Mission: Soul Profit (Complete)

[Joesiden]

Sabrewolf123

Joesiden

Archon

Meanwhile, back in the crater outside the forest, a deep humming could be heard, though it didn't seem to be coming from any one direction. It hung in the air for a moment before there was a loud, bright flash as if someone had torn open the air itself. When the light faded a large, monstrous creature stood where the epicenter of the light had been. "Intrusion confirmed, intruder located," the thing said in a deep, metallic voice. There were two more flashes and two more of the things appeared, three in total. They were each exactly identical and stood just over twelve feet high and six feet wide, both arms ending in powerful looking weapons. Their 10 yellow eyes glowed brightly as they assessed Illo.

"Traces of multiple intruders detected, tracking pheromone path," the first one said again as it slowly turned towards the forest. "Three additional intruders confirmed. Travel direction West by Northwest. Destination unknown, exact location unknown. Processing..." the beast as silent for a moment before it spoke again. "Negative on pursuit. Proximate location on high-threat terrain. Risk of failure unacceptable. Event logged." It turned away from the forest, looking back towards Illo. Three more of the beasts flashed in, creating a total of six. They paused for a moment as if receiving orders from somewhere else. "Drop your weapon and surrender. This is your only warning," the beast told Illo as all six of them leveled the weapons on their left arms at him. "Failure to comply will result in immediate death."

Illo looked up long enough to notice them, then presented his broom. He laughed saying, "Weapon? I can't drop it..." His power now literally going to his head. "What if I comply?" He asked the main robot. All he had to do was stall them, and the zen master was proficient in doing nothing.
"Guys, how's it look in there?" He had to know about the prisoners and the evacuation before he went critical.  

[Sabrewolf123]

Basilisk917

Akira Flare

Sula-demon

Maester-O

lol true. But I'm gonna post so no worries there.

Misa

The girl continued walking as she looked back at Sinner and Nero. "Your friend the janitor is going to get himself killed," she told them. "Lucrum doesn't take many prisoners and the prisoners they do take wish they were dead soon enough." She looked over at Sinner. "Oh, it'll be easy to tell the workers from the prisoners. Telling the difference between the prisoners that are too late to save and the prisoners that are still sane should be easy enough as well. The ones that aren't sane will try to kill you. The ones that are won't. We'll try to save as many prisoners as we can but there's no guarantees. We're not gonna hold up destroying the labs just because there's a few stragglers who decide to take their time. " Misa was about to add something else when the ground trembled slightly. "Crap..." she muttered as she unholstered both her weapons, looking around. Something breathing heavily and moving quickly could be heard crashing through the undergrowth to their left. In several seconds it came bursting through the trees and landing among them, looking around hungrily.

Terrosaur

The massive creature had to be at least 20-feet tall. It was carrying a massive serrated blade in one hand that looked to be about half that long and a blackened flamethrower that was already dripping flames had replaced most of his other arm. It looked down at them, cinder-ridden smoke trailing through its three breathing tubes. Its beady green eyes, protected behind thick glass, showed only hunger. Misa cursed bitterly and took a few steps backwards, looking at Nero and Sinner. "It's a Terrosaur. They were early experiments by Lucrum Labs that got rejected once it was decided they weren't worth the cost. Lucrum likes dumping its rejects into this forest. Helps keep nosy people away. But just because it's a reject, don't think it can't fight. Its weapons work just fine." She held her weapons tightly, aiming at the Terrosaur. "Well, you're DWMA Weaponmeisters right? Why don't you show me what you can do?" The Terrosaur turned towards Sinner and Nero, leveling its flamethrower at them. A hollow roaring escaped through its breathing pipes as it fired a huge gout of flame towards them, enough to engulf them entirely and then some.  

[Sabrewolf123]

Joesiden

Archon

"Compliance will result in you being taken into custody," the Archon added simply as they all kept their weapons trained on Illo. They waited for him to drop the broom and surrender, their time limit for waiting had not yet reached its end but it was expiring quickly. Once they were done they would open fire, no questions asked.  

[Joesiden]

Sabrewolf123

Joesiden

Archon

"Compliance will result in you being taken into custody," the Archon added simply as they all kept their weapons trained on Illo. They waited for him to drop the broom and surrender, their time limit for waiting had not yet reached its end but it was expiring quickly. Once they were done they would
open fire, no questions asked.

