The Skies Above Nowhere

[Agrias Oaks]

The knight held at the side of her head before swinging her sword forward, knowing full well that Atticus would be surprised by the White Mage's cleverness. An eye for an eye, she was able to pierce his right shoulder with a counter surprise attack. She growled a little, pushing forward with the sword, trying to get some distrance between the Waltz and the others before launching a kick up, yelling, "JUMP!" and nailing him in the gut, hopefully sending him flying through several walls, or at least a hard one.

It was then when she would run past him, hearing Beatrix's voice. She would leave the rest for Abigail and the soldiers... It would only take her a minute or so to retrieve Beatrix, at least she hoped. Abigail seemed capable of handling herself, and she was well to depend on...the soldiers would be safe in her care.

She turned corners, and looked about, calling out the General's name, "LADY BEATRIX!!?" She would call down one hallway while turning to another, "BEATRIX?? WHERE ART THOU!?"

[Atticus the Fallen]

The Heartless grabbed at his shoulder when stabbed when a painful grunt, leaving himself wide open to Agrias's second blow. It hit famously, and sent him skidding across the ground several yards down the hallway. He didn't hit a wall, nor fall, but by the time he could look up, she was already running off. That was fine... he knew what she had coming, and would leave her to it... Something ELSE had his attention now.

Black, inky blood was on his hand, and his wound was glowing. He growled and pressed his hand against the injury once more. He had his suspicions before, but this settled the matter. If that weapon could injure HIM to such a degree, it was a threat to all his kind, and needed to be dealt with. Already a plan began forming in his mind as to how to destroy her and break that sword once and for all. The royal crown of Ivalice... that was the hint he needed to lay the seeds of her destruction.

He walked over to the hole, looking down at the soldiers and the girl. They were MeadowSong's problem now, she could handle it. He had bigger (literally) things to deal with anyway. Making use of a corridor, he appeared on the bridge of The Harbinger.

"Launch. NOW!" he demanded, sitting down in his chair as two emerald requiems came to his aid, healing his wound. The massive flagship would begin to lift off the ground...

Above, the battleground would rumble and a giant split in the ground would form. It grew wider and wider, allowing the giant ship to rise from the earth like a demon spewing forth from hell. It took skyward and began opening fire on the small ship.

Onboard the Red Rose, the Nobody Sai had been busy. He had made his way back to the bridge and was aiding in strategy against the armada. He had just pointed out that they needed to destroy the Tactics Stations to free up their systems when the massive flagship came into view, opening up its arsenal on them. He paused, thinking a moment to himself before looking to Ellis.

"I'm going," he said simply, then stepped into a corridor. He arrived on the bridge of The Harbinger, pointing his wand at the console and speaking one word. "Lightning." A blast of light destroyed the weapons console and the heartless manning it. He stood there, staring his dark reflection down with a calm look in his eye. "I'm afraid I can't let you beat up my associates like that..."

Atticus leaned forward... "You..." he muttered, then stood up, the heartless all scattering for fear of what was to come. "I know you."

"I would certainly hope so..." Sai said, then pointed his wand at his Heartless. "Lightning!"

Atticus rushed forward, deflecting the blast as the two halves locked horns...

[MeadowSong]

[glow=Purple,2,300]***Moved from a A Dark Alliance***

MeadowSong continued to watch the glorious chaos below until something unexpected happened. Along with the hum of machinery, footsteps, lots of them, and the organized clanking of armor marching together could be heard, and that meant one thing: The Castle of Naught had been breeched.

The First Dark fairy spun, her wings almost invisible in this light and at the speed they were flapping. Pulling Faerie's Wrath close, MeadowSong glared daggers at her intruders, eyeing each soldier, and even the young white mage, with exhalted fury.

"So it comes to pass that the garden brigade has come for its prized flower, and even brought along the rabble. How quaint."

The faerie moved forward, her visage both beautiful and frightening.

