War Act I: Factory of Heroes

Chapter 11: Eclipse

Proving Grounds: Forgotten City, Industrial Complex

1821Y 03M30D 0900H

"Keep the wagon moving and keep your hood on at all times." Mat ordered Smirf behind him, as hordes of mutants are pouring from every direction. "Thirty-three confirmed kills, Eight heavily injured, fifty we are currently engaging; more coming from all direction." Azaleah reporting in.

"Menan got poisoned," As Luci was trying to get a bunch of huntress off him. "Shiro cover us, I'll get Menan onboard." Shiro moves to the rear in a flash. Luci got Menan onboard and gave him an antidote. "Rest a bit Menan, we will take care of this." Baby trying to get his spirit up.

He looks forward and stared at their captain. Amaze at the fluid movement; no wasted action. A stream of mutants come pouring towards their Captain. He swept two with his hammer, broke the face of another with his shield. "System... App... Recorder," Hates himself a lot right now, telling his body to move, burning with desire so great.

Acki, and Luci are having a hard time, both accustomed to a very aggressive fighting style, not worrying about anything else but fighting. Now, they both need to protect themselves, each other, and the wagon. Mat noticed this. "Azaleah, Whiteout." The whole area lighted up revealing dozens of mutants lurking about. "Now, clean up."

Acki immediately jumps away from the wagon to give himself lots of space for his swings. The rest of the fighters followed suit, Luci aimed at groups to not waste energy. It was only a few seconds, but it gave them enough breathing room.

"How much farther," Luci desperately asks. "At our speed, an hour," Azaleah answered.

"Keep it up till we get there if we die, we lose the wagon, we lose our chance of getting out. Now..." A huge crash interrupted Mat. "Huge life force dead ahead." Azaleah pinged them. A massive mutant was charging from their front, screaming as it goes. Mat step forward to intercept when he realizes there's a horde behind it. "Mhirfa, pra..." As he met up with the charger.

Smirf saw the horde went pass him, and now, their bloodlust is aimed towards her. She held on her wagons leash and on her ladle tighter. Luci started to cast to intercept the horde. "Pink... Grand... Ar..." Acki shouted. " Luci, sides!" Half a dozen huntress rush towards her, ignoring the defenders. In her desperation, she changes her stance and change her spell to... "Sword," killed the attackers in one fell swoop, she immediately looked at Smirf. A bunch of mutants already lunge at her.

She can not do anything about it now.

Half a dozen mutants covered Smirf, each desperately trying to get a piece of her. As the mutants fall off her, to everyone's relief. She was petrified, kneeling while her rosary was dangling at her hand. Luci let out a sigh of relief and chuckled.

The wagon hatch suddenly opened. A girl came out, fair-skinned blonde in peasant attire. As the girl moves towards Smirf, it's imagery flickered changing her appearance into a golden armored warrior covered in flowing white garments. A white Philosopher's Stone shot out its back and made a halo around it.

"Apparatus bellicus," uttered with a robotic voice, six different swords came flying out of the wagon arming her, five of which attach to the halo making it look like bladed wings. "Haereticus," growled at the sight before her, swung her sword cutting down the mutants, her wings impaled the rest, clearing out the area around Smirf. Expressionless as it looks around with golden eyes, with a constant stream of that familiar white aura. "Ipsos Maledicos," Fired a ray of sunbeam from its eyes, straying hapless mutants in its line of sight.