WELL UNDERWAY I (Ch. 120)

Duke's mind ponders like clockwork, his mind speeding to find a solution, they could hold on no longer, the roar of engines draws the battling sea of bodies attention, they wouldn't have to.

"We're here!" Raven calls, the bodies troup out of the vans in droves, Raven turns to Yanick with a nod,

"Go lead your people", Yanick replies in kind heading to the fore if his army,

"RELENTLESS!", He roars,

"WE DEFEND!!!",

"RELENTLESS!",

"WE PROTECT!!!",

"ATTAAAKKKKKK!!!!" Raven roars, and the sea of battling bodies met anew.

Raven blurs to Duke's side, his kick whipping inches from Lingyun's face, the latter had dodged, wasting no time, Raven ignites his combination technique, his bone armour coming to being as his muscles tense and lean out, Lingyun spins his bladed spear into an upward swing, his teathered 'Force' rending the area around it as rocks go flying, Lingyun blurs, stamping his scimitar spear into the rent grounds as he spins aided by momentum crashing his heel against Duke's guard, Raven blurs to his opened side, enabled by hus Combination, by his Striker and Enforcer his kick blurs whipping toward's Lingyun's jaw, the latter is pulled by his imprinted teathered 'Force' aside, Raven's bone repositions allowing his forward facing leg to whip backward, further boosted by the release of his striker aiding in it's momentum, Lingyun groans as the kick lands, spinning in time to dodge Duke's follow, enacting his ATTUNED technique his frame flares with power, his Striker: Force Coating 'pulling band', Enforcer: Arrow's head, A 'Force' art which enables the user push against the space around the user in a forward push and his Defence, : Cyclone, This 'Force' art allows the user manipulate it in a suction like cyclone which grinds impacted force to nothing, his point of existence and impression upon the world grows,

(We can't take him alone" Raven realises. A quick survey of the battle field enables him notice it's state if being, Jayson James and Yanick had engaged Nathan, Warden had met his match against Tobi, the three Chinese executives were engaged in combat against Daniel and Bradley, the two managed impressive work, nevertheless they were still being pressed back,

(The numbers might be evened but they still trump us in regards of quality) he mules.

Jayson ignites his Striker technique, his fist bluring to connecte, Nathan replies in kind with his striker technique : Force coating 'Severing edge', his claw like strike threatening to rend it's pray to bits,

(His advancement!) Jayson had noticed late, quickly switching to his combination in order to take the blow, Combination arts empowred Jayson's legs tense as he roots his heel into ground forcing himself to pivot away against the pull of momentum. With Nathan's rear unguarded James moves to attack waving his titanium baton adeptly as he enacts his combination technique and strikes Nathan's kidney, the latter groans as he's pushed to a crouch, falling forward as Yanick's thunderous kick whips viciously through air above his head, Nathan recenters with animalistic efficiency, he remains on his fours as he slashes in a claw like manner across Yanick's empowered Defense drawing Blood,

(If i hadn't struck then...),

(I'd be dead) Jayson frowns enacting his Combination and pressing forward, the three after endless drills of team combat quickly fell into sync, Yanick takes the fore, his blows connecting with sickening mini explosins against Nathan's jaw, the latter unmoved as he ripped relentlessly into his frame, Jayson crashes into Nathan's liver with a vicious roar, intent on dropping the relentless beast, he saw no luck, again Nathan shrugged the powerful blow as he ravaged the opponent before him, James follows choosing to center his Striker: Force Coating 'Out Force', striking against their opponents joins with intent to displace them, while on this endeavour Jayson combination technique enabled crashes his fist into Nathan's crotch finally drawing a mild reaction from the teen, one of subconscious result at best, nevertheless a lightning fast follow has Nathan's head cracking back, nevertheless his zombie like body took said punishment with ease as the latter focused on retaliation. Nathan eventually pulls his own titanium forged batton matching James in technique before an unexpected burst in physical ability, an exercision of Nathan's superior advancement leaves him crashing head first into the asphalt grounding, Yanick follows Crashing his fist into Nathan's guarded plexus, the titanium batton crying out as it's 'Force' coated frame tears deep into Yanick's empowered fist. The muscled teen bites back an exclamation as he struggles to give space as Nathan swings for his jugular,

"Yanick!" Jayson roars pushing hin aside as his leg blurs crashing against air, Nathan had dodged, on nothing but pure instinct,

(He's getting better) James frowns, (evolving, a beast learning),

(We need to drop this dog now!) Jayson mules,

(If we drag this out...) Yanick ponders, (We'll die!), The three further empower their various combinations techniques with no inhibitions. Jayson further empowers himself, his combination technique holding his Auxiliary, : High Octaine, A 'Force' art that enables the user with the aid of imprinted 'Force' pump 'Force' infused blood at rapid speeds synonymous to a natural steroid empowered along with his striker.

James enacts his ATTUNED arts, with his Auxiliary: Fade, empowered into the mix, Yanick follows suit, his unified ATTUNED arts empowered into being, the three blaze with imprinted 'Force', empowred by will, Nathan center to them matches their intent holding nothing back as he blazed with similar determination,

(Let's see Raven Voss, will you pull through first, or will something that can't be undone be the result) he ponders momentarily, then he strikes.

