Divine Lives - 3rd Life and Empires Crossover

Devastation

"Martyn got away," calls Joel as he enters the room again. He looks at Pearl's dripping sword and smiles.

"You got Impulse."

"Indeed we did."

"Nice job." There is a chorus of vibrations from Joel and Scott's necklaces. Joel opens his and becomes immediately bombarded with messages from everyone in the world. "Oh my gosh, they did not like that." He reads a few more messages, then his eyes light up and he looks up at them quickly. "Ren says that he's coming for us."

"That works. Let's get out of here." They retreat back through the trapdoor. Voices shout from outside the walls and only get louder. The three look at eachother, exhilaration pumping through their veins and they become rather excited. They launch into the air, Pearl laughing all the way up.

"See you later, Ren!" cries Joel, delight shredding though his voice. He stops ascending in order to make perfect eye contact with the dog. They share a look as Ren's face twists into a scowl. Scott notices that they are missing Impulse and Tango as the King points up at them and his mouth moves in a command. Arrows fly. Scott turns and zips away.

"Catch us if you can!" shouts Pearl, and the two follow Scott.

They bob and weave their way above the ground, staying low in order to remain in relative eye sight of the Red Army. The Red Army, as expected, chases. They chase them all the way to the desert but maintain a safe distance. The trio lands hastily in front of Grian and Jimmy, both of them have a rather annoyed look on their faces.

"What part of 'don't do anything rash' do you not understand?" demands Grian, stomping his foot angrily.

"None of it," replies Joel. Scar laughs from inside the bunker.

"Close the door, Scar," says Jimmy with the tone of a mother who has had to repeat herself one too many times to her toddlers. "All the way." The door slides shut, but very clearly doesn't close completely as a giggling Scar can still very obviously be heard.

"They're coming."

The people of Dogwarts can be seen at the very very tip of the desert, they are crowded around each other, Ren in the middle. A red banner flies in the wind held up by Martyn who waves it around obnoxiously. Then all at once, they turn and begin marching into the desert.

Scar closes the door.

The attack is fast. Dogwarts plunges in towards them, sand kicking up and whipping in their wake. Joel gets an idea, he runs forwards but raises his wings so they catch air. They lift him up just slightly and he hurtles towards the Army, pulling back at the very last second but shoving his wings down. Instantly a cloud of sand blows up in a twisting storm. They are engulfed as Joel floats back.

"Let's get this over with as quickly as possible. Get them in and get out," says Grian, turning his sword over in his hand. Scott pulls out his bow, nodding as he does so. He fires into the mist of sand and they hear the clunk of metal driving into wood and a yelp. Bodies emerge.

Skizz races out of it and towards them. Grian meets him halfway and they fall into battle. Scott takes Jimmy in his arms and they lift into the air and land a few seconds later behind the dust cloud, effectively cornering the army where they want them. Ren turns around and goes for Scott as Martyn goes the opposite way towards Pearl and BigB for Jimmy. Joel meets Etho in the middle.

The sparring is very one sided. The Red Army fights to kill while their opponents seem to be working defensively but expertly.

Scott notices Ren's ears perk up like a coyote or a wolf's will when they are alerted to something. Ren looks right past Scott and suddenly his face changes. His brows furrow as his ears go flat against his head.