Dominion of Everything Redux

Zac laughed a bit and took off his helmet as he approached the girl, "First off all, this is actually outdated armor, I just prefer to use it because of certain abilities this armor can do that later models can't. When they can add Armor Lock abilities to the models, I switch," Zac said as he gestured the soldier to leave,

"Tsubasa, ma'am, I will need to debrief you here soon, but first, head into the middle Pelican," Zac said as he gestured to the middle Pelican, "Since we have found who activated the portals, we need to debrief you on any info you know about other worlds, and/or the threat that plans to destroy them all,"

 

Tsubasa chose to ignore the man's speech about Armour Lock abilities because he didn't understand a word of it. The armour didn't look outdated by his world's standards anyway.
"I'm not sure I know anything you don't, but okay," he said as he hopped into the middle Pelican, waiting for the girl to follow.

"Oh! Do you have a name, miss?" Tsubasa asked the girl, because it was getting inconvenient to keep thinking of her as "the girl".

 

Zac brought them to the cock pit of the pelican and gestured them to sit down as he sat on the seat near the near the dash board and readied to type the information they were given, "Alright, first thing's first, I need your full names, age, occupation, abilities and origin of world before we can start asking the actual questions," Zac said, without looking at the other worlders, "That way, we can assign you to different missions, and figure out a plan to at least prevent them from consuming more worlds,"

 

"Marie. Et toi?" The girl, Marie, said with a smile. Tsubasa wasn't great with languages other than English and Japanese, but he could tell what she was asking.
Before Tsubasa could reply, Zac interrupted. "Alright, first thing's first, I need your full names, age, occupation, abilities and origin of world before we can start asking the actual questions," he said.

"My name's Tsubasa Miyashima," he replied, half to Marie and half to Zac. "I'm nineteen and I'm unemployed, although I've got some cleaning experience and a degree in English, if that counts for anything? I'm not uneducated, if that's what you're wondering.
My abilities... Besides being handy with a sword, I can also control myself," he said before realising how stupid that sounded; of course he could control himself. "Rather, I can control the energy inside me. Kind of like I can control my aura; it's like an extension of me. I haven't got round to mastering it just yet, but I'm working on it. And my world? No idea. How am I supposed to know the name of my world? An hour ago, I thought mine was the only one."

He caught his breath and waited for Marie to answer the questions.

 

Zachary had finished typing in the information of the two and saved it onto the UNSC database, hopefully the infinity still was able to hold all records. He turned to the others and looked at them, "Well I think now I should reintroduce myself," Zac said,

"I am Zachary Todd, Spartan 107, also known as Salvager. I'm 17, and I'm also a commanding officer of the UNSC, and I've been in the UNSC since I was 12. I am from a futuristic earth in the Halo Universe, as people on this earth call it. Anyway, I just saved your information into the UNSC database, the infinity should be on its way here to this Earth, which then we will start planning our next move,"

 

"Alright then, Glyde," Exilus said with a small chuckle. "You know, it's not often that I come into contact with someone who isn't openly afraid of me, not including my generals of course," Exilus looked down at Gylde with murder in his eyes, but a smile on his face. "You are an interesting one. Your spirit remains unbroken, though I can't say the same for your body..." Exilus looked over the intruder. "Really, you're quite a mess."

"Which brings me to my next point," Exilus continued. "Like you said, you're 'no stranger to the slow and painful.' I can see that my offer will have to be... reworded." Exilus took a step back, distancing himself a bit more from the cell, and extended his hand, holding Glyde's letters out in front of him. He then took his other hand and placed it about a foot and a half below the hand with the letters, palm-up. In his lower hand, a flame appeared, growling larger each second.

"These documents must be important to you. They contain memories of your past, and what is more precious than memories? You will agree to fight for me, Glyde, or I will incinerate these letters right here and now."

 

The Ice Queen found herself in a place full of ice. In there, many people were imprisoned in ice themselves, there in the Omega Dimension. "To be trapped like that forever and ever, lost and forgotten in time all because of the crimes you have committed. It is a shame. I know how it feels." The Ice Queen continue to walk as she were experiencing her memories, parts as to were she found herself trying to go after a mage and imprisoned him out of hatred. Soon, she stood still, finally at the bottom of the Omega Dimension. "Oh criminals of justice... I shall free you from the magical chains that bounds you in your icy form. Be free.... and have your revenge on the fairies and all of those who opposed you..." The Ice Queen raised her hands and the area shook, some of the ice were cracking as she starts to glow....

 

Tsubasa's eyebrow furrowed. He didn't doubt Zac, but he wished the soldier would stop being so vague about everything.
"While we're waiting, could you just answer one last question?" he asked tentatively, hoping what he said next wouldn't offend and cause another argument.

"You're being just a little unclear, you know, Zac. You told us that we'll be assigned to different missions, but how do you know where the source of the consumption of worlds is? What kind of missions were you talking about? I'm guessing recon, since as far as we know, the source could be anywhere," he said.
"So here's what I wanted to ask. I'm sure you've got experience with this sort of thing, but just to confirm, do you even know where to start with this plan thing? I want to know before I get on this next vehicle."

