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Kaz had been kidnapped and recovered

O.o... confusing chapter CT, especially from my view, but I think I know what's going on and what will happen.

Originally posted by Kaz
O.o... confusing chapter CT, especially from my view, but I think I know what's going on and what will happen.

It's confusing, but I'm guessing what's going to happen...

A bit confusing, indeed...

Eval

Gah, you can't know what's going to happen if I don't. So nyah
N0, I'm guessing Knuckles is a hedgehog been a long long long long long long time. *feels n00bish and embarrassed*
So correct me if I'm wrong. Yer in.

Tiger watched warily from his hiding place in the rocks. His broadsword was strapped across his back, carefully adjusted to compensate for his quickly healing injury. Once again he thanked heaven that it was Radium who had gotten him, and for the fact that he'd been freed from the Kiyrenin. In fact, he thanked Radium for almost killing him, too.
The Kiyrenin who scrambled nervously across the rocks below was unfamiliar to him, in both name and species. Tiger wasn't even sure he - it? she? - was Kiyrenin, but he was taking no chances.
An orange hedgehog was moving quickly across the boulders, alert and ready. He appeared to be unarmed, but looks could be decieving, as Tiger well knew. His quills didn't seem to have their tips, but again Tiger was taking no chances. Dressed in black pants, a T-shirt and with what looked to be a cloak, the creature didn't look that imposing.
Which meant he probably was.
Tiger rose smoothly from his crouch, drawing his sword. The harsh scrape made the stranger look up at Tiger, but he didn't react in violence as Tiger had feared. Rather, he simply tensed and stayed still. Once again Tiger mentally cursed the heavy broadsword, the weight of which slowed him down drastically. If he could just get a lighter blade! - but no, this was what he had. He had to make do.
Leaping quickly down from the boulder, he moved towards the figure. His silver and black striped fur made a sort of camoflage against the grey rocks, but he wasn't fooled into thinking that that gave him some sort of protection.
Careful.
"Sheya, stranger," he said cautiously. "What do you want here?"
"Well now, I don't know you and you don't know me," the stranger replied just as warily. "Why would I tell you that?"
"Watch out," he warned. "Bad business here."
"I can see that," the reply came, and indeed the signs of battle were clear in the still-bloodstained rocks, and torn up ground. "What happened?"
"An ambush," Tiger said shortly. Up close he could see the finer details. The newcomer did indeed have tipped quills, but they were transparent. He wore fingerless gloves, and had a cross on a necklace around his neck. Tiger smiled without humor.
"So it seems," came the slow reply. "So it seems. Who are you? Are there no other survivors?"
"The survivors are already gone, as are the dead," Tiger informed him. "I am Tiger Reibeck."
"Only one left, huh. I'm named Nobody. No cruel jokes now."
"All right, if you say so. Best keep going, friend. Any behind you?"
"Setting an ambush yourself, huh? No, and I've passed nobody."
"Good thing I promised no jokes," Tiger said with a grin. Nobody groaned.
"Okay, I get the point. Call me N0 if it makes it easier."
"Thanks. Er, is it wise to go unarmed in country like this? No offense."
"No offense," N0 agreed. "You're a warrior, just like me. I'm not unarmed, but I prefer to be underestimated. You know how it goes."
"I do," Tiger said. "So where are you headed?"
And that was how Tiger met Nobody.

I've run out of compliments. Im just going to say them over again. Hope that's okay with you.

Great excellent w00tish godly incredible amazing etc.

YaY!

w00tness again!
"Setting an ambush yourself, huh? No, and I've passed nobody."

YaY YaY YaY YaY YaY!!!!!! FOO ISH IN A SHTORY!!!!

Ok, Very cool. Also, Knuckles is not a hedgehog, he is an echnida. So is N0.

I am very happy about the Cameo! Keep up the good work!

SNARFCHEESEDONUTTAXISPONGE

*repeatedly whaps himself with random objects*


I'm very good at missing new chapters here, aren't I? well, w00tness for the past 3 chapters.

Wait.

I definitely missed something. Foo's in somewhere?

o_O;; Shez, with Foo around who knows what direction the story will take... it could go off sideways and on a slant, for all we know...

The plot thins?

Originally posted by Kaz
The plot thins?

Eh?

Waitasec...

I know Foo was back in the War Tavern, but where else is he? If he stowed away... Things could get even more hectic than with just Kaz!

