired the beam.

Lexi ran over to Zak, who used his sword to launch her up at Apollo in a spike roll.

Apollo copied Neo's blast ability, and sent a wave of air at Lexi.

Lexi was thrown back onto the ground with tremendous force.

Apollo quickly fired a blast of moonlight at Lexi.

Zapor shot a fast moving fireball back at Apollo's moonlight blast

The blast and the fireball met each other in the middle, holding each other back from dealing anymore damage.

Zak quickly made 4 Zak copies, who all lept to use an air slash on Apollo.

Apollo quickly rushed past them, toward Zapor. "Come on, you know what you have to do!" He challenged.

Zapor rushed at him, a fire ball in his hand. "Hmm, kick your butt so hard you want to turn good?" Zapor joked.

"Hey... maybe I could use that..." Rose murmured to herself.

Apollo met Zapor's fireball with his own. "No. You need to-"

"Zapor!" Called a voice that had just entered the room. It was a cat girl, a few cuts on her arms and face, her fur storm grey, and she clutched several cards in her hands. It took a second before anyone realized that this was Echo.

Zapor looked at where the voice was coming from. "Echo, where you been at?" He asked, forgeting about Apollo for a second.

"He has us all trapped in here, Echo! You have to break these walls down!" Rose shouted.

Echo looked at the walls, her breathing increased rapidly as she tried to think of what to do. "I...I might be able to...to..." And then there was the explosion.

Part 2(A): The Savior of Mobius
"In short? Saving the world." Aero told her. "Either you die or I die, but either way, the real story begins here."

(Through Time and Space - Aero vs Ciel)

(I'll admit that while Undertale's been my thing lately, I've always a sucker for a live orchestra. -MHS)

Aero immediately did something, quickly rushing his free hand through the air in front of his chest, causing a bright purple heart to appear on it. A small object appeared in front of the heart, an odd combination of grey, green, and red with daggers, a golden sword, and a grey rapier etched on it. "Totem of Persistance!" He called out, changing his form. Immediatly a wave of energy exploded in the room causing thousands of thoughts to go through Ciel's mind, they molded and changed, and soon it became clear that these weren't thoughts. Aero himself was unknowingly allowing Ciel to see into the future. The Fox's mask came off revealing a somewhat familiar face green face, and red-orange eyes, which also looked familiar.

"I will not let you're selfish act destroy this world!" Aero called out. "Not when it means all these people are going to die!" He thrust his sword into the ground, setting a large exploding wave towards Ciel.

After Ciel collected herself from the rush of thoughts going through her mind, she held her left arm out and arranged her white blades into a shield, connecting them with an energy barrier. "You're making a mistake! Neither of us has to die here!"

"You have not seen what I have seen." Aero told her, rushing in with his blade and aiming to strike at her chest.

The very first thought kicked in, one that Ciel had already seen. The image of Fey and Neo cornered by thousands of guards. "You're not supposed to be here." Neo says in the image.

"I'll always stand by your side." Fey noted lovingly, they hold the others hands as the guards creep in closer.

Ciel caught the blade with her barrier, collapsing her own blades around his and throwing him toward the ceiling like that. "Cease this!"

"Never!" Aero shouted, sheathing his blade and quickly pulling it out, releasing bolts of electricity at Ciel.

A new image appeared, this time it was Neo, tied to a table and being electrocuted. The shocks stopped and he gasped for breathe.

"You know where they are!" A man said in all black. "Tell us where the rebels are hiding!"

Neo kept breathing hard, before looking back up, fatigue and hunger clearly paining him. "Go to Hell." He then was electrocuted more.

Ciel shook her head, creating a portal between her blades. She connected the portal to another location behind Aero, sending his attack back at him.

Yet... she felt compelled to warn him about her own attack. "Behind you..."

Aero immediatly, sheathed his katana and pulled it out again, a purple blade featured this time, as he used a large force of gravity manipulation on Ciel's area

Ciel scrambled to dodge her blades as they were forced to the ground. After a brief moment of planning, she put a palm to the floor and sent her blades slicing across the ground, opening up glowing fissures in all directions.

Aero sheathed his blade and waited.

The fissures erupted with some sort of power, creating a blinding flash in the arena.

Aero immediatly pulled his blade out as a reaction, but there was nothing he could really do about not being able to see.

When Aero's vision returned, Ciel was trying to break out of the barrier.

