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Cheshure just floated happily by. " Yes we're all insanely happy here. Don't worry about Serena she'll be fine, besides Sentinel needs to think of their next move they won't wildly attack us.....again. Just let her go she needs to think about what's happened. " He laughed and had his body disappear leaving only his floating head. " I love this. So who are they? " He asked as he motioned up to the people in robes. He floated up and looked at them with curiousity filling his eyes. " Soooooooo.....Who are you guys? " He asked.

One of the en just looked at Cheshure's floating head and just sighed. " We are from Sanctuary. And we're here out of dignity, not for friendship. " The younger kid from before just looked up at him and sighed. " You're so negative we're here because the Leader told us to. " He looked down at the others as their group floated down. The Man still sitting in his throne looked at them all. " If you need a home you will find one in our Sanctuary. " He looked through his hood at them and said. " The enemy of my enemy is my friend, and I can see you despise Mr. Anderson as much as we do. "

Brian looked around for a moment and finally asked. " Hey...if Sai's back. Where's Vincent? " He asked wondering where his old friend was. He scratched his head there was no way Vincent would just go off and leave them all alone like this.

((Nicko wanted me to go ahead and post both the losses and wins in this battle. I apologize for keeping anyone waiting. It was kind of hard for me to post for a few days due to some issues.))

As the reality of their situation began to sink in even Cheshure's constant happy expression became sad. " I guess......This means. We've lost. " He watched as Elzabeth returned to them. He smiled and flew over to her. He could see she was badly hurt, but what shocked him more was the absense of one of their own. " W-Where's Yukina? Elizabeth, isn't she right behind you? " He asked as he knelt down beside of her.

Brian just shook his head. It was all to much to fast. " I swear on the lives we've all lost we'll recover from this, and we will end Sentinel''s reign. " He looked towards the hooded men and said. " I think we can all agree on something.......We will go to Sanctuary. We will stop Sentinel. " He stood firm on this resolve. Nothing would stop them from completing their goal.

Within their hidden base the Mad Man couldn't help but laugh. " You've done brilliant work Lucas, I am glad to see you recovered my chemical. As well we've destroyed the Eden base and stolen two of their members away. Welcome officially to the team, Nasrin and Vincent. Don't worry these were only the first phases of my plans, there is still much more we have to do. " He laughed a little as is dark cackles filled the halls of their sinister base.

And so the mighty Cleanse and Eden fall. Their bases in ruins and their numbers desimated, although the harsh sting of death still bites at their hearts they don't have the luxury to sit by any sulk in their sadness. A single month has gone by sense that fateful day, and now both Eden and Cleanse reside in the good graces of the mysterious people who run Sanctuary, an underground fortress like palace located beneath Buckingham Palace. The day the missions were completed, the day the Mad Man attacked the base, and the day that Eden and Cleanse suffered losses that would plague them for years to come. What tragedies await the heroes as they force themselves to smile through the pain and look towards a brighter future?

Brian sat in his room. Sitting there just starring at the wall. Voices filled his head.
" Why did you let this happen? "
" What kind of leader are you? "
" Why didn't you save us? "
" Why weren't you there? "
Their voices mocked him, he stood up his hands gripped tightly. He just didn't know what to do. What could they do? Sentinel proved to be a threat they couldn't handle they had lost twice in a fight and now what did they have to show for it? Their numbers had dwindled, and their homes were destroyed. There was nothing to say. He just sat back down on his bed and covered his face with his hands. It had been 3 days sense he had left the room, he hadn't eaten or slept in that time. About all he did do was sit there and think and shower.

Cheshure's head floated upside down the stony hallways. " Wow, it's been kind of crazy here everyone is so odd. Why do they all wear cloaks? " He asked himself. He was wearing one to but it was just because he thought it was cool. He shot around a corner bumbing into a younger member of the Sanctuary team. He just bowed and went on walking. " Why are you all so uptight? " He asked. He felt someone tugging on his ear, turning around he could see it was just the kid that had been at the base a month ago. " We're not all uptight here, we're just taught to be respectful, don't worry some of us like to have fun. " He said with a laugh.

