Sutoratosu

*As Bahamaut and I are flying towards his domain, suddenly the MSM flies out of my pocket. Cracks appear in the blood red orb, and spread throughout it until it shatters into nothing, not even dust remains. As the lifeforce over every summon creature in the world is tied to the existence of the MSM, I find my myself tumbling through the sky as Bahamaut falls to the Earth, dead, and already starting to fade from existance. Just as I'm about to die from the landing, a rift opens up beneath me, carrying me to Garitina's side in the distortion world. The Fearsome Wrym begins to speak to me telepathically.* "Those inhabiting the fortress hath done a terrible thing, they hath used the power of Jarachi, the star child, to destroy the MSM and slay the lord of the wryms, his highness Bahamaut." *Garitina opens a rift, showing me the events as the transpire. first I see Notus and that be damned creature Jarachi as the two conspire to destroy the Dragon King and the MSM. then Absol as he conducts his take over of the Fort* "Well, looks like all isn't lost... yet" "No, Ethic, Keep watching and see what the Devil's Advocate does next." *I see absol pull out his phone and call the president, then someone else... I strain to hear the voice, but when I do...* "Hello, it's me Absol... Yes we have the hill ready for you... Of course I won't betray you sir... I PROMISE we will have peace... I appreciate it... Notus...... *Notus. And Absol... But, why, how...* "I have been betrayed.by everyone. Even Snake. All of them were in on it, Alligned to the one man who most stands in the way of my goal of ending this." "Yes, Ethic, You have. But What do you intend to do about it?" *I stand there and think about it for a few seconds, then I hear Notus' telepathic message. I am in utter disgust of how things have transpired* "Ethic, what do you intend to do?" *Garitina repeats the question several times, each one pushing me further into a dark place in my soul. I attempt to fight it, to run from the dark side, but when i turn, I see how much fighting for the Light has cost me. And how little I've gained from it. It is cold and uncompensating, but the dark feels so... Welcoming, Sympathetic even. I make my decision just as Garitina stops asking repeatedly.* "What will I do, you ask?" *I start laughing uncontrollably like a mad man* "What will I do?! I Shall tell you. I'm Going to forsake the light, since it's already forsaken me! I Fought the good fight, I tried to stand for the right thing! But it cost me everything in the end! My allies, all of them, Except Stark, traitors! my dearest Freind, Now lying dead in a field, slain by the power of a creature not even a 1/100 of his size!" *I turn to Face Garitina, looking it long and hard in the eyes, just as the last traces of the light Retreat from my soul. A dark and growing fire lights my eyes* "I will piss on Notus's supposed peace! I will become a Shadow in the day, A Beacon in the night!! I will hunt down all of them, and I'll will put things to right. I will lie, cheat, steal, and murder in order to bring them to their knees, and then I shall strike them with Ferocity never before seen in this world, or the other!!!!! I will destroy everyone, and Everything that they have ever loved!!!!!!!" *I walk towards Garitina, the utter darkness beings to transform my body and spirit* "I will be the thing they see in thier night terrors. I will burn the Sorcerres Rose at the stake!! I Will call the Earth's wrath against the Wind-caller Notus!!! I will use Fairy type moves against the Traitor Absol!!!!! I will Rally the patriots and Cipher, and I will Set Fire to Mother Base And Outer Heaven!!!!! And I shall find and scrap every last one of the METAL GEAR MECHS!!!!!!!!!!!!!" *I Step even further towards Garitina, and whisper in it's ear* "And When I am done... The Hill shall Burn in an inferno more feirce than anything that all the circles in Heaven and Hell can produce working together." *The Darkness' encroachment is completed as it reaches the place where the Tri Force is tied to my soul. The Hate and Fury travel the link. The accursed light attempts to hold it off, even tries to destroy itself to prevent it's transformation, but I hold it together with my will, until finally, the Tri-Force is transformed. Into the Aphotic-Force.* "And I shall name you, Garitina, the one who was falsely banished so long ago, the new lord and sovereign over all dragons. Now, take to the field by my side, and let us begin." "Yes, Ethic, my master!!" *I hop onto Garitina's back and fly through a rift gate leading to what was once bahamauts domain, where his Army of Dragons is still alive despite their King's death. We rally them, and they fly under our banner* "..." *We fly of to the East, Eventually landing a few dozen miles away from the Hill. We see Notus Fly off suddenly. I order my army to stay as I and Garitina fly off after him, being sure to keep a distance that he can't notice us. We watch as he lands... at another hill, and then hits the girl standing atop it with a frying pan, then declares the hill to be his* "Oh, this... this is just great. Two hills. and it was here all this time... well, I thing i'll take this one for my base of operations." *Garitina uses Phantom Force, the two of us dissapear in a burst of shadows, Then reapear in front of Notus, Garitina strikes him with a vicious blow with it's tail, Sending Notus Flying off the hill and to God knows where.* "To hell with peace, I'm king of this hill now." *I call for my Dragon Army, they descend from the sky and form a defensive perimeter around the hill as I use the Aphotic-forces power to bring back Tamer2 and the False MSF troops* This means war...

