Running though a long hallway Elsword, Aisha, and Rena could see a large door being guarded by higher ranked members of the Black Crows, and they were ready to fight.

"Get out of our way!" Aisha yelled. "Lightning Bolt!"

Firing a massive bolt of Lightning from her staff the two Guards were sent flying against a wall and were knocked unconscious. Aisha smirked at her handiwork but the smile quickly disappeared as she felt exhaustion overtake her body. She fell to one knee and tried to use her staff to help bring herself back to her feet.

Elsword and Rena weren't faring any better either. All three of them were exhausted from fighting their way through the infamous black crow airship that they had heard so many stories about. When they learned the black crow had information on the Missing El they immediately pursued the ship and found their way on board. However they were met with heavy resistance.

"This isn't good I'm running low on Mana energy." Aisha said exhaustively.

"Same here, but I think we're almost done." Rena said between breaths. "If what that Sniper we beat had told us earlier is true then the Captain of the Black Crows should be through that door and he should know where the El has been taken."

"Yeah, but he also said we don't stand a chance." a tired Elsword said. "He said that the captain is incredibly strong and is also a master swordsman."

"Sounds to me like you're scared." Aisha replied teasingly.

Knowing that one of their daily arguments was about to start when they didn't have the time. Rena quickly silenced them both by gabbing their lips with her fingers.

"Focus, both of you!" She snapped as Elsword and Aisha nodded they're heads vigorously. "Now listen, we're all low on strength and magic so we need to end this quickly. Once we get through the door hit the captain with everything you've got."

Both Elsword and Aisha nodded they're heads as Rena jumped and kicked the door open. The three ran through the door and what they saw made they're eyes go wide with shock.

Standing in front of them with a death glare on his face, was a man who looked to be about Rena's age. He had no shirt, was wearing black pants, and had jet black hair and cold golden eyes. He had a scar over his right eye and multiple larger scars all over his his body. However what surprised the Elgang the most was the most obvious feature on his body. His right arm was mechanical and had a large claw for a hand.

"I applaud you three for making it this far." He said in a cold threatening tone of voice. "It's been a while since someone has given the Black Crows such a good fight, but you're little attack ends now with you're blood on my blade and claw.

He then drew a sword he was keeping on his side and pointed it at the Elgang. Suddenly the entire ship jerked making everyone in the room almost lose their balance. A siren then began blaring and a flashing red light illuminated the room.

"Captain Raven!" A black crow engineer shouted. "Those brats caused major damage to the ship, we're losing altitude!"

Looking outside Raven could see the entire ship tilting on it's side.

"Ignite the emergency rockets! Keep us in the air!" He shouted to the ships pilot.

"Yes sir!" The pilot replied.

"The rest of you get out of here and make as many repairs as you can!" He snapped before looking back at Elsword and his friends. "I'll deal with these three myself!"

Once all but the pilot had left, he made a motion with his human hand at the Elgang telling them to come and get him.

Elsword growled and rushed into battle with Aisha charging right behind him. He jumped into the slashed downwards at Raven who jumped to the left causing the blade to miss and hit the ground instead of him.

"Chain Fireball!" A voice suddenly shouted.

Turning around Raven's eyes went wide as he saw Aisha shooting three massive fireballs he was barely able to dodge the first two, but he wasn't quick enough to dodge the third as it him with all of it's force. Raven grunted in pain as he could feel his skin burning. Elsword swung his sword not a second after but it was blocked by Raven's own blade. Elsword tried to push his opponent backwards so he could gain the upper hand, but Raven wasn't budging.

"You think you can overpower me!?" Raven hissed.

With no effort at all Raven shoved Elsword backwards and struck him hard in the face with his mechanical arm. Elsword was launched back a few feet and he landed on the metal ground with a thud. Raven could hear heavy footsteps getting closer and closer. Looking up he saw Rena jumping into the air.

"Oh no you don't!" Raven shouted.

Rena came downward with a kick but Raven blocked it with his blade. The elf girl landed on the ground and tried to do a roundhouse kick to his jaw but she missed as Raven ducked it and tripped her by sweeping her other leg from under her.

Aisha rushed at Raven and swung her staff at his legs, but raven jumped into the air.

"Lightning Bolt!" She shouted.

A blast of lightning came from her staff and Raven quickly rolled out of the way. A loud scream came out making both Raven and Aisha stop and turn to the source. They then both saw Rena on the ground convulsing as sparks of lightning came from her body.

"Oh my God, Rena! I'm so sorry!" Aisha shouted as she looked on in horror realizing her attack had hit the elf girl.

"Maximum Cannon!" A voice shouted.

Aisha turned around but was suddenly overcome by a large ball of fire. She screamed as the flames engulfed her body. She then fell to the ground breathing violently as parts of her skin were bubbling from the burns.

