He awoke in a tent, his gear set aside, and Ragnarok on a desk, he lay on an cot, with a blanket laid stop him. He stood up and dressed, latching Ragnarok to his sides, looking at the Allagan marks. He walked out the tent, to see that he was still in the center stage, Amons lair. He looked around, soldiers talking with a researcher, medics analyzing a document, Amons coat, was set up on a rack, along with his Allagan hat, and cloak. Catherine, Sol, and Raz were no where to be seen. He looked around some more, before noticing another Bridge, he hurriedly walked over to the base of it, seeing someone who looked familiar, but at the same time different. It was a man with short white hair, a staff with the decal of a meteor on the tip, wearing leather strapped boots, a flimsy lavender skirt, that was most revealing, with the front covered with a black cloth, his torso was revealed, only his shoulders, and his upper chest, was covered with a colosseum hooded shawl, next to him was Raz, she was wearing her normal outfit, her army overcoat, spiked boots, pink war gloves, and as she called them, her "smart glasses" that were just thin gold rimmed glasses. Lastly, Catherine, who wore her normal white dress coat, with a lined bow tie around her neck. She had her normal everyday miniskirt on, the color of dark grey, and on her feet she wore leather sandals, she wears them, to better feel the nature, and Aetheric powers around her. Kainzu slowly walked down the mechanism. "Oh, so you do wake up?" Catherine laughed. "How long was I out?" He replied. "Two days." She had stopped laughing. "Whose he?" Kainzu reached the group, looking at the Magister. "Sir, it is I, Sol Animus, after our battle with Amon, I felt it necessary to become my true self, and to do that, I must reveal my ancient secret." "This secret, well, go head, don't keep keep us waiting." Sol bowed, then took out a small gem, with un readable etchings on them. "This gem, contains enough black magic to destroy the world, and whoever holds it, unleashes great power." The three looked at the gem, as it pulsed with a dark energy. "I also conceal this power, I stop the strong flow of magic from leaking from the stone. If the gem breaks, until a new host gem is found, a void gate will open, and leak voidsent into our world." Kainzu nodded. "I'm glad we have you on our team." "As well." Catherine added. Raz stood there a minute, adjusting her "Smart Glasses" before replying. "So, that gem goes boom boom, gate opens, demons terrorize world, and I don't get to eat food anymore?" Sol, confused at first, ended with a nod. "What're we waiting for them, let's open the next Ragnarok Central Core gate." The three others nodded, Kainzu taking the lead, and walking up to the gate. He rose his hand slowly, Aether streaming into the gate, cogs beginning to spin, the metal bending, and shifting, the gate opened before them. "What is this?" Raz commented, as the gate revealed a Allagan Worm Hole Generator. "It seems to be an Aetheryte of some sorts." Catherine replied as Sol and Kainzu walked up to the device. Kainzu looked at the generator, before he rose his hand again before the mechanism, and allowing the stream of Aether to power the machine. Suddenly, an Aetheric blast occurred, and the four were whisked away on a flow of Aether. One by one they reached their destination, spawning on another mechanical bridge, leading to a center stage, three rings dividing it, the center, the middle, and the outer ring. Above them, there were tubes, concealing chimeric beasts, a mixture of woman with snakes, men with drachen, drachen with machine, and so on. As they began to walk forward, a giant mechanical door opened before them, past the stage. As it opened, they realized they were on top of a mountain, they looked around breifly, at a familiar Aetheric Formation in the landscape in front of them. "We aren't in La Noscea anymore." Kainzu muttered "Instead, we're in." Raz continued "The Black Shroud." Catherine finished. Sol looked on, as Chimeric tubes floated in the Aether filled air. "Hehehe we have guesssstts!" A voice sang. "Oh my poor babies, how you wish to be released, sadly Lord Dreadwrym won't let me play with you." It was a woman's voice, steps slowly after were heard, until she appeared, on the inner ring of the platform. "Who are you?" Kainzu looked at the woman. She was a Miqo'te like the others, she had dark black, short hair, her tail was slick and smooth, and for armor, she wore a sash to cover her torso, with spiked shoulder pads, worn with a cloth vest,and sandals, with a pair of shorts. "Hehehe" she bowed before them. "I'm Hinata, and I will be your murderer today!" She laughed drawing out two blades, one, with aetheric flames on them, and the other, thickly coated with poison. "Ah, so you're also a Rogue." Kainzu smirked. "Not exactly, you see, I trained Far East, and instead of training with pirates, or "law keepers", as everyone in that damned Limsa call them, I trained under my master, who taught me powerful Ninjutsu, and, soon after, introduced me to thy Lord Dreadwrym." "Go on." Kainzu stared at the woman. "As you wish! You see, Lord Dreadwrym took me in, taught me that I can mix Machine with Man, Man with Beast, and Beast