Saga 2 Episode 50: Save The Earth!

## Participants

Red DawnCrimson Booty
I

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f\_v60IElqgQ&index=24&list=PLYNBny7IRlVkGIvnkPjuzjEbsd-FMC8T9 ) Jacob Turner AKA Red Dawn sat in his loft style room in the heroes inc base established in District 2. Having to repeat the process of taking one over to have access to up to date and latest installed technology, the house was cloaked to look like a regular new York style mansion. It was at least two stories high Victorian style, with what looked like two other houses attached on it sides as it was more wide than tall.

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Jacob leaned back in his seat and sighed as he read the reports coming in on the computer screen infront of him. Watching the recent superhuman battles that have taken place on the shores, one catching his attention more than others. Some mild mannored man battling with someone who’d apparently come from the seas? “There’s still so many things out there I don’t know about when it comes to Omegas…” Jacob watched in borderline amazement looking at the fight between the two power houses. Continuing he’d read the report out loud. “Recent reports have almost confirmed that the sea man had recent meetings with the Hero of the Civil War Dez Wilson, conspiring a possible team up effort between the two of them. Hm…this.” Jacob stands up and leans over the computer frowning and rubbing his forehead. “This could pose…a huge problem.”

Jacob thought about it in foresight but what if this was the tipping factor in the war? Sure they were doing good but he couldn’t argue that fact that his man power was limited severly. They were recruiting the strongest of the strong and it was going to take more than Jacob’s rag tag band of men to take them on. He need fire power in the form of an Omega, someone who could really put a dent as big as the one they were attempting to put in them. The door behind him opened up and another omega walked in. she was a very cute brunette girl who saluted him on entry. “Red Dawn sir! Earth Girl reporting as a new recruit! It’s nice to meet you!” Jacob turned and nodded to her. “At east soldier. What brings you to my quarters? Can I assitst you in anyway?” “I just wanted to formally meet you in person! I’ve seen your efforts in the war and I’m in love with your opionon! I agree with you one hundered percent and I’m here to reassure you of my service to you!” Jacob laughed and nodded, folding his arms. “I’m glad, very glad. It’s nice to have you on the team.” Jacob would’ve turend back around looking to the screen for a moment before Earth girl gasped. “Are you looking at that fight between those two strong guys?!” Jacob blinked. “Hm? Oh yes, I was studying it. It looks like Dez’s side might have a new member in their ranks…”

“He’s really strong. I hear he comes from the seven seas themselves like a merman. “ “After everything I’ve seen I can believe it. Still with that kind of fire power…we might be at a disadvantage.” “Not exactly. He’s strong but there’s another omega who is just as strong and has just as vast an element. I happen to worship her for all of her worth.” Jacob narrowed his eyes. “What are you…talking about?” She shrugged. “I dunno her name. I’ve just seen her ever since the GMAF’s and I thought she was cool. She’s the reason I wanted to be an earth omega, sure I got stuck with rocks and not plants but it’s all the same! Anywho I have to go now!” Jacob stood there as she left the room and he looked back at the computer screen. “An omega gene user who rules the land? Who holds that kind of power?...I need a consult.” He stared at the screen contemplating weather he should contact one of his allies for answers to pending questions he was having.

(Alright so to kill two birds with one stone in your post show syl arriving at the problem with the crystal people and maybe giving a peak into it. Like her fighting them or confronting them. Maybe her having issues with them etc. Keep doing that until I post Jacob actually going to find her to progress the episode and show two different perspectives.)

( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjcazbvU1VQ )

 In the freezing winds of the Appalachian mountian, winds blew cold, piercing through the sky like unseen blades. Within the blizzard slowly trudging her way through it, was a woman. Wearing a black body suit and body armor, over which she wore a tan fur lined cloak . The armor was a Silver color, and light in weight and carried only the essentials the woman needed. (http://img03.deviantart.net/4936/i/2012/106/6/6/battle\_angel\_alita\_fan\_art\_by\_veritasx5-d4wc76z.jpg) Cupping her hands over her mouth she blew into them causing a cloud of condensation to rise from her mouth. The wind picked up causing her hair to blow around her, blinking she turned her head away from the wind and shielded her eyes. She reached up and covered her face with her arm, and turned her face slightly forward, and continued to trudge into the wind her footprints soon filled in by the white void that was the snow. Moving forward a voice sounded in her mind, "Syl, We're almost there becareful." The sanke oni hissed in her ear. Yes, this woman was Syl. Syl is a curvy woman whom looks taller than she actually is due to having thin willowly limbs. with pale skin and long hair down to the back of her knees. Her hair is cut in many layers having front bangs up to her eyebrows, then another layer, reaching up to her jaw, and a layer at her hips and a final one at her knees. Her eye color is naturally a bright red that seem to glow. After bonding with Heba, her Hair and eyes are now tinted slightly Purple, and her tongue has slimmed into a forked snakes tongue. As they approached the ridge Syl lowered herself and began to creep along in the snow, spotting a pile of rocks Syl darted over to them and pressed her back against them. Taking a deep breath Syl stuck her head out to get her first look at this base, the Cristallum base that was about to become a breeding ground for the Aliens army and the first of many footholds soon to come; if Syl didnt stop them. However she was unprepared as to how quickly these 'cristallum' settled and built their base.

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Syl was unsure of how long they'd been here but they wasted to time in not only tunneling into the mountain side but down into the earth's crust. Syl's eye's widened and she quickly pulled her head back and slid down into the snow. "Heba look at the size of that thing." Syl spoke to her inner Oni. "I see it, now what?" Syl sat in the snow and drew her cloak tightly around her, thinking. She got an idea standing up she began walking away from the base, but not before growing vines on the rock. These vines marked the location of the base. "We pick our battles Heba, we cant fight all of them alone. Last time they were unaffected most of our attacks." Inside Syl's mind Heba nodded and agreed. Trudging back the way she came Syl would head back to Kasaihana and think about how to deal with this new threat.

II
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Jacob would’ve made his way through hover +traffic, driving in a black hover van with tinted windows designed specifically to hide his face allowing him to traverse the city streets freely. He was a fugitive now and it wasn’t in the slightest bit any kind of funny irony to him. He was wanted WANTED. A man who’d once have done anything to uphold the law and everything it stood for now on the complete opposite spectrum of it all. Jacob could only shake his head at the thought as he turned another corner heading for district 2’s law section where he’d make his way to Ryoji and Grey law firm. Pulling up to the front of it and putting the vehicle in park. Jacob stepped out of the car, adjusting the baseball cap on his head and walking inside of the building. It was hustling and bustling with lawyers abroad, and law frim representatives. People booking and addressing their cases in separate offices and Jacob walking through the midst of it all heading to the front desk and putting his hands on the expensive oak wood. “I need to see Leon Ryoji.” The assistant looked up at the man and shuffled through her papers, adjusting her glasses. “Do you have an appointment?”

Jacob cleared his throat, taking a moment to remember the secret code he and Leon came up with incase he ever needed him. Jacob then looked back at her and spoke softly “I’m here to see the dusk meet the dawn.” The woman nodded to him and pushed a button. “Mr.Ryoji you have a vistor.” Lookin back up at him she’d speak again. “Door right behind me sir.” Jacob nodded, stepping through and opening up the door before shutting it behind him. He was going to walk forward but walked straight into a wall. Looking confused for a moment before the floor under him began to lower itself down, like an elevator. “I forgot how secretive he was.” Scanners ran over Jacob’s body, as if scanning him for anything or any abnormalities that may impair him form gaining access. He checked out clean and went down below stepping into the giant white werehouse of a room. Looking around left and right he’d hear a voice form behind. “I’m glad you finally decided to take my contact into mind Jacob.” Leon walked past him, wearing a pair of sweat pants and a white tank top, with a towel around his neck. “You need something important I’m assuming?” “Actually yes Leon I do. I need to know everything you know about..Onihorudas.” Leon rubbed the back of his head with the towel. “Hm. Really now. Is it an incoming threat or a personal problem?” “A little bit of both. I’m looking for one specifically…at least I think that’s what she is. Can you give me some pointers?”

Leon stepped over in front of a giant holographic screen and began tapping folders on it opening them up. As he did this five different pictures of five different people, each one looking completely different and unique. Including a picture of his half brother Connor. “For starters you need to know that Oni’s are supernatural creatures that are not allowed to hold presence on the face of our plain of existence without a host. They are older creatures form Japanese mythology. Are you following me so far?” “I’ve seen my fair share of myths come to life. I don’t doubt anything is possible anymore.” “You’ve got the right mind for the job Jacob. Anyway every oni will attempt to latch on to a human vessel in order to either over take them or co-exist with them. That way they can continue their lifespan in a physical being rather than being stuck as a specter of what they once might have been. That’s the basic gist. Their lore is vast, it could take hours to explain it all. To get to the point tell me what exactly you’re looking for?” Jacob stuffed his hands into his badge jacket pockets. “Well there’s a woman who’s name I can’t remember. She competed with you all in the GMAF’s five years ago. I’m trying to form an alliance with her but I didn’t know if she was one of these Oni’s or not. I mean the things she’s been rumored to do kind of fit the scales of what these guys can do right?” Jacob points to the screen. “Kin Tasanagi, Connor Ryoji…Eden Creed. They’re all powerhouses. Only makes viable sense she’d be one two right?” Leon folded his arms. “Not exactly. She used to harbor nanomachines in her body. That however was five years ago. I’ve not been keeping track of her or her whereabouts so there’s not much I can honestly say on the subject. However I know OF syl. If you want to recruit her she owns a flower shop.” Leon left swipped the holographic board to the right and let it bring up the city wide map of addresses and locations in Kasaihana City. Leon then pointed to the shop entitled “Syl’s Shop.”  “That’s where you might be able to find her. Not sure if she’s there or not but it’s worth a try.” “Thanks Leon. It’s somewhere to start.” Jacob was about to walk away when he turned back to look at Leon slightly. “You haven’t…picked a side yet have you?” Leon kept his back burned, typing in the holographic screen infront of him. “ I haven’t. I don’t intend to. I can see what this war is going to bring and I don’t want to be apart of either side. I refuse. If either side comes knocking at my door prepare to be shot in the hand…for the foot should they try to kick it down.” Jacob turned away from Leon and made his way back up the elevator. His hands remain in his pockets as he thinks out loud. “Could’ve used a guy like him on our side…that kind of paranoia is exactly what prevents mistakes…”

Jacob made his way out of the building and back inside of the black van. Getting comfortable in his seat, he’d speak into the watch’s GPS. “Locate Syl’s shop. “ the watch went to work quickly pulling up a gps and holographing it to the windshield allowing Jacob to follow it’s directions as easy as one two three. It wasn’t very late in the day with the sun still being high out as he pulled up to the shop in about 30 minutes or so. Doing this he’d step out of his vehicle once more and walk in front of the doors seeing the sign to indicate closed or open wasn’t there. Jacob pulled on the door once but he got no luck opening it and he wasn’t intent on breaking and entering…”Hello? Anyone here?”

