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--Luke can use Over-Drive! Harness your power and strike down your foes!--

(I was actually hoping to let Raven use Over-Drive instead of my character to make things a little more fair since Luke used Weapon Conversion back at that other place. But, Raven's a little tied up at the moment, so Luke will have to do.)

(Also, do you know how big these things are? In order to even get to their heads you need to get to a high place first. Why do you think I made Luke go up the stairs before jumping onto its arm? I'll let it go this once, since your post links up perfectly with my idea, kitty. Just keep this in mind for next time, same goes for the rest of you.)

The Husk slowly lifted Raven off the ground, both hands crushing her. Luke could hear her screams of pain from inside the Husk's grip. "Raven!" He pulled his sword out of the Husk's back and ran around to the front of the mechanical menace.

Luke looked desperately for a way to distract the Champion Husk long enough to loosen its grip of Raven. That's when he noticed the fluid oozing out of the holes Raven had made. He lifted his hand and shot lightning at the fluid, hoping it would cause some sort of harmful chemical reaction.

The fluid caught fire and part of the Husk's stomach blew open, but the creature was still standing. The best Luke had probably done was tick it off. The Husk lifted its foot and brought it down over Luke, who jumped to the side in time to avoid being crushed. Immediately after, though, the Husk's other foot came forward and kicked Luke.

He was sent sprawling to the floor, his sword sticking into the ground a few yards away. He was overcome with pain and his body couldn't move. His vision began to fade to black.

"Aaaaaggghh!!!"

Luke's eyes flung back open at the sound of Raven's scream. He couldn't slip into unconsciousness, not with Raven still in the Husk's death grip! He just couldn't let her down like this, no matter what. He had to save her, even if it killed him.

Even if it killed him, that last thought triggered something inside of him. A power similar to the one he experienced while fighting against the other Champion Husk a few nights ago filled his body, except it wasn't looking for a weapon to fuse with. It wanted to fuse with Luke's body.

He got back to his feet, ignoring the pain he was in. He held his arms out and basked in the power that coursed through his body. He let out a full-throated scream as his body exploded with power.

When he could think again, he could feel the change. He was clad from head to toe in high-tech armour that glowed with a deep purple aura. He wore a metal visor over his eyes. The visor had a green screen that transmitted all sorts of information for him to see.

His sights locked onto the Husk that held Raven. He held out his right arm and a giant cannon digitized right into his hand. The weapon was almost twice the size of his own body. He lifted the cannon onto his shoulder and held it with both hands. His visor turned from green to red as a crosshare appeared on the Husk's body.

"Target locked," Luke said. He pulled the trigger and held it it place. The barrel of the cannon sparked with electricity as it began to glow with a blue light. When it was at full power he released the trigger and the cannon fired a devastating beam of blue energy that blew a hole clean through the creature's body.

The impact of the blast threw the Husk backward, causing it to throw Raven into the air. Luke threw the cannon off his shoulders. As soon as he wasn't holding it anymore the weapon disappeared in a cloud of pixels. He ran up to Raven and caught her just as she was coming back down.

Her eyes slowly opened and the first thing she saw was Luke. "...Luke?" she said, looking at the visor. The power began to fade and the armour and visor faded away in a haze of pixels.

A sound brought Luke's attention back to the Champion Husk he had just defeated. Several parts of the Husk detached themselves from its body and began floating in the air. They flew over to the Husk that was still standing and attached themselves to its body. Instead of just the Husk's eyes glowing, the whole inside of its head was now glowing with an eerie red light.

(Over-Drives can be whatever you want them to be. I just thought the whole high-tech thing would be cool. 8 more posts to go before the battle is finished.)
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Awesome and sorry about the mistake in my previous post.

Raven

"...Luke?" I looked across at what appeared to be an armoured knight straight out of a fairytale. I extended a hand towards his visor but before my fingers could brush against the metal, it faded into a purple haze and dissolved into the atmosphere.

The rest of the armour went with it and then a movement to the left drew my eyes in that direction. Pieces of the Champion Husk rose into the air and flew across the room to attach themselves to the other creature so that it began to glow more fiercely than before.

