The pilots in the places couldn't help but look at the group in shock. It was the first time they've legitimately seen someone floating in the air. However, they also noticed something else. There wasn't an island anywhere in sight.
The pilots had a variety of theories that could be true. Some of them thought that the group had just decided to annihilate the entire island since they can't have it for themselves. The other theory however, was that they had been tricked instead.
The pilots quickly discussed their next course of action and decided to go back. But, before they did that they needed to know something first.
Looking at the planes fly above them the group noticed a piece of cardboard shot out of the back of the carrier plane. Lachlan quickly summoned Aaron and got him to go fetch it. When Aaron came back the cardboard had a simple message on it, "Where's the island? Follow us."
Two simple sentences yet the group managed to get one main thing out of it. They tricked the Guardians so good; the guardians didn't even know what to do aside from asking questions.
Lachlan, Georgia, and Simon quickly summoned their birds and got everyone on before they shot off into the sky. The planes had just finished turning so the group was flying right behind them. it didn't take long for them to by flying for over 25 minutes.
Lachlan quickly turned to the others, "Stop the stones now! They should have reached close to 100 kilometres away by now!" Lachlan shouted across to everyone.
They all nodded and commanded to stones to stop. Simon then did something none of them expected. Holding his hand up high he commanded his stones to return to his grasp. It only took a minute before they could hear the air split behind them.
The stones quickly reached Simon's hands and he stored them in his lap. Everyone that saw that just looked at him confused. Simon, on the other hand, was smiling wildly.
"You just need to command the gravity of the stones to go towards your hand! Because technically it's a direction that the stones can follow, even if you're moving!" Simon shouted across with his explanation.
The group nodded in realisation, they hadn't ever thought about it before. Before long the stones all returned to everyone and they stored them in their lap. Although, some people injured their hand because they made the stone's gravity to strong.
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Back on the island, Maddie had just landed all the parents and children. She had noticed the quaking water had stopped and could determine that they had released the stone's gravity. She then also saw 6 stones shoot out of the water in the direction they had come from.
"So what was that about?" A concerned parent asked.
"Well, it seems something happened when they tried to claim the island so we decided to move it. As for what happened I can't tell you since even I don't know," Maddie explained. The concerned parents relaxed a bit after that explanation.
They then went back to what they were doing. Although they decided to all stay at the front of the orphanage in case they had to take back to the skies. Although that thought gave Maddie an idea she was just waiting to tell the rest of the group.
...
Back in the skies, the group had finally reached their destination. It was a military base just outside of Melbourne. It seems to be an airforce base as dozens of plane hangers were lined up across the runway.
The planes began their descent onto the runway while the group decided to land at a different place. Near the middle of the runway was a large building, one that didn't store any plans but rather soldiers. It should also be the place where they'll find the superiors.
As they were landing the door to the building burst open and a group of soldiers marched out with what the group could assume was the leader in the front. It was an elderly male, one that didn't seem to pose much of a threat to the group.
But just in case Lachlan quickly analysed him.
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Name: Jake Steggles (Human)
Age: 60 (Elder)
Soul Contracts: 0/5
Compatibility: Hawks (Low)
STR: 12, AGI: 15, VIT: 9
INT: 32 PER: 22, WIL: 28
Weakness: Overall Physically Weak, Light Wounds
Strengths: Genius of Aeriel Combat, Guerilla Combat Expert, Calm Mind
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His strengths certainly put him in the leading position. Although he wasn't necessarily strong in this new world due to his lack of tamed beasts, he certainly had the capabilities to lead in combat.
As the group walked closer to him some features become more noticeable. Jake was roughly 6'4, bald, and had a few light scars across his body, the most noticeable one being across his cheek. His eyes were dark blue, it felt as though the group was looking into the dark ocean.
"Welcome to my airforce base, there are just a few questions I would love to ask you," Jake welcomed them in a friendly tone. But before he could continue someone else came running through the door waving his fists furiously.
"Where the fuck is the island?! We know damn well there should be an island there!" He came running over and stood above Lachlan as he furiously shouted in Lachlan's face.