"Alexandrian soldiers, it has certainly been some while since I saw you last. Indeed, I believe when I set my sights on you for the final time when I set your general loose on your homeworld." MeadowSong couldn't help but cackle as she spoke, and even her raven Diablo shuddered at the slightly demonic tone in it.

"And you, Priestess of the Light, I have been keeping a close watch on, as well as that blonde knight--Agrias, was it? Yes, I learned so much about you from even the most minute time spent watching. Abigail Crescentlight. You have come for the general alongside her fools, yes? Go look for her if you'd like, but you will have to survive me first."

MeadowSong directed her sceptre forward, and the whole room went black, even the windows disappearing. She hovered to her machine and tapped it with a finger, and it disappeared into a private pocket of shadow, so there would be more room on the battlefield.

Then, taking to the center of the room, she raised Faeries' Wrath high, causing a black hole-like structure to form and rip open above.[/glow]

[Lilith]

"yeah..."
she looked down at her attire
"my other clothes are in the wash, and as for bullets I've got some to spare, shall we?"
Lilith seemed to blink out of existence and out of nowhere a kick came to to side of her opponents head, Lilith had moved incredibly fast.
"but who said I needed to shoot you"

[Abigail Crescentlight]

Abigail set her face into a determined look. She came to support Agrias and help find Beatrix, but it seemed now she was stuck in the middle of a battle! She held her staff out as the room fell into darkness...

"Light guide me as I go, with staff of heavenly... GLOW" she chanted, and when finished, her staff now glew brightly, a light spell. She wanted to be able to see, after all. She watched this strange new enemy tuck the machine away... weird, she thought. Why would she protect that thing when it looked pretty much beyond her ability to destroy. Oh well, time to focus.

She hadn't had much opportunity to grow stronger, but Abigail wanted to prove that she was as much a "Sister of Light" as Beatrix or Agrias. Prove it to whom, she didn't know, but she knew in her heart that she had to do this. She turned her head slightly to address the soldiers around her. "Stay back! Don't get involved unless you have to! I don't want her attacking any of you!"

She gripped her staff a bit tighter, now looking up to see the faerie casting some kind of black hole like attack. She needed to react quickly. Spinning her staff and slipping it into a holder on her back, she held her hands out and gestured slightly as she spoke. "Ancient Magic without vice, aid us with your brilliant... ICE!!" She threw her hands out, firing a beam of light at the woman, intending to freeze her while she was busy casting her little spell...

[Shego]

[glow=green,2,800]The thief would step back, the kick missing her nose by an inch, and still she didn't flinch! On the rebound of the vampire's attack, she would grab the girl by the ankle, and hold her there, "Now, that wasn't nice, I think."

Instead of hurting her there, she simply let her go... she was trying to examine something. The girl's emotions and her attitude reminded her of someone, though she couldn't place it... besides, her act was to let the inevitable happen...for now. She remained there, a hand resting on her cheek as emerald eyes stared down Lilith.

'Who does she remind me of...? ' [/glow]

[Lilith]

lilith put her leg down, she was slightly confused.
"why are you even with these guys?"
she sniffed the air
"your a nobody? shouldn't you be on our side?"

[Shego]

[glow=green,2,800]"Sorry, Princess."

...Princess? where did that come from?

"I owe a guy a huge favor, so he's highest bidder." She smirked odly, thinking it was to be done at a moment like this. She reached up and pointed a finger at the woman, " What do you mean Nobody? I'm a someone, pumpki--?" She paused.

Why would I call her pumpkin??

The nobody cleared her throat, shaking her head momentarily before starring at the woman, somewhat confused, " Shouldn't you worry more about your ship mates?" The thief pointed up at The Harbinger as it rose up, getting ready to strike the minute ship compared to it, "Instead of little 'ol me?"[/glow]

[Lilith]

"well..." she looked for the right words for a second "a nobody is the body left behind when someone has turned into a heartless... you should have the symbol on you somewhere..."
she stood up straight and sung a pistol around a finger, as she stared at the two ships.
"and I've got some friends to take care of that"
she looked back at the girl in-front of her.
"oh.. and 'little ol' you' could be a big ol' problem, and we wouldn't want that"

[Shego]

[glow=green,2,800]"A... symbol?" Shego looked confused for once, an eyebrow raising up as she looked at herself... trying to find said symbol.

