Nightfall:The Aphelion Knight

Omniance - Today at 2:50 AM
Nemo: He takes a few steps back from the large armored figure, looking at it and then looking to the Dragon, it's metallic guts still flowing out into a large pool around the knight's feet. ...Lucas?

Aphelion Knight: He suddenly leaps upwards, ten or more feet into the air, as he falls back down his enourmous axe tears through the air, leaving ribbons of black smoke as it falls towards Yuri's head.(edited)
Footpaw - Today at 2:58 AM
Trent: He backs away when he sees the knight rise up from the melted metal, then backs up even more when it suddenly jumps into the air but sees Yuri still hasn't moved.

Yuri: Too beaten emotionally he doesn't even care enough to move, he stays laying down in the dirt with his head down.

Trent: He has less than a second to react, to try and save him somehow but he does nothing to help him.(edited)
Omniance - Today at 3:04 AM
Nemo: He suddenly slams into Yuri, lifting him from the ground and throwing him out of the way. The Aphelion Knight's axe cleaves down into his side and he yells out in pain as its twisted shape lodges into him, sticking there. He looks to the knight. Fight... It... Lucas!

Aphelion Knight: It lets out a raspy shriek and then lifts the axe, spinning in a circle and throwing it, with Nemo still lodged into it. The head of the axe slams into one of the ruined walls and sticks there, pinning Nemo and nearly cutting him in half. The Knight's head twitches and looks to Trent. It lets out another raspy sigh and holds out its left hand behind it, a long spear ripping from the Dragon's corpse and flying into the Knight's hand. It immediately charges Trent with an incredible sprint.(edited)
Footpaw - Today at 3:07 AM
Trent: Two shadowy chains fly out of the darkness and he grabs them, another chain flies out and wraps around his own lower right leg. No one can fight the bloodlust. He's just another monster now.
Omniance - Today at 3:08 AM
Aphelion Knight: It lunges forwards, the spear leaving black streaks of darkness in the air as it stabs forwards to pierce Trent's chest with the black twisted blade.
Footpaw - Today at 3:15 AM
Trent: He knows the weapon is too long to backstep so he moves to the side instead but he still underestimates the knight's speed and the blade nearly cuts his stomach, tearing part of his shirt. With Luca's weapon so close he wraps one of the chains in his hands around the base of the weapon's blade. He lets go and the shadows pull the weapon down into the ground, though not out of the knight's hands. With only a second to fight back he takes the bladed chain in his other hand and stabs it into Lucas's chest plate.
Omniance - Today at 3:25 AM
Aphelion Knight: Trent's blade stabs into his chest, slipping under one of the plates and getting stuck. He pulls at the spear several times, and then lets it go, the spear slipping down into the darkness. The knight stands up and a massive flail bursts from the dragon's guts, flying across the area towards the Knight.

Rava: As if he expected this he leaps and grabs onto the flail. His eyes and skin crack and burst with blue light as his body demonically empowers his strength. He rips the weapon from the air and then runs and slams the flail across the Knight's back. The heavy spiked stars spark with darkness as it hits, and the knight's armor cracks beneath the hit.

Aphelion Knight: It looks at Rava, grabbing at the chain in its chest and pulling at it. It lets out a deep boom and the axe pinning Nemo is ripped from the wall, flying across the battlefield and slamming into Rava as it lands into the Knight's open hand. Rava is sent crashing forwards into the ground and down onto the twisted flail. The Knight turns and looks at Trent, immediately swinging the massive axe.
Footpaw - Today at 3:33 AM
Trent: A black chain bursts from the shadows and locks itself around the twisted flail, pulling it away from Rava before he can crash into it. The chain grows long before it spins and hurls the flail into Aphelion knight, stunning him when he tries to attack Trent again. Two more chains fly out of the ground and Trent grabs them in mid-air before immediately stabbing them into the sunless monster's thighs.(edited)
Omniance - Today at 3:40 AM
Aphelion Knight: It looks down at the chains, then looks to Trent, dropping the axe and grabbing onto them. It pulls with incredible strength, ripping one of the chains out of its thigh. As this is happening Trent hears a labored yell.

