The Ultimate Organization II

"Got it." Xegreny said. Aiming carefully, he shot a blast through one of the bug men, and into the hive. If that wasn't enough, the dead bug man fell right on to the hive, crushing it. "Next!" Xegreny said, turning his attention back to the remaining enemies.

 

As they journeyed further into the forest, they saw a gigantic hive at the base of the tree. No bug-men emerged from it, though Xane could clearly hear them buzzing around inside. The structure looked too dense for Xegreny's blasts to destroy, without causing harm to the jungle/forest. "The doors open," Xane started. "How about we see what's inside, huh?"

 

OOC:Wow! That's pretty big news! He's got full support from me if he desires to return. Its been a while.

 

OOC: Nulix honestly stole my reaction, but YES bring him back! Oxyrt was awesome...and I might have his email address, XD. Thanks for moving it along guys. I'll help a little here. The only thing is Xeg, that the Brotherhood plot was pretty much the end of the RP...Anything else would have to be #3, XD.

BIC: Xardius shook his head. "Maybe not such a good idea. I don't know about you, but these guys don't seem really all that intelligent. I'm thinking they're is something else here that eats these guys...And besides, the fact that we crushed three other hives means that this one is probably going to have everyone that managed to escape."

Xardius reached down in the dirt and drew a quick diagram. The big hive was on the right and a smaller hive on the left. Connecting the two, he drew a tunnel underneath the ground.

"When you crush the small hive, all the humanoids, or insectoids, rush through the tunnel," Xardius said, drawing arrows. "Basically all you did was clog the entrance. Now, there are probably more than three smaller hives, probably in a circle around this larger one, so entering this one, we could either get lost, killed, or otherwise swarmed."

"But," Xardius said, swishing out the drawing, "it's your decision. We can take a small detour..."

 

"I'm sure we can take all of the bug-men, but we don't have time to get lost in one of their tunnels," Xane started. "So, let's take the detour."

 

OOC: Sorry, I had to leave for a sec...

"Whatever you want," Xardius said. "I'm game for it."

 

"Then let's take the detour," Xane said. "And you said that their might be other things here that eat these guys? Huh..."

 

OOC: Ok, I'm trying to play Final Fantasy 8...

BIC: Xardius shrugged. "Mere supposition."

Enigma nodded. "But more than likely correct. While you were fighting, I did a quick scan and found that your theory for the hives was correct, as well as that all thermal energy, except for the remnants of body heat, etc. has left the smaller hives that we've destroyed and is congregating in the center. Thermal energy, I also found, around the area in six more smaller 'hives.' It seems they are massing for a war of some sort, almost, as if they know they're about to be hunted."

Enigma smiled grimly. "And so, that means that we're probably going to end up fighting whatever eats them. Oh, and by the way, Darxess, I believe, is currently wandering towards the north of the world, somewhere in the desert that way. You'll probably have to pick him up later if he doesn't get eaten by antlions."

 

OOC: ...Why?

BIC: "You'd think Orb would know how to keep Darxess in check by now," Xane said as they walked.

 

OOC: I haven't ever played it before. And I need a break from FF12, XD (been playing for over 50 hours total on the thing).

BIC: Xardius chuckled morosely. "Are you kidding? Orb's just as brainless as Darxess, he just shows it less. Besides, I think Darxess can handle himself. He acts stupid but...he single-handedly wiped out a contingent of knights. He's no fruitcake, no matter how much he pretends."

Enigma closed his eyes. "There is that...his weakness is his age...and his unfortunate sleeping habits."

Xardius smiled slightly to himself. "By the way, how close are we to the cave?"

"Within half of a mile," Enigma said, looking back to check that everybody was following. "But I'm reading high thermal activity up ahead. Something large is coming this way."

"Great," Xardius said, pulling Chomper from his back. "Just great."

 

OOC: Ah. I've been there.

BIC: "Hopefully those sleeping habits don't kick in when the bug-men attack him," Xane joked, as he prepared to fight whatever was coming after them. ]

 

Out of the mist, an antlion appeared, fur ringing its insect head, its mandibles the size of Chomper.

"Xane! Hit it from above!" Xardius yelled as the antlion charged forward, its mandibles opening towards Xardius as Xardius readied Chomper. "We'll finish this in two blows!"

 

As the giant antlion charged forward, Xane dodged it's mandibles and leaped towards the a nearby tree. Climbing to the top branch, he dived towards the antlion's back and slammed his fist into it's thorax.

 

"What type of place is this? And what are all these things?" Nulix yelled over to his teammates as he shot rapidly at the Antlion...

 

"Um, later," Xardius said as the antlion tripped from Xane's punch, flinched from Nulix's shots, and impaled itself on Xardius' sword, compulsively slamming its mandible shut around him. Shoving his sword in deeper, Xardius released it and grasped the squeezing jaws on either side.

"Let...GO!" he roared, his muscles popping in a tremendous show of sheer physical power as he slammed the jaws outward so far as to permanently disarrange them from the antlion's head.

 

OOC: You mean Xane's punch, right?

BIC: "Cool," Xane said. "The antlion's dead, we lost the bug-men for a while, and I still don't know what the hell we're doin' in this jungle. Care to fill me in, Enigma?"

 

Wing's Key blade flew over Xardius' head as he flew at the massive antlion. The keyblade lodged itself in the beasts neck right in front of Xane, Wing then shot aero spells at the massive creature.


"Two blows huh?' He joked as he came to Nulix's side.

 

"Ah! Wing, a pleasure as always," Nulix said, before turning to Enigma, "Yeah, Xane has a point, what are we even doing here Enigma?"

 

"Now the antlion's dead," Xane repeated. "And we still need an answer..."

 

OOC: Nice to have everyone here! (And yes I meant Xane's.)

BIC: Xardius gave Wing a sardonic smile, as Enigma chuckled to himself.

"Xane, your inability to listen is hardly your strength," Enigma said. "But don't worry. It's not your greatest weakness. We're here to gather information about the Brotherhood. I'm guessing that the antlion's cave is where we'll find the stash. Most likely, it was the guardian."

Enigma pointed. "The cave should be just over that hill."

After a steady climb...

"Looks like you were right," Xardius said, peering into the cave. Holding a hand out, he cast Fire. Instead, his hand froze. Shaking off the ice, Xardius muttered something about annoyances and cast Blizzard. Instantly, flames sprouted and lit the cave.

"Note to self, casting is opposite here," Xardius said.