The darkness was evident after the beginning of nightfall, but when one is in space, such things doesn’t bother them. Church was no different. He looked upon his fleet of over one hundred thousand strong, covering Equus.te Still, he hadn’t gotten any threats to move them from the planet by Celestia nor Luna.
*Perspective: Dr. Leonard Church (Epsilon)*
20:00
Equus’s orbit.
Overlord Fleet.
“Director, the displaced have returned, it’s your turn to announce your position.”
“I’ll tell them later,” I said calmly, “For now I need to meet some...old family and friends.”
I clutched Asuna and Kirito’s tokens before I finally said, “I need you. Now.”
Seconds later a voice I recognised as Asuna’s said “We’ll be over… what's wrong?
“It’s...been 10 years…” I choked out.
Seconds later two portals open behind me as both Kirito and Asuna walk out from them before it closes before Asuna says “10 years? Really?”
“Gave me enough time to make a fleet this big...10 years…” I pointed to the planet covered with ships that had a very confusing look.
Kirito then walks over to a window before saying “So that’s Sabastian’s Equestria.”
“Where have you been…?”
“Crystal Empire” Admits Kirito.
“How long has it been for you?” I ask desperately.
“just over a week” replies Kirito.
I proceed to start cursing, “ScheiBe! Shit! Fuck! Universe! You **********************” before changing it to Russian so nobody can understand the rest.
Asuna then sighs before saying “still can’t stop yourself, can you.”
I wave it away dismissively, “What’s your position on this...new war, as they say, I’m just going to call it The War of Why the fuck is there another war?”
“we’re with Sebaste” replies Kirito
“Can you guess whose side I’m on?”
“your own,” guesses Asuna.
“As always.” I agree, “I just happen to be allies to both sides. So fuck it. I ain’t fighting.” Amor suddenly walks in and Gibbs slaps me.
Kirito then laughs and says “some things never change… It’s good to see you, Amor.”
Amor hugs Kirito for a few seconds before relenting and doing the same with Asuna.
Asuna then smiles and says “How have thing been for you.”
“My dad is being stupid again. He stole over a million ships. One does not simply steal that many ships…”
Kirito then sighs before saying “some things never change, we just need to learn to accept it.”
“I’m pretty sure you can see why I would not fit in on either the ‘Bad’ side or the ‘Good’ side,” I said.
“we already know you well enough to guess that, though, anyway, why are you staying here what happened to your universe,” asks Asuna.
“Uh… we don’t talk about that…” I said even though I knew they weren’t going to simply let it go.
“Yes. We do. You never told me why you made us leave in such a rush.” Amor retorted.
“Uh…” I started hesitantly.
Kirito then sighs before saying “if it’s not something you want to talk about we’ll drop it.”
“Ehhhhhh… Have you ever heard of a...supernova?” I asked.
“Oh, that's not good” admits Asuna
“And NO. I will NOT ask that Jason Hughes guy for help.” I nearly screamed.
“Jason who?” they both asked in confusion
“That “Mr. I can rewrite your universe,” I said darkly.
“So basically a god,” says Kirito bluntly.
“A wannabe god.” I corrected.
“Sound like he’s a bit big headed to me” admits Asuna
“What’s even worse is… he’s a ‘hero’ type that gets up in your business and threatens you and stuff. I fucking hate those.” Amor slapped me again for that.
“well, you must really love Craig then,” Asuna says whilst glaring at me
“Wait what?” I asked in genuine confusion.
“You said he hate hero types… well don’t a lot of people refer to him as a hero?” explains Kirito
“Uh… I haven’t really noticed.” I said.
“Sadly they do and he hates it but he has to accept it” admits Asuna
“Where is he? I’d like him to be here as well. But I couldn’t find his token…”
“well… we don’t know… I can call him maybe he’ll pick up?” says Asuna.
“Do it.” Amor said before I could even speak.
Asuna then smiles and says “We’ll try.” She then pulls out Craig’s token before saying “Craig would you mind coming here?”
Seconds later a portal appears behind me as Craig walks out… however unlike normal he appeared depressed and wore a hood over his head covering his face.
“I don’t think you used the right one. We got the wrong Craig.” I said bluntly.
“If you're just going to mock me, I’ll leave right now” muttered Craig.
“Nevermind, that’s definitely the right Craig,” I muttered when I realized he talked like Craig.