"*casts Path to Exile, banishing L Tame and his Bahamut from this plane of existence*" You think you can touch me with this? Me and bahamuat find ourselves suddenly transported to another dimension. Luckily, it just so happens to be the distortion world. *Flies around, and finds garitina* "Hey, you think you could let us out of here, buddy?" *Giratina tears open a hole leading back to the other world, Bahamaut and I go through it, only to find ourselves surrounded by mist.* "where the hell did all this mist come from? Some one must've been messing with field effects..." * Bahamaut flaps his magnificent wings ferociously, trying to clear some of the fog so we can see, but alas, to no avail.* "what's that noise?" *I hear the sound of something mechanical nearby, it must be Zeke with Snake inside.* *we fly over to it to see that Zeke is sitting on the ground a few dozen feet away from the fog, Big boss is sitting on the mechs shoulder, a pair of thermo-binoculars in his hand as he stares deep into the mist. We land next to him.* "Where were you?" "someone sent me to the distortion world." "Rose?" "No, the power signature was different this time, but speaking of that wanna-be Magick weilder, she's put up another time-space barrier around the fort." "Any idea how to get around it." *I recall the idea I got when we were faced with this same issue earlier* "Yes, where I just came from, the distortion world. It exist and functions opposite of this world, but the laws of science logic and magick don't flow the same there. We should be able to pass through there and re-enter this world just behind the barrier, but let's make it more interesting..." "what do you mean?" "Get on, we'll fly to mother base and I'll tell you on the way" *B.B. hops on Bahamauts back, we take off and land five minutes later at mother base. we dismount Bahamaut and walk into the central command station.* "So, basically, you want to have Zeke launch the Nuke we equiped on it, and have that Giritina thing tear open a portal to the distortion world and another one back in this one just behind the barrier?" "Yeah, basically, but we don't have to nessacarilly use the nuke. You got a hefty Cruise Missle supply here, right?" "Yes, we do." "Then we can use those instead. Let's get started." *I take out the master summon materia, and summon carbuncle. It uses it's power to reverse the fabric of space and time, tearing open a new hole into the distortion world. I hope on Bahamaut's back and fly in, with a cell phone to contact snake with.* *I again find garitina and explain my plan to it. It agrees to help. I contact Boss and tell him to launch the missles. Back at mother base, Hundreds of Cruise missles fill the air, all of them headed for the hill, then the portal opens, they fly through the distortion world for a few minutes, then back into a new portal to the other world. I fly towards the hole that Garitina first made to let me out and watch in glee.* "Look at that beautiful ball of destruction..." *The explosion begins to move beyond the fort, but is asorbed by the Barrier around it, completely containing the explosion in a perfect spear* "Hey, Bahamaut, your the king of Dragon's right, so let's go get your royal army and take down those underground tunnels beneath the fort" *Bahamaut roars with approval, and we take of for his Domain*

only until after dinner, boy. She won't be spending the night. so don't get your hopes up Whoops... ._. sorry bout that, The post i'll be edited to include him anyways, just about time for Surge to come back for dinner... EDIT: Well, surpirse, it looks like there might not be any dinner tonight for the group. But knowledge is better than food, right? (And no, The beating is not real. it was all an illusion.) Also,as for that invention, there might be some further use of it later on...

