Clash of Steel
(During the time he was waiting, Joss passed three days helping people on the street with health problems, learning about the culture and language, helped people with work and visited Cerberus on the time scheduled. On the third day he gets ready, with all his equipment, and goes to where Cerberus is. He enters and gives notice of his presence and waits for Cerberus. On the other floor, Cerberus is healthy and stretches before leaving. He gives his thanks to Arabella for his care.)
(Arabella tells Cerberus that it was no problem taking care of him, that it was her pleasure to have such a good patient and to come back and visit anytime. Although she needs him to comeback in a week for the final dose of the restorative potion.)
(Joss awaits Cerberus at the entrance and is thrilled to see him in good shape. He rushes to him and hugs him.)
Joss: How you feeling pal?
Cerberus: Good, although a little tired. What are you going to do now?
Joss: Well, I think I'm going south. Supposedly there is something there that will answer some questions.
Cerberus: Well, lead the way boy.
Joss: Yeah, but before that...
(Joss took out a candy and a letter and told the receptionist to give that to Arabella)
Joss: Now, before we go, can you change your form? I don't wanna panic people in the street with a wolf.
Cerberus:...How about this?
(Cerberus changes his form to a little black dog)
Joss: Perfect. I left a note to Lucas and I doubt U would matter. Let's go then.
(Wendy appears in Joss' shoulder)
Wendy: I arranged better clothes for you master.
(She changes his clothes rapidly)
Joss: Wow Wendy, thanks!
(Wendy blushes)
Joss: Now, let's go!
(The three of them exit the grand city and venture to the south)
(Somewhere in town U is on a rooftop feeding some birds. On her room, Arabella recounts her ingredients)
Arabella: "Well, I'm running out of vervain and wolfsbane.....and piccalot......and cotton grass.......and death bells.....yeah I need to go ingredient shopping......dam I hate going into that shop.....oh well...." 'Andromeda! Mr. Ancano! I must go shopping for potion ingredients! I'll be back in a few hours. I'll try to be back before night fall.'
Ancano: 'Hoho, don't worry Arabella, I'll look after your wing and make sure Andromeda doesn't make a mess of things.'
Andromeda: (Comes out of her room with her fur standing on end and red in the face.) 'Hey! I do not make a mess of things intentionally!'
Ancano: 'I would beg to differ my dear. You very well know...'
Arabella: 'Well, I'm off! See you guys later!' "Because I really don't want to hear them arguing again."
(Arabella then gets on the warp pad to go into the reception area and sees the receptionist with a candy in his mouth, says hi to him and continues her way. She continues walking on the streets of the capital. She says hello to all the people she has met and that have helped her along the way these past few weeks. It takes her a few minutes to wonder near the outskirts of town when she sees U standing on a random rooftop, feeding birds.)
Arabella: 'Is that Mr. U? Hey, Mr. U! Haven't seen you in a few weeks!'
(U slowly turns his head towards Arabella in suspense)
U: Oh ... My ... GOSSSH!!! Arabella. - He dives down into the shadow and appears from her shadow- How's everything?
Arabella: (Goes towards U and hugs him.) 'Everything is going swell, except for another animal getting injured on Joss's watch, but when is that new. I'm on my way to buy potion ingredients for a new potion I'm working on. What were you doing there?
U: Oh, another Beast... Oh well. - Catches on the next question- Well I'm just ... Well ... Uum .. Wondering - His mist subsides a bit and his eyes wonder-
Arabella: 'Well, if you're wondering on the wonderful wondering path of this innocuous life, how about you wonder with me towards the wondering path towards the wandering potion ingredients store? It really can never stay in one place for very long. It even had the audacity to take off my tracking seals! My tracking seals U! Last time it took me five and a half hours to narrow down where the heck it was and then another two hours to actually find it.'
- He snaps back in- Yea sure thing, where is it? I can probably get us there sooner.
Arabella: 'Well, Mr. U. That's just the thing. I don't know. It's a teleporting tent, that has been enchanted to be bigger on the inside. It travels around the capital constantly every twenty minutes. I have its magical aura signature, but I'm still getting the hang of tracking by signature alone.'
U: Well let's see if I can spot it from somewhere.
(He grabs her and take her down, they see the multiple views and spots one the sees the tent, U makes way to it and it takes them about a minute to reach it)
U: PHEWW ... That took a while...
Arabella: 'Well.......thank you. Let's pit another tracking seal on this. Aaaannnnnddddd there. That should not be removable for the next three weeks. Will you help me carry the ingredients, Mr. U??? There are a lot of them.'
U: Sure, thing doll.
(When they begin to walk closer, they hear a Horn and the crowd cheering on " LANCERS!!".
The shop teleports again and huge metallic Axe Lance goes through the dust left by the shop. The Lance stops in midair and flies backwards.)
U: Welp... There it went ... Again.
Arabella: (She startles and starts looking around for the source of the sound.) 'What? Lancers? Here? Now? Why? Mr. U?'
U: Well it's a show indeed. That Lance belongs to Marcus from the Capital. The Rock hearted Soldier of the Center. And that's literal.
(They hear a loud female Grunt and then a huge boom)
U: And that must be Lumia... Oh dear... The cold-hearted assassin from the West, Frost kingdom.
(The rest of the sounds continue into the center of town near Arabellas' and Lucy's home)
Arabella: (While receiving the merchandise from the store attendant hears the noise that is heading for her home.) 'Ummmmm........Mr. U? Is that good or bad?' (She says while making the ingredients float and lag behind her. It was a half-ton if ingredients.)
(U shrugs and smiles)
U: I don't know but it's hell of a lot of fun to see them fight.
