Operation: Gigas Freedom Event Start

[bravenewmods]

True to their word the Seekers lead the teams discretely through the winding streets of Gigas and into service entrances, gaining them admittance into the heart of Gigas’s political compound. Bringing them stealthily along the catwalks, the Union infiltrators were brought to the inner sanctum, close to the captive Gigases and their mission.

Sharp-looking soldiers in fatigues holding machine guns patrolled diligently, although their demeanor was not especially tense. It seemed no immediate operations were taking place at this time as no engineers were present. And in their enormous cages, the Gigases slept. Waiting.

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[demenscantrix]

"WHAT?!"

Nero's roar of surprise echoed through the hallways. So much was happening and it was disorienting even without her constant migraines. She staggered backwards, interposing her sword between Rose and the Emperor. The whole place shook, and there was a new Pokemon coming into the fray.

And in that moment things tarted to click. The Seekers weren't human. They were...what? Union's Gods? Hell.

HELL.

"SEXTUS, GET HER OUT OF HERE!"

Her hand reaches out and grabs Rose unceremoniously by the front of her shirt, settling her into place on the Rapidash. The former commander herself leaps clear and spurs the Pokemon onward. And then she turns to the downed men. None of them are familiar, and they are all very, very much in danger. One is very definitely dead, beheaded by her sword, but the others? Well. She'll do what she can. She grabs one and heaves him over her shoulder and starts to leave with all haste, letting the gods go at it.

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[bnw_void_npcs]

The combined maneuvers of the Union fighters manage to catch all of the falling civilians, who are safe albeit wailing in abject terror.

A massive shield in the form of the great Gigas appears, absorbing the Mist Ball barrage although not without cost as major cracks appear. They are, however, quickly repaired as the Emperor straightens himself, drawing again upon the Steel Gigas.

As the Union forces begin to withdraw, the Emperor fixes his gaze on the only ones foolish enough to remain, the girl, and the dragon goddess. Giving Ryuko a snarling grin, the mighty Gigas of ice appears behind him as he extends a hand. Ryuko finds herself caught as ice quickly forms around her body, stopping her forward motion and guiding her right into the armor's hands, which quickly clench down on her with a sickening crack. She feels a burst of pain as some of her ribs break, and the world spins on its axis as it opens its hands and launches her out, directly at the dragon and propelled by a mighty Ice Beam.

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[bnw_sheepy_npcs]

Good, the Unionite children would not be in her way. Seeing their forces move quickly, the Dragon Goddess honed in on the powered armor, the blue crest on her chest glowing brightly. Focusing power into that one point, she launched it at the Emperor, a pure Thunder Wave hitting his armor full on. Arching upward in her trajectory, she readied another attack, now that her target would (hopefully) be stationary.

Unfortunately, she would not get that chance, feeling the attack mere seconds before it hit. Eyes snapping open quickly, feeling the presence of something organic somehow within the ice beam itself, Latias, rather than dodging, flew toward the beam, reaching out for Ryuko and snatching her in mid-flight. She curled her large body around the broken girl and casting Protect, taking the beam's blast full force and crying out physically and psychically in pain.

Frost gathering where she was hit, she took to the skies again, flying out through the hole, shuddering as she gained altitude. The human children better move quickly, she would not enjoy going back in again. They had maybe a minute, if her Thunder Wave could be trusted.

[sparrowfeathered]

Rise's voice makes Rose grimace. She falls quiet, though, as she goes on the back of the Rapidash. Her eyes turn to look at the Emperor; she narrows them, then grits her teeth. He knows that Union did this. And he was far, far stronger than they could have ever expected. She hisses, softly, before she closes her eyes.

Her sides hurt. Her arm feels like it's on fire. It's a miracle that she doesn't pass out.

But it does some good to see Efreet land. The Combusken looks at her, worried, and then starts to run off next to the Rapidash. Rose winces, then she glances back at Nero. "Thanks," she manages, though it's grumbled through the pain.

[guitar_case_vagabond]

Ryuko's eyes widen when the ice forms around her, cutting off her movement. She gets all of a second to try to stubbornly struggle enough to break it before the Emperor solves that problem by doing it for her. Along with... her.

The pain is enough to dispel the cloud of rage in her mind and her eyes go even wider and what would have been an agonized scream comes out as a simple gasp as the air is crushed from her and she feels her body crack. That's followed by a terrible, freezing burn as the Ice Beam sends her tumbling through the air and into the red flier.

She'd lost... she hurts everywhere and she feels so tired, like she'd just spent days running as hard as she could but her chest hurts too much to breathe. Not that she has much time to consider that thought as the light fades from her hair and she goes limp in Maeve's grip and the world goes black, her sword dropping from her grasp and into Chompers' as she joins the retreat alongside a flash of light as Blob returns to her Warp Band.

Next time....

[heartandsoul]

Maka can control her empathy effectively now, it no longer overwhelms her, yet still Ryuko and Latias's pain ripple through her soul. Gods, it hurts, the pain of loss, the pain of others, the worry she feels. Even trying to carry her damaged self and maintain the power to keep the people she helped aloft doesn't hurt as much.

Don't worry, Viola's voice echoes in the girl's mind. Zapdos is too stupid and mean to die, Ryuko will recover. And we won't lose, even if we're not strong enough to fight him.

We won't lose. There's still hope. Everything will be all right.

It's all Maka needed to hear to remind herself of the mantra--courage. They kept innocent people from dying, they stand together as Union. She believes.

Everything will be all right.

[vulcanblazer]

A whole complex dedicated to charging up the Emperor's power suit with the power of the captured gods of Gigas. No wonder they couldn't dent it. And they never had a chance in this fight, did they? Even two gods themselves could barely keep the damn thing at bay. Their team was strong, sure, very strong, but they were but humans, not gods. It deeply spoke about how bad this situation was.

He could only watch in horror as Ryuko foolishly charged the Emperor again, and was punished dearly for it. She was crazy strong, one of the most brutally powerful in their lot, and even she got cast aside like it was nothing. He had been ready to try to get her out of there, but thankfully, she was in better hands thanks to Latias.

With that concern out of his mind for now, he hefted the stunned and scared Gigan civilian a bit higher, and then recalled Beowulf. Tabitha and Andy could at least help carry innocents out. He looked to the Gigan civilian with an apologetic expression on his face.

"Don't worry, we're getting out of here."

With that he bolted, running with all of his might, followed closely by his Blaziken and Beedrill companions.

Everything still hurt from that Stone Edge, even if he ignored the pain. The blow to his pride was worse, frankly. But there would be another time. Everything went very badly here... but next time, it'd be a different story.

[senpaidol]

Rise, in her Mega-Evolved state, feels the pain and disappointment around her like a club to the head, all the worse from Latias's psychic cry. She squeezes her eyes shut at the split-second of pain, and does her best to tune out the aftereffects as she and her Pokémon land. Himiko takes the opportunity to fire off a Heal Pulse at Latias.

"H-Himiko, get us out of here. Anyone who needs a Teleport, grab on!" she instructs, waiting as long as she can before nodding to Himiko to Teleport out with her and anyone else she can carry.

[demenscantrix]

Nero...not stopping to even consider what's going on, rushes to safety and grips hold of Rise's arm with one hand, her other supporting the Gigan.

"When you are ready. I will keep what I can at bay till we are gone."

[heartandsoul]

"You heard the lady," Maka says, setting down the people she had been carrying gently to the ground. "Go with her!"

She then turns to her partners--mentally counting to be sure they're all with her--and sends them back into the Warp Band. "I'll be fine!" she insists as they vanish. Of course, she's more focused on getting others to safety, typical cliche protagonist crap.