Two aliens guard a door, the building shakes, dust falls ...
Alien 1 - "Whoa ! Sounds like apocalypse out there !"
Alien 2 - "That's what I hear ..."
Alien 1 - "Yeah ... we're all gonna die aren't we ?"
Alien 2 - "Yep."
...
Alien 1 - "You know ... Apollo's kind of a dick."
Alien 2 - "He sucks the many asses of K'Tuerlu."
A dinging sound.
The elevator doors open, Nocturne roars past, horn forward.
Nocturne - "! Aaaaaa ... " Turns a corner.
...
Alien 1 - A laugh. "I don't think so."
Alien 2 - "Nope ! Way too fast for me."
Alien 1 - "I'm not actually even sure that happened."
...
Alien 2 - "Wanna fuck ?"
...
Alien 1 - "Kinda !"
Nocturne charges down the noticeably empty halls of the spire, dust and web in lesser used paths. Goggles on, 'Mario Cart' playing, road arrows show probable direction to control center (occasionally wrong, and she's the mushroom cart).
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Outside, the crew and ships deal with the incoming flanks, while at the front the battle between hunters an Nibiru edges greater and closer. Overhead the fleets are in high atmosphere and beyond, more hunter landers striking ground with the air drops.
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Apollo watches high atmosphere movement, it becoming clearer the ships have no command without as they follow his dragging fingers across the console, launching one into a suicide course with the hunter flagship offhandedly, and without much hope.
An afterthought.
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Nocturne runs, the cart bobbles it's path ...
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Outer atmosphere the hunter flagship bombards the approaching suicide run, crumbling it's shell, cracking to pieces, a wide body, empty, without crew.
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On the ground Qiu taps the ground before a charging hoard, sending them back in slow turning view to the crew charging, her leaping ahead in real time, pulling a Tai-Chi sword, full tassel (i never mastered the tassel ...).
Broken hulls begin their distant fall into atmosphere.
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Apollo watches them from above, directs the rear flank of the central assault to turn and charge in hard with an angry swipe down the console.
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A flashing auto pilot panel, the aliens guards doggy dance fuck in an escape pod to the light.
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Nocturne roars by ... the cart view bobbling, spinning through a turn.
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Qiu spins though the frontal assault as they roar by slowly, pieces fly ...
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Aliens dance fucking in an escape pod ...
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The door behind Apollo slides open, Nocturne charges in screaming. He turns and is impaled on the horn.
She crashes him through the panel, screen showing the swerving ships before she crashes him through that. Through the systems behind, a wall, another wall, another, another ...
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Nibiru ships swerving out of control in the sky, the demons all hesitate looking around ... from the high tower control, Nocturne and Apollo, still impaled and kicking crash through above flying over head.
She pops a grenade barrage (he takes the shrapnel in the back) to clear field for landing and skids him hard into a rock. She pulls out her horn as he slumps before looking up in a rage. The bots fighting beasts, crew holding ground, Nix, Mishil, and Qiu walk up from the blast cloud.
He leaps forward, punched spinning by Mishil while Nocturne shanks in a ribbon blade wrapping him twice as he falls. Qiu strikes ground and moves in, while he seems able to struggle against the effect, straining into her time roaring, until hit by Mishil's slow bullet. He takes the hits.
Nocturne sinks her other blade. He's face-swiped by Nix into another turn before a fall. As he tries to get up, Nocturne pulls the ribbons hard, spinning him back to the rock, hitting the head hard.
Nocturne jumps forward, Qiu taps her back as she passes, sending her sailing. She sinks the broken blade into his skull, and elbows down, kicking back over off of him.
They regroup.
He drops to fours with a skitter, primal brain functions in the back. Ships falling behind, he hisses and leaps at them.
Hector grabs his head mid air as he twitches and struggles. He strains his fingers a bit, Apollo flailing.
Hector - "Oh ... tough guy."
Squeezing ...
He pops the head.
The body hits the ground, the blade sticks dirt.
Ms Grainne walks the school's empty halls with concern ... shoes echoing. She gets to her office, on the desk another field trip request. She looks at the clock and furrows her brow.
The ships port over the market clearing, hunter flagship porting high over, badly damaged, dome shattered, but functional. The craft begin their landing cycles while the hunters deploy two dragon ships around a third, more decorous.
The students watch the landing and approaches, Doe pulls up to join.
As Nocturne gets out, the teacher approaches with a bow, pulls the broken blade's hilt from his belt and hands it to her. She takes it and leaps to hug.
Nemesis near, she approaches.
Nemesis - Preparing a hug, "I didn't know it was a good thing." ! Hugs !
Cassandra - With Daphne, Space Bird checking out Sally behind, "Your payment. As promised." A dollar sign bag, she slings it.
Daphne - "Ship's deducted ..."
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The lead hunter is greeted my the Magistrate and Asherah. She bows and hands him her book, and turns away. He opens it, filled page after page with seals, freshly drawn. He watches her board, their departure.
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Nocturne ducks the crowd for Doe's car and they disappear the party, while the rest mingle. Inside the car, she dumps the bag over her head, candy flying everywhere ...
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A flock of birds weaves the sky over Kiyome, dressed as a teacher, past agents in the bush with sonic ear ... and into fade to night woods.
The magistrate walks to wood's edge and begins to read from the book, seals disappearing, creatures like nix leaping the trees until the book is blank.
He closes it, holds it to his forehead, a smile. He holds it up, it burns away as he turns to Asherah waiting.
The last demon watches the last ash fall, then after their departure, camera turning til facing.
Alien 1 - "Whoa ! Sounds like apocalypse out there !"
Alien 2 - "That's what I hear ..."
Alien 1 - "Yeah ... we're all gonna die aren't we ?"