"No... no, I'm Shego... I'm not a Nobody." The woman tried to sound angry, looking at herself, moving her hair to the front to reveal a small Nobody symbol at her lower back. She would glance over gasping, "That....wasn't there before!"

She remembered the shadow she had seen earlier, the preppy thing that took cuddles and went to go make 'dinner' ... She looked back to the Vampire, her eyes expressionless though holding many questions, "Seems... I have a lot of things to ask Scarecrow." she mumbled, moving into a fighting stance, "but since you seem so eager into getting your butt handed to you, I'll do you a favor, Prin--" she paused, shaking her head, "Why do I keep doing that..." she asked herself aloud...[/glow]

[Lilith]

Lilith holstered her pistols.
"look if you have questions come with me and talk to Sai... he knows everything about nobodys..."
she stared at her stance it, seemed off by a very small amount.
"and your obviously distressed... and you seem to be calling me nicknames... I'm guessing of someone you knew when you were human"
the vampire stared at her feet, she could smell the nobodys emotion, she had smelt it several times before... but this time she felt sympathetic, she looked up and smiled.
"besides I think we'd both have more fun fighting each other under better conditions"

[Shego]

[glow=green,2,800]"Somebody...that I knew when I was human?" The thief relaxed, crossing her arms in thought, " ... Then why can't I remember them? I have good memory as is..." she paused, sighing, " ... All I know is that you are a good guy. My guy doesn't like you and he happens to be the highest bidder."

The thief turned in place, looking towards the ships about to go at it, or at least it seemed, " ... Though, I wouldn't mind rescheduling this fight. I'd rather see the show that's about to commence."

Shego tilted her head momentarily to the side, as if giving a signal, and the Dusks that had been terrorizing the surface of Red Rose stopped, looked at each other and disappeared through corridors. It should give the Alexandrian soldiers something to worry about.

"I'll find my answers somehow. Shouldn't you be doing something, Princess?" She asked the vampire, her eyes dull as they watched the 'air show.'[/glow]

[Lilith]

"fine then..."
Lilith went to the edge of the roof
"...we'll finish this later, i hope by then you'll have come to your senses"
she proceeded to jump of the edge.
"looks like I just found myself a rival" she laughed.
Lilith angled herself to head for Agrias' position

[MeadowSong]

[glow=Purple,2,300]MeadowSong did seemingly nothing to dispel the white mage's frosty ray; instead she allowed herself to hover backwards, and when the mage's spell crossed the threshold, it was pulled into the vortex above.

The faerie chuckled, this laughter slightly playful.

"Maybe you should stick to your task at hand, little girl. Fighting me here and now is completely absurd, as you will undoubtedly perish if you persist."

Grinning, MeadowSong snapped her fingers, and the room was soon filled with Heartless of all variety. She rose above them all, ten wizard Heartless taking filight above and around them.

"I would worry about your master."[/glow]

[General Beatrix]

[glow=red,2,300]By this time Beatrix could now hear her former allies cries, and then the magical production of power following it.

She listened and ran through the castle, waiting, listening again, and continuing on. She was bound to find them sooner or later, and she preferred sooner, though she couldn't pinpoint why.

When she did, however, set her sights on the Lady Agrias her heart raced, both out of anger and a longing to reunite.

"Lady Agrias!" she cried, darting forward, dashing the rest of the way. She stopped when coming fact-to-face with the knight, and leaned over to catch her breath. Beatrix looked terrible; she hadn't healed herself, and she'd been on her feet ever since Shego let her go. She was going to need a lot of rest soon, that was for sure.

"You've come! Where is everyone? Lady Abigail? My soldiers? What of the Rose? How were you capable of flight?"[/glow]