"You cannot break out." Aero told her. "The barrier was designed by a very important magi four years in the future, you would be wise not to break it." He sheathed and unsheathed his blade again, this time it was a very red color again.

Another image flashed, this time Masako, Saren, Zapor, and Neo all stood in what looked to be the courtyard of Wayward castle, a woman in thick black armor stood against them, holding a very generic looking sword.

"Come on, come back to us." Neo said gently. "Please."

The knight responded by swiping down with her blade, cutting the side of Neo's face. She continuted, Neo dodged, then another, Neo dodged that one, then one more, Neo tried to block it with his claws, but they shattered into thousands of pieces.

"What else am I supposed to do? I'm not going to be forced into a fight!" Ciel complained.

"Then you can be forced to die." Aero said, his katana pulled ready and he prepared to try and decapitate Ciel.

One last image showed, a crystal statue of Fey stood in the center of a set of ruins.

Then the battle was interrupted by the explosion.

Part 2(B): Warring Demons
The demon took a step towards Saren, and spoke in some strange tongue, probably demonic, that Saren could not understand. However after he spoke the words became clear. "Stand aside, child of shadow, you stand no chance against a child of destruction."

"Heheheeeh.. One can always try~" Saren replied, a strange glint in his eyes as he pointed his scythe at the demon.

The demon spoke in more tongues. "Very well, you leave me with no choice, child of shadow." The demon rushed in a demonic sprint to end up behind Saren, turned, forcing his claws towards Saren's neck.

(Of Shadow and Hellfire - Saren vs Pawn Blood Demon)

"C'mon, let the room get chiller." Saren muttered as he ducked, then spun around with his scythe, intending to sever a leg.

The leg was severed, coating the floor, Saren's hand and the scythe in black blood, but the leg simply regrew. "Let's go dirty brother killer." He said, the image of a decapitated Bravo flash in Saren's mind. He snapped his fingers and the black blood began to alight in black hell fire.

Saren was shocked, dropping his scythe he let out a shout of pain. But he went to try and dngage the demon in hand to hand combat.

"Y'know, I did enjoy killing that waste of space.. Bravo.. Heheheheh.. But what do you mean by child of shadow."

"But did Delta or Echo?" The demon hissed. "Did you bother to consider how his siblings even felt? Echo's so emotional, and you know she cares deeply for her family, she'll hate you for this." The image of Echo, in tears over the body flashed. "You're more of a demon than I am, ruining families of your friends left and right. Are you going to kill Ages next? Maybe bring Zero's sister back to life so you can kill her again? Maybe hunt down Zapor's family?"

The Demon shook his head. "You people are idiots who don't even bother to recognize you're elemental parents. Where do you think you get your souls and your powers from?"

Saren actually looked like he was considering doing the deeds the demon said he might. "Let me tell ya something.. It's kill or be killed, and do you honestly think I care where I get these things from?" Saren asked before attempting to punch the demon with his still burning hand.

The punch hit the demon square in the face, but somehow the blood had hardened, making it similar to punching concrete. "Maybe you should start. You'll need help from the Spirit of Shadow himself if you have any hope of defeating me."

Since Saren had punched with his burning hand, it stands to reason that the fire would spread, or it would solidify over his hand.

The fire went out immediatly. "Did you really think that you could use my own powers against me? You are powerful Saren Arcturias, but I am still leagues above you." The demon slammed his hoof on the ground as black blood poured all around on the floor, pooling the area. "Goodbye, Child of Shadow."

And in the instant that the wave of blood rose, a voice spoke to Saren. "I hope you are not planning on letting this demon make a mockery of us." The voice said in a cool, masculine voice. "You may be strong, but the powers of shadow rely more on intelligence than brute strength, if you can outsmart your opponent then you can win any battle and though this demon may be stronger than you, you are much more powerful than him." A brand new scythe appeared in Saren's hand, it was a simple design, a black bar, with a second bar near the top, creating a cross symbol. The smaller bar lead to the blade which was large and colored onyx black. The handle seemed to bend to Saren's will, making it a much more practical weapon, and shadow tendrils seemed to appear around where the grip was, giving hint that it was somehow a middle between a solid metal, and made out of shadows.

"Ohohohooo yeah! Now that.. Is a weapon.. Hey mister tall dark and incredibly stupid, does this look good to you?" Saren asked.