"Aisha!" Rena screamed in terror and looked up at the young magicians attacker angrily. But when she did, she saw smoke coming from the claw of his mechanical arm.

"What!? That arms a weapon!?" She asked herself in thought.

"Never look away from your opponent." Raven said to Aisha in almost lecturing tone of voice.

"Like you are now!?" Someone shouted. "Fatal Fury!"

Turning to the source of the voice Raven was met with a sword coming down. The sword slashed his chest then his ribs and then his human arm. Raven could see another slash coming but he was able to block it by grabbing the blade with his mechanical arm. He then looked at his opponent who was none other than Elsword whose right eye was black and swollen from the punch he had received before.

Raven swung his sword only for Elsword to block it. Elsword swung his sword again but raven blocked it and then swung for his neck. Elsword ducked the swing and swung for Raven's legs making him jump in the air. Raven landed on the ground with a downward strike but Elsword was able to jump out of the way. He then slashed at Ravens back but he froze and screamed when he felt excruciating pain coming from one of his legs. Looking down, he saw Raven's sword sticking in his left leg. The Black Crow captain thrust the sword out of the leg making Elsword drop his weapon fall over.

Raven stood up but found immense pain greeting his entire body. Looking down, he saw the cuts he had Received from Elsword's Fatal Fury attack as blood dripped from the wounds and onto the ground. He then heard the sound of a blade scraping the floor as well as groans of pain. He turned to see Elsword struggling to his feet. He eventually did stand, but he was using his sword for support.

"Face reality boy," Raven said "You and you're friends have lost."

Elsword growled as he could feel the pain from his left leg. Both of his legs were wobbling and he had put all of the little strength he had lift into the fatal fury attack as well as the attacks he had done before he was stabbed.

"We're not done yet." He said with obvious pain in his voice.

"You still want to fight?" Raven asked as Elsword nodded his head in response.

The red haired boy clumsily charged at Raven with his sword dragging behind him on the ground. Raven shook his head and fired several bullets from his mechanical arm. The bullets hit Elsword one right after the other. Elsword staggered and his legs wobbled but he remained on his feet.

"You should have stayed down kid!" Raven growled before charging at Elsword. "Power Assault!"

With incredible speed, Raven rammed his body into Elsword, sending him crashing into the wall.

Aisha was finally recovering from the blast she had taken from Raven earlier, but when she looked up her eyes widened in horror at what she saw. Elsword was on the ground with a far away look in his eyes, and standing over him was Raven who had his sword raised.

"Elsword!" Aisha screamed.

Raven slashed downward making Elsword produce the loudest scream she had ever heard from him. Aisha could see blood streaming from his arm as Raven brought down another sword strike this time to his back. Elsword cried out in agony again as Raven unleashed slash after slash all over his body.

"No! Stop Please!" Aisha begged as tears started to form in her eyes.

Raven however showed no mercy as he continued to strike Elsword with his blade and mixing up the assault with painful kicks as well. Whether it had been a sword strike or a heavy boot to his body Elsword's howls of pain got louder and louder. Raven wasn't planning on stopping any time soon. It looked as if he was trying to torture Elsword until he was dead.

"Leave him alone!" Aisha yelled.

The girl then covered her ears to block out Elsword's cries as she felt her tears flow freely. Eventually Raven stopped attacking and grabbed the red haired boy by the throat with his mechanical claw. Aisha looked on in terror as she could hear Elsword choking and his face turning blue from lack of air.

"Mistakes are often seen as life lessons. How else would we learn right from wrong?" Raven said to Elsword. "However there are few mistakes that one can never learn from and you and you're friends challenging me is one of those mistakes." He then raised his sword. "Now you're each are going one by one on a one way trip to hell, starting with you."

"Don't kill him please!" Aisha screamed at the top of her lungs.

Raven was about to drive the blade into Elsword's heart, but he quickly dropped him and cried out in pain. He stumbled a bit and held onto the wall for support. Looking down the captain saw an arrow sticking in his side. Raven grunted as he pulled it out; he then looked and saw who had fired the arrow. He now saw Rena laying on the ground panting heavily and holding her bow. She had an enraged look in her eye as she saw Elsword's near lifeless body on the ground. She looked like an angered mother bear that was going to protect her cubs.

"Get away from him!" She hissed with venom in her voice.

The next thing that surprised Raven greatly. Rena got to her feet as and charged at him as she were uninjured. She attempted a kick but it was blocked by her opponents sword. However the blade didn't last last as the force of the kick knocked it out of his hand leaving him to fight the elf girl with his hands.

Rena rained down kick after kick with each one being narrowly dodged. Raven knew for once he was on the defense and it wasn't going to last long unless he did something to restrain the Elf girl. Barely dodging another kick, he tackled her to the ground and began to ignite his mechanical arm. Rena struggled to get him off of her but she didn't have enough strength. Seeing his mechanical claw lightning up, she closed her eyes and looked away.