(Alright so at this point you could npc a new worker being here to answer Jacob’s questions on her whereabouts or have her magically reappear back at her shop xD it’s up to you whatever is more fun and convenient for you.)

A small girl opened the door a few minutes after Jacob had attempted to enter, she poked her head out and blinked a few times looking up at him. She was about 16, with deep blue hair and large green eyes. Looking at Jacob she opened the door and smiled. "Come in, sorry the door was closed because the Miss likes to keep the shop dark and humid." She smiled and let him in. "How may we help you?" She spoke as if there were more employees, but there were not. She moved to close the door behind him and, followed him. "What is it you are looking for? Flowers for your girlfriend? Or just cosmetics?" She looked up at him expectantly and smiled softly and went to stand behind the register with a soft smile on her face. Before either of them could talk, the door opened and there stood Syl in her armor. The girls eyes widened as she stood there and looked around the shop. Her serpentine pupils narrowing into slits. She nodded to Jacob as the small girl rushed over to her side and Syl brushed her off. Not in a rude way, shutting the door behind her she literally dropped both the cloak and the armor in the middle of the shop leaving Syl in the black skin tight outfit. "Miss, you were supposed to be gone longer what happened?" Syl stopped and rubbed her temples and looked at the girl then Jacob, leaning over Syl mouthed a 'later' and looked up to Jacob, "Sorry, how may we help you?" She asked him plainly taking over for the girl, who went to put her things away.

"Come in, sorry the door was closed because the Miss likes to keep the shop dark and humid." Jacob looked at the young girl tipping his hat to her and smiling. “Oh thanks it’s not a problem I’m not in any kind of rush. Believe me.” Jacob spoke with a light sarcasim. Walking inside he sees the plants around the shop hearing her ask how could she help? Well he couldn’t help but look around a bit more and notice…she was the only one working here. The plants here gave off a bit of an ominous feel to them…almost as if they were alive and looking directly at him. “Hm.” Jacob said to himself lost in thought as the girl began naming stuff off she’d thought he’d wanted. “Oh well actually-“ Jacob found himself quickly interrupted when a woman bursted through the front doors of the shop. Her eyes had…changed. The girl rushed over to her and Jacob took a wild guess. “You must be who I’m looking for.” He thought to himself as her armor and cloak dropped seeing her in a much tighter attire. Jacob took his hat off to show respect to her in his causal wears.

## III

"Sorry, how may we help you?" Jacob blinked for a moment . “Huh. You look a lot more…developed than your five year ago image. In any case I’m not sure if you keep up with the news or not but I’m Jacob Turner or Red Dawn as I’m known by my vigilante allias. I’m actually here to talk to you about a proposal for the unfortunate upcoming civil war…” Jacob squeezed his hat a little bit stepping a tad closer and offering his hand out for a handshake. “You must be Syl. It’s a pleasure to meet you. If I could just get a few moments of your time to talk about some important issues I think t his will be a short and sweet conversation. Do you have somewhere private we can talk or would you prefer out here in the lobby? Either or is fine, just being courteous m’am.” Jacob would nod giving her a sincere smile. He was pretty overly polite but it fit his blonde haired blue eyed demeanor. He stuffed his hands and hat back into his pocket only to wait for a reply. He wasn’t sure how she’d take it, and there wasn’t much back story on the girl…this was all a first experience for him. “Before we start I should ask however…are you a registered Omega Gene user yet?”

“Huh. You look a lot more…developed than your five year ago image. In any case I’m not sure if you keep up with the news or not but I’m Jacob Turner or Red Dawn as I’m known by my vigilante allias. I’m actually here to talk to you about a proposal for the unfortunate upcoming civil war…” Syl almost laughed, yeah she looked way different than back then. After he finished she spoke up, leaning on the counter she sighed, "I do keep up with the news, I do know who you are and yes I am aware of it." She spoke sharply and looked at him. Syl stepped forward and took his hand as he held his out, shaking it firmly she stepped back to resume leaning back. "We can talk here." She she did that she jerked her head to the door as the small girl from before scurried out from the back and proceeded to close the door and lock it. "Alright." She looked at him all her attention trained on him. “Before we start I should ask however…are you a registered Omega Gene user yet?” Syl was going to answer but Heba decided to answer for her. "No we are not. We dont have time for such petty matters" Syl covered her mouth and quickly turned away from Jacob. Balling her fists on the counter Syl internally began yelling at Heba.

"Dont do that. It's not right." Heba crossed her arms over her chest and huffed. "That War is none of out concern." Syl grit her teeth and began to shake outwardly, but Jacob wouldn’t be able to hear this conversation. Normally Heba and Syl got along well, the Oni guiding her vessel to use her powers and protect the earth, but they did disagree on many things and usually that was when they started feuding over Syl's body. "The Planet, and the living things on it. ARE my Concern." Syl yelled before she regained control of herself. Turning back to Jacob she smiled and tucked her hands behind her back. "Sorry about that, slip in personalities." She joked, smiling akwardly. "Now back to your question. No I have no registered yet, as I don't see the point." Syl finished and sighed, rubbing her temples.

When she agreed that they could talk where they were right here and now, Jacob was okay with this. If she wanted to discuss the maturity of the situation in front of the child that was in the end a decision of her own making that wouldn’t outright effect him in any way whatsoever. He awaited an answer for his question as to wether she was registered or not, and got a rather…snappy reply.

"No we are not. We dont have time for such petty matters"

Jacob watched her cover her mouth, blinking for a moment. A slow head tilt came to a hard stop as he blinked a few times looking at her as she covered her mouth and turned away from him for a second. Jacob clearing his throat and adverting his eyes away from her to not come off in a perverted manor, he’d calmly look to the side and wait for her to finish…addressing herself maybe? Getting herself together? Maybe she was…talking to the plants? Jacob didn’t know how this worked, and he didn’t know how she worked either so he’d just….go with the flow of things he guessed. "Sorry about that, slip in personalities….” Jacob nodded holding up one hand and waving it off with a  friendly smile. “It’s quite alright.” “Now back to your question. No I have no registered yet, as I don't see the point." Jacob saw her rubbing her temples which was usually a sign of mental anguish. Jacob put his hands behind his back. “Miss Syl I can understand you wouldn’t see a point. I know a good many people who could give less a care in the world about what’s going on with this super powered squabble.  However I think you should look at the fact that this will effect everyone you and I both know. Soon enough they’ll raid the streets looking for people like you and myself. People who, even though they are responsible with their abilities, are considered above the law and renegades by nature.”

Jacob continued. “Dez Wilson the front runner is putting together a powerful force of people designed to take us out. Enforcing a law that was only passed because of assassination attempts and fear. I can’t discern the mistakes that people with powers have made, but I can honestly say it is not fair to be grouped in with them. Allowing the government to decide who the heroes and good guys are also lets them decide who the bad guys and villains are. Another reason I’ve come to you is because…well have you heard of “The man from the sea?” If Syl had, Jacob would’ve held out his watch to pull up a holographic screen with the image of carter fighting arther at the docks. “He’s been rumored to be joining Dez’s side. From what I’ve been told he controls the seven seas…that’s 75% of the earth’s resources. “ Jacob withdrew his watch. “I’ve come to secure the last 25%. I saw what you did in the GMAF’s…we need that kind of fire power or we’re going to get decimated, and everything myself, the American people, and the generations before us have fought to preserve will be thrown out of the window for good. I don’t quite know what you’d even need of me, but if there’s anything I could potentially do to persuade you to join our side, our team, then please inform me. We need you Syl. I hate to come to you on these kinds of circumstances not even being that close to you. “ Jacob folded his arms with a sigh. “It should be clear I’m a man who’s running out of options…and time.” His blue hues settled back on hers. He patiently waited for a reply not quite sure how any of this would’ve been taken. He’d see what she could do, it’s not like he could intimidate the girl, all he could go for was persuasion which was more of his paygrade to begin with.

Syl listened and nodded, she let him finish before she spoke again. "It's not that I don't understand the gravity of the situation, I have more pressing matters to attend to at the moment." She told him before the small girl walked back into the room and poked Syl's leg. "Miss, that means they are going to hunt you down too." Syl ran her hand through the girls hair and sighed before, kneeling down and placing her hands on her shoulders. "I know. But you and I both know. That the other problem we were dealing with is more of a threat right now." The small girl nodded and looked at Jacob before running back into the depths of the shop. "Look I want to help. People with powers shouldn't have to live in fear, but I have a much more dire problem to deal with..." She trailed off. She didn't want to refuse him she wanted to help but, this problem with the Crystallic beings was eating all her time. “Dez Wilson the front runner is putting together a powerful force of people designed to take us out. Enforcing a law that was only passed because of assassination attempts and fear. I can’t discern the mistakes that people with powers have made, but I can honestly say it is not fair to be grouped in with them. Allowing the government to decide who the heroes and good guys are also lets them decide who the bad guys and villains are. Another reason I’ve come to you is because…well have you heard of “The man from the sea?” Syl shook her head, she hasn't heard of him. As he pulled out the Holographic Display Syl pushed off the counter and walked over and leaned in studying it. "The other 25%...." she whispered. Straightening up she looked over at Jacob and rubbed the back of her head and shook her head about the GMAF's. "I know I destroyed that girl but, that was once. I was savage back then. Not anymore." She listened to him talk some more before the the girl came back out holding a small circular vine wrapped object. "I do need help with a dire situation..." She looked up at him and motioned him to the back of the shop, through the door that the girl had been coming in and out of.

Leading him through the room that contained her toxic plants, spiders and snakes to another door. This door led down stairs into a large circular room with black walls and floor, devoid of furniture, but over their heads floated 4 crystals encased in what seemed to be bubbles. Green bubbles. Syl held her arm out to stop Jacob at the door of the room. "Watch." was all she said as the small girl hurried to the center of the room and the vines around the crystal withered and dropped off and from the small crystal in her hands sprung what seemed to be a blue lion, with a Sapphire embedded in its head. It roared and charged at Syl and Jacob, "Don't move." Syl said as it jumped into the air and she gently pushed Jacob back and vines grew from the floor grabbing the beasts legs and suspending it in the air. Syl moved from Jacob and the girl ran to Syl and Syl picked her up. "Alright. I'll help you, but if only to further my goals. This is a Cristallum Lion. They are a race of living crystals intent on enslaving humanity, among other things, but if this war blows up...there won't be a humanity to save..." she trailed off. Looking at Jacob she offered her hand out and looked at him. "I'll help you. If you help me aft-" "Miss! The Sentry..." she looked at the lion and Syl nodded, setting the girl back down she quickly slammed the Lion in it's side with her palm and it disappeared in a cloud a blue smoke, leaving only the Gem that was in it's forehead. The small girl quickly ran over to the crystal and picked it up and put it inside a bubble, and the bubble floated up and joined the others. She looked at Jacob and offered her hand again. "I'll help you."