with Machine!" Kainzu grabbed the hilt of Ragnarok, and unsheathed the Allagan Blades. "Get to the point." She laughed some more. "I'm an honorable woman, so here's my plan. I will fight you one on one, no strings attached. If I win, I get to use your friends and you as Chimeras, while if you win, I will take you to our fat- I mean, Lord Dreadwrym." "Kainzu. This woman, I have a bad feeling." Ragnarok spoke. "I accept." He walked to the center before her, holding his blades in the honorary rogue way, one in his left, the blade pointing behind him, one in his right, his arm over his chest, and blade readied for battle. She bowed before him, and he bowed in return. "Fight!" She called out, as she lunged towards him. He quickly blocked the attack, the blades in an X formation, as she tried to land attacks. She finally jumped back. "Is that all you got?" Kainzu yelled to her with a smirk, as he jumped into the air, then landed behind her, quickly swiping a blade to attempt to slice. She lunged both blades behind her back, Kaiznu jumping the outer ring. "Oh what fun!" She yelled. "Finally a worthy opponent!" He began to run towards her, throwing a small smoke bomb in front of her. As it erupted, she and him were both hidden in the smoke. "Kainzu!" Raz yelled. "Are you alright?" He ignored her, if he were to speak, his cover would be blown. He looked through the smoke trying to find her. "To the left, she's looking for you too." Kainzu nodded to Ragnarok, turning to the left, at what looked to be the back of Hina, he quickly sliced a blade across her mid back, but was only an illusion, the smoke cleared and Kainzu was revealed. "Dammit she tricked us." Kainzu muttered to Ragnarok. "Trying to kill me are you? If you are, you're going to have to try harder than that!" She laughed, appearing behind Kainzu, raising her poisoned blade. "Ragnarok!" Ragnarok quickly responded, transforming into a shield, halting her attack. "Transform! Greatsword!" Kainzu commanded. Ragnarok began to bend, shift, the cogs responding to the voice, the shield began to glow, and become a mechanical two handed sword. He grabbed the hilt with both hands, and held it before him, blade pointed at the woman. "Tee hee! You have one too!" "Hm?" Kainzu responded. "One what?" "A tomestone!" "What's a tomestone?" "Well, it's a weapon, built to follow its masters command. it is said long ago Ancient Allagan made them to fight off Chimeras, but soon after they cast them off because the station, or as you and your group of fools call it, the coil, came crashing down into the earth. The station, Ragnarok, was buried underground, and became forgotten, and feared. Ah, and who owns this station, none other than Lord Dreadwrym!" "Who is this Lord Dreadwrym! Answer me that!" Kainzu yelled. "Hehehe, you have to win, remember?" "I didn't intend to lose!" He thrust the twin blades into her back. "W-what.!!?" She screamed "it was an illusion, allow me to explain." He chuckled "while you were attacking me from behind, I ordered Ragnarok, to form a shield, and I gave him a smaller order on the side, to make an Aetherical copy of me, and him." The Kainzu standing in front of her, glitched, and turned to an Aetherical dust. "But!" "With the remaining amount of metal Ragnarok had left, I was able to salvage the two blades, you have been outwitted." He pulled the blades from her back, blood dripping onto the floor. "Hehehehe" she laughed. "So you think you've won? Man and Beast, Beast and Machine, Man and Machine. Now then, after Lord Dreadwrym explained to me that you could mix these, it got me thinking, what if I became one! All it takes to activate is blood! So you see, I have not lost, this battle is far from over!" Instantly she held her blades indent of her, one atop the other. "Fang! Transform!" The blades began their transformation, as did meet, she bent down in agony, screaming as a purple flame sprouted from her back like wings of a drachen, cogs began to fly off some of the tubes containing dread chimeras, as she began to grow, and float in the air, finally in a mass explosion, she was no more, she had been possessed by her own creation. Instead of looking like her normal self, the Miqo'te had completely transformed into a Chimera, the mix between Man, Drachen, and Machine, she had great drachen wings, a dark purple, spikes tipped with and Allag gold, her slick tail had become mechanical, she reassembled a demon, her arms were long, with claws of a Dreadwrym, and feet, replaced with Drachen talons. Her hair turned white, and long, her breasts, were covered with an Allagan clothe, as well as her waist. Her skin wasn't a pure white anymore, but scaled, and purple. Raz, Sol, and Catherine rushed next to Kainzu. "Haha! Look at you! Fools you can't beat me!" Kainzu quickly looked around, at the tubes lined up perfectly, stacked one stop another on the walls to their sides. "Die you fools!" She took the newly formed lance from the ground. Raz drew her lance. "Heh, these Drachen are all the same." Catherine took the angelic staff off her back, and began casting a spell. "Elemental protect us in this time of need!" A blue sphere surrounded around the group, each individually. Sol touched his gem with a smirk on his face, taking his