Illo sighed and dropped the broom. He would spend all night duking it out with these things, he could tell. Beside that, he needed a way inside. If they turned on him, all he'd have to do is blink out of there and he'd be clear. However, he was interested to see how well they could follow his movements. He teleported to a place somewhere overhead and back fast enough that it looked like he didn't move at all to the untrained eye. But how did it look to them?
Then he chuckled and held his arms out. "Be gentle."  

[Maester-O]

Sabrewolf123

Basilisk917

Akira Flare

Sula-demon

Maester-O

Sinner was a lefty and having already been on guard, was not surprised into inaction by the ambush. Using the links around Nero's left hand, he deftly manipulated his gravity to take control of the limb forcing it to swing upward and release the large morning star in the precise direction of the flamethrower and the onrushing heat. The giant lump of steel warmed to a dull red as it forced the flames to part before it in a circle, leaving the center, where his meister was standing in a cone of untouched air. Having tripled the ball's weight when it met the resistance of the oncoming attack , the bit of pressurized gas and liquid would not do much to slow the ball from hitting what he saw as the most dangerous target, the nozzle of the flamethrower. Though he hoped to smash the end of the gun with a hundred and a half pounds of steel, he did not bank on it to actually strike the right point even though the ball would be concealed by the flame that was hitting and being forced to part in a curtain to all sides.

His secondary objective was started with a minute circular flick of his Meister's arm that made the length of elongating chain form into loops behind the morning star. these weightless loops would pass up the star at just the moment before impact, and hopefully, loop around the gun so that they would have a bit of control over it. Were they lucky enough to encircle the gun, it would instantly double in weight as he used the gravity of his sin, and double yet again every time that the cyborg creature tried to use the gun, until he wouldn't even be able to lift it from the ground." 'ware Nero, Misa! I've got the gun... you get the rest." Sin said, his brogue deep and metallic sounding and coming from a very inappropriate section of his Meister's torso.  

[Nero-gataki]

Sabrewolf123

Joesiden

Basilisk917

Akira Flare

maester-O

☣ Nero Keegan☣

☠ To the leader, the pariah, The victor, the messiah this is war! ☠

Nero Was
surprised by the giant crashing exiled bot that
came into the clearing flame thrower and all.
Although she wasn't paralyzed she did not
move as Her weapon Helped her decide what
path would be best. Holding her knife at the
ready if the thing struck out at her instead
of the blue glowing morsel on the opposite side of her.

"What the heck?"
she muttered as the woman explained the bot
. "why the hell would you even make something
so stupidly destructive?" she growled as anger
pulsed through her being. She started shaking
and she had to breath before she let her anger
get a hold of her mind...family curse to be stubborn
and believe in something and protect it till the end
...this creature was everything she hated and she
wanted to destroy it with everything inside her
."whats the best way to kill this thing?!"
she said loudly over the bots fuming breathing.

☠I got fever running like a fire, for you I will go all the way im going to take you higher. ☠

 

[Sabrewolf123]

Joesiden

Archon

The eyes of the Archon's flashed for a second as if they read something, though they didn't respond. Once he held his arms out one of the Archons stepped forwards until it stood before him, looking down at him. Its eyes flashed for a moment and suddenly transparent orange handcuffs appeared on his hands, binding them tightly together. Even teleportation would not help get out of them. "Target apprehended. Returning to base." The Archon looked down at Illo. "Come peaceably or by force," it told Illo. "You will follow this unit to the internment ward." Three of the archons formed into a row behind him, while two got into formation, one on each side of him. They were far enough away to respond to any attacks. The one who addressed him turned towards the lab, standing in front of Illo to lead him.  

[Sabrewolf123]

Basilisk917

Akira Flare

Sula-demon

Maester-O

Misa

Terrosaur

"A lot of firepower!" shouted Misa over the sound of Sinner's and the Terrosaur's attacks. "Damaging its breathing mask can slow it down, but makes it more aggressive! The fuel cell that powers its flamethrower is on its back but it's covered by layers of composite armor! Destroying it will cause critical damage but it'll be hard to reach! It's full of redundant systems that will keep it alive despite massive damage, so be careful!" She pointed her larger firearm at the monster, circling around to its side as she opened fire. The gun roared to life, though it wasn't any normal gun. The each bullet made a sound like extremely loud E-notes from a bass guitar as they left the chamber. When the bullets hit the beast they didn't penetrate like normal rounds, but exploded in bursts of sonic energy that sent shards of metal armor flying in all directions. Misa gritted her teeth as her entire body shook from the heavy gun, though she didn't seem to have any problem holding it up straight with one hand.

