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Aaron was quick at dispatching death to the uwnanted goblins, and he even showed resourcefulness by not using his bullets. Luckily, Leah's weapon didn't rely ammunition. Whilst he finished with the last of his goblins, she scoured through the darkness just like he was as she tried to work out where the last of them could be. And then her HALO system beeped quietly in her ear as 3 red dots appeared on the HALO behind her she swung round, the dots realigning to being above her forehead as a goblin lashed out at her. Bringing her sword up it pummelled against the blade as it pierced its disgusting stomach. Throwing the goblin aside she quickly stabbed downwards to kill it. Her HALO alerting her again, the other two were rushing at her as she spun round and slice horizontally through the first's chest as it spun to the floor with a great thud. The second she swiftly turned her back against it as she stabbed behind her, and then after pulling the blade out she finished the other one off with a stab down into the ground, through it's gut.

Catching her breath, she tried to stay quiet as she cautiously, and nervously watched her HALO system in case any more threats came, but to both of their prayers it turned back to its neutral colour. Sighing, Leah stood up and wiped her forehead. "That was close..." she commented. The HALO then showed more map that the drones had discovered and showed a large cave centre nearby, with a lot of movement sensed within too. Staring at it, the HALO acted like a compass. "That must be it" she said quietly. "Inside that huge cave just round the corner".

With Aaron's suggestion, she placed herself nearby the cave wall and began to ease her way along it towards the bend int he cave, this turning seemed to be the entrance to the main cave centre. The cool touch of the wall was some what comforting, she could even feel it through her armour. She was even breathing rapidly still, and she wanted to calm herself down as fast as possible before going into the middle. Using hand gestures to let Aaron know what she could see and what she was going to do, she looked round the corner and found abustling mass of Goblins hanging from alcoves and running along a network of rocky bridges that crossed and double crossed, went down and up, some covered in bits of moss. Giving Aaron the quick signal, she ran across and ducked behind a large rock.

Adrenaline was going to come again, she could feel it pumping through her blood like a shot of sugar. Looking round the rock she saw how some of the goblins were eating, others chanting and paying homage to a rock with holes and roots growing out of it hanging from the ceiling. There was a geenish light coming from the cracks and holes. coming back to herself she nodded to Aaron as she pulled out some of the hologram devices. As one of them sprayed out a holographic screen before her she began making the required settings. When they were done, she very quietly turned to one side to role 5 of these small balls out onto the cave floor. Their momentum woudn't be enough, but after a little nudge they each became self sufficient in propelling themselves forwards, rolling nearer and nearer until finally the goblins began watching suspiciously, their nattering coming to a silence. The orbs rolled through them and weaved between them before agressively flashing, all around them the goblins shot up in surprise and became agressive, but then holograms of armed men and women popped out from the orbs. Leah hoped to the Heavens that this would work..

And when the orbs began rolling further away and down towards another cave system, she was relieved to see that the goblins, in their masses, were running after the holographic invaders like rats chasing flesh. When the sound of the goblins became less existent, Leah sighed and almost collapsed against the rock behind her, giving a stare of relief to Aaron.

Giving Eveans a nod to confirm his suspicions, Leah gave herself a smile of grace as she looked up upon the 'hive' above them, that green glowing light making her feel oh so much closer to her goal. "The jewel" she said, quietly to herself. "The Emerald Jewel lies inside that piece of rock" she continued, almost in a dream as she reminded herself what it was exactly she was trying to get a hold of. This isn't any jewel, its the brother of many, the brother of a few that were the functioning tools in giving life to the Jewel War several hundred years ago. Lifting her sword up she stared above her and gave it a quick, clean slice, an energy blade rushing off the katana's tip and colliding with the hanging rock. Nothing happened. It made Leah grit her teeth "uh" she said "I shouldn't be so naive..".