Coty: He yells out in exertion as he lifts the large slab of concrete, his arms and legs shaking as he raises it onto its side and then throws it back. The light from the three jugs shines out across the land. A pool of the sunlight has drenched his backpack and is dripping out into a small puddle. One of the jars were broken by the rubble. He immediately grabs one of the magazines and loads it into his desert eagle, turning and taking a deep breath before firing at the Knight.

Aphelion Knight: As the light washes over it, the Knight's armor sizzles and black smoke rises from it. The chain in his other thigh shatters as Coty's shot stikes its right shoulder, blasting apart the plating and twisting the metal like burning paper. The knight shrieks out and rips itself free as Trent's chains shatter in the sunlight of the shot. A voice, both deep and childish, echoes out from the knight. EEE-UURR-EEE!

Coty: Hold him still! He takes aim with his gun, not wanting to waste the bullets.(edited)
Footpaw - Today at 3:47 AM
Trent: His eyes widen when the sunlight from the jars hits him, he tries to cover his face but it's no use. His skin burns in agony like he was lit on fire, he resists yelling in pain. His own powers and Yuri's borrowed powers stacking and causing him horrible pain as he falls over in front of the knight. It only takes a few seconds before they start seeing smoke coming off of Trent's skin, clothes and hair.
Omniance - Today at 3:55 AM
Aphelion Knight: He immediately sprints at Coty, the sunlight charing his dark armor.

Coty: He fires twice, but each shot misses as the Knight leaps and side-steps out of the way with agility belying its stature. Realizing he can't shoot the Knight without it being immobilized he leaps to safety and rolls away as the Knight reaches him.

Aphelion Knight: It passes Coty, not even paying him attention, leaping through the air and over the concrete slab. It turns and kicks it, slamming it back down over the liquid sunlight. Its head immediately looks to Coty, the Knight's armor still smoking from the exposure. It stares at him for a moment before sprinting towards him.
Footpaw - Today at 4:04 AM
Trent: He feels instant relief from the shadows as the sunlight goes away and his body finally relaxes, he weakly raises his head to look around before sitting back in the dirt, too hurt to physically get back on his feet so soon. With only a glance he sees the Aphelion Knight charging at Coty. Knowing Coty can't fight him so close he pulls chains out of the ground behind the sunless monster, two of them fly at him and stab into his back while the others bounce off the dark metal armor. It's all he can do to slow him down before he falls back, closing his eyes, needing to rest.(edited)
Omniance - Today at 4:13 AM
Aphelion Knight: It stops and gets pulled back slightly. The Knight's armored feet dig into the ground as it continues to try to get to Coty for a moment, before reaching back and grabbing at the chains.

Coty: He raises his gun and simply fires shot after shot into the Knight, blasting apart its legs and chunks of its armor with fiveaimed shots. The last shot hits the Knight directly in the head.

Aphelion Knight: It shieks out with each hit, letting out a child-like scream. It buckles under the shots and falls to its knees. As it recovers it slowly swings its axe as Coty.

Coty: He uses his last shot to shoot the axe as the Knight swings it down at him, shattering the front half of the axehead into shards. The axe stops inches from his face as the Knight seems to suddenly petrify, parts ofits armor cracking.

Aphelion Knight: As it kneels there, mid-swing, a warm glow begins to radiate dimly from its chest.

Lucas: He voice rings weakly in his brother's head. ...Yuri... I'm... Its barely a whisper. ...Still... Here...
Footpaw - Today at 4:16 AM
Yuri: He looks up towards the Aphelion Knight, he looks worn out but hearing his brother's voice gets him back to his feet. ...Lucas?(edited)
Omniance - Today at 4:17 AM
Lucas: His whispering voice comes from the knight. ...I can't... Get out...
Footpaw - Today at 4:19 AM
Yuri: His eyes light up and he runs to the Aphelion Knight, stopping a few yards away. I can hear you! I can hear Lucas!
Omniance - Today at 4:22 AM
Yuri feels like he's pulled forward slightly. Despite there being no real light source, Yuri spots a pitch-black shadow from the Aphelion Knight reaching out towards him. It's Lucas's shadow, tugging at the Shadow of Yuri's arm.
Footpaw - Today at 4:26 AM
Yuri: He looks down at the pitch black shadow of his little brother tugging at his own shadow's arm, which he can feel on his actual arm. Feeling like he can still save him he slowly starts walking forward, watching Lucas's shadow.
Omniance - Today at 4:29 AM
Nemo: He stumbles towards Yuri, despite the entire right side of his abdomen being cleaved through, he seems strangely alive. He looks from Yuri to the motionless knight. You can hear him?

