Chapter 184: Exposition
Ranger
Chapter 184: Exposition
By Wanderer D
Laetitia wasn't the only one that jumped when they heard the scream. Her eyes whipped to the restroom as the door exploded off its hinges and flew across the hall, into the kitchen and embedded itself on one of the tables, splattering food all around.
The light bulbs in the hallway exploded, casting it in impenetrable darkness.
The kitchen staff retreated, eyes wide as the ADVENT soldiers on guard ran towards the origin of the scream. They didn't get far before something snatched them and violently pulled them into the darkened hallway.
Their screams were cut short by crunching, squelching noises, and Laetitia had to fight down her flight instinct when metallic-orange blood sprayed out of the hall, halted in mid-air and was sucked back into the hallway.
Everyone stayed still, shocked and horrified, and for a moment, it seemed as if everything was over.
"Whatever you do, do not move," Luna's voice whispered. "Dark magic is ahoof, as bad as as the stuff of Nightmares."
Even though Laetitia wasn't aware of everything in Luna's life, she understood that the princess wasn't talking about simple dreams.
One of the cooks glanced at the door.
"Brace yourself!" Luna shouted.
Immediately, Laetitia gathered her psionic energy, forming a shimmering shield around herself as the cook attempted to run. The darkness reacted, and the lights exploded. Laetitia fell to the ground, covering her head and hoping her shield held as things were destroyed around her, accompanied by a cacophony of deathly screams and the sound of people being torn apart.
Around her, the building shook, possibly by the damage here, or things going to hell all over. Communication with the radio was down, and even if she could have talked to Central, the noise around her was driving her mad. "Stay strong," Luna's voice echoed in her head, and she felt the soothing presence of the princess. "We will survive."
Eventually all sound ceased and Laetitia dared look up. Pieces of bodies littered the floor, and blood and guts splattered the walls and even the roof.
"Can't you feel it?"
Laetitia's eyes widened as she slowly stood up and turned towards the darkened hallway, where Jane now stood. Incredibly, her fellow XCOM soldier was calm, as if nothing was going on. Most of her clothes were pristine, as they were earlier, but her hands up to her elbows were drenched in blood.
Jane smirked, lifting her right arm and looking down at the blood on it, before slowly licking the back of her hand. "Can't you feel it? Taste it? Smell it? See it?" she visibly shivered with obvious delight. "I can. It touches every inch of my skin and soul. It feels so good, Laetitia."
"J-jane?"
"Careful! She is under the influence of powerful dark magic!" Luna said, "Jane is not in control!"
"Jane, listen to me, ma cherie, you're not yourself, oui? You need to—"
"No, I can see your blood, Laetitia," Jane whined, her bloodied hands tracing down her face and neck, over her breasts and stomach, before she hugged herself and looked hungrily at the Templar. "It looks good. So good… let me share this with you, let me feed…"
"Fight!" Luna ordered, a decisive tone creeping into her voice. "Fight or die, Templar!"
Jane was halfway through the room in an instant, unearthly speed granted to her by whatever magic was possessing her. Laetitia tried to raise her barrier, but Jane's hands had turned into claws made of blood. The magic-infused limbs broke through her hastily erected shield like it was made of rice paper, and only her quick reflexes moved her outside of the claw's range.
"If the claws touch cut you, your blood will become infected," Luna warned. "We must-no!"
But her warning was too late. Laetitia had already sent a blast of psychic energy towards Jane, who crossed her arms in front of her to prevent the blue energy from hitting her unprotected body, just as blood-made tentacles flared from behind her and rushed towards Laetitia.
The moment the psychic blast smashed onto the magic-imbued claws, both energies crackled and pushed and pulled at each other, while the tentacles themselves descended on the Templar.
"Foolish! Do you forget what happens when magic and psychic energy mix?!" Luna's voice boomed inside Laetitia's mind as she felt the world melt away from her. Her mind was pulled away and she suddenly found herself in another body, a magical flare of power circling her as the energy around her crackled.
She tried to run, but her body was all wrong. She turned, facing the runes etched by magical energy, eyes widening as they flared up and her body was blasted from every angle. By the time she collapsed, she was already unconscious.
She felt the tentacles wrap tightly around her friend. "Good…" she would be a dutiful servant to her mistress. Jane shivered in lust-filled promises of blood and darkness, but frowned when she felt the tentacles dissipate into nothing.
She couldn't see what was going on; Laetitia's attack, while powerful, had done little more than blast the kitchen into pieces and shaken the room around, starting a fire where the ovens were and filling the room with a cloud of debris. The vents activated, drawing the particles away and clearing the view a little.
In her current state, she could see the blood flow of everyone around her, just like Sunset could… and the Templar's fast-beating heart had slowed down to a normal pulse, the adrenaline faded… too quickly, completely unnatural. Laetitia stood proudly in front of her, patiently waiting for the smoke and dust to clear fully.
But even more strange were the translucent wings sprouting from Laetitia's back, matching the ghostly form of a horn on her forehead, it was unlike anything Jane had ever seen before… it was like an angel—or a Valkyrie—had come down to Earth.