Seated in a dark conference hall, with the only illumination the restrained rays of light subject to the halls hungry dark, a burly redhaired teen sat at the tables head, to his flanks where his two executives each, and opposite him was the fifth, each with a division leader standing behind them, their roles to coordinate the soldiers under them,

"Boss" the shortest in the room and third of the executive members calls, "so far from the intel we've received, the war us wel under way",

"And Ethan Raine?" He questions,

"Yet to be seen" the teen replies,

"Then we hold our position" the blood red haired teen replies,

"Are you actually convinced of the validity of that kid's ramblings?" A roughly dressed short beared teen fourth of the executives states,

"So far we can deduce what we've investigated from his statements to be true, if we had gone to war over the central states of the UWA, as much as i hate to say it, we'd have lost" A clean shaven gel haired teen in glasses speaks, the second of the executives states,

"A result of unification or individual ability?" The red haired teen questions,

"Harden, permit me to elaborate" the teen inquires, Harden gives a nod in reply,

"Ruling the Center States up until recently where five major crews, in order of threat and certain paradigms i will go through them in order of perceivable threat" he begins, "the fifth, based in the country capital, Xander, is an independent force formed by a young man named Elyan Cinker, majorly know as Yanick, the crew name, RELENTLESS, most of it's members are non's, they're idealistic, priding protection and defense, much like another crew on this list, nevertheless their woe is their inability to acrew funds, not in any notable format anyway, nevertheless, their leaders are a force to be reckoned with, Konan Meryin, a Lunin at best, underestood to be the brains, incredibly intelligent, he'll need to be removed, more importantly, Elyan Cinker, estimated to be at the Bone Control and 'Innate' sub advancement"

"He won't be a problem" the fifth of the executives, a brazenly dressed teen with many piercings,

"For you he will" The second replies,

"You want to go now huh?" The teen sneers,

"Enough!" Harden states, "Dalton" he states turning to the second, "carry on",

"Against them, we'd undoubtedly be triumphant, nevertheless their location makes such an attack impossible, or rather MADE, but i digress, fourth would be the late crew known as CERBERUS, formerly located North of the center, Zagreb. The leader a youngster of insane talent, Daryun Won, now a member of an organisation named mercanery hall, it should be noted that they work in co operation with another crew on this list, nevertheless he's estimated to be at the Bone control and 'Compression' sub advancement" he concludes.

"The result?" The bearded teen questions,

"Our victory" Dalton replies, " In Third would be the crew situated East of the center, Belgrade, the late RUNAWAYS, two independent crews, both with an extensive intertwined history, with the leader of the second RUNAWAYS death in their battle for dominance the original crew resumed control, they're almost as idealistic RELENTLESS, nevertheless they have powerful combatants and numbers that match ours, they lack in quality though, notable are the brother duo know for their combined combat abilities, Drake and Josh, both estimated to be at the Breath control and 'compression' sub advancement, next would be the man dubbed as the RUNAWAYS gatekeeper, Warden Chase, a powerful combatant, estimated to be at the Bone control 'Flow' and sub advancement, and the leaders, the man nicknamed the beast, Nathan Smith, estimated to be at the Bone Control and 'Compression' sub advancement, it's important to note that they are now apart of mercanery hall's employers, nevertheless against them, we'd be victorious".

"Very marginal in their lead against the former crew is the crew situated West of the center, in Jhevo, DEALERS, a crew with preexisting history, in terms of numbers we triumph, nevertheless they are home to four notable combatants, fourth in command, Bradley Ward and third in command Daniel Ka'an, both estimated to be at the Breath Control and 'Flow' sub advancement, next is the second, the man nicknamed the guardian, Tobi Park, estimated to be at the Bone Control and 'Innate' sub stage, last but not least is the leader, son of the late Gray Wade, Duke Wade...",

"His advancement?" The quiet shrouded figure seated opposite Harden and first of the executives questions,

"Estimated to be at the Bone Control and 'Flow' sub advancement" Dalton replies,

"Disappointing" the figure replies disdainfully,

"The result?, Our victory" Dalton concludes,

"The first and most powerful, South of the center, in Novy Prague, MERCHANTS, in terms of numbers i'd put us very slightly ahead, in quality, they dwarf us, in quantity of quality, they dwarf us, in financial ability, the same holds, in reach and connection the same holds, they're know to have ties with the countrys elites as well as their fatal secrets as well as proven connections to the Chinese and Japanese, they hold four affiliate head quarters, each in each if the other four states, subject to them are the Mercanery hall and RUNAWAYS, nothing is known of their officials, leader or their advancements, but it's suitable ti assume you don't achieve such power without the strength to back it up, the verdict?, Our annahilation" Dalton states grimly,

"There is a last force, though they are not a crew and are centered in the capital" Dalton follows,

"Speak" the shrouded figure states,

"A school, named Saiyan high, nicknamed the Den of beasts, home to RELENTLESS and with affiliations to THE RUNAWAYS ans CERBERUS, the students who give it it's notoriety are in order of estimated ability,

"Jayson Ross, Dennis Dean, Dareen Joo, James Young and Elyan Cinker, all estimated to be at the Bone Control and 'Innate'sub advancement, following is Mari Hie, dubbed the Judo queen, estimated to be at the Bone Control and 'Compression' sub advancement, and at their head, Raven Voss, son of Rachel Voss, estimated to be at least at the ATTUNEMENT level advancement",

"Impressive" the shrouded figure states with a smile tipping just over into refracted light, against them, RELENTLESS included, a hard fought victory is my verdict, nevertheless, there are two reasons it's good never moved to encroach on those territories" Dalton further elaborates,

"Which are?" The third questions,

"Have any of you ever heared the names VIN GIN and JHON WUU?" He questions,

"The centers watch dogs" the shrouded figure states,

"Yes, both known to be at the advancement of ZONE" Dalton states watching the astonishment of the others, "from what i've gathered their objective with the crew's are complete, attacking would bring no repercussions" he concludes,

"Good, the moment Ethan Raine, or should i say Kevin Volt takes the field, ANAN JOINS THE WAR!" Harden declares.