"They're going to need our help," I realised as Luke set me down gently and then suddenly he doubled over. His breathing quickened and the muscles of his chest strained as he took huge gulps of air.

"Luke, what did you do?" I demanded, taking him firmly by the shoulders and laying him across the cavern floor. Hurriedly I grabbed his hands and pressed my magic into him, forcing it through the channels of his body, chasing out the pain. As I drew back, his eyes opened slowly and he sat up stiffly.

"Go help them. I'll be alright," he groaned.
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(This is great. Maybe when we finish this storybook I'll start VG Rumble 2. It'll have the same level up stuff but I'll come up with a different story. Storybook sequels never really live that long.)
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Are you kidding? I've had a storybook sequel last for more than a year before. I often find that the sequels do better actually because the characters or setting are well established and the writers are generally attached to the storybook.
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A sequel sounds good! I would definately join that one!

Warren

Oh great...just what we needed!

"Move!" I used my wind magic to push Izuki out of the way as our upgraded opponent took another swing at us.

"We could use some help here, guys!"

But, Karana was with Ilum, who was out of it, Luke just collapsed, and Raven...great!

"Someone get out here!"

I roared as I threw another round of electricity at the new additions to our husk.
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(I've had bad experiences with storybook sequels. Plus, if we do a different story, new people who want to join in don't have to read fifty pages of the first story in order to figure out what's going on. They can just jump in. If we do finish this one, I want to set the next one in the high-tech future, or something. It's like Final Fantasy, each game has a different story set in a different world. But, let's not worry about that right now. Let's just focus on THIS storybook.)
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Raven

"Go!" Luke urged. I allowed my eyes to linger on him a moment longer and then nodded, my mind made up.

"Okay, so what's the plan?" I asked, hurrying to Warren's side and using my water to amplify his electricity.

"Uh... how about don't get crushed?" The husk let out a low, menacing sound that could almost be taken for a laugh and began to close in on us.

"Scatter!" Izuki exclaimed, flipping to the right, out of the way. I darted left, momentarily seizing its attention so that Warren was able to land a direct hit with his electricity but that didn't last long. The husk turned and covered the distance between Warren and himself in two huge steps.

"Warren!" I exclaimed, hurtling forward. Warren dodged back, using his wind now to try to force the husk away but it fought against the gale and I was completely out of ideas. The electricity seemed to have little effect, the water had less and weapons were only useful if you could get close enough to use them and after my last experience, I wasn't planning on trying that again.

"Combine powers," Luke called. "Try to all hit the same spot."
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Karana

I looked up and strained to see what was happening on the other side. Apparently, they were having trouble.

But I couldn't leave Ilum.

I wouldn't leave Ilum.

I laid him down on the floor of the cave and stood, pulling my bow and several arrows out of my quiver. A little lightning rain shoud help...I wasn't too drained.

And so I took aim, flooded my arrow with lightning magic, and fired.
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Raven's healing magic had helped Luke regain most of his energy. He stood up and shook off the rest of his exhaustion. Everyone else was fighting, he had to, too.

Luke snuck up behind the Husk to attack from behind. He noticed a small opening on the back of its right leg. He pulled out a few of his throwing knives and enveloped them in electricity. One-by-one he threw them into the opening.

Electricity snaked up and down the Husk's leg, the creature let out a mechanical screech as its head spun around on its shoulders like an owl to look at Luke. The red light in its head began to glow even brighter. Luke's senses were screaming for him to get away.

A red beam of energy shot out of the Husk's head. Luke was able to jump back and avoid a direct hit, but the ground exploded under his feet where the beam hit. As he flew through the air he kicked his feet to flip his body. He landed on his feet a few yards away. "What was that?" Luke wondered. "I've never seen a Husk do that before!"
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(This is post thirteen so two more, right?)

Raven

"Let's just hope it doesn't do it again!" Warren exclaimed, staring at the fading red light on the Husk's head.

"We need a plan," I decided, trying to keep the creature off balance with jets of water, combined with electricity from Luke, wind from Warren and void magic from Izuki.

"All ideas accepted," Luke agreed. The Husk stepped closer and then shied away as a shower of sparks erupted over head.

"Keep them coming, Karana!" Warren called over his shoulder as we all backed closer together.

