(As [b]Ashe[/b] and [b]Yaoni[/b] were in the midst of an interview, they get hijacked and then are caught in an explosion.) *Back at the group safehouse, everyone is shocked and perplexed from what happened.* [b]Kyokia:[/b] Oh my god... [b]Pyrus:[/b] This isn't right. Wait, I'm calling the others. *pulls out his cator* _______________________________________ *Everyone in the office watching is shocked to what they just witnessed. Some even blurt out blasphemy.* [b]Kavita:[/b] What the f[b]u[/b]ck just happened?! [b]Tony:[/b] Damn damn damn! *pulls out his cator and tries to contact one of them but somehow, there's no signal* No signal! *The TV shows nothing but flames building up. A red glitch then displays over, and along with eerie music and ominous voices playing, these words appear on the screen: [i][b]H E L L O. . . S. S. ____ YOU WEREN'T EXPECTING ANY OF THIS TO TRANSPIRE? ____ WE WERE WATCHING YOU...... ____ *a glitchy skull face appear on the screen, along with the sounds of an eerie violin and flute* ____ YOU'RE ALL SICK AND FAKE..... ____ THE WORST THREATS ARE OUTSIDE YOUR WALLS...... ____ YOU WON'T ESCAPE US...IN FACT, THERE IS NO ESCAPE...... ____ *The same, glitchy skull face appears, this time, cuts at different angles.* ____ YOU WANT TO SEE SOMETHING HISTORICAL? ____ *A display of old, historical clips in [b]Saitranovia[/b] appear, but they're glitching and cut from footage to footage erratically.* ____ -- EL ORDEN MERCENARIO CARMESI [/b][/i] [i][b][Shut off...][/b][/i] _______________________________________ [u][b]*Cliche-ass opening theme plays*[/b][/u] _______________________________________ [b]Ainotias:[/b] *looking clueless* Wha- [b]Saitonia:[/b] We gotta find a way to track them. *cator beeps, answers it* Yeah? [b]Pyrus:[/b] *on cator* Sai? Phew. You saw that too? [b]Saitonia:[/b] Yes. Now I'm getting a glimpse of this CMO. [b]Pyrus:[/b] We're heading out, trying to find Channel [b]Starseek[/b]'s HQ. [b]Saitonia:[/b] *turns off cator* [b]General:[/b] Alright, we gotta find a source. Let's go! *everyone starts to exit the HQ* _______________________________________ (Inside the crumbling HQ, [b]Ashe[/b] regains conscious and slowly opens her eyes to see [b]Yaoni[/b], knocked out, and everyone else dead, swallowed up by flames, also not realizing she's covered in cuts and black smoke.) [b]Ashe:[/b] *slowly starts to get up, but then see debris about to fall on her, and jumps out the way with the amount of energy she has left* *[b]Ashe[/b] hurries over to [b]Yaoni[/b], lifts her up, and carry her. [b]Ashe[/b] then proceeds to try to find any possible ways of escaping, with [b]Yaoni[/b] over her shoulders.* [b]Ashe:[/b] *walks over to a window, but see flames burst up, turns around to see the other windows on fire as well* Sh[b]i[/b]t! *is now forced to walk downstairs to find an exit* _______________________________________ (Everyone else is on route to try and track any possible sources.) *[b]Pyrus[/b], Ring, Kyo, and Anna are on a rooftop.* [b]Pyrus:[/b] *uses his electronic compass and tries to track any signal as best as he can* Okay. Looks like it's coming from somewhere in [b]Paladuras[/b]. *3 S.S. ships fly over.* [b]General:[/b] *cator beeps, answers it* [b]Pyrus:[/b] *on cator* General. Go up north to [b]Paladuras[/b], you should see a burning building. [b]General:[/b] Thanks for that heads-up. *turns off cator* Burning building in [b]Paladuras[/b]. _______________________________________ ([b]Ashe[/b] turns to one room and sees that it has been filled up by flames, and turns to enter a small hangar, looking for any exits. As she walks onto a small walkway, it explodes under her feet, blowing her away, but sending [b]Yaoni[/b] falling meters down.) [b]Ashe:[/b] *downed, lifts her head up to see [b]Yaoni[/b] not in her sight* Crap! [b]Yaoni[/b]! *touches her face, realizing her nose is bleeding intensely, but then starts crawling to the edge of the hangar, slowly hangs off with her hands, and jumps down onto the lower level* *[b]Ashe[/b] loses balance and falls, but also sees [b]Yaoni[/b], just laying there, so she gets up as fast as she can and runs to her. She tries to lift her up, but then see [b]Yaoni[/b]'s foot has been caught on some rope. She takes out her combat knife, and cuts it as quickly as she can, and proceeds to carry her to a way of escape.* _______________________________________ (The 2 twins, Cat, and Kav have made it on top of another building nearby, and spot the [b]Starseek[/b] HQ burning.) [b]Cathera:[/b] Down there. [b]Sage:[/b] Let's head down there and save whoever's still alive. [b]???:[/b] Ohhh, I don't think so. *7 random CMO members climb up top of the building and approach the 6. 