Chapter 6 Battle With The Betrayed

May 19, 2010 00:06



All of the sudden they could hear the clangs of someone walking, with metal boots on. Everyone turned to that direction but they couldn't see the person. Because the light that once had illuminated the room was now gone, the place all dark.
[If those candles went out in Baction you wouldn't be able to see shit.]

"Who's there?" Rita shouted. The person came out of the shadows. The person, who they discovered on first sight, was a man, wearing an orange Imperial Knight's clothing. Sierra gaped for a second before walking up to him.
[Didn't Alexei call for Schwann in the last chapter?]

"Captain Schwann." She said. Everyone looked at her in stupidity. She turned to Repede, who sat there patiently. She flashed him a smile and a nod and he went crazy on him.

"Whoa! Repede! What are you doing?" Karol exclaimed. Repede was licking the man's head like crazy. When he finally got off him, which seemed ages, the man, or 'Captain Schwann' as Sierra had called him sighed.

"There's no way to fool that dog's senses." Everyone, literally, everyone in the party gasped.
[Hold on, licking someones head under Sue's orders counts as a sense?]

"Old man?"

"Raven?"

Those were the only two words that could be heard. Because only two people spoke. And that was Karol and Yuri. But I'm pretty sure you know the order they spoke in.
[It was Karol then Yuri! Am I right?]

"Captain Sierra, I ask that you return to the knights." He 'asked'. Sierra gave him the 'what are you talking about' look.
[Whatchu talkin' about Willis!]

"Hey, old man, or Captain Schwann, or Raven, which ever you prefer. One, I'm no longer in the knights, and there shouldn't be one way of you knowing me. How do I know you, might you ask? I used to be in your brigade, after you left." She seethed out; giving him the ultimate glare yet again, which could've give Kratos Aurion a run for his money.
[Uh, yeah he should know you if she was in his Brigade. How can you be in someones brigade once they've left... and he didn't leave the Knights till after Baction. OMG THIS IS CONFUSING ME.]

"The Commandant has told me about you. And I knew you when you were a kid." She gasped. And the spluttered saliva. And then she staggered back. It was like the ultimate blow, a knife to her brain, not heart. And then she regained her cold, cold, cold self. The self that usually came out. The self with the glazed eyes.
[And she was in your Brigade! Please don't splutter saliva, that's gross and like a knife to the brain!]

"If you truly know me, then we fight." She spat as she took her sword out of its sheath. The slicing of her arm in a previous fight had lower her attack strength, as it still caused problems for her, but once treated, it would be fine, but sadly, it couldn't. Everyone else took out their main weapons out of their places and held them, every since person doing a battle pose. They couldn't really bother doing party formation, like before, when only four attacked and three were backups, just in case.
[Every since person in a battle pose!]

"Then fight." He said, calm as ever. His 'manly musk' self was no longer lingering. It was like he played a double life. This side was his serious side. They were fighting against Schwann, not Raven, as he pulled out his sword.
[It's not LIKE he played a double life, he DID play a double life.]

"Charge!" Sierra shouted as she sprinted at him. Rita stood at the back casing spells, Yuri charged a minute after she did, followed by Flynn and then Judith, who just walked a little before running back, playing Rita's guard. Patty stood with Karol, which the two had ran off to the side, Karol charging up to him from the side while Patty shot at him with her newly bought gun from Nordopolica.
[I thought only 4 attacked and 3 were backups?]

"How could you? How could you betray us?" Karol shouted one round after his first of slashing at Schwann. Schwann faced him as he dodged, only receiving half the damage he should've.
[The result of dodging means the attack does not make contact, therefore he wouldn't have taken any damage if he has "dodged".]

"Because I could." He said, calmly. Though somewhere in the calmness, you could feel the coldness in his voice. There was no cheeriness or anything in that voice. No warmth, nothing.

"Raven…" Judith said, as she slashed him. He took it full force.

"I could never hurt such a beautiful lady…" He said his second persona showing, the warmth and cheeriness temporarily back. Rita gasped halfway through her spell, but continued it anyways.

"You're back to your old self old man." Yuri said as he ran behind him while he was busy with Sierra.

"Sorry, but that's the last time you're seeing that." He said, his stern voice coming back and the coldness back.

"Captain Schwann. Why do you still follow Alexei?" Flynn asked. His second persona flashed a little before being overridden by his first persona.

"Because his plans are truly right." He said, ultimately lying, but whatever. He was now fighting Karol, who had tears in his eyes as he fought. He was also dodging Rita's spells and Patty's bullets. But there was one thing he didn't expect.
[To be included in a terrible fanficti.... oh right. Nevermind.]

To be on the receiving end of two Holy Lances.

"Holy Lance!" A male voice shouted, and enunciated. That was the only voice he had expected.