Lucas: He whispers from the Knight. It's dark... I can't see anything... Yuri... Yuri feels him being tugged at again. Then feels Lucas's hand on his arm. I feel you... Yuri...
Footpaw - Today at 4:32 AM
Yuri: He feels Lucas's hand but the warmth isn't there, it makes him feel a little bad. He looks up at the armored sunless monster, wanting to help him so badly. ...How do I pull you out of that thing?
Omniance - Today at 4:41 AM
Lucas: ...Yuri... He sounds worried suddenly.

Aphelion Knight: Its head twitches slightly.

Lucas: It heard me!

Aphelion Knight: The warmth from inside the knight bursts into flames that ripple outwards from the armor, and the Knight stands up. EEee... Urr... Eee... It flips its axe around and slams the head of it down into its own chest, impaling itself.

Lucas: He screams into Yuri's ears, and the scream becomes garbled and trails off to silence.

Aphelion Knight: It twists the axe inside of itself several times and then rips it out with a blinding flash of cinders and flame. Eee... Urr... Eee... The Knight turns and looks at Yuri, Lucas is on the head of the axe, the twisted metal of the axehead wrapped around him tightly, keeping him anchored to it.

Lucas: He yells out in pain as the black steel melts down around him and hardens. Yuri!

Aphelion Knight: Seek... Mis... Ueerr... Eee... It slams the bottom pommel of the axe-haft into the ground, and Lucas yells out in agony, his features turning draconic as he screams out a stream of dragon fire at Nemo.(edited)
Footpaw - Today at 4:51 AM
Yuri: He watches the dragonbreath miss him completely and he quickly turns to see what he's aiming for instead, seeing the stream of fire heading towards his other brother. Nemo!!!
Omniance - Today at 4:55 AM
Nemo: His eyes flare with neon blue flames and a sphere of plasma rises up around him, forming a vortex that pushes the dragon's fire away. However Lucas's fire is quickly burning away the plasma bubble and Yuri can see Nemo struggling to keep the shield up through small gaps that are forming.
Footpaw - Today at 5:04 AM
Yuri: He looks back at his brother inside the knight's weapon, seeing him under duress as he keeps shooting a stream of fire from his mouth. His other brother Nemo only seconds away from being engulfed in dragonfire. Stop... Six black chains fly out of the dark ground and wrap around the knight's limbs, tightening around each one and pulling him in six different directions, but this monstrous knight is standing his ground and the chains don't seem to move him at all.
Omniance - Today at 5:09 AM
Rava: He suddenly slams the flail across the Knight's back. The spined ends hook into its armor and he pulls with all his strength.

Aphelion Knight: He slowly looks to Yuri are Lucas continues to scream flames down onto Nemo. He suddenly lurches backwards, causing the flames to arc upwards into the sky.

Rava: He rips the flail out of the Knight's back and slams it into him again, and again until he knockes the knight off balance.

Aphelion Knight: Lucas stops screaming and the Knight stumbles slightly, catching itself as its foot digs into the earth. It turns and looks at Rava, it's free hand darting out and catching the ball of the flail, crushing it.