"I know I destroyed that girl but, that was once. I was savage back then. Not anymore." Jacob nodded at her reply. He could respect her having taken a bit of a new lease on life and what not. Opting to live a tad more peaceful or so he thought anyway. He knew nothing of her side activities…but he did know that some instincts don’t wither away with time. In fact they can be bottled up until let loose at the proper or improper…time. That’s when the plot thickened and she mentioned needing help with a dire situation. “Sure, anything I can lend my services to.” Following her towards the door at the back of the shop Jacob kept his eyes open, and senses keen looking around but all he’d seen was black. The room appeared to be nothing but one gigantic circle with black walls and a black floor…and four glowing green orbs.

“What in the world…” Jacob spoke under his breathe looking at the orbs rapidly a bit, well A LOT lost on what they were and what she was trying to show him exactly. She told him to watch and Jacob did just that watching the little girl catch one of the crystals in her hand and hold it for a moment…before it morphed into a giant blue lion with a gem in its head! “!!!” Jacob had a shocked look on his face as the beast charged him and syl, bout to reach behind him and reveal his trusted weapon of justice to do combat with the beast however Syl told him to hold still. Jacob trusted her and watched the vines emit from the ground and encase the kicking beast! Jacob watched it growl and snarl loudly. "Alright. I'll help you, but if only to further my goals. This is a Cristallum Lion. They are a race of living crystals intent on enslaving humanity, among other things, but if this war blows up...there won't be a humanity to save..." “So…so many questions.” Jacob then heard the call of the little girl again and watched as Syl dealt with the beast, turning it into a gym once again and putting it inside of a bubble. While her speech of acceptance was a tad broken up, Jacob knew exactly what she meant He grasped her hand and shook it. “You’ve got a deal. I’ll help you with these…Crystals. In exchange for your help in the war effort. I’ll need a briefing for one.” Jacob said walking a little wise forward and looking at the crystals. “I’ve seen every known rogue gallery and never have I ever seen anything like this in my life. Are these form some other dimensional plane or…planet maybe? Do they have a grudge with humans or some connection?” Jacob turned to look at her again. “Sorry if I’m asking a lot but I need to know more about the threat and what it’s intentions are. That and…judging by your appearance when you came in, you almost looked worn out. Have you recently done battle with these Cristallum beings?” Jacob stuffed his hands back into his pockets. “If you know where they are or if they have a base on earth say the word and I’ll get us a way there.”

Syl nodded, she motioned to the small girl as she ran ahead of the two and up the stairs, back into the darker room with Syl's more dangerous plants. She pulled up a table and two chairs. She nodded to the little girl who ran off outside to play. "Im not sure, where they came from. I dont think they hate humans..." Syl leaned back in her chair and sighed. "That girl...is a Cristallum...but she is half human. From what I understand the race is female exclusive. She said that many years ago they came to earth to turn it into a garden of sorts for their race since somehow their race is a soul in a gem." Standing up she walked over to a drawer and pulled out a basic marble notebook, passing it along to Jacob. She slid back into her seat. "Im not a super agent, nor do I have any governmental ties, so I don’t have much in the way of information gathering other than what I hear."

If he flipped through the notebook it's contents outlining the small girls limited knowledge of how her mother came to earth, initially to turn it into a Cristallum farm, but once they came to earth some of the race did not want to turn it into a farm opting to keep earths natural beauty. So a revolt happened, and many humans and Cristallums were killed. During the war an Emerald fell in love with a human and this small girl was born. The mother gave up her gem to the girl destroying her body, and left the girl stranded on the earth for thousands of years as she had stopped growing at 8 years old.

Syl was silent for a moment before she spoke up. "The gist of it is, they are a soul in a gem that can generate a body. And the gems they are derived from are the same ones found naturally here on earth." Leaning forward, Syl looked off into space. "Im not sure of their ambitions but the few bases I have found not only have humans enslaved in them, but are extremely dangerous to earth itself." She stood again and walked over to a window and leaned on it, looking outside at the girl playing. "I know they can fuse, and become greater than the sum of their parts, and they are not organic it's hard for me to injure them." She took a deep breath and continued on. "From what I've seen they can manifest weapons from their gems, and their bodies are VERY durable however if we can damage the enough they seem to retreat back into tier gem to regenerate and they cannot reform if they don't have enough space, I have not attempted to find out what happens if the gem itself is destroyed or broken however I think that because the gem holds their 'brain'..." Syl gestured a quote with her hands. "That if it is destroyed they die." She looked at him and sighed again, she only had limited knowledge on these beings and was unsure of how to combat them. "What do you think?" she asked him and waited for his opinion.

Jacob watched as Syl pulled out two chairs and a table and invited him to sit down. Jacob took the invitation and sat down putting his arms on the table and looking into her eyes for good contact and listening skills. She reveals she doesn’t know where they’re from but that the little girl herself is somewhat special in nature. "That girl...is a Cristallum...but she is half human. From what I understand the race is female exclusive. She said that many years ago they came to earth to turn it into a garden of sorts for their race since somehow their race is a soul in a gem." “Hmm…so they want to Terraform the earth itself. A new home of sorts.” Jacob retorted as she handed him a book of sorts. He took the book in hand and began to open the pages, skimming over important words while hearing her out at the same time.

"The gist of it is, they are a soul in a gem that can generate a body. And the gems they are derived from are the same ones found naturally here on earth…I’m not sure of their ambitions but the few bases I have found not only have humans enslaved in them, but are extremely dangerous to earth itself." Jacob closed the book and sat it down, putting his hands together and furrowing his brow. “Human or not, enslavement is never a go to for anyone. “ He shook his head. “Madness…” Jacob listened to her give an in-depth analysis on their abilities and power sets. By the sounds of it they were a form of shapeshifter but with crystals rather than animalistic. "What do you think?" Jacob paused looking over at her before standing himself up and starting to unzip his jacket. “From what I’ve been given, which is only a bare minimum and it’s not a fault of yours, is that these beings aren’t exactly evil.” Jacob took off his jacket to reveal the top half of his Red Dawn outfit. “From the sounds of it their an alien or foreign race, that came to earth to terraform it and create a new home. However we as humans cannot allow this. On top of this their actions seem more misguided rather than malicious. It’s possible their old domain might be dying or in a decaying state. Whereas our earth which is still technically in its prime looks promising.” Slipping off his jeans he’d be in full attire minus the hood portion he had yet to put on his head. “We might be able to reach out to them. Reason with them. Maybe find another way. I’m not one for genocide but I’m not one for slavery either. If there’s a misunderstanding here, we might be able to resolve it somewhat peacefully with a few casualties. “Jacob looked out the window from where he was as well. “That girl is a beacon. An example of what happens when two races look beyond ethnicity to coincide. She’s a prime example of the possibility of peace between us. However we shouldn’t go in there unprepared.” Jacob reached behind his back, uncloaking the shield and strapping it to his left forearm.

“Syl, I hope you don’t mind leaving your shop for a while. I have a feeling we’ll be gone for a few days and nights. If you want we can take the child. She may be a good example of unity. Though if not I understand if hostility will be involved.” Jacob would’ve tapped a button on his watch again and made a holographic world map stick to the wall. As it did, he’d have a live connect feed coming in. “Darkman can you hear me?” Leon’s voice rang through. “Loud and clear. “ “Search the satellite camera’s for any foreign bases established. Link that with missing person’s cases that have been closed, and “Crystal” structures.” “Sounds iffy. I’ll give it a shot though.” A few minutes pass as Jacob stands idol watching images food the holographic map. “Here you go. There’s about 3 of them all around the earth in very…odd locations. Uninhibited areas with little to any wild life or human beings. “Jacob would turn to syl as the satellite images appeared on screen. “Any of these look any kind of familiar to you? We could hit a random one, but I’m not sure if there is some kind of “leader” or “Alpha” crystal that we should talk to. I’ll let you be the deciding factor in that accord.”

\*Should Syl choose a location (of your own design of course) Leon would send the map coordinates to the watch and Jacob would close the screen\*

“We can leave when you’re ready. I’ll drive us to my base, gear up, and we can be in the air in about an hour. I won’t lie Miss Syl, I’m a tad nervous. This is all new to me, I’m dealing with something I have no experience with. I’ll hope for the best in this case.” Jacob would nod, and when she was ready he would guide them to the van and begin driving back towards the disguised resistance base.

Syl nodded and listened remaining silent, finally she stood back up and walked over to the window. "Emerald, come here please." She said as the girl came inside and looked at Syl. Kneeling down she smiles and touched her hair, "I'll be gone for a bit okay?" she smiled and kissed her lightly on the head before standing up and walking over to a hook that held her armor and cloak hooking it onto herself she watch as he geared up also. As he searched Syl watched as three locations came up, she almost immediately point to a spot in the mountains. "There! I was just there. They have a massive operation there, and I cant destroy it myself." She secured her tan cloak over herself and looked at Jacob. "You sure you want to do this? You don't know me, I don't know you. You sure you want to?" She looked at him and rubbed the back of her neck. "I know you have other matters to attend to..." She trailed off and looked up at him. Checking her armor she looked at him and smiled softly. "Thank you for this...really."

When Syl pointed at a spot in the mountains Jacob had se the course to go t that specific area. “Got it.” He nodded and waited on her paiteintly. Seeing her rab her tan cloak she looked over at Jacob with a glimmer in her eye. It had general concern on it, which was actually refreshing to see. You sure you want to do this? You don't know me, I don't know you. You sure you want to?" “I’m sure. I don’t know you very well at all, but I’ve always found that bonds can form in the heat of battle or distress. I’ve a feeling we’ll be pretty close with one another, weather we choose to or we’re forced to.” Jacob nodded and when she thanked him he’d smile back. “Not a problem. Come on, let’s move out.”

