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Lirath - Ground Battle

After dropping off some of the crew at Balisair, it was time for the crew to set course for Lirath. The situation greeting them wasn't the most promising.

The cracked surface of the moon called Lirath was one of its most unmistakeable features. One of the three moons of the planet Kehoe, it had been terraformed and served as a settlement for a hundreds of different species, some humanoid, some not. Despite occasional class struggles, environmental issues, and speciesism blocking their way, the darker parts of Lirath's past were largely left behind, and an era of peace and tolerance had reigned for quite some time. The only problems they'd had recently were with a terrorist group whose cause for their actions had been a mystery, but they weren't tied to any particular species or social group and had been likened to a cult and had largely gone quiet in recent years.

Now the peace on the moon of Lirath had been shattered by the invasion of the Ohm.

The capital city had been destroyed. Now, all that was left of the peoples of Lirath was evacuating from one of its smaller cities, one known as Smyteval. A desert city, existing in a valley in between a rocky range of canyons and mountains, even though it was in the low ground, the natural channels of rock served as bottlenecks for any Ohm attacking from the ground.

GIA squadrons patrolled in space, locked in explosive warfare, protecting the Bleed-gate that had been activated to see the evacuated ships to the refugee world, and a shield created by massively-powerful shield generators extended around the city and up into the atmosphere, creating a shielded tunnel so ships could escape.

Word had come that there was a vital weapon to be deployed on Lirath, one that needed to be destroyed, hence why the Transmigration 9 had been called in. Given the diverse crew, and the ships that were in its hangar, there was at least someone or something on board that could blow the weapon up if it did show.

There was no sign of it yet. Right now, there was just chaos, streams of evacuees boarding ships, armies of Ohm engaged with GIA soldiers outside the shields, and forcefields that everyone hoped would hold out just a little bit longer.

The crew would be following Leon's orders but finding themselves fighting side-by-side with GIA platoons, full of various species that were currently all getting their asses kicked severely.

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Shoutarou hopped off the HardBoilder, stepping up beside Philip. He adjusted his hat, nodding at Philip. As Philip pulled his Memory, Shoutarou got his out as well - JOKER!

"Henshin!"

The pair swung their arms to opposite sides, while the Xtreme memory swooped up from behind, kicking up a small cyclone around Philip and Shoutarou. XTREME!

The cyclone fades quickly, revealing that the pair were replaced by Double. One hand closed near its chin while Double nodded, then the other hand pointed forward. "United in body and soul, we are the two-colored handkerchief, wiping away the tears of the universe - Kamen Rider Double!"

Kate was half running, half limping as she reached the tents, still firing at some of the Ohm. She stumbled, but quickly righted herself as she ducked around the firing back.

"Had to be fashionably late you know," she panted out before realizing people were already morphing. Yeah, she should get on that. Her strength was wearing out as it was, and the cold was making her shiver.

"PINK FIREBIRD!" she half yelled, half screamed over the din as she activated her morpher, and straightened up more as she felt strength returning with a swirl of wind.

Ron's last ditch effort to get to the tent had forced a demorph. Running back outside, he cleared away nearby Ohm with the Lotus Blade, and activated his the morpher once again.

"GREEN LION!"

"Time to squish some bugs!"

The sudden drop in temperature caused Jamie to shiver, momentarily glad for the extra protection the thorn armor provided. Still, as he went to dart out of the way of a particularly large glob of acid and skidded further than he intended, he realized that the cold was going to be a real problem, real soon.

Seeing everyone transforming around him, he figured it was about time that he joined in. One good blow to the nearest opponent gave him a little bit of breathing room - and just enough time to also activate his morpher. "RED DRAGON!"

Once the transformation was complete, he took a minute to send out a few short bursts of fire to help clear the area around them, both of ice and the encroaching Ohm.

As Philip vanished from the line up in the group, Mikku stretched languidly as he tossed the rib-caged Gaia Memory into the air.

Said Gaia Memory landed into the port and there was a sound of activation as his form shifted and grew into a large bipedal cat monster with huge fangs. Mikku let out a low growl as he tore into the first Ohm he saw, moving incredibly fast for his size.

In a way of covering all of her bases, Nazca pointed her sword at the group and uttered, "Cura!" Soon, any and all injuries they had would be healed with the spell itself.

"Heh, going straight for the strongest form, eh?" she asked, smirking at Double. If they were going to go that route, she would too. The Gaia Memory Enhancement Adapter appeared suddenly in her hands and she took her memory out of her driver, slotting it in the adapter. It said when it was inserted in. Then, the screen read as she went to another form change for this battle. Fire and light washed over her once more while the same upbeat music played (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2OPEl-sU5Y). Finally, her armor had more detailed black lines on it to signify the change.