Sinner's ball hit the flamethrower with a loud *crack*, causing a crack in the shell of the gun where a thin line of flame began jetting out. The flamethrower was still working, however. Sinner's chain wrapped around the flamethrower, but the beast's strength was clearly enormous and so far the weight didn't seem to have any effect on it. Flames continued to pour towards the Weapon and Meister as the onslaught continued.  

[Joesiden]

Sabrewolf123

Joesiden

Archon

The eyes of the Archon's flashed for a second as if they read something, though they didn't respond. Once he held his arms out one of the Archons stepped forwards until it stood before him, looking down at him. Its eyes flashed for a moment and suddenly transparent orange handcuffs appeared on his hands, binding them tightly together. Even teleportation would not help get out of them. "Target apprehended. Returning to base." The Archon looked down at Illo. "Come peaceably or by force," it told Illo. "You will follow this unit to the internment ward." Three of the archons formed into a row behind him, while two got into formation, one on each side of him. They were far enough away to respond to any attacks. The one who addressed him turned
towards the lab, standing in front of Illo to lead him.

Illo began to walk with the death machines. He couldn't use his soul detection to tel how much bite they had. The challenge of breaking out with no simple teleport was oddly alluring. It reminded him of his training; how he was made to be hopeless in order to gain true understanding of power, of responsiblity, of temptation.
He checked in with the other group. "Hey! Sorry if I'm interrupting, but I've got great news. I've been captured! Now I'll get to the root of this weed. How are you holding up?"
He continued walking. It must take forever to navigate this leviathan, he thought.  

[Sabrewolf123]

Joesiden

Archon

The archons led Illo across the barren terrain to the front gates without incident. Up close one could see trash, broken machinery and bodies (some of them human) scattered haphazardly across the broken ground. The archons stopped before the solid steel gates, eyes flashing for several moments. Slowly, the gates opened with a grinding shriek, the thick steel wall lowering to allow them entry. The archons marched inwards, being careful to make sure Illo didn't make any sudden movements as the giant gate raised up behind them, closing off the entrance point. A long stretch of metallic highway led them towards a smaller door which opened up silently, leading them into the complex proper.

The building they had entered was dimly lit and various machines rolled, walked or slithered back and forth through the corridors, each going about their own tasks. Scientists in stark white lab coats, some completely suited in haz-mat suits strode past the group, not paying them any mind. After several twists and turns, the archons led Illo to a large lift. There were already several large industrial looking robots on it, each carrying different kinds of crates. All kinds of sounds echoed throughout the labs, from whirring machinery, to churning gears, to human voices to animal noises. The lift began to descend smoothly, going on for what seemed like dozens of floors. It stopped several times to allow robots and humans to enter and depart, though eventually Illo was alone with the archon guards.

Finally the lift came to a stop. This floor was much more silent, though a low-pitched humming could be heard echoing from it. The archons led Illo off the lift and down the open corridor. As they passed rows and rows of cells, it became apparent they were in a prison. Each cell was closed off by a dark-orange, transparent force-field. These were where the low-pitched hum was coming from. Inside were dismal looking humans. Many looked like they had been there for quite some time. Only a few of them looked up at Illo before looking away with disinterest. He was just another prisoner as far as they were concerned. Every now and then, the group would pass large, fierce looking robots that guarded that floor.

Harvesters

These creatures were more fluid in their movements than the archons, looking around carefully and occasionally letting out hisses accompanied by small jets of steam. They watched Illo carefully as the group passed them, ready to attack at a moments notice. Finally the archons stopped before a cell, lowering the forcefield. Without waiting for cooperation, one of the archons behind Illo pushed him inside, the dark-orange forcefield raising again as soon as Illo entered. "An interrogator will be with you shortly," informed one of the archons before they slowly stomped off, presumably returning to their patrols. Inside the cell was someone else, huddled in a corner.

?????

Although she was in a cell, she had a light smile on her face as she looked up at Illo. She didn't seem too concerned to be there.  

[Maester-O]

Sabrewolf123

Basilisk917

Akira Flare

Sula-demon

Maester-O

Chains squealed against gunmetal as loops constricted due to, not only the weight of the monster's armor and gun doubling, but also a redoubling of the morning star's and chain's weight. Activating the second doubling of gravity on that part of himself, the gun, and the monster's armor was completed as it raised the gun to aim the continued gout of flame.Sin hoped that the sudden increase would make the monster's arm sag and throw off it's aim so that the flames would come up ultimately short.