"Don't look away from me." Raven growled "I want you to look me in the eyes when I kill you."

Rena eyes opened and she looked into the merciless gold eyes. This was the first time the swordsman had gotten a good look at her, and what he saw made him freeze in his tracks. This elf was so beautiful from her shinning golden eyes to her long yellow green hair. He was close enough to her that he could even smell her and she smelled like the natural green forest. There was only one other person Raven knew that looked and smelled like she did, and her face was starting to cloud his mind as images of her and her beautiful smile ran through his head. Rena eye's widened with surprise. She swore for a moment that she saw a different look in Raven's eyes.

"S-Serris?" He asked the elf softly before gasping in pain while holding his mechanical arm.

Rena's surprise became confusion. However she couldn't be confused for too long. She kicked Raven off of her and then delivered another sharp kick to his head making him fall like a dead tree and knocking him out cold.

Letting out a sigh of relief she looked down at her fallen opponent as she tried to wrap her mind around what just happened.

"What did he call me, 'Seris'?" She asked herself quietly.

What confused her even more was how Raven looked after he called her that. Just a second ago he was about to kill her then he looked like he was in serious pain because of his mechanical arm, and that look he had in his eyes earlier was not at all what it was when she, Elsword, and, Aisha were battling him. His eyes had a sad look in them.

"Something's not right with him," She said to herself in thought. "He was a completely different person than the man that had just tried to kill Elsword. Wait a minute..."

"Elsword!" She shouted out loud as she turned to the red haired boy who was being tended to by Aisha.

"He's alright," The magician said. "He's just unconscious."

"Thank goodness." Rena said to herself as she let out a sigh of relief.

The relief however did not last long as the entire ship shook just like before. Another loud siren blared and another light bathed the room in red.

"This is bad!" A voice suddenly shouted.

Looking back The Elgang saw the Black Crow pilot hold on desperately to the wheel but failing as he looked at them.

"You brats caused irreparable damage in the ships engine room on you're way up here! The emergency rockets are failing and I can't keep us in the air any longer!"

"You mean we're going to crash!?" Rena screamed.

"No, you're going to crash!" The pilot shouted. "I'm taking the last parachute and abandoning ship!"

The pilot then opened a window and prepared to jump.

"What about you're captain!?" Rena shouted.

"The captain always goes down with his ship." The pilot said before jumping out the window.

"Crap what are gonna do!?" Aisha shouted in a panic as a violent jolt shook the ship.

Looking out the window she and Rena saw the ship starting to tilt as the crew began jumping out of the busted windows with parachutes. The pilot said he had stolen the last parachute looking around Rena hoped that he had been lying.

And he was...opening a small compartment she found only one parachute. She knew she Aisha and Elsword would have to jump together because she didn't have time to find more. She was about to go go over to the two kids but looked down at the unconscious Raven who laid on the ground. Her mind then wandered back to a few moments ago when he looked like a completely different person.

"Somethings off about him and I'm going to take him with us so I can find out." She thought to herself.

"Rena!" Aisha screamed as she continued to hold Elsword.

The girls voice snapped the elf out of her thoughts and she quickly picked up ravens body struggling only for a moment.

"What are you doing with him?" Aisha asked.

"I'll explain later! You and Elsword hold onto me now!" Rena ordered.

Aisha did as she was told knowing there was no time to question the elf girl's actions. Struggling for a moment as well she managed to pick up Elsword as Rena rushed over to her and wrapped her arms around the two of them. She now had an unconscious Elsword on her left, an unconscious raven in the center and a scared Aisha on her right.

"Listen Aisha, when I give the word pull the cord on the parachute." Rena directed.

Not even waiting for a response, Rena jumped out of a broken window with the two kids and beaten captain in her arms. Aisha screamed at the top of her lungs as they fell through the now evening sky.

"Aisha calm down and pull the string!" Rena yelled.

Aisha quickly did as she was told as the parachute ignited. The group now floated down as Rena held on tightly to them. Suddenly a deafening crash and explosion erupted nearby. Looking back they saw the Black Crow destroyed and burning.

It was only few minutes before the group landed on the ground in an open field near a forest, and it was also then when Rena had explained why she had taken Raven off the ship with them.

"So that's why you did it?" Aisha asked as Rena tended to her burns.

"Yeah there's something off about him. He looked like he was a completely different person for a second and it looked like his arm was causing him pain." She looked over at the unconscious Raven for a second. "I have a feeling there's more to him than what meets the eye."

Author's note:

I hope you enjoyed the first chapter of my short story. I just got a rush of inspiration and I had to jump on it.

In my headcanon everyone is still in their base jobs when they met Raven and the reason I'm calling it a mechanical arm is because they don't know yet that he was being controlled by the Nasods and that his arm was a Nasod arm.

I apologize for any grammar errors you may find.

I'll see you all next chapter. :)