 

"Infinity is on its way, and when the ship gets here, our commander will tell us our next move. Even though I'm a commanding officer, I don't always make the moves. And how I know about this source is because the UNSC recently discovered the power to go to different dimensions, or "worlds", and soon after they discovered some worlds looked like they were dying. It was when they saw that they took things into their hands and selected me, and many other Spartans to go locate and destroy this force. Recently, our own world is dying, and I'm sure the Infinity will have more info about the situation that took place,"

"So to sum it up, the corruption seems to be jumping to other worlds, you will be assigned missions by our leading officers, and you will stay aboard the Infinity till this whole things is taken care of,"

 

"Miss Ross...The whole point is to find the source and cut it off. If you come with us we can easily spread across the worlds and find the source. Don't think your the only one who was concerned about their own home world," Zac said with a furious face, "I understand your intentions but going solo only ends up in failure. I'm afraid that being solo will only get you killed, despite your abilities. Trust me on this, your abilities alone won't be enough,"

 

As Exilus heard the laughter, his hand hesitated. Had his plan failed? Did he misjudge the importance of the letters?

"By any means necessary, I like that style; in fact I've frequently lived by it. And you don't mess around either, do you? Seeing as you're clearly in great desire for my services, I'll accept your offer. You need me to fight a war, I'll fight a war. You need me to find something, I'll find something. Glyde Savian is at your service."

Exilus smiled back at Gylde. The fire of his lower hand ceased, leaving the letters unharmed. He then put the letters back into his pocket.

"Excellent. Gylde Savian, I hereby declare you a Knight of the Syneptophy," Exilus announced. "Perform well and I will reward you with the letters. If you surpass my expectations, I might even make you a general. First things first, let's get you out of that cell. Until you earn my trust, I am going to have several of my apprentices accompany you at all times. We wouldn't want you running from your duties, now would we?"

Exilus drew his Keyblade and pointed it toward the cell door. A beam of darkness shot out from the tip of the blade and connected with the cell. A faint clicking sound could be heard, and the door swung open.

"Follow me, I'll show you to your quarters. You are to wait there until you receive further orders. Don't worry, I wont keep you out of action for long..." Exilus opened a dark corridor, threw a grinning glance back to Glyde, and walked through.

On the other side, Exilus stepped into a rather grand room. It had a vaulted ceiling, an enormous bed, and a pair of windows on one side of the room that allowed the resident to observe the molten world below. Exilus drew a spell circle in the air in front of him, a sign that he was summoning his apprentices. A minute or so later five apprentices appeared at the door, clad in black cloaks.

"Apprentices, you are to watch the man named 'Gylde Savian.' Treat him with respect, but if you suspect him of trying to escape, alert me immediately. You are not to be in this room when he sleeps; give him his privacy. However, during his waking hours, you all will act as his escort and a reminder of who he now works for." The apprentices silently nodded in unison.

"Now I must be off," Exilus added, without even looking back to see if Gylde had followed him. "I have some pressing matters to attend to." Exilus opened another dark portal and stepped through it.

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Asiila sat at her desk as usual, filling out forms and filing categorization errors. As much as she enjoyed the simplicity of her job, she wanted something more. Within the time that she had spent on this planet, she had discovered so many new things, but something within her felt unfulfilled. She had a bigger destiny than categorizing the flora and fauna of Ashen Crater. Asiila was born for battle.

She got out of her chair and stretched a bit. Looking out the window, she could see that it was particularly hectic today, with lava surging up from cracks in the rock and a bright orange glow emanating from the ground.

Asiila turned away from the window and summoned her Keyblade. At first she merely held it in front of her at eye-height, examining it's intricacies. It was the weapon of her Heart, the manifestation of all she believed in. She swiped it once, twice in an x-pattern before her. Then she pointed it in front of her and held still a moment; this stillness was broken by a swift dash forward, followed by a flurry of attacks. Her blade moved with such speed and grace.

Then, she was interrupted by a knock at the door. Asiila jumped, nearly dropping her Keyblade. She unsummoned her weapon and brushed off her clothes, a nervous reaction more than anything, as her clothes were pristine. She approached the door.

"W-who is it?" She stammered, though she could already sense the presence on the other side.

"It's me," Exilus said with a tone of confidence. "I was thinking about that training you requested. I happen to have a moment of time. Are you still interested?" The door swung open, revealing a beaming Asiila.

"Yes!"

 

"I see you forgot to include being a smart ass as one of your abilities, Mrs Ross," Zac quietly muttered to himself, "If you would let me finish, instead of insulting me and my rank, being so headstrong and selfish about the well being of your own planet, I was going to say you would be paired with the finest Spartans and soldiers, but if you are so insistent on doing own thing, go and do it, I'm not stopping you, so what?"

"As for you Tsubasa, I'm not stopping you anymore, if you want join that's fine, if dont I understand, but I'd rather them be your own thoughts rater than being influenced by her's,"