1 member says something in Spanish, mosy likely a threat.* [b]CMO Member 1:[/b] Might as well just leave em cooking. [b]Ainotias:[/b] Oh, we don't think so. We have a bit of an alliance with the S.S. [b]CMO Member 2:[/b] That means you're an enemy of us. *turns to a member* What do you say? Give these putos a dirty thrashing? [b]CMO Member 1:[/b] *takes out a crimson knife* Yes. *The 7 random members lunge at the 6, preparing to attack. 1 CMO member drops to the ground from a blast by Cell, who's airborne, and flies to the rooftop to help out Sai's group.* [b]Cell:[/b] Didn't expect me to show up? [b]Saitonia:[/b] We definitely didn't. [b]Cell:[/b] Saw everything go down on the giant LED screen at the plaza. Everyone else was shocked...and I somehow saw one of us headed somewhere, and tracked you down. [b]CMO Member 3:[/b] Que el infierno?! Looks like we gotta make a run for it! *1 member tries to run away, but Sai teleports in front of her and slashes her stomach, forcing her to bleed out.* *Cat shoots a member straight in the chest, then runs over and kicks him off the building.* *Kav impales a member, then brings him over to Aino, who has also impaled a member. They take their blades out and slash their new targets. Both members drop simultaneously.* *The [b]annihilator[/b] twins finish off the other 2, and they all regroup.* [b]Saitonia:[/b] *sighs* Now someone to save.... _______________________________________ [b]Ring:[/b] *ground level, looks up at the radio tower to see it sparking red energy* Are you serious? *sighs* Where's [b]Warlock[/b] when you need him? _______________________________________ (Inside an S.S. ship.) [b]Samina:[/b] Going in from the entrance would be too risky. Let's try to make a way out for anyone. [b]Zedrin:[/b] Wait, you got the- [b]Samina:[/b] *picks up a breaching rocket launcher* Yep. Let's make an opening. [b]Mizuri:[/b] This is gonna be a bad idea. _______________________________________ *Inside the burning HQ, [b]Ashe[/b], still carrying [b]Yaoni[/b], is looking for any exits on the current level. She turns around to see fire building up from where she entered from, forcing her to turn around and back up. Luckily, a hole gets busted in. [b]Ashe[/b] turns around to see the S.S. ship, lowering down for her. The ship turns to it's side and opens up.* [b]Tony:[/b] *lets his hand out* Come on! Jump! *[b]Ashe[/b] hesitates, but then she runs over and hands [b]Yaoni[/b] to Tony, him managing to pull her unconscious body in the ship.* [b]Tony:[/b] [b]Ashe[/b], these fires are intensifying, come on! *[b]Ashe[/b] attempts to jump to the ship, but more of the building explodes under her, causing the fire to cover up the hole and blow [b]Ashe[/b] back. She gets up quickly and covers her face, realizing she can't escape from that hole. She looks down to see a crack in the floor, and goes down it.* _______________________________________ (Inside the ship.) [b]Samina:[/b] Damn! We can't get [b]Ashe[/b]. Let's go lower and- [b]Tony:[/b] [b]Samina[/b], I think the rocket is what caused another explosion inside. [b]Zedrin[/b], you got that shotgun? _______________________________________ (On ground level, a number of firetrucks have shown up, trying to put the fire out, but the fires intensify even more.) [b]Zuria:[/b] *jumps back onto the burning building and sets an explosive down* Some escaped? Ohhh, not on my watch. *activates the explosive, fire rains down inside the HQ and setting off multiple explosions* _______________________________________ (On top of another building.) [b]Cathera:[/b] *activates her sensing ability* Wait...there's someone on top of the HQ. *looks down to see [b]Zuria[/b] standing up* Caught one. *summons her bow and fires down at her* [b]Zuria:[/b] *sees a green arrow coming towards her and jumps back, only to get blown back by the arrow's own telekinetic energy, gets up and jumps off the building* [b]Cathera:[/b] *sees that [b]Zuria[/b] has escaped* And she's gone. [b]Sage:[/b] *walks to Cat* They must [b]really[/b] want a competition. _______________________________________ (Back inside the burning HQ.) *[b]Ashe[/b] feels the inside getting hotter and hotter. The fire overflows throughout the whole HQ. She's on the first level, kneeled down in a corner. She crouch walks her way to the entrance, but just before she makes it, fire rains down hard and then sets off one final explosion to the interior.* _______________________________________ [i][b]*Continuing Below*[/b][/i]