Corrupted Radiatons

by Michael Rogers

  Holland: "Ha ha, nice!" *He felt the ground vibrate, watching Freya land and slide across the dirt.*

  Lezard: "Oh my, scrumptious!" *He yelled in the distance, cheering Freya on.*

  Tyler: *He looked up and watched the Scoldrant regain its concentration, before diving towards Freya at incredible speeds.* "Oh no, here!" *He reached into the bag, throwing an orange coloured ball into the air.* "Paralysing Vapours!"

  Lezard: *He watched the ball explode, causing an orange dust cloud to hover in the air.* (He's quick with his fingers, I bet he's got a lot of girls after him.)

  Scoldrant: *It dived through the orange cloud, flying into striking distance.* "Meehee-"

  Tyler: *He watched the Scoldrant prepare to attack Freya.* (It should've worked-)

  Scoldrant: "Roo-" *Its hooves awkwardly touched the ground, knocking it into a violent spiral across the ground.*

  Freya: *She looked behind her in shock, staring at the Scoldrant in confusion.* "Growlith?"

  PKMY: "Crippling might, twenty two finger wind gales strike."

  Blake: "A level twenty two?" *He stood still, as a swarm of spider-like Scoldrants rampaged past him towards PKMY.*

  PKMY: "Heh." *She watched several spiders jump into the air while others formed a ring around her.*

  Holland: *He looked over his shoulder, noticing the Scoldrants gather around PKMY.* "We have to-, urgh." *He gagged in mid-sentence, holding his chest in pain.*

  Tyler: "H-Holland?!"

  Holland: (My ribs?) *He gently inspected each rib, intensely staring at Freya in distress.*

  Lezard: "Quick fingers, focus on our feisty friend." *He glanced at Tyler, looking at PKMY.*

  Tyler: "R-Right!" (Everyone has more experience with fighting than me, so I have to learn as much as I can from them-)

  PKMY: *She took a deep breath, watching her fists vibrate.* "Take this, you heap of shits!" *She watched her fists blur and lose image, cueing her to flashstep.*

  Tyler: "Where did she go?"

  PKMY: *She moved in slow motion and looked up, noticing three spiders in striking distance.* (Alright-) *She looked over her shoulder, counting the spiders around her.*

  Lezard: (She's quite fast! But surely not as fast as our angelic archer and smashing swordsman-)

  PKMY: *She jumped into the air towards the closest spider, landing on its back.* (He's making me waste my Neurons-) *She punched down, causing its insides to blow up.* (And I hate to say, but it's working-)

  Blake: (Knowing Amy, she'll go out and leave herself exhausted-)

  PKMY: (The other two are in kicking range-) *She bent down and did a handstand on the spider's back, kicking the remaining two in the air.*

  Blake: "Not as fearful as your sister but I need more help." *He reached into his leather pocket, pulling out a small green coloured orb.*

  Lezard: *He stepped back while holding onto his cone-shaped hat with one hand.* (There's his Summonce Scarbra!)

  PKMY: *She touched the ground with her right toe and started to spin her body.* "ICICLE EDGE"

  Tyler: *He watched shards of ice form around PKMY in confusion.* (Sh-She knows ice too?!)

  PKMY: "Harh!" *She waved her arms, blasting the ice in a spiral-like motion into different directions.*

  Holland: *He smirked in pain.* "Look at her go."

  Tyler: "Look at what? I can hardly see her, she's moving way too fast."

  Lezard: "He's right, I'm hardly keeping up too."

  Holland: *He focused on PKMY, as the purple ring around his iris rotated.* (Is this what you see, Freya?)

  Freya: "Grrri-" *She lay on her side, whimpering on the ground in pain.*

  PKMY: *She smirked, watching an ice shard pierce each Scoldrant.* (By practising my Sonic Drilldriver, my aiming improved tenfold-)

  Blake: *He watched PKMY's image reappear in the circle of Scoldrants.* (She didn't attack-?)

  *One of the Scoldrants in the air suddenly exploded, slamming into the ground.*

  Blake: "Wah?!" *He watched the other two airborne Scoldrants blast into opposite directions.*

  Lezard: *He looked amazed and stared at the ice shards, watching the Scoldrants twitch.* (The ice shards have rendered them motionless. What delicious accuracy!)

  Blake: (She did all that in one flashstep!) "Right, you're a dog, aye." *He hissed with emotion, as the orb in his hand shined.*

  PKMY: *She took a deep breath and stood straight, wiping a thin layer of sweat off her forehead.* "Wateva."

  Blake: *He watched several spider legs fall from the sky around PKMY.* "Hear my call-" *He mumbled, cupping the orb with both hands.*

  Tyler: *He stuttered in fear and walked closer towards Blake to see what was in his hands.* "What is that?"

