Part Thirty Three

DreamWorld- Battlefield

Esmeray slices and stabs through a series of Fallen Agents that attack her as she keeps her shield up as she is shot a few times from behind, Esmeray screaming as she turns and tosses her dagger into the Fallen Agents face as she runs and pulls it out and stabs it into another with a smooth and easy grace as not far from her Ash punches his fists through Fallen Agents heads, chest and all over as he violently rips and punches through the Fallen Agent's as other D.R.C Agents trade blows and fire as Wesley was stabbing and cutting through Fallen Agents with even more fluid grace as he was stabbing and whacking his spear through them all as further away, Tegan was violently shooting and stabbing, crushing and destroying Agents at will as Artur tore through his opposition with such graceful ease that the trail left behind him was a truly frightening sight. Cosette casually dodged and moved about as she would touch the Agents and Fallen Agents alike that had fallen behind and was raising them back to replenish the tanks as Esmeray spotted her and pushed her comlink in.

Esmeray: I've spotted a zealot! The one who's controlling the horde!

Ash: I'll find you! But stop her!

Esmeray nods and runs towards Cosette as Ash looks about and begins fighting through to where he thinks Esmeray would be going too as Wesley doesn't seem to concerned as Braxton was on the battlefield now, hacking away at Fallen Agents with gleeful ease as his normally calm demeanour was gone, replaced by a violent bloodlust.

Elsewhere-Sky

Vade zips by and helps cover some Agent as he blows some drones out of the sky as he flies over to where Chris was as Chris hadn't moved it joined in to the violence around them.

Vade: What the fuck are you doing?!

Chris doesn't move or speak as Vade curses and zips the hovercraft about as he dodges some Drones that focused fire and focus on him as bullets, beams, missiles and chaos fills the skies.

Elsewhere-Tower Ledge

Alex, Hazel and Charles are laying fire about for the Hovercrafts as Mario and Kelsey arrive with the other surviving Cannon Mounters as Kelsey forms a missile launcher and fires it into a drone, blowing it out of the sky before she turns the missile launcher into a machine gun as Mario did the same. The Five take point as Agents flank them and begin opening fire at the drones that were hunting down their allies in the sky.

Elsewhere- Tower Base

The Doors into the opening lobby are blasted open as Artur steps inside, a trail of bodies behind him as he turns the Fallen Agents that flanked him.

Artur: Nobody gets in.

Fallen Agents: Yes sir.

The doors close as Artur puts his rifle away and draws his Inquisitor sword as he sees only three people standing apart from him as Kami, Blayde and Courtney stand ready, Blayde's staff and Kami's katana in hand as Courtney has some fighting gloves on as she smirks.

Courtney: Back for more, eh?

Artur walks stridently towards them and Courtney tenses up as he had a different look in his eyes.

Artur: I do not fear you.

Courtney: You should.

Artur: I will show all three of you, the depth I'm which I have ascended.

Artur touched the tip of his sword to the marble floor. He suddenly seems to glitch as all of sudden from his left and right, multiple clones begin to appear, all three going back to back in sudden shock and confusion as they are quickly surrounded by at least three Dozen clones of Artur.

Courtney: Clones huh. An Awakened power…

Artur: Correct. Each one of these clones are me and I am them. For they represent 1% of my overall power. But the downside for you. They can possess up to 50% of my power…

They all suddenly charge and Kami and Blayde quickly block and go on the defensive as Courtney let's one cut her  as she absorbs the damage and throws a punch, directing it back to the Clone as the Clone dissipates from the impact but as Three others surround her and slash at her she yells as one is able to actually cut her.

Artur smirks as he watches as she screams and throws two punches killing two as she grabs at her arm and holds the bleeding wound.

Artur: So your absorption had limits…

Courtney: I just haven't redirected my percentage output...but don't worry...I adjust well.

Artur grins as he created a dozen more clones and directs them to attack her as she stands ready.

Courtney: 45%.

Courtney let's them attack and slash at her as she just fights back, taking the damage without being hurt as Kami blocks and slices one's head off as Blayde surrounds his staff with hellfire and slams the staff into one's head as the Artur Clones Face melts immediately off of it's body as Blayde then turns and blocks the real Artur as he is forced back from the blow.

Blayde: I was wondering when you would get involved…

Artur: Don't get cocky.

Blayde jumps back and slashes his staff at Artur as a line of hellfire shoots at him but he dodges and slashes at Blayde's chest, Blayde blocking but be screams as a clone stabs him from behind, piercing through his shoulder as Kami turns and quickly blocks as she almost got herself stabbed as Courtney was huffing and puffing as she was fighting nearly all of the others clones as Artur grins and watched as the Clone pulls it's blade out of Blayde's shoulder and then went for a decapitation that Blayde dodges and slams the staff into its chest, setting him ablaze as Artur attacks but is thrown off guard as Kami had nearly connecting her blade to his throat as Artur quickly pivots and turns his body as Kami and Blayde trade attacks as Artur blocks and slashes back as he created Clones around him to attack and force the other to have to focus on them as he was able to defend the other, Courtney punching the final clone around her as she was panting as she had exerted herself as she curses angrily and turns to Artur as Artur sees her and grins as he winks at her and glitches as she looks to see dozens more of Clones appearing around her as she shakes her head and sneers as she closes her eyes and screams as she rushes one as the others converge onto her.