"Holy Lance!" That was a female voice. One that he didn't expect. He knew Rita couldn't cast Holy Lance, and he knew that neither Judith nor Patty could either.

"Surprise, surprise?" A voice spoke behind him. She slashed him with her sword, surprising him. He turned around to see the cheeky face of Sierra.

"Since when could you use so complicated artes?" He asked as he turned around and fought Yuri.
[Since she felt like it.]

"Since when did I always tell the truth?" She replied back, realizing that her personality change had diminished.

"You treated me so well! Almost like… my father…" Karol said as he swung his sword. The poor kid was in at a mental dead end. That was the thing that power Sierra's power. The feelings of denial. The feelings of hate. The feelings of betrayal.

"Ground Dasher!" She shouted making sure it would hit him. And surprise, surprise, it did. And right in the middle of his body too.
[Didn't you just say surprise surprise 4 lines above? Ground Dasher strikes from below, not the middle.]

"Good job, Captain Sierra." He said, laughing a little. That was what she really didn't like. Mockery. She didn't like to be pitied, especially in battle.

"Raven…no, Schwann, I might've never known you in my life, but I'm pretty sure you hold the secrets that I will never know. And that is why I-" She was about to slash when she noticed something.
[No you didn't know him at all. Not like you were in his brigade, or he knew you as a kid.]

"Savage Wolf Fury!" Yuri shouted. And he was almost gone. This was the opportunity to show what she had wanted to. Her anger. Her sorrow. Her secret life. Her memories. Everything she didn't know, that was her life goal, to find her true heritage.

"-I'll find it. My true heritage." She continued. She slashed her blade at him, like her quick slash, except there was a white light that engulfed the blade, and then a weird pattern appeared on contact with Schwann.

"Justice's Glyph!" She shouted and the weird pattern, which resembled the pattern on the locket that she once wore, exploded. That force was enough to make her drop her own sword. And then he fell, himself using his sword as an aid to help him stay upright, on his knees.

"Emilia… I'm sorry." He breathed out, but since it was quiet, everyone heard him. Sierra gave him a questioning look, like everyone else did.

"'Emilia'? Who the heck is that?" Rita asked. Schwann gave them a weird look. And then charged at them again, aiming for Sierra, who was weaponless. But she had stopped him, with something other than her sword.
[I'm betting $20 it's Sierra.]

A dagger.
["Who was weaponless". But it's okay, because Schwann has 2 personas then Sierra must have 2 personas too. Because Schwann has a dagger, Sierra must have a dagger as well.]

"Sorry, but just because I have my sword on the ground, doesn't mean I'm defenseless." She said, as she slashed where his heart was. And then there was gasps all round.

"You-you're heart…" Karol breathed out, his face all screwed up.
[You are heart.]

"It's a blastia, nanoja." Patty said, as she walked up to him, cautiously.

"That's a hermes blastia. Why didn't Ba'ul pick it up before?" Judith mused. His 'Schwann persona' was long gone, and his 'Raven persona' was in action.

"Maybe it's because it runs on my life force." Or maybe not. His Schwann self was still there.
[Facepalm.]

"A blastia that runs on life force…" Rita muttered. She was extremely curious at this. But she couldn't really be bothered at that moment. The moment she thought about research, that's when Estelle sprung in her mind, which meant she would start thinking about rescuing her.

And then…

BOOM!
[Boom!]

"What was that?" Flynn exclaimed. Schwann looked at them.

"Alexei plans to bury you alive here." He said. They gave him 'what the hell' looks.

"With you inside?" He nodded. And then a heck load of rubble got the door. Sierra took no chances now. She got out one the dagger and threw it at the pile, casting an arte.
[Stealing some thunder from Schwann again are we? Not like this scene made up for a large part of his character development.]

"Holy Lance!" She shouted. And along with the dagger, the pile of rocks and stuff had been dislodged, leaving a path up the stairs.

"Come on, let's go!" She shouted in desperation. Everyone apart from Karol, who was on the ground. And then a piece of the ceiling fell, which just so happened to be right above Karol. Schwann ran next to him and made it in time, lifting the piece of ceiling right about his own head.

"R-raven…" Karol breathed out. He looked at Schwann, who was struggling to hold the huge piece of ceiling.

"Wait! If you do that, then your heart will surely…" Rita exclaimed and trailed off at the end of the sentence.

"Go, kid." He said struggle easily heard in his voice. Karol got up and they and, Sierra at the back. And she was the one to hear the last words of Raven.

"Emilia… I'm truly sorry… I couldn't…"
[Kill the damn sue?]