"Snake... is that?" *I look off in the distance to see absol has taken the fortress, but it seem's he's forgotten to kill notus* "Yup, Ethic, it's him. Just like the END said, 'the logic of the world is falling apart'" "Damn, and i'd just thought of having Garitina take us all into the distortion world and then back the this one, behind the barrier... Oh well. *I stand up along with the Boss.* "Let's go take out Notus since he's still around to start trouble." *The boss gets inside of Zeke, I summon Bahamuat and begin to scout the area from atop his back* "Where you at notus?" The hunt is on. Winter is coming. in it's wake shall be a safe haven for all soldiers of all nations.

Erick's attention was stolen by a random guy's sudden outburst.he analyzed the guy and toke note of him. He wouldn't trust him even if he was being chased down a dark alley by neo-nazis and this guy threw open a window and offered him his hands to get inside to escape. the man's eyes, however, gave away his intentions with the seemingly innocent offer to gamble. This guy, now he might be scum... he's obviously out to con someone, but what could he want? the answer came to him with the rumbling of his own stomach. Food, Hell, I haven't had anything since morning. and this guy looks like he crawled right out of the slums of some dump somewhere... the fact that his voice sounds like he's trying to sell something... Erick took out a candy bar from his pocket. and was a little melted from the long ride. "Hey, "bob", catch." He tossed the bar to the random man. "Your welcome, if you tried to con someone here, they'd have been pissed with you. And that, Friend, would come back to bite you in the ass on the Battlefield. Rule one of comradary: You can't fight if you don't have someone you trust to watch your back without being tempted to stab you in it." Erick decided to go a step farther. "You can't rig the games and get away with it, just so you know. not when someone can read your body language like a book, and your body language, my friend, tells the story of lies, deceit, and betrayal in your intentions." Hypocrisy is the sport of dead men... that was an interesting rebuke. most of the time his self critique was blunt and blatant Shut up, He'll thank for stopping him one day. Or should I just have let things run their course? I did that once, and it cost me, a lot. "Next time man, be upfront and just ask someone if they've got food they're willing to share." He looked down at his watch again 18:54 hours

Erick was suprised. that was the first time anyone had ever made that guess. Nah man, he wasn't a country singer, though, I can see how someone might come to that conclussion. Erick glanced back at his guitar "Im kinda a jack of all trades, sort to speak, been really versatile since i was a kid." he walked over and patted the guitar. "I got this from some guy I meet on the street a little over a year ago. He was suicidal or something, Lost his fiancee to the infection. I managed to talk him into getting some professional help. he did, and about a month later, I found this on my doorstep with a note attached. it said: Yo man, thanks for taking five minutes to talk to me that day. If you, or anyone for that matter, hadn't of talked some sense into me, I would've been another Jon Doe rotting in the city morgue by now. I talked to a therapist and grief consular I'm gonna try and start over, somewhere new. this place... just has too many memories. "I'm guessing he did just that, I never saw him after that, no matter where I tried to search. To be honest, I didn't want the damn thing as I knew nothing about making music back then, and just wanted to give it back to him. Eventually, I started playing around with it and figured it out." Off topic, Thats not what he asked. It was his self-critique kicking in. A part of his mind that decided to go renegade one day and become an Expert on just how much Erick screwed up from time to time. He forced down his own reprimand to himself and got back to the subject. "Anyways, that's not what you asked, is it? sorry" Don't say you're sorry, if you're sorry, than Get. Back. To. The. Question. He pushed the nagging down again. "My Father, U.S. Major Stan Freeman. He's basically the guy who figured out how to defend the cities against those...Things. He got really creative about it too, so creative that P.E.T.A. actually got pissed at him a few times, but then again, that doesnt mean much, seeing as how they were worthless and powerless fifty years ago, and even more so today." Drifting, you're drifting again, dammit, it is not freaking rocket science, just answer the question, plain and simple! That's it, he'd had with this nagging. he sent his own mental reply to it this time instead of ignoring it. Shut the F*** up before I come in there, find whatever the hell inside my head is causing you, and have it cut by surgeons. That did the trick. It stopped, and Erick didn't think it would come back for a while. He finished what he was saying. "You might of seen the patrol squads wherever you live, or, lived rather, seeing as how none of us are probably going to be leaving this compound for a long while, doing training exercises and scenario training. Everything they do, every method and tactic, they were all devised by my pops. a major reason that America hasn't fallen to the infection is because of his ideas in the urban battlefront. Then..." He couldn't go into detail of the day it happened. when one of those monsters leaped onto his father as he tried to save him, tearing out his throat before two of them even hit the ground. he could still feel the crackling of the electricity in the air... Stop, that's... enough, don't go there the nagging again. but now Erick was fine with following it's advice. He looked at his watch, thankfull for a way to end conversation without offending Clint in some way. 6:52 PM- 18:52 hours in military time. Surge would be back to fetch all of them soon. "Let's... talk some more later. He'll be back for us all any minute now." Erick walked over and sat on his bunk, forcing hard memories back into the recceses of his mind, where they belonged, unable to torment him. He put the guitar back in the bag then looked around at the others in the room, occupying himself by trieing to analyze everyone.

