Deeper Into The Cave

Age 1991

"Tell me something..." Jackson said slowly as he turned to look back towards Anga. "That monster... Do you know how I can kill it?" He questioned. "No matter how many times I hit it, that thing just does not stay down..."

Anga was quiet for a moment but turned to look down at the body of James. "I'll be honest. I don't really know... The doctor who gave us this information never actually saw one himself... However, the records that we bought off of him was the research, the pair of scientist found... In it, they mentioned a weak spot that is formed on the body... Also... From what I've seen that creature might as well be damn right immortal, unless we can hit its weak spot..."

"I see..." Jackson said slowly. He nodded his head. "Well... If I was Ward I'd likely make a bet on where the weak spot is... And if I was to bet where the spot it, I'd probably have to guess the giant glowing crystal attached to its stomach..." He announced.

"Now that you mention it... I did notice a glowing crystal." Irene commented as she nodded her head. "I tried blasting it with my ice attacks, but it didn't seem to be affected, so either that isn't the weakness or that monster is just really, really sturdy... However, I'd actually say that the crystal is definitely its weakness as when we were barraging it with all those various attacks, it made sure to protect that crystal... Furthermore, it attacked anyone who came close to hitting the crystal with more hostility then anyone else... It seems to want to protect that crystal no matter what... So then what we should do, is have two people attack it from both the left and right side simultaneously, then have someone attack it from the front, and have someone attack if from the back. This way even if the creature gets the chance to stop the attack from the front it'll still be helpless from the attack coming from the back. If that crystal really is its weakness then any other damage is pointless, but it does seem to take a few seconds to heal so maybe we can use that also, to at least slow it down. Really the only main issues is the fact that it simply has so much more power than us, it can literally punch through people. It also seems to have some intelligence still in it, since it was able to play dead and pick James off, as well as the fact that after we all jumped it at once, it decided to flee, and get a better advantage..." Irene blinked slightly when she realized everyone was looking at her. "What..."

"Since when can North come up with plans!" Kitsune questioned suspiciously looking at his teammate. "You always freeze up and cry... How the hell did you come up with a plan."

"Give them some credit," Cloud said shrugging. "Besides. It wasn't that big of a deal. It's a simple strategy but it works."

"Although North did raise a good point," Jackson said suddenly. "A mindless creature wouldn't simply turn around and run into the cave... So that thing does show some form of intelligence... I don't know if that's a good thing, or a bad thing..."

"Ha!" Anga announced smirking. "I told you!" He stated smugly.

"You guys said you were after the Corruption to turn it into something that could help everybody..." Jackson said slowly eyeing the men up.

"That is what Yang and Anga want." Seth cut in, as he turned his back on the group. "I on the other hand..." He said quietly barely speaking above a whisper. He slowly reached up placing a hand under his scar. "I want something slightly different..."

"Yeah I don't trust him..." Hero said eyeing the man up.

"You all know that I won't let you get away with this all," Jackson said giving them a serious look. "You have all broken, several, several, important laws... Seriously it was like you guys weren't even trying..." He said rolling his eyes. "I won't be able to simply sit down and let that all slide you know..."

"It doesn't matter..." Anga said seriously.

"Anga?" Yang questioned turning to his brother.

"Us getting caught is a good thing," Anga stated. "It will allow us to spread our message. Then the rest of the world will see, and another group will eventually rise up."

"Anga we can't let him capture us!" Yang said stepping back.

"I'm not going to Nightshade!" Seth said glaring at Anga. He reached down slowly grabbing a knife.

"Please just calm down," Anga said holding his hands up. "I never meant to hurt anybody. What we have done is wrong but necessary. I'll gladly accept any punishment as long as it means the world learns about all of this... Besides. You know the Enforcers. It's only a matter of time before one of them tires to research something they shouldn't..."

"We'll talk about this later..." Seth hissed out as he turned away from the man. Seth quickly stepped away from the group as he let out a huff. He got back to work fixing his makeup. "Soon. Soon I'll get my beauty back."

Yang glanced at his brother with disappointment before he also turned away.

Anga let out a heavy sigh as he turned to Jackson. "You have my word that I at least won't put up a fight when you do arrest us. But please. Wait until after we defeat that thing... I'd also like to request that you don't arrest the Samurai... He has done nothing wrong, and wasn't even after the Corruption."

"Look... We'll figure this all out later." Jackson hissed out. "Right now..." He turned around staring into the vast void that was the cave. "Let's go kill that asshole..."

"It would seem we are progressing..." Zero said softly. "Girl... Do your best to stay next to me. I'll protect you."

"Ha. I don't need you to protect me." Ken announced crossing her arms.

"You may believe that if you wish."

"What!"

"Looks like we are progressing further into the cave." Hero said sheepishly.

"It would appear that way," Cloud said nodding.

"Cloud... Be honest. Do you think I can fight that thing? Like I can cause it any harm."

"Honestly... No. I doubt any of us recruits could even do any damage to it... I can sense a vast power just pouring off of it. It might even be around the strength of Dawson. I have no idea why we are even here Big Brother?"

"I see..." Hero said nodding. He gave a sheepish grin as he shrugged. "Oh well. Guess I'll just have to pull something out of my butt to stand a chance. I'll just become a version of myself that can beat it!"

"I'd suggest not fighting it," Cloud stated causing Hero to pout. "We don't want to die after all. Besides. I think we would just get in the way at this point. It's troubling, that things this strong actually exist. I don't know what we can do."

Kitsune let out a slight sigh. "I'll be honest. I really, really, really hate this mission."

"Ditto!" All the recruits plus Jackson stated.

And with that, they all stepped into the darkness preparing for what they hoped would be the final trick this mission could pull.