Rava: With the help of Yuri's chains he pulls the flail with all his strength, and the Aphelion Knight's leg gives out and the two fo them fall down against the ground. Rava quickly scrambles to his feet, fire forming in his hands as he gets read to bathe the knight in hellish plasma, just like he and Nemo did with the dragon.(edited)
Footpaw - Today at 5:27 AM
Yuri: He watches as the Aphelion Knight drops his weapon and he immediately runs up to it, checking on Lucas who is trapped inside it. Lucas! He grabs at the edges of the melted metal around him, trying to pull on it to set him free but the material doesn't budge.
Omniance - Today at 5:29 AM
Lucas: He looks at Yuri with tired eyes. His draconic features have vanished entirely. ...He killed Ricky... Yuri... He tries to move, but then groans in agony as he tries to pull free.
Rava: A bright blue light shines across the darkness as hellish plasma slams into the Aphelion Knight, wrapping around it in a twisting inferno that tornados up into the air.
Footpaw - Today at 5:37 AM
Yuri: He covers his face when the blue plasma lights up the sky, feeling the heat on his skin as Rava tries to finish off the Aphelion Knight. The fire tornado burns brightly and shines a blue light over all of them, while Yuri watches he feels the metal surrounding Lucas changing, almost like plastic that's been out in the sun all day. The light... He grabs at the edges of the melted metal again and starts pulling them off of his brother, using all his strength to get him out.
Omniance - Today at 5:41 AM
The blue light suddenly beams brighter and the inferno starts to make a humming rumble.

Nemo: He's standing near Yuri and Lucas, feeding Rava's flames with his own plasma. I'm so tired of this BULLSHIT! The plasma burns brighter and collapses down into the knight, flowing down into its armor and burning it inside and out.
Footpaw - Today at 5:43 AM
Yuri: He uses Nemo's boost to Rava's firestorm to pull the last of the melted metal off of Lucas. Once his brother is out he wraps his arms around him and hugs him tight.
Omniance - Today at 5:47 AM
Lucas: Yuri... He grabs onto him as tightly as he can. Yuri... The light fades as the inferno vanishes, both Rava and Nemo stopping at the same time.

Nemo: Is he alright? He looks at Yuri. Nemo's entire right side is drenched in blood.
Footpaw - Today at 5:50 AM
Yuri: He looks down a little before looking up at Nemo, still hugging Lucas. He remembers what Lucas said before and whispers. Ricky...(edited)
Omniance - Today at 5:53 AM
Lucas: I... He was there I was with him... And then he was gone and I was trapped in my own body... Waiting here for... God knows how long... Waiting for you... Why did you take so long?

Nemo: Time flows differently here... You've only been gone... A few hours maybe, for us. He looks around.
Footpaw - Today at 5:57 AM
Yuri: He lets go of Lucas and stands up, helping him off of the metal weapon underneath him. I'm sorry for letting this happen to you... I just wanted to finish off Chris before he hurt you. I didn't think he'd pull you down with him.
Omniance - Today at 5:59 AM
Lucas: He's wearing your face Yuri... He looks into his brothers eyes as he stands up. ...It's more than that... He's... The worst version of you... That you'll ever be.
Footpaw - Today at 6:03 AM
Yuri: He looks into his brother's eyes, trying to understand what he means. ...What?

Trent: His fingers start moving as he wakes up, the dark world around him having healed many of the sunlit burns on his body.
Omniance - Today at 6:07 AM
Lucas: The hatman is you, Yuri... Like how you were when you were before Odie and Ricky went to get you... But worse...
Footpaw - Today at 6:16 AM
Yuri: He looks at Nemo before looking back at Lucas, shaking his head The Hat Man is a some twisted god who feeds off the suffering of others... I'm not him, I'm nothing like him.
Omniance - Today at 6:18 AM
Lucas: He looks away from Yuri. He wants us all to die... Except you, Yuri... He needs you... I could feel it... Somehow... I was connected to him... Like how I'm connected to you...
Footpaw - Today at 6:20 AM
Yuri: He stares at his young brother for a long moment before he places his hand on his shoulder. We'll stop him... I won't let him hurt you again.
Omniance - Today at 6:24 AM
Nemo: He lets out a long gasp. You know... I think I might need a bandaid. He lifts up what's left of the tattered lower half of his shirt and looks at the wound.

