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((Because I don't want this post to be long, This is part 1 of 2. The other half will be posted tomorrow most likely. Enjoy!))
[Dani :: Atlantica ::Front lines>>Dark Army]

Dani continued her onslaught of water magic on the dark army in front of her. She also threw in her chakrams in order to spice things up a bit so that the enemy did not catch on to her plans. With the sirens singing and Jenny's haste she felt more powerful than she ever had before. "I need to keep going" Dani thought and made another wave push a line of enemies back.

Her newfound power however was short lived as Dani suddenly felt water grip onto her stomach and mouth. The grip had the intention of immobilizing the assassin and silencing her from calling out. "What is happening?!" Dani screamed in her head and tried to scream to the others. Due to her mouth being covered, however, there were only small muffled noises that no one could possibly hear. Dani then felt herself being dragged into the massive dark army and struggled against the grip on her but to no avail. Soon her vision faded to black as all she could see were heartless and geists around her but not actually touching her. In fact, the heartless and geists paid her no mind until Dani was pulled harshly into the middle of the army, unable to be seen by the others.

"Well that was easy," A voice commented from the other side of the army.

"SHOW YOURSELF!" Dani shouted holding her chakrams out in defense.

The being complied and before Dani stood a mermaid wearing a black hoodie that was not zippered up. The tail of the mermaid was also a koi but was much darker then Dani's koi tail. "Now aren't you a rude one," The mermaid commented keeping her face hidden by the hood. "You are already making demands when I was the one who pulled you in here. I could always throw you back into the fray of Heartless and Geists to watch you die."

"Just who are you?" Dani asked exasperated.

The mermaid chuckled lightly before taking off her hood slowly and letting her long brown hair fall down her back. The mermaid then used two fingers to push up her glasses which had fallen off of her face. If the earthling didn't know any better she felt like she would be looking into a mirror. "Hello there, my name is Ashley and you are going to be my little plaything for a bit."

{Demyx .:. Caribbean .:. Pearl}

"See, you're doing it again!" Demyx insisted, with a little more life this time. "You're supposed to be the bad guy here, right? So, if you're telling me to help my friends, you must have some plan to use me somehow. I'm not stupid."

((OoC: All evidence to the contrary, Dem ;D ))

{Demyx .:. Caribbean .:. Pearl}

"I dunno. Enjoy the challenge or something?" Demyx guessed with a flippant shrug. "Have future plans for them? You seem like a manipulative guy. I wouldn't be surprised if you're using them as pawns in some sort of grand scheme."

He spared a glance for the battlefield, and it seemed the kids were doing okay. No one had died or sustained serious injury yet, anyway.

{Demyx .:. Caribbean .:. Pearl}

Demyx stared at Ajora, his mind working furiously. The guy seriously had to have some sort of ulterior motive here. Of the "options" listed, the third sounded ideal. It required no fighting, and he was used to people being annoyed with him. He doubted the kids would be suspicious; they hadn't missed him at all in the fight last night. The second wasn't even remotely an option. Demyx needed Kyla to flesh out her theories about heart restoration and whatnot. The first, well, it would be best for earning their gratitude and future protection and aid, but he had most of that already. Really, two out of three wasn't bad, and gratitude wasn't high on his list of priorities.

But, if Ajora was as much of a manipulative git as Demyx suspected, and combined with the replica's apparent access to some sort of communication thingy that supposedly only the Earth kids were supposed to have (he remembered them freaking out about it on the beach), if Demyx sat this one out, that could spell trouble if Ajora decided to rat him out and raise suspicion himself.

"You're really lucky I'm incapable of hating you," the Nobody said coolly, and turned back to the battle at hand. He brought Arpeggio up, and started spouting Geysers across the deck of the Pearl.

[Isolde :: Caribbean :: Black Pearl]

No one would have been paying any mind to shadows moving along the ground, especially as waters splashed on deck as the turbulent waters tossed the ship and the haze of ocean spray prickled the skin of all aboard. Instead, what they would have felt was a cold chill rushing past, causing water droplets to freeze up and their exhaled breath appear foggy. The temperature aboard the ship dropped, and even though the ocean waters were cold, this was far too cold.

She moved like a wraith, sinking into the deck and rising again, unnoticed in the chaos that had ensued.

{Kuro Oni ; James ; Alex : Caribbean : Black Pearl}

He hadn't expected a response from the enigmatic genome. Nor had he exactly anticipated that Kuja would be able to not only dodge but reverse his own attack right at him. He dodged the first six of them before Dawn's Aerial Blast knocked him out of the way of the last of the energy blades. He managed to land on his feet despite the sudden knock back. He had no time to catch a breather though as geysers of water erupted across the deck forcing him to dodge them.

James on the other hand was not so lucky, the knock back sent the corsair crashing down to the deck below, his head pounding on the wooden planks. He laid there stunned for a moment as water splashed onto his body from the geysers. When the corsair's eyes opened again, his eyes still glowed golden, but his expression was not blank. There was a sign of pain and bewilderment in his eyes. Had the bump on the head somehow managed to break Ajora's control over him?

