//------------------------------// // Charge! // Story: Today We Summon Unity! // by Chemtest //------------------------------// We Spearton’s enter first, rushing into the cavern and surprising the bugs within. We kneel, allowing the Swordwrath to flip over us, and into the enemy. We all simultaneously lift our shields, and hold them up into the air. Archidon jump onto our shield, and jump again as we throw them into the air. They all fly a good ten feet high, almost hitting their heads on the roof of the cavern. They all draw their arrows and rain hell upon the Changelings. Each one fires off three arrows with prefect accuracy as they come back down to the ground. We let them land back on our shields, and throw them in an arc forward. They fly right over the heads of fighting Swordwrath, and let loose a blanket of arrows behind them as they pass over the Changelings. They land on their feet at the other edge of the cavern, all standing up and letting loose arrows into any Changeling they see. We all lift our shields up as one, and charge forward. The Swordwrath hear us coming, and back flip over us as we run through the Changelings with our spears. We slam our shields outward to knock the bodies off of our spears, allowing us to stab once more. Within a minute more of stabbing and shooting, the final Changeling falls. The near three hundred Changelings taken out like the bugs they are. I flick the green blood off of my spear, and start to move towards a second cavern, “Come on now, we’re not done until every Changeling lays dead!” I move into the second cavern, only to hear the sound of an explosion. When my eyes clear the bring light, I can see a fight happening. Changeling bodies are scarred all over the ground in varying states of wholeness. In the middle of the cavern is a huge Changeling, presumably the Queen, who is fighting against Harry. I can see the Queen swing her sword at him, which he blocks with his staff. He looks over my way, “You took your time! Mind helping?” The Queen backs away, only to be hit on the head by Harry’s staff. I rush in, stabbing my spear forward as I rush her. She flies into the air with no problems, deftly avoiding my attack. She spots my spear being overextended, and drops down on it as she transforms into a weight. She lands on my spear, forcing me to let go of it, and pull out my sword from my side. I rush forward as she transforms back, nicking her in the cheek with my sword. With my other arm, I bash her to the side with my shield. She goes spinning away, but she uses this to her advantage. She continues to spin as to face me, swatting my sword out of the way as it goes towards her. Her horn lights up, and I can feel my sword be wrenched from my grasp. Then an explosion rings out under her, sending both us and my sword flying across the cavern. I flip in the middle of the air, and get out my final weapon. My dagger, a Changeling horn sharpened and put at the end of a grip. I drag it out and rush at the Queen as she gets back up. She looks at me, ready to react, until she sees what I carry as a weapon. Upon sight of the horn, despair fills her eyes. I use this to my advantage, cutting off her horn with one blow. She takes it like a champ, barely even flinching. Then, I stab her right in the stomach with the knife. With that stab, she finally screams. However, this isn’t a scream of pain, but a scream of misery and despair. She collapses onto her side, tears flowing freely from her eyes, “What have you done? What have you done?!” It takes me a second to realize what she’s talking about, then I look at where I stabbed. Right into the stomach of a Queen of a race of bugs. I take an involuntary step back as I realize what I’ve done, “Oh... oh fuck...” She coughs roughly as she bleeds out, “My entire race, wiped out in a single day. All I wanted was for them to be happy...” I hear tiny little scampering on the ground, as a mini-Changeling rushes up to the Queen. It prods at her, trying to flip her over with her muzzle. The Queen leans over and nuzzles the child, “Shh... don’t worry. You’ll probably be with mommy again in a minute.” She coughs once more, and face towards me, “Please... I know I did wrong, but please... take mercy upon her. Don’t allow the Changeling’s to die out... all because of me.” I observe the Queen with indifference, “Yes, you did do wrong. You fucked with the wrong Inamoratans.” Another Spearton walks up to the pair, and holds his spear above the child, “Let me take care of the pest.” He is about to plunge it down, until I stop him by putting my knife against his neck, “Stay your spear or this will slit you open.” I look to the Queen who smiles, “Thank you... protect... Asta...” She fades away as she loses the last of her blood. I look at the Changeling child, and reach down to pick it up. It doesn’t struggle as I lift itself up to my face. It’s pure green eyes meet my pure white ones. I look into it’s eyes, sympathy rushing through me for one so similar. I don’t smile as I look at the child, only meet it’s eyes, “Welcome to the Speartons, Asta.”