Re: Reaching Salvation: Post-Acer Part 12

[Creation of Pokerus]

"Then you know what they have in terms of weapons," Paul asked, face darkening even more, "Beyond Flow."

[Dobi Boshi]

"We don't have exact details," Eithne cut in before anything further could be said. Running a hand threw his head, he stared at the ground in front of the rock on which he sat. "Though we've had a few skirmishes with scouts before; nothing large scale and they didn't have the support of anyone like Tabaris, either. We didn't know Lillian had a monster like that.

"That said, going off what we've gauged from scouts in the past, she's got more people with Flows that are suited to direct combat that support, though she does have quite a lot of support Flows too, but they tend to be packing a gun or some sort of other weapon to make up for it. They're always grouped with people who their Flow will benefit and allow them to maximize their power.

"Like now, Tabaris had the teleporter, and I wouldn't think it would be a stupid bet to think that he had someone else out their watching his back for him. If we want to fight these guys, it might be a smart idea to cripple their support first. With out it they'll be a lot less dangerous, even the monsters like Tabaris are going to struggle if they suddenly lose the second pair of eyes they've gotten so use to."

[Book the Hero]

So their support units are a lot like me...

Yeah, but their Flows probably don't impede everyone's ability to fight, like your's does

[Big Uri]

"They had some kind of psychic with Tabaris," Tom agreed. It was the only thing that made sense, providing Tabaris didn't have eyes on the back of his head.

[Creation of Pokerus]

"I can fight guns," Paul grumbled, "Guns are easy. It would be easier if they were dipshits with swords, but I'll settle for guns."

[Dobi Boshi]

"Joey," Eithne called as he looked up, mulling something over in his head. "How good is Percival in a physical fight? If Percival is willing to help me, and can cancel out Tabaris' Flow I'm pretty sure I can take him easily enough in a regular old fist fight - but it wouldn't hurt being able to tag team him, just to be safe.

"Paul, you packing any snipers? We just set Irish one and two on 'em, seeing as Tom could get the two of them right in the center and throw 'em into a panic, we using it to our advantage and take the opportunity to have snipers take down the support Flows, hell just gun down anyone. English can lead a group and clean house with his Darkness and Regeneration and come at 'em head on, whilst if we can get people in behind them we can trap 'em in a pincer movement, those that scatter are going to meet resistance either way they feel and those trapped in the middle will have Tom and Luke to deal with whilst me and Percival play assassins.

"Sound good? I mean; impossible odds, almost no chance of success and pretty much certain death - what's not to love, right?"

[Creation of Pokerus]

"As nice as that sounds, I'm gonna point out a few things. Their support is gonna range from psychics, to healers, to barrier users, so I doubt a gun will be too effective. What if I got you a Flow resistant tank?" Paul raised an eyebrow, "Another thing is we'll have to keep them scrambled. I'm fairly certain Percival's Flow is more than capable of covering a decent amount if not all of their force. I don't think they'll enjoy dealing with mortars without Flow, and I can direct them to pin point targets."

[Dobi Boshi]

"We're also planning this out like we believe Lillian ain't got some sort of trump to contract Percival. Assume the worst and think she does, there's no way to know for sure if they know what he looks like though, just that they know what he can do. You have him take out every single on of their Flows you're painting a target on him." Eithne pointed out.

"After what went down I'd think it'd be a safe bet, which is why we need to keep Percy under the radar and use his power to take out the big guys quietly before they know what hit him, not go and broadcast him to the enemy."

[Book the Hero]

"I can handle myself." Percival said, taking over to answer Eithne. "I've been teaching myself to use a handgun ever since the Acer, I'm probably no where as close to Paul's or one of his friend's level of skill, but I won't be useless in a fight."

[Creation of Pokerus]

"Personally, I'd rather he just shoot the guy rather than you try to fist fight him," Paul deadpanned, "I probably could have just shot him then and there in the first place."

[Book the Hero]

"I got to agree with Paul." Percy said. "A fistfight will be impractical, as we need to be able to take down our enemies as fast as we can, or there's a high chance we'll be over-run."

"A long, drawn-out battle against an enemy who dwarfs us in sheer numbers, is one of the last things we want."

[Dobi Boshi]

"Fist fight may be impractical, but just as you said, they dwarf us," Eithne countered, "whether you want to admit it or not, especially if that teleporter they had earlier is just one of many, they will get behind us or in the middle, wherever they can and they will drop the combat guys like Tabaris, relying to much on guns will get us killed. A fist fight is pretty much impossible to avoid at this point."