I was feeling fooish, so I decided to talk like Foo would, and refer to myself as Foo. I don't think Foo is in this one, but I know I am.

`N0

Yah you are.
Maybe not just a cameo either ... who knows?
I'm working on Copper's ambush thingy. Haven't got it finished yet, so if I can get on tomorrow you'll see it. Duels all round, chaps!

*Waits* *waits* *waits* ... *dies* ... ... I think I waited too long


Eval

I think you did too.

Can you believe this?!? I wasn't allowed on the entire long weekend. I could kill something.
Nevertheless I finished the beginning. Just so no one else dies, here tis


Copper sighed and glanced at Acid and Electrik, who was glowing in the half twilight that served as Tubelectric's night. "You wanted a fight, Acid," she said quietly. "I am nothing if not accomodating." In front of them Claw suddenly fell victim to a coughing fit. Copper shot him a dark look as he straightened, grinning. "I hope no one gets hurt," she went on, glancing down at her healing leg. She still limped slightly.
"If we're quick and look out for each other, we won't," Crystal assured her. Copper nodded.
"I hope so."
Claw, fully recovered, tossed a wicked grin back at her. "Fear not, Coppertop, we know what we're doing."
"You mercenaries and warriors might," Kaz said, "but I for one have no idea why we're doing this."
"I'm not exactly a warrior myself," Crystal admitted. "I think I'll find a piece of piping and snipe from there."
"Good idea. Get anyone who looks like he's trying something."
"Sure. Even Radium."
"No," Radium stated. "Not 'even Radium'."
"Alright, fine. I'll make an exception for you."
"Thank you," Radium said, dignity drawn around him like a shroud.
"The rest of you -" Copper paused. "The rest of you, do as you need. No elaborate battle plans this time. Try to keep yourselves alive."
"Won't be hard," Defalcon interjected. She shrugged.
"Kaz, I thought you said this place you saw was near here."
"It is," the bird said smugly. "We're there."
"This is it?" KRSplat said unenthusiastically from Copper's other side.
What Kaz had led them to was a dead end. Where three other roads might have been, three wind tunnels ended. Copper knew at a glance that those wind tunnels had no other destination; they ended here. No Kiyrenin would find escape in those.
Crystal nodded to herself. "Good, good," she muttered. She checked the charge on her blaster bistol and nodded absently again. THen she turned to Kaz. "Alright, featherhead, you up to flying me up to that ledge there?"
"Featherhead? Featherhead? Are you talking to me?" Kaz was the picture of indignation.
"Yeah, I mean you, birdbrain."
"Birdbrain! I'll show you!" Furious, Kaz presented his back to Crystal, who chortled and hopped on. Wings working furiously, the angry bird practically tossed her onto the indicated ledge.
Copper glanced at the others. "Hide where you can. The more we can surprise them the better. Radium, Defalcon, stick around."
"Sure," Electrik said genially, and he, Acid, and KRSplat melted into the shadows. Copper gave Claw an expectant look, but he shook his head.
"I'm not leaving. Flames of Kyros, with that?" He glanced at her leg. "Not bloody likely! Six years, I think I know how to guard your back. Don't worry about me."
"Defalcon and Radium -" she began. Her partner cut her off.
"Defalcon tires quicker than either you or I, and if I'm not mistaken, Radium's going to have a lot more to worry about than you."
"True," Radium agreed ruefully. "The price of being a Chaos Mage."
"So you tell us, and repeatedly," Defalcon growled. Radium grinned.
"If I say something more than once, it's obviously true."
"We'll believe you," Copper said dubiously. "Where has Kaz gotten to?"
"He's waiting to attack," Radium said, glancing up at Tubelectric's uncertain sky. Kaz's winged figure was lost in the air traffic that streamed by, far overhead.