Kami takes a clone out as Blayde tosses his staff and watches as Artur swipes it away, the staff hitting the ground as Blayde runs and slides, barely avoiding being decapitated as Blayde kicks the staff yo and begins slamming it into nearby Clones as Artur and Kami begin trading sword blows as Kami and Artur get face to face as Artur grins.

Artur: You must realize by now that you're out of your league…

Kami: Maybe…

Artur ducks Blayde's attack and kicks Kami away from him as Kami and Blayde stand side by side as Courtney is fighting and destroying Artur's clones as Artur paces about.

Blayde: His power fluctuates with every clone he makes and we destroy.

Kami: I noticed.

Blayde: Maybe it's time you step it up…

Kami eyes Blayde as Blayde shrugs.

Blayde: You know what I mean.

Kami nods as Artur creates more clones that go to fight Courtney as Artur grins.

Artur: Even with finished power...there's no chance the two of you can defeat me.

Kami raises her Katana out in front of her as Artur gets ready but watched as she doesn't budge as suddenly a white and blue aura surrounds Kami as she chants something and then turns the Blade onto herself, stabbing it through her chest as Artur looks confused as Blayde stands ready as Courtney eyes the blinding lights that engulfed Kami as Artur looked away for a moment before he looks to see Kami stepping forward, nothing seemingly different other then get katana was missing and the hue of blue and white surrounded her frame.

Artur: This part of your Awakened power? A nice hue…

Kami throws her hands out and suddenly blue and white shimmering walls appear all around Artur, trapping him inside as Artur looks confused as Kami keeps her hands out as the walls begin to close in ad Kami then slaps her hands together as Artur screams in agony as the Walls crash into him and then explode, Kami and Blayde falling over from the concussive force of the blast as Courtney watches as the Clones dissipated as Courtney covers her face from the heat and dust of the blast as she looks at where Artur had been standing.

Blayde: Did we get him?

Kami: I think so…

Courtney: What was that?

Kami: My awakened power...allows me to create kinetic barriers and shields...as well kinetically charged pocket explosions. They're unstable as hell though hence why I trapped him.

The three watch as the smoke dissipates finally and a panting and heaving Artur stands with hate filled eyes as he was down on a knee, his clothes cinched from the burns as hks mechanical eye scans about.

Blayde: Not a scratch on him…

Kami: You dissipated your clones and allowed them to take most of the damage didn't you.

Artur: I did…

Blayde: Goddamnit…!

Blayde swipes his staff and sends a wave of hellfire which Artur creates a clone and moves out of the way as the Clone takes the attack and screams as it melts from the blast as Courtney was in Artur and slams her fist into him, Artur flying backwards as he cracks against the wall as Kami throws her hands up and surrounds Artur with kinetically charged barriers.

Kami: Blayde now!

Blayde tosses the staff and Kami opens a small hole which the staff sails through and penetrated through Artur's chest as Artur spits out blood as Blayde snaps his fingers and watches as the Staff erupts with hellfire, Artur screaming as his body began to engulf with blue flames as Kami melt the barriers around him before Blayde looks to late.

Blayde: Kami!

Blayde runs and jumps as Kami turned to see Artur was beside her as he slashed at her face, Courtney looking to see that the Artur being melted was a Clone that dissipated quickly as the real Artur had no damage and was taking a timed and dangerous slash at a defenseless Kami, Blayde getting in the way as Artur slashes Blayde across the back, Kami screaming as she watched Blayde fall in pain as Artur quickly jumps back and creates dozens of Clones around him as he grinned.

Artur: The explosion allowed my clones to take the brunt and once the shield was down I just simply left a clone in the aftermath and hid in the smoke.

Blayde grimaces while he stands as his wound bleeds as Kami sneers angrily as Courtney sees the amount of clones Artur was creating as he raised a hand and created a chair that he sat in.

Artur: The three of you bore me. Play around with my clones for a bit why don't you.

Artur watched as Courtney came closer to Kami and Blayde as Courtney cracks her neck back and forth before she says

Courtney: 60%.

The three watch as the dozens of Clones all attack at once as Kami throws her hands up and surrounds the three with kinetic barriers as the Clones slash and shot against the barrier as Kami screams and closed her eyes as she focus and causes the ground around the barrier to glow red and orange before pocket explosions erupt all over, rocking the barrier and making all the three brace as the powerful blasts blow the clones into nothing but Artur merely creates more and more to replace them as Kami realized the three of them were in a dire situation.

End of chapter.