(Then both feel the ground shake and move further into the town. They have glimpse of both Lancer on ground and both lunge at each other and clash. The clash of their Lances was so strong, it caused a shockwave, cracking the floor under their feet.)
Marcus: Lu...miaa.. Haha... You have gotten better. But...
(He throttles his axe and blunts her and then front kicks her at her pelvis. She stumbles back, holds her ground and Lifts her lance in guard above her head. At that moment and silver Angelic Lance clashes down onto hers)
Lumia: Haha .. Y'all are too slow man (Her Lance glows and causes an explosive pulse upward lifting up the other Lancer and then she does a power upward swipe. Swatting the other lancer into a building.)
Legion: - Creates a barrier protecting the building from her damage and bounces off of the wall- Please, this time.. Let's keep environmental damage to a minimum.
U: And... That's Legion, the Warrior of Heaven and Hell... Not sure what it is ... But it doesn't have a Specific Gender... The only Lancer that was Made, not born. But has more heart than the others.
Arabella: (Looks on mystified by the sight of the graceful fighting in front of her.) 'Then they are all strong enough to hold back their strength enough to not hurt anybody. Mr. U. Can we follow and see what is going to happen? I've been dying to see how Lancers fight, and that one Lancer........Legion.......not born but made.........I want to see what the difference off their fighting is like.'
(She says this with a far-off look and starry gaze)
U: Yea just as we all know, don't get in their way.
(They follow the battle. As they pursue, they spot on the rooftop a man running and then jumping high up in the air, his eyes spark red and one of his arms turns into a huge spike. He grapples himself to the ground at the feet of Marcus and startles him. When he lands a mechanical Crow swoops down and scratches Marcus face and the Man Punches him in the gut, knees him inside his left thigh, spins and back elbows him in the jaw. The crow fires off two metal wings at Marcus, but Lumia blocks them by throwing her axe past Marcus face. Marcus sees the man is about to strike with his spike arm and smirks)
Marcus: Come at me, bro.
(He turns his body into stone and the spike just lightly taps his chest)
Iriom: You have improved, young lad - smiles- My systems state that you have improved an approximate 5%
Arabella: (Hidden behind U) 'This is amazing! And the analytics I can write from this.'
Arabella: 'Is that crow a part of him? Although it is made out of Metal? Is there anyway for that crow to be sentient?'
U: Well ... That's Iriom, the Modern Lancer from the West Advance country. That Crow is a Beast creature actually.. Rarest of them all and follows only one master. Lucky for hin, both he and Iriom are technically Immortal. He is a ... Born and Created Lancer. Both Machine and Biologic.
Marcus: Well I'll show you what 5% Can do old chap ...
(Legion comes in between them and jabs the lance into the ground, and everyone sees the glow from the Blunt end shift down into the Blade and then a pulse pushes Marcus and Iriom off their feet. The dust subsides and Lucy is in cat form watching from above in a tower. Lumia grabs a swift of her and the smell directs her attention to her.)
Lumia: - Whispers- Gotcha.
(Lumia runs behind Legion and uses her as a stepping block and leaps off her back to get to Lucy. Lucy notices and her eyes open in shock. Then a split second that she is in midair, Legion grabs Lumia's heel and with one arm slams her into the concrete. Iriom Wristles and the crow's eyes blink red and dives down towards Lucy.)
Marcus: "Get him boy"
(Marcus's Lance throttles it's self in the sky and bashes into the crow. Marcus gets up and in stone for goes in to tackle Legion, she notices and does a mule kick but Marcus reacts and grabs onto both her legs and body slams her on top of Lumia. At that moment a quick sound of metal clanking and Marcus feels a stone shattering blow coming into his left side. Iriom side kicks him in the ribs and then wraps his arm lance around Marcus neck and whips him away from everyone. His legs release steam and he leaps from the floor to a rooftop and stared at Lucy. Lucy begins to run, leap and squeeze herself through every spot she can while Iriom tries to reach her. At last, he confronts her and let a metal box fall from a portal. Once done, he vanishes with an epic jump.)
Arabella: (Runs over with U to where Lucy is, picks her up and hugs her.)
(Lucy hugs Arabella and then U. She then takes out the box and held it in the palm of her hands)
Lucy: Uumm... They gave me this... What do I do?
Arabella: 'Well they must have had a very good reason to give it to you, and if it was the Lancers then it must be a very important artifact. A powerful artifact. I think, we should be careful and get it to a safe place for when we decide what to do with it. What do you think, Mr. U?'
U: Well... Not exactly all of their artifacts or deliveries are good, per say... But we could try to examine it.
(Lucy examines the box while U speaks. She hears a fine tone coming from it. It attracts her and her eyes widen. She sees a dial on the side of it and goes to try to operate it.)
Arabella: 'Wait! What if it was dangerous? I don't want Lucy or Mr. U getting hurt.'
(Lucy Shakes her head and the tone goes away.)
Lucy: Sorry, then let's go home. - She seems distracted-
U: You alright Lu? - He stares at her-
Lucy: Y.. Yea Papa. Let's just get home.
( A soft voice gets into her head " Open Me Lucy, I need you" Her eyes dilate the whole way home)
Arabella: 'Lucy don't!'
(Arabella runs towards Lucy, takes her in her hands and touches the box to put a seal on the box. A bubble arises from the seal and conceals the box from view. Keeping the items aura inside.)
(Her eyes go back to normal)
Lucy: Huh? .. Don't do what? What happened? Can we just go home? I'm tired
Arabella: 'Of course. Let's go home, and I'll hold the box in a containment unit until we figure out what to do with it. Will you come and accompany us on the journey back to our abode, Mr. U?'
(She says trying to gain back her posh and sense of decorum after that little scene.)
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