Coty: He yells out as he lifts up the concrete just enough to pull his backpack out. It's partially wet with the sunlight, but the pool itself is still beneath the rubble. He takes a few magazines of ammo out and loads one of them into his gun, then walks over and grabs his rifle. Well I'm glad Lucas is back. With a loud clicking sound he unjams his rifle and puts it onto his shoulder. Keeps my dream of that triplet foursome alive. He smirks at the three of them.

Rava: Bleh... He shakes his head and looks away.(edited)
Footpaw - Today at 6:30 AM
Yuri: He smiles back at Coty, one of his arms still around Lucas, almost afraid to let go of him in the sunless. I'm surprised you didn't run away from either of those monsters... thanks for helping me get my lil bro back.
Omniance - Today at 6:36 AM
Coty: He looks Yuri up and down. I'm the alpha male of this group for a reason man. Blows my mind that you still doubt my raw masculinity.

Rava: Can I kill him? Actually can I just kill all of you? I feel like it would solve a lot of these problems really quickly...
Footpaw - Today at 6:44 AM
Trent: He's walking back up to the group, passing Rava and wrapping a chain around his neck like rednecks do to their pitbulls. Down boy. He keeps walking, noticing that the triplets are back together. Seeing Lucas alive makes him hopeful after seeing so much death this past year. You actually made it out alive. Nice.(edited)
Omniance - Today at 6:50 AM
Lucas: He gets a weird look on his face. ...Thanks?

Rava: He tugs at the chain around his neck a few times before burning through it with a beam from one of his fingers.

Coty: One of the jugs of sunlight broke, so we have two left now. And about seventy or so bullets. He puts his desert eagle into its holster under his arm. Think that's enough to stop the fedora lord?
Footpaw - Today at 6:56 AM
Trent: He narrows his eyes, figuring out why he was incapaciated during his fight with the Aphelion Knight.

Yuri: If those bullets work on him as well as they do on sunless monsters... I think we'll be able to take him down. He turns and looks at the large manor not too far away. You guys ready to finally go inside?
Omniance - Today at 6:59 AM
Lucas: He looks to the large manor. ...I don't know.

Coty: He walks up and heavily puts his hand on Lucas's shoulder. Cheer up man, I'm here now. We're gonna be alright.

Lucas: He slowly looks to Coty. Then to Yuri. You guys didn't bring any of my cigarettes did you? I feel like I haven't had one in a hundred years...

Nemo: Maybe you can use that irritable withdrawal rage on the Hat Man, instead of me. He limps passed them all, passed the gate and up the path to the house.
Footpaw - Today at 7:01 AM
Yuri: He takes out a ciggarete from his pocket and hands it to his little brother before he starts following Nemo down the path.
Omniance - Today at 7:03 AM
Lucas: He lets out a gasp and grabs, putting it to his mouth.

Coty: He flicks on a lighter. Need a light?

Lucas: The cigarette lights itself in his mouth and he takes a long drag. I got it, kiddo. He pushes Coty off of him and walks after his brothers.
Footpaw - Today at 7:06 AM
Yuri: He waits for the others to catch up before he passes Nemo and grabs the doorknob, he hesitates for a second before he starts opening it.

Meanwhile...
There's only a few more stockpiled desks in the way, Troy's almost opened a path to the assembly room. Mary Sue and Shane are still watching and trying to convince him that something's wrong.
Omniance - Today at 7:09 AM
Troy: He throws another chair out from his path. Can you hear me Ember?!(edited)
Footpaw - Today at 7:11 AM
Mary Sue: She looks around the dark hallway, even though Troy is making a lot of noise moving and throwing desks around she's trying to listen for any of those shadowy people that might suddenly run out of one of the classrooms with a chainsaw. After Troy yells out for his friend again she turns, hearing a girl's voice coming from the assembly room.