"Dark Intent," The voice continuted. "A weapon forged by shadows itself, I give this gift to you, and remind you, through shadows we perservere." He paused. "Stay strong, My Child."

The demon did not respond and immediatly rushed towards Saren, with his claws pointed towards Saren's face.

Saren grinned, waiting until the last second before attempting to use the scythe as an extension of his own abilities by conjuring tendrils to trip the demon up.

"You know, you might want to try and fight smart instead of like a dumb animal~"

The tendrils came up over the demon's foot, tripping him over.

"You think I cannot will the shadows like you?" He shouts in his tongue, sending a wave of shadows at Saren.

"Destruction always believes it is better than others." The voice clucked. "The power of shadow leans towards intelligence rather than strength or emotion, it is unique in this sense. Keep a calm mind, and the shadows will bend to your will alone."

(So up above we have a Tales Decision for Delta to join the Mythic knights. If you want to vote out of character, I'll have Fey do Saren's vote in character.)

"Heheeeh, this is kinda fun..." Saren kept a clear mind while avoiding the shadows.

He tried spinning the scythe to harness the waves of shadow, if it succeeded, Saren would then toss the scythe at the demon.

"Hey ugly!! Suck on this!"

The shadow's did as the voice said and were thrown at the demon, followed by the scythe which sliced him in half.

But he wasn't dead quite yet, the demon form simply reunited. "If you think you can simply kill a demon, you're wrong."

"... In the name of whatever holy force is out there, I command thee, get yo b*tch *ss off this plane of existence and go back to hell where you belong!" Saren shouted, mocking a priest in those cathedrals.

Saren then flicked his hand out and watched as Dark Intent returned to his grasp. "Whoever it is that gave me this cool new toy, I'm gonna have some fun cutting this demon up more than once."

"Don't focus on the Demon's body." The voice said. "Notice the human in the center? Destroy him."

Saren nodded, looking at said human. "Can't say I don't want to do this.." He muttered, tossing his scythe at the demon's shadow in order to launch spikes out of it, hopefully impaling the human.

The scythe cut straight through the demon, going right into the person in the center, and out the back. The demon around the person faded, and the mobian now lay on the ground, dead. The walls around the area faded.

"You've done it." The voice told Saren. "Remember what you have learned in this battle, my child. Even when enemies with vast strength stand before you, and you face monsters of a high calibur, a quick mind can stand against any opponent you face." The voice paused. "You are something else Saren, you are far more powerful than most of you're kind. I cannot help you progress further, but now that we will meet again. Go and help your friends, they are the most powerful tools you can ever have. May the shadows keep you safe."

"I'm simply the product of what life tossed at me.."

(Saren can continute on to Part 2 (C), since he cannot fight Aero or Apollo due to the wall in the way. If you'd like, you may add Saren's reactions to the fights, though he cannot do anything to aid in those battles.)

(That would be great .3. -Saren)

Part 2 (C): A friendly "talk"
Masako was left with one thing left to do now. She was to continute to go throughout the lab and make her way to Echo or Radon.

Masako swore to herself... doing this alone wasn't going to be an easy task, but she couldn't start doubting herself now. She had to keep going.

The next room in the lab was smaller and brown containing a lab, with an assortment of potions nearby, there was also a computer with a screen on and left open at a document. Although it would need closer investigating, the words "Echo Project" could be seen.

To Masako, this seemed like it was intentional. She decided to examine the document.

The document details the beginning the project work from someone named Doctor Mercury.

Day 1:

We attempted to go through the first part of the process, by examining what makes a "Shard of Light" but it is difficult to say the least. With no way to aquire true facts on the subject at hand, we are forced to hope that the details in these myths are correct. This project is going to be difficult.

Other entries continute to show them attempting on making the project until...

Day 35:

We've done it, we've created a soluition dubbed "Light" based on the text in the book. It's still underdevelopped, and we need to find the catalyst that was made 2000 years ago before it can start developing, but the fact that we've remade the Light is brilliant. The only problem is that we cannot inject this into a fully developed person. We've discussed if possibly we could use it on a child, but that isn't enough either, a person will have to be born with it. But a fetus still isn't enough to hold all of it either. I've begun research in breaking the Light into shards and seeing if that can help.

More entries show the research process and failed attempts at testing the process on animals and artificail life. There was a large number of failures, but soon, a new entry appears.

Day 122: It's been done. I've broken the Light into seven shards, in a similar process based on the Chaos Emeralds. I've also now injected all the shards into pregnent mothers who have volunteered for this. Now we only need to keep them alive till the children are born.