Lachlan was very tempted to just shut the man up right there but it was obvious he was in charge of this areas Land Guardians. He was roughly 5'4 which put him just above Lachlan in terms of height, which is exactly why he came over to Lachlan first.
The man was slightly chubby but still had some visible muscles. Had a fairly round face and short black hair. His eyes were hazel and he had no scars anywhere on his body. It looked as though the man hadn't even been to a battlefield before.
Lachlan quickly analysed this man as well to understand what they were dealing with.
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Name: Nick StClair (Human)
Age: 31 (Adult)
Soul Contracts: 0/5
Compatibility: Bears (Medium)
STR: 12, AGI: 15, VIT: 9
INT: 17 PER: 15, WIL: 18
Weakness: Overall Physically Weak, Easily Provoked
Strengths: None
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As Lachlan looked over Nicks stats he realised that some things really never change. Nick seems far too weak to ever pass the physical requirements needed to actually get into the army let alone lead it.
"What island are you talking about? There isn't an island anywhere near there," Lachlan explained calmly as Nick's face began to twist from his anger.
Nick was about to reach out and attack Lachlan but he was quickly stopped by Jake, who merely looked at him with a cold expression. Nick silent took a few steps back nervously.
"Sorry about that, Nick hasn't been a part of the military for a while now so he doesn't have full control over his emotions yet," Jake explained calmly. Although his explanation also confirmed their thoughts, Nick hadn't got there through his achievements.
"It's alright, atleast he's much easier to handle than a beast," Lachlan said with a mocking tone. Although it sounded like a compliment Lachlan was insulting Nick's strength, also the fact that Nick doesn't pose a threat to him.
"Well then, would you like to come in and have a quick chat," Jake said as he gestured with his arm towards the door.
"As long as you have some snacks," Lachlan joked as he walked past. He quickly unsummoned His birds and the military group finally realised who the most dangerous was.
As for Jake, he smiled wildly when he saw that. He also felt relieved he stopped Nick in time before they start an all-out fight. He's been through enough fights to know who's strong, and that griffon certainly took the cake.
The rest of the group followed Lachlan's lead and walked into the building. Jake quickly sped up until he was at the front leading, he didn't want the group walking around the base wildly.
They were quickly led to a large conference room. It was completely empty but that didn't disturb the group, rather it made them more relaxed. Granted they were still on guard for any attacks, especially by the Land Guardians.
Everyone sat down before Jake walked to the end of the table, "Now I would like to ask, what did happen to the land mass 100 kilometres out from Sydney?"
"Unfortunately for you, the island isn't attached to the ground so it's constantly moving. The data you had to confirm that the island was 100 kilometres out from Sydney is old now, it's long since moved further away," Flynn explained with a lie. He didn't want to tell the military the full truth as that would involve the gravity stones, something they don't want anyone else knowing about.
"Bullshit! We know you were planning on claiming land just 100 kilometres off from Sydney, don't even try to lie as we had it recorded!" Nick quickly stood him and angrily shouted.
"You make it sound as though your little soldier in the room was invisible, don't make me laugh. We still don't fully trust either the Sky or Land Guardians, so why should we give our valuable information when either one of you is present," Flynn explained.
"So you tricked us? You dare lie to the Land Guardians!" Nick jumped onto the table and furiously shouted.
"We were never talking to your little Land Guardian, it more or less seems like you were actually eavesdropping on our legal work," Flynn responded in a mocking tone.
"Why you little," Nick was getting ready to pounce on Flynn at any moment, his fists were tightly clenched.
"That's enough Nick! Stand down!" Jake angrily ordered. "If you can't remain calm then get out of the room!"
"But," Nick was quickly shaken by Jake's sudden order.
"Get out!" Jake shouted as he pointed towards the door. Jake doesn't want their now peaceful relationship with the group to suddenly go south, especially when they were in their base.
Nick walked out of the room shamefully, as he walked through the door he looked back towards Flynn with his fists firmly clenched, his eyes firing out daggers.
"Alrighty then, now we can get back to a more civil conversation. How'd you do it?" Jake asked.