*Snake was in the middle of explaining when he saw Rosesong sitting on a high perch inside the fort, apparently watching.* "Does that time effect thingie go all around the castles territory?" "No, just inside the castle itself..." *I turn were he's looking and also see rosesong* "she's completely vunerable up there, a good sniper could take her out from here" *Snake makes a phone call. A few moments later, and incredibly old man is seen parachuting from a plane. The END lands on the soft sand of the beach and begins scouting perches to take aim from.* "Ah, good choice Snake, but didn't you... kill him? Like, decades ago?" "Don't ask questions about how he's still standing after that, I don't really know how myself." *Having found a good perch, the END Takes aim at Rose.* *he fires a single round, the bullet hits rose squarely the throat and she begins to fall from the perch on the fortress, dead, once and for all. Hopefully. Hopefully.* "The world's logic is falling apart." *Me and Boss turn to look at the man, suprised he spoke at all* "What do you me-" *Just then, the parachute that he descended with... worked in reverse, pulling him back up into the sky, much faster than he'd fallen from it. he was gone in an instant.* "What the hell...?" Boss stared at the sky for a minute, then sat back down. *we again begin brainstorming.*

*meanwhile, in Dr.Rays office* Surge kicked down the door to the small room, flanked by the two soldiers in black. "You got some splainin to do, Ray," Ray didn't answer, he didn't even look up from the papers on his desk. he simply snaped his fingers twice. a bright burst of light flashed from somewhere in the room. Standing in front of Surge was a creature that looked as if a Bengal tiger, a Timber wolf, And Lion had been combined Surge was not phased however. He stepped forward and reached for a device on his belt. Dr.Ray looked up. "Salem, get him out of my office. Now, and non-leathily." The creature, Salem, as it was apperently nick- named, understood what Ray said perfectly, then Reared back and let a fearsome roar that would make a Tyrannous sauros Rex cower in a corner. The sight of the creature rearing back hit Surge before the sound actually did. He blacked out. for how long, he didn't know and woke up in the hallway outside the office, the two soldiers in black beneath him. he woke to see the door of the office slam shut as another flash filled the room and the creature vanished. His ears were ringing, but his acoustic implants would ensure that his eardrums would remain intact. It'd be a shame for a soldier to die in battle because he was deafened by the sound of his own weapon, after all. Surge got up, took out a small peice of paper, and wrote a message on it: don't think this is other, you little poindexter, you've only delayed our talk till another day. he taped it to Rays door, the other two had gotten back to their feet now, still a little dazed by the event. "You two, get some sleep, Especially you Tucker, there's gonna be hell in the morning..." the two saluted and went off down the corridor. with that he walked off, looking at his watch 18:52 hours, Damn, how long was I out? he walked out of the front gates of the Magnificent White Building (//OOC I'm legit thinking about making this it's official name//) and started walking across the compound to the barracks where he'd locked in his squad, though only one person inside would actually know the door was locked without having to try it. *Back to the Barracks*

