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[[Louis : Tortuga : Port]]

Louis moved across the clearing with the haste spell lengthening his stride well beyond his previous capability giving him plenty of speed to catch up with the stragglers of the group. He looked ahead and spotted where no doubt Chaos' Avatar was battling with Kyle, If Chaos is anything like Mateus he doesn't support our goals at all and causing pain is all he cares about. We need to put a stop to this as soon as possible... even if that means killing my ally.

That's right... if anyone stands in the way of our goals and threatens that, I will cut them down, regardless of allegiance.

He moved next to Jacob and glanced over at him, yelling over the blustering winds, "Follow my lead, we're going to break that fool for ever thinking he could attack us! Lets' go!"

Louis swept himself around placing himself in Jacob's immediate path of movement, without a second hesitation he grabbed his wrist then wrapped his under and up to his opposite shoulder blade.

Chaos' darkness is like an inverted lighthouse. Locating him will simple.

"1!" He yelled pulling on Jacob's shoulder and twisting around.
"2!" A dark portal formed along their spinning path, moving as one in motion. The two spun through the portal then high above Chaos reappeared out of another one, still spinning only this time in the air and using their built up momentum to keep spinning.

Louis let go of Jacob's shoulder and flew out holding onto only his wrist, darkness streamed from his hand to Jacob's and the two became a mere blur as he completed one last spin before letting go entirely and launching Jacob like a bullet, "3!!!"

As Jacob flew, Louis released his daggers with tiny black strings attached to them from the tips of his fingers which spun around in a double helix behind Jacob. They left behind black afterimages that took shape into daggers themselves and followed suit along their originals' relatively homing path.

Jacob ll Isle of Tortuga ll Port

Jacob had caught up to, and passed the circus just as the rolled in the dilapidated town.

"Follow my lead, we're going to break that fool for ever thinking he could attack us! Lets' go!"

Who the hell are we even attacking?

Just then, Jacob was thrust into a tandem swing step and Louis spun them around. It was weird. The games never mentioned Ivalicians knowing how to swing, but Jacob tossed it to the back of his head. It felt nice to swing again. He'd missed it quite a bit since...since Earth was gone. Just as Jacob started to have warm, floaty feelings, his mind snapped back into battle mode. The decadent past would have to wait. They swung into the dark portal and reappeared elsewhere; it was too fast for Jacob's eyes to adjust to the new surroundings.

"THREE!"

Jacob was launched like a bullet. His eyes finally focused on the avatar of Chaos. A flash of light and an emerald and gray knife appeared in each hand. "Again with the F---ING PORTALS!" Jacob held them outstretched, try to cut into Nich with his poison tipped daggers.

[Jenny :: Isle of Tortuga :: Port]

What a bother. When this was all over, Jenny was going to go back and scarf down food. She gritted her teeth against the wind, haste was helpful but not when she was light enough that every passing wind threatened to blow her back several steps. She finally took note of an outreached hand and Jenny smiled up towards the tessen wielder, linking their hands. She hauled herself up onto the chocobo with less grace than she would've liked but it really made no difference.

Thanks so much Dawn!" Jenny shouted a little breathlessly, as they finally reached the port to see mostly everyone already there. She slid off of the chocobo, patting Sky gratefully on the neck.

Surveying the scene before her, it seemed as if the wind had died down a little, or maybe it was just her imagination. Nonetheless, she wasted no time and fell into beat with a song. Parts of the melody were ripped and distorted from the gust though luckily it would not inhibit the spellcasting. A giant clock glowed into existence beneath Chaos, the hands were wildly spinning in a blur. Hopefully it would aid in allowing both Louis and Jacob's attack to hit their mark.

Stop! Suddenly, the hands halted, the minute hand on XII and the hour hand resting on II.

[Isle of Tortuga ~ Port]

Prote dug his paws in to come to a skidding halt, eyes locked on Kyle's attacker. He would have made a move to take Nich down if someone hadn't already beat him to it. The Geist stood by, crouched low and ready to spring.

Booker slowed as they came in, though Noelle hardly waited for him to stop before dismounting. After assessing the situation, the agromancer knew her job was not to fight. Everyone else would probably have it covered. Then again, she didn't know exactly who they were fighting, she was completely out of the loop. To her, it just seemed like a regular guy. Noelle busied herself preparing for the aftermath, pulling a few seeds out and beginning the growth of some pitcher plants. They weren't the strongest things in the world, they just barely equated to potions, but because she had forgotten to re-stock at the train it was all she could offer.

[Chaos :: Isle of Tortuga :: Port]

Chaos heard the yell above him, and he aimed his hand up and readied a blast of wind for his surprise guest. But it came too late, and the daggers left their poison in Nick's body. Chaos would have a bit of the last laugh, though, as he swung his arm back to knock the juggler upside his head. The poison began to make Nick's body ache, and the Lanista noticed it despite not being in control.

Chaos, you fool! I think I've been poisoned! You are going to suffer for this!

"SILENCE!"

He roared at Nick, but to everyone else, it seemed like he was yelling at everyone. He glanced down briefly towards the clock glyph under his feet before his prey was freed as the wall was destroyed. He saw a man in green and red say something to Ultima before throwing his staff. Chaos blinked, casting Eyes of Chaos one more time on Joseph before he was stopped. Whether it was effective or not, Chaos would not know until he was free from the spell.

[Joe: Isle of Tortuga: Port]

Joe's eyes locked with his opponents for just a second, and then there was nothing but darkness in his eyes.

"s**t s**t s**t!" Joe's wind blew into his face and eyes, trying to clear away the shadows, only to do nothing. "F*** I can't see!"

Joe's breathing quickened, his heart pounding. He didn't like this blindness. Even though he could feel things out with his wind, he didn't like the blindness. "I-shi-I crap I can't see..."

[Chaos :: Isle of Tortuga :: Port]

Pain. Undescribable pain. If Nick was in control, he would have given up after feeling this much pain. Fighting was a chore and unneeded in his opinion, but if forced to it, he would end it as fast as possible. But Chaos was enjoying the carnage too much, and this hunt for Ultima was not worth having his butt handed to him by ten different people.

"You are pathetic."

That's all Chaos heard before the golden light hit him full blast, launching the Walker of the Wheel past everyone and crashing through a wall. After a few moments of the dust settling, Chaos got up, laughing behind the black mask that Nicholas wore.

"Is that all you got, Ultima? Even with the poison in my veins, the daggers that fell on me, the other attacks, I'm still standing. You're the only pathetic one, and all your friends here are going to die."

Chaos raised his hands up into the air, two of his blades appearing. He grasped them tightly, twirling them around expertly as expected from a master of swordplay. His other two swords appeared behind him floating in their usual pattern.

"Let's play."

He charged, grinding his feet through the rubble. His eyes flared, once again using the Eyes of Chaos while focusing on Noelle. He charged towards Dawn, Noelle, and Jenny, ready to strike them down with his swords.