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We got ourselves another military nuisance called Nick.
"We already explained it didn't we? But if you insist, the island wasn't connected-" Flynn's explanation was quickly interrupted by Jake.
"No not that, I mean the floating, my soldiers have already reported that fact that your entire group was floating in the air," Jake said as he casually sat down. Unlike Nick, Jake's soldiers were the only people to have seen the group floating in the air. Nick's soldiers were busy being transported in the plane, not controlling it.
"Oh that, well I suppose that's a business secret, everyone needs to have their own tricks to survive after all," Flynn explained mischievously.
"Oh come on, it's not like we can copy your tricks now can we?" Jake asked as he sounded like a child nagging their parent for something.
"Although you're not wrong, we also don't want you to develop any means to counter our tricks," Flynn said as he leaned back in the chair.
"Tsk, well since I can't get it through asking how about I propose a deal, one that benefits both sides," Jake said as he leaned slightly over the table to rest his elbows on it.
"Do explain," Flynn said as he gestured Jake to continue.
The group were slightly surprised as they were listening to everything going on. It was as though there were constant mind games going on, each trying to get to smallest bit of information from the opposing side.
Flynn was mixing both truthful information along with lies. Although they could easily copy their tricks should they get a hold of the gravity stones, there isn't any way to actually counter them. They can't exactly stop gravity in its tracks, it isn't something that could actually be held in someone's palm.
"I propose that we become allies, not necessarily life or death allies but just somewhat trustworthy allies; you don't attack us, we don't attack you and we can work together should we need to," Jake calmly suggested.
"Hm, I thought you Sky Guardians despised us," Flynn said in a curious tone.
"Not really, while the Land Guardians hate your guts and the Sea Guardians are like your family, we're a mix of both. As some of our forces are with the Sea Guardians, they see things on the battlefield and report it around the force; the desperate families doing everything in their power to survive or at least let their children survive, even if they are mutated," Jake explained.
"Why do the Land Guardians hate us so much though?" Flynn couldn't help but ask, he never understood what problem the Land Guardians had with them, it isn't as though they killed their families.
"I don't really know either. Possibly because hunting down mutated children was the only thing that gave their forces something to do; it distracted the public from that fact that the Land Guardians are quite literally useless now. Aside from that, maybe some of them just had such a large amount of hatred targeted towards intelligent beast that they despise anything even remotely similar," Jake explained as she shrugged his shoulders and shook his head. "Could also be the fact that the Land Guardians are the most corrupt force."
"How so?" Flynn questioned.
"Well, since Land Guardians are never really on the front lines it's the safest force to join. It's also where higher-ups will send their spoiled brats because some of them don't want their little angles to see them experience the real hardship of war," Jake responded with a hint of anger in his voice. "Then all they do is go brag to their friends that their children are apart of the army, exaggerating every little story they hear from their children to make it sound as though stubbing their toe against their bedside was a battle of life and death."
"Sounds like you have some rather strong opinions," Flynn casually remarked. The others in the group nodded along with that. Lachlan could understand why Jake's so angry though; Jake is a combat genius but all it takes is one arrogant soldier to screw up his whole chain of commands. Something that could end the lives of the entire battalion.
"Of course, war isn't a game parents should be sending their kids to play in. Although I will say that sometimes war can change the spoiled brats, just a single battle can make them more mature, turn them into a real leader," said Jake as he leaned back in his chair.
"Suppose making an Ally with someone such as yourself wouldn't be too bad, although I will warn you, all it will take is one messy leader and our alliance could crumble into the ground," Flynn said. "Granted you will just need to make sure those people never meet us, should they decide to fight against us because of something we said we certainly aren't afraid to show them our full force."
"Don't worry, I know all too well how important the alliance between us is. Unfortunately, I can't say the same for Nick. When you leave I would suggest leaving a lasting impression on the Land Guardians, just something that'll scare them a bit," Jake suggested with a wide grin.
