It was gone. All of it. Everything she had spent her entirety in DGO working for, destroyed. Tender Fern stood on a building just past the border of Green Territory and stared at the crater that held nothing but dissolutions. She'd tried so hard to defend the hall, to protect her guild members, but when the shadow of a huge coin covered the city, Fern had fled. She could have stayed, continued to fight, and died like the rest, but what if there was some reason she needed to get back into the game before probation was up? She couldn't risk it. So instead, she'd run, barely making it out of the zone in time. For a few minutes, she'd just stared, unable to comprehend.
And then the grief hit her. Despite all efforts, the Mayhem Riders had won. Even with the other Kings, the Rangers had not had enough strength to protect their home and now it was gone. Rebuilding it was possible, but would take all of their efforts to do. Was it worth it? How could she justify the repairs when they were in the middle of war and woefully unprepared? More importantly why had the Strykers done it? This wasn't something that was done. Sure, the guilds attacked each other, but it was mostly pvp, they tended not to care about buildings. Why had Moon Rider wanted to destroy the Green City so badly? And how had she controlled the dissolutions that now populated it? Dropping to her knees, Fern wished that the Kings had not been killed, wished that things could go back to the way they were, and wished that she had not inherited the responsibility of the Rangers.
One breath, and then another. Tender Fern stood once more, a look of determination on her covered face. She'd meant what she said. The Fanged Rangers would not be defeated so easily. They may not have their home any longer, but they still had each other. More so, they had the alliance and a duty to take down the Black King and her Strykers. For today, they were out of the fight, but they would be back tomorrow, and Moon Rider would see just what a mistake she had made for they no longer had anything to lose.
Goodbye, Tender Fern - Green King
Lucy awoke in her bed and for a few moments she forgot where she was. It was always like that upon leaving D.G.O. She'd never once gotten used to the sensation of waking up in a different world. Almost as if she'd been living a dream. It didn't last, though, and soon she was up, changing her clothing, and slamming the door to her room behind her. The Rangers would want revenge, but that wasn't Lucy's goal. No. What she wanted was for it to end, to be able to rebuild her city without fear of another attack, to go on helping players without interference of some war to stop her. It was time that everyone learned just who the Rangers were, who she was, and that they would not stay down for long. It was time that they saw just how hard it was to break the Green King. It was time that the Fanged Rangers be known for strength and willpower more than neutrality.
Instead of the typical uniform that she always wore on campus, Lucy stomped down the halls in a forest green dress, her blond hair tied up with a jade bow, a kelly green scarf around her neck. She'd grabbed the only things she had in the color knowing that none of it matched. It didn't matter because it just wasn't the point. Instead, it was to make a statement. It was dangerous, stupid even, to let people know her identity, but it needed to be done. She could hear the whisper, the speculations s as she passed students in the hall on her way to where she suspected her guild members would be.
That's right, she thought. You know exactly who I am.
The girl who'd always been invisible was no longer.