[Big Uri]

"Running at 'em with swords'll get you killed though," Tom chipped in. "I could try divide their force."

[Stabberz]

"It's all fine planning out our attack, but have you stopped once to think of our defence?" Nathan asked, having already mulled over the idea. "And I'm not talking just in terms of flow's." He slowly reached into his pocket and pulled out the gem coated in ice. Everyone among them was good at sensing flows and would feel the power coming off of it.

"I've scanned this thousands of times since Zackary, Sage, and I found it. This gem will boost flows tenfold. But using it in an attack would be suicide. I've gone over all the possibilities in my head and there's only one person fit to use it." He explained holding up the gem. "Which brings me to our defensive capabilities."

"The village are impractical, as is the forest. Even all of us holed up in one village wouldn't be enough, they'd attack from all angles and leave us unable to defend ourselves." Nathan continued to explain. "Plus they know the lie of the land and they have probably planned for this. Now if any of you recall ever going near the base you'll recall it was a mountain that Tom created when under the influence of Shima."

He now glanced at the massive man. "To consolidate our forces as well as offer decent protection to those who we need to protect, I have an idea. With me using Telepathy whilst Tom uses the gem combined with his flow we move the mountain about five miles to the south of the village and the forest. From there he'll be able to create a mountain expanse around our own mountain that curves round and is headed by the village and the forest."

"They'll blast through the village and come to the very edge of Tom's mountain range. From there three flows in particular will help us have complete knowledge over helping us tell numbers and also tell how close to us they will be." Nathan paused to take a breath and glanced at Zackary.

"Tom will monitor the earth, Zackary the skies and I have a guy in my Illuminati who can do a lot of things with mist, communicate with it and keep track of every single thing in it. I'll have him surround the entire area in the mist." Nathan pocketed the gem again and frowned.

"With the flow sensing ability we have we'll be able to pick out the likes of Tabaris and Tom can catapult anyone of his level elsewhere. Daniel can draw power from the likes of us and protect the main mountain with an impregnable shield whilst we go about our attack plans." This idea drew an idea to Nathan's mind.

"As the area would be covered in mist we set up attacking units dotted around the surrounding mountain area. Percival can cover these units in his flow to complete hide the fact that they're there and on my signal the mist disappears, the units attack and the ground and earth start to give them hell. Paul will lead his gun unit alongside Percival so that Percy can stop any flows whilst the gunners shoot them dead." Once again stopping for breath Nathan went over what he'd said in his mind.

"Eithne, Heidi, Luke and I will each lead more forces whilst Zackary and Tom control their respective zones. Erika and Kira you'll be the last line of defence guarding the children and any one who's wounded or can't fight." Nathan looked around them all.

"Between all of our groups together I'd say we have at most seventy capable fighters of adult age, but with the correct applications of flow we can hurt them." Nathan guessed. "Once I heal Luke's we'll have another capable fighter."

With his piece said, Nathan stepped back and waited for some responses.

[MrMissMrs Random]

Erika spoke up. "Heidi told me about a village her brother was in that is out of the way enough that any children will be safe there. However if we're to make the journey we'll have to start by tomorrow..."

[Creation of Pokerus]

"I agree with Erika, get the kids out of the way or give them a gun because I'm not gonna leave their safety up to our incompetence," Paul stated.

[Stabberz]

"That's all fine and good, but we don't know how much area they monitor or how far away they are." Nathan said, launching his rebuttal. "If they get captured or worse then we'll have basically sent them to their graves."

[Ra The BlazeWingPhoenix]

"Who said I would be helping in this war, Nathan?" Zackary questioned.

[Big Uri]

"Well to put it simply, if you aren't going to help, you have no reason to be here," Luke responded bluntly, looking hard at Zackary.

[Ra The BlazeWingPhoenix]

"I was called over here," Zackary said.

[Big Uri]

"Well it's quite clear what this is about, so if it's not for you, why not leave?" Luke replied, shrugging boredly.

[Ra The BlazeWingPhoenix]

"To hear what was said." Zack shrugged.

[MrMissMrs Random]

"I plan to travel with the kids. I will be our line of defense. However, I'm going to need some more people to help." Erika replied.

[Book the Hero]

"I'll go." Joey said instantly.

[Creation of Pokerus]

"Um, no, we need Percy to stay here," Paul frowned, "I'll send the people from my group who aren't willing to fight straight up along."

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