*me and B.B. are about a mile from the hill when we see Absol engulfed in a sudden explosion* "Damn." *we watch as a new fortress suddenly appears on the hill, apparently pulled from further down in the time stream* "We going back to the original plan, Ethic" The Boss flips out his Cell again *The Boss gets a staus report from Kaz, The Troops land in a large boat on a beach to the east before they finish talking, along with MG Zeke.* "Twenty... twenty-three including you, me, and Zeke. This is going to be a one sided battle." *the sound of chopper blades is heard, we turn to see the chopper we got off of a while ago headed right for us, snake throws me to the ground as a hail of machine gun fire lands just short of where I was standing a moment ago. He takes out a pistol and fires three rounds at the tail rotor, all three hit, but are ineffective* "We left your doppelganger on board, he probably killed everyone and high-jacked the chopper!" Boss had to yell over the sound of the chopper blades returning. *i reach into my pocket in pull out the MSM, which i stole from Tamer2 at the wall* "Eat HEEEELLLLLLFIIIIIIRRRREEE!!!!!!!" *the power of the summoning distorts my voice, as Ifrit is called forth and rushes the chopper, an inferno cloaking it's body as it slices the craft cleanly in half with one swipe of it's claws. The chopper explodes into a ball of flames as the two halves crash into the ground* *I turn to boss* "that fort, there's something off about it, almost like a hole in time... She used another sorcery, this time, she has no idea the possible consequences of what she's done..." *The Boss hikes down to the beach, i follow him* "We'll need to redo the plan then, and find some cover." *I summon Carbuncle to reverse the light waves around us, making us invisible.* "Done with the cover, let's do this." *Me, boss, and the troops sit down and begin to brainstorm*

Erick was laughing triumphantly on the inside as he was walking away, thinking that the conflict had taken the peacefull route of resolution. Then the other guy had touched his shoulder as he walked away, and Erick thought that this meant that violence would be the solution after all, but the blow he was expecting and preparing to counter never came. He restrained everything in him that Shouted "Pre-emptive Strike! Pre-emptive Strike!" and turned to look the other man in the eyes. He knew the moment his eyes met the other man's that this war had just ended in a peace treaty. That's weird, I usually am right about people... Erick split his attention between absorbing what the Other man, Clint, as he learned his name was, said, and studying Clint's body langauge and analyzing his tone of voice. No, I'm only partially wrong on this one, he's from the streets, but he isn't scum. Clint walked back to his bunk and pulled out what seemed to be an Electronic cigaret, saying how his gramdfathers motto was to never be unprepared. Ethic walked back to his own bunk, which he now noticed wasn't that far from Clint's. He heard Clint ask his name. "Erick A. Freeman." he said simply "If your from Richmond, you might've heard of my Father." that was an understatement. everyone from the Richmond Area had known or heard about his father. Major Stan Freeman, Commander of the 7th Patrol unit and retainer of a reputation for getting... Creative with the defense from the infected animals and transformed people. so creative that the news had run stories on him a few times since the outbreak began, and his methods for defense and fortification tactics were recorded and was currently being used by every Morpher Virus Patrol military unit in the country. or at least, he was all those things.Was

"God dammit!!" yells B.B. as the impact of an A.A. shell hits the side of the aircraft, sending a deep shudder through the vehicle which last for a few seconds. *Boss orders a damage report, the Pilot calls back, shouting that there was no severe damage and that continued flight was still possible, but the weapon systems had gone offline* "Those bastards trying to shoot me out of the sky, eh?" *Boss pulls out a cell phone and calls Kaz, telling him to dispatch Metal Gear Zeke to the hill, along with their best men* *I turn to boss, dumbfounded at what he had just ordered* "Snake, no! Don't you see, this is precisely what I was talking about!! Endless conflict!" "Shut up and let me tell you the plan" "I'm no-" "We aren't attacking to capture the hill. we're attacking to wipe the fortress out. You said it yourself, there was no reason to take the hill before, and look how much blood was shed over it. Now there's a Damn fortress up there, complete with anti-air cabibilites. How much do you think is going to be shed when word of that gets out?" *I facepalm myself for not seeing B.B.'s intentions. He isn't motivated by such petty things as power or retribution. He does his bloody work for the sake of the last request.* "right, sorry, I forgot about what really drives you at the end of the day. what do I do in this plan?" *the chopper lands on the orders of Big boss, about two miles south of the hill. he gets out and motions for me to follow. the chopper takes of again towards mother base* "we, will be sneaking in through the back entrance when Zeke and the forces get here. They'll draw attention with a few burst of fire, then drift into the shadows and enter the base unseen. Meanwhile, Zeke will keep them busy with it's heavy arsenal, not to mention... We put a nuke on it. And don't even bother telling me the hypocrisy of that. It was the lesser of two evils to choose from when Peace sentinals went down, and the war head on peice walker sat at the bottom of a lake, slowly pulluting the water..." *our conversation is interrupted by a massive explosion in the distance. It looks like the hills just been bombed, there's almost nothing left of it.* "Snake, there is only one man capable of such a random explosion..." "Absol." *Me and B.B. take off for the hill to met absol*