Within their base The Mad Man sat in his map room. He held a glass of wine in his left hand as he watched a screen showing their progress on the missions. The space station was being observed and rebuilt for a more sinister purpose, while the Chemical that Lucas recovered was being used to power it. The Experiment Yggdrasil was currently located in cryo beneath the base, and thanks to the data Angelina recovered from the pyramids revealed ways for him to secure Ygdrassil better. He laughed a little as he watched Vincent enter the room. " Aw my little mole. I am so proud to say all the missions were a success. Now that they've come together the plan can take a step forward. "

Vincent smiled barring his fangs. " Excellent, I am happy to know everything will soon come to fruition. He looked around and said. " Even our numbers have increased. I hear you recruited a powerful man named Chaos I believe. He'll be an invaluable addition to the team. " Vincent slowly dissolved into mist exitting the room, it was just something he did. He deeply enjoyed moving in that form. He reformed his body in the halls, He needed to feed soon.

The cloak felt more scratchy than it looked but was incredibly light for such a heavy, warm-looking fabric. Sade walked down the hallway that lead to her chambers with her head down and the cloak falling gently over her shoulders and down her back. She was almost to her door when she nearly smacked into the floating head of a young boy. He didn't look much younger than her, maybe 2 or 3 years but the site of a disembodied head had made Sade even more interested as to who the Leader had brought back from the remains of the destroyed Cleanse and Eden Bases. She hurried past, still keeping her head down until she got to her door. She threw it open and closed with 2 very inaudible thuds and walked quickly over to her dresser where she pulled out a journal and then sat down on her as-comfortable-as-cardboard bed.
He thought you were a boy, Avari said laughing lightly.
"So? If people don't know me or can't see my hair or face than of course they're going to think I'm a boy." Sade snarled, trying to get Avari to shut her peep hole so she could concentrate on the journal.
It must be the way you walk, Avari commented, relentless. You stalk more than you walk.
Sade sighed, realizing Avari wasn't going to leave her alone. Normally Avari was quiet unless she had something to say.
"What is it Avari?" Sade asked, heart quickening as she felt Avari's anger ratchet up several notches.

Clara sped-walked through the corridors of Sanctuary, giving polite smiles each time she past a cloaked figured. While she admited it was nice of them to house all the gifted of Eden and Cleanse she couldn't help but be wary around them. After all, it took one mysterious cloaked man to destory their old base so his look-a-likes didn't feel all that trustworthy either. Besides, what one of the men said to Cheshure still bothered her: "we're here out of dignity, not for friendship." What do they want out of this then other than the Mad Man?

However, as Eden had been partnered with Cleanse for sometime despite thier former enimty, she knew she'd probably have to get over her distrust for the strangers too sooner or later. I think I prefer later...wait this isn't the kitchen. Clara thought before sighing. She never had much of a sense of direction, so this new place was practically a maze to her. She entered the closest room to her hopefully but to her suprise it was the training room with the disappearing girl in it. "Oh! Uh...hi." Clara said shyly. "So, you've been training...that's cool..." Well duh Clara! she yelled at herself. "I'm sorry, we haven't spoken a lot, I'm Clara."

Brian sat there hearing the loud knocks and the threats from Karana. He knew she was just trying to help but he just couldn't look at them right now. He just removed his hands from his face and sighed. " If you tear down the door I'll just put in a request for a new one. " He said softly. He looked towards the door, noticing that her knocks had caused it to splinter allowing small amounts of light to come through. He just shook his head a little. " That Brian? What do you mean that Brian? That Brian allowed a Sentinel mole into his organization, he let his base and squad be destroyed, he came up with the plan to send everyone on different missions and got Yukina killed. That Brian has done nothing but screw up! " He shouted through the door. He remained sitting on his bed. His hair slightly damp from his shower this morning. " I just.....I just don't know what to do. "

Cheshure almost ran into a newer member to their Eden Cleanse Alliance. she was an odd one she seemed to talk to herself, but then again Cheshure did that to. He laughed for no reason and formed the rest of his body, floating on his back like he usually did he found himself passing more people in cloaks, their refined stature seemed to be tampered by Cheshure's happy relaxed nature. He floated by until he reached the training room, he knew that two of his friends were there, even though Eden was a pasive organization they seemed to be the ones occupyingt he training rooms the most. He floated in and smiled. " Hello Serena and Clara how are you two doing? " he asked as he floated by.