Alien 2 - "Yep."
...
Alien 1 - "You know ... Apollo's kind of a dick."
Alien 2 - "He sucks the many asses of K'Tuerlu."
A dinging sound.
The elevator doors open, Nocturne roars past, horn forward.
Nocturne - "! Aaaaaa ... " Turns a corner.
...
Alien 1 - A laugh. "I don't think so."
Alien 2 - "Nope ! Way too fast for me."
Alien 1 - "I'm not actually even sure that happened."
...
Alien 2 - "Wanna fuck ?"
...
Alien 1 - "Kinda !"
('Rapper's' Delight by Sugarhill Gang, start at 10:40)
Nocturne charges down the noticeably empty halls of the spire, dust and web in lesser used paths. Goggles on, 'Mario Cart' playing, road arrows show probable direction to control center (occasionally wrong, and she's the mushroom cart).
__
Outside, the crew and ships deal with the incoming flanks, while at the front the battle between hunters an Nibiru edges greater and closer. Overhead the fleets are in high atmosphere and beyond, more hunter landers striking ground with the air drops.
__
Apollo watches high atmosphere movement, it becoming clearer the ships have no command without as they follow his dragging fingers across the console, launching one into a suicide course with the hunter flagship offhandedly, and without much hope.
An afterthought.
__
Nocturne runs, the cart bobbles it's path ...
__
Outer atmosphere the hunter flagship bombards the approaching suicide run, crumbling it's shell, cracking to pieces, a wide body, empty, without crew.
__
On the ground Qiu taps the ground before a charging hoard, sending them back in slow turning view to the crew charging, her leaping ahead in real time, pulling a Tai-Chi sword, full tassel (i never mastered the tassel ...).
Broken hulls begin their distant fall into atmosphere.
__
Apollo watches them from above, directs the rear flank of the central assault to turn and charge in hard with an angry swipe down the console.
__
A flashing auto pilot panel, the aliens guards doggy dance fuck in an escape pod to the light.
__
Nocturne roars by ... the cart view bobbling, spinning through a turn.
__
Qiu spins though the frontal assault as they roar by slowly, pieces fly ...
__
Aliens dance fucking in an escape pod ...
__
The door behind Apollo slides open, Nocturne charges in screaming. He turns and is impaled on the horn.
('Arizona (Ball of Confusion)' by PE)
She crashes him through the panel, screen showing the swerving ships before she crashes him through that. Through the systems behind, a wall, another wall, another, another ...
__
Nibiru ships swerving out of control in the sky, the demons all hesitate looking around ... from the high tower control, Nocturne and Apollo, still impaled and kicking crash through above flying over head.
She pops a grenade barrage (he takes the shrapnel in the back) to clear field for landing and skids him hard into a rock. She pulls out her horn as he slumps before looking up in a rage. The bots fighting beasts, crew holding ground, Nix, Mishil, and Qiu walk up from the blast cloud.
He leaps forward, punched spinning by Mishil while Nocturne shanks in a ribbon blade wrapping him twice as he falls. Qiu strikes ground and moves in, while he seems able to struggle against the effect, straining into her time roaring, until hit by Mishil's slow bullet. He takes the hits.
Nocturne sinks her other blade. He's face-swiped by Nix into another turn before a fall. As he tries to get up, Nocturne pulls the ribbons hard, spinning him back to the rock, hitting the head hard.
Nocturne jumps forward, Qiu taps her back as she passes, sending her sailing. She sinks the broken blade into his skull, and elbows down, kicking back over off of him.
They regroup.
He drops to fours with a skitter, primal brain functions in the back. Ships falling behind, he hisses and leaps at them.
Hector grabs his head mid air as he twitches and struggles. He strains his fingers a bit, Apollo flailing.
Hector - "Oh ... tough guy."
Squeezing ...
He pops the head.
The body hits the ground, the blade sticks dirt.
! The End !
(credits roll through this shot, the last of the battle in the distance)
...
(a moment black screen)
Ms Grainne walks the school's empty halls with concern ... shoes echoing. She gets to her office, on the desk another field trip request. She looks at the clock and furrows her brow.
('DMSR' by Prince and pretty much everyone)
The ships port over the market clearing, hunter flagship porting high over, badly damaged, dome shattered, but functional. The craft begin their landing cycles while the hunters deploy two dragon ships around a third, more decorous.
The students watch the landing and approaches, Doe pulls up to join.
As Nocturne gets out, the teacher approaches with a bow, pulls the broken blade's hilt from his belt and hands it to her. She takes it and leaps to hug.
Nemesis near, she approaches.
Nemesis - Preparing a hug, "I didn't know it was a good thing." ! Hugs !
Cassandra - With Daphne, Space Bird checking out Sally behind, "Your payment. As promised." A dollar sign bag, she slings it.
Daphne - "Ship's deducted ..."
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The lead hunter is greeted my the Magistrate and Asherah. She bows and hands him her book, and turns away. He opens it, filled page after page with seals, freshly drawn. He watches her board, their departure.
__
Nocturne ducks the crowd for Doe's car and they disappear the party, while the rest mingle. Inside the car, she dumps the bag over her head, candy flying everywhere ...
__
A flock of birds weaves the sky over Kiyome, dressed as a teacher, past agents in the bush with sonic ear ... and into fade to night woods.
The magistrate walks to wood's edge and begins to read from the book, seals disappearing, creatures like nix leaping the trees until the book is blank.
He closes it, holds it to his forehead, a smile. He holds it up, it burns away as he turns to Asherah waiting.
The last demon watches the last ash fall, then after their departure, camera turning til facing.
Whispers, "Thank you."
Darts away.
The credits ~ FX clips with bloopers and the afterparty ~
('B-Side Wins Again' by Public Enemy)