Several months later a new entry appears.

Day 302: We've encountered a small problem. Some of the children have been born, but it is the Tranquil Family which gives me the most trouble. Kari gave birth to a set of twins, Neo and Era, and we cannot tell if they both have the shard, if only one has it, or if they both have small amounts. This is going to require more research. We need the shard of Bravery.

More entries appear to show the other children being born, and milestones in their life. However after several years, the entries seem to stop, until Radon takes over.

Day 1: I've begun development on a project that will truly stop the shadows. I call it, the Echo Project. It will be a serum based on having the subjects able to attack with any power that they can scan. I will update this journal after every development.

The next entries only show detailed but failed attempt at the project, and the grusome aftermath of what happened to all the children who failed the project, until the first one, Omega is listed.

Day 526: Omega is now working nicely. He has the serum in his body, but he has not mutated yet, and possibly will not at all. I am glad that I have finally achieved this, but I must continute on my work. The project details that there must be seven.

More details come up about the development of Alpha (Apollo), Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, and finally Foxtrot, who seems to be different from the others.

Day 1825: I've come up with the final part of the project, Foxtrot. Unlike previous models who need to see an attack before they can use it, Foxtrot has several souls in his body, with which he may attack with. He is a powerful machine, surely capable of defeating the shadows. However with Omega's death, I'll need to create one more. It's time for the perfect model, Genesis.

That is the last entry.

A grey mobian stood at the back of the room now. "So you've read it." Time Spinner said.

Saren was rather busy trying to navigate the halls after killing the demon.

Masako peeked out from behind the screen. "Have you been there this whole time?"

"i've been around." Time Spinner said. "Just wanted to talk with you about this."

Saren wandered in. "Alright.. I'm lost.. Where am I?"

"Oh good, come over and read this Saren." Time Spinner called.

Saren walked over to Time Spinner. "Eh, read what..?"

"Just the diary of the doctor." Time Spinner noted, pointing at the screen.

Saren read the diary. "Oh boy, fun genetic splicing.. Though I don't know a word he said..."

"You mean, they." Time Spinner noted. "The first half of the diary was writen by Radon's wife, Mercury, currently dead." He shook his head. "That's not the point though, what is the point is what was written within the context of the diary." He gave a sly smile. "Tell, what is your favorite fairy tale?"

"Don't have one. Sides I got myself a new toy from some voice calling me his or her child.." Saren snarked lightly, it was mostly deadpan though.

Time Spinner rolled his eyes. "Really? Not a fan of dragons and princesses?" He looked down. "What if I told you every fairy tale came from a true story? Excalibur, Rapunzul," He paused for the minute. "The Shards of Light."

"Then I wouldn't be surprised, I've seen and dealt with crazier stuff before meeting you guys ya know~" Saren replied, referencing that one time where he got Moros drunk in a bar and weid things happened.

"It is said in the tale." Time Spinner noted. "That when Mobians and Humans first came to exist, they were blessed with souls to protect themselves, and the ability to use kinesis by the elemental spirits. There were seven humans in that time, who then carved their way through the shadows and became known as the Shards of Lights. Perserverene, Paitence, Bravery, Hope, Integrity, Kindness, and Valor. As time passed, so did they, and eventually the world was left with none of the shards, but the shadows are returning and not your type of shadows, Saren."

"He is not wrong, young one." The voice spoke up again in Saren's head. "The shadows have slain many, including my sister. They are not to be taken lightly." He paused for a minute. "You may comply with this one Saren, he is strong and wise, but do not trust him yet, I feel as though he is hiding something."

"Which is what brings me here in the first place, before you fight Radon, I need to know something." Time Spinner said. "Both of you should know what is coming, and we would like to request your help with something."

"Sure I'll help.. But I want something in return.."

"I'm sure you do." Time Spinner nodded. "But then there is you, Masako."

"Well.. I want their assets, I gotta pay the bills ya know.."

"Well, you know I don't want anything in return. I have an employer, but all I wanted were some people with the same ambitions as mine. Getting paid for it is just the icing on the cake." Masako said.

"Well payment is nice, but that isn't what I meant." Time Spinner said. "You two are the only two here who I believe I can trust with this. Saren has proved himself, but you Masako have not. I wish to test you."

"... Look, time spinner.. Coming from me, I'd say she can handle it.. A little too moralistic but still capable."