Although Flynn wasn't sure how they could leave a lasting impression without making enemies with the Land Guardians, Lachlan knew exactly what to do. It'll also send a message to Jake that he made the right decision
"Just wondering though, what personality does the leader of the Sky Guardians have?" Flynn asked. From what he remembered the leaders were two to one in favour of getting rid of hybrids. He wanted to confirm whether anything has changed since then.
Jake face began to scrunch as his wrinkles became more prominent, "His personality is a rather unique one is all I can really say. Sometimes he's all for saving everyone and at other times he's only for saving certain people, as though he has multiple personalities."
"I wonder how he managed to get so high in the ranking with such a split personality, wouldn't that be rather dangerous to have on the battlefield?" Flynn hadn't met anyone with split personalities before but from what he knew, they weren't all that good to have.
"The weird thing is, every single one of his personalities is a genius level leader; they are all able to lead large armies into battle confidently without a doubt they'll all make it out alive. And that's exactly what's so unique about them, their ability to minimize the casualties," Jake explained.
"How many personalities does he have?" Simon asked from behind. He wasn't some cunning businessman so he let Flynn take care of all of that, but this Sky Guardian leader intrigued him.
"I believe he has 6 personalities including his own," Jake replied. "Each of which will appear at different times, some at worst time than others. I remember hearing a rumour about one of his personalities appearing in front of a military leader years ago, he started spouting nonsense about how that leader wasn't qualified and whatnot, this was a massive setback and provided him with some difficulties rising his rank."
"I would love to meet him," Lachlan said as he thought about what type of screen would appear for him. Would it be the screen of the body or the personality? What name would appear? Anything could be possible.
"Anyway, I feel as though our group should go now. It was a lovely time talking to you and I hope you remember our alliance," Flynn said as he leaned forward before standing up. The rest of the group follow suit.
"Indeed, I would love to work alongside your group in the future, do remember what you promised before though and leave a lasting impression," Jake said as he stood up.
They all began to walk back outside where they noticed Nick was angrily pouting to the side. He was leaning on the building and when the group came out his gaze snapped towards them.
"Alright then, I suppose we'll meet some other time, but until then make sure you take care of yourself," Lachlan said as he summoned Aaron.
'Aaron, how about you release that aura of yours and show everyone here who's the strongest?' Lachlan said as he hopped on. Some of the group joined him while Simon and Georgia summoned their own birds to support the rest of the group.
Just as they were about to fly off an astounding amount of pressure suddenly appeared in the surrounding area. It felt as though it threatened to crush everyone into the ground.
It was much stronger than the time in Sydney as Aaron had practised a bit since then. He had a lot more control over his aura, including how powerful it was.
The power emitted from Aaron's body could be seen as it seemed as though the space surrounding Aaron's body was beginning to warp under the pressure. Nick was feeling the full frontal of it as Aaron stared directly at him.
Georgia's and Simon's birds were affected but not as much as the soldiers. Fortunately, Aaron practised his control otherwise they might have also collapsed from the pressure.
'Alright, let's go' Lachlan commanded.
Aaron shot into the air, the pressure around the base slowly lifted and everyone could finally breathe normally. Simon and Georgia, although were momentarily dazed quickly followed Lachlan's trail, leaving Nick and Jake to just stare at their fading figures.
'Oh boy was it a good idea to make a friendly alliance with them' Jake thought as his back was covered in sweat. He felt as though that pressure would tear him in half, yet he didn't even feel the full power of it.
Close to him was Nick who finally collapsed to his knees, his entire body furiously sweating from fear. 'What the fuck was that? What type of monster was that?' Nick almost passed out from the pressure, as it felt as though he was already in the mouth of the beast just being stared at.
He had never felt so close to losing his life before. He merely chose to become a soldier so he could brag to his friends about how brave he was. But that one encounter made him feel as though he aged hundreds of years.
'What would have happened if Jake didn't stop me' Nick shivered at the thought. He was originally furious that Jake ordered him to get out but now he felt as though he should be thankful, being in a room by himself with a bunch of monsters. What would have happened to him should he have really pissed them off?
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Sorry about the no releases yesterday. Got busy practising for a test that ended up being postponed anyway.
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