[b][u]Michelle - Shooting Star-Yellow King[/u][/b]

Shooting Star was not expecting the armored tank to stop, so she made the split second decision to leap into the air. That was a good thing too, since her light of sight was plagued with prediction lines from a large number of other players from other trucks. Their attacks destroyed the patch of land she was on before she jumped, and a new prediction line appeared. This one was coming from a four-armed monster swinging chains at her. Not being able to dodge them in mid-air, she used her Cross Slash skill to deflect the chains, causing them to fly off in different directions. 

She landed in front of the vehicles, and then turned around to examine her opponents. There were multiple Level Sevens and Level Eights, and of course there was the four armed monster, who was apparently a Player called Arms Slave. She definitely recognized him as the one who had threw chains at her during the day the Black King announced the opening of her guild. More prediction lines filled her line of sight as the group of players used their weapons and skills, forcing Shooting Star to make the decision to run away. There were too many for even a King like herself, and she knew enough already. She needed to report what she had learned to her advisers and to her Guild. She feared the worst: that a single player had the ability to destroy an entire city, and that hers would be next.

She had eventually arrived back at the Yellow Guild Hall, where her advisers criticizing her yet again. "[i]My lady, we've told you time and time again, stop running away before we can respond![/i]" Enigma complained. The warlock Force interjected, "[i]Granted, it was for a good reason though. The Green Guild was under attack, and you were probably the only one fast enough to get there in time.[/i]" Ignoring a glare from Enigma, he continued, "[i]Still, Enigma's right, for once in his life. You really should stop this habit of running off.[/i]" Enigma started to say something, but Shooting Star raised her hand and said, "[b]Look, we can discuss this later, but right now I need to report to you what I've learned from my time there.[/b]" Brick raised an eyebrow and asked, "[i]Well, what is it?[/i]" Michelle sighed, then reported, "[b]It's bad news. All of it. The Green City has been completely destroyed by some giant coin, which was probably the result of a Player ability being enhanced by someone or something else.[/b]" Enigma, shocked to hear this, exclaimed, "[i]Wait, WHAT???[/i]" Michelle ignored him, continuing, "[b]Plus, a huge horde of Dissolutions had come from nowhere, killing everyone that stood before them.[/b]" She paused for a second to let it sink in, then said, "[b]Everyone except members of the Ebony Strykers.[/b]"

Shock came from all three advisers, and Enigma was once at a loss for words. "[i]Well, that's.... that's.... wow,[/i]" Force said, unable to think of a word that could describe how bad it was. "[i]Hackers, it has to be,[/i]" Brick said. "[i]No way Dissolutions would act like that if it wasn't the result of hackers. I mean, those damn Sweeper bastards are known to be hackers, who's to say they weren't the cause of it?[/i]" Force stroked his beard, thoughtful, and said, "[i]Hmm... if we were to accept this as fact, then every Guild- no, every [b]city[/b] is at a huge disadvantage. We may be fighting a losing war.[/i]" Shooting Star lowered her head in sadness, then said, "[b]Even the other Kings couldn't stop them.[/b]" This further lowered the mood, then the full meaning of her words struck. "[i]Wait, other [b]Kings[/b]???[/i]" Enigma asked. "[i]Oh crap, crap crap crap....[/i]" he trailed on for a while until Force slapped him across the face. "[i]Pull yourself together![/i]" Force shouted at him. "[i]Just because we have this new information doesn't mean we should lose all hope! We're the Golden Wolves! We may still be able to save ourselves from this![/i]" Enigma looked at him with a strong look in his eye, then asked, "[i]And what could possibly save us from this?[/i]" Force hesitated, then said, "[i]I'm not, um, sure, but we'll definitely figure something out![/i]" Shooting Star then interrupted, "[b]Please, leave me for now.[/b]" Her advisers looked at her as she leaned her head on her hands, then quietly left the room.