Nazca quickly unsheathed her sword and took to the skies with Seraphiel following close behind her. In a moment or two, she was naught but a blur, aiming slashes at both the Bombardiers and Shrikes while Seraphiel bludgeoned a good sized amount himself with his cross. Some of the Ohm she took care of fell to the ground, resulting in an explosion. She had hoped, though, that the ones on the ground were going to be all right, however.

Edited 2011-08-17 05:32 (UTC)

What they needed was time - time to clear a path so the Zords to get to them. And, Jamie realized, as he continued to fend off the Ohm, time for Lash to get to them. He didn't see her there with the others yet.

He ran past a Grunt that had been rendered immobile but hadn't yet died. It had fallen on what he thought was maybe the remnants of one of those grav-tank things, but he couldn't quite tell if it was or not. It didn't matter so long as it what he needed to do worked.

The Scot took aim and fired at the rubble beneath the Ohm, removing the support it provided. The still-twitching creature unbalanced and started to slide down the other side, flipping over and right into the path of a Grenadier that had been about to fire, blocking the shot.

Rangers, we need a wee bit more room. Let's see what we can do about that, aye?

Nice shot, Billy complimented, trying to pull off a few of his own. There was a wave coming from his left that he charged at, practicing his rapid weapon-switch. First he swung across them with a wave of shots, then swiped the lance, and if there was a chance he rammed the blades inside.

It was difficult, though, so he found himself breaking the lance into its two pieces. With a yell, he broke them, flipped the blades around, and rammed them in an effective spot he'd found.

"Almost there! We just need Lash..."

And Billy hoped she would come soon. The guards and firebugs were looming over them, coming closer and closer with their deadly weapons. They needed that Zord protection.

Andy pulled out his blaster as he finished morphing, heading forward as he started blasting more and more of the Ohm now that his Ranger armor was back on his body.

He would've used the staff, but well, getting close to the Ohm right now definitely wasn't the best of ideas, to say the least.

Shoutarou jumped back on his bike, and drove over to the Revolgarry, keying in a code on his phone to open it, and grant access to a separate configuration for said bike - a hoverjet attachment.

Once it was on, Shoutarou called out the Prism Bicker. The sword was drawn out and Shou steered with one hand as he took off, firing potshots from the HardTurbler at the Ohm.

After Kate finished morphing, she gave a nod to others in acknowledgment. She then rushed to the side so she could send some of the Ohm back with tornado attack and away from the Rangers and the Riders. She alternated between the attacks and the blasting.

Hopefully Lash can reach them soon.

As Jamie obligingly threw himself to the ground to avoid the explosive feathers, he also had to roll out of the way to avoid being skewered where he lay. There seemed to be more Ohm coming in towards their position every second, and as snow began to fall, it was getting harder and harder to see them.

It was apparent - at least to him - they couldn't afford to wait for Lash any longer. With the conditions getting worse, they needed the Zords now, even if they couldn't form the Mega Thunderzord without her. They'd just have to make do with what they had and hope she got here - if she still could.

We'll not last much longer without the Zords, he thought to the other Rangers. I'm calling them in. Out loud, he said, "We need Thunderzord power, now!"

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By now, the aerial Ohm's numbers were depleting due to Nazca and Seraphiel making quick work of them. However, the moment she took a breather to recover, a few of the Ohm took this opportunity to take Nazca by surprise. She let out a cry of pain and rapidly descended from the sky, nearly hitting the ground itself. Luckily, Seraphiel caught her in the palm of his hand and set her down gently on the ground.

"Thank you, Seraphiel," Nazca gratefully said with a nod. She took in a breath and turned to the Rangers. "We'll deal with the Ohm as best as we can while you wait for your Zords!"

Then, her focus shifted to Double and Odin, already having a plan in mind to hold the Ohm at bay while they waited for both Lash and the Zords. "Philip, Shoutarou, Ren, and Mikku! Do a Memory Break and then follow it up with a Maximum Drive, if necessary! We're gonna help them until their Zords come up and then work from there!"

She was already getting prepared to do her share, if the fire surrounding her was any indication. It helped to melt the ice forming on the ground, which would make it easier to stand on than just a solid sheet of ice. A projection of a bird (http://www.onagocag.com/nazbird.jpg) was displayed as her sword also ignited in flames, ready to attack.

"Nazca Striker!" she shouted as a series of slashes were sent at the Ohm, decreasing some of their numbers while she had Seraphiel perform his Judgment attack to help out.

