The Swarm ((Leon, Alex, Open))

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Just beyond the reaches of Cosmo Canyon sits the anicent woods. There, creatures of many different sizes and shapes live and survive in its extencive cover. There, though few know of it, a kind of civilization has formed in the recient years. There, the community of "people" live and work together. They have very advanced technology and are also militeristic. These "People" have no known name but to some travlers who dare to go into the forgotten paths of the Anicent Forest, they are much like a Hierarchy or a for of military run government. Their fearsome soldiers are a tough match for even those trained like SOLDIER and the WRO. Now they threten the very lives of many because of their erriatic and militeristic lives.

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((OOC: This is where the posting begins, after mine...))

Leon was relaxing in his room aboard the Ragnarok one sunny afternoon listening to the musical stylings of Guns N' Roses, an Earth band from the 1980's. The song was November Rain, written by the lead guitarest Slash Monroe, probably one of the greatest guitar players in history. With a smile on his face, Leon pulled on his shades and kicked back on his bed.

It was perhaps several hours when a knock rang on the door. Without getting up Leon called "Cmon in...". It was Selphie with a paniced look on her face. "Leon! Get up and come to the bridge NOW!" she almost screamed. With a start Leon jumped up and moved out of his room. With long strides, he quickly moved to the bridge. "What is it?" he asked in a commanding voice. "Here Squall, take a listen." Irvine said. Leon gave him a dirty look and took the head set. Pressing one of the cups to his ear, Leon listened intently. Through the speeker came the voice of a gruff and eager man. "... and our first target the the port city of Junon! Prepare for combat!" He yelled to what must have been a huge crowd, for after he yelled the order, a thunderous cheer rose up. Looking down through the view screen, Leon could see what looked like people running through the sunny spots in the trees. "Selphie, charge the engines and bring us down into the plains. Were gonna head this off.... where in the hell is Alex?" Leon added muttering to himself.

[Hirosame]

Blades clashed inside the training deck of the Ragnarok. The training deck was a recent attachment that Leon and actually, for the first time in a while, Alex had worked jointly on. Leon still did most of the work, however. It's his thing. Alex was sweating when a voice came over the loud speaker. Selphie's voice rang over the intercom. "Alex! Get the hell up here!!! LEON SAID SO!!!!!"

Alex covered his ear. "Dammit, I think my ear's bleeding again!" He cringed at the very sound of her voice. As he always explained it, it's like a full can of Mace blown in your ear. IT HURTS LIKE HELL!!! Alex dashed to the bridge, still covering his ear. He walked quietly over to Selphie, and screamed in her ear. "SHUT UP!!!" She fell out of her seat, spooked. "Alright, I'm better... Now, what's up?"

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"There you freaking are! My god man. Anyway, we have a situation. There is a large force headed towards Junon. I'm not entirely positive on how they are going to get there by this is still important. We need to head off the force and counter their effots. That's the basic plan." Leon said as Alex stood there. All aound them, clouds darted this way and that as the Ragnarok streaked through the sun light sky.

After a few minutes of flying, they arrived at the plains just south of Cosmo Canyon. Leon took the elevator down and prepared to jump out the air lock. With his Gunblade held tight in his hand, Leon punched the button for the release and leaped out. It was fairly chilly with the wind hitting him, but he ignored it. With his hair flying around behind him,Leon cast a few quick spells, like float. He landed quickly and casted despell. Then he cast a few defencive spells on himself and turned to look toward the forests. There he waited apprehencively.

[Hirosame]

Alex wiped the sweat off of his face. He slowly began to follow Leon, only after going back to Selphie and kick her in the shin. He saw Leon jump off the Ragnarok, and Alex followed. Falling for only a few meters, he still managed to flip once or twice in the air before landing. (what? It's his thing?) He pulled out Balmung and Guardian Angel and waited anxiously alongside Leon for the swarm.

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Like an avalance, out of the cover of the shadows of the trees came a gigantic wave of soldiers. Their weapons all drawn, all swords, polearms, axes, and various other types. A thunderous roar rose up from the mass streaking towards the two lonely swordsmen. However, the soldiers were not what Leon had expected to see. These soldiers resembled beasts. Some wolf-like and others cat, still others lizard and bird-like. The ran of two or four legs. "What the hell..?" Leon said with a look of disgust and surprise on his face.

The initial clash between Leon and a few of the forerunners was immense to say the least. Perhaps twenty or so of the "beast warriors" flew into the air as leon wipped his deadly gunblade around. With a clenched hand, Leon cast a titanic wave of energy to sweep forward, causing the very ground to rip asunder, swollowing a large number of the "beasts" with it. "So much for the invincible will they had in the forest. They must not be trained for open field combat. Alex step it up!" Leon called over his shoulder as he parried and fegined attacks calmly and responded quickly with thrusts, jabs, and slashes at the mass surrounding him.

[Hirosame]

Alex was enjoying himself with flurries of Flames, Bolts, and Ice Shards. "I am stepping up!" He yelled, jokingly. Finishing with his magic, Alex began a whirlwind of slashes to his enemies. Spinning ferociously, and cut down as many as ten per second. "These guys SURE are strong, huh?" He mentioned with a sarcastic tone in his voice. Cutting down more and more as they came from the forests, he could hear some calls of retreat, but they were barely audiable due to the mass sounds of carnage from the constant stream of dying enemies.