  Lezard: "A Summonce Scarbra." *He glanced at Tyler.* "These old bones know it's a fight, but try to keep up with the action and the information delivery."

  Tyler: "S-Sorry."

  Lezard: "If the readers can keep up, surely Lezard thinks you should, too."

  Tyler: "H-Huh?"

  Freya: (Summonce Scarbra?) *She whimpered in thought, catching Holland's attention.*

  Holland: *He nodded his head.* (I've heard Keno say that once-) "A what?"

  Tyler: *He clicked his fingers in realisation.* "I remember reading about them, they say that some stones have the power to bring forth unknown Neurons and Astragons."

  Lezard: "You're quite knowledgeable, child. That's correctly correct."

  Tyler: "Correctly correct?"

  Lezard: "Shh." *He giggled.* "See, you knew the whole time."

  PKMY: *She focused all her attention on Blake.* "You could never beat me."

  Blake: "True."

  PKMY: "So, what's with the smirk?!"

  Blake: "When was the last time you let your Neurons and Astragons mix at their full power?" *His hair started to flick, as the orb started to generate powerful gusts of wind.*

  PKMY: "Tssk." *She tightened her fists, bracing herself for Blake's attack.*

  Blake: (And I have the element of surprise.)

  PKMY: "What is this new power of yours?"

  Blake: "Find out." *He half smirked, raising the orb over his head.* "Binding Vines!"

  Freya: *She panted on the ground and tilted her head, staring at the horse-like Scoldrant.* (It's getting back up!)

  Scoldrant: *It shook its head and stood up, watching the black markings on its body fade away.* "Meeheehe-" *It looked around surprised, as if it didn't know where it was and flapped its wings, flying away.*

  Lezard: "We need to go, the difference in summoning is that." *He coughed, intensely staring at Blake.* "It isn't determined by the summoner's power."

  Tyler: "Sorry-?" *Strong gusts of wind focused his attention back to Blake.*

  Lezard: (If those annoying vines get hold of us, it could be the end of our deliciously exciting story.)

  Blake: "..." *The air around him started to warp, drawing PKMY's attention.*

  PKMY: (Another Spacial Funnel?) *She covered her face, as her hair flicked back.*

  *Two gigantic vines hurtled out from the warped air and rumbled towards PKMY.*

  PKMY: "Shit."

  Tyler: "Oh my gosh!" *He squealed in fear, staring at the vines.*

  PKMY: (Looks like I've got no choice-) *She paused, taking a deep breath.* "Ougi-"

  Lezard: "She said Ougi?! Holy fish-cakes, this gets Lezard excited with fear!"

  Tyler: *He tried to stop shaking.* "Excited with fear?"

  Blake: *He watched the air radiate a visible red around PKMY, as more vines sprouted out from the Spacial Funnel.* (Too late for you to take me serious.)

  PKMY: *She opened her mouth and bit her finger, drawing out blood.* (Making me do this. Damn you, Blake-)

  ?????: "Drums of terror from the skies, flash down and amplify, LIGHTNING SLICE"

  Lezard: (That voice!) *He thought to himself in relief.* "Thankies! I was getting worried."

  Blake: "Huh-?" *He watched a stream of lightning flash down through the treet
ops, striking into the ground in front of PKMY.* (It's either that blind bitch or the hunchy cow!-)

  PKMY: *She watched the vines touch the lightning, instantly catching on fire, causing them to wither away.* (Lightning strong enough to cause flames to the touch!)

  Tyler: (Those vines would've hit PKMY if the lightning didn't stop them-)

  Lezard: "Marvellous, but you're late." *He sighed in relief, wiggling his bottom with a sudden boost in morale.*

  ?????: "Oh my, Lezard! Always getting in trouble."

  Tyler: *He watched a hunchbacked woman hobble out from behind a tree.* "The champion."

  Blake: "You lot are annoying aye." *He hissed, gritting his teeth.*

  Champion: "Lezard, everyone is waiting for you." *She puffed in exhaustion, awkwardly taking deep breaths.*

  Lezard: (Everyone?)

  PKMY: (She looks exhausted.)

  Lezard: "Everyone?" (Are they all safe?)

  Blake: "Don't ignore me!" *He shouted, causing an eruption of vines to sprout into the air.*

  Holland: "There're heaps." *He looked up at the vines, watching thorns spike out of them.*

  Lezard: "I'm sorry, but I need to leave you all."

  Tyler: "What-?"

  Lezard: "Don't fret, my delicious present will make you all happy."

  Tyler: "Present?"