staff out as well. "Kainzu, I have a plan." Ragnarok said. "These containers, they're full of flammable liquid to preserve the chimeras, if we can break them all simultaneously, it could be enough to destroy the mutant." "How do you expect us to pull it off!?" "Sol's gem." Ragnarok replied. "Tell him to begin conjuring a conflagration like never before, and tell Catherine to create an elemental shield, to protect the group from the blast." Kainzu nodded. "Catherine, summon the elements, procure a shield like no other, Sol, prepare a meteor, not a skimpy one, a powerful one, one that will destroy the tubes surrounding us. Meanwhile, Raz, keep Hinata distracted, I'll do the rest." The three looked to him and nodded, Raz bent her knees, then jumped into battle, spear in hand diving into the chimeric beast. She laughed, swinging the halberd at the woman, Raz swiftly dodging, then lunging her lance into the beast. Meanwhile, Sol took out his gem, and held it in one hand, closed his eyes, and began casting. Catherine quickly cast a healing wind on Raz, then began her shield. "Elementals! Here thy call, Earth, Water, Lightning, Wind, Fire, and Ice, power thee, transform into material forms! Crest a barrier like no other!" Piece by piece, a barrier began its construction, the elements surrounding Catherine as she cast. "Good, now my turn." Ragnarok synthesized a rope, and connected it to Kainzu's belt, the other end to one of the blades. Kainzu took it in his hand, then threw it at one of the tubes. "Ragnarok, anti-gravitation on!" The Aether around Kainzu began to shift, then aloud him to somewhat float, he jumped towards the wall, and stood up straight. "Engaging in hack sequence. Insert blade here." A small slot opened, as Kainzu slid the blade in. Suddenly, a container to the right of him rattled, and broke open, stepping out, was a Dread Chimera, that resembling Hinata. With its claw, it began to slice towards Kainzu. He quickly jumped, and floated back, landing softly of another tube. He took his remaining blade from his waist, and charged at the creature. He struck the being in the chest, it screamed in agony, until he heard an odd thing, that brought tears to his eyes. "Thank you..!" It was a little girls voice, soft, and innocent, and now, she was free. "Hack sequence complete." Kainzu quickly unplugged Ragnarok from the tube, then jumped back to the outer ring. "Ragnarok, return gravity back to normal." The Aether began to glow, then dropped Kainzu on his knees. "How's the shield coming?" "Almost complete!" "And the Meteor?" "About ready, waiting... On your mark..!" Sol said weakly, as he energized the mass. "On my mark!" He rose his hand in the air, ready to press a hilt on Ragnarok. "Raz! Now!" She quickly bent her knees jumping back to the group, as Catherine cast the completed shield around them. "Sol! Quickly!" "Fire! Lightening! Ice! With these destructive elements, I open a void gate! Grant unto me the power of Nald thal!" The ground shook, as a void gate spread above them, and slowly, a meteor of mass proportions, fell from it, it was the width of the battle grounds, and exploded on impact. Kainzu pressed a hilt igniting all the Chimeric tubes. The four watched at Hinata's chimeric flesh began to melt, being destroyed by the unstoppable flames. "NOO! My...! My!!! My babies! Why!!!" She yelled, as she was quickly covered with a smaller shield similar to the one the group was in. The void gate closed, and the eruption died down. The shields dissipated, and she got up from her knees. She took the halberd in her hand, and slammed it to the ground. "I.. Have one last trick up my sleeve!" She picked it back up, then threw it at a panel on the roof of the colossal room. There was a number of mechanical sounds, before a door opened, and a tube floated safely to the burnt floor. The glass was fogged, until it began to defrost. There was a cloud of white fog, the cold air blowing past the group. The door to the tube slid open, and something stepped out. "Heheh! Oh brother! How I'm so happy you're healed!" There was a gust of wind, and all was revealed. Standing there, was a man, clad in a red Allagan armor, a sword to his belt, a shield to his back, his hair was slicked back, with hints of grey, he had a light beard, and blue eyes. It was none other than... "A-archer.." Kainzu and Catherine murmured. He rose both of his hands, and smacked first Hinata across the face, then Kainzu. "Enough, honestly, both of you are equally matched, and equally immature. Gods you really are twins." The two looked at each-other confused before coming to a realization. "You mean.." Kainzu started. "We're related!?" Archer nodded annoyed before pushing the two together. "Now hug and make up. And you!" He shouted pointing to fallen chimeric tube. "You can come out now.." A Miqo'te man walked out from behind the tube, a Faire on his head, and a book to his waist. He was clad in a magicians robe, a pair of breeches, and thy boots. He walked up with a nervous smile on his face while rubbing the back of his head nervously. "Heh, yeah.." He muttered. "I'm Sylveret! It's nice to meet you." He offered his hand out with an innocent smile on his face.
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