"Uhh... go team?"
<<After Chapter 1.2>>
"So what are we waitin' for!?" Xiana blurted as she pounded her fist together. "Let's in there and-"
"Hold it, Xiana." Hiro huffed as he folded his wings. "Didn't you hear what Samadaya said? 'Close to a thousand'. They're only four of us."
Peering back to the hawk, Xiana groaned. "Hey, if me and my group can take on a swarm of 'tar covered' wolves, I think we can-"
"And how did that turn out again?" Hiro glared.
Taking a moment, the toucan gave a small squawk and frowned. "...Aura..." She sighed.
"Besides... it's a good chance that we're going up against a clone so I think I'd be wiser to understand 'our' strengths and weaknesses before we rush in... agreed?" Hiro looking to Rex.
Rex glanced at Hiro, "We don't have time to be strategizing when we're already on the battlefield. I don't know much, but alternate realities mean people grew up differently, right? And what's to say they didn't get some special powerup from the Corruptions on their side? Until we fight we won't know anything, and as it is by taking so much time we've already lost members, and we risk leaking information."
He unsheathed his gladius, "I'm going in for the attack. I'll go after my clone. I have a better chance at guessing what his strengths and weaknesses are."
"Yo-you're joking... right?" Hiro said dumbfounded.
"See." Xiana perked her head back as the hawk placed a wing upon his forehead.
"The gamble you're taking might cost you your life. Who's to say your clone is even over there?" sighing. "Too many risks. This could even be a trap."
"What do suppose we do then?" Xiana asked as she turned to gaze upon the cloaked crowd.
Samadaya, the great destroyer of worlds and humanoid species alike, nonchalantly teleported to the group and sat on top of a rock, donning a black yukata and sword sheathed at her side. She yawned as she looked on with sleepy eyes.
"Samadaya!"
Xiana turning her attention to yell out.
"Where have you been?!"
<When did she... even leave?> Hiro muttered to himself.
Samadaya yawned again and shut her eyes.
"It's not any easier to sleep here than in the 7th dimension either it seems. It's especially more difficult when a giant, talking bird is screaming at you like an impudent child."
Hiro stepped in front of the fuming Xiana, stopping her from saying something that might ignite Samadaya's short fuse.
"I don't really know whose side you're on in all of this, but I would like it if you would lend us your power to help defeat these invaders."
Samadaya flipped her hair, yawning again.
"Why should I bother, exactly? If it were just me, I could wipe out this crowd and this entire world in about a day. I think it's much more fun to watch you all fight on your own strength. Surely you have the capacity to form strategies for tight situations, right?"
Xiana yelled out from behind Hiro.
"Stop insulting our intelligence and just decide! Will you help us or not?!"
*THINK THINK THINK*
"Hmmmm...."
After sparing some time to think it over, Samadaya suddenly disappeared into a swirling vortex, leaving the group behind.
Rex, Hiro, and Xiana stood dumbfounded. It was so insane and so rude, Rex laughed, thinking it was all just a cruel joke.
"Hahaha...very funny Samadaya. You can come out now. Come on. Stop hiding. Okay, NOW! NOW.......NOW....Oh my god, she really left us, didn't she?"
The portal reopened, and Samadaya emerged with a war fan tied around her wrist. Her long, black hair blew around in the wind, and she greeted everyone with a war-loving, peace-hating smile.
"Sorry, I just needed to get some things. So, who wants to start off, hmm?"
<"We're doomed."> Hiro chirped to himself as Xiana took her attention from Samadaya to him.
<"Don't say that!"> Xiana replied. "Look... how about we get a birds eye view and we'll dive in when things get hairy? Sounds fair?"
Taking a moment to think, Hiro grumbled. "...I... don't know... I have a bad feeling about this..."
"Oh come on!" Xiana patted him on the back. "Besides... been wanting to see what this chick can do with that crazy axe." She chuckled and thumbed a finger to Mary.
Mary seemed to preoccupied to answer, busy humming a lullaby to her axe.
<...did I mention how doomed we are?"> Hiro groaned as Xiana took to the air.
"You worry too much, Hiro! Come on! Quit crying and lets get into position!" Xiana flying off.
<"I carry the worry that all of you should be having...> Hiro shook his head before soaring after the toucan.