"None of those flyboys had better interfere," she said darkly.
"They won't," Radium said with certainty. She flashed him a suspicious look.
"You're sure."
"Of course."
"Well ... "
"Are we just gonna stand around all day or are we gonna start?" Defalcon demanded impatiently.
"We're gonna start," she said, and drew her sword. Then she shook her head. "Man, alerting them like this goes completely against every instinct I have."
"Just activate the stupid hunk of steel," Claw growled.
Defalcon reached back, brushing his hand across Nightfire before drawing Nightwind. Both blades sprang to life, glowing an intense, cold blue.
Copper sighed, and Shale too began to glow. Light flowed off the blade, coalescing in the middle of the dead end, throwing deep, blade-edged shadows onto the walls. Then Copper vanished. Claw made a sound of disgust.
"Was that necessary?"
"If I've gotta do it, may as well go the whole nine yards," she said, materializing again. "They won't be able to resist that."
"We hope. What if they realize this is a trap?"
"Oh, shut up, prophet of doom."
Radium held his hand out now. Defalcon eyed it warily as a spark of light like a coal glowed in his hand; then a shaft of green and silver-laced light shot up. When the glow died, the Chaos Mage was left holding a translucent green spear.
"My little invitation," he said with a lazy grin. "They've gotta come now. I just told them that there's a Chaos Mage in the neighborhood, and he's out for blood. They've got to get me first."
"Now that," Claw admitted, "they won't resist."
"That's the idea," Defalcon said caustically. Then they all fell silent, Defalcon and Copper dousing their swords, and moved slowly into the shadows that lay between the wind tunnels, and waited.
A dark shape shot out of the middle tunnel, uncoiling in front of them and dropping into a crouch. Unfortunately for the Kiyrenin, they were behind him as he warily eyed the alleyway. Copper silently restrained Defalcon with a touch of her hand.
Two more figures materialized from the shadows, obviously having just teleported. A few others followed the first from the tunnels, and Coppertop suppressed a snicker at the thought of flying Kiyrenin.
That reminded her of Shinyso, who was a flying Kiyrenin. Hopefully he wouldn't show up - she'd hate to kill him by accident - but she was confident that if he did, Radium could handle him.
Chaos Mage versus the Ninja. Quite the match. Ten credits to see the show ...
Radium gave her a look that said shut up, you're thinking too loud, they'll hear you, and she obeyed. To be heard was the last thing she wanted.
More and more Kiyrenin gathered, all of them out for blood. Copper glanced over at Claw, who returned the look.
A last Kiyrenin materialized in front of them. He didn't see Radium, who was directly behind him, but he looked straight at Defalcon.
"There," he commanded, and three Kiyrenin stepped uncertainly towards the concealed warrior. Defalcon readied his sword, waiting for combat. Then the commanding Kiyrenin turned, obviously checking for other non-Kiyrenin. Copper held her breath, worrying. Claw also looked nervous.
Then Radium calmly tapped the leader on his shoulder.
The Kiyrenin's reaction was spectacular. He jumped about a foot, whipped around, and almost fell over. His shock at coming face to face with an extraordinarily powerful Chaos Mage was almost palpable. Straightening, he struggled to regain both his composure and his balance. He just had enough time to say, "it's a tra- " before both Radium and Crystal got him. He didn't stand a chance.
"'Itsatra'?" Radium said into the sudden silence, as every Kiyrenin turnied. "Odd. Doesn't sound like any spell I know."
"Ambush!" one of the Kiyrenin shrilled. Coppertop grinned and stepped into the half-light.
"Full marks, soldier," she said. "We were wondering when you'd figure it out."


