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"thanks," Ailes drank the water, but moved the umbrella, "i'll be fine without the umbrella... thanks for the offer, but ill be alright."

she pulled her knees up against her chest and rested her head on them. she sighed a few times, adjusting her head to a comfortable position, then went silent.

Ailes wipes her eyes on the sleeve of the shirt she was wearing and mumbles,"you dont like getting emotionally attached to people do you..."

Things were unusally quiet along the border of the delta and the golden earth. However, the border watches noticed a rather abnormal amount of boat traffic on the river. They adjusted their watches accordingly, and sent word back to have more reinforcements brought to the border. Things seemed to be going down that had people getting on edge, the meeting had gone badly for the lighting demons and word had gotten out that Merril had threatened to take the throne by force. Everyone gaurding the border was worried since lighting demons were hard to kill, and their attacks were rather hard to anticipate.

The attack started in a flash of lighting, and the deafening thunder that followed a audible warning to the workers in the field. The forces at the border began to strike back, but as they began to get a rhythm going that caused losses to the lighting demons. Flying demons who had used the delta to hide from persecution brought other lighting demons over the lines to drop them. The border forces were now fighting a two front battle. The flying demons began their attacks as well, but dragons from the city were dispatched to fight them.

Toole heard the crack of thunder and was on his feet. He was torn again, should he stay and make sure Ailes was okay, or the thousands that counted on a defense being mustered to this invasion. he shifted onto his knees and hugged Ailes as she sat and rested his forehead on her head. "I must go for a bit, return to our house, and Jezabelle and Lisa will aide in your defense. However before you go I wish for you to know something. I love you without question Ailes, and want to spend the rest of my life with you. I will come back to you alive, i swear it, and woe to any foe who attempts to stop me." Toole stood up again and flagged over a solider; "Make sure she gets to the house, and sound the alarm." The soldier nodded and Toole walked in the direction of the palace.

The solider kneeled on one knee; "Miss, we must go, danger is approaching, and soon the streets will be unsafe to travel."


Merril smiled as most of the primary defenses of the city were coming out to engage them. She waited until they all were engaged and then started her attack. The struggling defense groups failed and the flood of unified lighting demon tribes began the murder of fleeing field workers on the way to the city.

The remanants of the defense forces made it to the city, the workers who had fled back to the city had already began a panic admists the vendors who were trying to find safety or arming themselves to protect their goods. The panic was causing so many injuries as people collided or were trampled. Soliders moved forward to the gates of the city that were closing, and stragglers were trapped outside of the city pounding on the gates to be let in, but they were quickly silenced by cruled frontline lighting demons.

Flying demons under Merril began to swarm towards the city rainging down attacks upon the buildings and people running about the city. Sorrow ducked into a building as a group of soliders took a gout of flame from a fire dragon. Their screams of death bringing vengence out in Sorrow.

"Cleanse my enemies...." Sorrow spread her wings and flew up to fight the demons raining death upon the city. Her ruthlessness sent bodies into the buildings. The crumbling buildings causing casulties amongst the people trying to find safety admists this chaos.

Toole dropping off the messenger at the gateway, and was fighting his way back to his house to make certain Ailes was okay. Merril's forces punched through the gates and were flooding through the streets. This gave the residents of Arias a better advantage and they came out now and begn vicous hand to hand fighting in the streets.

Toole's twin swords were dripping with blood as he brust into his house. "AILES....AILES....AIELS ARE YOU OKAY....JEZABELLE....."

Toole tried to lsten for movement, but the thunder from the lighting attacks made hearing rather difficult. Toole tried to search her out, but the house seemed empty. His search was interupted by unwelcome guests. He fought with one as the rest avoided that room to search the rest of the house for survivors.

Toole about launched back at Akuma thinking she was an enemy, but in the second he needed to process what she said it was clearly obvious Akuma was standing there. "I no longer lament." The two swords in his hand returned to being the rings on his fingers.

"It will be a rough ride so I apologize immediately for the conditions you are about to endure." Toole removed the amulet and shifting his weight he lifted the closest forearm for easy clmbing by Akuma.

Once she was on he took off, and moved over his house gaining speed and height. He began a illregular holding pattern waiting for further instructions. He had to make a few sharp turns to avoid standard attacks being thrown up at him.

Toole rolled his eyes; "Deflection is a good thing, now why are we up here again? You have a plan, so care to let me in on it, or should I just do a few flaming passes while you hatch out a plan?"

"Well i can put you on the ground if you like, but kinda keep an eye out for barriers I can't pass through." Toole set his wings and pitched downward diving steeply taking a really deep breath he waited till he was over his target and turnign his head slightly to the side of him he blew his flame.

The fire rained down on his targets and they ran about screamin in pain. Toole leveled out fast damn near level with the street, using his airspeed from the dive to stay airbore. "You're up akuma, 300 feet until i pull up, and no friendly people on the street."

Toole nodded and rolled into a steep turn coming around nearly on a wing to dive on the aftermath of the explosion. "I'll touch down long enough for you to jump off, i'll come back around to pick you up the same way, unless were picking up another passenger." Toole landed in a clear spot, he waited for the feel of Akuma leaving or the feel of another, but seconds were flying by yet he kept his patience until word was given otherwise. He would like for akuma to jump off and do her thing, but if it wasn't in her plan he could wait.