A total of three hundred pounds of constricting pressure squeezed the gun over the area of each link as they caught on various knobs of the gun, luckily keeping the immense weight of the morning star from the small female meister and completely on the end of the gun-arm, weighting it down further and further every moment it was in contact. "It's attacking us already, How much more aggressive can it get? Misa, you circle around and attack it's flank and the tanks, we will keep it's attention here. Nero, get that dagger a-movin' aim for it's joints and eyes. Weight the dagger to ten times just before impact and then make it weightless as you retrieve, your job is all speed." He said, voice coming directly from the left mound of chains on Nero's chest.

He hoped that the two would heed his directions even though he was a mere living weapon. He didn't know Misa's view on such things, but his Meister knew of his previous experience in battle, though it had come out badly in the end more than once. He believed in his Meister though, in her ability to fight, and had to trust that their only long-range fighter would be moble and attack the thing's weakness while they played the distracting tank. The screeching of chain, something like feedback answered Illo's question, then a picture of their ongoing battle was his only response to the captured element of their team.  

[Nero-gataki]

Sabrewolf123

Joesiden

Basilisk917

Akira Flare

maester-O

☣ Nero Keegan☣

☠ To the leader, the pariah, The victor, the messiah this is war! ☠

Nero nodded to her weapon as he talked listening frustrated since she was only distracting it. Either way she had to dodge so quickly she sprinted and dived under the divided fire before it hit the ground. She let her knife fly as she landed on her two feet and aimed for the things joints hoping or all their lives that Sinner was right and it wouldn't be able to attack all three even with the forwarding attacks on its front.

☠I got fever running like a fire, for you I will go all the way im going to take you higher. ☠

 

[Sabrewolf123]

Basilisk917

Akira Flare

Sula-demon

Maester-O

Misa

Terrosaur

The Terrosaur's flamethrower arm was shaking as it began struggling to put up with the increasing weight, though it was still able to level the flamethrower, spraying fire in every direction as it attempted to hit any of them it could see. When Nero's blade sunk into its elbow joint it seemed to have no effect. The creature raised its massive sword, swinging it in a long, horizontal arc towards Nero. If she was hit it would slice her in half straight across her stomach. Misa had finally circled around behind the beast, her heavy gun still roaring its deep notes as the bullets exploded against the monster's thick back armor, peeling away layer after layer of reinforced steel. "Don't let up! This thing won't go down easily! It's built to soak up damage!" Misa called out to them as she continued to fire.  

[Maester-O]

Sabrewolf123

Basilisk917

Akira Flare

Sula-demon

Maester-O

As the monster moved it's sword, he saw it for the opportunity it was. Were it a vertical slash, the weapon/meister duo may have been in big trouble, chained to the beast as they were, but a horizontal one was nothing but opportunity. As the beast raised his sword to slash, he shouted an order in a voice one would be hard to disobey," Nero, JUMP!"As she pushed off with her legs, Sinner made both her and the chains heavier so that as she tucked her legs, they fell slightly. Then, when directly in the path of the slice, he made the two of them completely weightless and bowed out three loops of his chain that were around her torso.

The combination of weightlessness and the fact that the sword hit te chain where it was not quite touching her skin kept his Meister from damage, but sent them careening in two sudden loops around the beast like an out of control tether ball. He tightened the links around his Meister and prayed to the powers that be that as they passed through their team mate's firing cone, that she would be between pulling the trigger. As they passed the second time, he increased their weight tenfold and once again doubled the morning star, the gun, and the monster's armor to double a third time. ordered his Meister to lean back as he pulled on her left arm to tighten the hold of the two new loops, so that it's weapon would be held down and across it's body, flames only able to fry it's own feet. Lastly, he hoped against hope that one of the loops had found actual flesh so that he could the thing's total weight rather than just it's armor and weapon.  

[Nero-gataki]

Sula-demon

Sabrewolf123

Joesiden

Basilisk917

Akira Flare

maester-O

☣ Nero Keegan☣

☠ To the leader, the pariah, The victor, the messiah this is war! ☠

Startled By
the command in his voice she did exactly as
He asked her to and jumped. Her entire body
lifting as her legs propelled her off the ground
and toward the air were he was in control of
most of her movements.

Nero completely
surprised waited till both of her feet were on the
ground before she leaned back working as her
weapon said so that the two would survive.
Of course her weapon not only being older was
alot more experienced then Her so she
listened to his advice and or orders...-_-;

☠I got fever running like a fire, for you I will go all the way im going to take you higher. ☠