"What's going on...?" he muttered under his breath.

His eyes snapped open as he heard the sounds of battle and a raging storm all around him. He looked around to come to the realization that he was on the deck of the Black Pearl and quickly realized that this was the final battle against Davy Jones and the EITC. As he slowly sat up he winced slightly as he felt an ache in his chest. However he ignored it, he was frustrated and angry with himself and what had happened to him aboard the Dutchman. He had no idea what had been revealed because he had been captured by Ajora.

{{Cue: Controlling the Iron Beast}}

His eyes scanned the battlefield and locked onto Kuro Oni, the last thing he normally would have wanted to see. However, right now he wanted to give his replica hell for what he had done.

"Kuro Oni!" he yelled as he suddenly went into a dash to close the distance between himself and his replica. "I'll kill you!"

As his "Dash" closed in the distance the corsair shot past Kuro Oni, attempting to claw at him as he went by. He then quickly changed his direction and dashed in again in a Savage Charge.

Kuro had been focused on keeping his eye out for any more attacks from Kuja as well as knocking aside any other opponents that chose to get in his way. As such, he hadn't realized that James had gotten up until he heard his yell. If he was surprised by the sudden change in James, he barely showed it. However, the sudden turn of events had left him stunned as he took the first couple of blows. His mind reeling as he was knocked around a bit despite him putting up his arms to protect himself.

'What is going on!? Did Ajora somehow lose control?' he thought, completely and utterly confused by the situation.

Looking into the corsair's eyes, he could see that darkness still remained prevalent. So he didn't understand how he could be in control again. The dark gunner had gotten a little beat up from the charge. However, it didn't seem to bother him one bit.

"I am not sure how you've regained control. However, I see you still haven't changed. You claim you'll kill me, but you haven't been able to yet," The Nightmare Dreadnought stated with a laugh.

[Kyla: Atlantica: Above the Battle Field]


With Kyle blasting away with his lazers, the rain of ice arrows, the geysers and the defensive spiking- Kyla focused on trying to weaken the most advanced armory of the geist task force. First thing she decided to target was the mage equivalents, the Kinetics. Noelle and Prote mentioned it would be best to try and MAKE them use their powers, because once they ran out of juice the creatures would vanish right?

“Let’s give them something to shoot at.”

With Haste in place she was able to create something to keep them busy quite quickly.
From the water-skyline where she observed the battle field, Kyla selected the largest groupings of Kinetic Geists and attacked with swords which plummeted and soared towards them like seeker missiles!
Their sharpen edges glinted and they created streams of bubbles in their wake as they slashed at the creatures hoping to draw their fire, or cut them to ribbons.

At the very least they would draw their fire and force them to attack just by the sheer threat they supposedly posed.

[Noelle ~ Atlantica ~ Battlefield]

Noelle kept returning fire on the Kinetics, and with her and Kyla’s combined efforts, the Kinetics were starting to dwindle in number. This was little relief, however, because the stronger Geists were starting to advance on the battlefield. Noelle glanced around, happy to see that the Atlanticean army was doing well against the Djinns. The Shades were a little tougher, though, so she’d have to keep an eye out for the merfolk once they reached the front lines. The agromancer focused back on the Kinetic fire, moving to redirect the stones and boulders into oncoming Heartless and Geists. They wouldn’t move at her command. Noelle frowned, trying again, but to no avail. A flash of panic took over her. What was going on? Her magic was still active--she could feel it coursing through her. The only way she couldn’t move the earth was unless it was already under the control of another magic user. Nobody but Kyle M. and herself had control over earth, and he certainly wasn’t attacking their own. The best Noelle could do was try and intercept them. Things quickly became more difficult, though. As they neared and Noelle prepared, the boulders burst into shards that started raining down on the army. In a stroke of quick thinking, the small blonde pulled up sheets of sand and swiped the particles through the water. The sand took care of a lot of the shards, but couldn’t wipe them all out. Her skin stung as the sharp pieces cut into and past her.

’Kyle!’ Noelle sent an urgent message to her fellow earth user over the charms, ’There’s another terramancer on the field. It’s too dense to see right now, so it’s either your replica or mine. We need to fish them out and deal with them or they’ll take out a chunk of our forces.’

Noelle swam forward, taking out Heartless and Djinn with her spear in attempts to preserve her magic. She was taking a few hits, but they did little to slow her down. Adrenaline was pumping through her by now, taking the edge off and driving her forward. Prote was right when he said that the Shades were few and far between. She had yet to run into one, though she could see them whisping around up ahead. Grimms were even fewer. But, as Murphy’s Law dictated, she found the one that was within the one square mile of her. Trouble was a friend.

She paged Kyle again, ’On second thought, -you- find them. I’ll work on not dying. Tell me when you’ve found our target, I’ll come when I can. I gotta Tango with a Grimm.’

”Hey Prote!” Noelle called out in hopes of gaining his assistance, glancing over to the friendly Geist a level below her, ”I’ve got a present for ya!”

Meanwhile, Shades were starting to find the Earthlings and Atlanticean forces. The battle would certainly get harder before it became easier.