  Lezard: "Use it to run." *He closed his eyes and straightened his arms, raising them above his head.* "Sacred light of Radiatons cluster and form, aid and replenish what has been lost-"

  PKMY: (Did that fool say Radiatons?)

  Lezard: *He watched a flicker of light swirl above the party, forming a ball.* "SOOTHING LIGHT" *He dropped his arms, causing four streams of white light to fall down and burst on top of each party member.*

  Blake: *He hissed in thought, watching white strings envelop Tyler, Holland, Freya and PKMY.* (The dancer and the healer, they never attack offensively, but they always help out that pesky guild!)

  Holland: (Hey, it's healing me.) *He looked at his hands in amazement, as a soothing wind of light healed and revitalised his stamina.*

  Freya: "Gruff?" *She barked in confusion, standing up in shock.*

  Lezard: "I hope to see you all again."

  Champion: *She pointed behind her and clicked her fingers, causing a purple glyph to draw itself on the ground.* "I have enough Neurons to teleport us both away-"

  Lezard: "Say no more." *He hobbled towards the glowing glyph, firmly holding his hat.*

  Holland: "What now?" *He stood up straight, staring at the growing vines.*

  PKMY: *She watched the light dissipate around her in amazement, slowly exhaling.* "Let's go." *She spun around and sprinted towards the party, ignoring Blake.*

  Blake: "I won't let you two get away again!" *He hissed, focusing all his attention on the champion and Lezard.*

  PKMY: *She ran past Tyler and Holland, grunting to catch their attention.* "I said, let's go!"

  Tyler: "R-Right." *He looked at PKMY and started to run after her, brushing a leaf off his shoulder.*

  Champion: "If those vines come any closer I will use Grand Rostical." *She leant forward due to fatigue, frowning at Blake.*

  Blake: (Summoning so many times in such a short amount of time has taken its toll on me.) *He whispered to himself, hiding his exhaustion.* (I never want to encounter an Ancioldrant again!)

  Lezard: *He stood behind the champion, staring at Blake.* "It looks like he's not going to attack, quickly-"

  Champion: (We're lucky-) *She closed her eyes, clicking her fingers.*

  Blake: *He watched Lezard and the champion disappear in a flash of purple light.* "This is crap." *He dropped to his knees and the orb in his hand stopped glowing, causing the vines to disintegrate into tiny white orbs.*

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  *The champion and Lezard suddenly stepped out of a flash of purple light and found themselves in a clean cut, grassy clearing.*

  Lezard: "Do you know how to teleport, champy?"

  Champion: "Rachael had this stone-" *She opened her hand and watched the stone crack and shatter into dust.* "Just like all these type of stones-" *She implied the stone cracking was normal, before wiping her hand against her robes.*

  Lezard: "What's happening?"

  Champion: "Rachael has gone towards Nathan and possibly Karol, but-"

  Lezard: "Loozamotto?"

  Champion: *She nodded her head.* "What happened with forewarning other people about this demon?"

  Lezard: "I was able to spread it, but I'm not sure if they believed me."

  Champion: "Does that explain your new friends?"

  Lezard: *He nodded his head.* "The devilish red head and the buffy Holly and, and, and, the intelligent quick fingers."

  Champion: (Being in a guild has boosted Lezard's self-confidence in the way he acts towards strangers.)

  Lezard: "Where are we going?"

  Champion: "Nathan and Karol need you to heal them as soon as possible."

  Lezard: *He nodded his head in understanding, adjusting his cone-shaped hat.* (If they need me to heal them, I shouldn't use Soothing Light so much.) "Why is everyone so exhausted? And why can't I feel Karol's Neurons? What has Lezard missed?"

  Champion: *She ignored Lezard and readied to hobble away.* "They're this way-"

  Quintess: "Which way?" *She smirked, snapping her blue whip.*

  Lezard: "Ooo-" *He squealed and hobbled behind the champion, staring at Quintess who stood on a tree branch.*

  Quintess: *She placed one hand on the tree for support, as she looked down in an evil-like manner.* "I'm not sure what that Scoldrant or Ancioldrant was, but it won't stop us from killing you."

  Lezard: *He glanced at the champion and back to Quintess.* (We're both long-ranged fighters, we should-)

  Champion: "Oh my, I'd like to see that." *She spoke in a serious-like manner, causing Lezard to shake his head in a defeated-like manner.*

  Quintess: "Oh?"

  Lezard: *He held the champion by the shoulders, readying to leave.* "She meant, have a delicious day and we'll be on our way."

  Champion: "Do you think you can handle my Rostical prowess?"

  Quintess: "What was that?" *She snapped the whip.*

  Lezard: "She meant, can you handle the prowess of the chocolate muffin?" *He tried to pull the champion away.* "Now let's go, champy-"