*feels proud of self* Almost too long.

*gets revived* ...

WoW! that's a really long chappie, hmm... the battle begins
w00tness! (I'm faster, N0' )

Yer fast alright.

Wow. I'm still a little slow on the uptake, but that ambush was brilliant.

Birdbrained featherhead. Heh.

Which is why she must die!

Yay, huuge chappie. Wierd can sometimes the readers can tell what's going to happen before the author XD. Although it all seems like a rabbit chase >.>

CHAPTER BE GOOD!!!
w00tness be happy!

Keep it up or else...

`N0

Superb chapter.


The good guys seem to be overpowering the enemy so far, though. Prehaps they'll get more of a challenge in future chapters =P.

Yes. Especially you.

Kaz, if you kill me, who's going to write about your glorious exploits? Not me, for sure.

D'you know, 8 pages already and we're not even halfway through this. I mean, you don't even know why I called it "The Conquistar"! This will be my longest story yet.

Forgot to post the story.

To their credit, the dumbfounded Kiyrenin did not stay stunned for long. Temporarily lowered blades were raised threateningly, blasters were sighted, and all manner of weapons readied. Defalcon sneered condecendingly at one bewildered Kiyrenin who turned back to his former prey, before sweeping aside his defense and coolly running him through. Oddly enough, Claw was actually laughing as three Kiyrenin advanced on him, and it definitely did not sound sane.
The wild, mad laughter was quickly drowned out as the angry Kiyrenin began to shout at their prey, each other, and just for the sake of shouting. Electrik and Acid moved out of their hiding spots, Electrik making sure to electrocute any Kiyrenin who got too close. Acid chortled happily and proceeded to fire his rocket launcher into the crowded score or so of enemies. Flashes of brilliant laser proved that Crystal was doing her job.
A loud cry interrupted the melee. Most of the Kiyrenin made the mistake of looking up, and thus had the first view of a furious Kaz diving out of the Tubelectran sky, surrounded by a blue energy shield. Screeching the entire way down, he slammed erratically into a taller Kiyrenin, bearing him to the ground before pulling up and spraying pepperspray everywhere.
KRSplat took up a position opposite of Crystal, using his silver blaster to get those that the sniper couldn't see. His considerable accuracy and Crystal's superb marksmanship combined to great effect.
Kaz, on the other hand, had no skill or ability to aim. He was chortling madly as he hopped around, scattering pepperspray every which way, undiscriminating between friend or foe. Luckily, most of his friends were out of range. The stinging pepperspray didn't do much damage, but like Kaz himself, it was a distraction for the Kiyrenin. It's awfully hard to concentrate on your opponent when it feels like you're being attacked by a swarm of homocidal hornets, as the Kiyrenin found to their dismay.
Copper found the first few opponents simple to put out of action. Then she found herself facing an opponent of a different caliber, literally.
The cat she faced was at least six feet of sinew and speed. She wasn't sure what he was, although he looked like a cougar. Black markings were vivid against his milk-white coat. He was quick and rather determined. Her first thought was a slightly worried I don't need this, which was quickly supplanted by an irritated why can't they all stay easy? A score of Kiyrenin, nine friends at least, and she had to get the only Firenzev in the lot.
Fortunately for her, the cat looked more nervous than she was. He was jumpy, and overreacted when she raised her sword and feinted at him. Luckily (for the cat, at least) his dodge took him out of range of her next slash. For the next few minutes Copper grew increasingly frustrated as he eluded her blade.
Then he switched tactics. Rather than hovering at the edge of her reach, as he had been doing, he ducked and slid around her blade, to come up under her guard. She danced back to avoid his claws, trying to back away far enough so she could bring Shale into play once more, and he pursued, forcing her to retreat further.
Finally she felt the rough brick wall at her back. The cat closed again; she ducked, her hand found her long knife, concealed in her boot. She came up under his next blow, hit him in the stomach with her sword hilt, and killed him with one thrust of her dagger. The feline crumpled and fell lifelessly to the ground, leaving her slightly out of breath and with a sense of relief.
Then the sharp, piercing cry of a hunting bird cut across the sounds of battle, and she looked up.


I had to make my opponent easy because, well, it's been a long time since I've written battles. Also, Copper is injured.
Excuses, excuses, I know.

Hmm... Why is the story named "The Conquistar"... that's a good question

Awesome chappie

Forgot to post the story.

Eval

You're foreshadowing that I'm going to die. Oh joy.

Nice chapter, and very well written battle.

Originally posted by Coppertop
Yes. Especially you.

Kaz, if you kill me, who's going to write about your glorious exploits? Not me, for sure.

D'you know, 8 pages already and we're not even halfway through this. I mean, you don't even know why I called it "The Conquistar"! This will be my longest story yet.

I'm roughly halfway through E:JF (and SoT, for that matter) and they only total up to three pages. Both of them.

Originally posted by Coppertop
Yes. Especially you.

Kaz, if you kill me, who's going to write about your glorious exploits? Not me, for sure.

D'you know, 8 pages already and we're not even halfway through this. I mean, you don't even know why I called it "The Conquistar"! This will be my longest story yet.

Meh, you're ghost ;p, we'll keep you chained down here unable to go to heaven (take that as a compliment XD).
It's not that long, most of it is replies and cheers ^^. (pssst... it's not an all around shield like teh bubble, it's like a rectangular slice of that bubble that moves and swirls around to block danger, I shouldn't be invincible x.x).

Originally posted by Kaz
(pssst... it's not an all around shield like teh bubble, it's like a rectangular slice of that bubble that moves and swirls around to block danger, I shouldn't be invincible x.x).

So if two things attacked you from opposite sides, your shield would only be able to block one, right? Right?

They'd have to be very synchronized O.o. But yeah, I'd have to block one and try to dodge the other. And usually when that happens, you'll see the person jump up and watch the projectiles collide.

Nice chapter.