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\*After this Jacob and Syl would’ve been inside of the van driving off to the secured heroes inc base he’d been hiding in for the past month or so. Guiding her inside he’d lead her down a long hallway and bring her to a black plane that sat on a helipad inside. The plane is known as the Airglider; Used primarily by the Inc for transportation to various locations, the Airglider is first designed by the technicians team at Heroes Inc, headed by Red Steel and Mangler. Each one is equipped with VTOL capability and Pratt & Whitney J48-P-8A turbojet engines. An Airglider can reach Mach 2.1. Two highly specialized ultra-large Airglider were beta tested to be able to slip through the outter atmosphere of earth, and with further improvements, possibly for deep space travel. Like it's predesescor the Black Bird, it has the same stealthe capabilities and weaponry, even altitude changing triggers. The Airglider however has a much denser metallic alloy that improves protection form enemy balistic fire. As an added addition it has a high powered, bottom mounted cannon, that shoots light force energy in a very thin 3 inch radious beam, that can puncture a mountain clean through.\*

“You ever flown before?” Jacob would’ve asked jokingly as he would’ve been seated in the pilots spot and syl in the chair beside him. There was open walking room in the plane, and a hatch for drop off with parachutes and benches to aid in passenger support. The flight was going to take a minute with it being in Appalachian mountains so Jacob opted to make conversation during the flight. “Soooo uh. Miss Syl.” Jacob opened. “The girl, Emerald. How long have you had her for? She’s quite energetic for such a little one. You almost seem completely motherly to her.” Jacob glanced over at her while keeping an eye out on the open sky, holding the wheel and keeping the plane steady. The endless sea of clouds gave a very relaxing aura off.

Syl nodded and moved to the front of the shop. "Emerald, you'll be okay alone?" The small girl nodded and waved at them. "I'll do a good job Miss!" Syl smiled and walked out onto the street she moved to tie her abnormally long hair up into a high ponytail. Syl waited for Jacob to follow her and followed him until he made his way into the van Syl slid into it and was silent most of the ride. As they got out Syl followed him into the compound and what seemed to be a hangar. She whistled as the studied the air craft, "Wow." she raised and eyebrow and looked at Jacob and with a terrible attempt at humor "This is a lot better than the favors I've been calling in..." She touched her fingers to her mouth and began thinking about the base, she barely had any- “You ever flown before?” her thoughts were invaded by his question and she nodded. "Usually not in an Aircraft though." she replied back. Getting into the plane she slid into the passenger set beside him and strapped herself in. As they took off Syl gazed out the window, and the Jacob began talking to her again. “Soooo uh. Miss Syl.” he began, he must've had a lot of questions. “The girl, Emerald. How long have you had her for? She’s quite energetic for such a little one. You almost seem completely motherly to her.” Syl kept her gaze out the windows at the clouds, but she answered him regardless. "She'd been with me a few weeks now. I found her in one of the bases, according to her she's been 8 for a lot longer than most humans live." Syl smiled as he made the comment about her being motherly, she laughed and leaned back in her seat. "Me. Motherly, that was funny." Syl's demeanor when from joking to serious almost at the drop of a dime. "No. But in all seriousness. I don't want her to grow up like I did. As a science experiment." Syl returned her gaze to him and the silence that now hung in the air. "What about you?" she wasn't really sure what she was asking she just wanted the attention off of herself...

Jacob listened to the backstory of the child with high intensity. He wanted to know more about the genetic combination of whatever these crystal beings were. What kind of effects they had…it was something completely new. Syl might have no idea the scientific discovery she’s got housed in her house right at this very moment and she may very well never know…but Jacob knew that at some point the government was going to come knocking on her door asking for the child and what her omega gene level was and that’s when things were going to get fairly tricky.

“No. But in all seriousness. I don't want her to grow up like I did. As a science experiment…What about you?" Jacob was a tad confused by the question but he kind of guessed she just assumed his origin story or something of the sort. “You mean where I started? Eh just a simple life in District 5. Tried out for the military there and took a serum, became something great really, not really. I was a defect.” Jacob let the silence kick in for a moment. “I wasn’t as strong as I was supposed to be. Everyone else was lifting eighteen wheelers and I could barely get an SUV over my head. They discharged me and I started doing MMA full time. Didn’t go anywhere with it though. Then I met the old founder of Heroes Inc and he made me what I am today. Not bad for a typical hero origin story if I do say so myself.” Jacob chuckled a bit before looking down at the radar. “We’re almost there within range.” Jacob put the plane in auto pilot only to stand up and begin walking over to one of the cabinets rummaging through it and grabbing a hooded jacket that had fur around the edges of it. Slipping it on and buckling it up at the waist, his costume still on and his shield on his back side. “But you know something Miss Syl? I think we kind of broke the mold for ourselves. Experiments can have happy endings to you know?” He smiled wide, hiding his feelings about being what he was. He was always burdened with the daunting fact that everything special about him came out of a test tube. With just syl revealing her being an experiment as well he didn’t need much more than that to sympathize with her. No one…like them anyway. Wants to openly talk about something like that.

As they flew over the area (leaving the images and pictures of the are to you and your design mind you.) Jacob would’ve let the hatch open up, setting the plane up to auto pilot and circle around the permiter of the place so that way they’d have a means of escape should they actually need it per say. Jacob leaping from the hatch with his hands by his sides to increase the velocity of his fall would’ve let himself drop like a torpedo! The parachute on his back as the goggles instantly began to fog up but using his contacts to at least give himself a good landing. “You’ve been here so guide us to a good landing point!” He’ d yell out had syl taken the leap behind him! Diving into the unknown Jacob had nothing but his wit, gadgets and shield to rely on in this particular instance hoping and preying it was enough to get him through whatever in the hell this might turn into.

Nodding she leaned back in her seat, but chose to remain silent. As Jacob announced they were almost there Syl nodded and unstrapped herself, and stood up looking fully out of the front windshield. "Yep. That's it." She muttered as she shook her head. It took up literally the entire peak of the mountain and then some, normally Syl wouldn't of minded but the way it was destroying the mountain from the inside made and a top priority to destroy. “But you know something Miss Syl?" She turned her head and looked at him, "I think we kind of broke the mold for ourselves. Experiments can have happy endings to you know?” She nodded and pulled her cloak tighter around them, "Yeah we can...even if the road to get there is long and hellish..." she thought to herself. Shaking her head to clear her mind she nodded at him bundling up and braced herself for the wall of cold air they were about to be hit by.

As he opened the hatch he jumped followed by herself. She however neglected to grab a parachute because well... she didn't need it. As they fell towards the ground Syl's hair wrapped itself like a harness around her and grew into the shape of large black wings. As he asked her for a good landing point she knew exactly where to go, the large rock she'd left covered in vines, just over a ridge. Maneuvering herself over to it's direction she gave a powerful flap of her wings and looked over to Jacob. "Over here! On this ridge!" She yelled as her wings carried her to it, and she stopped a few feet above the air and landed in the snow with a dull thud, causing the powdery substance to rise up around her. Waiting for him she looked over the the enormous compound and and then at him. "Im not sure how they get in...." she trailed off.

"Over here! On this ridge!" Jacob head this and guided his body towards the ledge. Jacob landed on the ledge and let the parachute fall to the dephs of the vally below. Jacob squatted down low and tip toed over towards where she was, beside her he was able to see the same things she was seeing but at a lower position. "I’m not sure how they get in...." “Give me a second…” Jacob began to use his electric contacts and went to work analyzing the structure of the base as a whole to try and get a feel for it and see just what it was packing. Jacob enabled the use of his electronic contact lenses.

A pair of contact lenses that give one the ultimate detective type vision. Densuke mainly. They have a direct link with Ochigi' super computer, giving Densuke the ability to face recognition and match up with kpd files, birth records, ID photo's, and any form of physical identification. If there’s a record on someone in government or local files, Densuke can match and identify them instantly. It also acts as a hub, allowing Densuke to process files my moving the on screen interface with brain signals (thought) and even read and access articles on the internet, at high speeds. It can also function as a blueprint construction device able to holographically making buildings and structures that only he can see or project holographically. They run off of brain synapses, and not traditional electricity making EMP's useless.

Jacob scoped the entirety of the facility nodding his head when he’d had something in mine. “There are four doors, one exit for each side. The upper odder looking structures made of crystal have a hatch at the top to. We could take a stealthy approach but if these things take the form of what you showed me earlier they’ll probably sense us from miles away. Our best bet to get to the head honcho is to go from the top down.” Jacob pointed at the top of the structure. “You’ve never met one of the big dogs in this race have you? Just…asking. Don’t want to go in there and we try and act like billy bad asses and get creamed in the first few seconds. “ Jacob stood up and reached into his utility belt, pulling out an ear piece. “Put this in your ear so I can keep in conctact with you. I’m going to knock on the front door. Loud.” Jacob put his shield on his right forearm. “You head in from the top and we’ll meet up in the center. If I end up needing you I’ll call you or vice versa…though I highly doubt you’ll need me at all with your powerset. Okay.” Jacob sighed. “you ready?” If she nodded in agreement Jacob would nod back. “Let’s do this. “

Jacob would’ve leapt up, tucking the shield underneath him and riding it down the snowy slope like a sled! As he did this, he’d slip and wave a few times before finally coming to land on even ground, pulling himself up and braking into a light jogging motion. As he did this, he’d almost be directly infront of the front door  before a large green cystal like door rose up and slammed shut in his face! Jacob turned around and found himself surrounded already! 6 crystal lions emereging form the snow, each of them with white gems in their foreheads and white lion like bodies…similar to the ones he’d seen before! “I mean you no harm!...i honestly come here in peace. If you’ll just give me a few minutes to explain why me and my friend are here…” One of he lions to his left lunged at him! Jacob crossed his shield arm across his chest and slammed it into the jaw of the crystal lion! Knocking it back only a few feet! “Tough! Really tough!” Jacob noted at the force he had to put behind that just to make it effective. Jacob turned his head only to have another one of these beast attempt to attack him from above! Jacob held the shield above his head letting  the Lion bounce on it for a second before he’d toss him to the side as well. ‘I’ve never been to the zoo as a kid, but if this is what it’s like I’ll pass…” Jacob trapped against the wall had to be on his feet, as much as he very well could if he was to survive here…

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She nodded as he asked for this second to gather himself, she kneeled down and steeled herself against the cold. As he told her the locations of the entrances she nodded, "-but if these things take the form of what you showed me earlier they’ll probably sense us from miles away." Syl nodded and turned to him. "To be honest Im surprised we haven't been spotted yet." She said truthfully. He continued on, "Our best bet to get to the head honcho is to go from the top down.” she remained silent and squeezed her upper arms tightly, then he asked her the question she was waiting for.  “You’ve never met one of the big dogs in this race have you? Just…asking. Don’t want to go in there and we try and act like billy bad asses and get creamed in the first few seconds." she sighed and kneeled down further into the snow and pulled down to her level, gripping his cloak she pulled his face close to hers. Staring right at him her entire personality shifted from the light-hearted demeanor in the craft to a serious no nonsense persona. "Only once. I'd rather avoid her if I can. She is no joke, and I only barely got away." As he reached into his belt and pulled out an earpeice she looked at it and put it in her ear. It felt foreign just sitting there in her ear. "I’m going to knock on the front door. Loud.”  Syl nodded and watched as he secrued his shield on his arm “You head in from the top and we’ll meet up in the center. If I end up needing you I’ll call you or vice versa…though I highly doubt you’ll need me at all with your powerset. Okay.” She nodded as her hair re-wrapped itself round her body and formed back into the large black wings and she flew off towards the top in a flurry of snow.