Craig then sighs before saying “I'm sorry I've had a rough month, Discord being ripped out of me, getting every bone in my body broken… kind of lost the will at the moment.”
“Oh. I haven’t seen you guys in 10 years, 8 months, 2 weeks, 5 days and 1 hour. So I wouldn’t really know.” I said seriously.
“Don’t worry about it, I’ll be fine… I just don't fight anymore”
“Not like my universe got destroyed or anything…” I whispered though I didn’t notice that everyone heard.
Craig then looks up then says “I’m sorry that that happened to you Church.”
“Eh, that place sucked anyways. They kept sending ships after me. In fact, so many so that… um… well, look outside.”
Craig then walks towards the window before saying “Gez… you got enough enemies yet. Anyway if your universe is gone who’s are we in?”
“Eh… Sebaste, and Sebastian’s.”
Craig then looked at me and said “are you kidding me… do we seriously keep meeting the same people?”
“Shh… Celestia still hasn’t done anything about the fact that I’ve covered the whole planet in ships so that it has no sunlight or anything. I didn’t even realize I had that many ships…”
“Sure you're not part dragon and you're hoarding ships.” jokes Craig
Kirito then smiles before saying “well you seem to be getting back to normal.”
“It’ll be a while till I begin to feel like myself again.” Craig then looks at Amor and says “How are you doing Amor.” She shrugged in response.
“My dad is still being dumb as always,” She said simply.
“Sounds about right” agrees Craig.
Craig then looks at Asuna and says “what changed with you?”
“well, we adopted a new daughter only for her to be trapped in the crystal empire when it disappeared again.”
Amor glowered at Asuna, “Am I not good enough?” She said jokingly.
“that’s not the case… she was like your dad, and well I guess I just wanted to begin to get the family we had at home back.”
“Well, you’re getting it back. We’re not going anywhere. We’re always in reach…” Amor said in a melodious sing-song voice.
Craig then lowers his hood then says “you know I said if you ever wanted to talk just call… so don’t start getting depressed… you’ll start acting like me”
“Wait, who are you talking to?” I asked Craig in confusion.
Craig then laughed and said, “I was talking to Asuna, Church.”
“Of course. You know what? Let’s go to one of your universes. This place is depressing me. It serves as a reminder that… I have no real home.” I said pessimistically.
Asuna then begins to laugh before saying “Are you forgetting that there is our reality… you’d be welcome to stay anytime you know that.”
Craig then smiles then says “we’ll head to my time… don’t really want to mess with the timeline back home.”
“What’s the difference?” I asked in confusion.
“Don’t forget we are from Craig’s past, if he hasn’t been there before it could mess everything up… also, you saw what Craig’s time is like, and we're even further back in the timeline,” explains Kirito.
“Well, whatever. I need a… something to kill or something. Or friendship. Something. I’ll take anything at this point.” I said, “Let’s...go.”
“I’m with you,” says Craig before saying “do you still have a method to home in on my reality.”
“If I had this many ships and they were all incapable of space travel, what would the point of having them be?”
“Not really much use,” admits Craig.
“And just so you know, I’m taking the entire fleet with me. They’re no use if they’re not in range.” I grabbed Craig’s Token and inserted it into a slot before a swirling portal appeared that was the size of a planet like Earth in width and height right near Mars. “Liftoff!” Everyone suddenly felt nauseous as the entire fleet rocketed off into the portal at Faster Than Light speeds. When everyone regained control of their stomachs, we were in a very obviously different universe.
Craig then sighs before saying “Well, I'm home… not been around as much as I would have liked… it will be nice to see everyone again”
“Ah, that reminds me. We’re dropping down by pods.” I said bluntly.
“You do that a lot” mocks Craig before saying “I’ll meet you on the ground”
“Nope. You’re going in as well.” I throw Craig into a drop pod and activate it before he can do anything.
Asuna then sighs before saying “was that really necessary”
“It is for what I’m going to do.” I paused for a moment before starting, “ Helljumper, Helljumper, where you been? Feet first into hell and back again! When I die please bury me deep! Place an MA5 down by my feet! Don’t cry for me, don’t shed no tear! Just pack my box with PT gear! Cuz one early morning ‘bout zero-five! The ground will rumble, there’ll be lightning in the sky! Don’t you worry, don’t come undone, it’s just my ghost on a PT run!” I sang before I jumped into a pod. The pod door closed and hissed before my ecstatic screaming became impossible to hear.