With a snarling series of slashes, a whole line of Ohm went down in a fiery explosion with a stylized S blooming on either side of the pack of Ohm. Mikku seemed to be unconcerned with the amount of ichor on his claws and continued to shred and slash, moving much faster than the Ohm themselves, dodging and weaving around the attackers.

"He seems to be having fun," remarked Philip, the right eye of Double flashing.

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"Seems that way," Shoutarou answered Philip as he slotted the sword back into the Bicker, following it with various Memories: PRISM! CYCLONE! MAXIMUM DRIVE! HEAT! MAXIMUM DRIVE! LUNA! MAXIMUM DRIVE! JOKER! MAXIMUM DRIVE! With that, the center of the shield starts to glow, four streams of color swirl around the device. Shoutarou steers the bike around for a strafing run before flipping a switch on the front of the shield - "BICKER FINAL ILLUSION!"

As Double flies by, a rainbow laser fires from his shield, blasting at the Ohm swarms to clear up some room.

Billy fired his few feeble shots from his position at the edge of the field to be cleared, grateful for their immense power. He could've done more if he'd even had an extra power like the other Rangers, but all he had to offer was slightly-above-average human power and a Zord. He hoped that would be enough, that everything would respond as it was supposed to.

When he'd bounced over a few more Ohm heads and thrown himself into the air to spear something outside the range of the Riders' attacks, he hollered to the sky as if the mecha itself could hear him.

"WHITE TIGER THUNDERZORD POWER!"

That wasn't exactly what Tommy used to say, he realized as he landed and shot down the debris over an Ohm with a mangled leg in its mouth, but as he didn't have Saba it wouldn't be quite the same anyway. it just had to work.

Let's see how much ground we can cover separately. Jamie, you can shift into warrior mode and team up with me if you need to. When we need to combine, the other four of you can merge with mine or Jamie's.

That, of course, depended on Lash arriving. He really wished she would. ...but we'll need Lash. Has anyone---heard from her?

Billy's last message had been interrupted by something tackling him. It only managed to slice at his back before he shot at it and rolled away, springing up into a strike at something in front of him, but it was still a sign they needed to move.

"Blue Unicorn Thunderzord Power!" Andy shouted, right before he fired at another one of the Ohm. No. I haven't heard from her since this fight started.

Fire at another grunt, before ducking under a swipe from another Ohm and kicking it to give himself some distance. Then firing again.

Ron momentarily stopped hacking away with his sword to shout "GREEN LION THUNDERZORD POWER!".

Haven't seen her either. Funny, you'd think the giant hair or the suit'd be easy to spot in this mess. he said, going back to work.

Aye. I've not... He broke off momentarily to duck to avoid a spiky claw as it swung directly at his head, then ran to get out of reach of a second limb as it tried to spear him where he stood. Pivoting on his foot, he leaped into the air to deliver a flying kick to the Ohm that was targeting him, following it up with an enhanced attack with his swords.

I've not seen her either. And he was worried, but there wasn't much to do about it, except take advantage of the few seconds lull after the Ohm he was fighting fell.

"RED DRAGON THUNDERZORD POWER!"

Kate spun around, twisting her body as she fired well aimed blasts toward the Ohm.

she has to be ok, she'll make it.

She ducked low before sending wind attack. Once she had some leeway in her fight, she could call the Zord.

"PINK FIREBIRD THUNDERZORD POWER!"

Since Lash and the Zords hadn't arrived yet, Nazca decided to amp it up a bit, if only to give her comrades more clearance than what they had right now for this to work. Her grip tightened on her sword and she stabbed it into the melted ground around her.

She grabbed the Bat Shot and slotted in the corresponding Memory with the camera saying ! She then slid it over her sword and took it out of the ground.

"Stand back!" she shouted to her friends, taking her Nazca Memory out of the Driver and clicking it. !

The ground below them shook and rumbled, comparable to a 4.5 earthquake. A large spider shot across the ground, covering some of the Ohm with it. Nazca then dislodged her blade from the ground and held it up. The amount of power surging from the weapon was great and severely taxing on whatever strength she had left. With a scream, she began to charge at the Ohm as Seraphiel followed close behind her.

Seraphiel began to glow, feeding on the strength that Nazca's emotions were giving to him. Bright light emerged from him as feathers appeared out of seemingly nowhere as he was ready to pulverize the Ohm like his mistress was.

"NAZCA'S ELYSIUM FINAL EARTHQUAKE!" bellowed out Nazca as a significant portion of the Ohm were just... slaughtered. As if they were nothing but mincemeat to the Rider herself.

Unfortunately for her, Nazca collapsed to her knees, the blade resting at her side. She used way too much strength and way too much energy as her transformation was threatening to break from her recklessness. She did hope that it would be enough of a difference for the Rangers to get the access needed for their Zords.

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