Chapter 3

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"Then who is leading them?!" Gregor demands. 
"Solovet" The Bane replies.
"WHAT!"Luxa yells. "There's no way we can take down both species if Solovet is leading them into Regalia. She knows the palace inside out. She could send cutters and rats wherever she pleases. We must fight! Get every man, women, and child armed. This war will not be lost. And as for you," she says, pointing at The Bane "You will be slaughtered after the war."
"No! I will help you fight. The potion of power made me see my mistakes. It maddened me into siding with you. That's what happened with Solovet. That's why she is leading them. Oh, and I forgot to mention, Twirltongue is with them as well. She persuaded herself to side with the rats. I think that is the last of the brew though."
Luxa looked like her face might explode any second, as all that information had made her gone mad as well. At least that's what it looked like to the onlookers.

Vikus 

"Arm yourselves!" I shouted "This is not a drill!" 
"Vikus, do I have to fight?" I glance down and see Gregor in front of me.
"Yes Gregor, everyone is fighting." I see Perdita yelling orders as some of the rats jump over the wall and attack unaware, unarmed people. The population of Regalia sprint to the closest armor rack and each grabs a weapon and any piece of armor they can find. Ripred is going so fast spinning around it's difficult to see him, especially through the cutters swarming around him. If he wasn't a rager he would surely be dead by now. He actually looked like he was starting to struggle. Every now and then a cutter would get through his defenses and jab him in the stomach. I see Gregor running over to help him but he's already a mess.

Gregor

I glanced at Ripred in between fighting next to him. He looks horrible. "Ripred! Get to a doctor!" I yell. Normally he would just keep fighting, but this time when Perdita came over he quickly limped towards the hospital and called for a doctor. The cutters here are a lot larger than the ones that we fought in the jungle, they must have grown. I see Howard treating Ripred through the hospital window, so at least he'll be back on the field soon. My rager sense has already started humming in my mind and in no time at all, I'm destroying everything in my path. All of a sudden I see a jade figure, not a rat, not a cutter, but a human advancing towards me. It's Solovet. "Hello?" I ask. She doesn't reply. "Why are you green?"
It's a fair question, even if she's my enemy right now. She still doesn't reply, which frustrates me a little.

Fight Perspective

Gregor runs towards Solovet and hits her with his blade. She doesn't even try to stop him. But his blade hits her jade body and breaks on impact. Her 'skin' doesn't even have a dent. Gregor runs to get a new blade. This time he doesn't swing at Solovet, he just blocks her attacks with his sword, trying to call for help. Luxa runs over to help Gregor, but Solovet finally talks and calls for backup. When she speaks, her voice doesn't sound Human. It's all metallic and scratchy, like she's been rubbing something sharp over her voice box. Twirltongue leaps over the wall and goes by her side. Twirltongue is the same sort of jade colour that Solovet is. Meanwhile, the Bane runs to Gregor's side. Gregor breathes a sigh of relief. Even though the Bane sided with the rats last time Gregor was there, he was an excellent fighter.

Gregor

At least the Bane's a good fighter  I think to myself as he fights Twirltongue, to no avail. Meanwhile, Ripred and I defend against Solovet's relentless attacks. Since we can't fight back, the best we could do was slow her down and block her attacks.
"Gregor, get down, I'm going to try something!" Ripred calls over the clashing sounds surrounding everything. I run and jump over a rock and sit down and hide. I glance over the rock and see Ripred trying to gnaw Solovet's head. It doesn't work. Once again, Solovet doesn't even have a dent. I glance over to see how the others are doing. There are no other Jade green warriors, just hundreds of cutters and a few rats here and there. Apart from that it looks like we're winning the battle. 

Until Ares swoops in.

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