She looked below her and saw Jacob beginning his fight with the lions, that means they weren't so stealthy after all. Syl landed on the roof and dove immediately for the hatch. Opening it she slid into it and landed silently on the floor. As Syl stood up and looked ahead she came face to face with a large hulking Cristallum. Orange in color this massive wall of muscle was a Quartz solder. Being a Quartz Gem, it was created to fit the role of a warrior within crystallium culture. As a quartz it has incredible amounts of physical strength and stamina, making them one of the most physically imposing Gem made thus far. Syl paled as it reached up and attempted to slam it's fist on her. Syl jumped backwards and  began sprinting up the hallway with this large barreling creature running after her.

Jacob would’ve been doing his best to combat the lions by maneuvering around the field but he had to remember these were….Lions. LIONS!  You can be as super as you want but the king of the jungle is still nothing to be light fisted against! Jacob would’ve been sprinting in a semi circle as three lions attempted to close him in form behind and the other three were coming at him from the front! Jacob took this opportunity to reach into his utility belt, and grab three stick explosive spheres, as he came to a sliding stop in the snow! The friction from his boots  bringing him to a stop as he tossed the spheres down into the snow, and waited for the right moment before he vaulted away! His body jumping into the air in a dive as the six lions collided with one another, only to trample atop of the spheres and “BOOOOM!!!!”

Jacob placed his right forearm in front of his eyes to shield himself from the wind and light of the explosion before lowering it down. There were six gems infront of him now layed out in the snow. “So that’s what happens when enough excessive force is applied, just like at the shop. I’ve only got some many of those spheres though I don’t think I can just blow them all up…” Jacob made way over to the six, and started throwing them wayward like a star quarterback! Tossing each one of them over 40 feet away from him into the various directions off of the top of the peak they were on. “I know they’ll form back together but at least they wont get back up here anytime soon.” Jacob turned around in a hurry and looked at the door. He scanned it up and down to see if there was a way in and with no other way in sight he strapped the shield on his backside and squatted down. Digging his fingers beneath the doors surface he began to grunt and strain himself using all of his muscle to attempt to lift the door.

At first seemingly a failure his super solider muscle came to fruition and he began lifting the crystal door above his head only to dart under it in a roll and allow it to slam back upon the ground once again! He stood up and broke into a light job down the crystal corridor. “Syl how’re things on your end?” Jacob would’ve stopped dead in his tracks when he came into contact with something that looked like a gorilla….but it was the color of…quartz? Jacob took a few steps back almost like a boxer prepping up for a punch. “Hey Syl uh…the color’s don’t exactly symbolize anything do they?” Two more of these gorilla sized beast would’ve come from behind the one that appeared beating their chest and howling with eerie muffled groans.

“….Yikes.”

They charged him and all of them attempted to base their hands atop of Jacob’s body and with shield raised above head Jacob grunted repelling the blows delivered towards him! “Grrrrrrr!!!!!” The apes tried to push him down and while his knees bent the properties of the shield were the only thing keeping him completely upright at this point! Even he however, even he had a breaking point and he wasn’t sure if he was going to reach it here or not!

“Hey Syl uh…the color’s don’t exactly symbolize anything do they?” As Jacob's voice suddenly sounded in her ear Syl nearly tripped and fell. She had forgotten that she'd had the ear peice in her ear. She slid around the corner and into what seemed to be a narrow hallway. "I don't think so. Think Moh's Scale, the higher the gem is the stronger it is." As Syl tried to go back around the corner she found herself faced with the large quartz soilder it looked down at Syl and it's face broke out into a grin, backing up Syl finally got a good look at it. It has tangerine skin with reddish orange tribal-like markings on it's face and arms. It has sharp amber eyes and serrated teeth. It's gem is located where her nose should be. It has thick, beige-colored, flowing hair. Physique-wise, it is the archetype Quartz warrior; it has a muscular body and stands both taller and wider than Syl herself at twice her height and width.

Advancing on Syl it glared down at her and it growled at her and barreled towards her.As the beast barreled towards her Syl leaned backwards until her hands met the floor. Gathering her chi into her feet Syl pushed both her feet up from the floor and swung both her feet upwards into the beasts chin. It yelled and staggered backwards as Syl straightened herself up. It rushed Syl again and pulled it's fist back with and intent to punch Syl in the chest. Syl jumped upwards and landed on it's fist. It kept charging forward with Syl kneeling right on it's fist, holding up two fingers syl had coated them in an extremely corrosive acid, and intended to jab the joints of this hulking beast. Before Syl could even move to attack it she was launched into a wall. Dazed, it took her a second to realize and grasp what happened. As her body flew into the wall, the hulking beast had it's fist stuck in the steel wall. Syl pushed herself up and looked at the thing. "Idiot, how did you not realize what it was doing?" Heba hissed into her mind. "You could've warned me." Syl snapped back and Heba fell silent. During that little exchange it had pulled it's hand free from the wall and charged Syl again. Syl visibly annoyed from her and Heba's tiny exchange pushed way more chi into her feet than was needed. As the beast ran at her with full intent to injure her she grabbed it's arm and used it's forward momentum to not only throw it down the hallway, but take it's entire arm off also. As it landed on the floor and slid to the end of the hallway Syl jumped after and landed directly on it's head causing it to deform. Picking up the crystal she wrapped it in vines tightly and tucked it into her suit. "Jacob, we're heading downwards right?"

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(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rf9Q4tePbGM&list=PLYNBny7IRlVm1xHhYq5qHlNSsKkocXSF2&index=32 ) Jacob grunted, as the gorillas continued to pound on his shield! He was getting annoyed, very quickly. Pinned down with almost nowhere to go…he was beginning to hit his mental breaking point and quite frankly it wasn’t a breaking he himself or anyone else would’ve liked to have seen him hit, for any reason what so ever. Jacob closed his eyes and was completely opposed to fighting it this time. Whereas normally he’d out think his way in this situation but this time it required a power hidden within.

There has always been a certain secret in Jacob’s peak human serum that he was only ever aware of in the rare instances it took place.  Jacob for as good as he is CAN be better, not physically but mentally. While he is a keen fighter and when pushed can achieve what he sets his mind to, sometimes he holds himself back for the fear of going too far and hurting or even killing someone. As a soldier first he understands things have to be done but he represses so much of his negative emotions on a daily they tend to “bottle up.” This is why under high emotional or physical stress Jacob’s brain “snaps.” By snapping, Jacob’s level of Norepinephrine in his brain begins to increase. Think of this as a “fail safe” in case Jacob’s brain becomes aware of his imminent demise or death. Norepinephrine (NE) also called noradrenaline (NA) is an organic chemical in the catecholamine family that functions in the human brain and body as a hormone and neurotransmitter. The general function of norepinephrine is to mobilize the brain and body for action. Norepinephrine release is lowest during sleep, rises during wakefulness, and reaches much higher levels during situations of stress or danger, in the so-called fight-or-flight response. In the brain, norepinephrine increases arousal and alertness, promotes vigilance, enhances formation and retrieval of memory, and focuses attention; it also increases restlessness and anxiety. In the rest of the body, norepinephrine increases heart rate and blood pressure, triggers the release of glucose from energy stores, increases blood flow to skeletal muscle, reduces blood flow to the gastrointestinal system, and promotes voiding of the bladder and large intestine.  In conjunction to this, this “break” you can call it, produces modest, unambiguous improvements in cognition, including working memory, episodic memory, and inhibitory control in his mind: the cognition-enhancing effects of the “break” are known to occur through its indirect activation of both dopamine receptors, thus increasing his physical strength, acceleration, stamina, and endurance, and reaction time. In short Jacob can use 100% of his concentration, allowing him to push his physical and mental capabilities slightly past his maximum potential; obstacles become minor problems while objectives grow significantly easier to accomplish for him.

Jacob’s eyes opened and his pupils dilated heavily! He rose his body up spreading his arms wide and causing all of the heavy fist that were once laying down on him to rise up giving him an opening! Utilizing the special properties of his shield, it glowed white, as he’d rear back his left arm and spin his body to the right in a complete 360 motion! Ducking down as he did this the white shield would’ve slicked through each of the crystal gorilla’s legs flawlessly! A clean cut, which sent them to the ground reaching for their now missing limbs!  The shield had been bonded together with a grid like fashion that spans from a center focal point and holds together the rest of the shied in a stronger molecular bond that it had previously. this is due to the fact that the shield was destroyed using anti metal, which is a vibrainium variant that molecularly destabilizes the metallic bonds it comes into contact with. however it is STILL vibrainiumxrite and through a process of ionization and reverse bonding the vibrainium component was able to become regular vibrainium and actually increase the amount of said metal originally found inside of the shield but thanks to careful metal smithing, it had been compressed and smoothed down to weigh virtually the same as it did before. Now however because of this dual bonding and the addition of a special adhesive the shield is now the definition of unbreakable thanks to the bonding of vibrainum-maderin properties that reverberate and disperse any molecular tampering. One of the odd properties that played a part in the shields reconstruction is the adhesive that was used to do so. its what's known as a Seiryoku Stone.This is a stone produced by Aiden Nagara after his time in the Shinto Realm. This is a man made variant of the Seiryoku Stone he found there and made his weapons "Godkillers" with. The stone acts as a medium for Chi-Molecular flow.To put it simply when a person passes a chi flow into the stone it will take it, amplify it, and expell it with an enhanced velocity. To get complicated with it, when further testing was done on this stone it was shown to react with other resources. When combined with certain metals, for example, and a chi wave was passed through it, the result could lead to the stone expelling flames or ice. The stone is also known to let off a glow when reacting to nearby chi wavelengths. It glows in a color to match the aura of the chi flowing through it. The second function of the stone infuses shield is the fact that it creates a layer of chi over the holders body which is white in coloration. This layer is skin right and barely visible. This layer mimics what looks to be the properties of fortification chi and gives Jacob a thin layer of protection and a durability boost on an enhanced scale. while not as vibrant as the shield itself it does prevent and aid in injury against super human or energy based foes especially when giving or taking hits.

The gorilla shaped crystal’s fell to the ground and Jacob leapt over one of them and based it in the head with his shield destroying the crystal that held it’s body together! Turning around he’d toss his shield at the other two, ricocheting it and ceasing it break the crystal’s on both of their skulls as well rendering their gyms to simply float there. Jacob then began to high tail it knowing the gyms would reform if he lingered there any longer. "Jacob, we're heading downwards right?" “That is most defintly the plan!” Jacob shouted back as he turned at corner finally hitting a slope like decension! He began darting down it at high way speeds, and as crystal beast began to form around or infront of him he’d begin juking them like a football player and tossing his shield at the ones he could afford to from this distance! “Kind of hoping we meet SOMEONE important soon!!!!”

