A Golden War!

Chapter 2: Escape.

Gold blasted an aura of magic down the hall at the approaching guards, knocking them unconscious and turning them into their Gem states. after a couple seconds of twinkles as the gemstones hit the ground, the group moved on down the hall. Careful to advance, Gold walked forward slowly at point, And peaks around a corner. "A weapons locker? No way we're passing up an opportunity to take some weapons out of Gem hands." he mutters, dashing over to it. Ebony and Silver aim down the hall way that splits off behind them as Gold fumbles with the lock a bit. Ebony looks over his shoulder at him, hissing a quick 'hurry it up" before it finally pops open. As it does, Gold lets out a short gasp at whats inside. "Guys! Your not going to believe this!" He says happily, quickly grabbing up some weapons. He tosses out the weapons to his friends happily, knowing they'll love them. He tossed Silver a metallic bow with many runic carvings. "They've been stealing artifacts. That's the White Silver Curve Shot. It always finds it target." Gold says, motioning for Silver to nock an arrow. Silver sees how taught the bow is, happy to find it's to his liking. In turn, he tossed a shiny black solid rectangle of metal to Ebony. "And that is the artifact Liquid Ebony. It can change to almost anything you want as long as it doesn't need to get bigger." He says. As to show off, Ebony transforms the block almost mentally into a combat shotgun. "Awesome!" Ebony says happily. But he points to the two weapons in Gold's hands. "What are those?"
Gold smiles. "If I know my artifacts, and I'm certain I do..." He trails off, looking at them carefully. They were two mediocre looking tools, a shaved up stick tipped with gold, no carvings evident. The other was a katana sheathe with a blade in it. The sheathe itself was plain, a simple black sheathe. The handle was a simple black with a red cloth wrapped around it. "These are powerful artifacts. This the Wand of Arcana and the Blade of Elements. These shouldn't be able to be found... But beside that. We got company." He says, motioning down the hall where ten guards were running towards them, pocketing the Wand and holding blade without unsheathing it. Ebony points the shotgun in his hand down the hall, firing off a heavy blast. Five fall to their gems forms before Silver even looses an arrow. It thunks heavily into another guard, felling him. The other four stop, slowly backing up. But to this, the walk into Gold who had teleported behind them. "Going somewhere pals?" There was a sudden bright flash, blinding everyone in the hall. When the flash subsides, Silver and Ebony see Gold sheathing the blade and four gems fall to the ground. "Let's go." He says before sprinting down the hall. They look at each other with confused looks but run after him.
After cutting through a large group of guards, the finally reach the courtyard. "Two by the door, three at a table to our right, four in the towers, four by the trucks." Gold says, finishing a quick spell that identifies nearby life forms. "This will be a blood bath." He mutters sadly. "No way out other then a fire fight." They both nod, readying their weapons. But suddenly the gate blows open in fiery explosions. Charging into the courtyard was a huge man, his body covered in steel plating, his hand a machine gun. Under the plating was what appeared be camo pants and a white wife beater. Behind him, a man walks in calmly, brandishing a gem pistol. His clothing were clean and a deep emerald green. "Who are those guys?" Silver asks what they are all thinking. Gold shrugs but puts a hand on his blade handle, not unsheathing it. The Gem guards hold their fire, uncertain what to do. Suddenly, the man plated in steel let loose, destroying the group of four by the truck. In a sudden barrage, the man in green takes out the men at the table. At this, Ebony shifts his weapon to an assault rifle form, blasting the two guards that were by the door. Silver quickly looses three arrows that fly through the air, taking out a third of the guards in the towers. With this, Gold runs out, yelling a quickly spell that sends out a blast of lightning that sends the last guard flying out his tower with a girl scream. The two new men nod at them. "Gold! We're here to help!" The man in green calls out. "Then who are you?" Gold calls out in reply, not approaching any more then just out of the doorway. The man in green nods. "Understandable you'd want to know. This is my friend, Steel, a bit of a brute. And I'm Emerald." At saying his name, Silver and Ebony snap their weapons up, aiming him down.

"He's a damn Gem!"