"How did you defeat the other one?" Izuki asked, "Maybe we can use the same technique?"

"Not likely," I told her, "something... happened to Luke's body. Not the sort of thing you can control." Luke nodded his agreement and suddenly the Husk lurched forward. We scattered backwards, out of reach and suddenly I had an idea.

"Everyone, shoot the ground. let's trap it, bring it down to our size!"
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(Ah, the heck with it. Let's just kill it.)

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Raven

"That's our great idea?" Warren demanded as together we all aimed at the ground, creating a huge explosion of rock and mud.

"No, it's our only idea," I replied. The power of my water softened and eroded the rock while the lightening and void shattered it into fragments and Warren used his wind to excavate it from the hole we were creating. As we did this, the Husk paused and let out a loud, guttural laugh.

"Anyone else got the feeling that this isn't going to work?" Warren wondered. The Husk took two more steps, reaching the hole.

"Use your wind to pull him in," Luke suggested. Warren skilfully changed the direction his power was flowing but it seemed to have little affect on the creature who slowly stepped over our hole, at which point, Luke, Izuki and I concentrated our magic on its right leg in unison and it rocked back, into the hole.

"We have to take it out!" Izuki declared.

"But how?" I asked.

"Take my hand," Luke said suddenly. I turned to him with a questioning look but entwined my fingers with those he held out. At first nothing seemed to happen but then a white light began to glow where the tips of our fingers touched and it spread, enveloping the both of us. I felt my mind slipping until I no longer knew where I ended and Luke began. Until we were one person, a dark haired being with silvery blue eyes and no discernible gender.

"We'll handle it from here," the creature that was neither him nor me announced, racing forward, drawing a blade that pulsed with a strange, blue electricity. We charged at the Husk who was only just starting to drag itself from the hole and brought the blade crashing down about its head Again and again we cut into its body, creating a field of sparks, a field of power until suddenly the Husk exploded and I found myself physically forced apart from Luke and flung to the floor.
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Karana gained level 3 Burst of Speed!
Karana gained level 2 Ice!
Raven gained level 2 Empathy!
Raven gained level 1 Lightning!
Warren gained level 2 Enhanced Sight!
Warren gained level 2 Time!
Luke gained level 3 Shadow!
Luke gained level 1 Healing!
Izuki gained level 2 Unlock!
Izuki gained level 1 Bio!


Current Abilities:

Ilum:
Level 3 Ice
Level 1 Fire
Level 1 Gravity (Advanced)
Level 1 Burst of Strength (Skill)

Karana:
Level 3 Fire
Level 3 Lightning
Level 2 Ice
Level 1 Meteor (Advanced)
Level 3 Burst of Speed (Skill)
Ifrit (Summon)

Raven:
Level 3 Healing
Level 2 Water
Level 1 Lightning
Level 1 Holy (Advanced)
Level 2 Empathy (Skill)

Warren:
Level 3 Wind
Level 2 Lightning
Level 2 Time (Advanced)
Level 2 Enhanced Sight (Skill)

Luke:
Level 3 Lightning
Level 1 Void
Level 1 Healing
Level 2 Earth (Advanced)
Level 3 Shadow (Skill)
Leviathan (Summon)

Izuki:
Level 3 Void
Level 1 Bio (Advanced)
Level 2 Unlock (Skill)


(By the way, I don't think Piepiemann's going to be posting again for a while. Someone's going to have to take control of his character. I tried PMing him on several occasions, be he never replies.)
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Luke went to his knees after he and Raven were forced apart. He kneeled on the ground for a minute, struggling to catch his breath. When he could stand he looked around for Raven and found her laying on the ground nearby. She was struggling to catch her breath, too.

Luke came to her side and helped her sit up. "Raven, are you alright?"

When she could speak, she smiled and said, "I'm fine. Is everyone else OK?"

Luke looked around. "Warren and Izuki are fine."

"What about Karana and Ilum?"

"Raven!" They saw Karana waving to them from the platform. "It's Ilum, I need your help!"

"Can you stand?" Luke asked.

"I think so." Raven wobbled a little as she got to her feet, but Luke was there to catch her if she fell. Together they went up the stairs to Karana and Ilum.
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