Asuna and Kirito then look towards Amor before Asuna says “you got any ideas what he’s planning?”
“Nope. I’m starting to think he doesn’t ever actually plan any of this.” Amor said bluntly.
Kirito then looks towards the planet before saying “I think he’s worried about Craig… he seems off, distracted.”
“That may be due to the fact that for some reason there are a lot of explosions occurring outside.” She points a hoof to the unusual occurrence outside.
Asuna then sighs before saying “We better head down… you coming, Amor… I bet Scootaloo would like to see you.”
“Why is th...Oh.” Amor said in sudden understanding.
Kirito then smiles before saying “Anyway how do the pods work? He didn’t really say.”
“You’re going to hate me for this but, It drops you through an atmosphere. As in, atmospheric entry.” Amor said very seriously.
Kirito then laughs before saying “whats life without risks?”
“Many have died from combat drops in these things. Luckily the risks are much lower since this isn’t a combat drop.” Amor said bluntly. “Those that weren’t shot out of the sky in the war landed in very bad places. The ponies of Equestria and the species of every other nation have to have noticed the one million plus strong fleet hovering over the planet that is bigger than the planet it is orbiting.”
“point taken… we better get down there… Celestia won’t be happy” says Asuna
“Okay. Let’s go.” They all got into their respective drop pods and after a few minutes of intensive and scary unsafe flying, they crashlanded straight into the throne room of Canterlot.
Asuna then slowly crawled out of the pod before muttering “dammit Church” She then looks up to see Celestia looking at her then says “Hello Celestia… it’s been awhile hasn’t it?”
She then begins to smile before saying “It has… but why destroy the roof?”
I jump out of the ground and yell, “IT’S JUST MY GHOST ON A PT RUN!”
Amor sighed, “Have you not noticed the fleet above the planet that is glaringly obvious? The one blocking all the sunlight and making it darker than nighttime?” She asked Celestia in genuine confusion.
Celestia then sighs before saying “It’s better than losing my sister again.”
“Okay, since you said that, you better not bitch if I’m too lazy to tell my fleet to move.” I said bluntly before crawling out of the wreckage.
Craig then mutters “Church… never do that again.”
“Oh don’t lie. I know you got a guilty pleasure from that.” I said slyly.
Kirito then smiles before saying “lighten up Craig… you need to have a bit of fun”
A very ‘inappropriate’ car fell out of the sky and landed next to Church. “My car! She’s back!”
Craig then sighs before putting his hood back up before saying “i’ll be outside if you need me” before walking out the room.
Asuna then stares at him before saying “This is not like him”
“He been like this for a week… he seems constantly depressed, he keeps going to the statue garden and just sitting in front of your statutes until the sun sets.” says Celestia.
“Well, I know just the way to make that go away. It’s a bad way, but any way is better than this way.” I said.
“If you do anything inappropriate Church, god help me…” mutters Kirito
“Who says I haven’t already?” Church pointed to his race super Sultan RS that had a lewd looking Princess Robot Bubblegum painted on it.
“Just be careful with him… he’s not been the same since Discord was ripped out of him… said something about him threatening everyone he cared about?” explained Celestia.
“Why would that mess him up? Discord is a jackoff. Loki on the other hand. MUWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!” I laugh in a very evil O’Mally like manner before going into a coughing fit in front of everyone.
Asuna then sighs before saying “Calm down… let’s just try to sort out Craig… I think he needs some help.”
Celestia then smiles before saying “Oh and you may want to look at the statue called Redemption… maybe it’ll do something for your old family?”
“WHY AM I ALWAYS IN DEPRESSING FUCKING SCENARIOS?!” I scream before I smash my fist into the floor, breaking through it completely.
“CALM DOWN NOW DIMITRI” orders Asuna.
I faint upon hearing the one thing I hadn’t heard in...decades.
Kirito then rolls his eyes before saying “Is he always like this now?”
“You do realize he hasn’t been called that name in over a decade?” Amor said with crossed forelegs.
Asuna then says “Well… I guess I wanted him to stop acting like a child.” She then walk over to Church before attempting to pick him up to no avail before saying “what's he been eating he weighs a ton!”
“You do realize he is in half a ton or 1000 pound MJOLNIR powered assault armor right?” Amor deadpanned.
Asuna then sighs and says “that actually makes a lot of sense… Do you know a way of waking him up?”
“No.”