Then she realised how ruthless she had been at getting here. Chuckling almost, she looked up to Aaron and said "I'm sorry..." with a disappointed tone, she was disappointed with herself. "I dragged you here because i thought there were be more monsters of your speciality... and not only that but because i knew i would need help to get this thing" she gestured above her. "... but now i've realised how selfish i've been... but then again..." she looked up at the jewel that lied safely in its rock nest. "The things i could do with it..." she then remembered her original plan... to get revenge on her husband for leaving her with nothing, to hunt him down and find out what exactly was the reason for him just vanishing.

To her astonishment, Aaron gave he rno prejudice or second thoughts after he intentions were revealed to use the Emerald Jewel. He instead still wanted to help her. Cocking a brow she brushed any emotions aside as he began talking about climbing and a boost. "oh, of coarse" she muttered as she began fumbling about the various compartments around her armour. As one opened she pulled out a hexagonal disk. Holding it before her a hologram menu came up as she configured the settings before closing the menu and throwing it to the floor. It then seemed to create a hologram of itself that stretched with layers outwards, creating a bigger hexagonal platform on the ground. When it was done the hologram turned into real layers of metal sheeting. "This should give you a boost, it made the effects of gravity less foreboding on your muscles, i can configure which way it boosts you too when you use it, just give me the signal", she brought up a menu from her HALO where she could trigger it when he needed.

She might actually be able to get it, from its stoney cocoon above them Aaron might actually be able to get to it with some sort of trick up his sleeve... It almost made her feel guilty, but happy to know someone would care.

Aaron began by examining how high he would ave to jump, she coudln't quite put her finger on it btu he was focusing very hard on something. Though a few tries more and he had it almost perfectly, getting himself up on the ledge, that much closer to the Emerald Jewel. Leah could feel her chest coming under the weight of her anxiety, she almost had the jewel... she almost actually had it. As he got closer the rocks that fell surprised her, having to quickly jump out of the way. But she didn't wait for long until she very quickly stared back up, then she saw his hand reaching out, he said he could see it.

Then she remembered. "Wait!" she fumbled around until she brought out a small orb with a blue glowing dot on it. "Take this!" she shouted up, throwing it to him and hoping he would catch it okay. "Put the light on your palm, it will turn into a skeleton-hand of sorts that clings to her finger tips. If you touch the jewel directly i can't promise you what will happen" she said, almost nervously. She wanted everything to go smoothly, and once he had it... she wanted it.

She wouldn't use her gadgets to protect herself from it.. she wanted to touch it right away, feel the rhythm of its power resonate through her veins. Then, and only then would she be able to take vengeance.

He caught it, luckily, perhaps she should have given him more time. She saw him look at the exoskeleton like it was abnormal, to her it was everyday gadgetry. She had to remember there was a difference between anywhere in the world in comparison with Entei City. It was the same with any guild, any major city. But as she pushed the thought aside, she saw him reach out to the Emerald Jewel, she witnessed the leafy glow as he brought it out, looked at it directly. She envied him in this moment, like a dog admiring someone else holding their bone. It was a bad comparison in this context, but that was how she felt.

Throw it? Her heart suddenly felt heavier as soon as he asked, no, no he couldn't! "No!" she replied, "Sorry" she then added. Breathing carefully she looking about her outfit to try and think of a solution to easily get it to her grasp. "Just- can you get down? Without dropping it? Or yourself, for that matter?"

Watching as Aaron attempted his own way down, it almost tore her in two. As the first ledge slipped passed his scraping arm she almost began to chase after him , but then he managed to latch a hold of the next ledge. He was dangling above her and all she really cared about was the jewel, but he managed to keep it safe. With the next drop, he was on the floor, bending his knees to break the force of impact, and standing. She let out a great sigh, looking around the ground with exhausted eyes. "Yeah" she said, then looking up and saying "I'll - take that" she then said, reaching out for the Jewel. She was already covered in technology, so she hadn't need to worry about touching it.