*complains* everybody says that. I wonder why? Other writers have just as much talent as I do *cough*4I Falcon*cough* but they never finish their stories, oh no, I'm the only one who has actually started and finished a story on this board. Isn't that depressing? I hope 4I and Ninja and Slayer and Wildie actually finish this time.

No I'm not going to kill you off Rad, yer essential to the end result. I've already figured that much out. But yer gonna meet your match (sort of). I hope so anyway.

Kaz - your turn.


Kaz took to the air again, divebombing the remaining Kiyrenin gleefully. He saw Copper dispatch the Firenzev cougar, and glanced down. Roughly ten or so Kiyrenin remained, and he knew they were going to win this one. He sought out another unwary enemy to scare. That one down there should be good; Kaz would ruffle that osprey's feathers. He dropped his red wings and plummeted towards his target.
Feathers?
Osprey?
Kaz frantically tried to pull out of his dive, but he had too much speed now. He smacked into the red and grey feathered osprey, who had been menacing Electrik, knocking the predator head over heels to send him sprawling on the ground. Kaz looked at those feral golden eyes, saw the rage in them, and promptly turned tail and fled. The harsh, shocking scream of the infuriated fishing eagle only made him try harder.
Suddenly Kaz realized he was faster than the osprey. He twisted around and slowed his headlong flight, then arrowed upwards and glanced down. The osprey was directly below him. He dove, pulling out under the eagle, and heard the creature's cry again. He promptly sped up and sideslipped, causing the osprey to overshoot him. He laughed gleefully, seeing his chance to harass the predator.
Once again he dove, slowly this time, scattering pepperspray everwhere. The angry osprey wasn't good at maneuvering midair; his broad wings were made for gliding, not aerodynamics. Kaz definitely had the advantage.
The only question was, how on earth could he use it?
Think think think, Kaz. Outsmart the thing!
He glanced up at the stream of late-night traffic. Some of those guys were flying awfully fast, which gave him an idea.
He arrowed up, leaving the angry osprey far below. Darting past speeders and starfighters, he hovered high above. The osprey came up slower, but he had found a small updraft and rose above Kaz. Then he dove.
Kaz was waiting for that. He sideslipped violently, and as the osprey dropped below him, he too dove.
The osprey pulled out of his dive, red and grey wings flashing, just in time for Kaz to strike at full force. Burying his talons in the fishing eagle's broad back, he bore the osprey down with his weight, too fast for the startled bird to react.
I may be birdbrained and a featherhead, but I can fight!
With a cry of triumph, Kaz pushed the osprey down hard and, flinging himself away and down to safety, left the floudering osprey in the middle of a traffic stream. He glanced up just in time to see his opponent get creamed by a speeding starship.
"Take that!" he crowed, and spiralled downward towards the ground, and the next Kiyrenin.

Whee.

"Birdbrained featherhead you may be, but that was an impressive tactic. Good job, Kaz." - Crystal

In any case, another w00tish chapter.

Yayful.

Originally posted by Coppertop
*complains* everybody says that. I wonder why? Other writers have just as much talent as I do *cough*4I Falcon*cough* but they never finish their stories, oh no, I'm the only one who has actually started and finished a story on this board. Isn't that depressing? I hope 4I and Ninja and Slayer and Wildie actually finish this time.

What? I finished one! You seem to think I don't even write!

Wait- when I finished it, nobody was satisfied and so I took off the ending.

Originally posted by Coppertop
*complains* everybody says that. I wonder why? Other writers have just as much talent as I do *cough*4I Falcon*cough* but they never finish their stories, oh no, I'm the only one who has actually started and finished a story on this board. Isn't that depressing? I hope 4I and Ninja and Slayer and Wildie actually finish this time.

Copper, just because I haven't finished yet doesn't mean I'm not going to. I already know exactly how both stories are going to end.

It's just a matter of getting there.

So, don't worry. My stories will find their end, not be cut short halfway through. And I'll be posting them here every chance I get.

*Hugs his turn*

^^. Thank youuu CT. (osprey O.o?)

Speaking of which, there are a few stories that have been completed. You just have to dig, and not all of them are good ones, but they finished, and they were good stories considering. So yay, my turn, I'll be content and quit complaining... for five minutes ;p.

Nice chapter. Rather accurate description of Kaz, too.

I know.
YES! It posted! 21 people on and slow as a slug, but it posted! I didn't think it actually had. O.o

I think it always posts if it isn't down or something