Guardians Of The Wedding Galaxy

Jin nodded in reply to Aether, ”so far so good” he said as he continued to scan the area for any other friends of the ex boyfriend. Soon his senses picked up the heat signature of the one they were supposed to keep away from the entire ceremony. ”Oh no, we probably should have looked for him first” he said to Romulus, pointing in the direction the foe was. It would be too reckless to send Romulus alone and since the key figure had been located there was no reason to stay at his current location anymore. Jin looked at Aether and pointed to him the direction where the ex boyfriend was, hoping that he would understand. ”We’ll need to pitch in everything, he is a mage after all” said Jin as he jumped from the roof top and began making his way from one roof to another with Kaya in his arms.

He was expecting that Romulus too would follow him quietly and not engage the enemy until they had surrounded him. Jin had a simple plan in mind, more like the classical approach to be taken when one is outnumbering the enemy. They were three; well, technically three and a half and there was only one foe. If they managed to surround the foe and keep him isolated while they engaged him. He left Kaya at one roof top and made his way to the other in a manner that Kaya was to the left and Jin was to the right of the foe. The ex boyfriend was still keeping to the alley ways and hadn’t been noticed by the ones attending the ceremony. This was the perfect time to stop him in his tracks before he managed to make a fuss, the mages were hired for this one sole purpose to keep this individual away from their clients. Jin hoped that his guild mates would understand his strategy even though he hadn’t verbally explained it to them.

Romulus looked at his teammate in awe, Aether had just defeated 3 enemies without even moving much. Romulus had to admit, he thought the idea of tentacle magic was a bit creepy, unnatural, and incredibly evil seeming, but he could not argue the results that it had just given. Not long after Aether showed a sign to show that his enemies were dispatched, Jin had noticed the main query.

Romulus listened as Jin kicked himself over sending Aether off, and not noticing the boyfriend earlier. Jin them told Romulus that they would all need to work together to deal with this new threat. Romulus watched Jin show some hand signals before he took off, but Romulus played them no mind. Romulus let a small smirk show as a wonderful idea came to mind. He knew he could not make this idea flow well at his normal speed, so he knew it was mandatory that he got his newest acquaintance informed of his idea.

He activated Wings of the Crow for the temporary movement boost he would need. Romulus had no doubt that he would need to use much speed in the fight itself, so he was not concerned with whether or not the spell would wear off in the middle of the confrontation. As his hair flared up around his head he jumped off of the building he was perched on. The slow glide towards Aether was only a few moments, but it seemed like an eternity. When Romulus arrived at Aether's location he immediately began to say his plan. "Aether, that is your name right? Jin found the boyfriend we are after. I have a plan. If I can get to him now, and I mean now, while he is still in the alley he is in, I can get him really distracted. I saw that Jin and Kaya got in position to put a pinser maneuver in action. So I think you need to do your best to get behind him unoticed and grab him. I have no doubts in your stealth abilities, but a distraction will make him a bit easier to grab. Which leads me to my point. I saw those tentacles of yours. If you use those to grab him and do as much damage as you can at the same time, the rest of us can probably finish him off. Hope you like the plan I'm taking off before I miss my shot," Romulus spat out quickly before jumping onto the roof of one of the buildings that were created the alley. From there he spotted the alley he knew his main target was in. He jumped into the crowded street below and walked quickly towards the entrance to the alleyway he was looming for.

When Romulus arrived, the target of the job wasn't very far from the mouth of the side path. Romulus made a deliberate show of noticing the man. He then almost shouted out, "Cousin?? Cousin is that you?? Oh of course it is!" At that point Romulus began to move towards the man and took him into a tight embrace. He hugged the stranger for a few seconds before backing off slightly, while still maintaining an extremely tight grip on the stranger's shoulders. Still nearly shouting, and making sure he talked enough that the other man couldn't speak, to make a deliberate effort of getting people to notice the two men in the alley, Romulus said, "Oh cousin Nico it has been far too long! Last time I got to see you was when I finally talked you into going bowling! Don't you remember the fun we had? But what are you doing here? Let me guess, here for the wedding? Oh of course you are! But I would have never guessed you to be the type to come to one of these things. Oh, don't tell me, ol' Nico is finally thinking about settling down isn't he? Well, cousin, when are we going to hear those wedding bells chiming for you??"

Aether had noticed a faint magic sense of a fourth magic user strolling the streets, heading in the general direction of the wedding and from a quick glance up at Jin he could tell the heat mage had also picked up on the magician, and with some hand signs he relayed that the man was the one attempting to disrupt the wedding. Nodding in response to the direction the man was coming from he began to move back into the alleyway when a shadow cast itself over him as the snow white comrade had descended over the bustling crowd that really didn’t pay him any mind and landed in the middle of the alley before quickly blurting out a plan to distract and pincer attack the target before jumping onto the nearby building.

Aether kept to the shadows, his one eye keeping its glare directed at the man. He didn’t seem like much, but his aura was that of a trained mage. Then suddenly an outburst arose amongst the crowd, and was quickly drawn to a nearby alleyway, it appeared that Romulus had sprung his trap. Keeping a close eye on the men Aether began to slip up onto the rooftops to get a top down view of the scenario taking place. Romulus was talking with the ex boyfriend about a wedding, something about not seeing eachother for a long time and other things to keep him distracted. No doubt that the man had sensed that Romulus was a mage and had become cautious as a result. If he attempted to leave Aether would jump down and block his path.