Kirito then sighs before saying “well that's great… i’m going to try and help Craig… catch me up when he wakes up” replied Kirito as he walked out the room.
My suit starts blinking a red color and beeping continuously. A recovery beacon.
Asuna then sighs before saying “Really Church, really?” No response.
“Oh no… That's not good.” Amor said quietly. She sent a very large jolt of electricity into my suit to slight avail. My suit responded with a blue light as opposed to the previous red.
“Recovery complete.” It said in a female electronic voice.
Asuna then sighs before saying “Is that really all it was?”
Amor shrugged. I was already standing up. “Hm… This won't do. Ahriman has already attacked beforehand. He'll do it again.” I grabbed my pistol in realization. “I must go! I'm detecting large amounts of ships entering his aerospace!”
“But that's abrupt!” Amor protested.
“Relax Amor if something's up, he needs to make sure it’s fine, don’t worry about us we’ll sort Craig out and see you again.”
A portal opened and I rushed through it. My fleet disappeared from the sky. “Bye!” Amor said.
“I’ll see you soon... Good luck.” replied Asuna.
-Kirito’s Pov-
As I made my way towards the statue gardens i began to think just how different things where in comparison to what it’s like in the past.
I then saw the silhouette of Craig sitting below two statues that I soon realized was, in fact, me and Asuna. This left me to think he wasn’t lying about us being in stone… is this going to be our fate? I then see Craig stand up and then walk towards another statue before just standing there.
As I get closer as I heard him muttered “what did Sombra do to earn the name redemption?”
I then place a hand on his shoulder before I said “well… he was being controlled when we found him earlier today.”
“Sombra was controlled… Yeah right, next you’ll be saying you joined the War of Shadows.” mocked Craig.
“Well, not the War of Shadows… but Ahriman’s started another war with Sabaste and Sabastian.” I admitted regretfully.
Craig then sighed before he said “Ahriman… I wish I never met him some days… if I hadn’t maybe I wouldn’t be in the state I am now.”
I then glared at him angrily before I shouted “Craig snap out of it! You are not weak! You have never been weak!” I then placed a hand on his chest before I muttered “What happened to the brother who never gave up… who wouldn’t let innocents suffer.”
“His spirit was broken, crushed and scattered… I’m not that person anymore… I’m just a weak replica of him.” whimpered Craig.
I then screamed “Craig! Stop it!”
He then looked at me before he whispered “but all I am is some pathetic weakling… I can’t stop them… any of them, they could kill everyone and i’d be unable to stop them.”
I then looked towards him, placed a hand below his chin and said “then let me stop them for you.”
He then looked up and said “no… he’ll crush you… he’ll kill your spirit like he did mine… I was stronger than you and Khârn just beat me to a pulp by himself.”
“Then help me… teach me what you know about them… maybe make a difference instead of thinking you can’t do anything but be a medic now… you can still fight better than most of us… so why are you just acting like you can't fight back!”
“because I can’t!” shouted Craig.
“what?”
“I can’t fight back… I can’t open up and try to protect people… all those sins I’ve committed when Discord was in control… I can’t stand the feeling of them crawling on my back anymore… I thought… if I chose to not fight anymore, I wouldn’t end up killing anyone else.” muttered Craig.
I then look at him as Asuna walk up behind us as I asked Craig “what did he do?”
“He threatened to take full control… force me to watch him destroy you… kill Scootaloo, and then murder everyone I care about.” whispered Craig as he began to cry.
Asuna then walked beside him before she said “Craig…I don’t know what happened to you… but we will get revenge for what they did to you… but you need to get back to what you are.”
I then smiled before I shouted, “stand up Private!”
He then looks at me and says “Who made you the boss of me?”
“Celestia…. one-thousand years ago” I joked.
Asuna then laughs before saying “So you better drop your weakling act and get back to normal soldier.”
Craig then smiled before he said “You won’t be able to beat him… any of them… at least not how you are.”
I then look towards him as I asked Craig “What would you do then… let him destroy their world?”
“No… you learn some new tricks” explains Craig as some strange symbols appear on the ground.
I then look at him before I shouted in surprise “those are the symbols for a Skyrim shout.”
“Yes, this is for Elemental Fury, using this you will be able to swing your swords faster.” Craig replies as bright white lines of light surrounded me before I felt some sort of power flow through me and he continued to say “The words for this thu’um are Su Grah Dun… give it a few tries.”