As it entered the clasp of her metallic hand she had to pause for a moment and think through what might just happen soon. She then admired it and began to turn as if she was going to work out with him, but then stopped. "But first..." she then added. With her spare hand she then changed some settings on her HALO, and a sudden 'click' with the sound of air being let loose followed. Her right hand's 'gauntlet' of sorts was now loose, and she shook it off, not caring for it to fall to the ground. It was like she was in a trance. And then she wasted no time in placing her finger tips atop the Emerald Jewel, its cold, solid surface against her skin was ridged and filled with minute patterns. Letting go of her breath, she felt a new kind of power resonate through her... and she couldn't help it, all these years, for all this time she had been searching. And now she finally has it. In her palm.

((sorry for not replying for so long! Also, i did literally JUST write a big post, and i accidentally refreshed the page and lost it all. I've lost all motivation to do this post nicely crying ll apologies for any vagueness))

When he called out to her she ignored looking at him, she only felt the ability to speak, and said "...But..." as she stared at the jewel. With another click, her left gauntlet was falling through the air and hitting the stony ground with a metallic thud. It rolled down the small slope in the ground, past and over some broken stones before coming to a stop by some green moss. Her other hand lifted to cup the jewel in both her hands, and it was a feeling that she couldn't describe. Still facing the opposite direction as him, she finally looked over her shoulder "I've finally seen what i need to do..." she said, sounding like she was lost between worlds, her mental state fading. "And it's telling me..." she said, staring blankly at him like a ghost, and a green light shun within her eyes, brightly at first, but then dulling down, and she began to scour and shook her head. She then returned to normal, eyes still glowing but this time sounding normal. "It's telling me to achieve something..." and then she heard the sounds of the returning Goblins.

Scouring further, she looked over to the tunnel and said "And my first achievement will be to undo an entire horde of goblins!" she held out her spare hand, Jewel in the other behind her as she flung her palm up and from it, a burst of green light, then a sonic boom that rushed towards the tunnel and blasted the goblins off their feet, swept into the air and hitting the ground with a thud. Using her fingers then, like a claw to clutch an invisible ball in her hand, roots cascaded through the rocky bridges like worms and erupted to grab their limbs, pin them down and crush them slowly to death. Their finally breathes reminding Leah that she was powerful enough to do anything now.

Looking back to Aaron, she said "Thank you, Aaron". And she let go of the jewel, with a crystal chime it hummed and hovered between her chest as she held her arms out wide and began to summon its power, she felt it pulsating through her body like a sugar rush as a child on Halloween. Grass began to grow thickly around her, and sky blue flowers blossomed in seconds on the dry stony floor. "Show me my husband..." she whispered to herself, then becoming angry and shouting as the jewel raised up above her "Bring him to me, drag him through the earth! Switch his life with an animal within here, do anything to let me show him how he made me feel!".

And suddenly the ceiling began to shake, immediately around her stones falling from above, and like a magnet, rolling quickly infront of her to come together and begin forming an archway. With it, vines latched a hold of it, swirling up the columns before her and sinking its green tips like teeth into the cracked to hold it all together.

And then the vines began to rot.

Fear and worry, then begant o set in. Her eyes darting from the rocks before her, she watched as they slwoly became loose, and the vines turning to dust. Her hopes and dreams then began to crumble before her, literally. "W-what?" she said, looking to her palms, looking up to the jewel and then saying "I-i dont understand?". The light pulsating from the jewel could then be seen dying, it looked as if the lgiht surrounding it was literally being forced back inside it, something was itnerferring with it, with Leah!

And when the arch had finally come falling down, she felt the air in her lungs suddenly be punched out of her, a gust of wind, a small amount of it, had just punched her in the gut. "-w...wh" she tried to say, clutching her metal stomach, staring up, half-dazed she looked into the darkest recesses of the cave, in vrarious different tunnels around her she swore she could see people. And then they all took a step further out, and she counted 7 identicle figures. 7 hooded, green robed men. She couldn't see their faces, but they were holding a sword in each left hand.