Syl nodded to herself as Jacob affirmed her question, she walked down the hallway and flipped her hair. Turning the corner Syl smirked to herself as she held up two fingers her pointer and middle finger.  Glistening with a sickening green subtance she kneeled down on the floor and drew a small circle on the floor, about the size of a dime. She stood up and stepped back as the metal floor slowly corroded away. She kept walking backwards as the hole in the floor got bigger. The metallic floor melted away until it was more then adequate for Syl to drop through. Smiling at her handiwork Syl jumped into the hole and braced herself for the unknown.

Meanwhile...

Deep within the compound, a loud yell resonated in the control room. "WHO LET THEM IN? WHY HAVE THEY NOT BEEN CAUGHT YET?" Four menacing green eyes peered out from a pool was water, that was slowly freezing. "W-We're sorry Commander...the Quartz soldiers have been having problems with them..." a smaller Crystallum spoke up. her voice trembled as if she was scared for her life. "Really...?" Looking back at the screens a smile broke across the large green Commanders face. She stood up and began to walk out of the room smiling. "Make sure you lead them to the Hydro Chamber. I'll be there waiting, don't fail me." She added the last part as a threat before moving out of the room, the very ground quaking as she moved.

Back with Syl

Landing with a splash in water that seemed to be knee deep Syl stood up and sighed. She looked above her at the small speck of light that was her entrance. Looking around she saw nothing but darkness in all directions. Syl from the belt of her armor produced a small military grade flashlight, flashing it around she saw nothing but more blackness before her. She decided to press forward slowly and as quietly as she could...for being knee deep in water. "Jacob...I fell into some kind of water tank...Im not really sure where it is." She spoke into the ear piece. Waiting for a response Syl realized she'd traveled quite a bit of distance from her starting point, and could not see her point of entry anymore. "Damn...." she growled into the air. "Now would be a good time to let me take over." Heba spoke inside Syl's mind. "No Heba...I have it under control..." Syl replied back as she kept going forward. Soon enough her flashlight came upon a large metal wall. Shining the light to her right and left Syl attempted to follow the wall until she found a door. Sliding her hands across the metal Syl realized that this must be a wall that was covered in snow on the other side because it was freezing. Syl kept creeping along until she felt the ground beneath her tremble and something sloshing around in the water and it sounded big. Not willing to face such a huge enemy alone Syl quietly rushed along the wall and looked out into the darkness to see a teal light bobbing in the distance, heading right for her. She quickly threw her flashlight as a distraction and began to scale the wall as the blue light rushed for her own flashlight. Syl stopped after everything had quieted down and listened to the large being in the room with her and all she saw was a large blue hand before her flashlight was destroyed.

"Jacob...I fell into some kind of water tank...I’m not really sure where it is." Jacob would’ve continued his sprinting taking in breathes and releasing them in a perfect form of cardio he’d developed. Rounding another crystal laced corner  he’d let his feet slide along the surface before he saw a large clearing ahead of him! There was a gap in the middle of it but he had confidence he could clear it. “I’m tracking your location now Syl! Give me some time I’m coming to help you out!” Jacob would’ve lowered his body posture and decided to start darting for the clearing to see if he could make it! His body moved gracefully as he leapt into the air! His body horizontal as his hands were spread out in front of him as if he were superman! Jacob made the landing, but the ground broke beneath his weight and he would’ve found himself falling! “Damn!” he grunted as he fell from the same small hole syl had previously fallen into! Landing in the water face first Jacob holder through gritted teeth letting some of the bubbles rush up from the corners of his mouth only to then finally stand up and look around in the darkness. “Syl??!!” he yelled out. He felt like someone was in the room but even he wasn’t sure if there was or wasn’t.

Had she answered him he’d have strapped the shield back to the magnet on his back side and started pushing buttons on his watch. “I’m gonna give us some light here.” A bright white light would’ve emanated from his wrist as he’d turn around to see Syl up against some kind of wall that seemed to have a door there as well? As that happened, he’d turn around and wonder what in the world he’d see in this dark damp knee deep watered surface…

Syl jumped off the wall and landed noisily in the water and ran over to Jacob and placed her hand over his mouth shutting off his flashlight she pulled him along with her as silently as she could manhandle him. Pointing to the small blue light in the distance that was coming towards them and making a lot of noise Syl tried to keep them as quiet as possible. "Shh...Im not sure what that is, but I'd rather not fin-" she was cut off as bright lights flashed on into the room not only revealing them but the monstous form of what had been skulking around with them.  Syl gasped as she layed eyes on the monster before them, and it was closer to them than she had expected. The room was not as big as Syl intally thought it was attempting to pull Jacob away from the large creature but thier splashing had alerted her to exactly where they were, and it looked right at them. "Malachite..." Syl whispered under her breath. She had been hoping that this was not whom was residing over this compound but she wasn't so lucky. "We need to not be in this water." She said as she looked around for any type of plant, or animal, anything.

The one called Malacite was staring right at Syl and Jacob. Malachite was a massive fusion and the leader of the Cluster, a rank 10 gem she is powerful. It possesses six arms, of which the lower four function as legs. She has four eyes with light-teal irises and pointed teeth. Her first set of eyes function as eyebrows. Her wavy hair is a pale-green color, and is styled in the shape of a star. Her skin is light sea-foam green with dark-teal stripes, and its pattern is similar to a tiger's. She has two torsos joined together, similar to a Centaur. Her upper-torso and arms are longer and more slender, while her lower-torso and four limbs are more muscular. The upper half of her outfit is a dark-green and greenish-black stretched halter top. The lower half of her outfit resembles a uniform, and it is mostly black with a green V-neck "collar" that connects to form a cluster insignia and serves as a waistband for her upper torso. Standing at about 20 feel tall she is a massive threat.

She smiled at them with a cool collected look. "Well well what have we here?" She said, her massive arms crossing over her chest. She narrowed her lower eyes at them as she sneered at them. "Seems like the rats have infested our base. No matter I will destroy you." She said before she slammed her four back legs down in the water freezing it, with the freeze starting from her location and radiation outwards in a circle. It moved across the water quickly and even traveled up the wall promptly ecasing them in a dome of ice. Syl used her webs to pull herself upwards out of the water. Dangling from the celing she was trying to get a grasp of the situation before the the Ice met her webs and froze them. "Shit!" She yelled as they shattered into small shards and she fell onto the newly iced floor. Twisting herself in the air she managed to land on her feet cracking the ice around her. Malachite wasted no time in lauching an attack on the two. With a flick of her wrist she set a wave of ice spikes that erupted from the floor, with intent to impale and kill both Syl and Jacob. Not even waiting to see if the spike hit thier marks Malachite took off with a massive 'BOOM.' Gems can fly at speeds that greatly surpass the speed of light. Because of their inorganic bodies they are not hurt by this. She rushed to her left intending to get behind Jacob, as she got behind him she pull back her right arm and attempt to punch him square in the spine.

## VII

Jacob had his mouth covered in what it seems an attempt to avoid detection…but judging by the gint footsteps and bellowing growl in the midst of everything, this would’ve been a short lived silence, as everything went to shit just that quick when a giant colored creature appeared. She spoke on how people invaded. "Seems like the rats have infested our base. No matter I will destroy you." Jacob  swallowed hard before opening his mouth and speaking. “Ah darn. I don’t suppose you’re interested in talking any of this out are you? We can be very diplomatic people.” When she lifted her feet…legs. And slammed them into the water Jacob could see the protruding spikes coming up from the black frozen water as it made it’s way over to where he was. Jacob quickly ran to the side of a wall, using the gravity grips on his feet and running up the vertical wall to avoid this. When the ice she made began to make spikes Jacob’s eyes widened as he leapt from the wall to avoid anything else and put his shield beneath his feet to break the icy spikes by landing down on top of them! In doing so he stood back up, having the creature try and rush behind him and by the grace of God Jacob dodge rolled to the side of the fist, making sure he avoided it clearly and grunted, rearing his shield back in his right hand and tossing it forward towards the giant creature’s forehead!

If the shield connected it’d have enough force to knock it’s head backwards…maybe giving Syl an opening? If it was blocked, Jacob would’ve kept on the move attempting to run between the beast legs, and slide beneath it since it made the water solid and slippery. Once he had it, he’d have attempted to tag the back of two of it’s hand legs with stick explosive spheres he’d set to detonate at a specific point in time…now now however. Jacob would’ve then leapt up, shield in hand, and latched onto the back of the creature holstering a spot on it’s back. “Syl! Game plan! How much plant stuff can you muster up in here to knock this thing down! I got a plan!”

Jacob shouted out, as if the creature attempted to grab him off of it’s back he’d attempt to keep weaving and moving from side to side to avoid being thrown off. He needed this leverage in order to keep it distracted while the more powerful Syl came up with perhaps a prepared idea or something massive enough to knock this behemoth down!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joff\_1VbtLI

As Jacob somehow avoided all of her attacks Malachite growled “Ah darn. I don’t suppose you’re interested in talking any of this out are you? We can be very diplomatic people.” She started to laugh, "Negotiate with ORGANIC life? HAHA!" She laughed as he attempted to reason with her. Malachite allowed Jacob to strike her in the head with the shield, thinking that mere humans could not harm her.

She was so wrong.

Malachite yelled as stars exploded in her vision, staggering backwards her head ricocheted backwards. As she reeled from the strike to her head her gigantic legs smashed some of the ice under her. Shaking her head she felt something on her back. Reaching her arms behind her back she realized she could not grab Jacob off her back,  because she couldn't reach him. Yelling she began to thrash around, causing shards of ice to fly upwards. In her frenzied state Malachite bgean to form sharp iciccles on the celing, as the behemoth thrashed it caused not only the ground to shake but the icicles on the celing to beging crashing down all around the trio. Syl began to dart around the falling chuncks of ice looking for an opening, “Syl! Game plan! How much plant stuff can you muster up in here to knock this thing down! I got a plan!”  She heard his voice echoing around the enclosed space. Nodding Syl darted across the ice behind the humongus creature, gorwing plants in ice wasnt exactly easy but...she'd manage.

As Syl slid to a stop behind Malachite she did two things, swinging her arm out in front of her it extended into a long smooth vine that wrapped around Jacob's waist. Kneeling down Syl used two spiked vines and wrapped them around Malachites feet, tying them together. Casuing her to stumble around more, but Syl didn't tighen it yet, not until she got the signal to pull from Jaob. "Im ready!" She yelled up to him, as she light pulled on the vine around his waist.