Ember's voice can be heard... Troy's name echoes through the hallway.(edited)
Omniance - Today at 7:13 AM
Shane: Troy, you need to slow down, something's wrong with this-

Troy: What the FUCK is going to happen to me, Shane? He looks back at him. We can hear her!(edited)
Footpaw - Today at 7:17 AM
Just as Troy moves the last desk out of the way, the very same desk flies up and slams into him, knocking him down the staircase. Every other desk he moved before starts to glow with a dark presence, each one shakily floating into the air like a possessed object.
Omniance - Today at 7:19 AM
Shane: Fuckin christ Troy. He raise his handgun, ready to shoot any of the desks or chairs, expecting them to throw themselves at him or Mary Sue.
Footpaw - Today at 7:20 AM
The dozens of desk each shakily float in mid-air before all of them suddenly slam together, reforming the blockade and cutting them off from Troy.
Omniance - Today at 7:21 AM
Shane: He looks at the desks for a moment, judging on if he should waste the bullets. After a second he fires one at the barricade.
Footpaw - Today at 7:23 AM
The shadowy desk he shoots turns bright with light before it disintegrates into ash, every other piece of furniture on the blockade looks unaffected.
Omniance - Today at 7:25 AM
Shane: I feel like I saw something like this in one of those games Nemo plays. He looks at Mary Sue for a moment, then checks his jacket, four magazines of ammo left. Afterwards he takes a few more shots at the barricade, aiming each of his bullets to make a path through it and using the least amount of bullets possible.
Footpaw - Today at 7:28 AM
As Shane takes to time to make sure he uses the least amount of bullets, the sound of two chainsaws winding up can be heard .

Mary Sue: She runs behind Shane, about to run the other way so she doesn't get cut into pieces but screams when she sees there's one coming from each hallway, they're surrounded from both sides.
Omniance - Today at 7:30 AM
Shane: He sighs and the magazine drops from his gun. He reaches into his jacket and puts in another one. Give me a fucking BREAK! He turns and shoots at one of them, grabbing onto Mary Sue and throwing her into the space he made in the barricade.
Footpaw - Today at 7:32 AM
Mary Sue: She falls near the hole Shane made in the barricade but once she inches too close to those shadowy desks, one of them slams into her head and knocks her into the floor. The young woman hits her head on the floor and goes unconcious.

The brute with the chainsaw raises his spinning blade and Shane's bullet bounces off harmlessly. One of the windows beside him suddenly shatters open, one of those dark men with a large hatchet climbs in through the hole. More windows start breaking opening, more dark lumberjacks coming out into the elementary school hallway.(edited)
Omniance - Today at 7:36 AM
Shane: He immediately begins firing at the legs of the men, figuring that they won't be fast enough to deflect the bullets with a chainsaw.(edited)
Footpaw - Today at 7:49 AM
The large brute with the chainsaw groans, almost growling as it takes three bullets to finally get him to drop the chainsaw just before he bursts into light particles. One of the other shadowy men, one that looks like a mechanic, gets close while Shane's shooting down the other hallway and swings a hammer into his left upper arm twice.
Meanwhile...
Omniance - Today at 7:54 AM
Troy: He runs down the steps, his pack glowing on one side, and his radio still emitting static on his back. Ember! He looks out into the darkness from a small landing that the stairs ended at. The assembly/gym area is large, making up the foundation of the entire school. There's a few benches on the sides, along with some bleachers, but not much else. It's mostly just a huge underground room. Troy can't even see most of it because it's so dark. Ember! He flings the jug of sunlight off his back and pulls it from his pack, the light illuminating the room.
Footpaw - Today at 7:59 AM
Ember: She's sitting on a small school chair on the assembly's wooden stage. Her arms are tied behind her back and there's ducttape over her mouth. Troy can see blood coming down her forehead and bruises on her legs.
Omniance - Today at 7:59 AM
Troy: Ember! He holds the jug up like a lantern and runs across the assembly floor to the stage.

A guitar starts playing behind Troy but every once in awhile the notes become twisted like something creepy you'd hear in some song playing backwards. The words that follow the music bring Troy's movement to a complete stop. When all that you've trIed, leaves nothing but holes inside. It seems like you're wired, to stay here held in time. Cause nothing seems to change, oh no. No nothing's gonna change, at all. As Troy turns around he sees Jesse's dark face as he slowly looks up from his guitar. I can see it in your face, the hope has gone away...