Wave 2
"So, how you think they're doing in there?" Jade asked.
"I haven't heard anything from Julian, anyway." Fiorella replied, her phone in one hand and her axe in the other. "He told me he'd call to speed things up at the first sign of getting overwhelmed. So he's either fine or dead, and my intuition tells me it's the former."
Jade looked behind her, feeling something was odd. There was a shocking lack of people around. There was no way that this was the entire fighting force the supposed terrors could provide. And sure enough, the sound of airships rang through the castle grounds, with three approaching from behind. The ten ran to the castle as fast as they could, but the airships were catching up quickly. So Capri stopped and turned around, taking her mallet out and letting it grow as big as it could. It slowly grew, and when the airship approached them, she let out a primal scream and swung the mallet with every ounce of force she had inside of her. The mallet clashed with the first airship for a few seconds, and after a few seconds, the mallet was slowly growing bigger, until the airship was thrown away to the outside walls, where it crashed. Unfortunately, the mallet's top half went with it. Hikaru drew a circle in the air, and sent it forward with one thrust of his palm. The circle quickly surged with electricity that rippled through the ship, and it crashed to the ground. Gisella threw jade upwards, and in mid-air she split into four versions of herself. Each landed perfectly onto the ship before storming in and slamming the Legion members inside onto the ground, and throwing the man steering the ship aside, breaking the steering with a series of unfocused punches. She let the clones vanish before diving out of the ship, being caught by Gisella as the ship crashed into a wall.
"Okay, mind if we check the ships?" Luca asked Capri.
"Go ahead, we'll take it from here. But if I call, come over. Don't even answer it."
Luca nodded, and ran towards the ship. A small fire had started and the door wasn't opening, despite the banging heard from inside. The door was opened with a single slash of a sword, and the guys came pouring out, running away screaming without so much as a confrontation. Luca considered arresting them, but they didn't look like they had anything resembling a weapon. Or much of a plan, fighting spirit, or anything that would make them threatening besides a now crashed airship.
"We fighting them?" Caoimhe asked.
"No point." Luca replied quickly as he made his way to the castle doors. "An annoyed shopkeeper could take them out." Gavin quickly followed behind them, taking out his spear just in case.
Fiorella examined the ship that crashed in front of Gisella, and the people came pouring out. Terrified teenagers who ran away, before all exchanging looks to each other and running back to the wreckage.
"Is Hank still in there?" One of them asked, trying to find a way back inside the wreckage. When she took a step forward, an explosion was heard, causing her to seize up in fear. Fiorella looked at her and sighed.
"I won't be heartless." She muttered to herself. She took out her axe much to the panic of the girl, but Gisella stepped in front of her before she could intervene. And with one mighty swing, the top was open. Fiorella looked inside, and there was a screaming boy. Didn't look old enough to drink, but his leg was stuck in some part of the wreckage, but removing him looked easy enough. She pulled him out, and his leg was just…gone. Probably just cut off in the wreckage. The boy was too stunned to say anything besides hyperventilating. So Fiorella just picked him up and dragged him out, returning him to his horrified friends. She quickly took a sheet of paper from her bust and scribbled directions to a hospital on it.
"I'm assuming you know what a hospital is?" She asked.
"Yeah." Hanks's friend nodded.
"Excellent. Tell them Fiorella will cover anything that needs paying for. Run along now, I don't think you should keep Hank waiting."
The kids all ran off, leaving the trio to get to the castle.
"You have an in with the hospital?" Jade asked.
"Well, a lady does need to stay on top of things. Even when it seems difficult. Trust me, they're under good hands."
The Kerobons got to the castle, which looked wrecked already. The Battlestorms weren't too far behind them. Footsteps quickly made their way through the hallway. Zee stepped in front of Capri and Gam, quickly putting a hand on the chandelier flying towards them before it could hit anyone. A roar was heard from the lady it was attached to, and Zee was sent flying into the wall. Gavin stepped out next, quickly breathing a circle of solidified air and pushing it forward. It stopped the beast for a second, but one punch later it was shattered. But Caoimhe was right behind Gavin, landing a punch to her face, with Jade splitting up and pinning her non-chandelier arm down with two of her duplicates. Finbarr tried to intervene, but was met by Luca, who slashed the air in front of him and refused to let him pass. Gam threw a ball between his hands, aiming it square at Aubrey's head. It caused a jolt of pain that rattled around her head and quickly grew in size causing her to roar and leap towards him, and Zee had to dive in at the last second to stop it. And finally, Capri grabbed onto the chandelier and watched as it grew in size, eventually lodging it's way into the walls. And as much as Aubrey tried, she couldn't dislodge it. Hikaru charged up one final shockwave, and sent it ripping through her. She was tired, trying to let out a roar before she suddenly fell asleep.
Finbarr looked horrified, trying to run away, but Hikaru let out another wave, which effortlessly knocked him out.
Three of the Legion's top fighters were down, and it was unknown how many remained. All that was known was that they needed to check themselves and be ready for anything, a concept that only grew larger as they approached the sound of manic fights and struggles to survive.