"I don't believe it." Time Spinner said. "You both stand at the edge of something far greater than you realize. If you continute on this path, then your lives will be changed forever. Your next steps are what will change the world either for the better or the worse. You may die if you are not careful. If she does not pass this test than the entire world may fall."

"...Go ahead." Masako said.

Time Spinner stood up quickly. "This is a test of heroism. If you succeed then you will have proven yourself and you will gain a gift, if you fail, I will slay you." The meta quickly stood up. "Saren, why don't you continute on, I'm sure Echo is back by now and is already trying to find a way to get Zapor out of his battle."

"Sure, though where is Zapor anyways.. I'd rather not spend a few minutes wandering around." He asked.

"Then I accept. The cost of failure is irrelevant." Masako said. "I'll do whatever it takes to succeed. If I was destined to fail, then you wouldn't have placed your faith in me to begin with."

"Down that hallway." Time Spinner pointed, in the direction that Echo was not in, not that Saren would know that. He pulled his Rapier ready. "Now then, let's get-" He was interrupted by the Explosion.

Part 3: Apollo Alpha Radon
The explosion hit the building, causing everything to shake and the entire place collapsed in rubble and dust.

As Ciel would find as she came to. Aero seemed to be missing, whether he disappeared or was hit by the rubble is unknown.

Time Spinner shook under the pressure of the explosion, shaking his head as it subsided. "We don't have time..." He noted. "This wasn't how it was supposed to go." He looked up. "Saren, are you sure she has proven herself?"

The walls of Apollo's battle subsided, allowing anyone and everyone to come join the fight.

"Yeah, I'm sure.. If there's one way to figure out the character of a person, it's to fight alongside them.." Saren answered. "I have no problem trusting her to watch my back if things went down the shitter."

"Now.. Where's Zapor and Echo..?"

Masako smiled at the vote of confidence. "So... is it enough? I don't mean to undermine you or anything..."

Time Spinner looked her over, it was that there were a million thoughts running through is head right now, as if he was playing out every possible situation. "Luna Dammit." Time Spinner said. "Here." The strange being had handed Masako an item from seeming out of nowhere, it was a strange looking medallion with strange symbols on it. Although it is impossible to read them, the word Justice comes to mind when looking at it. "Keep Neo and Trinity safe." Time Spinner called, directing Saren to the entrace where the rest of the group was, not Zapor and Echo. "Anyone else is allowed to die, but if Neo and Trinity die, then all is lost." He turned and hurriedly went down another hall, leading him to who knows where.

"Yeah.. I get it."

Apollo stood up, as the group all came together. "Oh look, the gang's all here." He laughed. "Now you can all die together!"

"You're completely outnumbered Apollo, surrender!" Fey commanded.

"Outnumbered? Sure. Outmatched? Not even close." Apollo smirked. "I had hoped to keep this a secret, but I suppose given the circumstances, I'll reveal this little secret." Apollo reached behind him and pulled out a blade, of pure black metal. It's hilt was of some complicated design and there were several holes in it's build. "The blades of the Round Table," Apollo started. "Were originally broken off from the legendary sword Excalibur, and though the blades do not compare to it's origin, each weapon is firercely powerful, and hold it's own power." He dropped his normal blade and held the new sword up to the sky. "This blade, Madness, as an example has the power to summon!"

Suddenly black lightning struck all throughout the room as several knights came to life, until Apollo had an army to lead. "Sir Hector sends his regards!" Apollo taunted as the soldiers charged.

"Wow, you had to say something..." Zak muttered, pulli g his sword out.

"Hey Apricot, you think you can hurry up.. Happy hour starts in two hours and I don't want to miss the opening of the keg!" Saren shouted.

Part 4 (A): A battle of Morals
Echo had somehow ended up next to Zapor in the explosion. "Come on." Echo urged, grabbing Zapor's arm and dragging him deeper into the building.

"Ow...uh, so where are we going?..And how did the building explode?" Zapor asked, slightly running next to Echo. "And why are we running from...uh..Apples?"

"Apollo isn't the biggest threat right now." Echo said. "Zapor...we have to fight Foxtrot."

"Oh. That guy." Zapor said. "Have you been fighting him before or did you just now get to him?"

"Neither." Echo said. "Zapor, did you know that we're the only ones who can defeat him?"

"We are?" Zapor asked. "Why?"