Erick stopped playing when he saw a man shoot him a look before moving to the door. "That look, I've seen it once before... That was a subtle declaration of war." well, looks like there was a hole in the system, this fool looks like street scum to me... He considered saying that, he knew that in that glance, the guy had been thinking of something nasty to say. But the other guy had refrained from starting something verbally, so Erick decided that he wouldn't try to, but if he did by accident? Oh well then. As the man got closer to the door, Erick chuckled silently himself. This guy, He honestly thinks that the barrack's door is going to be left unlocked? What does he think Surge is, An Idiot? then he remembered that out of all these people, he was most likely the only one who had actually met the Officer who directed them in here prior to coming here. he decided to save the guy a lot of trouble and questions he probably wouldn't be able to answer, as well as put an end to the war that had began silently just moments ago, leaving his Guitar on the bed and walking up to an empty bunk by the door, just behind the other man as he was about to turn the handle. "It won't open for you. All the doors of any Army Barrack constructed after the outbreak has a system that allows a C.O. to lock in his soldiers for the night. Works by the handle reading their fingerprints." Erick should've stopped at that, gone back to his bunk, but he decided to push a little further. "It can also detect when someone meant to be kept in the barrack tries to open the door while the systems activated. buddy, you turn that handle, and You'll be sitting in an interrogation room somewhere, being asked a lot questions that you probably wouldn't want to answer." Erick didn't wait for a reaction. he started walking back to his bunk. He had dealt with a few Street thugs in the past, and he knew a few things about how they react to certain stimuli. He figured that the guy would either sit down or come and take a swing at him, either way, he didn't care, in both cases the conflict that had been started by that silent glare would be resolved.

sure, we can do that.

Erick sat down on his bunk in the corner of the room, barely paying attention as an outburst came from the other side of the room, some Guy called Nathan trying to start stuff. "not even five minutes here, and already people are starting to establish themselves as the Alpha dogs of the group..." Ethic reached under the bunk and took out the Guitar he packed in his bag, it was small compared to the average acoustic guitar, but still took most of the room in his bag. that was alright though, he didn't need to take much with him anyway. he began strumming it idly. "They'll be in for a rude awakening when Surge shows them just who that really is..." he began to make up lyrics to himself. (to the rhythm of "What does the fox say?") "The world went wild, no order," "Massive fighting in the streets," "Fires blazed and society was off it's feet," "but then they came, with batons, and riot shields... Shooting tear gas through the air," "Then we knew, what this all was..." "It was Martial Law!"

*With Tamer2 and the False Boss in our custody, The True boss and myself fly back to Mother Base.* *We fly over the hill... and what do we see, but a fortress.* "looks like Rosesong and Notus have joined forces." True Boss says as he looks out over the structure. *he calls back to a soldier, who brings forward a box filled with C-4 and duct tape* "I've got an Idea, we'll load my Double to the teeth with C-4 charges, then push him out of the chopper as we pass over the fort. as soon as he hits, we'll detonate the charges" I turn back to him "Damn, that's a great idea man. Let's get this bastard loaded!" *the true boss and I set about duct taping C-4 to False boss. after a few moments, he's completely covered head to toe in tape, lumps of C-4 protruding all around his body* "Fire in the Hole" *The boss throws open the door, then kicks the C-4 mummy out of the chopper. just as it lands inside the fort, Big Boss pushes the detonater. A MSF soldier is there beside us, recording the Fireball that just engulfed the fort with a camcorder* "now, about yours..." "Don't worry Snake, i'll deal with him soon..." * the co-pilot calls out from the cockpit, saying something about detecting METAL GEAR RAY on radar* "That must be Vinny..." *I walk into the cockpit* "Try and hail it with a transmission" *the co-pilot begins to swapp between frenquencies, trying to find a channel to hail MG Ray with.*