“thank you… this could help”
Craig then smiled before he flicked his screen down before a screen appeared in front of me that read Craig would like to loan you an item along with a tick and a cross below the screen which I promptly accepted before a strange rifle appeared in my hands before I asked him “what is this?”
“It was a gift from church a while back, a sniper rifle we modified increasing its power… I doubt it could penetrate any of their armour but you could use it to support any allies you have.” Craig explained before turning towards Asuna as a second set of symbols appeared on the floor.
Asuna then smiled before asking Craig “what will this do?”
“This is a Thu’um called Drain Vitality, at each stage of the shout you can drain your opponent of their health, stamina or their magic.” explained Craig as multiple purple lines surrounded her.
Seconds later she asked him “Ok and what are the words”
“The words are Gann Lah Haas. Gann drains their stamina for thirty seconds, Gann Lah drains their stamina and magic for thirty seconds and the whole shout will drain stamina, magic and health for thirty seconds.”
“So this will weaken anyone who attacks me if I use it?”
“It should… although I must say I've never used these shouts… hopefully, they’ll help you fight them.” He then stood up before saying “however… if you can’t beat me you have no chance to beat even one of them”
I then look at him before I asked him “what do you mean?
Craig then smiled before he said “let's fly… let's not fight here.”
“Where are we going?” I asked Craig
“I have a place I use to train with Scootaloo and Rainbow Dash… I think that would be a good place to train.”
I then smile as both mine and Asuna wings appear and we all begin to levitate off the ground before beginning to fly towards Ponyville.
-Craig’s POV-
As we got closer to the training grounds I saw the image of two ponies in the field as we began to slowly descend towards the ground.
Once we all landed I heard a voice shout “Dad! You’re here!”
I then smile before saying “that I am… and, I’m on the path to recovery.”
“You mean!” Shouted Scootaloo excitedly.
Asuna then smiled before saying “He’s going to get back to how he was before the war.”
Scootaloo then noticed Asuna and Kirito before running over to them before giving them both a hug before saying “It’s great to see you again auntie, uncle.”
Kirito then laughs before he said, “same goes for you scootaloo.”
“Anyway Scoots, Rainbow… I need you both to take five I need to have a two on one with them both.” I explained
Rainbow Dash then looks at me before saying “Okay then… come one squirt we don’t want to be in their way.”
Scootaloo then looks towards me before she said “be careful”
“I will be” I reply before drawing one my sword then saying “You both ready?”
Kirito then laughs before drawing his Photon Sword and Church's Token before saying “That I am”
Asuna then nodded as her sword formed beside her.
“Well then” I then jumped into the before shouting “begin!” as then both looked up as I threw multiple objects around the field before disappearing.
I then reappear just behind them then shouted “Come on. you need to be faster than that” before they began to turn around as I teleported again.
Kirito then shouted, “Don’t you use that abridged joke on me.”
“Oh, I won’t” I admitted before a dark blue skin spread over my body as I once again disappear.
I then slowly hover towards them as they move toward each other with their backs together before I heard Kirito say “If we stick together he can’t take us down”
I then smirk at this as I think they really think it’s going to be that easy? as I slowly approach them.
I then see Asuna turn around towards me as I hear her say “Ek skýt fjórir ískaldur ör” as four icicle shaped arrows flew towards me causing me to teleport out the way before she quickly cast another spell that seemed to do nothing except surrounding them in a white glow.
I then decide to tighten my grip on my sword before landing and charging Asuna as Bii camouflage dropped making me visible. However seconds before I made contact a pair of blades collided with my own knocking it away from Asuna.
“Come on bro, I know you are better than this” mocked Kirito.
I then sighed as I grabbed both of my swords before saying “You asked for it” and charged Kirito as our blades clashed as we blocked each other blow for blow before I began smirking before I said, “Got a familiar gift for you.”
“what do you mean?” asked Kirito.
I then took a deep breath before is shouted “Fus Ro Dah!” knocking him flying before he lost his grip on his Photon Sword as it fell from his grasp and I teleported behind him whilst sheathing one of my swords before placing a hand on his back as a small black seal appeared below my hand as I removed it before delivering a punch straight to the centre of his back sending him flying back towards Asuna.
Asuna then Grabbed Kirito as he began coughing before he said “Be careful… he’s clearly holding back.”
I then begin to laugh before I said “actually this is almost the best I can do… my powers have diminished somewhat since I haven't been training.”
