Jeff jumped off the tree and tried to find a way into the fortress.

Shulk and his friends were fighting as hard as they could.

Icarus and Virtue nodded to each other, Virtue bashing through the wooden walls with his lance. Icarus dropped in from the sky, "Everyone, get on in!" X yelled as he continued to fight off hordes of Treants.

Jeff fired arrows through the broken wooden wall.

"Now we've got to get in there!" I said, fighting the enemies back.

Icarus smirked as he dove in, "Come on Kaze, into the maelstrom!" he said as he spun rapidly, tearing down the walls of the fortress as he created a vacuum tornado, drawing various items into the eye. Kaze sighed, "Always with the tricks you bloody Phantom." he said as he tossed thorns into the mix.

Shulk charged into the fortress after being healed by Sharla. "Kaze!" Shulk exclaimed.

Icarus dragged Kaze into the eye of the storm, with the two clashing before being launched backwards by the bursting of energy. Icarus and Kaze flew backwards, hitting the ground.

Shulk pointed the Monado at Kaze. "Icarus, are you okay?" Shulk asked, not looking away from Kaze.

Icarus got up as Kaze had already picked himself up, "I'll be fine." he said, oblivious to the thorns across his chest. Virtue propelled himself forward, slamming Kaze to the nearest stone wall, "You bloody warmonger!" he said as he lowered his shield.

Shulk edged closer to Kaze with the Monado barely not touching him.

Kaze snapped his fingers, the thorns in Icarus spreading their toxin. He smirked as he got up, "How sad." he said as he snapped his fingers once more and a Botanical Dragon dropped from the skies.

"I need you guys in here!" Shulk shouted to his friends. The group finished off the enemies they were fighting and entered the fortress. "Sharla and Riki, I need you to take care of Icarus. He's been injected with toxin. The rest of you we have a dragon to fight." Shulk said.

Icarus picked himself up, limping slightly, he removed the thorns from his body, leaving a few holes. Virtue growled angrily, charging at the dragon, only to be entangled in an amber like sap. Icarus yelled through his teeth, "Kaze!".

"Icarus is it? Lie down. Even with those thorns out there's still the toxin to deal with." Sharla said. "Riki go see if you identify the type of toxin." Sharla ordered. Riki carefully picked up a thorn and studied it.
"That might be a problem." Shulk said, seeing Virtue getting trapped. "Fiora, help Virtue get out. The rest of you be careful of the sap or whatever it is. If I get a Vision I'll be sure to let you in know in time to dodge." Shulk said.