The Screen fades to black once again. A panel pops out of a slot in the table, and slides forward to cover the screen. Without even realizing it, You've been surrounded by Armed Guards. you are escorted to the garage of the building and into an old military jeep. You're driven back to your place of living, and told to pack a single bag with personal belongings. You are allotted twenty minutes. Having packed a bag, you are again escorted into the jeep, this time it drives back to the Recruitment Center. You are guided up to the roof where a lone helicopter awaits on a helipad. As soon as you are aboard, the Pilot activates the vehicle, and you take off into the air. Several hours are spent in the Chopper as it flies over the land, just as the sun is setting, you reach a massive forest, the Rocky mountains can be seen looming in the distance. you notice that the Chopper appears to be landing. At first you assume that the pilot intends to land in the middle of the forest, but then the air craft shudders, and the patch of thick vegetation you were staring out of the window at vanishes, replaced by a large structure, it's lustrous white walls lit up and seemingly blazing in the light of the setting sun, a large plaza lies just outside the buildings massive gates, and a set of massive twin spires pokes far above the treetops. Around the magnificent structure lies several smaller buildings, Barracks, Storage Facilities, Generator housings, and guard towers, just to name a few of the buildings, all of the incredible compound is encircled in a glorious White Stone wall, shimmering with energy, from certain angles, you think that you can even see right through it to the dense forest beyond. The chopper descends and lands on a expansive helipad just behind the Compound. The Guards accompanying you escort you out and onto the tar mat. You notice in the waning light that there are several other Choppers already on the tar mat. Each one with a single person along with three guards in fatigues standing on the tar mat in front of it. the Rev of an engine is heard as a Large covered troop transport pulls onto the center of the tarmat, reversing and adjusting itself so that the back of the Truck faces the Choppers. two soldiers in full black step out, Walk to the back of the vehicle, and throw open the heavy green flaps that hang off the covering, obscuring the view of the back. A lone figure stands in the back of the Truck, his face hidden in shadow... Surge Squinted when the flaps of the back of the truck were thrown aside, flooding his vision with the light of the setting sun. He stood there for but a few seconds afterword, mentally taking Roll of those civilians on the Tar mat as he glanced at each of them in turn. Erick Freeman... Major Stan Freeman's son. Haven't seen the kid since the Major's Funeral. Something seems... Off about him, something just under the surface. I'll be sure to keep an eye on that one. Lars Kaiser... The jester and a rebel. I'm going to be having a looong talk with who ever the hell passed him on the selection... Adam MacMillan... The appeaser who barely says anything despite opening his mouth alot... Nathan Gray... A fellow service man. And even more, he's former airforce. shouldn't have too many issues from him... Jory Robertson... another joker type... That intellect of his'll be useful though; if, that is, he can actually follow through on his convictions for once... Enyo Greyjoy... the lone female in the group. That lone wolf attitude is gonna cause some issues... Sid Maelstrom... the orphan turned street thug turned man looking for a fresh start... Some where, there is a service man who's going to be having a very, very bad chat with General McCarthy... Logan Walker...Strong silent type. good memory... shouldn't have any problems down the road. And Clint Cannon... The Truant and Procrastinator... Somewhere, another service man is also going to have a chat with the General... Lionel carter... don't expect any issues there... Surge leaped out of the back, landing several feet in front of the guards in black. "Soldiers, Atteeeention!!! Front and center!!!" The words had barely finish leaving his mouth when all of the guards in fatigues began sprinting forward, standing at full attention as soon as they reached him. they stood shoulder to shoulder, forming a small wall of military fatigues and red berets, the barrel of their assault rifles grasped firmly in their hands, the butt of the assault rifles resting on the toe of their boots. "Your mission is complete, you are dismissed!" The soldiers saluted, then each group of them returned to the Chopper they rode in on. "Civilians, Step forward!!" Not wanting to cause an issue, you each step forward, Surge stands just a few feet in front of you. "Load into the transport Vehiiiicllle!!!!" You each step forward and get into the back of the truck, taking seats on the benches lining the inner space. Surge turned to the two guards, then simply nodded and walked around to the passenger side door and got in the cab. The Guards in black loaded onto the truck. The Truck begins to move. Several moments later, you feel the truck come to a stop. The two guards riding in the back with all of you get back out, then pull back the flaps. the truck is parked outside a barracks. You all get out. Surge is waiting in front of the door to the building. He orders you to line up, you all comply. He opens the door and orders everyone inside. He stands back in the door, looking on as each of you choose a bunk. "Lights out is at 22:00 hours! it is 18:30 hours now. Get settled and get to know each other,I'll be back at 19:00 to escort you to the mess hall for dinner." Surge steped out of the door with that, and closed it. Damn you RAY... I know you had a hand in this groups configuration... It seems that you're trying to piss me off... In fact, it's time for a chat... with that thought, Surge walks off towards the majestic white building, the two guards in black trailing behind him as the transport truck pulls away from the building, and helicopters take off in the distance, setting a course to return home.