Jacob latched onto her back, held on for dare one say dear life. Watching as Syl at least acted as a distraction. The moment the giant started causing giant icy crystals to fall from the sky in attempts to impale them, Jacob kept his shield above his head in the hopes of preventing himself from getting a spike through the torso.  As the room shook Syl made her way to the side Jacob was on, wrapping a vine around his waist and the beast legs! "Im ready!" Jacob looked back and nodded, before adjusting his feet to be together in front of him. “Now!!!”  curing his body up before springing off of the beast back with open arms performing a long and drawn out back flip! He stuck the landing and had Syl acted as she was instructed the beast would’ve been on the ground! However thanks to Jacob’s preplanning, the moment the beast collded with the ground, Jacob would’ve let the explosive spheres go off as quick as they came! The loud ‘BOOM-BOOM!” Went off, causing the legs of the beast to explode and become nothing more but crystal based nubs! Jacob took innititive to walk up to the beast , and lifting his right foot, slamming it down onto the beast forehead and looking him in the eye.

“Trap it.” Jacob would’ve uttered and hopefully Syl had a method to restrain this giant beast of burden. Had she done as asked, the beast would’ve been subdued and Jacob would’ve started talking. ‘Now tell me. Are you the head of this establishment? And if not where is you’re leader? I do not wish for any more violence but as you can see me and my companion here are in no form or way against it.” Jacob kept a healthy grip on the handle of his shield ready to strike the crystal beast should it make a malicious move towards either him or Syl.

Syl gave a mighty tug of the vine that was her arm and pulled Jacob off the towering Crystallum. As he backflipped and landed next to her Syl the vines wrapped around her 4 leggs and tightened a loud 'BOOM' sounded as she toppeled over shattering the ice in her wake. As she lay there with her legs now disconnected from her body she glared at the two humans whom had taken her down. “Trap it.” he asked as literal tree trunks began to break and splinter the ice. Wrapping around her body they pinned her to the floor. Breathing hard Syl tighened the bark binding around the monster and the dormany Heba who usually had something to say to Syl had quickly and suddenly asserted herself into the dominant role in the body. "And if you move I'll shatter your body like an infants bone." Heba said and Syl quickly supressed her again, looking at Jacob she mutter a 'sorry' before looking upon thier fallen foe.

"Now tell me. Are you the head of this establishment? And if not where is your leader? I do not wish for any more violence but as you can see me and my companion here are in no form or way against it.” Jacob said, but the large being had other plans. In a flash of light she retreated into her gem. Rendering Syl's bindings ineffective.  When the physical body of a Cristallum is seriously injured, they will retreat into their gemstone to regenerate. Regeneration is special in that Cristallums can make permanent changes to their physical form while regenerating. The length of the regeneration process can range from minutes to weeks, but a "rushed" regeneration can suffer from physical deformities. Regeneration can be prevented if a gemstone is bubbled or otherwise constricted, such as within a mirror or a pillow. The Cristalliums are also very vulnerable while regeneration has they have no concept of time, and are esentally unaware of what goes on outside the space of them gem. So for safety the gems automatically return to the nearest Lux Domi (light home) which is a safe heaven for them to regenerate.

However as the crystal began to float away Syl grabbed it before it got too far. Looking up at Jacob she held the gem out to him. "Now what? She coud be in there for heavens knows how long."

Jacob watched as Syl took hold of the crystal to keep it from leaving their sights. He folded his arms and thought to himself for a minute but as he did he could hear more footsteps in the coming distance. His head tilted towards the direction of them to confirm this for him as he turned back to Syl and gave her a serious look. “In this form.  Where does it go? Is there a way we can get to where ever it’s body or spirit might lay?” Jacob held up his shield revealing it’s pearly white glow. “When my shield glows like this it means that there’s a strong source of Chi near by. While I don’t use the stuff I do understand the in’s and outs of it’s workings. This includes other forms of energy to. That being the case I really think we should look into following where ever these things retreat to.” Jacob folded his arms. “By the way…I notice sometimes you blurt out loud like you’re talking to yourself…are you talking to someone else in there?”

Syl shrugged and listened to him explain about his shield. "I dont know where they come from, nor where they go when they do this. I only know that if you confine them to a small space they cannot regenerate among other inhuman ablilites." she said as she tucked the gem away in her cloak. "I'd perfer not to find out by following THIS particuar gem." Syl turned and raised an eyebrow. “By the way…I notice sometimes you blurt out loud like you’re talking to yourself…are you talking to someone else in there?” She hesitated and rubbed the back of her neck. "Uh...this might sound crazy but I have an...oni? That what she calls herself." Syl answered his question.  As the rushing footsteps grew closer the door that had previously allowed Malachite in Allowed in an ever bigger, stronger Crystallum to walk in. flanked by 6 smaller gems on each side. The 1st Diamond, as one of the rulers of the crystallum, is of a massive size, her height making a common humans look tiny in comparison. She has a pointed, upturned nose, plump lips and an unusually long neck. Her hair is a short bob with two spiked tips. She has black eyebrows, and black markings around both her eyes, which are bright yellow with diamond shaped pupils. She wears a black and olive bodysuit, as well as a yellow coat with very large shoulder pads and a cutout for her gemstone. She also wears gloves of a slightly darker yellow and very dark olive yellow boots. And her yellow eyes were cast on Syl and Jacob.

"Well what do we have here? Ugh. Organic life." Her voice boomed throughtout the enclosure. "And my Malachite has fallen? What is this?" As she approached Syl and Jacob her eyes narrowed as she looked them over. "Do not put up a fight. Malachite may've been an Elite Warrior but I am a god." She said as she turned her back on them and began to walk out of the room. "Grab them, if they resist kill them. They'd make great soilders." As she said that the 6 gem's rushed in the room and attemoted to subdue both of them.

You can fight them or run

## VIII

"Uh...this might sound crazy but I have an...oni? That what she calls herself." Jacob blinked for a moment before snapping his fingers. “So YOU’RE the other Oni of the six!” Jacob chuckled a bit holding his stomach. “That sure as heck was bothering me trying to figure out which one it was. You must’ve been…Heba?” Jacob simply took  a guess in the dark until his instincts kicked in and six more soliders walked in, with a rather royal looking crystal infront of them.  "Well what do we have here? Ugh. Organic life…And my Malachite has fallen? What is this?" Jacob took a strong stand, standing beside Syl and speaking. “Please hear us out.” "Do not put up a fight. Malachite may've been an Elite Warrior but I am a god." As she began to leave the room Jacob would’ve yelled out to her. “Wait! We need to talk! I have a solution to his whole mishap!” Grab them, if they resist kill them. They'd make great soldiers."

As she left and the six soliders attempted to bum rush them, Jacob took a stand! His adrenaline still pumping harder than ever as he bashed his shield into three of them form the jump! The metal cracking the crystal material of their bodies and injuring them badly on the first go! Jacob was getting fed up with trying to be negotiable and getting to the point where he’d only begin hurting them at this point. One of the three he knocked down would’ve attempted to get back up, but Jacob came in with full strength and kicked the head of the creature off in attempt! If this worked the solider would’ve turned back into a small gem as they all do when taking to much damage! Jacob turned around to avoid a sword strike, bashing his left shield arm into the sword hand of the crystal breaking it’s blade AND it’s arm off before jumping and lashing out with a spinning roundhouse kick to it’s head as well! Knocking it clean from it’s shoulders and causing it’s body to revert to a crystal! Jacob’s limbs were slightly throbbing from breaking solid crystal with his bare limbs but he’d bare the pain as best as he could…he was full of tricks. More so shown when the last Crystal approached him with an overhead axe handle strike. Jacob would’ve grabbed the shield by it’s edge and tossed it onto the ground only for it to rebound upwards and hit the crystal in the chin! Jacob then kneeled on one knee and drew his right arm backwards, activating the ballistic gauntlet on his glove arm. A small “ssssss” could be heard, before he thrusted his right arm forward, with the force of a jet engine!

Jacob’s arm pierced the crystal’s body entirely before he used his left hand to push the thing off of his arm, standing up and holding up his left hand only for his shield to fall back into his hand, hoping syl took care of the other three, Jacob would’ve began running while shouting. “Let’s follow her…I’m done trying to make peace. If she wants war she’s got one.” Jacob would’ve pulled up a holographic screen with a big red button in the center. He’d push it and his watch would’ve begun flashing red over and over as he and Syl perused this queen figure.

“So YOU’RE the other Oni of the six!” Syl stepped back suprised at his outburst. "Eh? Oni of six?" She was so confused about why he thought it was funny, until Heba decided to say something, "Yes and what of it?" Until Syl psuhed her back down again. Syl looked up and saw the very angry Crystallum, and she was even larger than Malachite. Syl ignored her as she started talking and watched the six soilder instead that rushed in with her, “Wait! We need to talk! I have a solution to his whole mishap!” Syl sighed as Jacob attempted once again to reason with them. "She wont listen..." Syl trailed off as the Gem left the six to subdue them. As Jacon engaged 3 of them Syl took the other three. Leaping up and over their heads she landed behind them and began her assult.

As the first one, a green one thrust it's sword at Syl she quickly took a step to the side and caught the blade behind her back in the cook of her elbows. ( https://gyazo.com/9f56cca1e11f2e1dacf66cce85528380 ) As the blade stopped Syl grew bark around her arms to keep herself from being cut. Heba...lend me your strenght please... Syl felt Heba nod as Syl partially let Heba take over and two teamed up to fight. Syl sighed as she felt Heba's power suge through her. Straightening her arms Syl shattered the blade, and  as the blade's peices shattered she turned her body to face the gem and with Heba's chi she slammed her palm into it's chest sending it flying backwards. Slamming into the wall it slumped onto the floor. Syl turned and ducked a punch from another, as the third one ran up to her she dived into it tackling it to the floor. Grabbing it's arm and twisting it behind it's back Syl now had somewhat of control over it. As the first and second gem got up Syl lowered herself with her captive gem and as they rushed her Syl wait until the last second then the pushed her gem forward causing all three of them to collide into a heap. She quickly caused numerous vines to grow under them, wrapping around them and suspending them into the air. She looked up to see Jacob running out of the room after the large gem, sprinting after him she nodded and watched as Jacob pulled up something on his watch that caused it to start flashing red. "What's that?" Syl asked quickly.

o YOU’RE the other Oni of the six!” Syl stepped back suprised at his outburst. "Eh? Oni of six?" She was so confused about why he thought it was funny, until Heba decided to say something, "Yes and what of it?" Until Syl psuhed her back down again. Syl looked up and saw the very angry Crystallum, and she was even larger than Malachite. Syl ignored her as she started talking and watched the six soilder instead that rushed in with her, “Wait! We need to talk! I have a solution to his whole mishap!” Syl sighed as Jacob attempted once again to reason with them. "She wont listen..." Syl trailed off as the Gem left the six to subdue them. As Jacon engaged 3 of them Syl took the other three. Leaping up and over their heads she landed behind them and began her assult.