Asuna then smiled before she said, “well maybe I need to teach you a lesson.” Seconds later some symbols appeared around of her as she said “Þeír slíta fimm grœnn vindr” As soon as she finished the incantation five green boomerangs shaped waves of energy flew towards me at high speed, which I promptly dodged before I felt an object that seemed to travel with the speed of a bullet traveled into my back, causing me to fall forwards.
I then pushed one hand into the ground causing me to flip into the air, however just before I landed I heard Asuna shout “Gann Lah Haas!” I then hit the ground as I began to feel my energy drain out of me as I began to collapse onto one knee.
I then slowly look up before I mutter “I’m not letting you beat me that easily.” I then slowly begin to stand up as my hair began to glow and begin to stand on edge before Asuna began to charge me with her rapier.
I then look up as my arm begins to glow as a strange black object with a three-pronged paw appeared on my wrist which I recognised as the Grappling hook from Just Cause 3.
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I then quickly aimed it at Kirito’s body before the claw attached to his back and then towards the charging Asuna as another claw attached to her chest that instantly spun her around before launching her towards Kirito’s body before they slammed into each other knocking Kirito unconscious and leaving Asuna dazed. I then bolted forwards before striking Asuna in the chest and leaving her lying on the floor unconscious as well.
I then sighed as I thought their going to get annihilated by Khârn, they’ve got no chance. With that, I walk over to Kirito then Asuna and carry the over to a nearby wall before placing them against it with their backs resting against it.
I then looked back to Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo before saying “you can now continue training if you like.”
They both then nodded to me as they walk back onto the field.
-Kirito’s POV-
As I woke back up I looked around me to see Scootaloo somehow holding a wooden training sword in her hoof whilst trying to strike Craig who was simply stepping out of the way of each strike before Scootaloo switched and began blocking multiple strikes from Craig.
I then heard a groaning beside me I turned my head to see Asuna rubbing the side of her head before I said “So… he beat you to.”
“Yeah… I thought I had him then he dragged you into me and used that distraction to take me down… he’s fast and he says the people were facing are stronger than him.”
I then heard someone beside me say “you realise that he spends almost all his time training me and the squirt right?”
I then looked next to me to see Rainbow Dash hovering beside us before I said “He’s a different person to what he was before he disappeared.”
“What was he like before… he’s told us that he was… well bullied every day.”
Asuna then sighs before she replied “He was… he came home often injured… he’d just come home and hide in his room for hours on end.”
“So he really was as broken as he said.” Rainbow Dash said clearly upset but that fact that Craig hadn’t been lying to her before she continued to say “you know I was hoping he was lying about his past.”
“We wish he could sometimes,” I admitted “however he can’t so he learnt to live with it… and now he has a new life… this is the happiest I've seen him in years.”
Rainbow Dash then looks at me in confusion before Asuna says “Well I guess you are right… He had almost completely given up on friendship before he disappeared hadn’t he.”
Craig then slowly looked over towards us before I saw both him and scootaloo bow to each other before they both walked towards us. Once they got closer to me Craig smiled before he said “enjoy your sleep?”
I then glared at him before saying “very funny… you didn’t need to knock us out.”
“There was a valid point to that… if I hadn't knocked you out you wouldn't have realised how easily those you are going to fight will be able to kill you.”
“So what's your point,” I asked
“The point, to put it bluntly, is that if you try to fight them head on you will be killed easily, the only way you’ll survive effectively is to keep together and work as long range snipers.” He then tosses Asuna some binoculars before saying “I’m guessing you wouldn't have had much practice using any guns so it would be better if you used these to locate targets for Kirito the eliminate.”
“I suppose that could work.” agreed Asuna.
Craig then reaches into his pocket before saying “and you may want these.” as he pulls out four spherical shaped objects before he continued to say “these are some special modified EMP grenades they will block magic and shut down and electronic equipment… be careful with them I've only ever used them one other time.”
“anything else we should know?” I asked.
“Not that I can think off… just be careful out there and… give them hell.”
I then smile before saying “well then good luck in your recovery bro… hopefully next time we meet you’ll be back to your normal self.”
“Let’s hope that's the case” Craig then smiles before continue to say “Kirito, Asuna our contract is complete.”
Seconds later a portal appeared below us as I say “and you give them hell in the War of Shadows… once the war is done I'll return your rifle.”
“Nah Keep it till we meet again” admitted Craig before he continued to say “good luck”
I then smile as we salute each other before we fell through the portal.