"You are an ally, fair Jane," Luna said, her magic slowly permeating every inch of the body she was in. "As such, I regret the actions I must take now. Perchance, once you are removed from this foul influence, you may find it in yourself to forgive me."
Luna grimaced, what she was doing was a risk; she could end up killing Laetitia as much as saving her. But a risk that needed to be taken. Not only for the noble Templar's sake, but for Sunset's—no, her teammates. After battling together (even if in secret) for so long, could she consider them anything less?
"What…" Jane crouched, and the blood all around them glowed, ready to follow her commands. "Who are you?"
Luna clapped her hands together, slowly drawing them apart. A magical sphere of white-blue energy formed between them, shimmering and spinning in place. She met Jane's eyes, unflinching. "Your salvation."
o.0.o End Chapter 184 o.0.o
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I am glad I am in a bunker for this shit... it is getting insane
Whelp folks, we tried. Sometimes things just don't work out. On to the next planet, this one's a loss.
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I sure hope Chrysalis has whatever's in her safe handy because she probably needs to get it deployed soon.
Edit: Thinking about it, if xcom finds adagio, they can figure out how the warlock stole her gem and use it to remove sunset's. I mean, it might leave her in a vegatative state, but that's xcom.
Aaaaaaaaaand that's another character added to MY database...
starting a fire where the ovens weer and filling the room with a cloud of debris
1. Were.
Oh yeah, if Pinky and AJ really are dead, Twi needs to grab hers, hell maybe all of her friends just to be safe, and get her through that mirror ASAP.
We need Rainbows on Sunset stat.
As for Luna, I hope she can use most of her magic on this side, somehow, or this is going to go very badly, very quickly.
Luna's going to save Jane, even if she has to destroy her in order to do it.
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Some may question your right to destroy ten billion people. Those who understand know that you have no right to let them live.
As I recall, there's no way to save blood witches that Luna admitted to knowing, so I guess Jane is out?
Sunset's not going to be happy if that's the case.
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but you can't see the fireworks from down there
*Opens box of popcorn*
Its getting good
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I know when to hide.. also can you fix my cam feed? it just went out on me
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Time to break out the Cyclonic Fruitcakes
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But Jane isn't the Blood Witch here. I'm guessing that the blood from Sunset's transfusion corrupted her. Luna is probably going to break the connection between the two of them somehow.
Damn, Luna knows how to make an entrance. Luna needs to keep it stalemate until sunset regains control.
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SUNSET!!!/ALUCARD!!!
Come on, love.... Come on, love... Come on, love....
Xcom now has two blood witch in the ranks. Now to find a way to control it.
Huh. I'd suspected the switch was intentional on Luna's part.
Well, Twilight is about to hear some very bad news...
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That was close. TOO close
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I'm pretty sure Jane is one now, at least as much as Sunset was at the start.
And so we're caught up. This seems incredibly risky for Luna as well as Laetitia. If that body dies or is corrupted, how will it impact the mind currently inhabiting it?
Also, this is just Jane riding the high of her transfusion. What in Alucard's name is Sunset doing with all that people juice?
Trenches to explosive halls
Are buried deep beneath the walls
Plant the charges there
And watch the city fear...
Laetitia is not going to survive this... and Jane is not going to be in an okay place when she comes to her senses. I can only imagine the sanity check Sunset is in for if she ever comes down from her blood-high. This is an all around sh
-storm.
Well. This is turning out to be some party.
I wonder what the fate of Jane will be in the end. Hope she does not become a blood witch. I mean we have a teamplar, reaper, viper, psionic super soldier (Anette), would it really be too much to ask to just have one normal bad ass among Sunsets little band? I really hope we get to keep one normal bad ass, as XCOM is known for.
I called it. Everything went bloody Hellsing levels of massacre.
Now we know what cause Luna and Laetitia's body transfer. Let's hope Luna can save Jane without killing her.
As for Sunset, the element would be needed to save her, but I think she'll need first a beating from Luna before she comply.
Things are escalating dramatically.
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Jane is more of a Blood Thrall, not a witch. Sunset is the Blood Witch... A full, insane one now.
Wow, that escalated quickly.
Oh hey, Luna came out to play.
I really hope that this doesn't end up being fatal for Jane or Laetitia. Or Luna, I suppose she might be at risk as well. I wonder if this is going to be the event that we last saw Equestria reacting to.
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where is that quote from?
as for this chapter. if this is how bad it is in the Kitchen I can only imagine how the dining hall looks.
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Warhammer 40k, In Exterminatus Extremis
"where the ovens weer and filling"
"where the ovens were and filling"?
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Roll a d20 your sanity save is dc 50
A really sudden turn of events.
I knew that something bad was going to happen because of the Blood Magic Corruption, but I didn't quite expect it to develop into something this extreme this quick. It's like throwing explosive onto a slightly out-of-control bonfire.
Also, go Princess Luna! Save them from the Influence!
P.S. Ex-principal Luna is gonna be overwhelmed with patients after this simmers down.
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Error fixed! Thanks!
Well Shit... That happend... Hope we don't get X-Com casulties!
I doubt we are lucky to have Tirek disposed off...
A goddess in a dying mortal body versus a blood drunk and dark magic possessed body...
MORTAL COMBAT!