Welcome to Gaia! ::

The vox in the walkers cackled. "#3 is down, repeat, #3 is down. #5, take the rearguard and blast anything suspicious."

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Sek sank into the cockpit of his flyer mech. It was well known that of all the cities, Chronos had been the best at not affecting the environment, at a cost of firepower to their mechs. still, one flyer war mech outclassed the ones stomping through the trees. Eden was getting cocky, he thought, Attack walkers are nice, but actual war walkers would have been more devastating.

the mech force launched by Pandora appeared on the horizon of the village. people ran and hid as the mechs neared, their massive feet shaking the houses. as they walked through, ignoring the town.

Morris kept an eye on his screens, watching as the last mech fell in the forest. he began another broadcast. "People of Eden. I regret to inform you that we have lost every attack walker. fear not, for retribution is at hand! the people of Gaia are unable to stop war mechs! we shall level that city and every one of the traitorous Gaians!"

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Sek scanned the horizon, the mountain pass in the far distance, beyond that, the desert, Eden, and the shattered remains of Pandora. behind him the massive forest and Gaia, beyond that more forest, then the ocean, and far in the ocean, Atlantis. to his left, the remains of Chronos, and then mountains... beyond that, frozen tundra and Arc. somewhere to his right, Tartarus hid in the mountain range. the cities seemingly fell into a patten. they all surrounded Gaia, which was once a center of trade. the elves had forgotten their old ways, and abandoned most of their skyscrapers and machines, leaving only the insect-like caretaker droids in the forest. the elves actually thought those machines were alive, and would always wait for the things to pass... without maintainence, it was a wonder they even still worked after these thousands of years. It was almost hard to believe that Gaia was one of the forestry superpowers looking at it now... overgrown, streets choked with vines and plants, banks long forgotton, and glass skyscrapers long empty. the city's nuclear power plant was the only thing that still ran well, cleared of forest around it, and manned by ancient Arc droids, it still was channeling power into the overgrown city. the elves avoided it, called the plant a place of evil. it was technically the most powerful area of Gaia, and yet it was serving no purpose. Sek smiled, wondering the elves' reaction to seeing their sacred city light up after so many years. they'd probably freak out.

Sequoia blinked and watched as the last of the walkers crashed to the floor of the forest. She smirked but did not rejoice yet, turning on her bare heel, sprinting back through the trees towards Gaia. She suddenly stopped, turning her head to the side and listening. The loud hum of something tech was approaching.

She stayed in a crouched position on the thick branch, listening for a moment. She sighed, making her decision. She let out a low whistle, but it seemed to echo immensely through the forest. It went on and spread through the empty buildings of Gaia, speaking to the trees. As soon as the last echo disappeared, it was dead silence for just a moment. Sequoia closed her green eyes, listening to the forest talk back to her. Using her power and the connection, she told it what she wanted it to do.

The trees around the edge of Gaia began to move.

Genesis ran as fast as she could. She didn't see the War Walker pulling out of the hanger. She nearly missed getting crushed by the foot. She backflipped to get out of the way. On the last flip, her hood came off her head, reveling her trademark long silver hair. Genesis pulled her hood up quickly, but not before a woman behind her screamed, "It's the Rebel Bomber!" People stopped and stared, then screamed and ran. Crap, so much for my perfect opprotunity!! She yelled in her head. Genesis put her hand on the hilt of her beamsword, eyeing the War Walker, waiting for an outpour of enemies.