You're accepted. just about all the slots are filled with this final addition

i'll get on that.

Tamer2 and the false MSF chases the chopper far into the northen lands, beyond where the sun's warmth can heat the landscape. He finally stops when the Chopper disapears from sight behind a Gargantuan wall made entirely of ice and frozen stone. Realizing that they're about to be trapped, they attempt to turn back around and flee into the woods, only to be stopped by a far larger army of horse back- mounted knights and foot soldiers, along with True MSF forces positioned all along the wall. I laugh as I watch from a high perch on the Wall, the True Big Boss along with the nobleman Ned Stark standing beside me. Ned Stark stepps forward, leaning on his Bastard Sword. "Brace Yourselves!!" he calls out to Tamer2's forces. "Winter is coming!!" A hail of bullets fill the air, along with the war shouts of two-thousand men rushing into the fray of battle...

The Lord of the Walkers, Sworn enemy of Rick Grimes

Congrats, Enyo is accepted. a lone wolf type will make the teams development a little more interesting. A former criminal? Who ever conducted his background check is gonna have one hell of conversation with General McCarthy... Anyways, You're Accepted. Walker, meet Rick Grimes! no, but seriously, Welcome aboard. You're accepted. Also, Logan's acceptence of the terms is needed in the RP thread... http://www.pokemonreborn.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=7731

Having harvested enough gold to make King meidus hang his head in shame, as well as stolen Excaliber back from the lady of the Lake (thought you were clever, didn't you rosesong?) My Doppleganger (let's call him "tamer#2") Once again masses his forces at the hill. (from here on out, all the dopplegangers created by arceus will called (insert name here #2) As the doubles of the MSF army prepare to fire, A cardboard box is seen scurrying off. *Boss#2 orders them to fire at the box.* *A hail of bullets tear through Notus, the box is destroyed and his broken and battered body lies face down at the base of the hill.* Just as a nuke went off just up the hill, Tamer2 pulled out the MSM and called forth carbuncle, causing the blast to close in on it's own self and cancel out, saving the hill. Tamer2 started up the hill's steep face, carrying a flag in his hands. A helicopter flies out from the east however, bearing the insignia of the true MSF. *I lean out of the Chopper and take note of my Double, Tamer2. I hold out the tri-force and blast the earth at his feet with intense light* Startled, Tamer2 stumbles and falls back down the hill. the false MSF open fire on our chopper. The True Big Boss tells the pilot to gun it. *The chopper takes off to the north, with Tamer2 and the False MSF giving chase on foot, not even knowing about the can of whoop-ass awaiting them.* I lean out and shot to my double That's right, you little bastard, Let's go and play a game of cat and mouse! *hill is vacant*

*meanwhile, in Washington D.C.* Surge sat across from Dr.Ray at his desk, watching the screen on the wall as it slowly filled with names, one by one they faded onto the screen, each one with a comprehensive profile that had been generated upon the system's approval of the applicant. Ray read out the names on the screen to Surge as they appeared "Lars Kaiser" "Nathan Gray" "Erick A. Freeman" "Adam MacMillan" "Jory Robertson" With the calling of each name, a copy of each individual report was downloaded onto Surge's Data Card Surge looked at Ray "Are you kidding me? That's only five men, Ray. out of all those who are bound to be taking the recruitment, you can only find me five?" Ray leaned back in his chair, the names had momentarily stopped appearing on screen. "Calm yourself, Serg." he put his feet up on his desk, just then more names began appearing on screen "See, there's more of them now." Surge returned his attention to the screen. "Look at how low we've come. at the point where we have to look to the private sector to find members for a group such as this." Ray took his feet down and leaned forward, a look of indifference on his face. "Need I remind you, Matthew, that you, along with every other current member of the armed services, were civilians once, and will return to that status as soon as your career in this military ends." Surge shoot him a quick sideways glance, mumbling to himself. "and we especially don't need cocky civilian scientist..." "What was that Sergeant? "Nothing, just clearing my throat. Continue with the names." Dr.Ray turned back to face the screen, and began calling the names that appeared next... *back to the signing*

Why yes, you can. We've barely just started chapter 1, so it's no problem. submit a signup and we'll add you to the squad.