As the first one, a green one thrust it's sword at Syl she quickly took a step to the side and caught the blade behind her back in the cook of her elbows. ( https://gyazo.com/9f56cca1e11f2e1dacf66cce85528380 ) As the blade stopped Syl grew bark around her arms to keep herself from being cut. Heba...lend me your strenght please... Syl felt Heba nod as Syl partially let Heba take over and two teamed up to fight. Syl sighed as she felt Heba's power suge through her. Straightening her arms Syl shattered the blade, and  as the blade's peices shattered she turned her body to face the gem and with Heba's chi she slammed her palm into it's chest sending it flying backwards. Slamming into the wall it slumped onto the floor. Syl turned and ducked a punch from another, as the third one ran up to her she dived into it tackling it to the floor. Grabbing it's arm and twisting it behind it's back Syl now had somewhat of control over it. As the first and second gem got up Syl lowered herself with her captive gem and as they rushed her Syl wait until the last second then the pushed her gem forward causing all three of them to collide into a heap. She quickly caused numerous vines to grow under them, wrapping around them and suspending them into the air. She looked up to see Jacob running out of the room after the large gem, sprinting after him she nodded and watched as Jacob pulled up something on his watch that caused it to start flashing red. "What's that?" Syl asked quickly.

When Syl asked what the repetitive glowing button was, Jacob gave her a reassuring smile. “It’s back up. Whatever these guys are planning they don’t have any intentions on stopping anytime soon. I tried the peaceful route but now it’s time to take a militaristic approach.’ Jacob turning another hallway, hoping Syl would’ve also been looking out for the diamond based queen until he got a call on his watch. “Dawn we’re in position! We’re about to come in now hang tight!” “That’s what I like to hear!” out in the area in front of the giant crystal like palace figures would’ve begun dropping from the sky like flies! 5 of them emerged from the wide open skies and landed in the snow with loud thuds!

One of them was Rockslide, the gentle 7 foot giant made of pure stone, with super strength and toughness to match!

Rockslide

Next up was running man, a super speed and super smart ass hero against crime!

The Running Man
Followed up by the stealth of the team: Trickshot! The expert marksman who never misses his shot!

Trickshot

After him would’ve been the red headed fire of the team’s heart: Spite Fire!

Spite Fire
And last not least would’ve been the sensational! The astronomical! The magnificent friendly neighborhood Web Strider! Dropping into the front of the team with a happy go lucky attitude!

Web Strider

“ALLLLLLLLLLRIIIIIIIIIIGHT!” Web Strider shouted. “Rockslide, bust us in the front door! Red Dawn needs us!” “I’m on it Webbs.” Rockslide took off, his giant rocky feet pushing his speed, momentum, and weight up to a super human speed before he bashed his shoulder into the crystal door and cracked it! Knocking the door off it’s rocky like attachments and causing it to fall over! The team of five would’ve begun storming the place with their assorted powers and abilities ready to aid in the fight against the crystal creatures! Some of them began to meet up with the team in the hallway and combat ensured! Rockslide swinging his giant fist too and fro, Spite Fire turning up the heat and turning stone into mush, trickshot utilizing explosive arrows, running man out speeding and distracting his foes and Kevin using his webbing and strength in combination to flail his enemies around!

Jacob while running with Syl would’ve been able to hear the commotion loud and clear. “Alright my friends are here! It’s on you now, help us find the queen so we can end this!” Jacob chimed in on Running Man’s radio. “You got those explosives?” “Aye Aye Dawn! I’ll set em up around the perimeter!” Jacob nodded and waited for the sight of the queen wherever she may have been. This place was about to receive a very booming visit.

IX
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Syl nodded as Jacob explained that he had called in backup. Turning another hallway they sprinted down it as they made thier way down the corridor a split soon came upon them. Left or right? Syl took a moment as her tounge quickly darted from her lips, suddenly she tugged Jacob to the left and sprinted down that corridor. As they ran they came upon a now halfy abandoned control room. The crystallium were scrambling around and attempting to escape as Syl and Jacob entered. The Large yellow Diamond turned and looked at them and her face grew stormy. I'll deal with you myself." as she rushed both Jacob and Syl using the Crysalliums massive speed she would've attemptes to hit both Jabob and Syl in the face with intent to knock the two across the room from each other. Syl barely maganed to get her hands up to cover her face as she was knocked across the room. As she flew across the room her hair wrapped around her and formed a hard cocoon around her. Slamming into the wall it left a dent in it the shape of Syl's protective cocoon. Falling to the floor, her hair retreated as Syl pushed herself to her feet and watched as the Diamond then used the same blinding speed to lauch herself at Jacob. As she reached him she'd unleash a flurry of punches on his shield to keep him pinned down. The rest of the smaller Crystalliums grew balls as they saw thier leader fighting, and instead of teleporting out like they had been doing they turned around to rush Syl who grew a ring of vines around her and used them like octopus legs to fend off her attackers. As Syl manipualed her wall of vines small spiders began to crawl from her long hair and make thier way over to Jacob, leaving small glints of silk behind them.

When syl tugged Jacob in an opposite direction as to what he was going, they would’ve rounded said Corner and come across a large room of sorts! “I'll deal with you myself” She’d spoke to the two of them and Jacob took a ready stance with his shield by his side, ready to defend himself! However this one…this crystal was MUCH faster than the others! Jacob’s adrenaline had previously dropped putting him back to where he was previously and when the hit came his way he was barely able to catch it at a glimpse of his eye before he was struck on the side of his body! His frame being sent hurtling towards a wall and when he connected his body dented the crystal before he fell face first onto the ground! He gritted his teeth, spitting some blood from his mouth and finally stood himself back up. His adrenaline once again going with the heartbeat of a lion, Jacob squatted down before yelling out and darting towards the queen!!! He was going to go on the offense using everything his body had to muster!!

Jacob was attacked once again however as the queen came at him forcing him to raise his shield! She threw punch after punch to the metal and all though his body was already going through hell he pushed the mind over matter aspect to the very limitations! As far as it could go for little did this queen know, every blow she threw at the shield only added to the power it could’ve dished right back out! That being said, Jacob would’ve counted the seconds, the time intervals between each and every single punch she threw, before finding his opportune moment at attack. When she threw her right arm out, Jacob instead of blocking with the shield, spread his legs apart, and as he did he’d dip his body to the left, weaving the punch, and crossing his legs, to spin his body to the left as well. In doing this he’d attempt to bash his shield right against the center of her chest! If this worked, the amount of force from every punch she implemented against it would’ve bounced back at her in one strike!

If it hit, she would’ve had a large crack in her chest plate area, hopefully knocking her back some distance to allow Jacob some breathing room to plan for his next move. This was apparently diamond, to which if that WAS the case then beating her all his own was going to be next to impossible. In the meantime the group would’ve begun to follow Jacob’s distress signal closing in on his location to come and hopefully lend a helping hand in the fight against this stone fiend.

The Diamond Stumbled back, and grit her teeth as she readied herself to dash at Jacob again but found she could not, the small spiders Syl had sent his way had climbed all voer her and covered her in webbings. As she struggled to free herself Syl took the opportunity to pull her down backwards, as the spiders had left silken strands leading to Syl. As the webbing went taut the Diamond began to tetter and fall until she fell backwards crushing a few of her own suborniates. he cracked chest plate shattered revealing a Large yellow gem in th ceneter of her chest that had the smallest scratch on it. As she looked down at her chest the diamond faltered, and she looked from Jacob to Syl in pure panic. She began giving out orders as she began to tear Syl's webbing. "We need to fall back now! They've damaged my gem!" all chatter and yelling stopped as everyone came to a hush. Mere humans, organic life had damaged one of the Diamond Authority's gem? All the Crystallum nodded as they stood up and began firing beams of hard light at Syl and Jacob. Syl ran over to Jacob and threw herself over him erecting a wall of bark and vines between them and the incoming beams. "We need to buy time..." Syl said as the yellow Diamond got up from her bindings and dashed to an escape pod in the center of the room.

As the gem began to input the sequence on the control panel for the pod Syl quickly stuck herself out and placed a shot of extremely sticky webbing on the panel, causing the diamond's hands to become stuck. "I dont know what to do. They are immune to most of my plant based attacks." Syl said to him, as the crystallum advanced on thier cover Syl stuck her head out, and wtached the diamond struggle with her sticky webbing, suddenly an idea struck her. "Jacob I have an idea. Put your shield above your head." if he complied Syl would've jumped onto his shield to launch herself upwards. Upon reaching her highest point in the jump. Syl would wrap her body in her hair and harden it,  As syl twisted herself into her hair it would look as if Syl's hair formed a cresent moon and devoured her. The spun into the ground and slammed into the floor creaing a tremor that knocked all the crystallum off thier feet.

When Jacob’s attack hit he saw he’d been assisted by the small spiders in Syl’s clear control to cover the queen in webbing only to pull her big ass backwards and onto the floor! “Yes!” Jacob retorted! They could win this! He wasn’t sure how but he had the best feeling in the world that they could potentially take this entire victory if they tried hard enough! “We need to fall back now! They've damaged my gem!" “Oh no you don’t!!” Jacob shouted aloud as he began to run towards the queen! He was blinded by victory however as he went into a trap! The other crystals began charging up attacks of the sort and aiming them directly at Jacob! This caused him to stop in his own tracks and raise his shield but Syl came in covering him and her and preventing the laser beams from destroying him.

"We need to buy time..." “We don’t have much. The explosives are going to go off pretty damn soon.” He retorted as she lowered her shield and then stopped the enemy from using the escape panel mechanism. She spoke of how she didn’t have any ideas and when she did Jacob looked up and saw Kevin in a hole in the roof that was made. Giving Jacob the thumbs up it was time for good timing. That’s when syl had inspiration and told Jacob to raise his shield above his head. “On my signal!” he shouted to his team and when Syl leapt into the air only to slam back down and cause all of the crystals to be knocked off of their feet, Jacob would’ve cupped his hands over his mouth and shouted. “NOW!!!”

As he did this Kevin would’ve dropped from the ceiling and began shooting his thickest webs at the crystals that had fallen due to syl’s attack! Aiming to keep them in place and prevent them from moving! After he’d done this, Trick shot would’ve lowered himself up side down from the hole having Ayame hold him by his feet, shooting explosive arrows at the minions and BOOM!!! One explosion after another caused them to revert back into their gym forms! The rest of the team dropped down, now putting 7 people in the room with the queen as Web Strider stood up dusting his hands off. “Come on let’s capture this chick before this place blows! We’ve got about 3 mintues!!”