"Oh, you guys!" They heard as they exited the place.
[Don't you mean "YUUUUUUUUUURI LOWWWEEEEEEEEELLLLLL"]

"Oh what do you know, Tweedle A and Tweedle B. And Leblanc." Yuri said, sighing. They looked at him in disgust.

"What?" They exclaimed. They, as in the group, didn't know what to do with them so Sierra did the best thing she could. She walked to the front of the group, standing between the two groups. She took a deep breath and…
[Stood in the spotlight once again, because the other characters are completely incompetent and Sierra MUST do everything.]

"Well, here it goes… better work." She mumbled before doing…

"At-ten-SHUN!" She shouted, with the military sounding voice. They stood there, nice and straight as their lances faced up.
[....................... The Schwann brigade wouldn't listen to you. You left the Imperial Knights, you are not their Captain. Stealing Raven's dialogue from the Weasand of Cados are we now?]

"Yes, ma'am!" They shouted in unison. She sighed, and gave them sharp eyes, afterwards, making sure not to lose her temper, her emotions or her mind.

"Listen here, and listen close. Captain Schwann is in the deep, deepest part of this shrine. Now, do you know where Alexei is?" She asked, giving the answer that they were going to ask quickly.
[And stealing Judith's lines too.]

"On the Heracles, ma'am." And then they heard a boom…

"…I'm sorry, troops. But that was…" Sierra said, with fake regret. Everyone gasped when they heard the boom, or thud. And the soldiers looked at her, with almost tears in their eyes.

"Captain Sierra, please tell us that wasn't…wasn't… our captain!" Leblanc shouted. She looked down, her eyes shaded with the loose bits of hair.

"…Yes, that was. Sorry, troops." She said, yet again, with fake regretful-ness. That the three nights didn't notice was then she looked down, she had moved her arms behind her hand, moving in a swishing motion. Yuri got it and nodded before directing the others to leave.
[The three nights. She just butchered this whole scene.]

"Well, troops. Let's shut our eyes for one minute, for Schwann." The three nodded and they shut their eyes. While their eyes were shut she had left, running.

"Fell for it, suckers." She muttered, and smirked as she ran.
[Fell for what? They didn't try to arrest her or anything so there's no need to try trick them in order to escape. They closed their eyes to pay respect.]

"Who do you think Emilia is?" Rita said, as they stood on the Fiertia. Sadly, they were too tired to go anywhere, so they decided to stop for a little break. It wouldn't matter because something had stopped. It was as if time didn't move, because they saw the Heracles not move. Well, that how Rita felt.

Congratz, you broke the fourth wall, Rita!
[How is this breaking the fourth wall?]

"I don't know. I've never heard the name." Yuri replied. Flynn knew who she was referring to, but he didn't know why.

"Flynn, do you know?" Flynn stood there, paling by the moment. But he answered never the less.

"A long time ago, a three year old girl named went missing on a mysteriously snowy night. That girl's name was Emilia. I don't really know much more than that. It's also said that she was from the Upper Quarter of Zaphias." He said.
[Can I say surprise surprise now?]

"Are you sure that you don't know anything else?" Yuri asked as he felt the vibes of his knowledge easily go through the poor 'best friend' of his. He sighed as he took out a small picture.

The girl had dark hair and dark eyes, and she smiled and waved. Sadly, the photo wasn't in colour, but in black and white.
[Let me guess, it's in black and white because otherwise it would be blatantly obvious it's Sierra?]

"That's what majority of the knights got when they were looking for her. I found it in the locker room of the training room. So I researched." He replied, giving up the photo.

[Brace yourself for this. It's the worst Author's notes of the entire fic.]

Me: Konichiwa! (I've interested you in this 'Emilia' person. Don't worry... you'll find out who she is... eventually. And I just had a random thought... Rita would be smart enough to be able to break the fourth wall, right?)
[No.]

Yuri (unfortunate jap only translator): Hello!

Flynn: Yuri, exactly what are you doing?

Yuri: Being the unfortunate victim of her crazy attacks.

Me: Gomen, Furin.
[Furen.]

Yuri: Sorry, Flynn.

Flynn: It's fine.

Estelle: She doesn't own ToV or any stupid references in this story.
[So she also doesn't own Abyss, Symphonia, what else?]

Me: Yondekudasai. (and review, please.)

Yuri: Please read.
[Did you google that? :) ]

Me: Arigatou.

Yuri: Thanks.

Me: Sayonara.

Yuri: Bye.
[Sayonara means a long term goodbye, which I'm sure is why she's saying it now. As no one has the brainpower to process past this.]

Me: Yuuri-san, arigatou.

Yuri: Thanks, Yu- wait... hang on...

Me: Bye. For real.

Yuri: Thanks for what?

[Here's some real japanese for you: 地獄へ燃える]

Each chapter of this makes me want to die. Sierra is said 21 times in this chapter.

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