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Omake: A New Legend...?
London was on fire and Ignition Knight left without a trace, so now there was no one able to stop the flames. Firefighters had no chance.
With time running low and so much at stake, it was now time for a new heroine to take up her weapon and find the lost knight, so that the city could be saved.
This brave heroine is Magical Girl Ignition Spark.
The young girl was rushing through the streets at high speed already, having left behind Ebony Knight to assist in saving people trapped in the burning buildings. No one knew where the fire had come from, but it was terrible.
She was in a hurry anyway, seeing that her big sister was the one that vanished. She had to find out where Cerys went, no matter what. That was why she was not scared to take up the sword. Fire roared in her mind, wanting to get out and join the rest of the flames, but Una stopped it. She had no time for more fire, at least not right now.
As fast as her feet carried her, the Magical Girl rushed through the streets looking for clues on where Ignition Knight might have gone; she knew her sister, Cerys would never leave like that without a fight.
Then, a moment before it hit her, Una saw the wave of magic shooting for her. She quickly bent backwards and saw it fly by right above her face, breaking the wall behind her.
"At last, Ignition Spark."
Una quickly brought up her sword and turned to look at her attacker, finding a teenager looking back at her with a faint smirk on her face and a hand resting on her cheek. Her whole pose was oozing smugness. "It was about time."
"Who are you and why do you attack me?!"
The older girl giggled menacingly at her angry question before opening her arms in a grand gesture. "Oh you sweet child, don't you know? This city now belongs to us, the Clocktower."
When the name was called, an ominous wind made the girls' capes flutter a bit before settling down again. Una repeated the name in her head a few times, noting that it sounded familiar. These people were bad news.
"So you took big sister away!"
"Heh, yeah, we did. She fell right in our trap."
"Tell me where she is, now!"
The stranger giggled some more and leaned forward, a dangerous glint starting to glow in her eyes. "And why would I, kid? I'm Morgan, the first of the Four Great Gears of the Clocktower. If you wanna have her back, you have to go beat me and all the others first."
Then she pulled back one arm and
punched the air, creating another shockwave. But this time, Una was ready.
(Intercept!
Fist Wave: +5000 Base Damage, no dice = 5,000 Total Damage
Dragon Tooth: +125 Base Damage, +5000 Magic Counter, no dice = 5,125 Total Damage
Ignition Spark wins, 125 damage goes through
Gear Morgan: +500 Base Resilience, -375 Juggernaut no dice = 125 Total Damage Reduction
No damage)
With unrivalled grace, Una brought up her blade and simply cut the wave apart as if it did not exist, her magic roaring in response as fire licked out of the thin edge. A weak wave of air rushed back from where their attacks met, but it only made Morgan's cape flutter some more.
Calm blue eyes met surprised green; it did not take long for her enemy to shake it off and take another stance, though. "Not bad, you really are Cerys' sister."
"Heh, you're good, too."
Una thought about what to do for a moment; fire might work, but the city was already hit really bad. No, she had to make it with just her skill for now. Raising the weapon a little bit higher, the two girls slowly circled each other.
Huh... she was guarding this way, right?
The thought came after a moment, as Una realised that she now stood with her back to the alleyway Morgan came out of. Maybe...
"What's up, you scared?"
She offered a big grin in response to Morgan's words and shook her head. "Nuh-uh, you're just a big dummy. Bye!"
"Hey!"
And with that, she rushed off, quickly leaving her opponent behind.
"Wait!
You can't just...
oh, I'm in so much trouble..."
Una giggled over her victory.
-/Line Break\-
Okay, that was easy.
But now she had to find out where the other three of those Gears were and how she could beat them. Actually, the second part should be easy; she was Ignition Spark after all, trained by Cerys herself!
Then, Una came to notice a cloaked figure leaning against a big slab of stone in the middle of the street. With how they stood all relaxed while there was fire around them, Una knew they were suspicious.
She came to a stop right in front of the big stone that she could now feel was filled to the brim with magic. Dragon Tooth at the ready, Una carefully watched the cloaked person... but nothing happened for a while.
...
If that person did not want to talk to her, she decided, she would just talk to them. "Are you one of the Four Great Gears?"
A menacing chuckle rose from within the hood, the person shaking with laughter. "So you might think..."
"But it is I,
Karen!"
Magic erupts as the cloak fades away and reveals another girl, but Una can tell... there is
so much magic there. It hurts to just stand this close to the other girl, who grins at her and has her fists pressed to her sides.
"I don't know how you defeated Morgan, but it doesn't matter now. My other Gears are fine and the seal will hold... heh, didn't expect to meet me, the leader of the Clocktower, so early, didn't you?"
Una took a step back in fear, but then she stopped herself. No, she could not stop now; she had to find her sister and save the city.
Karen seemed to notice and her expression grew a little more smug.
Then the big stone behind her started to crack and splinter, making the woman whirl around in shock. "What?! That's impossible, you can't get out of there!"
Pieces of this puzzle started to pull themselves together and Una's eyes widened when she realised what was going on. She could feel her sister's magic oozing out of the stone now.
That's where you are!
She flash-stepped past the confused Karen and brought down Dragon Tooth on the crumbling prison.
(Dragon Tooth: +125 Base Damage, no dice, x100000 Starslayer = 12,500,000 Total Damage
Sealing Stone: +5000 Base Resilience, no dice = 5,000 Total Damage Reduction
12,495,000 Total End Damage
Sealing Stone Health: 1,000,000 - 12,495,000 = -11,495,000)
And the stone burst into dust, leaving just a lone figure kneeling on the ground. Her eyes were ablaze with actinic light and her hair waved around her form as she slowly got up and began to take a battle stance as well.
"And the mind-control didn't even take effect? How the hell did you do that?!"
Ignition Knight's lips curled into a dangerous smile as she raised her own sword, Ignition Spark taking position by her side. "Simple, villain: there is nothing my fire can't burn."
Then her gaze wandered to Una and the light in her eyes died down. "Time to wake up-"
"Huh?"
The scene faded away when her eyes snapped open and a familiar pair of blue orbs hovered right above her. Cerys had her hands around Una's shoulders and shook her a few more times before letting go.
"...huh?"
Una rubbed the sleep out of her eyes and blinked up at her big sister, who flicked her nose. "Come on, sleepyhead, it's time for dinner."
"Uh... 'kay."
She blinked a few more times and took Cerys' hand before beginning to walk with her.
This was fine, too.