Jin hadn’t anticipated Romulus to alter the plan, it wasn’t bad though more like an improvement. The ex boyfriend seemed to be more of a skilled magician, at least that’s why Jin had sensed. So Romulus would be interpreted as a lesser threat which might make the ex lower his guard and at that moment, both Jin and Aether could make the move. Jin noticed that Aether had understood his hand gestures and was now also in position. Thanks to Romulus the ex boyfriend had been stopped in his tracks and was now dealing with a strange situation, this was the perfect time to strike. Hoping that Aether would be able to block the ex boyfriend’s path, Jin decided to jump in and initiate the attack. He looked at Kaya and told her to change her size right after they would jump. Kaya understood without having Jin to actually speak the instructions. ”If we time it just right, both Romulus and Aether will make sure that he doesn’t get away. We can stop him right here and finish this job, knocking him out should do the trick”.

Jin and Kaya simultaneously jumped from their positions and in mid air, Jin summoned two tall and muscular spirit warriors; both of them were carrying large clubs, each club was 7 feet in length. Kaya too altered her size in mid air and changed to her larger saber tooth form. All four of them landed around Romulus and the ex boyfriend suddenly appearing and surrounding them. Jin’s aim was to get in between Romulus and the ex boyfriend was fast as possible so he could make sure that Romulus didn’t take a serious hit. Using his speed boost, he rushed and attacked the wave mage from behind while Kaya moved in and attempted to swoop Romulus away in her paws. The two warriors moved in synch with Jin, attacking from different sides. The mage was caught off guard thanks to Romulus and he turned to face Jin, blocking Jin’s attack head on but the warriors managed to land two serious blows on his shoulders. ”Argh!” that sound confirmed that he did take some damage from those hits.

The ex boyfriend, pushed Jin back and turned to make a run for it. Kaya had already moved along with Romulus (provided Romulus had allowed her to take him) and was now blocking the path.

Romulus smiled when he saw Aether get into place. He knew at that moment that the plan would start any moment. But even with that information it was still a shock when a total of four figures descended into the alley instead of the two he was prepared to see. His shock was prolonged as when all four made it into the alley, instead of an immediate attack, that Romulus was ready to take part of the damage from, a now much larger Kaya was attempting to carry him away from the fight. Romulus initially resisted her attempts, but couldn't fight it when the cub put her jaws lightly on the back of his coat, and literally dragging him away from the target he was distracting. Romulus watched on as Jin and the two figures with him made a three pronged attack. The target of their mission had managed to block Jin's strike in a very direct manner, but two extremely large clubs cane down on his shoulders. Romulus was still Emotionally numb from the scenario of pure shock he was in, but he managed to notice the boyfriend beginning to cast a spell. As the magic circle appeared, Romulus had to make a snap decision. Romulus decided that if he were to let this unfold, there was a very high risk of Jin getting hurt. Romulus screamed out, "Howl of the Wolf!" and let the deep silver, swirling tunnel of wind loose in Jin's direction. The tunnel hit the back of the exboyfriend's leg, making it buckle and throwing his center of gravity of balance. This disruption made the wave mage cast his spell in a completely off target, with it it striking a wall. Romulus only hoped that Jin was prewarned enough to dodge the tunnel of wind that had continued past its intended target, as it had a chance of breaking Jin's leg if he didn't move quickly.

Aether kept a close eye on the situation as the pieces made their moves, he himself was moving along the edge of the rooftop to get a better angle as to what was to take place. Jin had made a successful attack on the target with the assistance of his warriors, forcing the wave mage to attempt to flee the area. Aether’s eyes quickly darted over to the now not so small Kaya who was dragging Romulus away from the fight, but it appeared that he had made a sudden decision to make an attack towards the escaping mage, and with the bumpy ride he was on it was no doubt that he could miss entirely or end up hitting Jin in the process. Activating his jump spell, Aether quickly teleported down to Jin’s side before Romulus’ spell was cast with palms facing the target and his comrade. Portals had formed in front of both palms just as Romulus’ howl had made its way down to his location, being dragged into the portal and flowing out of the other portal on his other palm to make sure it would hit the back of the fleeing mages leg and cause him to lose balance and fall over, along with sending his spell off course and harmlessly into one of the walls of the alleyway. Hastily moving in he let his tendrils flow from his back and use them to pin down the ex-boyfriend and restrict his arms and legs from moving. If he were to attempt to make an escape Aether was sure one of his companions would knock him back towards him to restrain him completely or just knock him out in general.

With Aether’s final attack their plan was completed, the ex boyfriend was stopped in his tracks. If it weren’t for Aether’s movements and the summoning of portals, Jin would have ended up badly injured. He might have been able to avoid some damage but at such a close range, it was impossible for him to avoid it completely. The two summoned warriors rushed to Aether’s side and helped him hold the ex boyfriend while he was tied up. Jin walked to Aether and patted on his shoulder: ”Thanks for the save”. His gaze then turned to Romulus, he didn’t want him feeling bad for almost injuring Jin. ”Next time a little warning would help but hey, we caught the guy.. haha”, a little laughter at the end just to lighten the mood. Having secured the ex boyfriend the two large summoned spirit warriors disappeared in a similar way to how they had appeared. Kaya shrunk back to her normal chibi size and climbed on Jin’s shoulder to rest, she instantly fell asleep.

The tied up ex boyfriend was then handed over to the local law enforcement. The group of mages then joined the wedding ceremony where they were welcomed by the bride and groom. Due to the entire scenario being finished in the alleys, there were no interruptions in the ceremony. The bride was beautiful, the groom was happy and the client was satisfied. After enjoying the food, the free booze and a wedding; the group headed back to the guild. They had grown as a team, they had formed and executed a plan almost perfectly. Sure, little mistakes happen but nothing too major happened. ”All in all, a good job well done if I say so myself”, he thought to himself as the ship they boarded got closer to their guild island.